Chapter Ten:

By the time Lucy came around she was laying on a strange bed as she slowly sat up and stared around the room only to be met with a silver haired teenager staring straight at her.

"Peter?" Lucy asked, her head still slightly fuzzy from the tranquiliser she was hit with.

"Lucy?Areyouokay?Areyouhurt?Doyouneedanything? 'dstayedwithyoualittlelonger" Peter rambled while the brunette crawled over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Thank you Peter" was all the telepath whispered into his neck as she tightened her hold on the man who had saved her. Neither of them said anything as Peter comforted the girl he was falling in love with as she dealt with everything she'd learnt in the past couple of hours.

…..

By the time that Magda went downstairs in the morning she was shocked at the sight she saw when she entered the kitchen, the brunette that her son had developed an interest in was sat at the counter staring at the cup of coffee in front of her while dressed in a pair of leggings and Peter's Pink Floyd t-shirt.

"Lucy?" Magda called out causing the girl to flinch

"Ms. Maximoff I didn't see you there" Lucy said as she tried to calm down

"Call me Magda. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, just lost in my thoughts"

"If you are sure. Don't take this the wrong way but why are you here?"

"Peter brought me" Lucy whispered her grip tightening on the cup before Peter ran into the room and wrapped his arms around her shoulders

"You okay?" Peter asked

"I'm fine"

"Did you sleep?"

"Not really"

"You may need more coffee to get you through the day then" Peter told the girl as he walked over to his mother and led her outside of the kitchen and into the living room

"Peter" his mother said

"Her house was broken into last night" Peter answered her unasked question "She was safer here"

"What about her family?"

"Her sister is out of town for a while"

"Her parents?"

"Orphan"

"I'm sorry to hear that"

"Can she stay?"

"Until her sister comes home" Magda said as she went back upstairs while Peter went back into the kitchen. Sitting next to Lucy he placed his hand over hers and squeezed slightly noticing that the usual liveliness that was no longer there.

"It's going to be okay Lucy" Peter said to her as he pulled her onto his lap and wrapped his arms around her waist as she leant onto his shoulder "I'll protect you"

"I don't know what's real anymore Peter" Lucy whispered

…..

Hayley sat at the bar counter slowly sipping her martini until a man sat next to her and placed a fedora on her head

"Bonjour Cherie, you not normally in these parts of the country"

"I need your help Remy" Hayley said as she turned to the black/red eyed thief who was shuffling a deck of cards

"You don't normally ask for my help Hayley"

"Not since we broke up, but this isn't about me"

"Who is it about then?"

"Lucy" Hayley watched as her ex-fiancée froze at the name of the little girl he had saved from being experimented on.

"What you need?"

"To make them go away and leave her alone"

"That can be arranged" Remy ground out

"Merci Remy"

"You told her the truth yet?"

"How can you tell that everything she thinks is true is a lie?" Hayley questioned as Remy placed his hand on her shoulder

"Tell her once she is out of danger" the Cajun thief told her "I can help if you want, might help to have someone who knew what she has been through"

"I just want her safe Rem"

"She will be cheri, she will be"