Disclaimer in chapter 1.

Thanks to AingerutxoZuria, Fairy-mills, space-case7029, sn855850, ArodLoverus2001, and Angel1411 for the reviews. I know y'all weren't thrilled with Isabella's death and I'm sorry, I promise no more deaths, and to have the rangers 'kick some major bad-boy-butt'.

Chapter 9

For Isabella

It had been two weeks since Isabella's funeral, Sydney kept herself busy around the Walker's ranch, and Alex had taken some time off to help her cope with this difficult time. While Gage buried himself in his work, rarely coming to the ranch, and when he did he only checked on Sydney and took a shower. Sydney sent all Gage's meals via Walker or Trivette who frequently checked in, and her pleas to come home so they could talk, but her pleas feel on death ears. Erica and Ruth were also spending a lot of the time at the ranch, for Erica was feeling uneasy alone in her house.

"Damn him! Damn him!" Gage cursed for the millionth time, he slammed his fist against his desk as he sat studying his computer. Gage had been on a crusade ever since he had been released from the hospital to find Isabella's murderer, and he wasn't alone every ranger was working on finding the 'ranger killer' as the press had labeled him.

"What's wrong?" Walker asked from his desk, momentarily glancing up from his computer, the ranger headquarters had been temporarily relocated in an unmarked building until repairs were finished.

"Every time I get a lead on this creep he slips through the cracks, I just got to find him Walker I got to find him before the baby comes." Walker got up from his desk and rested his hand on Gage's shoulder, a comforting gesture for Walker.

"I know, we all want to find him Gage, we just can't give up, we got to follow every lead that comes in our way."

"HOT DOG!" Squealed Trivette from down the hall, he came into the room where Gage and Walker were waving a piece of paper in the air. "I've struck gold ladies and gentlemen!"

"What is it?" Walker asked, always one to get straight to the point.

"One of the guys we just busted for cocaine possession, just confessed that he came into contact with our 'ranger killer' only last week, he gave us his latest address." Gage snatched the address from Trivette so he could run it through the system.

"How do you know this confession is solid?" Walker questioned, being a bit skeptical.

"Apparently this guy, is not only in trouble for possession, he's also being charged with two counts of murder of two Austin police officers last summer, if this is valid the district attorneys office agreed he wouldn't get the death penalty, but life in prison."

"Sounds solid to me." Gage called from his computer. "Let's go!" Walker raised his hand.

"Lets get our back-up, then will go." Walker reminded he saw the anxious look in Gage's eyes.

"Don't worry Gage if this is him, we wont let him get away."

One hour later

The ranger killer's house was a small rundown home on the outskirts of Ft. Worth, Walker, Gage, and Trivette led the ambush onto the house.

"Texas rangers!" Walker hollered as he busted down the door. Several men came running at the rangers firing weapons, as one man was seen fleeing through the back door.

"He's mine!" Gage cried, as he ran through the house plowing through the men firing at the rangers, if he had been shot he gave no sign of it.

The men dropped their guns and began a frontal assault on the rangers. Walker delivered a blow to the back of one guy's head, and the drop kicked the next. Trivette had punched the first guy to advance on him, but the next one shoved him to the floor and began punching him. Walker tackled this guy, slamming him against a glass display. Another man, who had been kicked by Walker, took aim at him, Trivette from his position on the floor swung out his legs, hitting the man in his knees caps and sent him sprawling to the floor. Trivette jumped up as another man raced to him, he punched then kicked the guy sending him falling into the open closet door.

Gage followed the solo man out the back doors, miraculously he had not been shot when he ran through the men. The stray man was growing close to the pool and Gage ran up and tackled him, causing both men to fall into the pool. They began a full out struggle, the man held Gage's head under water, and Gage had managed to kick the man in the shins. Gage surfaced to breathe, but barely got a breath in before the man was upon him again and they continued their struggle. The man was trying to get Gage in a headlock while Gage was doing everything possible to get the guy off. Gage got a hold of the collar of the man's shirt and dragged him out of the pool, before the guy could regain his balance Gage whirled around a delivered a kick square in the stomach, sending the man flying into the garden, he hit his head on the garage door and was rendered unconscious.

Inside the men just didn't seem to give up, but within seconds police swarmed the house, and they surrendered. Gage came stumbling in dragging the man behind him, both were soaking wet and Gage was struggling to breathe. One of the cops raced to relieve him of the man.

"Do you think we got him?" Gage asked.

"I'm pretty sure we did." Walker assured as the three turned to head back to headquarters, so they could interrogate the men.

Walker's Ranch

"Alex!" Sydney called from the guest bedroom that she and Gage shared. "ALEX!"

"What is it Syd?" Alex replied ascending the steps at remarkable speed.

"I think it's time, I think I'm having a baby!" She cried out in pain, Alex couldn't help but smile.

"Alright get to the car, I'll get your bag, and call Erica she'll call the guys."

"Hurry!" Sydney squealed as she descended the steps. Alex used her bedroom phone to call Erica, to ask her to pick up the girls from the HOPE center and to call Gage and the guys and tell them Sydney was going into labor. She hung up quickly, and grabbed the bag, when she heard the car horn honk impatiently. Alex laughed for the first time in two weeks, at last something to celebrate.

This is the longest Walker chapter I've done so far, YEAH, so please read and review and I'll try to update ASAP, and please ignore all grammar mistakes!