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Running Wild Series:
Educating Alex
25/06/01
English is not my native language. Please
forgive me my mistakes.
Disclaimer: "X-men" and all the characters here belong to
Marvel , 20 Century Fox and I
intend no infringement, this is a piece of amateur fan fiction,
and I make no money of it.
Only the original idea contained within this work is the property of the
author. Please do not
copy this story to any website or archive without permission of the
author.
Timeline: Set in the Ultimate comic universe, set before the Ultimate
comic books begin..
Universe: Set in the Ultimate comic universe.
Pairing: None
Summary: Scott talks with Alex and thinks about his past...
Archiving: Want, ASK, take, have.
Feedback: Yes, please. (Use Feedback button)
Rating: PG-13
Dedicated to: Misty and L. Burke. Thanks for your kindness and
friendship.
Series/sequel: This story is a prequel to "Don't Buy Me".
The story, "Running Wild" follows "Don't Buy Me"
Thanks to Christina for the Beta.
*mmmm * is telepathically thoughts spoken in the mind. " mmmmm
" is spoken out loud.
This story is for L. Burke, with thanks!
Warnings: May contain some disturbing elements
Part 1:
"Scott, can you help me with this?" Alex asked his brother as
Scott came into the small kitchen where Alex sat, his school books on
the table. Scott checked the clock to be sure Alex wasn't skipping
classes; almost 3 o'clock in the afternoon it read. He would have to go
out and buy some groceries for dinner soon, Scott thought.
" Depends on what it is," Scott said and took a piece of bread
from the kitchen table. Scott leaned over Alex's shoulder to read what
he was writing. It was some mathematic figures.
" This one....what is it?" Alex asked and pointed to one of
the figures. Scott pulled his morning robe closer around his body and
ran a hand through his still wet hair from his bath. No matter how often
he bathed he still felt dirty.
" It is 3766," Scott said, his eyes having barely run over the
problem. Alex wrote it down.
" You can do that every time. How do you do it?" Alex asked,
still surprised after having seen Scott do it multiply times.
" I have no idea," Scott admitted with a smile and rubbed
Alex's golden hair.
" Hey, watch it. You are ruining my hair," Alex complained
with a grin. Scott laughed and went to the refrigerator and poured
himself a glass of orange juice.
" Where is Remy?" Alex asked as he put the mathematics away
and opened a new book.
" Out," Scott answered and seated himself next to Alex. He
knew that Alex was getting too old to settle for that answer but what
should he say? The truth? Remy is out picking pockets so you can eat and
keep having a roof over your head? No, the truth was diffidently out of
the question. A lie? Though he wasn't a bad liar, it lay in his job to
lie in every way, but Remy still did it much better. He remembered when
Alex was younger and he had heard noises from the other rooms Remy had
sat by his bedside and told him tales, lies, about how it was giants
fighting or angels punishing sinners. Scott grinned a little at that.
Remy and his beliefs; stealing and even killing was alright...for some
things and in certain ways. And then, of cause, in church every Sunday
to get forgiveness for it. Not that Remy had killed anyone....yet. Remy
felt, as did Scott, that to protect Alex and his brothers, anything
goes. Scott never went to church though but he made Remy take Alex. The
catholic thing was probably something from his father, or so their
mother had said. When she had spoken of their fathers, she had
remembered Scott's father with fondness, he had been a pilot; a kind and
gentle man, she had said. Probably married too as Scott had never met
him. Remy´s father had been wild, French, young and, yes, catholic. And
he just happened to be the leader of the Thieves Guild in New Orleans,
pulling Remy and them all into a world of trouble. He wasn't jealous
that Remy´s father acknowledged him. Okay, he was. Very much so. Jean
Luc may not be a wonderful dad, being a thief and all, but at least he
existed, he was there and he was real. Alex's father their mother had
refused to talk about. It was now 4 years since she had died and he
sometimes felt like he was forgetting her more and more. Elizabeth had
been 22 when she had gotten Scott. Scott had never called her mom nor
had Remy and Alex but always Elizabeth because Scott called her that.
Elizabeth was her given name and her children had been the only ones to
use it, not Betsy, b
rse; whore or other names. No, Elizabeth, she had liked that so that was
why Scott had used that name for her. Scott remembered the first years
with his mother to be good times, she had been a mild and sweet woman.
Two more children and 12 years after she had died an old woman in
everything but years.
" Yeah, I kinda guessed that," Alex said as he began reading.
Scott leaned over to see what he was reading. He wished he could read
better. Elizabeth had taught him a little but she hadn't had much time.
Mostly she had just told of books she had read. She must once had lived
better than this; Scott had always been sure of that. Not only because
of his mother's very English accent but also the little things she did
or did not do; drugs was something she never used though it was common
here, she never complained over her fate or the beatings she had
received through the years. But in the end even she had been worn down
by this life. They said she had died from AIDS, Scott knew she had faded
away.
" He's....at work," Scott finally lied. Both Scott and Remy
had left school when their mother had died to get enough money to
survive. Sure, according to some or another papers Jack was their legal
guardian.....or rather the legal guardian of Alex and him since Jean Luc
had acknowledged Remy. Jean Luc let Remy stay with Scott and Alex and
was mostly too busy with his own affairs to think much about him. Jack
had been Elizabeth's "man" at the time of her death so he had
been given custody of Scott and Alex, not that Jack liked children, in
fact he hated children, but he did like the monthly check. Jack was a
violent man, especially when he had been drinking which he did a lot.
Fortunately, Jack had only been around for some 10 months after
Elizabeth's death and had then disappeared. Scott was pretty sure the
mob had killed him over some outstanding debts. But Jack was still
useful for one thing; he kept Remy, Alex and Scott together. Scott knew
that if someone should find out Jack was gone, Alex would be taken from
them and neither Remy nor himself would allow that to happen. All he
cared for was to keep his family, his brothers, safe, no matter the
cost.
" Like you were last night?" Alex asked with the innocence of
a child. Scott smiled a bittersweet smile.
" Yeah, like I was last night," Scott said softly and drank
his juice. " Finish your homework. You have a lot to learn."
The End
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