Summary: A ransom leads to a very long weekend for Walker and Alex
Disclaimer: I do not own them
A/N: First attempt at a Walker fic, be nice
Chapter 30
Walker and Alex spent the next week rearranging the nursery with the help of CD and Trivette. Now that they were having twins they would need two of some things, but they had both decided they would only need one crib. They didn't want the babies to be separated from each other at night.
After a long hard week the work was finally done, and the nursery was more beautiful than Alex could have imagined. They blue walls now were adorned with pictures of baby animals, to make the room more gender ready.
"Well, Alex, does the room look all right to you?" Walker asked.
"Mmm hmm, " was the only reply he got back from the half asleep woman laying on the couch.
Walker knelt down in front of her and placed his arms underneath her lifting Alex into his arms. He carried her to the bedroom before she woke up.
"Walker, I'm too heavy for you to carry now," she murmured.
Walker laughed, "Alex, you haven't gained but maybe a pound. Stop fussing and go to sleep."
Walker shut the door silently and went to sit down on the couch. This last week had been wonderful. He an Alex had spent everyday getting the nursery ready, and at night sitting on the porch swing together watching the sun go down. Tomorrow, however they would be going for the first day of the trial. Was Alex going to be ready? Walker thought, was he?"
Walker went into the bedroom and stared at Alex for a few minutes, before shedding his clothes and crawling into bed. He laid his arm protectively over her knowing tomorrow they both faced memories that were better left where they were, in the past.
Alex awoke the next morning ready to face the day, till she remembered what day it was. Her mind raced with a thousand thoughts. 'Would Culliver reveal this or that. Would she be able to handle hearing it all over again, or would Walker?' What worried Alex even more was that CD and Trivette would be there. They would hear all the awful things, every last detail. Sighing she slipped her feet over the edge of the bed, and went to shower.
"Goodmorning sunshine," Walker greeted her. When he looked though he did not see a smiling face staring back at him, he saw one with a brow wrinkled in worry.
"Come on Alex, sit down and try to eat something."
Alex sat down but she only stared at the plate in front of her and reached for the cup of coffee. As if it were an afterthought she added cream and sugar still in the trancelike state, and didn't notice when the cup ran over, spilling onto the table.
"Alex, you're shaking. Calm down, everything will be all right," Walker tried to soothe her, cleaning up the mess on the table.
"How can you say that Walker. Everyone will know what happened. They hear every vile thing he did."
"We had the courtroom closed for the trial only CD and Trivette will be there, and Sydney and Gage if you want them to be."
Alex's face paled even further but she didn't say anything else. After a few more minutes of persuasion from Walker she ate a piece of toast, but nothing else, feeling she would be sick even from the toast.
"Come on we don't want to be late," Walker said, handing Alex her coat.
Alex placed it on and got inside the truck, heading toward what was sure to be a day spent in hell.
Walker pushed open the door to Courtroom C and he and Alex walked through. To their left both could see Trivette and CD talking with Sydney and Gage.
"Hey their honey. How are you feeling this morning?" CD inquired.
"I've had better mornings," Alex answered back.
"Don't you worry about a thing Alex. This scumbag is going away for life for what he did."
Alex was about to answer when the door to the judge's chambers opened and he walked through. Alex had known Judge Simmons. She had plead many cases before him, and that was making her stomach turn, thinking of how he too would look at her everytime she came before him with pity in his eyes.
Everyone took their seats, and Alex and Walker talked to her lawyer for a few minutes, and that is when Alex's world seemed to come to a halt, for in walked Chuck Culliver, and with him the memories came flooding back. She was snapped from her thought when the gavel was banged.
"This court will come to order to hear the charges against Chuck Culliver, who not only kidnapped Alexandra Cahill on December of this past year, but also held Cordell Walker, CD Parker and a James Trivette of the Texas Rangers. Please give your opening statements to the court."
Alex sat as the lawyers explained both sides, and then CD was called to the stand.
CD explained everything that had happened to him, while Culliver's lawyers tried to nitpick him on every detail, but CD held his own and soon he was told to step down.
"The court calls James Trivette to the stand."
Trivette walked up and explained to the court how he and CD had found out where the Culliver brothers were keeping Alex and Walker.
"What did you discover about the state of Ms.Cahill Walker and Mr. Walker when you arrived?"
Trivette looked angry as he answered, "Both were very dehydrated. Alex had several bruises and a couple broken bones and that is only what I could see. Walker looked to have been beaten, and both were being held hostage."
It was then Culliver's lawyers turn. "Mr. Trivette did you not in fact kill Roger Culliver, in cold blood?"
Trivette's eyes grew as cold as ice, and his voice sounded a bit angry when he spoke.
"Roger Culliver was trying to attack me, after kidnapping and beating to very close friends of mine. So your answer is yes. When he spoke of trying to prevent our escape I did in fact shoot him."
"No further questions your honor."
Alex looked over to Chuck Culliver and could see the false tears in his eyes. She had known they were false then, when she was captive and she knew they were now as well.
"The state would like to call Alexandra Cahill to the stand."
Alex heard her name, but her legs didn't seem to want to stand. After a gentle squeeze of her hand by Walker she stood and walked to the witness stand. After swearing on oath she turned to see Culliver's lawyer smiling back at her. All her years of being the one interrogating, and now she was on the receiving end.
"Ms. Cahill didn't you in fact go willingly with the Culliver brother on December twentieth of last year?"
Alex shook the cobwebs from her head and stared blankly at the man.
"Ms. Cahill, could you answer the question please."
Alex wet her dry lips, "Roger Culliver came to the door and told me his car had broken down outside. I let him in to use the phone, and he asked if I had a screwdriver. I went to get it and walked outside to hand it to him. That is when he grabbed me and threw me in the truck."
"So you are saying you didn't go with him willingly?"
"That is what I am saying," Alex said while she glared at him.
Culliver's lawyer went and talked with Chuck Culliver for a second before approaching Alex again.
"Is it in fact true that you tried to stab my client on that very same day?"
Alex's gasp could be heard throughout the courtroom. "That was in self defense!" she yelled.
"If this was so called self defense then you can tell us what provoked you to try and kill my client."
Alex's face scrunched up, and she looked over to Walker who nodded to her. Taking a deep breath she turned again to face the lawyer.
"Once they got me to wherever we were I was told to shut up and do as I was told and then no one else would get hurt, but if I didn't then they would kill my friends and lastly Walker."
Alex's breaths were coming faster now as the memories came flooding back. "I didn't want to be there and they told me I couldn't leave. I tried to make a run for it but before I got to the door Roger Culliver grabbed me and threw me to the floor. I tried to get up again and that is when his brother kicked me in the stomach."
Alex stopped, the tears starting to collect in her eyes, but if she had dared to look into the courtroom she would have seen CD wiping at his eyes and Sydney being restrained by Gage.
"Please continue Ms. Cahill," the judge urged.
"I got to my knees, and tried to crawl towards the door, but he yanked me by my hair and told me he liked his women on their knees. He started ... he started to grab at me, and I slapped his hands away and screamed for help, but all this did was seem to make them happy for they laughed at me."
Alex's face was littered with tears now as they rolled down her face unchecked.
"I stood up and he kissed my neck and I kicked him as hard as I could and ran towards the door, but I only made it halfway there before he tackled me to the floor. The screwdriver I had given him earlier was in his pocket and I grabbed it and stabbed him in the leg, and tried crawling away."
"And did you get away Ms. Cahill after you tried to kill my client?"
Alex shook her head no. "He grabbed me and tied my hands up, and that is when Chuck Culliver came in with the glass. I didn't want to drink it and spit the first sip out, but when they poured the next swallow in Roger Culliver punched me in the stomach and I swallowed."
"Isn't it true that my client didn't even come into the room again that night?"
Alex's breaths were becoming ragged, her vision swimming behind the tears. She didn't want to finish, she didn't want to speak about any of it.
"Could your honor please direct Ms. Cahill to answer the question?"
"Ms. Cahill you will answer the lawyer's question, but take your time," the judge said, seeing that Alex was having difficulty.
After wiping at her eyes Alex stared at the lawyer, not wanting to see Walker's face as she revealed this.
"It's true he didn't come into the room, he stood in the doorway."
"Why was he standing in the doorway Ms. Cahill wasn't it to make sure you were safe?"
There was a strangled laugh that came from Alex. "Safe! you call what he watched making sure I was safe! His brother first stripped me, and then as I begged and pleaded for him to stop, raped me over and over while your client stood there laughing!"
By this time Alex was on her feet on the witness stand. "He didn't try not once to help me. I begged him, I begged God, I begged anyone that could hear me to make him stop. I screamed until I couldn't anymore and they only laughed, and when he was done and untied me I tried to run but I stumbled and fell. That is when your client got some sick pleasure of taking off his belt and beating me till I passed out. That is what your client did and that was only the first night!"
Alex went to sit down after her outburst, but the room began to spin. "Walker ... she whispered to the man who was fast approaching her, but her world went dark and Alex collapsed onto the floor.