It had been a long day at work and Tony was relieved to be at his home, in his apartment. Ever since he told Kate about Alex's pregnancy she'd be bothering him all day trying to find out if he was ok or if he'd tell her who the father is. It was hard not to go and tell all, usually he'd be descriptive with dates, the date with Alex just didn't end well and he couldn't say much for her sake.
Once inside his apartment, he turned on a nearby light and shrugged off his jacket, leaving it on the floor. He could pick it up later. Upon entering the kitchen, he nearly dropped his keys when he saw Alex sitting at his kitchen table with a baseball bat.
"Hello," she said smiling friendly at him.
"Uh… hey Alex," Tony replied taking a step back, "How'd you get in?"
"I stole a key."
"What do you want?"
"What's going on between you and Agent Todd?"
"Nothing, why?"
Alex stood up and swung the bat over her shoulder, taking a step towards Tony. "I saw you earlier… you two went out for lunch and were holding hands across the table."
"No we weren't."
"Anthony, I saw you," Alex said, her eyes became all watery.
Suddenly Tony remembered, that contact they made during lunch. It didn't mean anything though, it meant nothing… she just wanted his attention.
"See you know what I'm talking about, I see it in your eyes," Alex said pointing an accusing finger at him.
"Alex, were you following me?"
Alex bit her lip but couldn't suppress the smile that came upon her face, "A little."
"Alex, you should leave."
"I don't want to, not until we talk," she took another step towards Tony.
"Alex, you have a bat. Please, just leave."
Alex took another step forward and Tony unconsciously took a step back, realizing that he had backed himself into the counter. "We have to talk…" Alex said swinging the bat in his direction.
"Do you plan on shooting me?" The words rung through Tony's head. Since when did he hear Kate's voice in his head?
"Yes." Alex?
He opened an eye and saw Kate standing nearby with Alex holding her at gunpoint. His head was pounding and he didn't feel like dealing with this, so let his eye close.
"Why?"
"I think you know why…" Alex said taking a step forward towards Tony, "Move…" Alex said.
"No."
"I'll shoot you." Tony opened both eyes this time; he couldn't sleep, he had to stop Alex from shooting Kate.
"Oh and if I let you near Tony you won't?" Kate asked sarcastically.
"Just move."
"No," Kate stated firmly slowly dropping her hands hoping Alex wouldn't care.
"Put your hands back up," Alex said tightening her grip on Tony's gun.
Kate sighed inwardly and raised her hands again. Looks like she wasn't going to get her own gun unless Alex let her guards down and she was to frighten to take her eyes off Kate.
"Why do you want to shoot me?"
"Like I said before, you know."
"No I don't," Kate said trying to lower her arms again.
Tony moved his head slightly and was glad to find Alex not watching him. He felt around for his gun hoping she wouldn't notice he was awake but all her found was an empty holster.
"Hands up, I swear I'll shoot," Alex said, once Kate raised her hands again, she continued, "What's going on between you and Anthony?"
"Nothing, we work together."
"When you went out for lunch yesterday, you were discussing me weren't you? Laughing at how stupid I am? How I was clueless, didn't know my boyfriend was cheating on me again."
Tony resisted the urge to tell Alex she wasn't his girlfriend. Rule #9: Never go anywhere without a knife. Tony continued his search and felt the handle on his knife. Relieved, he released the breath he didn't know he was holding.
"What are you-" Kate began but stop when she heard Tony's sigh.
Alex looked at Tony quickly before turning back to Kate, as she attempted to grab her own gun. "Hands up!"
This time Kate didn't listen and got her gun out before Alex reacted. Alex tried to pull the trigger but fumbled and nearly dropped the weapon. She was shaky now, scared out of her mind. What now? Tony was awake and Kate had her gun.
"Is this how you deal with your boyfriend when you think he's cheating on you?" Kate asked, "There is nothing going on between me and Tony. The fact that someone would even suggest such a thing is disturbing."
"Anthony…" Alex muttered glanced at him.
Tony slowly got to his feet, now that they knew he was awake; he might as well make himself less vulnerable. "What Alex?" he asked in a harsh voice as he stumbled towards Kate.
"Put down the weapon, Alex," Kate said firmly.
Alex watched the women for a moment, as she did her fear intensified, the way she held her gun so confidently, the way she hid her fears. She was strong. Alex was not. She shook her head, "No, Agent Todd."
"Did you kill David Kessler, because he cheated on you? Is that why you killed Nikki Thompson too?"
"I'm not admitting to anything," Alex stated stubbornly.
"Alex, we have a strong case against you. Attacking two agents is bad enough."
"I would never hurt Anthony."
"Is that why you attacked me with a baseball bat?" Tony asked.
"You wouldn't listen. David wouldn't either."
"Is something wrong?" Alex asked passing David through the doorway and dropping her coat on the back of a chair.
"You should go, Nikki's gonna be here any minute."
"Really? You told me you didn't have plans tonight."
"I know, but she just called, she wants to cook me dinner. How can I refuse?"
"She is a good cook," Alex couldn't help but agree.
"Yeah, well you've got to go."
"Can't you call her and cancel? We already had plans."
"Alex, she's my girlfriend-"
"Yeah, well I was your fiancée and you cancelled on me all the time and as I found out nearly a year ago, its because you were cheating. What's stopping you now?"
"Well for one things she probably already left."
"So? She has a cell."
David sighed. This caught Alex attention, he never sighed. Ever. Unless something was bothering him, that is.
"What's wrong?"
"Alex, we shouldn't be doing this anymore…""He was stupid…" Alex muttered, "Thought I would just give up without a fight if he tried to break things off."
"You and David were having an affair?" Kate asked, then it clicked, "Is he the father of your baby?"
"Unfortunately." Alex lowered the gun and sighed, "He just wouldn't listen to me though; I tried to explain things but that male brain of his just couldn't see my side of things."
"How could you break it off with me and not her? Nikki's only a girlfriend. I was your fiancée. You're FIANCEE David. We were going to getting married, and did that stop you from sweating up the sheet with my best friend? No! Why didn't you break it off with Nikki?"
"Alex, I-I…"
"See you can't even defend yourself!" Alex let out a frustrated cry and grabbed her coat heading for the front door. As she passed the kitchen she felt David grab her arm and he spun her around.
Tearing away from his grip she ended up in the kitchen. David followed her in and began speaking. What he said didn't register in her mind though. Her attention was on the long blade that sat on the counter behind him.
She looked David in the eyes as he babbled on, "Alex, what I'm trying to say is that I've learnt from my mistakes… I know what it did to you and I don't want to hurt Nikki like that…"
Alex step forward, towards her destination that was the knife. David stepped aside to let her pass confused on what she was doing. She grabbed the knife and looked over her shoulder at David, he wasn't watching. Good.
"Can we sit down?" Alex asked as she examined the blade, when she found it was sharp, she smiled.
David turned around and looked at Alex, "Have you been listening to-"
Alex looked up at him, the smile still on her face; he backed away towards a phone. "If you call anyone I swear to god, you won't make it to the second ring."
"And if I don't call anyone?"
"We talk."
A triumphant smile was on her face, "He ran to the living room and tried to go out the front door but I stopped him. Then he tried to open the window but I had already stabbed him."
Kate's grip tightened on the gun. This woman was crazy, there was no telling what she would do.
"That's when Nikki arrived…"
"David, are you here, I knocked three times, I hope you don't mind I let myself…in…" Nikki froze when she saw Alex sitting on the couch, holding a knife covered in blood.
"Come in here," Alex said.
Nikki did as she was told. Upon entering the living room, she let out a gasp when she saw David. "Alex, what did you do?" She rushed to her boyfriend's side and began to cry when she found no pulse.
"I killed him," Alex stated nonchalantly.
"Why?" Nikki cried looking over her shoulder, finding her friend standing over her with the knife ready for stabbing. "Alex…"
"Don't worry, it was quick. If you were three minutes earlier, you might have saved him though."
"Alex, what are you doing?"
"I'm going to kill you…" with that said Alex brought the knife down on her best friend, unfortunately her aim wasn't as precise as it was with David and Nikki shifted around in pain. "Just die…" Alex said stabbing her friend again.
Alex let out a frustrated cry when Nikki tried to crawl away; grabbing her best friend's feet she pulled her towards the kitchen as Nikki clawed at the carpet.
Alex knelt down beside her friend and whispered, "Nikki, just give in… nothings going to save you now." Nikki refused to succumb to her injured and continued to move around, "You've always been a fighter. Unfortunately, you stand no chance of survival here."
"I stabbed her multiple times after that, I think it was the eighth stab that she finally gave up."
"Alex… you need to put the gun down…" Tony said softly.
"What's the point? I'm going to jail, I might as well finish what I started and kill Kate."
"Alex, nothing is going on between us."
"I don't care, Anthony, if it doesn't start now, it'll start later. Either way I'm going to be the third wheel."
The fact that Alex still thought she and Tony were going to be together was somewhat disturbing to both Tony and Kate. "Alex, we've been working together for over a year and nothings happened, nothing will," Kate said trying to strengthen their side of the debate.
"How do you know? Tony and I didn't become involved when we first met, it had been an entire year before we went on our first date."
"Tony and I aren't like that… It's a brother-sister thing."
"Hmm… well I hear that incest isn't as uncommon as people tend to think."
What the hell? Tony thought.
"Look, all I mean is that you must die, Kate," Alex said lifting the gun up, she pulled the trigger before Kate could react.
A/N: Holy, I didn't think this chapter was going to be one of my longer ones, I was original going to have more in this chapter but I decided, hey how about a cliffhanger. Plus, its been a while since my last update and I don't want to keep you all waiting. Please review! Tell me what you think, was that believable?
Also note that the murder case was not supposed to be that important (like I said earlier). You probably knew it was Alex right away or that I was trying to make it seem like her to try to deflect the attention from the real suspect. But no, its 'Crazy Alex' who is the main storyline.
