Title:
And So It Begins Part 1
Author: Jay
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Rating: PG/PG-13
Category: Post
Truth Fic
Spoilers: None
Keywords: MSR
Summary: The X-Files
are back! CGB Spender is dead, or
is he? The FBI, CIA, Military
and DOD officials that were
not involved in the original alien
conspiracy have now gained
new insight thanks to some leaks after
Mulder's military
trial, putting the alien and super soldier
organizations
at a temprary stand still. There are now four
Agents in the
new basement office. S.A.C. Fox W. Mulder. (Special
Agent in
Charge) A.S.A.C. Dana K. Scully (Assistant Special Agent
In
Charge) Special Agents John Doggett and Monica Reyes.
Kersh
has proven his loyalty as "a friend", hasn't he?
And
the new Deputy Director looks suspiciously like
A.---wait,
it is Skinner!
Now that the running is over, for the time being,
what new monsters might our heroes find waiting for them?
What
new cases will fill the file drawers of the new
X-Files?
Vampires, historical witchesand voodo...oh my!
Archive: Free to all, just let me know first please.
Disclaimer:
Mulder, Scully and all things X-Files are mine in my heart,
but
legally belong to C.C. and Co.
"Mulder, no. We've been over this a hundred times." Scully exhaled
Mulder hated to keep pushing the subject but he kept
hoping she would
give in. When they were contacted about returning
to Washington he
had managed to get his old apartment back. Scully
had taken an
apartment in Arlington instead of going back to
Georgetown but Mulder
knew there were a couple of apartments
available in his building.
"Until we are completely sure
that everything is safe, I'd be more
comfortable having you
closer."
"I'm three blocks away."
"And that's too far."
Scully gave Mulder one of her looks.
Mulder held his hands up. She
always won.
The phone on
Mulder's desk rang. Mulder smiled at Scully. "And so it
begins."
He picked up the phone and , with a little more enthusiasm
than
necessary, said "Mulder."
Scully just shook her head and smiled.
"We'll be right up." Mulder
said into the phone. He hung up and stood.
"We have an
appointment with the Deputy Director this morning." He
went
around the desk as Scully stood. He leaned in close to her
and
grinned. "I've got goosebumps!" Scully rolled her
eyes at him.
"It's
nice to have you two standing in this office again." Skinner
said as
Mulder and Scully sat down across from him.
"It's
good to be bcak." Mulder said, the silly grin still plastered on
his
face.
"It's good to see you, sir." Scully
said with a warm smile. "Congratulations
on the new
position."
"Thank you, Scully. How are things downstairs? A little cramped?"
"We'll manage."
Scully answered. Mulder's smile faltered slightly but he
didn't
comment.
"I'll get right to it," Skinner took a case
file from the pile on his desk and
handed it to Mulder. "You
should enjoy this one." Mulder raised his
eyebrows and
looked at Scully before opening the file.
"Louisiana.
Several unexplained deaths and some reports surrounding
one
family. Reports is a tame word. Accusations would be a better
one."
Mulder was reading and listening at the same time.
He leaned forward in
his seat. "Am I reading this
right?"
Skinner nodded. "A little hard to swallow, even for you?"
Mulder shook his head. "I'm not
talking about the case overview. I'm
talking about your
recommendation as far as investigation assignments.
Doggett and
Scully?"
Skinner looked down at his desk and then at
Scully. "As you know,
Agent Reyes is still in New York and we
don't even know if she's coming
back. Now that you're in the SAC
position, Mulder, you won't..."
"If SAC means out of
the field, forget it." He snapped the folder closed and
handed
it to Scully.
"That's not what it means. We just thought
that until we're sure you're
not going to be drawing any of the
usual undue attention to yourself, it
would be better to keep you
close for a while."
Mulder was nodding. "Uh-huh.
We?" He looked at Scully.
Scully wouldn't move closer to him
so he could feel safer about her,
but she'd conspier with Skinner
to keep him safer. "I don't like it.
No. No way. Scully's as
much at risk as I am."
"I think that's my decision." Scully said.
Skinner watched the stare down between the two.
"I'll let you two hash this out. I'll approve any changes you want to make."
"Thank you." Mulder said with a little air of satisfaction.
"If you'll excuse us..." Scully stood.
Skinner just nodded. He felt sorry
for Mulder. He knew he was in for it as
soon as they reached the
basement office.
Mulder followed Scully out.
"Mulder you know that you're more at risk than I am now that..."
"That's
not true. How many times were you used just to get to me?"
Mulder
interrupted.
Scully nodded. "But with agent
Doggett to watch my back..." Mulder huffed
and turned away
from her.
"What about agent Doggett?"
Mulder
and Scully both turned toward the doorway. Doggett stood there with
his eyebrows up.
"We're...uh...we're discussing the new case." Scully said.
Doggett nodded. Scully held out the case file as Doggett crossed the room.
"There may be some changes on the agent assignments." Mulder said.
Doggett was looking over the file. He flipped a few pages then looked up.
"You thinking of handling this one, Mulder?"
Mulder nodded.
"Makes sense."
"You and I will
be working this case, John. Mulder needs to get things
arranged
here in the office and brush up on what it means to be in the
SAC
position." Scully said, more to Mulder than Doggett.
"Oh, yeah. Congratulations on that." Doggett said.
Mulder
glared at Scully for a minute then stalked past Doggett and out
the
door.
Doggett looked confused. "Did I say something?"
Scully just shook her head and went after Mulder.
"I knew this was
going to be difficult, for both of us, but I didn't think you'd
have
this much of a problem." Scully said as Mulder sat on his sofa
and
sulked.
"This much of a problem? I'm told that you
and Skinner decided it was best
for me to sit on my ass while you
go out investigating an X-File with Doggett.
Haven't we been here
before?" Mulder tilted his head in mock concentration.
Scully sat down next to him and put her hand on his arm. "That's not what I meant."
Mulder was still upset but, as always,
Scully's touch was enough to start calming
him. Mulder sighed
heavily.
"We pushed our feelings aside for way too long
because of my...our work. When we
finaly gave in, it cost us so
much." Scully squeezed his arm lightly. He saw the same
look
in her eyes that he always saw when they came too close to that
subject.
"All I'm saying is that after the last few
years, it's going to be harder than I thought
to go back to the
way things were. And..." he fell silent, unsure if he should
finish
the thought.
"And?" Scully questioned.
"And I still have a problem with Doggett."
Scully sighed. "Mulder, your jealousy of
John and I was the one thing I could never
understand."
"You
should have paid more attention to the way he used to look at you,
talk to you,
worry about you..." Mulder ground his teeth
slightly. "Touch you."
"I was too busy worrying about you." Scully said softly.
Mulder's heart did a
little two step in his chest. Even after all these years together,
she still had that ability to make him feel like a school boy. He
smiled and placed a
palm on her cheek, his thumb rubbing her soft
skin gently.
"That's my Scully. Always so unaware of the
effect she has on other men. But not with
me, you always knew
exactly how to keep me wrapped around your finger."
Scully
turned her face into Mulder's hand and pressed her lips to his
palm.
"Not always."
"Scully?" Mulder swallowed to clear the lumb in his throat.
"Mulder?" Scully raised an eyebrow.
"Are we going back to work?"
"That's up to you." Her eyes met his and he saw that playful glint there.
"Maybe later." His hand went on into her hair and he leaned forward to capture her lips with his. Her hand went into his hair and their familiar dance began.
Mulder
paced around Scully's apartment like a caged animal.
"You'll
let me know as soon as you get there?"
"I'll call you
when we stop at the hotel."
Mulder stopped pacing.
"Hotel?"
Scully sighed. "We're stopping for one
night."
Mulder reminded himself of the promise he'd made
Scully. No jealous fits. No
paranoid rants. No tantrums about not
going on the case.
"Ready?" Scully was standing by her
door waiting on Mulder.
Mulder walked over and picked up two of
Scull's bags and they walked out to the
rental car. As they put
her bags in the trunk Mulder leaned close to her.
"I'm going
to miss you."
Scully touched his forearm and slid her hand
over the smooth skin. "I'm going to
miss you too."
As
they walked around to the driver's side and Mulder opened the door
for her, Scully
gave him a smile. "I'll make sure my reports
are on time."
"Oh, you're funny." Mulder leaned in
and gave her a light kiss. He was about to speak
but Scully
stopped him.
"Mulder, if you tell me to be careful, I'll make
a voodoo doll of you when we get to
New Orleans and stick pins in
it on an hourly bases."
Mulder grinned. "You don't
believe in voodoo."
Scully grinned back. "No, but you
do."
Mulder stopped grinning and Scully laughed. "I'll
talk to you later tonight. Tomorrow
morning at the latest."
Mulder closed the door for her and waved as she drove off.
He
watched her car until it was out of sight and as he headed for his
apartment he
thought about how neither he nor Scully were able to
tell each other goodbye when they
were
parting.
"They're
on their way."
"Is he with them?"
"No. But
he'll come. We'll make sure of that."
"We have to have
the believer. The two skeptics will only cause more trouble."
"I
know. Don't worry. We can do this."
The three men exchanged
glances and
nods.
"Have
you read this thing?" Dogget asked, tossing the case file on the
small table in
Scully's hotel room. They had checked in and agreed
to meet in her room to go over
the case file some more.
"Vampires,
witches, voodoo. Would you expect anything less from New Orleans?"
Scully
asked, opening a bottle of water and taking a seat at the
table. "Water?" she offered
Doggett.
"No,
thanks. But I think..." Scully's phone rang, interrupting
Dogett.
Scully saw Mulder's number on the screen and
smiled.
"Mulder?" she said into the phone.
She heard
the smile in his voice. "Noooo. I'm Mulder. You're Scully. You
at the hotel?"
"Yes, just got here."
Doggett
pointed to the door and Scully shook her head no.
Doggett shook
his head too. "Going to grab a beer at the store next door."
He said in
a low voice.
Scully nodded and realized Mulder was
completely silent on the other end of the phone.
"Mulder?
Still there?" Scully asked as Doggett left.
"Still
here." Scully could tell from the cahnge in his voice that he
had heard
Doggett.
"We're going over the case."
Scully said simply.
"I didn't say a word." Mulder
said.
"But you were thinking it."
"Oooo, now
you're a mind reader?" Mulder teased.
Scully smiled. "You're
on open book."
"Miss me?" Mulder
asked.
"Yes."
"Listen, I've been doing some
thinking about this case. I know you two don't believe
half the
stuff in the file, but try to keep an open mind when it comes to some
of
the reports surrounding the four brothers. They seem to be the
key. And there's something
I can't put my finger on that's bugging
me..."
"Mulder, slow down. We'll look at every aspect
with an open mind. You know I've learned
enough over the years to
at least do that."
Mulder sighed. "I just wish I could
be there too. I know I'm going to miss all the
good stuff."
"So
it's not me you miss. It's being out in the field."
Mulder
stammered. "No, I didn't mean...Scully, you're a smart
ass."
They both laughed. Someone knocked on Scully's
door.
"That's probably John." Scully said and went to
the door, looking out the window before
opeing it.
"Well,
I'll let you two get back to work. Don't get drunk." Mulder said
in one of his
I'm kidding, but I'm not tones.
"Talk to you
soon." Scully said and hung up as Doggett was taking a six pack
of beer out
of the bag he was
holding.
Mulder
tossed the phone onto the coffee table and ran his hands over his
face. He
stared at the TV but didn't really see what was on.
Maybe it was true. Maybe he did
miss being in the field even more
than he missed Scully. No, not more than, but maybe just as much.
"He
can't protect her. Not like you can." His mind whispered to him.
"He doesn't know
what to watch for. Who to watch for. And
drinking on the first night...careless."
Mulder sat up
quickly. To hell with his safety and SAC position and every other
excuse
Skinner and Scully had come up with. If he left now he
could get to the hotel before
they left in the morning.
He
packed quickly, still listening to the whispers in his
head.
Mulder
finaly convinced the desk clerk to give him the key to Scully's room.
As he used
the key card on the electronic lock he wondered if
Scully would be so mad at him that
she would kick him out. He
smiled at the thought.
He eased the door closed behind him and
looked at Scully sleeping. Should he wake her
or let her find him
sitting there watching her when she woke up? He crossed the room
and
knelt down next to the bed. He reached out to bruck the hair from her
forehead.
Scully stirred and woke with a start.
"It's
okay. It's me." Mulder said quickly.
"Mulder? What are
you doing here?"
"I couldn't help it Scully. There's
something bothering me about this case and I couldn't
shake this
feeling I have. I know you are more than able to take care of
yourself but I
was still really worried."
Scully
sighed.
Mulder put on his best please forgive me face. "I'm
really sorry."
Scully reached out and caressed Mulder's
cheek.
"What am I going to do with you?"
Mulder
grinned. "Are you taking suggestions?"
"No. Just
come to bed. I want to go back to sleep."
Without a word
Mulder undressed to his boxers and slid under the covers behind
Scully,
his body spooning perfectly to
hers.
"So,
the reputation that this family has, you think there's any truth in
it?"
Doggett asked. They were all sitting around the table in
Scully's room eating breakfast.
Mulder shrugged.
"No
offense, but I can't buy that. Sounds like something out of an Anne
Rice novel."
Doggett said.
Scully raised an eyebrow and
Mulder grinned. "YOU read Anne Rice?" Mulder asked.
Doggett
huffed. "No. Monica does. It's the whole New Orleans
thing."
Mulder nodded, still grinning.
"Many horror
novels are based on at least some facts. We have a very old family
with
a colorful history to say the least. Disappearances, murders,
unexplained deaths, unusual
occurances, even dead relatives seen
alive again. You're going to tell me that there's
a logical or
scientific way to explain ALL of it?" Mulder looked back and
forth at Doggett
and Scully.
"Yes." Scully said
matter of factly.
It was Doggett's turn to grin.
Mulder just
shook his head. "Guess you've forgotten all about your old
flame, Hartwell."
Scully gave Mulder a stern look. "Mulder.
Don't."
"Scully had a crush on a vampire." Mulder
mock whispered to Doggett from behind his hand.
"The case
with the pizza guy where you..." Doggett said.
Mulder looked
surprised. "You HAVE done your homework on The X-Files."
"I
tried." Doggett admitted. "That was one that was pretty
much unsolved, wasn't it?"
Mulder nodded. "Scully let
him go." he continued his tease.
"Mulder, first of all
you were the one that left me alone with Hartwell while you ran
off
to..."
Mulder laughed. He had ruffled her feathers. Scully
stopped and smiled.
Doggett was smiling too. "Maybe we'll
find this Hartwell guy in with this St. Martin
family."
"If
Hartwell is there, you can't miss him. He has this huge..."
"He
did not." Scully said, laughing already.
"Overbite."
Mulder finished and demonstrated with his teeth. "Big buckteeth.
Huge."
Now everyone laughed.
Scully tossed her napkin onto
the table. "We'd better go. We're meeting with Detective Tyson
this afternoon."
