Lady Luck Has No Keepers
By: M14Mouse
Disclaimer: Rick knows what luck is….and it has no keepers.
Disclaimer: Don't own them.
Lady Luck has never been on his side. It was always the bad type that was on his side.
Rick was an orphan. His odds of dying before the age of 18 were high. If disease didn't take him out, it was the trouble he would get into.
If that didn't kill him, he knew the streets would. He was smart enough to survive but that is only half of it. From his experience, you are always a stone away from death. It didn't matter if you found food or shelter for the night. There is always a chance of the wrong place, wrong time.
Luck.
Survival is nothing without luck.
He must have some type of luck because he did survive until the army.
The goddamn army.
He knew that it would kill him.
If the combination of disease, wrong place, wrong time, or some idiot with a gun…or a knife…or grenade or a cannon…or a group of idiots, you know what…just death all around. Just death.
Honestly, he was surprised that he didn't die, especially in the desert.
There is it again.
Luck. Not sure if it was good or bad but it led him to prison.
Honestly, he thought that his luck ran out. He had pissed off enough people.
He was as good as dead, and he was fine with that.
Bad luck was always on his side.
Until she came ... .his future spilt fire of wife came walking into a prison…
She had the same type of luck as him. Perhaps, even worse.
No…scratch that. Jonathan.
Jonathan has the worst luck out of the family. Part of it is his fault with his penance for gambling but damn it, it takes some luck to chase out of three different card games in the same night.
Come on…how is that man not dead?!
After all of these years, he decided that it was the accent.
The accent must lure them in.
Who else could be so damn dumb about letting him into a game…every single time?!
…sigh…
Of course, he was an idiot for getting Johnathan out of it every single time.
Probably, he doesn't want to see his wife and his son cry because Jonathan's dumb crap.
He is a softie for his family…even if it includes idiots.
Alex and Evy have about the same amount of luck. Get into goddamn trouble then he must get them out.
Evie nearly got trapped in a tomb? His ass has dragged her out.
Check.
Evie nearly getting crushed by damn walls? Who did the saving? Yup, him again.
So Double Check.
Evy nearly getting killed by a damn whack a mole puzzle? You only get one guess. Huh huh…him.
So Triple Check.
Alex nearly crashed by damn pillars? Of course, him.
Fourth time's the charm.
Alex nearly getting eaten by mummies? Wait…both of them nearly get killed by mummies.
Nah…we are going for the fifth time.
Better yet…a list.
Despite everything, he was very good at making lists. Blame it on the army.
It taught him to make a good list.
He could add a hundred things (like that time in Cairo) …quite possibly a million things (like that time in Rome…not even a damn mummy hunt….damn luck.)
Johnathan begs Lady Luck to bring him money even if he has enough.
Evie begged Lady Luck for knowledge even if she had enough to full libraries.
Alex begged Lady Luck for freedom even if he is still tied to home.
Him?
He begged Lady Luck for safety even if he knew that he will never be safe himself.
He just wants his family to be safe. He knew more than anyone…Lady Luck has no keepers.
End
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