A/N: chapter 4 is up! Thank you for reading my story! Ok in this chapter Alexandra do most of the talking...
Chapter 4: instant husband and wife
The company definitely heard police sirens in the early morning air and there is no mistake its getting nearer. Alexandra who was standing at the door with her hand at the doorknob closed it and locked it. She spun on her heel and faced the three men standing in the living room.
"How high do you think are the chances that those police cars will be coming here for you?" She asked as she watched the silver haired colonel's blue eyes lit up with excitement.
"What now Hannibal?" B.A asked with little worry. They've been in this kind of situation before and Hannibal had always come up with a plan that allows then to avoid capture.
Hannibal glanced upstairs as if he could see Murdock from where he is. " It'll be practically a sin to wake up Murdock now." He said calmly, knowing that his pilot hadnt slept for five days he thought it would be best to let the kid rest. If they try to move him it would certainly wake him up and it may be hard to put him to sleep again. Hannibal grinned and looked at Faceman.
Face didnt like the way Hannibal was looking at him. "Face we need a scam!" Hannibal declared then another wail of police sirens could be heard, closer than the first one.
" Hannibal a good scam, just like any art, takes time." The conman groaned, as he go through his stuff to look for something he could use for a scam. B.A and Alexandra went upstairs and tried to get a glimps of the cars coming their way. They saw a police car and another unmarked car following it through a pair of binoculars as the cars made a turn in a exposed street a little ways off the house.
" A police car is coming this way and an unmarked car is hot on its tail!" B.A announced when they have reached the living room. Hannibal was unconspicously peeking out the window while Face contiued to rumage in his stuff
" Probably the CIA or the military police." Hannibal said thoughtfully. He lifted the curtains slightly with his fingers and looked outside the window to see if there was already a swat team outside and thankfully there wasnt.
"The CIA?! Military police?! Hannibal you know that if they saw me they'll recognize me!" Face exclaimed his blue eyes wary and he stopped his hunt for what ever items he was looking for. Hannibal tapped his fingers on his chin and thought for a moment then cast his glance at Alexandra.
" Then someone else will have to con them." He smiled at Alexandra who seemed to catch the drift and smiled widely. "Face we need to hide Murdock with out moving him." He added as Face smiled at the challenge. Alexandra peeled off her red hoodie leaving a black tank top then she picked up her duffle bag and rushed into the bathroom. B.A on the otherhand slipped out and made sure that his van was out of sight as the police, MPs or the CIA might recognize it.
By the time they heard another police siren they were all moving. Alexandra dug out a pair of cotton shorts, a case of contact lens and a spray-on hair color. She quickly traded her pants for shorts and ripped off her messy pony tail and hastenly sprayed the hair color on her wavy dark brown- almost- black hair, after making sure she colored her hair right she went out of the bathroom and stashed her bag. Then she went to Hannibal and Face to see if they needed help.
Faceman was skillfully attaching facial hair to Murdock's face without waking him up. They heard a soft creak of the hinge of the door and when they turned they saw Alexandra coming in who was now blond.
" You seemed prepared." Face commented as he look up from where he was working. She grinned at him and Face grinned back before turnning back to adding a beard on Murdock's face.
" Dont forget the other one" Hannibal said refering to Alexandra's eyes one of which is now a dark shade of blue while the other one was still onyx black. Both Hannibal and Face noted that her sun kissed skin somehow brings the out the blond hair she has but it doesnt create too much contrast and could pass off as a natural blond.
" Some habits die hard." Alexandra replied to Face as she puts on the other contact lens. She blinked out of reflex and by the time she opened them the onyx black are now replaced by a dark shade of blue.
" What do you think?" Face steped back and marvelled at his work. Hannibal and Alexandra stared at the sleeping pilot who is now bearded and has a cruel looking scar across the side of his face.
" A scar?" Hannibal raised a quizzical eye, Faceman can go over the top sometims with his scams and it never fail to suprise him that it still works like charm. B.A suddenly poked his head in the room.
" I heard them stop near the house. They'll be knocking any minute." Bosco said a little out of breath. He caught a glimps of Murdock. " Do you think that would work Faceman?"
" Im hurt B.A that you dont have faith in me." He said in a mock-sadness the mechanic chuckled while Face pouted.
"Come one we need to make ourselves scarce." Hannibal said as he went out of the room B.A and Face followed. After a few moments when they left someone knocked on the door. Alexandra ruffled her hair to give it a bedhair look and waited for a few moments before dragging her feet downstairs.
Another rough knock assualted the door, Alexandra unlocked it but she only allowed a crevice and peeked. "Who is it?" She croaked trying to sound like she just woke up. Behind the door she saw a police officer and a few other men who arent wearing police uniforms but they were wearing suits.
" We're the police ma'am and we are here as response to a call." The police said very business like, then he tried to push he door further open but couldnt as Alexandra countered the action.
" I didnt made a call." She replied as she once again resisted the push of the door. Hidden out of sight B.A, Hannibal and Face listened to them, Hannibal mad an elaborate set of gestures tell the two other men that they'll have to back Alexandra up if necessary and two men agreed.
"The call was made by one of your neighbors," the officer said frowning at the impatient sound made by one of the guys in suits. " So ma'am if we could just take a look around your house everything we'll be fine." He added
"Do you have a search warrant?" She asked the police officer as she was determined to ignore the man in the suit which have a very high chance to be part of the CIA.
But the aforementioned men are just screaming for attention " We dont need a warrant!" He said then he pushed the door more forcefully than the policeman did causing Alexandra to tumble a little backward.
" Hey!" She protested as the men in suites went in followed by an irked police officer. Alexandra wanted to flick the door back to the man-in-suit and bust his nose before he entered but it wouldnt look accidental in any angle you look at it. "What exactly is your business for tresspassing her in my home?!" she called after them when they got inside.
"There are reports that your neighbors saw a guy on your roof and a suspiciuos person drove here." The policer officer was the one with the courtesy to answer her. The men in suits was searching the place luckly they arent making any mess but alexandra hope none of them would get lucky to spot Hannibal, B.A or Face.
"What's your name ma'am" the policer officer asked Alexandra as he eyed the other men with him.
" Its Mary." She said naturally and the officer took in down in his small note note book.
"Are you new here?"
"Yes. We just moved in a little over a week ago." She lied while eyeing the men in suits roam around the house.
" Ma'am i would like to ask you about a man on your roof that your neighbors saw." The police officer said then he began flipping through his little notebook and found the page he was looking for. "Here! And they said that there were bedsheets and pillow all over your roof." He said it it was the most ridiculous thing in the world.
" Oh that man they saw was probably my cousin." She said the first thing that came to her mind, which she didnt quite thought through.
The officer looked at her doubtfully " Acording to their report the man they saw was an african american." He said while raising an eybrow at Alexandra.
'Shoot' she thought. Face who was listening from their hidding place faceplamed. But Alexandra stuck to her story, she set a frown on her face. " Yes and he is my cousin. I came from a multi-racial family, i even have a half-sister who is half chinese and a half-brother who is half indian, got any problems with that?" She said her voice edgy with annoyance while advance forward to the officer.
" No ma'am. That's not what i meant." The officer said raising both of his hand in surrender while backing away as she charge toward him. " But why were they blankets and pillows on your roof?" He asked hoping to change the topic.
Alexandra let the topic go and tired to think of a cover up. " Well you know kids... i guess teeping a house is not cool anymore." She said as she shruged, the officer just nodded to himself. She noticed that the men in suits began to climed upstairs.
" Hey! Where do you think you're going?" Alexandra called after the men suits. They all turned to her and she run up the stairs pass them, quietly as she could. The men in suit pushed her aside and the preceeded upstairs, the police officer mumbled something under his breath. Alexandra caught the word 'Jerk' but the police didnt say anything to the Men in suits.
Alexandra stood infront of the door one of the suit tired to open, blocking the way. She glared at them and crossed her arms. " This going too far! You barged in my house without a warrant! You're violating my rights!" Alexandra cried but she tried to lower her voice, she didnt want to risk waking Murdock. " Im going to report you, if you dont stop or atleast show some courtesy." Her dark blue eyes narrowed threateningly.
" Go ahead and make a report." The man in the suit mocked her " Lets see if that'll will do you some good?" The man challenged leaning in at her threateningly then he walked pass her. Their cockiness confirmed it, these men are some what connected to the military or the CIA.
" Maybe you wont be affected if i file a complaint..." Alexandra turned t o the police officer with knowing look on her face " But you will. Do you really want that aggravation? And for what?" Alexandra gesture to the man in suits. The police officer clearly didnt like those men and he surely dont want to get his butt handed to him just because of those jerks, he approached one of the men in suit.
" The lady's right. Its not your butt who will get in trouble when she file a complaint, it'll be mine" he pointed to himself, he tried to converse to the guy as quietly as he could but Alexandra knew that police was trying to reason with them. She'll be impressed if he can have them to back down but she hoped the he could atleast keep them at bay.
The police officer turned away from the man he was talking to and truned to Alexandra "We're sorry ma'am for our behavior but we really need to do this and if you could just kindly cooperate and answer some question so we can get this over with." He said courteously but Alexandra could see the aggrevation in his form.
"Alright officer." Alexandra said with a smirk on her full lips. Hannibal and the others could practically hear the smile in Alexandra's voice. With the conversation they heard they're pretty sure that the men with Alexandra are part of the Miliary or the CIA, but Hannibal's best guess is the CIA.
" What's in these rooms?" The officer asked, as one the men in suit already opened the door but the warning look from the police officer stopped him from entering the room
" Its just rooms that we dont use." Alexandra replied, then she went to the door and shut it. " But some of our relatives used them when they helped use move in and settle down and also to keep me company." The officer gestured that they need to see the other room, Alexandra obliged she opened the doors but didnt let them in.
" Where are these relatives of yours?" The police officer asked looking in the last room that seemed to have been occupied recently.
" They left, there was an emergency at work so they had to leave in hurry." she said cautiously peering around the room which had all evidence of recent use. the officer and the men in suit seemed to buy his story for they left the door and start serching again. they arrived at the last room they havent looked into yet, Alexandra skipped pass the man in suits and stand between them and Murdock`s slightly ajar door.
"ok this is far enough. think you`ve overstayed you`re welcome officers." Alexandra said fiercely that the police officer and the men in suite took a step back.
" What's behind the door ma'am?" The men in suit asked with one eyebrow raised and an evident triumphant smirk on his face "What are you hidding ?" He added.
" Im not hidding anything." She snapped at obnoxous man in a suit " Its the room that's currently in use" she glared at the men in suit. One of them peeked through the door and spotted the sleeping Murdock on the bed.
" There's someone in there!" He pointed out. Alexandra turned at the open door and gently pulled it shut.
" I told you, this room is currently in use!" She said sternly, Face, Hannibal and B.A could hear the strain in her voice. They can tell she wanted to kick the police and the men in suit out the window, but she's restraining herself.
"Ma'am who is that man in there?" The police officer asked still scribling on his little note book, which starting to annoy Alexandra.
" My husband" she replied curtly
" We need to see him." Another man in suit said, advancing towards the door but Alexandra stood her ground.
" No." She said, Face and the others are waiting holding their breath for they hoped that the men in suit and the police would'nt enter the room. But all of them including Alexandra were aggravated by the answer of the Men in suit.
" Ma'am we'll break the door if we have to. Its up to you, we can do this the easy way or the hard way." The man in a suite threatened. Alexandra glared at the man thinking about knocking them out but she was'nt sure if the scuffle wouldnt wake Murdock and she didnt want to risk that. She sighed and opened the door quietly.
" Please be quiet, he's sleeping." She went in first followed by the police officer and the men looked around room then their attention fell on murdock who was peacefully sleeping on the bed. Hannibal and the others carefully peeked from their hidding place and they saw the men in the room and they also saw the annoyed Alexandra staring daggers at the intruders.
one of the men in suit reached down at Murdock and he was about to shake him awake but Alexandra grabbed his hand and glared at him. " I told you to let him sleep. I'll answer you questions." She said sharply then she let go of the man's hand.
The man looked at Alexandra with contemp but he backed off, the company in hidding breathe a sigh of relief.
" What's his name" the man retorted
"Alex." She said amusing the man in the suit
All the while the police officer was staring at Murdock and noticed the wicked scar on his face. " Where did he get that scar? From a brawl?" He asked pointing at the pilot's face. He took out his phone and began to dial " I'll ask for his records at the station" he muttered to him self.
" He didnt get that from a brawl." Alexandra snapped at the Police officer who is starting to annoy her " I have already answered your question about the man on the roof. Whats the deal?" She said irritably, this distracted the police officer for he was still afraid that she would file a complian. Alexandra put her hand on the phone and gently pushed it down. Somehow it worked and the police officer forgot about pulling the file on Murdock which will be bad.
" Ok Mary, theres another report that there was a suspicious person on a motorcycle who stopped by here. And the nieghbors had already been seeing suspicious men in this property." The police officer confided to her, she rolled her eyes, she cant believe that the people in this neighborhood finds the time to stare at their neighbors.
" Those were the relatives that i was takling about. And as for the person in the motor cycle, that was my husband he just came home from work." She said crossing her arms around her and put a little more effort on looking annoyed it hope that it would make these intruders back-off or better yet, leave. The man in suit whom is extra annoying grabbed the little note from the police and scanned it.
" It says here that a little over an hour ago." he said jabbing his finger at the notebook. " How can sleep that fast?" He challenged Alexandra.
"Well he worked three shifts straight for few days." She replied indiginantly. " Look, he's tired and he really needs to sleep." Alexandra tried to reason with the jerks, but to her irritation as well as face, Hannibal and B.A's they didnt seem to catch what she was trying to say.
"Three shift straight? Where does he work?" This time the police officer picked up the questioning.
" He works at a mirror factory a few town over. He uses the motorcycle to get there." Alexandra said, Hannibal was smiling at Face as if saying 'this girl can handle a scam'. Face could see that even though their hidding place, the ceiling of murdock's room which they crawled into, provided little light. He just shook his head and rolled his eyes, Hannibal is the only one he knows who could still tease and fool around in this kind of situation.
" Why does he have to work that hard?" The police asked clearly curious, he looked expectantly at Alexandra.
" Because he's a good husband who wants to provide for his family" she said exasperatedly, now she's really annoyed at the police officer " Times are hard." She added
" If times are so hard why arent you helping him?" The police asked again. The trio in the ceiling had to suppress a snicker at the sight of the aggravation of the sniper.
" I cant, because of my condition" she said overly calm but the corner of Alexandra's mouth is already twitching.
" Condition?" One of the men in suit asked. Alexandra was glad that all his chit chat hadnt woke Murdock but all this talk is taking a toll on her patience.
" Im pregnant." She said. Alexandra is just saying the first thing that comes in her mind and this scam made her admitt to herself that she needs practice.
" You? preagnant?" The intruders looked at Alexandra from head to foot and accessing her petite figure.
" Well im only a month and half , almost 2, through my pregnancy." She explained when she saw the doubting look the police and the men in suit gave her. " And the doctor said that my pregnancy is not easy, i must refrain from strain and stress or else i'll lose the baby." She added not giving them any time to ask questions.
The man in suit and especially the police officer looked at her with curiousity. The sniper decided that she better lay down the story before they ask more question and stay longer. " Look, when Alex and I found out thest we're expecting a child he worked so hard to be a good husband and father. He wanted to be a good father unlike his dad, who gave him this scar." She said while gently caressing Murdock's scared face. Faceman who was watching them almost belived the loving stare Alexandra directed towards Murdock.
" He didnt want me to work beacuse he didnt want to risk losing me and the baby. He barely even sleeps, he works so hard to ensure our future because he said that he loves me and our baby so much." She said and smiled fondy at the sliping pilot. There was a brief silence but it was broken by he police officer.
" Alex is a good man." The police officer said his voice is mared with some admiration and respect for "Alex".
" Yes, yes he is. And so are his family." Alexandra said with a smile and she said it with so much sincerity that even Face is having a hard time teling wether what her last words were true and no longer a con or what they truely meant.
" So what else you want to know officers? Who was my college boy friend? How many girlfriends my husband had before we got married? My favorite color?" She said sarcastically, chalenging the police and the men in suit.
The police officer raised both of his hand in surrender " No ma'am that would be enough." He said backing away. The police officer and the man in suit wnt out the room and bid the aggravated instant housewife goodbye. Alexandra smiled at them pleasantly but relished slamming the door on their faces. She locked the door and waited for their car to drive off before coming upstairs again.
When she got back in Murdock's room Face, Hannibal and B.A had climbed down from the ceiling and was smiling at her.
"That was great kid!" Hannibal said with a big grin on his face. Alexandra couldnt help but smile too.
" All in day's work colonel." She said with a small bow and chuckle.
" Hannibal those guys in the suit are surely with the military or CIA." B.A said glancing at the window to see if the men in suit would set up a survalance.
" Yeah, they would certainly try to get more information about Alex and Mary." Said Face who is now looking at Alexandra with a much more friendlier approach than he did when they first met.
" They would most likely do that. And you're going to take care of that Face." The Silver haired colonel took a out another cigar and began to light it.
" Naturally, but she made it soud like Alex had been working in that mirror factory for a long time. It would take time to set up a factory and people who would confirm her story." Face said in thougt.
" There is a mirror factory a few towns over. I used to work there under the name of Alex." Alexandra said to face with a smile. " The owner who is also the head of the HR owes me a favor, i'll just give him a call and he'll comfim my story when those jerks call." Face smile at her to at the prospect of a less job to do.
" The owner would lie to goverment agents for you?" He asked a little skeptically
" He doesnt have to know their really government agents does he?" She said with a manic smile, that is very smilar to Murdock's, and glint of mischife in her temporary dark blue eyes.
" I love it!" Hannibal chuckled followed by B.A and Face. They all came near to Alexandra, B.A patted Alexandra on the back as if to say good job. Face, coming from behind slung both of his arms on Alexandra's shoulder and brought his mouth beside her ear " Not bad." He said soflty with a flirty tone, then Hannibal also slung one of his hand around the sniper's shoulder " Admitt it face. She's good" Hannibal said jovially.
Both of them felt Alexandra stiffened as if bracing her self, then she ducked out of their arms and smiled at them "I better call the factory now." She smiled and stepped aside and took the phone from her pocket. After a few moments she came back with a smile on her face
" Ok its all set." She said while putting away her phone.
" What did you tell him?" B.A asked curiously
" I told him that i had a bet with some guys at a bar that i was once- wait for it- a dude." She said chuckling to her self.
" What!?" B.A asked flabbergast " Do you think he'll buy that?!" Alexandra nodded like child who was asked if she wants a cookie. Hannibal and Face laughed at the confused Bosco. " You're crazy!" He said
" Well..." Alexandra let the sentence hang for B.A ponder what he just said. " Besides he knew that i dont like being hit on by guys in a bar and go on extreme measures just to discourage them.." she said
" really?" Face inquired but the sniper ignored him.
" Besides i gave him fair warning that they would tell him that their from the government, cause i told him that they think that i would try to set it up.. he's a good friend so im sure he wouldnt let me down." She said with a truimphant smile.
" Ok but now you'll have to stay." Hannibal said a little seriously bu then he change his tone to a more lighter one " Its not good for a married pregnant woman to sneek out at night." He smiled at Alexandra " You could stay in my room or in Face's" Face smiled welcoming at Alexandra, he maybe a wominizer but he also have a gentleman streak in him.
" Thank you, but it would be unfair. Beside i would fit better in the couch that any of you guys." She said a litte amuse, but she was right she is by far smaller that the three guys and they would have a hard time sleeping on the couch. The three agreed, they gave her a blanket and a pillow and they bid her good night.
Once that the guys were gone she sat down on the couch, she hugged herself as a shiver run down her whole frame, and within seconds she started to hyperventilate.
A\N: finally! I have finally updated this story! sorry if it took so long, my job really takes all my time. And i know its not much but i hope you'll enjoy this chapter. For Mad Tea Lady and all the other readers i hope your still hanging there, thank for reading my story and i hope you'll continue to. Comments are very much welcomed and greatly appreciated. I'll try to update as soon as i can... till next chapter! :D