Disclaimer: This was written for the soul purpose of my entertainment.
I lay no claim on Walker Texas Ranger or of any of its characters.
Lost Reunion
By: Janis
Chapter 4
True to her word, Doctor Marsh was there by ten o'clock. By ten forty-five Gage was helping Sydney into his car to take her home.
"Gage I want to go by my place."
"I know you do, I'll take you under one condition, you have a look around and then we leave. You just got out of the hospital and you are going to rest. We have all week to figure out what we are going to do about your apartment."
"All right."
"Promise?"
"Promise."
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Gage opened the door wide for her, Sydney walked in, in total disbelief. It was as if a tornado had past through her apartment and everything she owned was in its path. She picked up a piece of her Grandmother's china that had been smashed to bits and a tear rolled down her cheek. She proceeded down the hall to her bedroom. Gage followed her, knowing what she would find there. All of her clothes had been ripped to shreds. Everything in the room was totally destroyed. Gage put his arms around her and held her. She held her face against his chest hoping when she looked again everything would be as she had left it.
"Seen enough for now?" he asked her.
"I'll be ready in a second," she told him as she walked over to what was left of her dresser. She looked around the top of it and the floor until her eyes came upon the picture frame. It was upside down on the floor, when she picked it up and turned it over, to her dismay she found the picture was missing.
"What are you looking for?"
"The picture of us together at the Bar-B-Q. Look at the frame I know the glass has been smashed but look at it Gage it's looks like someone opened the back to take the picture out."
"Let's say we head to my place for now and give Trivette a call and see if he can pick this up to have it checked for prints."
"We could drop it off now."
"We could but we have a deal, I brought you here now you are suppose to rest. Let's go."
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Steve and Boyd sat watching Syd and Gage come out from Sydney's apartment. They were sitting in a new mini van that they had taken from a young family the day before. They made no mistakes this time there were no witnesses.
Boyd watched Sydney as Gage helped her into the car. Once they had eliminated her friend he was going to make that little Ranger all his.
"Let's get rid of them we could take them out right now," whined Steve.
His friends agreed with him voicing their opinions as well.
"These things take time if we want to do them right," Boyd told them as he started the van to follow Gage.
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"Gage where are we going you missed the turn."
"You are going to get your wish we are taking the frame to be checked for prints now. We picked up a tail when we left your place. That dark green mini van has been with us since we pulled out of your parking lot."
Gage handed Syd his phone and she called in the plate number, "Nothing on it Gage, is it still following us?"
"Yep."
They pulled into the underground parking at Ranger headquarters and the van went by. Gage came around and opened the door for Syd and they went upstairs.
"What are you two doing here?" asked Trivette.
Gage explained what was going on, while Syd sat quietly waiting. He could tell she was beginning to tire.
"What did you say the plate number was for that van?" asked Walker.
Gage repeated the number to them.
"That is the plate of a van car-jacked less then twenty-four hours ago. The family that owned it didn't survive."
Gage looked over to Syd again, "I've got to get my partner home. Her car is still downstairs so we'll take it they won't be looking for us in that."
"Okay check in when you get there."
"Will do."
**********
By the time they got to Gage's Syd was ready for a nap. Gage pulled back the covers on his bed and tucked her in.
"Why don't you lay down with me?"
"I might just do that after I check in with Walker. You go to sleep; I don't want to have to take you back to the hospital or anything. Besides I promised you some dinner tonight."
Gage kissed her gently on the cheek; she closed her eyes and fell asleep. He then dialled Trivette's number.
"We're home safe and sound, didn't see any sign of them on our way here. Anything come back on the picture frame? McClain's prints, then we got them all. Let us know if anything happens."
Gage hung up the phone then went to the kitchen to set to work on that special dinner. Everything was almost ready when Syd appeared in the kitchen.
"Smells good in here."
"Hey have a good sleep?"
"Pretty good but I missed you."
"I was busy trying to full fill some one's request for a special dinner."
Gage saw her stiffen as he mentioned "special dinner" and walked over to her. He led her to a chair and as she sat down, he knelt down beside her, holding her hand.
"When you asked me to make dinner special I had no idea about what you wanted to tell me."
"Gage, I.."
"Shh," he said as he put his fingers to her lips, "Let me finish. Friday when Walker and I got back to the office and you had all ready gone, I just seemed so lonely; as if a part of me was missing cause, you weren't there. Then I thought about you asking me to make dinner special when you got home on Sunday. That's when I knew how I wanted to make it special. On my way home from work I stopped to pick this out for you."
Gage reached over to a small velvet jewellery box that was sitting on the table and opened it as he continued on, "I don't want to worry about whose place we are going to tonight, I don't want to wake up and have to dial the phone to say good morning. I don't want to wake up in the night and you aren't there for me to hold. I need you in my life Syd. Will you marry me?"
Syd sat quietly for a moment, "After all that has happened?" she finally asked.
"Yes after all that has happened, we lost a baby, we aren't going to loose each other."
Sydney knew the emptiness she felt from the loss of their baby; she hadn't realized how much it was affecting Gage too. He was right they weren't going to loose each other, they were going to be together and she knew marrying him would make them both stronger."
"Are you going to put that on my finger or do I just get to look at it in the box?"
Gage smiled at her and slipped the ring on her finger.
**********
"Hey Steve you still got that cell phone that belonged to our Ranger?"
"Right here."
"Let me see it."
Steve Davis handed the phone to Boyd who began going over the names that were keyed in on speed dial. Gage, Walker, Trivette, Alex, Boyd wondered which one was the guy from the picture. He ruled out Alex knowing she was the friend with the baby. He guessed he'd start dialling until he hit the right one. The first name on the list was Gage.
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Gage could hear his phone ringing as he tried to squint at the clock to see the time. It was a little past two in the morning.
"Hello," he mumbled as he answered the phone. The caller said hello and asked for Ranger Cooke.
Gage looked down at Sydney who was curled up against him and asked, "What makes you think that she's here?"
"No reason, except she ain't at home and your name just kept popping into my head."
"Is that a fact, well maybe if you give me your name and number I could have her call you when I see her."
The line went dead. Gage reached over and turned on the light as he looked at the caller ID.
"What is it Gage?"
"Someone is using your phone to try and locate you."
"Give me your phone I'll call them back."
"Oh no you don't, we aren't giving this guy any idea where you are. We'll set something up in the morning; we know he has your phone we'll call from headquarters or something after we talk to Walker. Now go back to sleep."
Gage reached over and turned off the light and they lay back down. About two minutes later Sydney reached over him and turned the light back on.
"Gage the sooner we do this the sooner we have them put away and not bothering us."
Gage was going to say something more when the phone rang again and Syd made a dive for it. She wasn't quick enough as Gage had it before she could grab it.
"Hello."
"Trivette, no you didn't wake us up. Walker too. Okay we'll meet you at Syd's tomorrow around eight. Night."
"Well?"
"I win this round we are meeting Walker and Trivette at your place tomorrow at eight then you get to call him back."
**********
Boyd sat there figuring things to himself. They were awful secretive concerning his Ranger; maybe he was going at this the wrong way. Maybe that Alex Cahill Walker was the key to this. She was right there for the Ranger when he had threatened to kill her.
"I bet my Ranger would be right there for Alex Cahill Walker if she needed her too," he voiced out loud to himself and he had her phone number right here.
Boyd closed his eyes as he thought to himself, tomorrow was going to be an entirely different ball game.
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Both Syd and Gage were up early the next morning, neither had slept well after the phone call. They were at Syd's apartment by seven forty-five. Syd began looking through some of her stuff as they waited.
"Hey you all right."
"I'm fine Gage it's only stuff."
There conversation was interrupted as Walker and Trivette arrived.
"Got a brand new phone for you Sydney," smiled Trivette as he handed it to her.
"Are you ready Syd?"
"Oh ya, I'm ready."
Syd dialled her old phone it rang three times before Boyd answered it.
"Boyd McClain, I hear you've been looking for me."
"Is this my little Ranger? I was just going to have your friend give you a call so we could all get together like old times."
"What friend is that Boyd?"
Boyd shoved the phone in Alex's face and told her to say hello to her friend.
"Syd they're here at the ranch."
"Now Ranger you will come join us at the home of Alex Cahill Walker or there won't be an Alex any more. Oh and one more thing bring your blonde boyfriend with you I want you to know how it feels to loose people you care about."
The phone call ended as Sydney turned to Walker, "They have Alex and are at the ranch, they want me to come out there and they want me to bring Gage. They want me to know how it feels to loose people I care about."
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Gage drove. As he and Sydney reached the drive way at the ranch she reached out and took his hand. He smiled at her, then she took out her gun and pointed it at him. As they reached the house Boyd and his pals came out on the veranda with Alex.
"I'm here Boyd, I don't know why you had me bring him though I don't care about him that much," Syd stated still holding the gun on Gage.
"Then you won't mind that much putting a bullet in his head will you Ranger?"
"If that will square us Boyd and you let Alex go I won't mind at all."
"Take him out behind the barn and do it. Steve go with them and make sure the job is done right."
"With pleasure Boyd."
As soon as they were out of sight of the house Gage and Sydney very easily disarmed Steve. He was out cold before he knew what hit him. Syd fired a single shot.
Boyd smiled when he heard the shot, his little Ranger had come through for him. He laughed to himself thinking how easy this was, He was so elated with Sydney that Walker and Trivette were able to get the drop on the remaining car-jackers and rescue Alex. Boyd knew he was in trouble and headed across the yard towards the van, trying to make his escape only to come face to face with Gage.
A couple of well placed kicks had Boyd McClain to the ground, yet Gage couldn't stop there. All the anger and hurt that had built up inside of him was coming to the top. It wasn't until he heard Sydney's voice yelling at him that he was able to stop and step away for her to cuff him.
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Chapter 5
One Year Later........
"Okay Syd, one more push, come on Honey," Gage encouraged his wife.
Syd grasped Gage's hand as another contraction hit her, she pushed hard as she let out another scream.
"You have a boy," announced Doctor Marsh.
Once he was weighed and measured the nurse place him in Sydney's arms.
"He's beautiful Syd," Gage whispered to her as he kissed her gently on the forehead.
"You do good work Gage he is going to look exactly like you," murmured Syd.
The nurse came to take the newest Gage to the nursery while they got Sydney settled in her room. Gage went to phone everyone with the news.
When Gage got back to Sydney's room he was carrying a bouquet of yellow roses for Sydney and a teddy bear for his son. He came and sat on the edge of Sydney's bed taking her hands in his.
"Are we still going with Ethan?"
"Ethan Francis," Sydney corrected.
"You win, Ethan Francis it is."
Just then the door opened and the nurse came in with Ethan. She handed him to Gage who held the tiny bundle close to him. Sydney marvelled at how natural Gage looked holding their son in his arms. He came and sat beside Sydney as he spoke to Ethan.
"Your Mom and I have waited a long time for you," he said first kissing his son, then his wife.
"Did you think a year ago that we would be here now?" Syd asked him.
"All that I know for sure is as long as you are part of my life the possibilities are endless."
The End
I lay no claim on Walker Texas Ranger or of any of its characters.
Lost Reunion
By: Janis
Chapter 4
True to her word, Doctor Marsh was there by ten o'clock. By ten forty-five Gage was helping Sydney into his car to take her home.
"Gage I want to go by my place."
"I know you do, I'll take you under one condition, you have a look around and then we leave. You just got out of the hospital and you are going to rest. We have all week to figure out what we are going to do about your apartment."
"All right."
"Promise?"
"Promise."
**********
Gage opened the door wide for her, Sydney walked in, in total disbelief. It was as if a tornado had past through her apartment and everything she owned was in its path. She picked up a piece of her Grandmother's china that had been smashed to bits and a tear rolled down her cheek. She proceeded down the hall to her bedroom. Gage followed her, knowing what she would find there. All of her clothes had been ripped to shreds. Everything in the room was totally destroyed. Gage put his arms around her and held her. She held her face against his chest hoping when she looked again everything would be as she had left it.
"Seen enough for now?" he asked her.
"I'll be ready in a second," she told him as she walked over to what was left of her dresser. She looked around the top of it and the floor until her eyes came upon the picture frame. It was upside down on the floor, when she picked it up and turned it over, to her dismay she found the picture was missing.
"What are you looking for?"
"The picture of us together at the Bar-B-Q. Look at the frame I know the glass has been smashed but look at it Gage it's looks like someone opened the back to take the picture out."
"Let's say we head to my place for now and give Trivette a call and see if he can pick this up to have it checked for prints."
"We could drop it off now."
"We could but we have a deal, I brought you here now you are suppose to rest. Let's go."
**********
Steve and Boyd sat watching Syd and Gage come out from Sydney's apartment. They were sitting in a new mini van that they had taken from a young family the day before. They made no mistakes this time there were no witnesses.
Boyd watched Sydney as Gage helped her into the car. Once they had eliminated her friend he was going to make that little Ranger all his.
"Let's get rid of them we could take them out right now," whined Steve.
His friends agreed with him voicing their opinions as well.
"These things take time if we want to do them right," Boyd told them as he started the van to follow Gage.
**********
"Gage where are we going you missed the turn."
"You are going to get your wish we are taking the frame to be checked for prints now. We picked up a tail when we left your place. That dark green mini van has been with us since we pulled out of your parking lot."
Gage handed Syd his phone and she called in the plate number, "Nothing on it Gage, is it still following us?"
"Yep."
They pulled into the underground parking at Ranger headquarters and the van went by. Gage came around and opened the door for Syd and they went upstairs.
"What are you two doing here?" asked Trivette.
Gage explained what was going on, while Syd sat quietly waiting. He could tell she was beginning to tire.
"What did you say the plate number was for that van?" asked Walker.
Gage repeated the number to them.
"That is the plate of a van car-jacked less then twenty-four hours ago. The family that owned it didn't survive."
Gage looked over to Syd again, "I've got to get my partner home. Her car is still downstairs so we'll take it they won't be looking for us in that."
"Okay check in when you get there."
"Will do."
**********
By the time they got to Gage's Syd was ready for a nap. Gage pulled back the covers on his bed and tucked her in.
"Why don't you lay down with me?"
"I might just do that after I check in with Walker. You go to sleep; I don't want to have to take you back to the hospital or anything. Besides I promised you some dinner tonight."
Gage kissed her gently on the cheek; she closed her eyes and fell asleep. He then dialled Trivette's number.
"We're home safe and sound, didn't see any sign of them on our way here. Anything come back on the picture frame? McClain's prints, then we got them all. Let us know if anything happens."
Gage hung up the phone then went to the kitchen to set to work on that special dinner. Everything was almost ready when Syd appeared in the kitchen.
"Smells good in here."
"Hey have a good sleep?"
"Pretty good but I missed you."
"I was busy trying to full fill some one's request for a special dinner."
Gage saw her stiffen as he mentioned "special dinner" and walked over to her. He led her to a chair and as she sat down, he knelt down beside her, holding her hand.
"When you asked me to make dinner special I had no idea about what you wanted to tell me."
"Gage, I.."
"Shh," he said as he put his fingers to her lips, "Let me finish. Friday when Walker and I got back to the office and you had all ready gone, I just seemed so lonely; as if a part of me was missing cause, you weren't there. Then I thought about you asking me to make dinner special when you got home on Sunday. That's when I knew how I wanted to make it special. On my way home from work I stopped to pick this out for you."
Gage reached over to a small velvet jewellery box that was sitting on the table and opened it as he continued on, "I don't want to worry about whose place we are going to tonight, I don't want to wake up and have to dial the phone to say good morning. I don't want to wake up in the night and you aren't there for me to hold. I need you in my life Syd. Will you marry me?"
Syd sat quietly for a moment, "After all that has happened?" she finally asked.
"Yes after all that has happened, we lost a baby, we aren't going to loose each other."
Sydney knew the emptiness she felt from the loss of their baby; she hadn't realized how much it was affecting Gage too. He was right they weren't going to loose each other, they were going to be together and she knew marrying him would make them both stronger."
"Are you going to put that on my finger or do I just get to look at it in the box?"
Gage smiled at her and slipped the ring on her finger.
**********
"Hey Steve you still got that cell phone that belonged to our Ranger?"
"Right here."
"Let me see it."
Steve Davis handed the phone to Boyd who began going over the names that were keyed in on speed dial. Gage, Walker, Trivette, Alex, Boyd wondered which one was the guy from the picture. He ruled out Alex knowing she was the friend with the baby. He guessed he'd start dialling until he hit the right one. The first name on the list was Gage.
**********
Gage could hear his phone ringing as he tried to squint at the clock to see the time. It was a little past two in the morning.
"Hello," he mumbled as he answered the phone. The caller said hello and asked for Ranger Cooke.
Gage looked down at Sydney who was curled up against him and asked, "What makes you think that she's here?"
"No reason, except she ain't at home and your name just kept popping into my head."
"Is that a fact, well maybe if you give me your name and number I could have her call you when I see her."
The line went dead. Gage reached over and turned on the light as he looked at the caller ID.
"What is it Gage?"
"Someone is using your phone to try and locate you."
"Give me your phone I'll call them back."
"Oh no you don't, we aren't giving this guy any idea where you are. We'll set something up in the morning; we know he has your phone we'll call from headquarters or something after we talk to Walker. Now go back to sleep."
Gage reached over and turned off the light and they lay back down. About two minutes later Sydney reached over him and turned the light back on.
"Gage the sooner we do this the sooner we have them put away and not bothering us."
Gage was going to say something more when the phone rang again and Syd made a dive for it. She wasn't quick enough as Gage had it before she could grab it.
"Hello."
"Trivette, no you didn't wake us up. Walker too. Okay we'll meet you at Syd's tomorrow around eight. Night."
"Well?"
"I win this round we are meeting Walker and Trivette at your place tomorrow at eight then you get to call him back."
**********
Boyd sat there figuring things to himself. They were awful secretive concerning his Ranger; maybe he was going at this the wrong way. Maybe that Alex Cahill Walker was the key to this. She was right there for the Ranger when he had threatened to kill her.
"I bet my Ranger would be right there for Alex Cahill Walker if she needed her too," he voiced out loud to himself and he had her phone number right here.
Boyd closed his eyes as he thought to himself, tomorrow was going to be an entirely different ball game.
**********
Both Syd and Gage were up early the next morning, neither had slept well after the phone call. They were at Syd's apartment by seven forty-five. Syd began looking through some of her stuff as they waited.
"Hey you all right."
"I'm fine Gage it's only stuff."
There conversation was interrupted as Walker and Trivette arrived.
"Got a brand new phone for you Sydney," smiled Trivette as he handed it to her.
"Are you ready Syd?"
"Oh ya, I'm ready."
Syd dialled her old phone it rang three times before Boyd answered it.
"Boyd McClain, I hear you've been looking for me."
"Is this my little Ranger? I was just going to have your friend give you a call so we could all get together like old times."
"What friend is that Boyd?"
Boyd shoved the phone in Alex's face and told her to say hello to her friend.
"Syd they're here at the ranch."
"Now Ranger you will come join us at the home of Alex Cahill Walker or there won't be an Alex any more. Oh and one more thing bring your blonde boyfriend with you I want you to know how it feels to loose people you care about."
The phone call ended as Sydney turned to Walker, "They have Alex and are at the ranch, they want me to come out there and they want me to bring Gage. They want me to know how it feels to loose people I care about."
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Gage drove. As he and Sydney reached the drive way at the ranch she reached out and took his hand. He smiled at her, then she took out her gun and pointed it at him. As they reached the house Boyd and his pals came out on the veranda with Alex.
"I'm here Boyd, I don't know why you had me bring him though I don't care about him that much," Syd stated still holding the gun on Gage.
"Then you won't mind that much putting a bullet in his head will you Ranger?"
"If that will square us Boyd and you let Alex go I won't mind at all."
"Take him out behind the barn and do it. Steve go with them and make sure the job is done right."
"With pleasure Boyd."
As soon as they were out of sight of the house Gage and Sydney very easily disarmed Steve. He was out cold before he knew what hit him. Syd fired a single shot.
Boyd smiled when he heard the shot, his little Ranger had come through for him. He laughed to himself thinking how easy this was, He was so elated with Sydney that Walker and Trivette were able to get the drop on the remaining car-jackers and rescue Alex. Boyd knew he was in trouble and headed across the yard towards the van, trying to make his escape only to come face to face with Gage.
A couple of well placed kicks had Boyd McClain to the ground, yet Gage couldn't stop there. All the anger and hurt that had built up inside of him was coming to the top. It wasn't until he heard Sydney's voice yelling at him that he was able to stop and step away for her to cuff him.
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Chapter 5
One Year Later........
"Okay Syd, one more push, come on Honey," Gage encouraged his wife.
Syd grasped Gage's hand as another contraction hit her, she pushed hard as she let out another scream.
"You have a boy," announced Doctor Marsh.
Once he was weighed and measured the nurse place him in Sydney's arms.
"He's beautiful Syd," Gage whispered to her as he kissed her gently on the forehead.
"You do good work Gage he is going to look exactly like you," murmured Syd.
The nurse came to take the newest Gage to the nursery while they got Sydney settled in her room. Gage went to phone everyone with the news.
When Gage got back to Sydney's room he was carrying a bouquet of yellow roses for Sydney and a teddy bear for his son. He came and sat on the edge of Sydney's bed taking her hands in his.
"Are we still going with Ethan?"
"Ethan Francis," Sydney corrected.
"You win, Ethan Francis it is."
Just then the door opened and the nurse came in with Ethan. She handed him to Gage who held the tiny bundle close to him. Sydney marvelled at how natural Gage looked holding their son in his arms. He came and sat beside Sydney as he spoke to Ethan.
"Your Mom and I have waited a long time for you," he said first kissing his son, then his wife.
"Did you think a year ago that we would be here now?" Syd asked him.
"All that I know for sure is as long as you are part of my life the possibilities are endless."
The End