She just dozed off when she awoke to a faint knock at the door. She looked at the clock 9:45. She got up and wrapped herself in a robe and entered the living room where Mulder was looking out the window. She mouthed a 'who is it?' to him with a puzzled look on her face.
"I think it's your buddy from the FBI, will you grab me a shirt Scully?" Mulder said walking towards the door in nothing but his boxer shorts. Scully completely ignored his request and followed him to door and to her shock Agent Doggett stood there in their now open door way.
"Can I come in?" Doggett asked the two.
"Yes, of course, come in" Scully said while waving him inside.
Doggett looked at Mulder standing there in nothing but his underwear.
"Sorry about it being so late and lack of notice, but I got here as soon as I could." Dogget told them.
"Give me second to put some clothes on, have a seat" Mulder told the agent.
Scully excorted Doggett to the kitchen where the two sat at the table.
"I don't understand, what are you doing here, how did you even know where to find us? Is someone in trouble?" Scully asked.
"It's a case I'm working on. I thought you might take special interest in it. I want to show this file," Doggett said her.
"You came all the way here, unannounced, at night, because of a case you are working on, is it an x-file?"
"It's a missing boy, witnesses claim was abducted by aliens"
Mulder entered the room, now clothed, he sat down next to Scully.
"I'm sorry Doggett, I don't investigate aliens anymore, neither does Mulder if he knows what's good for him" Scully told Doggett firmly.
"What did the witnesses claim to see?" Mulder asked Doggett who seemed somewhat interested in the case.
"That's not what I wanted to talk to you guys about. It's not the case, but the boy; 14 year old Billie Sanders." Doggett said as he opened his file and handed Scully a picture of the missing child.
Her jaw dropped at the resemblance of the boy and a younger Fox Mulder. Mulder curious about her shocked appearance looked for himself at the picture.
"How old did you say this boy was again?" Mulder asked.
"Billie is 14, and I did some digging to find his birth certificate. It wasn't easy, considering he was adopted but after pulling some strings, here it is." He said handing him a photocopy of a birth certificate.
"It's not?" Scully said as her eyes pooled with tears.
Mulder put his arms around her and pulled her head to his chest. She buried her face his shirt and started to sob. He kissed her hair and whispered a low "it's going to be okay."
"Look, I'm not exactly sure, what happened to this boy, but I thought you might be interested in helping me find out. I spoke to a recently promoted Director Skinner. He's the one who told me how to find you. He also told me to tell you, that effective immediately, if you were interested in joining me on this case, you would be granted temporary clearance from the FBI to take on this case, and an office in DC would be waiting for you both."
Mulder leaned back to look down at Scully who was trying to regain some composure.
"What do you want to do Scully?" he asked cupping her chin with is hand and gently lifting it up towards his face. She took a deep breath and turned toward Doggett.
"I want- I- I want to find William." She finally got out.
Doggett nodded and handed her two plane tickets for Washington.
"I'm going to leave this case file here for you two to review. I'll be here about 7am to pick you up for our flight." Doggett said standing up and heading for the door.
"Hey, Doggett-" Mulder said stopping Doggett at the door. "-Thanks, for letting us know."
Doggett shook his head in a yeah motion and closed the door behind him as he left into the night.
Mulder leaned over and picked up the case file to start reading immediately. Scully, looked down at the picture and started crying all over again. "It's not fair," she yelled out.
Mulder sighed and shook his head no. Flashes of his sister's abduction, of Scully's, of his own raced through his head. Guilt plagued his body for not being there to protect him. He should of been there. He felt sick all over and jumped up to the sink when he realized his dinner was returning. Scully was so consumed in the picture she barely noticed Mulder throwing his guts up. The sounds finally woke her into reality of the moment. She looked at Mulder and realized no matter how far she ran, now matter how hard she hid, the darkness always followed her and everyone she ever loved. It wasn't fair for William though. Her and Mulder went into the darkness, opened cans of worms that God knows should of been left alone. William, though, he was just a boy, barely a teen. He didn't deserve to inherit this part of their past.
"How did they find him? I gave up everything to protect him and I still failed" she asked. Mulder still throwing his socks up, couldn't respond. She looked over at him turning green. She ran over to him and started rubbing his back. She looked in the sink and turned on the water to clean the mess. Mulder finally stood up and grabbed a towel to wipe his face. She filled a cup of water and handed it to him.
"I'm so sorry Scully. My selfish quests has cost you so much. It's my fault, it's all my fault. I never meant for this to happen, but I was so self consumed to noticed what I was doing to you. I let you down in so many ways." He cried.
"Stop. This isn't you, Mulder. Stop. I need you to be strong, for me, for the both of us. I need you now more than ever. I can't handle a pity party now."
He nodded and left the room. She stood there and threw her head back. She felt her world crumbling around her. She took a deep breath and went to find Mulder. He had a bag that he was filling with clothes. He looked determined with fire in his eyes. A look she fell in love with but hadn't seen in years. It was passion, and the adrenaline flowed from him and surrounded her. This was the man she loved and this was the man she needed right now.
"Get some sleep Scully, I'll pack."
...
After a long three days in Washington. Doggett, Mulder, and Scully found themselves in Texas at the home of Billie Sanders on a hot July day.
"Are you okay?" Doggett asked the newly reinstated temporary FBI agents. Mulder looked at Scully.
"I'm fine, I'm fine, let's do this" she said.
Doggett knocked on the door and a middle aged woman answered the door. They showed her their badges and she led them inside to her living room. Doggett took a seat and started to talk to the woman. Mulder and Scully where too engrossed in their surroundings, scanning every picture to even notice the woman. Mulder finally gathered some composure and started questioning the woman. Scully stopped to listen to their conversation and finally she spoke.
"Is this Billie on the basketball team?" pointing to a young boy in the front row of the picture.
"Yes, he's wonderful at sports, baseball is his favorite. He is entering high school this fall, and has been really looking forward to high school sports." Mrs. Sanders said proudly.
"Do you mind if I see Billie's room?" Scully asked setting the picture back down.
"Of course, but the police have already scanned it pretty thoroughly." the mother said standing up leading them down a hall way opening a heavy wooden door.
Scully was in the lead but froze in her tracks when she gazed into the room. Mulder pushed her aside to get a peak inside for himself. There on the wall was an ufo poster with the words "I want to believe" inscribed across it. Mulder and Scully just stood there starring at one another.
"Is there something wrong, agents?" the woman asked.
"Mrs. Sanders, can you tell me anything about this poster?" Mulder asked.
"Sure, we found it at novelty store. Billie has had a fascination with ufos and outer space since he was a toddler. He loves that poster."
"Did Billie keep any journals or have an close friends we might be able to talk to?" Mulder asked.
"Um, I'm not aware of any journals. Billie doesn't have a lot of friends. He's a straight A student. Between his studies and sports he doesn't have much time. He spends a lot of time with a boy down the road, Jacob, they are two peas in a pod. Billie's father died a few years ago, and Jacob's father has kind of taken Billie in under his wing."
"Can you tell me what Billie was doing that night in the woods before he disappeared?" Doggett asked.
"No, no, he said he was going to Jacob's house. They never mentioned anything about going to the woods, it's a good five mile walk from his house. No one knows how they even got there."
"Why don't you two (looking at Mulder and Doggett) go talk to this Jacob kid, I'm going to continue to look around here if you don't mind Mrs Sanders." Scully said.
"We'll come back in a few to pick you up" Dogget said.
...
Holding their badges to a man standing in the yard.
"Are you Jacob's father?"
"Are you here about Billie?"
"Yes, is Jacob here, we would like to ask him a few questions"
The man yelled to the house and a 16 year old boy came out.
"Jacob? I'm agent Mulder, and this is agent Doggett, we would like to ask you about your friend Billie"
"I told the police everything I know. He was there, and then he was gone. I seen a bright light, and he was just gone." The boy said softly.
"Did you notice any time loss or electrical failure of any kind? Anything out of the ordinary?" Mulder asked.
"You mean, you believe me?" Jacob said shocked.
Doggett took a hard look at the boy and turned to Mulder for his response but before he could answer, the boy spoke again.
"You're agent Mulder? As in Fox Mulder of the x-files?"
Now, Doggett and Mulder both had the look of shock on their face.
"Yeah, how did you know that? The last time I was on the x-files was before you were even born." Mulder told him.
"You're a legend in the ufo community, Bill & I have read all your work." the boy chimed up.
"Billie knew who I am?"
"Yes, of course, he's the one who introduced me to your articles. He said he always identified himself with you. He felt connected to it somehow. That's why we were in the woods, we had reason to believe an ufo would be there. Bill and I decided we weren't going to tell anyone that's where we were going, people aren't exactly supportive of us searching for ufos. Bill has been searching for the truth for years, he thinks something is wrong with him and there is an answer out there as to why."
"What's wrong with him?"
"I'm not sure, he doesn't like to talk about it, but he thinks it's aliens or maybe some sort of government conspiracy. He thinks the truth is out there, and he's going to somehow find it."
"When you said, community, who are you referring to, anyone we can speak with?" Mulder asked.
"Online community, it's mostly message boards, no one uses their real name, so I don't know."
"Can you give me the link to these message boards?" Mulder asked, pulling out a small note pad.
"Uh, sure, if you will take a selfie with me, I mean, you've been off the radar for years, no one is going to believe me when I tell them that I met you. Bill is going to be so jelly when he finds out."
Doggett couldn't help but laugh.
"It's a deal, when you say, when he find outs, you think he's returning soon?" asked Mulder.
"Yeah, I believe he'll be back, the abductees always return. I just hope they are not too cruel to him. I've read some pretty crazy stories. Bill is tough though, he's been preparing for this for some time. He's my best friend, he was my only friend." Jacob said lowering his head losing the excitement he had just a few moments earlier.
"I think we need to pick up Scully, we'll be back if we have any questions."
"Scully? Agent Scully? She's here too? This is crazy!"
"Thank you" Mulder said to the boy and his father. Mulder then bent down by the boy as he pulled out a cell to snap a picture. Doggett pulled out keys and they got in the car.
Doggett and Mulder picked up Scully and drove to a local diner.
...
"Did you find anything in Billie's room?" Mulder asked Scully.
"Not much, other than, I would swear, if I knew you when you were 14, it would of been your room." She said smiling for the first time in days.
"You're not going to believe this Scully, but Jacob and Billie are fans of ours." Mulder gleamed.
"Really? What do you mean?" she asked.
"Apparently they have read all of our published work. Scully, I truly believe we will find him alive and we were called here for a reason I don't yet understand." Mulder confided to her.
"I did find one thing odd, Mrs. Sanders, she said Billie didn't have many friends. When I went through his room, I found picture after picture of this young lady. I asked who she was, and she acted like she had no idea. She thought it might of been Jacob's girlfriend. Here, I snuck one out." Scully informed them.
"Do you think Billie might of had a secret girlfriend?" Doggett asked.
"I'm not sure, but I notice a recent picture of them together they both had school track clothes on, I guess it's time to question their coach." Scully said.
...
The three agents entered the high school after arranging a meeting with the coach. They met in a teacher's lounge sitting around a small table.
"Are you guys here about Billie Sanders?" the coach asked.
"Yes, and we are wondering what you can tell us about this girl?" Mulder asked taking the picture from Scully and laying on the table.
"Ah, Cindy Jones, Billie's girlfriend."
"I guess that answers that question."
"Do you know how we could get a hold of her?"
"Cindy, hasn't showed up to track practice yet this year. I'm afraid I don't really know how to get a hold of her. You see, she is a foster child and bounces from home to home. You'll have to go to social services to find her."
"Is there anything else you might be able to tell us about her?" Scully asked.
"She mostly kept to her self. She is a couple years older than Billie but has been held back in school. To be honest, they were kind of a funny match." he explained.
"Funny match?" Scully inquired.
"Aside from the age thing, Cindy, is well, kind of troubled. Maybe, lost, is a better choice of words. Rumor is she was abused as a child. She has trouble fitting in and finishing school work. Billie on the other hand, is a very focused and hard driven. He doesn't settle for anything less than perfect. Doesn't seem like the type of girl he would be interested in you know."
"Did either of them have any other friends around here that you can think of?"
"No, but Cindy has an older brother who might know something. Good kid, last I heard he was attending an ivy league school."
"Do you know which one? Or his name?" Mulder asked.
"Rumor is he got an summer intern with the FBI, I believe his name is Grant, I guess Grant Jones."
"Let me make some phone calls and see what I can find." Doggett said.
...
Mulder and Scully enter Doggett's hotel room.
"Did you find out something?" Mulder asked.
"No, but I got an appt. with Grant Jones here on Skype and he seems willing to answer any questions." Doggett said as he opened his laptop.
A young man in his early 20's popped up on the screen.
"Hi, there. I'm Dana Scully, and this Fox Mulder, and John Doggett. We are looking into the disappearance of Billie Sanders. Do you know him or how he could be connected to your sister?"
"Cindy never mentioned a Billie but she never mentions any friends" the man explained.
"Grant, do you know how we could get in touch with Cindy?" Doggett asked.
"No, her phone has been shut off the past few weeks. I've been worried about her."
"Does she have any other family we might get ahold of?" Doggett asked.
"Our mom, well, she disappeared when we were kids. No one knows what happened to her. I never met her dad, mom never spoke of him. I know she always had a personal quest to find him. If she really disappeared, my first guess would be she found out who her dad was and she went to find him. My dad, Grant Garender, might know something about him. You are welcome to ask."
...
The three agents arrive to the home of Grant Garender. A middle aged woman answered the door and the agents introduced themselves.
"Is this where Grant Garender lives?" Mulder asked.
"Yes, he is at work. I am his wife. What is going on? Is he okay?"
"We spoke to his son Grant earlier, he said, your husband might know something about Cindy Jones' father."
"Oh, Cindy, it's a shame about her. What kind of trouble has she gotten herself into now?"
"We can't locate her or her friend Billie Sanders. Any information would be helpful. Your step son Grant seems to think she has gone on a quest to find her father. Do you know anything about him?"
"Cindy bounces from foster family to foster family. I'm afraid her quest to find her father will bear fruitless considering he got a bullet to the head when Cindy was just a toddler."
"Did you know her father?"
"I knew stories, apparently, he worked for the government. Although I'm not sure if it was for the U.S. or Russia. A lot stories rumored about that man. I believe his name was Alex Krycek. I guess no one told Cindy, they thought it might break her spirit."
"Alex Krycek was Cindy Jones' father? Do you happened to have a picture of him?"
"It can't be," Scully questioned out loud.
"Let me see here, I think I might have one picture. Yes, here. The day Cindy was born, we brought Grant over to meet her. That man there, that's the father."
"Oh my God." Scully says.
"Did you know him?" Mrs. Garender asks.
"Yes, we knew him, but had no idea he had a daughter." Scully tell her.
"I don't believe he was much involved." Mrs. Garender comments.
"When you said it's a shame about Cindy, what did you mean?" Doggett asked as Mulder and Scully just starred at each other dumbfounded.
"The mother. She wasn't right in the head. She was very paranoid, always thought everyone was out to get her. She put Cindy through hell. Grant would go spend the weekend with Cindy and their mother. Poor Cindy would scream all night crying about men performing tests on her. Cindy was just never quite right."
The agents decided to call it a day and get some dinner.
...
"Is it me, or does all this seem to get getting weirder and weirder?" Scully asked
"It's a lot to process, but I don't feel like I'm any closer to finding Billie," Doggett replied.
"No, but I think it figured it out. I don't think ufos has anything to do with this one and I think Jacob isn't telling us everything." Mulder explained.
"Do you think Cindy & Billie ran away together and Jacob is covering for them?" Scully asked.
"Maybe, but remember, Mrs. Sanders thought Cindy & Jacob were a couple. Seems like there might be more of a story there." Mulder said.
Doggett's phone rang and he answered the call. Doggett then put his phone in his pocket and jumped up.
"What is it?" Mulder asked.
"A young pregnant girl who is in labor near has just been picked up by the police. She fits the description of Cindy Jones." Doggett said while gathering his things to head to the car.
...
"Fox Mulder, FBI, I'm here to talk to a young girl who was brought here earlier by police."
"I'm sorry, but you can't visit her yet." said the receptionist.
"We believe she is connected to the disappearance of a minor. It's urgent we speak to her."
"I'm sorry, sir, but the patient is still in surgery. You'll have to wait a few hours before she will be able to see any visitors."
"I'm a medical doctor, you have to let me in." Scully chimed in.
"Let me see your credentials, ma'am."
The receptionist viewed her ID and then pointed her to a set of heavy doors.
"You two will have to wait over there." She said pointing to a large waiting area.
After what seemed like forever, Scully reappeared in the waiting area decked out in scrubs.
"A baby girl. 5 pounds 2 ounces. Her breathing was labored and she has been transferred to the NICU. Mom is doing fine in recovery, we should give her some rest though. I'll question her in awhile." Scully informed Mulder.
"Any mention who the baby's father is?" he asked.
"No, but I took a swab and I'm having it tested against myself. We should find out soon."
"What do you think?" Mulder asked her.
"Mulder, when I held that baby, I felt a connection. I don't know how to explain it, but like I was meant to be there, I was meant to be here for that very moment. Like you said yesterday, like we were meant to be here at this exact moment in time." Her eyes began to swell with tears. "I think that's our grandbaby Mulder."
"I'm going to get some coffee, I'll be back later" Doggett said leaving the room to give them some space.
"I think you're right Scully. I feel it too. All I can think is how much I've cost you. You don't deserve this." Mulder tells her.
"Mulder, before we sent the baby to the NICU, Cindy said she didn't want to keep the baby or even see it. I asked if she had a family lined out for adoption and she said no."
"Scully, are you asking me what I think you are asking?"
"What do you think?"
"I think I want you to be happy, and I think motherhood was robbed of you. I'll support you in any decision you make."
Scully smiled and Mulder grabbed her tight and kissed her gently.
...
A few hours passed before Mulder and Scully entered Cindy's room.
"How are you feeling Cindy?" Scully asked.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"I'm Dana Scully, and this Fox Mulder."
"As in the x-file FBI agents?
"Yes, but how do you know that?"
"My friends, they were kind of obsessed with you. I've heard them talk."
"Billie Sanders and Jacob Parker?"
"Yes, are they okay?"
"Jacob is, but we can't find Billie, any information you could tell us, would be helpful."
"The last time I seen him was in the woods, with Jacob."
"You were there when Billie disappeared?"
"Sort of. I asked Billie to meet me, I had to tell him about the...the baby."
"Is Billie the baby's father?"
Cindy shook her head yes.
"What did Billie do after you told him?"
"I didn't get the chance to tell him. Jacob showed up first, and I hadn't seen Jacob in months. He noticed my belly and kind of freaked out."
"Was Jacob your boyfriend?"
"Yes, but Jacob knew there was no way he could be the father, that's why he freaked out. I had to pee, so I told him I was going to the gas station and I would be right back. On my way back, I heard them screaming at each other. I heard Jacob say he was going to kill Billie. When I finally got in view, Billie was no where to be seen. I was scared so I ran away, and have been hiding since."
"Do you think Jacob harmed Billie?"
"I don't know, Jacob never seemed like the type to hurt anyone, but I've never seen him that angry before. I feel like this is all my fault"
The agents spent the next hour sitting with Cindy talking to her about her relationship with Jacob and Billie. After a while, Scully finally asked her if she would consider letting her adopt the baby. Cindy asked lot of questions of her own before decided it would in fact be the best for the baby to sign over guardianship to Dana and Fox. However, the baby was still weak and needed more time in the NICU.
...
The next day after the social worker left with the signed documents. Scully and Mulder went into the NICU to visit the baby for the first time as new parents.
"I guess we know why we were went to be here" Mulder said placing his hand over the sleeping baby.
"Yes, I just feel so many emotions, but I can't shake the fact that William is still missing."
"We will find him, I promise you."
"Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm just scared Mulder."
"Me too Scully, me too."
...
Mulder decided to pay Jacob another visit.
"I told you everything I know." Jacob yelled across his lawn toward Mulder.
"We spoke to Cindy Jones, your girlfriend?"
"I haven't dated that whore in months."
"She cheated on you, didn't she ... Billie was your best friend, wasn't he?" Mulder questioned.
"I didn't kill him."
"Who said anything about killing, Jacob."
Jacob pulled out a gun and held it up to Mulder. Mulder threw his hands up.
"Jacob, put the gun down now."
"I told you, I didn't do anything to Bill. There was a bright light, and he was gone."
"Jacob, put the gun down."
Jacob turned the gun to his own head.
"Don't do that Jacob. Everything is going to be okay. Just put the gun down"
"I loved her, I loved her so much, and what did she do, she fucked my best friend. I've lost everything. I lost my girlfriend, I lost my best friend. I got nothing."
Jacob's dad comes out the door and yells to Jacob.
"I'm sorry, dad" Jacob cries as he pulls the trigger.
safety's on.
Mulder dives on top of Jacob and steals the gun. He removes the clip and hands the gun over to Jacob's father.
"I think we need to talk. Mr. Mulder you come back another time." Jacob's father asks.
Mulder agrees and leaves. Convinced now that Jacob might be telling the truth.
...
After a few days of intense questioning of Jacob. Doggett decides to head back to DC. Mulder and Scully stay behind waiting on the hospital to release their new baby.
...
"Are you sick of this hospital cafe yet?" Mulder asked.
"What do you think of the name Melissa Samatha Mulder?"
"I think it's perfect."
Scully's phone rings.
"Hello. ... What did you find out? ... here, what room? ... thank you!"
"What was that about?" Mulder asked.
"Billie, he's here, he's alive, he's in room 3035."
They raced to the room to see Billie lying in bed with his mother next to his bed. Both of them just stood at the door looking in the window.
"Are you okay Scully?"
"I've dreamt of seeing him since the day I gave him up. I don't know if I can go in. He doesn't know who I am, and I don't think it's our place to tell him."
"Aren't you at least curious?"
"What if? What if I'm not strong enough to let go of him again? What if he hates me? Oh God, what if he wants the baby, what if Mrs. Sanders wants the baby?"
Mulder took her hand and led her into the boy's room. As soon as the two entered, Billie sat and looked hard at the two.
"You, you two, I know you." Billie said.
"These are the agents who were looking for you, Billie." Mrs. Sanders informed him.
"No, those who took me, they projected images in my mind, of my parents, my real parents, and it was you, you two." Billie said.
"William Sanders, I'm your real mother." Mrs. Sanders told him sternly.
"Mom, I know. But those men, those men that took me, they told me that you were lying to me, that you weren't my real mother. They showed me who my real parents were, and here they are."
Mulder and Scully just stood there in silence watching everything unfold.
"Why did you abandon me?" Billie asked Scully.
Scully busted out in tears as Mulder grabbed her close just looking down at Mrs. Sanders.
"What is going on here?" Mrs. Sanders asked.
"Mom, I want the truth, am I adopted?" Billie asked.
Mrs. Sanders started crying herself.
"I'm so sorry baby, it's true. Your father and I were going to tell you, we were just waiting until you were older. However, when you became old enough, it seemed silly. You are my baby nothing will ever change that. Agent Mulder and Scully are just agents baby, they are not your parents. I've never met them before this.
"Agent Mulder and Scully? Of the X-files? Are my parents?"
"Stop that, they are not your parents." Mrs. Sanders scorned.
Scully wiped her eyes.
"Billie, you were in great danger. I felt like this was the only way to protect you. I wanted you. I went through hell to have you and giving you up was the hardest thing I ever had to do." Scully tells.
"What?" Mrs. Sanders yells.
"It's true, after agent Doggett discovered who Billie was, he informed us and offered to let us join the case." Mulder explains.
"You're not here to try and take my son away are you? Mrs. Sanders asked.
"No, we just wanted to ensure he was alive and safe." Mulder paused, "however, Billie, did you know Cindy Jones had a baby?"
"Eh. Am I in trouble?" Billie asked.
"Billie, what do you know?" Mrs. Sanders asked.
"Cindy has signed over guardianship to us, but we won't take the baby home until we have you and your mother's blessing." Mulder tells them.
"Billie, is Cindy's baby, your baby?" Mrs. Sanders asked.
"Jacob told me she was pregnant on the night I was taken. I haven't seen Cindy in months. I'm sorry, it was just one time. It was stupid." Billie tells her.
"I'm a grandmother, Bill, how could this be, you are only 14 years old."
"Mom, I think we should let them keep the baby. I don't want a baby, I want to go to high school and play baseball." Billie told his mom.
"Okay Billie. Let me process everything. Billie is still just a baby himself and I'm getting too old to raise a baby by myself. I'm not sure if I could even afford this baby either. Dana, Fox, is this what you really want?" Mrs. Sanders asks.
"More than anything, Mrs. Sanders" Scully says.
"Could we keep in touch?" she asks.
"Ma'am, that would be a dream come true for us." Mulder tells her.
"When are you going home?" Billie asked the agents.
"As soon as the baby is released, which should be within the next couple of days. Unless you want us to stick around a little longer?" Scully tells him.
"I have so many questions for you two. So many things that have happened to me that I can't explain. Do you think I could go home with you two for a couple weeks, there is so much I want to learn."
"Absolutely not" Mrs. Sanders exclaims.
"We are not going to go against your mother's wishes. However, you are always welcome in our home anytime you want." Mulder tells him.
"Mom, you are my mom, but I need this, just a week or two. Please." Billie pleas to his mother.
Scully's phone rings.
"Hello ... okay ... wonderful ... thank you" Scully says on the phone.
"That's the social worker. We just need to fill out a few more forms, and the baby can be released." Scully tells Mulder.
"Can I see the baby?" Mrs. Sanders asked.
"Of course, come with us, lets let Bill get some rest." Mulder tells her.
As the three of them make their way across to the other side of the hospital, Mrs. Sanders finally breaks the silence.
"It's just so much to process right now. I was scared of what might of happened to Billie and to find out he had a baby and then you two to show up like this. Now he wants to go with you. It's like all my fears are coming to life in the same week. When my husband died, I felt like I lost everything, all I had was Billie. He kept me sane. I can't lose him too."
"I understand. I do. We are not here to take Billie away from you but we love him. We do, more than you will ever know. I finally feel like I'm in place that I can safely care for a baby and I want this, more than anything. I feel like we were meant to be here, for this, for this baby and Billie blessed us with that. Do you know how special that is?" Scully tells her.
Mrs. Sanders stops.
"Okay, I believe you. More than that, I trust you. If Billie wants to spend a couple weeks with you, I'm okay with it, but I don't have the money to fly him anywhere" she tells them.
"Mrs. Sanders, with all due respect, we will cover any expense. However, he will have to get a passport, as we actually no longer live in DC but Canada."
"Why did you move to Canada?"
"It's a long story" Mulder and Scully say at the same time.
They continue their journey in silence.
...
It's been two weeks since Mulder and Scully have been home with their new baby and they are packing diaper bag to go back to the airport.
They arrive to the airport where they meet a young man by the name of William Sanders.
They greet with a big hug.
"What do you want me to call you?" Billie asked.
"What ever you want" Scully tells him.
"I'll stick with Fox and Dana for now, is that okay?
"Mul-" Mulder starts to say as he's see Scully give him a dirty look. "Fox is fine."
"Okay, can you call me Bill, Billie is kind of kiddish"
"Bill, want do you want to do first?" Mulder asks.
"I'm kind of hungry"
"We can try the airport restaurant." Mulder suggest and they walk over to the entrance.
The host greets them, "How many in your party?"
"Table for 4" Scully says, like she's waited a lifetime to say something that simple.
The host hands the waiter some menus and tells him "family of four."
Mulder takes Scully's hand and puts his other hand on Bill's shoulder. At least in this one moment of time, everything seemed perfect and the darkness was no where to be found.
"Hey, Bill, how is your buddy Jacob doing?" Mulder asks.
"Jealous as hell." Bill grins.
"Bill, do you believe everything happens for a reason?" Scully asks.
"I want to believe."