Disclaimer: 'Mutant X' and it's characters belong to someone who isn't me. Alexis and Isabelle Fox-Mulwray are the products of my twisted mind.
Author's Note: Thanks for all the reviews. There's only a couple of chapters left of this story so if anyone wants a sequel, please say so. I was thinking of doing a story with Adam, Nicholas and the twins.
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Chapter 8.
Day Six.
An hour later, Sanctuary.
"You should have seen his face, Adam!" Jesse crowed happily. "I thought I was going to wet myself I was laughing so hard! Eckhart looked like he wanted the ground to swallow him whole. I just wish that I'd brought my camcorder! It was the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life!"
"You have said that at least fifteen times since you got back!" Adam snapped peevishly. "I assure you that my memory is not that poor! Can't you talk about something else for a change?"
Jesse stuck his tongue out. "You're just jealous that you missed it!" He taunted.
Adam scowled, unwilling to acknowledge the truth of the younger man's statement.
"I'm telling you, Adam," Jesse still had a wide, slightly goofy smile spread across his face. "I could have kissed them! I don't think that anything they ever do will annoy me after this!"
"Uncie Jess!" Izzy's voice cut into Jesse's reverie. "Time fo' yo' baf!"
Jesse swore under his breath. "Oh man!" He lamented, turning to Adam with a stricken look on his face. "I thought that, with all the excitement, they had forgotten their little 'Torture Uncle Jesse' game. I wonder what put it into their heads again. Ten bucks says that Shalimar called them and reminded them!"
"Uncie Jess!" Izzy marched into the room and, with her hands on her hips, fixed Jesse with an impatient frown. "We wai'in!" She scolded.
Jesse, knowing that he would get no sympathy from Adam, allowed the toddler to drag him out of the lab towards his bathroom.
If he had stayed any longer he would have seen the sly, satisfied smirk on Adam's face.
/This'll teach Jesse not to make fun of me! /
* * *
/I don't care how funny Eckhart's clown dance was! / Jesse thought viciously as he towelled himself off. /Those little monsters are starting to get on my last nerve! /
Izzy had marched the unfortunate molecular to the bathroom where Lexi had filled the bathtub with lukewarm sudsy water, complete with an assortment of rubber ducks, plastic submarines and various other toys the twins had thoughtfully provided for his amusement.
He had been ordered to climb into the tub – fully dressed, as, to quote Lexi, 'Yo' twothes diwty too' – and scrubbed within an inch of his life by the enthusiastic toddlers.
/Forget strangling Shal – as soon as she gets back, I'm going to drown her! /
To his relief, the twins were fully prepared to allow him to go out with Emma, although they had warned him not to be out past his bedtime and Adam would have to deal with them, at least for a few hours.
* * *
After they had finished giving their Uncle Jesse his bath, the Fox-Mulwray sisters retired to their playroom, armed with the candy Jesse had bought them and proceeded to stuff their faces.
Jesse had been so pleased with them for humiliating Eckhart that he had stopped off at the nearest store and bought out half the store. The bags of candy he had presented them with had astonished even Lexi and both girls were making a determined effort to polish them off before one of the adults had a chance to confiscate their stash.
Izzy didn't last very long.
Before she had managed to finish a third of her candy her little stomach began to protest.
"Hewe." She handed the bag to her sister, the sweet tooth of the family, who was completely undaunted by the prospect of consuming her body weight in sugar. "You fin'. I no hungwy."
Lexi eyed the proffered bag greedily. "You suwe?"
"Ess." Izzy pushed the bag into her twin's hands. "You eat."
Lexi needed no further persuasion.
After graciously accepting the candy she flashed her twin a smile and continued her gorging process.
* * *
"ALEXIS MARIE FOX-MULWRAY!" Adam nearly had a heart attack when he emerged from his lab to find a blonde two year old scaling the walls of Sanctuary. "You get down from there this minute, young lady!"
The toddler stuck her tongue out at him. "Me Izzy!"
"I don't care who you are." Adam told her sternly. "You get down from there right now!"
"Hafta tatch me fiwst!"
Shooting him a cheeky grin, Izzy jumped down and took off.
Adam chased after her, knowing in his heart that his pursuit would be in vain. The little girl had feral speed on her side and, even with her short legs, she could run circles around her adopted grandfather.
Being a genius, Adam knew exactly who to blame for his difficulties.
/Jesse Kilmartin, you are a dead man! /
* * *
An hour later.
It had taken the best part of an hour for Izzy's sugar high to wear off, during which time Adam had had to deal with a small child tearing around Sanctuary, turning the place upside down and occasionally stopping in her mad dash long enough to pelt him with whatever objects were closest to hand.
By the time she had stopped, Adam's face was red with exertion and he was breathing heavily.
/I definitely need to work out more! /
Izzy, on the other hand, was as calm and collected as if nothing untoward had happened.
After leading Adam in a merry chase around Sanctuary, she trotted off to the rec room, unearthed her crayons and a few sheets of paper and was soon happily immersed in her drawing.
One look at her sticky fingers and the telltale ring of powdered sugar around her mouth was enough to confirm Adam's suspicions.
"Izzy?"
She looked up at him with an adorable, angelic smile. "Ess, Gwampa?"
"Where did you get that candy?"
"Fwom Uncie Jess." Izzy beamed up at him. "He gabe Lexi an' me lot' o' tandy an' say to ea' it wen you wif us." She tattled shamelessly.
"I see." Adam mentally plotted a dozen ways of making the younger man suffer.
"I no hungwy." Izzy continued her prattling as she added another squiggle to her masterpiece. "So I gabe Lexi res' o' my tandy."
Adam's eyes grew wide with horror.
"Where is Lexi now?" /That child gets into enough mischief without a sugar high! /
Izzy shrugged. "Dunno."
Adam's anxiety over the toddler's whereabouts was relieved when the little girl staggered into the rec room, clutching at her stomach.
"I feels thitck!" Lexi announced with a groan before regurgitating every morsel she had eaten.
Adam looked down at his stained shoes and swore inwardly.
/I hope that Brennan and Shalimar enjoyed their vacation. / He thought grimly. /Because they're not leaving again until these two are eighteen! /
TBC.
Sorry for the delay in updating. I hope everyone liked this chapter. Please keep the reviews coming.
Next Chapter: Movie Night at Sanctuary.