At the airport...

When they finally landed in Dallas, Sara walked with Nick to a payphone. Nick was calling C.D. to ask if he could pick them up from the airport!

"C.D.'s Bar and Grill. May I help you?" Trivette said while answering the phone.

"Hey, Jimmy. It's Nick."

"Nick, hey. What are you calling for?"

"I called because I'm at the airport with my wife and co-workers."

"Umm...what are you doing here?"

"I'm on a case. The prep came here to hide out and we got clearance to come and get him."

"I was about to call you anyways, oh well. Your prep picked a very bad time to being here but C.D. and I will come pick you guys up. When I get there, I'll explain everything."

"Like what?"

"Something has happened to someone very close to you!"

"Anything happen to Walker?"

"No! Nothing happened to him. It's your, going-to-be sister in-law."

"Alex, what happened to Alex?"

"I can't explain it all to you now! We are on our way to pick ya'll up. How many are there?"

"Let's see...there is eight of us. So, maybe ya'll should bring three cars."

"Okay, C.D., Sydney and I will be there in half an hour. Okay?"

"Okay! See ya then." As he put down the phone, he walked over to them and sat down putting his head in his hands.

"Nick, what's wrong honey?"

"It's Alex. She's hurt, she's hurt bad."

"Who's Alex, Uncle Nick?" Lindsey asked while she was trying to comfort him.

"She's my, going-to-be sister in-law, my brother Cordell Walker is going to marry her."

"Your what?" Sara asked in confusion.

"My, going-to-be sister in-law."

"Oh, I mean that's sad but you never told me about a brother or a sister in-law."

"That's because my brother and I aren't really that close. Alex is the only one that really talks to me when I call to talk to them."

"Does he even know about me?" Sara asked in shock.

"No! I tried to tell him about you and the baby but he kept on hang up on me until Alex finally picked up the phone. She's the only one that knows about you and the baby. She's the only one who cares about us. My own brother, who I wanted to know, won't even know anything about his family."

"Honey, maybe there's a good reason." Sara said trying to sooth him with the latest events that happened but nothing was working. `Once I see that brother of his, I going to kill him. He doesn't even know what he is missing out of not knowing his brother or his niece.' She thought to herself. At that thought in mind, Nick spotted C.D. and Trivette looking for him and the others.

"Over here Jimmy." He said while putting his hands in the air trying to get Trivette's attention. When he finally got it, Jimmy, Sydney and C.D. made their way through the crowd and to them. "Hey guys. How are ya'll holding up?"

"Bad Nick, really bad." C.D. told him while hugging him in greetings.

"How bad is it?"

"She doesn't remember anyone. She doesn't even remember Cordell."

"I don't care about Cord. I only care about my sister. So, she has amnesia?"

"Yes! I'm so sorry. Sydney and Gage found her at the ranch unconscious. So, they called Walker and all of them went to the St. Matthew's Hospital."

"Thanks. By the way, who are Sydney and Gage?" Nick asked in confusion.

"Hey man, I'm Francis Gage but people call me Gage. I work for your brother and with your sister-in-law." Gage said while shaking Nick's hand.

"Hello, I'm Sydney Cooke. Your brother hired me to be a fellow Texas Ranger on his team. Nice to meet you Nick."

"Pleasure is mine. How do you know me?"

"Alex talked about you all the time. Where are your wife and daughter?"

"Well, my wife, Sara, is right here but our daughter, Alexandra is back in San Francisco with her grandparents, Sara's parents." While he told Syd about Sara and his daughter he also introduced him to the rest of the team. "This is James Brass, he is the homicide detective of the team and he tells us what is the murder and where to find it. This is our autopsy doctor. His name is Al Robbins. This small family over here is Gil Grissom, Catherine Grissom and Lindsey Willows, Catherine's daughter and Gil's stepdaughter. This here is Greg Sanders, our lab technician. He is also a big flit so if I were you I would watch out. Last but not least my best friend, Warrick Brown."

As he was just finishing, Lindsey walked up to her Uncle Nick and asked, "Uncle Nick, which one is C.D.?" Before he could answer, C.D. answered for him.

"Why, I am sweetheart and what is your name?"

"Lindsey Alexandra Willows. That is my full name. Do you want to know my short and nickname?"

"Sure, darling."

"Linds is what my daddy and mommy call me so that is my short name and my nickname is Shorty. That is what Uncle Warrick, Aunt Sara and Uncle Nick calls me."

"WOW! I wish I had a nickname like that. Do you think you could give me one?"

"Sure, what about...grandpa? I don't have a grandpa. I really didn't know my daddy's because my mommy and daddy just got married two weeks ago and mommy's left her when she was little."

"Well, that is okay with me. I don't have any grandchildren so I guess it is okay for you to call me that but that is up to your mommy and daddy."

"That is just fine. Linds has always wanted a grandfather and I want her to have one. She made up her mind and well I want to give you my full support if she gets to wild for you."

"Trust us, she can be a really hand full." All of them said together.

So, as they proceeded out of the airport Grissom asked, "Okay, what car is fitting which people?"

"Well, I thought, car #1 would hold Trivette, Gage, Warrick, Greg and I. Car #2 would hold C.D., Brass, Dr. Robbins and you. Car #3 would hold Sydney and the girls. If that is okay with everybody?" Nick said giving out the orders of the cars.

"It's okay with me. I just want to leave so I can have Grandpa's famous chili." They all laughed at poor and innocent Lindsey.

"I think that is a great idea you have Linds. What do ya'll think?" Nick said agreeing with the nine-year-old.

"I'm game." Warrick, Greg and Sara said.

"Chili does sound good right now. I'm hunger and so is the baby." Catherine said while looking down at her stomach.

"Well, we have to think of the baby." Grissom said while kissing his wife on the forehead and holding Catherine's hand over her stomach.

"We have to agree." Brass and Dr. Robbins added in.

While everyone got into the ordered cars, Sydney and the girls drove off first. "So, how far along are you?"

"I'm about nine weeks along."

"WOW!"

"Yeah!" After she said that, she looked outside the window to look at the unfamiliar scenery.

"Do ya'll want to hear some music to clam you down?" Sydney asked Catherine.

"Sure." They said together. So Syd turned on the radio and said.

"Most people think all Texans listen to country and only country, but this chica doesn't!"

"Yeah, Nick doesn't listen to much of country either. I asked him way not he said that most people overreact when it comes to music."

"What do you have to listen to? I love R&B and some country."

"Well sweetie, I have the new Evansance CD. Do ya'll want to listen to that?"

"Sure." They said altogether. After she said that she looked over at Catherine and saw that she was dazed out over the view. So she took that as a `just turn on the radio and let me listen to some music' but not in a bad way.

How can you see into my eyes like open doors?
Leading you down into my core
Where I've become so numb

Without a soul
My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home

[Wake me up] Wake me up inside
[I can't wake up] Wake me up inside
[Save me] Call my name and save me from the dark
[Wake me up] Bid my blood to run
[I can't wake up] Before I come undone
[Save me] Save me from the nothing I've become

Now that I know what I'm without
You can't just leave me
Breathe into me and {make me real}
Bring me
To life

[Wake me up] Wake me up inside
[I can't wake up] Wake me up inside
[Save me] Call my name and save me from the dark
[Wake me up] Bid my blood to run
[I can't wake up] Before I come undone
[Save me] Save me from the nothing I've become

{Bring me to life}
[I've been living a lie...There's nothing inside]
{Bring me to life}

Frozen inside without your touch
Without your love, darling
Only you are the life among the dead

[All of this I, I cant believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark, but you were there in front of me]

I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
Got to open my eyes to everything

[Without a thought, without a voice, without a soul]
{Don't let me die here}
{You must be sacrificed}
Bring me to life

[Wake me up] Wake me up inside
[I can't wake up] Wake me up inside
[Save me] Call my name and save me from the dark
[Wake me up] Bid my blood to run
[I can't wake up] Before I come undone
[Save me] Save me from the nothing I've become

Bring me to life
[I've been living a lie...There's nothing inside]
Bring me to life