Title: Deception 2/?
Author: Murdock's Crazylady
Rated: G for now
Summary: This is what it might be like to grow up with the A-Team and have one of it''s members be your dad
Disclaimer: I don''t own the team. Not that I wouldn''t mind having Dwight for a big brother though
Copyright: 2000
Author's notes : Expect a lot more from this, especially a twist, this is my first FanFic, so please don''t be too hard on me!
Chapter 2
Deception
(C.)2000 Murdock '' s CrazyLady
"Hey Alex, wake up." Alex drifted out of sleep and woke up to hear a familiar voice. At first, she thought she was still dreaming, but then she opened her eyes and rolled over to the direction of the voice. B.A. was sitting on the floor beside the trap door. Alex couldn '' t figure out why she was in her tree house at first. Then she thought a sec and the memories flew back at her like a fly ball. Alex sat up and faced the corner of the tree house, with her back to him. She didn '' t want to face him.
"I dinnit do what Trent lied to daddy an said I did, honest uncle B.A." Alex said into the wall. B.A. sighed and Alex heard, and thought he was going to make her go home and get into more trouble with Face. Alex was relieved when she heard him say, "I know you didn '' t Alex. That '' s why I told Face I was gonna knock him out, I was there Alex." B.A. was surprised when Alex turned around slowly and he saw she was crying. B.A. smiled at Alex and she crawled over to him on her hands and knees like she was an infant again. B.A. hugged Alex as she held him and cried into his chest. B.A. really wanted to pound Face now.
A few minutes later, Alex, still buried in his chest, said, "I can '' t go home b '' cos daddy '' s mad an I don '' t want him to..you know." Alex said and B.A. hugged her again. "We '' ll go and I '' ll k-o Face if he tries anything." B.A. said and Alex let him carry her out of the trap door, down the rope, and to Lil '' T. B.A. put Alex on Lil '' T '' s back and he held the lead. He walked the whole 6 miles back home, leading Alex on Lil '' T. Murdock was in the field helping to look for B.A. and Alex when he saw them coming. "Hey Facey-man! There they come muchacho!" Murdock yelled to Face. Face came around the stable and came over to Murdock. He put his hand up above his eyes to shield them from the sun as he looked in the direction Murdock had pointed. He saw two blurs come into focus and saw them coming closer.
Alex saw them and turned to B.A. "Don '' t forget your promise, uncle B.A." B.A. smiled as he stepped over a hole in the ground and lead Lil '' T around it. "Don '' t worry sweet heart, I didn '' t." He answered and Alex tried to smile, but couldn '' t as they got to Murdock and Face. Alex saw Face '' s look and read it as saying that he was about to rip her off of Lil '' T by her ear. Alex sniffed and awaited for the yelling to begin.
"Alex, why '' d you run off? You '' re acting warped, you know that?" Face said and Alex was ready to cry. "B '' cos you hit me an I dinnit do nuthin, you fool!" Alex replied and Face '' s jaw dropped. "Alex, get inside." Face answered and Alex shook her head no at him. "Trent '' s a liar an uncle B.A. saw him an he knows I dinnit do nuthin '' cept kick his butt like he asked." Alex answered and Face began to get frustrated. "Listen Face, Alex is tellin you the truth man. I WAS THERE! I saw trent and her! Trent is feedin you a line Face, an he '' s the one you outta get hard on, not Alex." B.A. said for what felt like the hundredth time today. "But Alex, you don '' t disrespect your father like that." B.A. said first to Face and then to Alex. Alex '' s eyes got wide at the sudden raise in B.A. '' s voice and she looked at Face. "I '' m sorry I called you a fool daddy. Sorry uncle B.A." Alex apologized and B.A. smiled over to her in response to let her know he '' d heard what he had wanted to hear. Face was lost for words. Speechless. He ran his hand through his blonde hair and sighed. How did he get himself into these things? He wondered.
Then, another voice and the smell of a cigar filled the thick air, cutting through it like a knife. It came from behind Murdock and Face. "What '' s going on Face?" It was Grampa Colonel Hannibal. Even at 53, he looked young, and his clear blue eyes were always twinkling and ready to cheer you up. Alex looked up from examining Lil '' T '' s Mane and saw Hannibal standing in between Murdock and Face. "Trouble Colonel, that '' s what." Murdock finally answered for Faceman and Hannibal looked up at Alex. She couldn '' t meet his eyes and went back to Lil '' T '' s mane.
"Well, what kind of trouble?" Hannibal asked. "Trent lied an now daddy '' s tryin to hit me." Alex answered and Hannibal looked at Face, asking. Faceman looked at the ground and then back up at Hannibal. "Well, Well Trent had the blood to prove she attacked him, Hannibal, and I thought that, well, Alex..." Face stammered. He usually did if he thought Hannibal might yell at him.
A high-pitched neigh caught B.A. off guard seconds later and he dropped the lead rope and had to get out of the way as Alex made Lil '' T rear up. She turned him around and kicked him into a full gallop in the other direction. She raced off and Face yelled after her. "Alex!" Face yelled stomping his foot. Face still didn '' t believe Alex. Face '' s voice was not heard, for between her crying, the thunder of Lil '' T '' s hooves hitting the ground, and the wind blowing against her ears, all drowned it out as she cried and let her body go with Lil '' T '' s galloping stride. Alex rode that way for awhile, and then she went back to her home away from home, her tree-house. She vowed to Lil '' T that they were never leaving here and never going home again as she climbed the rope ladder.
Alex climbed through the trap door and sat on the tree house floor. She didn '' t bother to latch the door or pull the rope up. She knew if they wanted in, they '' d get in, and they didn '' t need any rope or door for that. B.A. had proved that once, earlier.
Hannibal got a plan, lit his cigar again, and sent Murdock on his white gelding he named Waco, to bring Alex home. He '' d had two hours to think it up and he had only just sent Murdock off twenty-minutes ago. He knew Alex was somewhere, but he knew he couldn '' t ask Murdock to tell him where. It was a secret. Hannibal knew better than to ask B.A. where she was, because that would be like getting Alex to fly without Murdock. Hannibal smiled. He knew his plan would come together.
Alex sat in her tree-top house and heard a horse coming. She listened and hoped that it wasn '' t uncle B.A., and that he wan '' t too mad at her, because he isn '' t as easy to get along with when he '' s angry. The horse stopped and Alex waited to see who '' d pop up at the trap door. A minute later, the door lifted, blocking Alex '' s view of the person. Then she saw the top of a dark blue baseball hat, with brown hair sticking out a little underneath it. Then a brown leather arm came around the door and pulled it '' s body through the hole and sat on the edge, with it '' s hands on the edge of the door. Murdock looked over and smiled at Alex. "Murdock!" she yelled happily as he crawled in the rest of the way. Alex went over and grabbed his neck in a hug. He '' d been crawling his way over to her, and her sudden hug knocked him from his knees backwards onto his behind. Alex let go after he fell, and she laughed. Murdock went back over to Alex '' s sleeping bag with her and they sat down.
Murdock watched as Alex '' s face changed from glad to see him, to sad and scared. Murdock sighed. "Face wants me to bring you home." Murdock said as he realized Alex was picking at her boot. Alex sniffed, trying to hold back tears. "What happened earlier?" Murdock asked finally. "Trent an me got into a fight an daddy came an made us stop, and we both got grounded. But I dinnit take your chopper keys! He took them and put them in my back-pack and daddy didn '' t believe me." Alex explained. Murdock patted her boot-clad foot. "I know you wouldn '' t. I knew I forgot something when I left for horse feed." Murdock said as Alex curled closer to him. She sniffed. "Then uncle B.A. and me was sparrin an Trent asked to spar wit me, and I kicked his butt, an he told daddy somethin about be attackin him an daddy believed him an not unle B.A. an me..." Alex trailed off and started crying. Murdock held her and she put her head inside his leather "Da Nang 1970" Jacket and cried against his side.
Murdock held her until she calmed down and came out a little bit, keeping her head and ear over his heart. "Then he hit me an you came, an he still dinnit believe me, an I ran away. He spanked me Murdock, but I dinnit do what Trent said, he lied and I got punished. Trent '' s gonna pay!" Alex said as she cried into his side again. Murdock patted her back, and silently got angry at Face, which he didn '' t do very often. Even he was sick of Trent doing this to Alex. He felt Alex '' s body shake and he continued to rub her shoulder. "It '' s gonna be okay, muchacha, I know you can '' t believe it now, but it will. Really." Murdock said, trying to comfort the trembling child inside his jacket. Alex sat up and looked down at her boots again. "Will you come home?" Murdock finally asked, knowing Alex would do anything he asked her to. Alex sniffed and picked at her boot and wiped her face a little. Then she felt Murdock '' s hand underneath her chin, as he raised her head and she saw his smile. Alex knew he '' d always been there for her, and Alex loved him. She had a deep respect for him as well. She told herself she '' d have to go home now, but only because Murdock had asked her to. It couldn '' t happen any other way. Only Murdock could bring her home, and the Colonel knew that.
Alex remembered her daddy calling her and her uncle B.A. a liar, and she got angry. Then she remembered her big brother '' s question. "Why? So he can spank me for comin out here an ridin the way I did? Makin Lil '' T rear and stuff?" Alex asked as Murdock listened. He didn '' t know what Face might do, but he knew Alex didn '' t want to go home because she knew Faceman was mad at her. "He won '' t touch you, because I won '' t let him. He won '' t spank you, I promise." Murdock said and Alex thought about it. Murdock hoped that after promising, that Face wouldn '' t make his promise a lie. "Okay, I '' ll go." Alex said a few minutes later.
Murdock carried Alex on his back down the ladder to Lil '' T and promised about Face again. He got back into Waco '' s saddle and they rode off. He promised her again about Face about a million times more as they rode back home. Alex was scared, but she trusted Murdock. He '' d never let her down, and she knew he never would. Murdock took Lil '' T and put him into his stall, and Alex took Waco to his. Then she went on her way back to Lil '' T '' s stall to waited for Murdock. Then, as Murdock came out and closed the stall door, Alex screamed, afraid at first, as someone grabbed her around the waist. "Murdock!" She screamed. Then Alex heard a familiar voice as Murdock came running around the corner, and was relieved to see that Alex was okay. Her scream had scared him. "You can come on your own like a lady, or you can go over my shoulder." Came Hannibal '' s voice. Alex ignored him. "Suite yourself." Colonel replied and he carried her off towards the house, with Murdock in tow. He had his hands in the back pockets of his khaki pants as he followed Hannibal, thinking. He hoped his promise would stick.
Inside, Hannibal carried Alex around until he found Face. He was in the family room, on the couch by the big bay window Alex had been staring out of earlier, watching for B.A. to come. Alex saw that B.A. was there too, and then she felt Hannibal putting her down. He sat her on the other couch, and Murdock sat beside her, with Hannibal on her other side. Nobody said anything at first. Then, Face sent Alex upstairs. Alex was going to argue, but after another go-on-your-own-or-go-over-my-shoulder look from Hannibal, she went after a pleading and longing glance to Murdock. After she '' d gone, Face looked at B.A. and got a growl and a look of murder, then he looked to Hanibal, whom had the look of don '' t do it across his face, then to Murdock, who had determination in his eyes. They were all watching him, and they all knew his plan.
Face stood up and was passing Murdock when he felt someone grab his wrist tight. He looked down and saw Murdock '' s hand grasped tightly around his watch. Murdock stood up, not releasing Face '' s wrist. "Face, you can '' t. I promised Alex, that '' s how I got her home. I promised you wouldn '' t be mad at her and that you wouldn '' t go up there and do what I know you were about to do. I promised Face, don '' t turn me into a liar. Alex knew you were mad at her, I had to promise." Murdock was very serious and Face rarely saw him this way. Face could see that this meant a great deal to his best friend. "Okay Murdock. I '' ll talk to her." Face nodded and smiled. Behind him, Hannibal and B.A. did too. Murdock took a deep breath as he released the grip that was now getting painful on Face '' s wrist. "Thanks Facey-man." Murdock said. Face nodded back as he headed upstairs towards Alex '' s room.
Alex heard a knock. Then, "Alex it '' s daddy." Face always said that before he came into her room, weather he was mad at her or not. "C '' min." Alex said and Face opened the door and went in, closing the door behind him. Alex was sitting on her bed looking at him. He cam eover and sat in her desk chair. Alex remained quiet. Then he was about to say something and she cut him off. "I knew you wouldn '' t let Murdock keep his promise. But before you hit me, lemme just say that I did not do anything and I dinnit do what Trent said." Alex spoke her peace and waited for the usual pre-hitting questions, like do you know why I '' m gonna hit you and it '' s gonna hurt me more than it will you, (which she didn '' t believe for one second). She was shocked when she heard Face laughing. She looked up at him and he said, "Alex, I am not here to hit you. I cam to talk to you. And, to tell you that Murdock DID keep his promise, or you wouldn '' t be sitting there now." Face said and Alex listened. "I won '' t lie to you, when I was on my way up here, I was going to hit you. But Murdock stopped me." Face said again and Alex was happy, but then she realized that if he believed her, he wouldn '' t have been going to hit her at all. Alex sighed and fought back tears. Face noticed and came closer to her. "Alex?" he asked.
Alex looked at him. "You still don '' t believe me. I didn '' t do what Trent said! I won '' t lie because uncle B.A. don '' t like people who lie. Uncle B.A. saw us sparrin daddy, an uncle B.A. don '' t lie!!" Alex said unable to fight back the tears any longer. Face got up from the chair and sat on her bed, and held her. It finally hit him that what Alex had just said was true, B.A. never did lie. Alex felt Face hug her. "I '' m sorry I called you and B.A. liars, Alex. And I am sorry I hit you earlier. And listen, I do believe you." Face said and Alex looked up at him tearfully, but happily. "Thanks daddy." She said and he hugged her again. He felt like an idiot. He '' d scared the heck out of a 6-year-old baby that wasn '' t even really his.... "I '' m going to talk to Trent. Calm down before your uncle B.A. kills me, okay?" Face said and Alex laughed and nodded okay. Face Kissed the top of her head and went to leave. He opened her door and Murdock fell in!
"Uh, hi Face." Murdock said as he lay on his side on the floor. Alex was dying laughing. He loved to hear her laugh, and Face knew that. "Didn '' t trust me, huh Murdock?" Face asked with a sneaky smile. "Nope." Murdock answered and Face left it at that and left. Murdock got up and went over to Alex. He sat beside her on her bed. "I heard you crying, are you okay?" Murdock asked. Alex nodded yeah. "I '' m okay. I was just glad cos daddy believes me now. He let you keep your promise." Alex answered and Murdock was glad. "Big brother?" Alex asked. "Yeah muchacha?" Murdock gave her his full attention and asked. "Can we go flying?" Alex asked. Murdock stood up and smiled. "C '' mon co-pilot, lets go an get our birdie warmed up an ready to go up!" Murdock answered, he was pretending to be talking into a mic. Alex laughed and Murdock helped her climb up onto his back. "Okay muchacha?" Murdock asked. Alex took his blue baseball hat off of his head and put it on hers, backwards. "That '' s a ten-four ready and wilko captain!" Alex answered and Murdock made chopper noises as he carried her out to the chopper. Flying is Alex '' s pride and joy, and her only release from Trent. Even the horseback riding and her martial arts couldn '' t do for her what going up in the air with Murdock could do for her. Murdock had taught her the martial arts from age 3, and she loved it. Now he was teaching her how to fly, and she loved that even more. She was to the point that she could fly anything by herself, although he refused to let her until it was absolutely nessacary. Her Flying made Alex feel even closer to Murdock. She didn '' t know she was even closer to him than anyone else in the world, in another way. She couldn '' t find out yet. Face would see to that.
Later when Alex was sopossed to be in bed, she over heard Hannibal and B.A. talking. "Face is too hard on Alex, and not hard at all on Trent. He '' s a spoiled brat!" B.A. said pounding his fist into his other palm. Hannibal knew it frustrated the sargeant at the thought of Trent getting away with murder. "He should be getting onto Trent more, but he falls for Trent every time." Hannibal took a puff of his cigar and agreed. Alex silently agreed with them too, as Murdock came down the hall and caught her. He tapped her on her shoulder and she jumped. She turned and saw him. "Hi big brother. Don '' t tell, okay?" Alex asked in a whisper. Hannibal and B.A. both secretly knew she '' d been there all along. Hannibal smiled. "Okay, but c '' mon." Murdock said and she took his hand. He walked her to her room and put her into bed. He covered her up and noticed something brown sticking out from under her pillow.
"What do we have here?" Murdock asked as he pulled it out. It was his Da Nang jacket. "I dinnit take it, honest." Alex saw it and worried another episode of her stealing from him would start. Murdock knew that already, he '' d remembered he '' d left it in his room down the hall. He knew who '' d planted it. "I know. I had it in my room." He answered and Alex took a deep breath. He folded the jacket in half and slung it over his shoulder. Then Alex tugged on his tee-shirt sleev as he reached over her to turn her carousel night light on, and he looked down at her. "Do you mind, if I sleep with it?" She asked knowing how much he loved the jacket. He never let it out of his mind. When he took it off, he knew exactly where it was. He smiled and pulled it back down from his shoulder. "Take care of it, little muchacha. Goodnight, don '' t let the bed people bite. If they don '' t listen, just tell em B.A. '' ll knock em out. That usually makes em stop." Murdock said and Alex laughed. "Night big brother. I will, and I love you." Alex answered and Murdock saluted her. "Love you too, captain." He winked and let her go to sleep.
Alex rolled over after he was gone and hugged the leather jacket. She buried her face into it. It smelled like Murdock and a little like Grampa Hannibal '' s cigars, she noted. She loved it. Then she sat back up and put the jacket on. It was very big on her, and it went past her knees, but she didn '' t care. She snuggled up inside of it and went to sleep.
In the morning, Trent saw Alex wearing the jacket, as she stood on a chair at the dining room table beside Murdock. And she wasn '' t even in trouble! He thought to himself. "Hi Trent, big brother let me sleep in his jacket last night! He even said I can wear it every night, if I want to. Isn '' t that cool?" Alex said to her now scowling brother by marriage only. Murdock hugged her. "Yeah whatever." Trent replied and he left the room. His mission had failed. Hannibal laughed. Finally one of Trent '' s ideas burst in his face. Hannibal thought, "I love it when a plan comes together." and Alex, almost reading his mind, did to.
End of part 2. Thanks for the title idea, susan!
As always, please email me with any of your comments or questions. Part 3 will follow soon!