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It's Not Her Part 3

Chapter 7: Methodist Hospital waiting room

"Walker!" Alex shouted as she ran down the hall to her husband, Trivette and Sydney who sat in the waiting area of the surgical floor. "What happened?" She said as she looked at Sydney who now had bruises on both sides of her face.

Walker stood up and embraced his wife as he spoke. "Sydney and Gage went to check on a lead about the men who had attacked Sydney last night but by the time they got there, the men were in the midst of kidnapping the victim. Gage had a knife thrown into his shoulder and fell into a glass table. He was unconscious when he arrived here. All we know is that he is in surgery."

"Is he going to be all right?" Alex asked clutching her husband's arm.

"We don't know Alex. We just don't know." Trivette said.

Sydney sat in a chair on the other side of the waiting area of the other three. She was wounded, but her wound was superficial more than anything else. She was more upset with the way she had treated Gage all day than anything else.

A man in green scrubs appeared in the waiting room doorway. "Are you here for Francis Gage?" the man asked.

"Yes," Walker began as he, Trivette and Alex all stood up. Sydney stayed seated staring off into space. "I am Ranger Walker, this is my wife Alex, my partner Ranger Trivette and that woman over there," motioning to Sydney sitting on the other side of the room, "is Ranger Cooke."

"Well," the doctor began, "when Ranger Gage was brought in he was unconscious and had a deep wound on his shoulder. He lost an awful lot of blood, but we gave him a transfusion and we were able to stop the bleeding. Ranger Gage was lucky that the wound wasn't three inches lower or it may have severed his aorta. He has a pretty nasty bump on the head, but it is just a concussion. That was the reason he lost consciousness. He should be waking up soon. He can be released tomorrow as long as someone can keep an eye on him and he should have full use of his shoulder in a week or two."

"Thank you very much doctor." Trivette replied.

"Can we see him?" Alex questioned.

"He should be waking up soon. You can visit with him for a little while, but he does need his rest." the doctor answered. "Second door on the left."

"Thank you doctor." Walker said as he shook the man's hand. The doctor walked away and Walker, Alex and Trivette looked over at Sydney who was still staring off into space. "Sydney," Walker said as he put his hand on her shoulder to get her attention, "the doctor said we can see Gage now. Are you coming?"

"Yeah." Sydney said as she got up and followed the trio to his room.

Walker, Alex and Trivette stayed for a little while with Gage and then decided to head home, leaving Sydney alone in Gage's room. She was standing against the wall staring at her partner. He had not woken up yet but the doctor said it was just because he was still under the influence of the anesthetic. She decided to take a seat next to him and sat there in silence for a few minutes before speaking.

"Gage, I don't know if you can hear me or not. I don't know if I want you to hear me or not. I have so much trouble with this emotion stuff. I had a horrible attitude today. I just don't know what to think or what to say. I just, I just don't know anything anymore." Syd said as she put her elbows on the side of his bed, resting her chin on her fists. "Scratch that, I do know one thing. I know I care about you. I know I love you, Gage. I'm just so scared. I was never good at relationships."

Sydney put her hands on the bed and rested her head there. She soon fell asleep. When Gage awoke the next morning, he found her there.

"Syd?" he said looking over at her.

"Gage?" she said as she picked her head up and looked at him.

Just then the doctor walked in and asked Sydney to step out of the room for a minute so he could examine Gage. Walker, Alex and Trivette stepped off the elevator while Syd was waiting outside the room.

"Sydney," Alex said, "How is Gage?"

"He is fine. The doctor is with him now."

"Sydney," Walker said, "With all of the commotion yesterday, we didn't really get to talk about the case. Do you have any idea who these men were?"

"I pulled the ski mask off of the man who was attacking me. I can work on making a sketch of the man. Also, the men didn't kill the woman right then and there. She may still be alive. There were five men who came to get her. She must be really important. They put her in a black van, I couldn't see the license plate from 3 stories up though." Sydney said.

"I want you to go with Trivette and get a sketch of this guy. Trivette, run it through the computers and see if we can find out who he is. Then Sydney, I want you to look after Gage for the next few days. The doctor said he would need someone to keep an eye on him.

"Sure Walker." She said as she and Trivette went to headquarters.

Chapter 8: Gage's Apartment, 4 PM

Sydney and Trivette had come up with a composite of the man who attacked Rebecca and Trivette was working on finding out who he was and what organizations he was associated with. After making the sketch, Sydney went home to her apartment to pick up some things to spend some time at Gage's apartment so that she could look after him. Walker and Alex would be bringing him to his home soon. Gage had given her a key to use in case of emergencies and she let herself in. She walked around looking at the mirror in his living room that she had looked in two nights ago. The coffee mug she left on the television and the one that Gage had left on the coffee table were still there. She looked around the kitchen and noticed a broken phone lying in pieces on the floor.

"Am I really here again?" she said to herself. "This is not helping me figure out what's going on in my head." She was startled as she heard Alex, Walker and Gage enter the apartment. Gage was wearing a sling and was walking slowly with Alex helping him sit down on the couch as Walker came into the kitchen to talk to Sydney.

"The doctor gave him this medication." Walker said handing her two bottles. "One is a pain reliever for headaches which he might get as a result of the concussion. The other is an antibiotic so his shoulder doesn't get infected. They are labeled. Alex and I have to get going though. We left Angela with a sitter all day."

"Okay Walker. I'll see you Monday. Both Gage and I are off tomorrow. If you need me, call."

"You just watch over Gage. Trivette and I will try to get to the bottom of this case and find Rebecca."

Alex and Walker said their good byes and left. Gage was sitting on the couch and Sydney was standing in the doorway looking around. She hadn't said more than two words to Gage since he woke up and she didn't know what to say. Finally Gage broke the silence.

"I know the doctor wants someone to baby sit me, but you can leave if you want."

"No, it's ok. I don't mind staying." She responded as she walked into the room towards the chair next to the couch. She noticed Gage was using his non-injured hand to rub his forehead. "Do you have a headache?"

"Just a little one."

"I'll get you some of the medicine Walker brought." She said as she went into the kitchen. Seconds later she handed him the pills and a glass of water. He quickly took them and slowly blinked his eyes a few times. "Are you tired? Do you want me to turn down your bed?" Sydney asked.

"I am kind of tired, but I can take care of myself. You really don't have to baby sit me, Syd." He said as he stood up. He began to walk down the hallway toward his room when he stopped and leaned against the wall.

"What's wrong?" Syd asked.

"Just a little dizzy, that's all. If you wouldn't mind, just guide me to my room."

Syd walked over to him. She helped him put his arm that wasn't in the sling over her shoulder so that she could help him to his room. She walked him over to his bed and helped him get in.

"Could you sit with me for a few minutes, Syd?" Gage asked.

"Of course." She said. Gage had moved himself to the center of the bed and she sat off to the side.

The two sat in silence and within a half an hour, Gage was asleep. Sydney gently ran her fingers through his hair. Very quietly she said, "Gage, I don't want us to never talk again. I just hope you can forgive the way I acted. I'm sorry and I love you." She then went to fix some dinner for when Gage woke up.

Chapter 9: Ranger Headquarters

After picking up Angela and talking her and Alex to the ranch, Walker decided to head back to work to see if Trivette had come up with anything. "Find anything, Trivette?" Walker asked as he walked into the room.

"Yeah," Trivette started, "The guy that Sydney saw is Daniel Jan. He is the head enforcer for the "Bleeding Serpents". "Bleeding Serpents" is a group that is hired by other people that want people to talk. Apparently, they use any means necessary to get information from people. However, they don't always kill the people they question but the victims never remember what happened to them other than they were beat and drugged."

"So, you think Rebecca Lin is still alive?" Walker said to Trivette as Trivette's phone rang.

"James Trivette." he said. After talking for a few minutes he looked at Walker and said, "We need to go to the morgue. We have to ID a body."

"Who are we IDing?

"Janet at the Morgue said Sydney."

To be continued.