Disclaimer: This was written for the soul purpose of my entertainment.
I lay no claim on Walker Texas Ranger or any of its characters.


Undercover

By: Janis


Chapter 1

Syd stood in the shower letting the hot water run over her. She ached for her husband. They had been married six weeks and he had been gone with Walker for three of those weeks undercover. She longed for his touch, for a kiss, to see him smiling at her.

Slowly she reached for the tap and turned it off. She stood there letting the water drip from her body almost in tears from the loneliness she felt without Gage. She had talked with Alex again today. Alex had endured this many more times then she had but she wasn't holding up any better then herself.

The first week hadn't been that bad, she had spent a few days at the ranch with Alex and Angela. The baby was growing with leaps and bounds, Walker was missing so much. Syd thought that was what was bothering Alex the most this time.

As it dragged into the second week Syd knew she had to come home. She was really beginning to miss Gage and she just felt closer to him when she was in their bed at night.

Now the third week was coming to an end and it was becoming unbearable without him. She reached for her towel and slowly began drying off. She recalled their last conversation, Gage telling her that this should be a piece of cake in and out. He didn't think he would be gone longer then a week.

Syd sighed as she pulled her robe around her. Tying the belt she thought she heard a noise coming from their bedroom. Twilight was setting in and as she cautiously peered from the bathroom into the bedroom. She could see a figure in the shadows; he had his back to her and was walking towards the bed. Syd slipped silently into the room until she was close enough to take him down. With one jump and kick she brought the intruder to the floor.

The intruder although taken off guard recovered quickly and in a matter of a few seconds had her feet out from under her, like he was ready for her, anticipating her moves. He took the opportunity to pin her to the floor underneath him. She could feel his hand moving up her body as the panic began to set in and she struggled harder.

"Take it easy Honey, it's me."

"Gage, what the?"

His lips were on hers silencing her, eagerly trying to make up for the time they had been parted. Her arms were around his neck now and in a matter of moments they were wildly satisfying each others needs.

"Why didn't you let me know you were on your way home?" she asked holding him tight.

"Because I'm not staying."

"What do you mean not staying?" Syd had almost begun to panic.

"Let me finish, I only came back for you, Walker and I need you in on this operation. I came back to get you, we just need you, plain and simple I need you."

Syd put her arms around his neck, "lets get off the floor so we can make love to each other a little more," she whispered to him.

"We will Syd, but we have to call Trivette we need to get your cover set up. We leave first thing in the morning. Is your phone handy?"

"On the night stand Gage."

"Get used to calling me Colt, Colt Pearson, that's the name I'm using," he told her as he helped her off the floor, and then reached for the phone. "And you are Susan MacPhee Cruzo, but everyone just calls you Mac. The Susan MacPhee part comes from your Irish mother and the Cruzo comes from your Latin American father." Gage stopped as the line connected with Trivette, he quickly explained things to him and Jimmy told them he would meet them at headquarters in a couple of hours with everything that they needed.

Syd had gone to pull a bag out of the closet and began sorting through things.

"Bring that red strapless dress Honey, Gage called out to her as he lay on the bed."

"Don't you think it's a little tight?"

"Do I ever," he smiled.

"Now I know what I missed about you Colt."

Gage went to have a shower as Syd finished packing. Then she quickly dressed and headed for the kitchen to fix them something to eat. When she came back to the bedroom Gage was laying on the bed with his eyes closed. As she approached the bed she could see he must be dreaming. He was mumbling in his sleep and tossing, Syd could see a tear was beginning to run down his cheek. She set the tray down and lay beside him taking him into her arms pulling him close to her.

"Gage wake up, you're having a bad dream, Gage," she ran her hand down his face, brushing away the tear as she spoke to him.

Suddenly he was awake, shaking and calling her name. She pulled him close to her comforting him as best she could.

Finally he spoke to her, "Syd maybe you should pass on this."

"Not a chance I'm going with you. I've been worried and scared ever since you left three weeks ago, I've been crying myself to sleep without you. Gage I need to be with you on this and I know that you need me."

He pulled her closer knowing she was right that he needed her with him, she was good at what she did, but still if anything happened to her.

"You want to fill me in a little on what's going on?" she asked interrupting his thoughts.

"Not really," he told her kissing her softly and laying her back against the pillows.

You have to tell me sooner or later."

"Lets make it later," he whispered as he moved his hand to the buttons of her blouse.

"I've got some supper for us," she smiled as her arms moved around his neck.

"I've got all the supper I need for now right here." He said as he brushed a stray hair behind her ear.

"Gage I've been so lonely with out you, I..."

"Shh, Syd I know what you are trying to say I feel exactly the same way, I missed you so much that it hurt."

Then very slowly gently he made love with her. Syd loved that slow smouldering passion that Gage was sharing with her now. When they finally rested in each others arms both of them knew they would never love anyone more then they did each other.

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Jimmy was waiting for them when they finally got to headquarters; he had Syd's cover set up and her ID ready for her.

"Can you make sure Alex gets this first thing in the morning?" Gage asked Jimmy handing an envelope to him.

"From Walker?" he asked.

"Ya, make sure she knows how much he is missing her and Angela."

"I will. When are you heading out again?"

"Tomorrow morning."

"Take care of each other and get back soon."

"We will. Thanks Trivette."

**********

"Are you going to tell me about the assignment?" Syd asked Gage as she climbed into bed beside him, "It is later."

"Come here and let me hold you Syd."

"Sure Gage, then I'll never know, me being up against you isn't safe."

"It is this time I need for you to know everything."

Syd slid under the covers with him and snuggling up beside him let him put his arm protectively around her. He sat there silently for a minute before he began, "A few months earlier there had been a lot of kids die from a new street drug called Ecstasy Two. The trouble is when you buy this stuff you just don't know what it has been mixed with. The sale and distribution had finally been traced back to the Gato Family, out of Austin, but so far they had been untouchable."

That is when Walker and Gage had gone in undercover posing as buyers for the Cruzo family out of Tampa Florida. Things had become a stalemate that is why Mac was coming into Austin to move this deal along.

"Syd the problem stems from within the Gato Organization. They had trouble with an informant, when they found out who it was they rounded up the guy's two kids and shot them up with heroine. They were only little kids ten and twelve. They made their father watch the whole thing before they shot and killed him. Then they left the two kids there to die. I came close to blowing our cover getting help for those kids. I have nightmares about those kids all the time, that's why we have to shut these animals down and Syd that's why you have to promise me not to take any chances."

"Gage I'll be fine."

"Promise me Syd or I'll leave you here. I won't risk anything happening to you."

Syd had never seen Gage so adamant about her safety, "I promise if I get the same promise from you."

He pulled her even closer to her and whispered to her, "I even promise not to cramp your style. Now go to sleep, we'll find some time to be intimate when we are in Austin."

She lay peacefully against him until about five when she woke up finding herself in tears. She moved to reach a tissue waking Gage at the same time.

"Hey you what's the matter?" he asked as he pulled her tighter.

"Nothing Gage everything is wonderful," she told him.

"Then why are you crying if everything is so wonderful?"

"I don't know Gage, it's me not you. It started last week, I missed you so much that I cried myself to sleep every night. Now that you are here I'm still crying. It's like I can't be close enough to you."

"Honey, you've got me, you are not going to loose me. Close you eyes for another few minutes before we have to get up," he kissed her and she snuggled closer to him.