Her hand immediately went to her slightly swollen belly.

"Gage?" she whispered, choking back a sob.

Slowly she put her hand on his neck, trying to feel a pulse.

"Okay Syd, concentrate" she said to herself, willing her mind and body to calm down. Her raven black hair stuck to her damp skin, while she hurriedly swiped it back. It was there, but barely.

"O Gage, I'm so sorry," she whimpered, letting a few tears leak through her long lashes.

Suddenly Gage stirred a little, a low moan could be heard coming from the man covered in his own blood.

"S-syd?" was all he could say before coughing.

"Yeah honey, I'm here, I'll always be here, I'm with you."

His beautiful blue eyes, now full of pain, turned up to her.

"The baby?"

"She's fine, shh. It will be alright. Walker is on his way. Just hold on" she pleaded.

"Hurts" came his reply. His voice was so full of pain, Sydney thought her heart would break at the sound of it.

"Just hang on baby, please hang on, for us…"

She saw how hard it was for him to hold on and keep his eyes open.

"S-sorry…" Gage whispered, already losing strength from his voice. Tears were streaming down her face, while her partner was slowly bleeding to death on this cold and filthy floor.

"No Gage, you hang on, that's an order partner!" she said with a stern voice, hoping to bring her love back to her. Gage's eyelids fluttered a little, his hand slowly reaching for her smaller one. Holding on for dear life, as she sat with him.

And that was how Walker and Trivette found the couple.

Trivette flinched at the sight of their beloved friends. Gage looked awful, bruises and cuts everywhere and so much blood… Probably coming from gunshot wounds.

Sydney looked like she could fall down from exhaustion any second. Her face showed a few bruises and her leg was bleeding profoundly.

They knew they had to hurry and get both of them out of there.

"Sydney, we have to get him out of here, the paramedics are outside," Walker said.

But Sydney didn't hear it, she was in her own world, giving her partner the strength to hang on.

"Come on Trivette, let's get them out of here," he said, springing in to action.

At that moment paramedics entered the room with a gurney. Walker and Trivette slowly walked over to the place on the floor where their friends were still clinging to each other. Walker slowly placed one hand on Sydney's shoulder, breaking her out of her catatonic state. She kept holding Gage's hand while looking up at the two rangers with a questioning look on her face.

"They are going to take care of him now Syd, it's okay, you can let go," Walker softly spoke to her. With a slow nod, Sydney turned her eyes on Gage, who was now being treated by the paramedics.

"Ma'am, you have to let go now, we have to take him to the hospital, now…" one of the men said.

And while silent tears were streaming down her face, Sydney slowly let her hand slip out of Gage's motionless one.

The paramedics immediately took him away, leaving two Texas rangers standing in the darkened room. Sydney was still sitting on the cold floor, staring into space, when Walker and Trivette turned their attention to her.

"Come on Syd, you need to be checked, you're bleeding." Trivette said, while carefully lifting Sydney off the floor.

Putting down her injured leg, a screaming pain tore through it, and she felt all her strength leaving her. Knowing there wasn't anything she could do for Gage right now, she gave in to temptation and welcomed the dark blanket, which was descending over her.

Walker easily caught the petite ranger when she passed out and together the two men carried her over to the waiting ambulance, praying their friends would survive this ordeal so they could be there for each other…