Chapter 11: Scrambled eggs

"Where is a hotel we can go to?" Alex asked holding Roxy's hand as Gambit walked in front of them. Remy opened to front door to find multiple cars outside. Alex shot one strong beam off to his side at a tree as a warning. Remy watched the car's carefully to Jean-Luc step out of one of them. Remy nodded to Alex as they walked down the main path to the army of cars.

"I figured you wouldn't come to me so I came for you," Jean-Luc explained. "Well hello dear." He smiled a Roxy.

"I swear to god if you touched a hair—"

With a laugh he said, "I had nothing to do with this. But you all probably need a place to stay for a little come back to my home." Jean-Luc sat down back in his car, Remy joined him and so did Alex and Roxy. The ride was filled with silence as they arrived back as his mansion Remy asked, "Why are you helping us?"

"You're my son."

"No," Remy barked back and walked into the large home. Everyone stopped in the foyer unsure of where things were. Jean-Luc took his time coming in and asked, "Are you hungry the kitchen is to the left of the stairs."

Roxy spoke for the first time in a while, "actually I wouldn't mind a shower—"

"Come dear I'll show you where a bathroom is." Jean-Luc lead her to a guest room and a bathroom. "There are towels under the sink." He walked out of the room, Remy was downstairs preparing breakfast for everyone. Alex looked a Roxy and said in a low even tone, "I am going to wait right outside the door I don't trust any of these people around you." She laughed and kissed the frown on his face and wandered into the bathroom tossing clothes back into the other room behind her. Alex just laughed and gathered them. He went to her suitcase they had taken from her capturers. He pulled out sweat pants and a tank for her. He went it the now steam filled bathroom and placed them on the counter for her. He left the room and sat back on the bed. After a minute he heard a knock from the hall door. Opening it he saw Remy with three plates of food.

"You know Jean-Luc wouldn't harm her," Remy said placing one of the dresser and one in Alex's hands.

"Yeah but I can't figure out who." Alex said nodding to the chair for Remy and starting to eat his scrabbled eggs.

"Well I'll take it you to aren't broken up," Remy said smiling.

"I guess not, she didn't even mention it. I don't care just as long as she is mine. I would kill who ever did it." The guys didn't notice the water that had turned off.

"Did you ask her?"

"No, I don't want upset her." Alex answered.

Walking out of the bathroom with wet hair in her sweat pants Roxy calmly said, "I got something to eat for a same place out side of the airport. I remember I felt dizzy and this old lady asked if I was okay. I passed out and woke up in that place and I over heard a man telling them about me. They paid him and I never saw him or the lady again, but everything was really hazy. Alex stop it." She added the last part as she felt his anger grow, and sat next to him with her plate.

"Let's save this until Charles is here." Remy said to end this conversation. With a grin he asked Roxy, "Did you miss me?"

She laughed and said, "I missed everyone, especially you Remy." They all laughed as they enjoyed their breakfast. Remy took the empty plates downstairs leaving the couple alone. Alex looked to Roxy who was now brushing her hair; he took the brush from her hands. He pushed her hair carefully over her shoulder and kissed her neck. Slowly he kissed up her neck to the corner of her mouth before laying her down on the bed. Just then his cell phone rang, it was Scott. "Hey," he answered sitting up.

"I'll be in New Orleans in 20 minutes, how is she?" Scott asked.

Alex pressed to phone to Roxy's face, "Hi, Scott?"

"Hey how are you?"

"Better now," she said grinning at Alex. She handed Alex back the phone while she went to pull up her hair.

"Where should we pick you up?" Scott asked.

"Hold on let me get Remy." Alex left the room to have Remy give their location. Roxy looked in the mirror at herself, she had no make-up on, a pair of sweat pants but still Alex looked at her like she were a model. It had only been days but it felt like forever since she had seen her new 'family' and she couldn't wait to. She saw behind her Alex as he wrapped his arms around her waist, "Come on we're going home." She turned around and grab his hand. He took her in one hand and her bag in the other.