Chapter 2 Preparing for a heist…
Cairo, Egypt…Wednesday 15th morning,
Jean-Luc held on to his son's hand firmly to make sure that he would stay close, Remy was extremely excited this was his first time on a trip since…ever. His father had brought him along with him to Cairo on business. Remy had just been adopted by the man several months ago and was now six years old. Remy grinned since he had been taken in by Jean-Luc LeBeau, the Thieves guild leader in New Orleans. Remy was now being schooled in the profession as all children whose parents belonged to the guild were. Remy lost his head sometimes as he stared at the goodies the street vendors sold which is why his father held him tightly Remy was short for his age and he could easily get lost, he and his family had fallen in love with the boy and he'd be damned if he was going to lose him now.
Jean-Luc smirked as they entered the building he was looking for, Remy's eyes widened at all the curtains and fake torches, surrounding the place, Jean-Luc made his way to one of the counters and paid the fee to view the ancient pieces, again taking Remy by the hand Jean-Luc smiled when Remy gasped, "Wow…" he'd whisper and run to one of the display cases looking at the treasures encased within.
An hour had passed and they were now entering the mummy exhibit. After gawking at the remains Remy skipped over to his father who was admiring a lovely little necklace Remy looked at it in awe as he approached the glass, Jean-Luc smirked, "Havin fun?"
Remy looked up and smiled, "Ahun…What's dat?" the six year old asked curiously tilting his head looking at the weird bug strapped to a golden necklace.
Jean-Luc kneeled down, "Dat is the scarab necklace…see dat big jewel in da middle?"
"Ahun…"
"Dat my boy is a very rare gem…" Jean-Luc grinned as he patted Remy on the head, "Come on let's finish up here and go get some lunch eh?"
"Mhmmm…" Remy nodded with a grin admiring the jewel for another few moments then turned and grasped the man's hand as he held it out.
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That night after tucking in his little boy, Jean-Luc sat down beside him a smile on his face as Remy tried his best to stay awake, "How about a story petite?" his smile widened when Remy's eyes sprang open in excitement only to close again as exhaustion took him, shaking his head Jean-Luc leaned down and kissed his son on the forehead. "Bonne-nuit…" he whispered pulling on the blankets making sure his son was passed out and sleeping soundly on his bed, curled up in his little nest of blankets.
Jean-Luc left the room to enter the bathroom a few moments later now donning his thieving attire he looked to the bed seeing his son frown and mumble in his sleep Jean-Luc chuckled softly as he sat on the bed and ran his fingers through Remy's hair, in trying to calm him with a small grin he leaned down and kissed his little boy on the forehead again. Then silently left the room making sure that the small note he had left just in case he woke up was in plain view so he wouldn't panic.
Though he doubted that he would Remy now usually slept for ten hours straight, and the job he was to do wouldn't take him more than a few hours tops, but just in case Jean-Luc decided to hurry all the same as he rushed towards the museum.
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That morning Remy groaned as he rubbed at his eyes, Jean-Luc chuckled as he sat beside his son and rested his forehead against his boy's, "Ya sleep well petite?" he asked with a grin. Remy yawned and snuggled up to him, "I'll take dat as a yes…" he laughed, "Come on get up…I'm starvin'" Remy groggily got out of bed and headed for the bathroom.
Half an hour later the two were eating breakfast outside at a small restaurant Remy was enjoying his pancakes and looking around at the people while his father drank his coffee and read the morning paper, "Oh my…seems there was a robbery at dat museum we went ta yesterday…wonder what dey stole?" Jean-Luc asked peeking at his son who snickered silently at the table, then put his paper down. "Alright we got most of da day to ourselves, whatcha want ta do today?"
Remy thought for a moment and grinned, "Somethin' fun…"
Jean-Luc chuckled, "Of course…who'd want ta do something boring…" he retorted as he paid the bill and holding out his hand leading his son back into the streets, taking him back to the hotel the two decided to go for a swim in the pool. Jean-Luc laughed as he stood in the waist deep water and grasped his son throwing him in the water, Remy surfaced and splashed his father trying to swim away from him, Jean-Luc quickly wrapped an arm around the boy's chest and turned in a circle with Remy still in the water he stared at the sky as he was being dragged on the surface of the water giggling as his father lifted him in his arms.
"Mister LeBeau…" they heard, Jean-Luc turned to the man standing beside the pool, "You have a phone call sir…"
Jean-Luc sighed as he walked to the edge of the pool and put his son on his feet pulling himself out of the water Jean-Luc led Remy to the outside bar and sat him down on one of the stools, ordering him a glass of juice, he picked up the phone, "This is Jean-Luc…"
"So how's my little angel?" he heard.
Jean-Luc chuckled, "Oh he's havin da time of his life Tante…is everything alright?"
"Oh yes…I just missed da chile is he nearby?"
"Course ya expect I let him out of my sight fo long?" he smirked, "Hold on…Remy here Tante wants ta talk ta ya…"
Remy smiled as he held the phone to his ear, "Hi Tante…" he chirped.
"'ello mon ange…ya havin fun?"
"Oui we went to da museum, an we saw da pyramids and I got to pet a camel and saw a big tower wit flowers everywhere…" Jean-Luc chuckled as he ordered himself a drink and shook his head, he had a feeling this call would last a while.
That evening the LeBeau's were walking down the street through the marketplace looking for something special ta get Tante, she had informed Jean-Luc that his eldest son Henri might meet them there in a day or two, since his little job in Moscow was over and done with already.
"Ya see anyting ya think Tante would like?" the man asked his son.
Remy sighed and shook his head, "Non…it's got ta be special…" he whispered, Jean-Luc couldn't help but chuckle, looking up when he heard a crash his eyes narrowed as he saw that a car had crashed into a wall, the woman driving it looked unconscious and the engine had caught fire, a few people tried to get her out.
Smelling gas in the air Jean-Luc turned to his son and kneeled down getting his attention, "Now you stay right here ya hear me…I'll be right ovah dere helping dat lady okay…I'll be right back, you stay here Remy…"
"Okay…" the boy whispered staying near the wall he watched as his father ran to the car.
"The doors won't open the locks don't work…she's pregnant and the window won't go down any further."
One of the men grunted as he tried to break the passenger window. Jean-Luc quickly took out his lock picks glancing at the fire that was quickly growing, he unlocked the door, opening it he as well as a few others grasped the woman carrying her away, Jean-Luc checked to make sure there was no one else in the car then turned and headed back towards his son but as he turned after taking several steps the fuel caught fire and the car blew up sending Jean-Luc crashing into a nearby wall knocking him unconscious.
Remy thought was being dragged away by some crazed woman screaming in some weird language, pulling at his arm to try and free himself Remy yelled and kicked at the lady, not knowing that she only wanted to get him somewhere safe. The woman growled at the boy and slapped him to get him to stop, Remy was able to free his arm and pushed her away he then ran back to his previous spot wanting to wait for his father, not knowing that the man was being put in an ambulance this very moment.
Remy stayed planted on his spot for almost an hour he began to cry softly as he couldn't see his father anywhere suddenly thinking that the man who had taken him in had abandoned him… "Knew it was to good ta be true…why would he want me?" he whispered to himself then slowly walked down the street to see if he could find some shelter.
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Jean-Luc's eyes slowly opened looking at his surroundings he frowned and sat up now wishing he hadn't since he now felt dizzy and had awful lot of pain in his chest, "Oh mon dieu…" he gasped as he lay back down, "Where da hell am I?" he whispered.
A nearby doctor smiled as he sat beside him, "Well Mr.LeBeau it seems you have had quite a day today…how are you feeling?"
"Who?" Jean-Luc asked confused.
"Jean-Luc LeBeau…that's your name isn't it?" the doctor frowned, "That's what it said in your wallet when you were brought in here…"
"I don' remember…what da…where…" he frowned trying to get his mind to work.
"Calm down I'm sure if you rest for a while it will all come back to you…" he assured and left the man in his thoughts for a few minutes, when he came back Jean-Luc had passed out.
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The next day, Jean-Luc was sitting on his bed still trying to figure out who he was although the medication he was on didn't help a whole hell of a lot he just seemed to be staring at the wall, hearing the doctor talking to someone actually yelling at someone that they couldn't go in there, Jean-Luc turned his head towards the noise, suddenly four men entered Jean-Luc's room one of them seemed to be staring at him while the others kept the doctor and nurses out of the room.
"Hi…" the man whispered sitting down on a chair beside the bed. Jean-Luc just frowned and blinked his eyes a few times and stared at the man, "Can I ask ya a question?" the man asked. Jean-Luc just shrugged and looked away, "Mon dieu…" Henri stood and went to the door, grabbing the doctor by the shirt pulling him in, "What da hell did ya give him?"
"He had internal bleeding, some minor burns and a few bruised ribs…as I've already told you…"
"He's not of sound mind…" Henri hissed.
"No he's not it's the drugs…plus he has a bit of amnesia now would you please let me go…" the doctor asked a bit forcefully.
"Where did the accident happen?" Henri pressed. "How long will da drugs last"
He growled.
"Calm down stop yelling or I'll have to ask you to leave…the drugs should be out of his system by morning…"
"FUCK…" Henri hissed as he released the man.
"Please watch your language sir…"
"Watch my language…my six year old brother is roaming the streets somewhere probably looking for my father ya idjit…"
The doctor's eyes widened, "Have you contacted the police?"
Henri yelled out of frustration, "Richard stay with mon père…you two come wit me…" Henri ordered rushing out of the room.
Henri and his men searched everywhere they could there was no use in calling for the police no way in hell Remy would allow himself to be taken by them, so the three men searched all night.
The next morning Jean-Luc opened his eyes and sat up in his bed suddenly feeling as if he was being watched which he was there was a man dressed in black sitting in a corner, Jean-Luc wasn't totally sure but he thought his name was Ricky or Richard or something. He sighed as he held his head in his hands it was extremely frustrating not remembering who you were, he did however get a few glimpses and images that popped in his head from time to time, Jean-Luc heard someone enter the room thinking it was the doctor again he sighed as he looked up and frowned, the same man that had spoken to him yesterday arrived and sat on the end of the bed, not saying a word, several minutes had passed and Jean-Luc blinked a few times… "Wait I know ya you came ta see me yesterday…I was so drugged up thought I'd imagined ya…" he chuckled.
"Ya remember who I am?" the man asked. "Ya know my name?" he specified.
Jean-Luc frowned, this guy seemed a bit desperate. "Non sorry homme…" Jean-Luc narrowed his eyes a bit then shook his head, this man seemed a bit familiar.
"That's fine I'll come back later if dat's alright…" he whispered seeming extremely tired.
"Yeah sure whatever…don' know if ya noticed but tink ya need some sleep homme…" Jean-Luc smirked as he leaned back in his bed, a few men approached the one speaking to him.
"Well?" Henri asked a bit hopeful as he quickly stood.
"Sorry…we haven't found Remy yet…no one seems to have noticed da petite…" the man whispered.
While they talked Jean-Luc listened to their little conversation as he jumbled the words in his mind something suddenly snapped in his head and he actually gasped. 'Remy…' Realization had struck as he began to remember, 'My Remy…' he thought to himself then looked to his eldest son. "Henri?" he whispered looking around and slowly stood up, "Oh mon dieu…Re…please tell me ya found Remy…" Jean-Luc slowly began to panic when Henri approached and rested his hands on his father's arms to try and calm him as he slowly shook his head no.
"Père…we just found ya yesterday…I'm doin all I can ta try an keep calm right now…I need ya ta do da same…ya remember where he was last…"
Jean-Luc desperately tried to get his mind to work as he closed his eyes for a moment, "Marketplace…a lady was trapped in a car…told Remy ta stay against a wall told im I'd be right back…then something blew up and…mon dieu where's my boy?"
"We'll find him père, I called home, men are on dere way right now…we'll search every house til we find him père…don't worry…"