Hello everyone! A Brian free chapter is a good chapter I say! Enjoy this chapter lacking Brian I did haha. Please please please let me know what you think and give me some ideas for how the story should go. I would love to hear from everyone about what they want to happen. More Chalek? Another Alek/Brian face off? Let me know. Disclaimer: I do not own anything relating to the Nine Lives of Chloe King, I definitely don't own Brian nor would I want to, however if anyone is offering Alek then I'm in.

Chloe pictured him in her mind as her head hit the cold, hard ground. Then everything went black. A few moments later she heard scuffling of shoes and grunting, she opened her eyes and blinked a few times to focus them. When they cleared she saw the men that had been following her, they were much bigger than she initially thought and stronger too. She wondered why they weren't attacking her then until she saw him. Alek, her mind was filled with joy seeing Alek there fighting, protecting her. Until she really saw. She saw that Alek was alone against five men who were at least twice his size, she saw him panting and looking fatigued though he continued to fight as strongly as ever. Chloe knew he couldn't keep it up for much longer, he had taken down two men already but the other three were big and Alek was no match for them. Chloe got to her feet as quietly as she could, trying not to draw any attention to herself. Swiftly and silently she came up behind the men and attacked, her claws shot out and she swiped at them. Her head throbbed but she pushed the pain aside, she needed her full concentration. Chloe saw Alek notice her there, his face was full of fear she had never seen on him before. His slip in concentration resulted in him getting punched by one of the men. Run, he mouthed to Chloe begging her to leave. She shook her head slightly, and threw a punch at one of the men.

Chloe and Alek somehow ended up back to back, protecting one another as they fought. Figures emerged from behind a building in the ally, Chloe groaned inwardly more men coming to kill them. As they came closer Chloe let out a sigh of relief, Jasmin was leading the group and following her were a few of the Mai Chloe had met briefly. Now Mai outnumbered the men and the fight was easily won. Jasmin thanked the other Mai who nodded at her then left, Chloe turned to Alek who was leaning against the wall his eyes closed in pain. Carefully she put his arm around her shoulder and her arm around his waist and let him lean on her. "Déjà vu isn't it?" She joked, earning a small chuckle from Alek, which turned into a wince. "Sorry" she cringed, mentally scolding herself for hurting him. "Don't be sorry" Alek whispered in her ear, his breath tickled her neck and a blush crept onto her cheeks. She prayed Alek hadn't noticed, she didn't understand why he had such an impact on her. Another thing Chloe didn't understand was how Alek found her, or knew that something was wrong, she hadn't left his apartment that long ago. "Alek, how did you find me? And how did you know I needed help?" She felt Alek tense before he spoke, he sounded confused "I honestly don't know, I felt fine one moment and then the next I just knew something was wrong. I just ran wherever felt right and then I saw you-" his voice broke and he buried his head on her shoulder, "you were lying on the ground and I thought – I thought you were dead." Alek shook slightly.

"Shh, I'm ok. Although I might not have been if you weren't there. Thanks, again." Chloe thought about how much she owed to Alek, he was constantly there whenever she needed him. Chloe's phone vibrated in her pocket, "oh no," she checked the time "I was supposed to be home about half an hour ago. Mums going to kill me." She lifted the phone to her ear, "Hey mum, now before you freak I'm on my way home. Had a little too much fun with Amy and Paul!" Chloe faked a laugh. "I'm watching the clock, you better be home in ten minutes young lady!" Meredith warned over the phone. "I love you." Chloe smiled "Implied," she said before hanging up. She glanced at Alek to see him wearing his trademark smirk, "someone's in trouble" he teased. Chloe was relieved to see him looking stronger, fast healing was a handy power to have. She had no idea how she was going to make it home in ten minutes but she had to or face her mothers wrath. "I can give you a lift if you'd like?" Alek asked as they reached his car, knowing full well she would hate having to accept his favour but would because it was her only choice. She rolled her eyes at him and opened the door. Within a few minutes they were outside Chloe's house, she turned to Alek and thanked him. She sincerely meant it, without him she would probably not even be there. "Do you still want me to come tonight?" Alek sounded uncertain, not knowing what Chloe's answer would be. "No thanks, maybe tomorrow?" Chloe tried to keep a straight face as she spoke. Alek's face fell in disappointment which he quickly tried to cover up. Chloe felt bad and decided to let him in on her joke. "Of course you can come tonight, I was only joking." She laughed his face when he realised he had been tricked. "You better get inside, you have one minute left!"

After a lengthy chat with her mother, which involved a long story about her night with Amy and Paul and the completely ordinary, safe things they did, Chloe was allowed to go to her room. She needed a shower more than anything, she grabbed a towel and went into the bathroom. The shower felt so good, the warm water soothing her bruises and relaxing her muscles. Chloe finally managed to get out of the shower and wrap herself in a towel, she left the bathroom and walked into her room where she gasped in shock at Alek standing in front of her smirking as always. "Well Ms King, I know I'm charming and handsome but there's no need to be so forward. " Alek was struggling to hold back laughter, Chloe was blushing furiously. "Get your mind out of the gutter Petrov," was all she could say. Her heart was beating madly and she knew Alek could hear it, which made her blush even harder. She grabbed her clothes and retreated back into the bathroom where she attempted to block Alek's laughter from her mind.

When she came out again he was lying on her bed reading her biology textbook, "funny thing reproduction isn't it?" he said causing her to blush once more. The more uncomfortable she became, the funnier he seemed to find the situation. "If your not going to be nice, you can leave." She told him. That seemed to shut Alek up for a moment. Finally Alek spoke, his voice serious. "Why didn't you run and leave me when I told you to?" he asked her. "Well that's easy, I care about you Alek, there's no way I was going to leave you there to be killed." Her answer seemed to satisfy him, he put his arm around her and pulled her down on the bed beside him, she rested her head on his chest and listened to the steady pounding of his heart. After a few moments Chloe was asleep. Alek took longer to go to sleep, instead he looked at Chloe, she was small in his arms, so delicate and perfect. Alek thought back to a conversation he had with Jasmin the day before. He had tried to deny it then but he couldn't hide his feelings anymore. He was falling for Chloe King.

So I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter, please review and give me any advice. Any one who likes Brian (If you exist) feel free to request more Brian/Chloe scenes. Thanks for reading!