Author: Shelby

Rating: G

Summary: Alex loves his daddy, and decides he wants to be just like him. In this little fic he is two, so hope you like it.

Note: Whitney had the idea to do this and I thought it was cute so here we go.

Disclaimer: The Mummy Movies belong to Stephen Sommers, and Universal Studios, not me.



Monkey See Monkey Do


The master bathroom was a noisy place to be in the morning, especially with Alex having his bath. Now as Rick sat on a wicker chair next to the tub, Alex splashed and played.

“Daddy Fishy,” Alex said, and put his face in the water blowing bubbles. Rick chuckled.

“Well Mr. fishy, we need to get you out, and dressed so we can go to Daddy’s work,” Rick said as he got a towel.

“I need water daddy I a fishy, got have water,” Alex protested.

“I bet Cecilia will have a Lolli for you,” Rick said, not afraid to use a bribe when getting his son out of the bath. Fortunately the bribe worked, and once Alex was dried off and dressed, and as they were about to leave the bedroom, the phone rang. After setting Alex down, Rick picked up and found Evie on the other end. As he talked, Alex ran out of his fathers room with the keys to the car, and made his way down the stairs to the front door. It took a little effort on his part, but the toddler managed to get the door open and shut, then ran down the few stairs to Rick’s Beuford. Again it took him time but Alex managed to get the driver side door open, and got in with ease shutting the door and locking it. Having watched his daddy many times before, Alex knew how to put the key in the ignition and new to turn it to the left, then he pushed the red button and the car started.

“Alex gonna dive car,” he said standing in the seat. He held the wheel and turned it trying to figure out how to get the car to go.

“Dive car go,” he said getting frustrated.

~*~

After getting off of the phone with Evelyn, Rick went to the chair he had put the car keys in, and found them not there, as well as his son missing. Rick put two and two together, and ran as fast as he could down the stairs, and as he got close to the front of the house, he heard the car on, which made the young father run faster. Once he was outside, he got to the car as Alex had found the stick that put the car in gear.

“Hey Big guy let daddy in,” Rick said trying to keep his cool

“Daddy I gonna dive car,” Alex said still standing in the seat. Rick ran his hands through his hair, deciding they would put locks on all the doors and windows from this day forward

“Will you let daddy ride with you?” Rick asked not wanting his son to panic and pull the gear shift down.

“Goen by self,” he said, then he pulled the shift down, and the car began to roll backwards. Rick had his jacket on, and pulled it off wrapping it around his fist. He held to the back door, and with one hard punch broke out the glass in the back window, and got that door open. Quickly he managed to get the car stopped before it backed into the lawn and down the hill to the marsh lands. The window breaking had startled Alex, who was now crying, and once the car had stopped, Rick lifted him out of the front despite the throbbing of his hand and held him close.

“Shhh, its okay buddy,” Rick said sitting down by the car to get his breath.

“Car broked,” Alex said lifting his head from Rick’s shoulder.

“Daddy will get that fixed, but you need to listen when I ask you to do something,” Rick said giving him a serious look. Alex pressed his hands on Ricks cheeks and tried to make him smile then laughed as his daddy finally did smile. It was difficult to get mad at his little boy, or to punish him when he was being so cute.

“Well we need to go in and call mum and see if she will take us to get this old car fixed,” Rick said as he stood. They went inside, the mornings adventure was over for now.

~*~

Later that day, in his own room, Alex had found one of his fathers holsters and managed to slip that over his shoulders, though it drug the ground as he walked. The guns were safely stored away from young hands, but Alex was good at pretending. It had not been all that long since they had been to Egypt, and Alex had seen plenty of action that trip with his father protecting he and his mum.

“Shh get bad dies,” Alex said to himself, as he tried to get the gun holsters to stay on his shoulders. He rounded the corner of his room and pulled out an imaginary gun.

“Pow Pow,” he said.

“I save you lady,” he said running over to his bear, and taking it off the bed, carrying it out of his room. He carried his bear into his parents empty room and put it on the bed there, then went toward the stairs and was met by daddy who had heard him running around. When Rick saw his son he tried to decide whether to be mad or to laugh.

“Alex your supposed to be taking a nap,” Rick said kneeling down so that they were eye level.

“Bad dies here, dot save lady,” he informed tugging on the holsters. Rick bit the inside of his cheek knowing Evie would likely not like the fact that their two year old son was taking up daddy’s adventurous side.

“Whats going on here?” came her voice from behind.

“Save lady bad dies mum,” Alex said. To Rick’s relief his wife laughed, and unfortunately that hurt Alex’s feelings. He started to cry.

“OH baby Mummy was just laughing because that was very sweet,” Evelyn said as she and Rick got the Holsters off of him. She picked him up and Alex rested his head against her chest, tired.

“Give daddy a kiss,” she said. Alex did so then Evie took him to his room to hopefully get him down for a nap.

~*~

That evening, Rick and Evelyn had decided to go to the benifit at the Museum, and Jonathan was in charge of Alex, who at the moment was watching his daddy shave.

“Want do dat,” Alex said as Rick ran the blade of his knife down his face, then rinsed it in water.

“Hold your finger out like this,” Rick said. Alex imitated what his father did.

“Now thats your shaving blade, just do what daddy does.” Alex watched then used his finger following his fathers lead, which is how Evie found them.

“Mummy I saving like daddy do,” Alex said. Evie had on a beautiful black dress with gold trim and a low cut neck line, which did not go unnoticed by Rick.

“A drive to the Meadow?” he asked.

“I think so,” she replied, then walked out before either of them got carried away. Once Rick had finished shaving, he put his knife away in the cabinet and latched the lock, then walked out. Alex had watched, but was more interested in being with his daddy, and went out with them. He had on his fuzzy green feety pajamas, and ran over to where his fathers boots were sitting down. He got one on and then the other and stood. The boots swallowed his legs up and Alex’s feet were no where near being able to fit in the feet of the boots, but he managed to walk in them.

“Tay mummy daddy go if you now,” Alex said fully ready to go out, not realizing quite yet that they were leaving him. Rick stepped out of the large walk in closet with his tie on, and grinned, watching Evie approach their little boy.

“Baby. You get to stay here with Uncle John tonight, won’t that be fun.” Evelyn asked.

“No not stayen, goen if you daddy,” he said. Once Rick was fully dressed the last part was getting his boots on, the same boots Alex had on his feet.

“Hey buddy, will you stay here and protect the house while we are gone?” Rick asked. Alex hesitated then agreed to do that, and once they were ready, Rick Evie and Alex went downstairs where Jonathan waited.

“Try to get him to bed before nine,” Evelyn said as she let Rick help her with her coat. Jonathan agreed, and quickly shoved them out of the house, finding that he was the only one in the parlor.

“ALEX?” he called out, but didn’t get an answer so he headed upstairs.

~*~

In his parents room, Alex was seated in front of the bathroom cabinet trying to figure out how to get the lock undone. He wanted to be like his daddy and shave for real. The latch on the cabinet that Rick had put on himself required the person opening it to squeeze in on the two knobs, and like any child, Alex was beginning to figure that out. He got the cabinet open, and found the knife his daddy used for shaving, setting that aside. Next he got out the brush his daddy used and then the lather and stood up carrying all of that out of the bathroom and over to the full length mirror next to the closet and sat down.

“Alex?” Jonathan asked as he walked in, and froze as he saw the shaving knife Rick used. Lightning fast Jonathan got that away from Alex but not without protest.

“Noo take dat I save like my daddy do,” he said hitting Jonathan on the legs.

“I don’t think so. This is sharp Alex. It could hurt you very badly,” he said. Alex screamed, and cried to no avail, as Jonathan put the knife away in the mirror cabinet above the sink.

“Go way Unc John I possed potec house. I like daddy,” Alex screamd. Jonathan sighed and tried all he could go get Alex calmed down but he would not, screaming and having a large tantrum. Finally Alex cried himself out but would not budge from the floor.

“I tay here not go way,” he said.

“Don’t you want to go get some ice-cream?” Jonathan asked.

“No not goen,” Alex replied. Not wishing to upset Alex anymore, but not wanting to spend the night in his brother-in-law and sisters room, Jonathan finally picked him up despite loud protests and put him in his room latching the gate to the door so he wouldn’t be able to get out. Alex screamed and screamed, and Jonathan reminded himself not to baby-sit during the night hours.

~*~

Alex had cried himself to sleep not letting Jonathan near him. Once he was asleep, Jonathan put him to bed, relieved and went downstairs to have a shot of brandy to calm his nerves. As soon as he was gone, Alex climbed out of his crib and ran to his daddys room getting the gun holsters then went through the long passage to the other part of the house, and easily went out the side door. The wind was blowing something awful, bringing in a cold front, though at this time the weather was warm enough for Alex not to mind being outside in just his jammies. He crept around to the front of the house, and heard voices he didn’t recognize.

“Are you sure their gone? The man is a Legionnaire, and he could bust some chops if he chose to,” one guy said.

“Will you stop worrying, they went to that benefit, and their stash is as good as ours. The only one home is that brother of hers and their kid, and I think we can handle both of them,” Another guy said. Knowing that they were bad dies, Alex dropped the holsters and ran for the field, toward Megan’s house. He knew how to get there on his own, and the dark didn’t do one bit to scare him. Though it took him a while, he made it to her house and hit the door until it opened and Mr Richardson answered.

“Got help, bad dies at home. Hurt unc John, mummy daddy gone,” he said out of breath. Realizing how frightened Alex was, Paul picked him up and took him inside to the parlor where Megan was sleeping.

“Do you know where your mummy and daddy are?” he asked.

“Moosem,” he said. Paul guessed he meant museum and settled him down on the couch with Megan and went to make a call.

“Up Meg got to go help Unc John,” he said shaking her. Once she was awake Alex pulled her up, and they ran out of the den, then to the front entry.

“Alex I not going it cold out there,” she said. He let go of her hand and found a walking stick and took that then went out the door. Not wanting to be left out, Megan got a large Umbrella with a point on the end, and followed him.

~*~

Being tied up and beat up had put a definite end to Jonathan’s night of misery, and now he sat in a closet hearing things break as the three men robbing the house looked for treasures. He had gotten beat up because he refused to tell them where the safe was.

“It has to be behind a picture someplace,” one guy said.

“Well start tearing them down then,” he said. Jonathan grinned. Evelyn’s plan to hide the safe behind the large bookcase in their fathers library had been the best idea his sister had ever had. While the house was ransacked, Alex and Megan arrived on the scene.

“Bad dies,” Alex said as he led her to the side of the house. The looked inside and found darkness so Alex let them in, and they went upstairs to Jonathan’s room.

“Need guns,” Alex said. The one time Megan had found her fathers gun, she had gotten the belt and was afraid of them.

“Big peoples use them not us,” she said.

“I like my daddy, I not fraid,” he said as he pulled her down the passage which led to the other part of the house, where his room and his parents room was. When they arrived they heard voices, but all down in the Parlor. Alex got down on his hands and knees, and crawled against the wall with Megan behind him until they got to the hall leading to his parents room.

“Have tip toe,” he whispered. She did what he wanted, and when they got to his parents room, Alex went straight for the closet and started to dig around when they heard footfall. Both of them hid in a pile of old blankets

“JUST ROOMS UP HERE, AND NO KID. GUESS THEY TOOK HIM WITH THEM,” came a scruffy voice.

“Want out,” Megan whispered.

“Shh,” Alex said softly holding her close. The foot fall grew quiet, as the man left, and Alex continued to look. He finally found a gun, but it was one that didn’t work. Not knowing that, Alex left Megan and ran down the hall pointing his gun at one of the men.

“Uh Randy he’s not gone,” Drake said. Both Randy and Buster looked up and found themselves held at gunpoint by a two year old.

“Out my house or I shoot you,” he said. Alex had the gun pointed at Randy’s head, and all of the men knew that the kid could easily shoot them on accident even if he didn’t know what he was doing.

“Okay kid put the gun down, and Uncle Randy will give you a sucker,” the man tried.

“No tuckers. Where unc John?” he asked. In the Closet Jonathan had heard all of it and was more afraid for Alex shooting himself or getting shot. The men had not anticipated any retaliation and had not brought any weapons, now they wished they had.

“Will you let Buster get him out?” The man asked. Alex nodded and Buster brought him out and pushed him in front of Randy.

“Now put the gun down or..” Rick ran in at that point with his guns pointed and saw a horrific sight. Alex was shaking now at seeing his Uncle all beat up.

“EVIE GET IN HERE,” he yelled. When she did she saw what all of them were starring at.

“It’s not loaded, its the one that got broken,” Rick said keeping his guns pointed at the men who had dropped Jonathan at his arrival. She ran upstairs and took Alex away, and Rick made the men regret ever stepping foot in his house.

~*~

Once the authorities had taken the robbers away, and once Paul had gotten Megan, Evelyn tended to her brothers puffy eye and split lip, while Rick tended to Alex who was now almost asleep in his daddys arms.

“Daddy I brave wike you?” Alex asked, with his eyes shut as his father rocked him.

“Yes you were,” Rick said kissing the top of his head, and making the decision to not only put locks on all the doors and windows, but also do some serious Alex proofing, to make certain that his little boy never had the chance to get into anything dangerous like his guns or his shaving knife. As Alex drifted to sleep, Evelyn walked in.

“Jonathan is asleep,” she whispered walking over to her husband and son.

“So is he,” Rick said as he stood up. He settled Alex in his bed then they two of them went downstairs to salvage what they could of the damage the men had done on the house, grateful that they ones they loved were safe and sound.

THE END

Okay maybe sappy but I like sappy