Walker, Texas Ranger: What Goes Around (part 2 of 3)
Gage stayed with Sydney in the abulance. He stayed right next to her stretcher the whole ride. In the beginning of the ride Sydney stirred her head back and forth and said softly, "What?"
Gage put his hand to her head and hushed her. She closed her eyes and rested her head. She didn't stir the rest of the ride.
Gage was, pretty needless to say, worried.
When they got to the hospital and took her into this room it was 'Family Only' Gage was not family so he waited outside. And waited. And waited.
Gage filled out a form that admited Sydney into the hospital while he waited.
After about an hour of waiting a doctor come out of the room and he turned to Gage. Gage stood up and said, "Well, how is Syd?"
The doctor looked Gage in the eyes and said, "We are running some tests on her now but, we are pretty sure that it's just some nasty food poisoning."
Gage nodded and said, "Oh, okay. So when do you think you'll get those tests back?"
"About an hour maybe." The doctor answered.
Gage nodded again and then asked, "Is there anything I can do?"
The doctor thought for a moment and then said, "Not really. But you are a ranger right?" Gage nodded, "Well than there is one thing that you can do to help."
Gage nodded and said, "Yes?"
"We have had 8 more cases like Sydney's come in today. And that's just in the last hour. It's ovious that there is something in the food here. I know that you don't follow your partners every move but, do you perhaps remember what she ate?"
Gage didn't even have to think before he answered.
The doctor nodded, "Then if you could perhaps check out some of those companies or something. See if any look fishy. Food posioning usually starts at the company."
"Okay." Gage said, "But, I wanna be here when she wakes up. When do you think that'll be?"
"Well," The doctor answered, "She's out cold right now and she doesn't look like you'll be waking anytime soon, just check back here in about an hour if you're not busy. I'll call you if anything happens."
Gage acknowalged and said, "Do you want me to call if I find out what could be the cause of all this."
"Yes, that'd be great." The doctor said as he wrote down a number to reach him at.
Gage called Walker to let him know what was going on. Gage decided to head down to the station to get information on all of the companies that made the food Sydney ate for lunch. So he left, determined to figure out what was causing harm to these people, including Sydney.
****
"Okay Gage," Trivette said while he was at his computer, looking up companies.
They looked up place after place; Burger Barn, Tuckergurd, and Curick. None of the companies seem to be in any finacal problems or anything that would make them downsize to less sanitary conditions that may cause posioning to the food or drink.
Then they arived at the Pepoke company. "They just sold some warehouse up the street and now they've changed all their storage houses around so that could be a problem."
Gage nodded and said, "Yeah, yeah I guess. I should check that out."
"It is supervised by a Mr. Kongwon." Trivette informed Gage.
Gage nodded and asked, "Where is it located?"
Trivette quickly gave him the location and then Gage grabbed his coat on the way out.
****
On the drive over Gage felt funny. He grinned to himself because he knew why he felt funny. Sydney wasn't there to drive. Usually Sydney would drive, and if Gage was driving he was used to Sydney talking in his ear about how slow he was going. Gage smirked. It was then he realized how much Sydney really did mean to him.
Gage got out of the car and then locked the door as he left to go inside.
As he walked in he didn't see anything unusal about the place. I regular factory.
Gage looked around. Then he asked someone where he could make an appointment to talk to Mr. Kongwon. So then he waited in a chair to see Mr. Kongwon.
Gage called the number for the docter. "Hello?" The doctor's vocie answered.
"Hey yeah, this is Gage. I am at one of the factories looking for a source." Gage explained, "How is Syd?"
"She's..." The doctor wondered off.
Gage sat up straight when he heard the doctor's hesitation. He asked concernly, "She's all right isn't she?"
"She's hasn't gotten any better. It's slipped into a coma actually." The doctor said.
"Coma?!" Gage asked, "But I thought you said that it was just food posioning?"
"It is." The doctor said, "You should see all the people we got here. Some are in worse conditions than your Sydney's. Look, I hate to pressure you but the shorter time it takes to find the source of this...this virus, if you will, the better."
"Okay." Gage said, taking a deep breathe. "Take care of her."
Gage hung up the phone.
Then Mr. Kongwon came out of his office. He put on a fake smile and said, "Ranger Gage, please come in."
Gage went into the office. He sat down and so did Mr. Kongwon.
"So, is there something I can do for you Ranger Gage?" Mr. Kongwon asked. He was ovisously nervous.
Gage already knew his plan of 'attack.' Gage spilled the whole story out at once.
Mr. Kongwon shurgged and said, "Well I assure you that the sickness has nothing to do with our soda comepany." You could tell that he didn't lie much.
"Mr. Kongwon, could you show me where you store all of your elements to your soda?" Gage asked.
"Wha-uh-well," Mr. Kongwon stumbled for words.
Then Gage said, "Look, if you confess now, you may be able to save lives." Gage looked into Mr. Kongwon's eyes. "What do you have to say on your behalf?"
Mr. Kongwon nodded and took a ragged breathe. He was a weak man.
"The owner of the Pepoke company said that we had went over budget...I just agreed..." Mr. Kongwon spoke.
"So you admit that this is the cause?" Gage asked.
Mr. Kongwon just nodded and put his hand on his head.
After a few moments Gage heard a ring on his cell phone. He was walking in the ill-inflected storage house when he answered the phone.
"Hello?" Gage answered.
"Ranger Gage." Gage heard the doctor's grave voice over the small cell phone speaker.
"Doctor? Is something wrong?" Gage asked quickly.
"Well yes actually." The doctor answered frankly, "It's getting ugly down here. No one has died yet but some have come close. Sydney is one of them."
"What?!" Gage asked, worried, "What happened? What went wrong?"
"First of all, have you found the cause yet?" The doctor asked first.
"Yeah," Gage answered, "I just did, the Pepoke company. Now what is what is wrong with Syd?" Gage was very concerned.
"Okay, here is what is going on," The doctor explained how people were coming in one after another, sick. "Sydney is one of 4 people who have one of the rare side effects to the posioning."
"And that side effect is?" Gage asked, more worried than ever.
Gage heard the doctor take a deep breathe, "Sydney's kidney is failing." The doctor said.
"Doesn't everyone have two kidneies?" Gage asked, puzzled.
"Yes, normally." The doctor said, "But I have found that Sydney only has one kidney. So I looked up her previous record and found that she had donated a kidney to her sister around 10 years ago. So she only has one."
"I understand." Gage answered, "So are you going to operate?"
"Well, we don't have any matches here at the hospital." The doctor said, trying to be kind.
"You what?" Gage asked, stunned at what was going on.
"We don't have any here, and there's nothing we can do unless we have a match." The doctor said.
Gage looked at his watch. It was 5:30. Gage knew that he was going to cancel his date with Laura. There was no way he was going. No way. Then Gage said, "I'm coming down there. Is it possible that I could be a match?"
The doctor paused before he answered, "It is rare that someone who is not related to the other will have a match but, it is possible. You could get tested but don't get your hopes up."
Gage hung up the phone.
End of Part 2
Gage stayed with Sydney in the abulance. He stayed right next to her stretcher the whole ride. In the beginning of the ride Sydney stirred her head back and forth and said softly, "What?"
Gage put his hand to her head and hushed her. She closed her eyes and rested her head. She didn't stir the rest of the ride.
Gage was, pretty needless to say, worried.
When they got to the hospital and took her into this room it was 'Family Only' Gage was not family so he waited outside. And waited. And waited.
Gage filled out a form that admited Sydney into the hospital while he waited.
After about an hour of waiting a doctor come out of the room and he turned to Gage. Gage stood up and said, "Well, how is Syd?"
The doctor looked Gage in the eyes and said, "We are running some tests on her now but, we are pretty sure that it's just some nasty food poisoning."
Gage nodded and said, "Oh, okay. So when do you think you'll get those tests back?"
"About an hour maybe." The doctor answered.
Gage nodded again and then asked, "Is there anything I can do?"
The doctor thought for a moment and then said, "Not really. But you are a ranger right?" Gage nodded, "Well than there is one thing that you can do to help."
Gage nodded and said, "Yes?"
"We have had 8 more cases like Sydney's come in today. And that's just in the last hour. It's ovious that there is something in the food here. I know that you don't follow your partners every move but, do you perhaps remember what she ate?"
Gage didn't even have to think before he answered.
The doctor nodded, "Then if you could perhaps check out some of those companies or something. See if any look fishy. Food posioning usually starts at the company."
"Okay." Gage said, "But, I wanna be here when she wakes up. When do you think that'll be?"
"Well," The doctor answered, "She's out cold right now and she doesn't look like you'll be waking anytime soon, just check back here in about an hour if you're not busy. I'll call you if anything happens."
Gage acknowalged and said, "Do you want me to call if I find out what could be the cause of all this."
"Yes, that'd be great." The doctor said as he wrote down a number to reach him at.
Gage called Walker to let him know what was going on. Gage decided to head down to the station to get information on all of the companies that made the food Sydney ate for lunch. So he left, determined to figure out what was causing harm to these people, including Sydney.
****
"Okay Gage," Trivette said while he was at his computer, looking up companies.
They looked up place after place; Burger Barn, Tuckergurd, and Curick. None of the companies seem to be in any finacal problems or anything that would make them downsize to less sanitary conditions that may cause posioning to the food or drink.
Then they arived at the Pepoke company. "They just sold some warehouse up the street and now they've changed all their storage houses around so that could be a problem."
Gage nodded and said, "Yeah, yeah I guess. I should check that out."
"It is supervised by a Mr. Kongwon." Trivette informed Gage.
Gage nodded and asked, "Where is it located?"
Trivette quickly gave him the location and then Gage grabbed his coat on the way out.
****
On the drive over Gage felt funny. He grinned to himself because he knew why he felt funny. Sydney wasn't there to drive. Usually Sydney would drive, and if Gage was driving he was used to Sydney talking in his ear about how slow he was going. Gage smirked. It was then he realized how much Sydney really did mean to him.
Gage got out of the car and then locked the door as he left to go inside.
As he walked in he didn't see anything unusal about the place. I regular factory.
Gage looked around. Then he asked someone where he could make an appointment to talk to Mr. Kongwon. So then he waited in a chair to see Mr. Kongwon.
Gage called the number for the docter. "Hello?" The doctor's vocie answered.
"Hey yeah, this is Gage. I am at one of the factories looking for a source." Gage explained, "How is Syd?"
"She's..." The doctor wondered off.
Gage sat up straight when he heard the doctor's hesitation. He asked concernly, "She's all right isn't she?"
"She's hasn't gotten any better. It's slipped into a coma actually." The doctor said.
"Coma?!" Gage asked, "But I thought you said that it was just food posioning?"
"It is." The doctor said, "You should see all the people we got here. Some are in worse conditions than your Sydney's. Look, I hate to pressure you but the shorter time it takes to find the source of this...this virus, if you will, the better."
"Okay." Gage said, taking a deep breathe. "Take care of her."
Gage hung up the phone.
Then Mr. Kongwon came out of his office. He put on a fake smile and said, "Ranger Gage, please come in."
Gage went into the office. He sat down and so did Mr. Kongwon.
"So, is there something I can do for you Ranger Gage?" Mr. Kongwon asked. He was ovisously nervous.
Gage already knew his plan of 'attack.' Gage spilled the whole story out at once.
Mr. Kongwon shurgged and said, "Well I assure you that the sickness has nothing to do with our soda comepany." You could tell that he didn't lie much.
"Mr. Kongwon, could you show me where you store all of your elements to your soda?" Gage asked.
"Wha-uh-well," Mr. Kongwon stumbled for words.
Then Gage said, "Look, if you confess now, you may be able to save lives." Gage looked into Mr. Kongwon's eyes. "What do you have to say on your behalf?"
Mr. Kongwon nodded and took a ragged breathe. He was a weak man.
"The owner of the Pepoke company said that we had went over budget...I just agreed..." Mr. Kongwon spoke.
"So you admit that this is the cause?" Gage asked.
Mr. Kongwon just nodded and put his hand on his head.
After a few moments Gage heard a ring on his cell phone. He was walking in the ill-inflected storage house when he answered the phone.
"Hello?" Gage answered.
"Ranger Gage." Gage heard the doctor's grave voice over the small cell phone speaker.
"Doctor? Is something wrong?" Gage asked quickly.
"Well yes actually." The doctor answered frankly, "It's getting ugly down here. No one has died yet but some have come close. Sydney is one of them."
"What?!" Gage asked, worried, "What happened? What went wrong?"
"First of all, have you found the cause yet?" The doctor asked first.
"Yeah," Gage answered, "I just did, the Pepoke company. Now what is what is wrong with Syd?" Gage was very concerned.
"Okay, here is what is going on," The doctor explained how people were coming in one after another, sick. "Sydney is one of 4 people who have one of the rare side effects to the posioning."
"And that side effect is?" Gage asked, more worried than ever.
Gage heard the doctor take a deep breathe, "Sydney's kidney is failing." The doctor said.
"Doesn't everyone have two kidneies?" Gage asked, puzzled.
"Yes, normally." The doctor said, "But I have found that Sydney only has one kidney. So I looked up her previous record and found that she had donated a kidney to her sister around 10 years ago. So she only has one."
"I understand." Gage answered, "So are you going to operate?"
"Well, we don't have any matches here at the hospital." The doctor said, trying to be kind.
"You what?" Gage asked, stunned at what was going on.
"We don't have any here, and there's nothing we can do unless we have a match." The doctor said.
Gage looked at his watch. It was 5:30. Gage knew that he was going to cancel his date with Laura. There was no way he was going. No way. Then Gage said, "I'm coming down there. Is it possible that I could be a match?"
The doctor paused before he answered, "It is rare that someone who is not related to the other will have a match but, it is possible. You could get tested but don't get your hopes up."
Gage hung up the phone.
End of Part 2