Disclaimer: This was written for the soul purpose of my entertainment.
I lay no claim on Walker Texas Ranger or any of it's characters.
Chapter 3
Sydney and Gage rode in together the next day. Syd gave her husband a quick kiss in the elevator and told him she was going to see Alex for a few minutes and would be right down.
When Gage walked into headquarters both Walker and Trivette were waiting for him.
"Another envelope Gage," said Trivette as he handed it to him.
Gage sat down before he ripped it open, more photos and another note. Gage read the note out loud.
Francis,
You are too slow. I got her away from you once before. How much longer until I make her mine again?
Gage looked at the first picture and immediately dropped them and started dialling the phone.
"Alex, she there, keep her there I'll be right up for her."
Gage was gone out the door.
Walker picked up the pictures Gage had dropped. They were pictures of the dead girls but each had been altered. The faces had been replaced with Sydney's face.
********
Gage went busting right into Alex's office her secretary following him in telling him; he couldn't go in there. Gage went right to Syd and put his arms around her.
"It's all right Maggie," Alex told her.
Maggie looked at Alex who nodded her head; she then went out and shut the door.
"Got another envelope, I just had to see that you were okay," he pulled her a little tighter as he spoke.
He loosened his grip a little and told her, "We'd better get back down there."
"I'll walk down with you two, I've got to speak to Walker any way."
The three of them started downstairs, Sydney between Alex and Gage.
**********
Syd stared at the pictures and shook her head, "At least there are only four pictures hopefully that means number five is still alive."
"Hey I think we finally got a break on this," Trivette had just got off the phone and come over to Walker's desk where the rest had congregated. "The lingerie the last two victims were wearing was ordered through a mail order company out of Austin. There were seven of the first outfit and five of the second sent to Dallas in the last two weeks. They are faxing the names and addresses of those deliveries."
Walker's phone rang it was agent Morrison after a few minutes conversation Walker hung up.
"It seems that they weren't able to track down Dellaquay, but they did get an address where a sister used to live. Her name is Catherine Dellaquay. Did either of you ever meet her?"
"I didn't even know he had a sister, you Syd?"
"Me either."
"They talked to some of the neighbours, she lived there by herself and kept mostly to herself up until about three weeks ago when she up and moved in the middle of the night. Before that, she worked in some kind of rehabilitation home and once a month she would have one of the patients home to stay with her. This patient according to the neighbours had been in some sort of accident with fire. The one side of his face is scared terribly from it and he is in a wheelchair unable to walk. Morrison and Timins were on there way out to talk to the doctors at the facility this morning."
"Could be Dellaquay. Maybe it's the sister trying to take revenge on what happened to her brother in the accident," speculated Gage.
"The sooner we find Catherine Dellaquay the sooner we'll have some answers."
As if on cue the fax machine began to work. Trivette went over to retrieve the information coming in.
"The customer list from L'amour Lingerie and not one Dellaquay on the list I guess we check them all out."
"Gage you and Sydney take half the list and Trivette and I will take the other half."
**********
"Something the matter Gage?" asked Syd as she slid into the front seat beside him.
"Maybe it would be safer if you stayed here."
"My white knight in shinning armour, Gage I'm fine. Would you stay back at HQ if you were the one in danger?"
Gage didn't answer her.
"That's what I thought. Lets get to work."
Gage smiled at her as he put the car in gear knowing he didn't stand a chance of winning this one.
The first two names they checked out were not the Dellaquays. The third address was at a run down apartment complex. They drew their guns and stood either side of the apartment door. Gage knocked identifying them as Texas Rangers at the same time, there was no answer. The door had pushed slightly open as he had knocked, Syd pushed it again and as it swung open, the fifth victim was revealed.
**********
Syd and Gage were standing quietly together when Walker and Trivette arrived. This was taking its toll on both of them.
"Was there a note Gage?"
Gage handed it to Walker for him and Trivette to read. Once again, it was addressing Gage taunting him to catch him. Walker handed it to Trivette who read it out loud.
Francis,
I thought you were better at this. Maybe that is what Sydney thought too. The time is drawing close when I will have her as my own once again. Come find me Francis. Only you can save number six, give me Sydney, and she is saved. The clock is ticking for number six. Tic toc, tic toc.
There were pictures of still another frightened girl.
The phone rang as they stood there discussing the case. Walker motioned to Gage to answer it as Trivette began dialling his cell phone for a trace.
"Hello."
"This is Ranger Gage."
The voice of a very young girl was on the end of the other line. The girl was crying and Gage could hardly make out what she was saying.
"They told me to say that if you don't give back what is theirs they are going to kill me. Help me I don't want to die."
The line went dead.
"Anything?" Gage looked at Trivette.
"Sorry Gage nothing."
Gage slammed the phone down and went out the door for some fresh air. Syd stood motionless watching him go. Trivette went out after him as Walker came over to where Syd stood.
"Why can't we catch them? Why can't we stop them? Why do they have to hurt so many others? Can't they just come after Gage and me?"
"It's part of how they want to torture you."
"They are winning it is torture. They are killing both Gage and I."
"We will get them Sydney we are closer today then we were yesterday."
"Yes but when, I look at that girl and I feel like I may as well have slit her throat myself," Sydney turned her back on Walker to keep the tears from flowing. "I've got to go and check on Gage," she sighed as she walked outside to look for him.
***********
"There she is Robin, is she like you remember her?"
Robin Dellaquay sat unmoving as he looked out the van window at Sydney. His sister Catherine reach over and wiped the drool that escaped from the side of his mouth. There was his beloved Sydney, he watched her as she walked over to him, she let him put his arm over her shoulder, and again she betrayed him. Even though Dellaquay seethed inside his face did not change. It was frozen in time, as was his withered body.
He had only wanted a chance to show her how much he loved her and how wonderful life could be for them. She refused to give them a chance, she refused his gifts and then when she had betrayed him by wearing that locket that Gage had given her it was almost too much for him. He had tried to discourage her from seeing him, sent death threats if she didn't stop seeing him, but nothing worked. Finally, in desperation he had forced her in the car at gunpoint.
They had argued as he drove like a mad man out of the city. It was no use he wasn't getting through to her, then that locket hanging around her neck caught his eye and he had grabbed it trying to rip it from her neck. That is when the struggle had started. The next thing he knew he had lost control of the car, her door flew open and she was thrown out. The car went over the embankment and exploded in flames. He had crawled out and away from the wreck; he could see him helping her, holding her. He had vowed that night that he would never let Gage have her that somehow he would take her from him.
He had crawled broken and bleeding the half mile to his sister's place. Catherine was a nurse she could take care of him. He refused to go to a hospital, she did what she could for him, until the night he had the stroke. It was at that point Catherine had decided to take up her brother's revenge.
Over the years Catherine had forged papers and did what ever it took to make sure people believed her brother dead. She had given him a new identity and insured him a bed at the place she worked. Six months earlier she had decided that she was finally ready to put her plan in motion. It gave her great pleasure to see those two suffering now.
**********
"Gage I know we are right in the middle of things here but I want to go some place quiet for just a little while."
It was then Gage had put his arm over Syd's shoulder and started walking to the car.
"Tell Walker we'll be back at Headquarters in an hour."
Trivette had nodded yes, as he watched the two of them go and get in the car. He couldn't imagine the personal hell the they were going through right now.
Gage started the car and began to drive; he looked over at Sydney who sat there mutely looking out the window. He drove directly to a small park that was close to home and stopped the car. They spent a lot of time together here. Sydney still hadn't moved. Gage opened his door and got out, he stood there for a minute before he went to Syd's side of the car and opened her door. She still sat there as if he wasn't there, he reached in and took her hand and she got out.
"Let's do a little walking Honey."
She still said nothing but did fall against his side as he put his arm around her. He guided them to a somewhat secluded spot that they had claimed as their own. Syd put both arms around Gage's neck easily pulling him to her for a kiss. Both were hoping that the kiss would magically make things better and for a moment, maybe it did.
They both sat, Gage leaning up against a tree, Syd in his arms leaning against him. Neither spoke, both took comfort in the silence and in each other. The pain briefly lifted from them.
End Of Chapter 3
I lay no claim on Walker Texas Ranger or any of it's characters.
Chapter 3
Sydney and Gage rode in together the next day. Syd gave her husband a quick kiss in the elevator and told him she was going to see Alex for a few minutes and would be right down.
When Gage walked into headquarters both Walker and Trivette were waiting for him.
"Another envelope Gage," said Trivette as he handed it to him.
Gage sat down before he ripped it open, more photos and another note. Gage read the note out loud.
Francis,
You are too slow. I got her away from you once before. How much longer until I make her mine again?
Gage looked at the first picture and immediately dropped them and started dialling the phone.
"Alex, she there, keep her there I'll be right up for her."
Gage was gone out the door.
Walker picked up the pictures Gage had dropped. They were pictures of the dead girls but each had been altered. The faces had been replaced with Sydney's face.
********
Gage went busting right into Alex's office her secretary following him in telling him; he couldn't go in there. Gage went right to Syd and put his arms around her.
"It's all right Maggie," Alex told her.
Maggie looked at Alex who nodded her head; she then went out and shut the door.
"Got another envelope, I just had to see that you were okay," he pulled her a little tighter as he spoke.
He loosened his grip a little and told her, "We'd better get back down there."
"I'll walk down with you two, I've got to speak to Walker any way."
The three of them started downstairs, Sydney between Alex and Gage.
**********
Syd stared at the pictures and shook her head, "At least there are only four pictures hopefully that means number five is still alive."
"Hey I think we finally got a break on this," Trivette had just got off the phone and come over to Walker's desk where the rest had congregated. "The lingerie the last two victims were wearing was ordered through a mail order company out of Austin. There were seven of the first outfit and five of the second sent to Dallas in the last two weeks. They are faxing the names and addresses of those deliveries."
Walker's phone rang it was agent Morrison after a few minutes conversation Walker hung up.
"It seems that they weren't able to track down Dellaquay, but they did get an address where a sister used to live. Her name is Catherine Dellaquay. Did either of you ever meet her?"
"I didn't even know he had a sister, you Syd?"
"Me either."
"They talked to some of the neighbours, she lived there by herself and kept mostly to herself up until about three weeks ago when she up and moved in the middle of the night. Before that, she worked in some kind of rehabilitation home and once a month she would have one of the patients home to stay with her. This patient according to the neighbours had been in some sort of accident with fire. The one side of his face is scared terribly from it and he is in a wheelchair unable to walk. Morrison and Timins were on there way out to talk to the doctors at the facility this morning."
"Could be Dellaquay. Maybe it's the sister trying to take revenge on what happened to her brother in the accident," speculated Gage.
"The sooner we find Catherine Dellaquay the sooner we'll have some answers."
As if on cue the fax machine began to work. Trivette went over to retrieve the information coming in.
"The customer list from L'amour Lingerie and not one Dellaquay on the list I guess we check them all out."
"Gage you and Sydney take half the list and Trivette and I will take the other half."
**********
"Something the matter Gage?" asked Syd as she slid into the front seat beside him.
"Maybe it would be safer if you stayed here."
"My white knight in shinning armour, Gage I'm fine. Would you stay back at HQ if you were the one in danger?"
Gage didn't answer her.
"That's what I thought. Lets get to work."
Gage smiled at her as he put the car in gear knowing he didn't stand a chance of winning this one.
The first two names they checked out were not the Dellaquays. The third address was at a run down apartment complex. They drew their guns and stood either side of the apartment door. Gage knocked identifying them as Texas Rangers at the same time, there was no answer. The door had pushed slightly open as he had knocked, Syd pushed it again and as it swung open, the fifth victim was revealed.
**********
Syd and Gage were standing quietly together when Walker and Trivette arrived. This was taking its toll on both of them.
"Was there a note Gage?"
Gage handed it to Walker for him and Trivette to read. Once again, it was addressing Gage taunting him to catch him. Walker handed it to Trivette who read it out loud.
Francis,
I thought you were better at this. Maybe that is what Sydney thought too. The time is drawing close when I will have her as my own once again. Come find me Francis. Only you can save number six, give me Sydney, and she is saved. The clock is ticking for number six. Tic toc, tic toc.
There were pictures of still another frightened girl.
The phone rang as they stood there discussing the case. Walker motioned to Gage to answer it as Trivette began dialling his cell phone for a trace.
"Hello."
"This is Ranger Gage."
The voice of a very young girl was on the end of the other line. The girl was crying and Gage could hardly make out what she was saying.
"They told me to say that if you don't give back what is theirs they are going to kill me. Help me I don't want to die."
The line went dead.
"Anything?" Gage looked at Trivette.
"Sorry Gage nothing."
Gage slammed the phone down and went out the door for some fresh air. Syd stood motionless watching him go. Trivette went out after him as Walker came over to where Syd stood.
"Why can't we catch them? Why can't we stop them? Why do they have to hurt so many others? Can't they just come after Gage and me?"
"It's part of how they want to torture you."
"They are winning it is torture. They are killing both Gage and I."
"We will get them Sydney we are closer today then we were yesterday."
"Yes but when, I look at that girl and I feel like I may as well have slit her throat myself," Sydney turned her back on Walker to keep the tears from flowing. "I've got to go and check on Gage," she sighed as she walked outside to look for him.
***********
"There she is Robin, is she like you remember her?"
Robin Dellaquay sat unmoving as he looked out the van window at Sydney. His sister Catherine reach over and wiped the drool that escaped from the side of his mouth. There was his beloved Sydney, he watched her as she walked over to him, she let him put his arm over her shoulder, and again she betrayed him. Even though Dellaquay seethed inside his face did not change. It was frozen in time, as was his withered body.
He had only wanted a chance to show her how much he loved her and how wonderful life could be for them. She refused to give them a chance, she refused his gifts and then when she had betrayed him by wearing that locket that Gage had given her it was almost too much for him. He had tried to discourage her from seeing him, sent death threats if she didn't stop seeing him, but nothing worked. Finally, in desperation he had forced her in the car at gunpoint.
They had argued as he drove like a mad man out of the city. It was no use he wasn't getting through to her, then that locket hanging around her neck caught his eye and he had grabbed it trying to rip it from her neck. That is when the struggle had started. The next thing he knew he had lost control of the car, her door flew open and she was thrown out. The car went over the embankment and exploded in flames. He had crawled out and away from the wreck; he could see him helping her, holding her. He had vowed that night that he would never let Gage have her that somehow he would take her from him.
He had crawled broken and bleeding the half mile to his sister's place. Catherine was a nurse she could take care of him. He refused to go to a hospital, she did what she could for him, until the night he had the stroke. It was at that point Catherine had decided to take up her brother's revenge.
Over the years Catherine had forged papers and did what ever it took to make sure people believed her brother dead. She had given him a new identity and insured him a bed at the place she worked. Six months earlier she had decided that she was finally ready to put her plan in motion. It gave her great pleasure to see those two suffering now.
**********
"Gage I know we are right in the middle of things here but I want to go some place quiet for just a little while."
It was then Gage had put his arm over Syd's shoulder and started walking to the car.
"Tell Walker we'll be back at Headquarters in an hour."
Trivette had nodded yes, as he watched the two of them go and get in the car. He couldn't imagine the personal hell the they were going through right now.
Gage started the car and began to drive; he looked over at Sydney who sat there mutely looking out the window. He drove directly to a small park that was close to home and stopped the car. They spent a lot of time together here. Sydney still hadn't moved. Gage opened his door and got out, he stood there for a minute before he went to Syd's side of the car and opened her door. She still sat there as if he wasn't there, he reached in and took her hand and she got out.
"Let's do a little walking Honey."
She still said nothing but did fall against his side as he put his arm around her. He guided them to a somewhat secluded spot that they had claimed as their own. Syd put both arms around Gage's neck easily pulling him to her for a kiss. Both were hoping that the kiss would magically make things better and for a moment, maybe it did.
They both sat, Gage leaning up against a tree, Syd in his arms leaning against him. Neither spoke, both took comfort in the silence and in each other. The pain briefly lifted from them.
End Of Chapter 3