This is set late season 4 during the cancer arc. I'm sure you can guess which episode :P I figured a little rewrite would be fun. So the syndicate thought the cancer would kill Scully, they're gonna want another spy, aren't they? Someone who might do a better job then Scully at keeping them informed so from my imagination came Agent Jade Rileigh. If people like the idea you'll get to find out more about her, her back story & her connections to things. I figured she could be the side of the fans, doing & saying the things we're screaming at the screen wanting to happen. If anybody has any ideas review etc & enjoy.
Disclaimer: I'm Chris Carters close relative so when he dies the X-Files is being left to me, is that a motive, I hear? *CocksGun*
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"Agent Rileigh here to see you sir." Kim's voice sounds over the intercom.
"Send her in." A.D. Skinner instructs. He sits up straight for when she enters. Skinner was partly looking forward the day & equally dreading it. It's the newly graduated Jade Rileigh's first day as a Special Agent of the FBI & while they find her a division best suited to her abilities she had been instructed to shadow A.D. Skinner to learn about each division. She had graduated top of her class despite being the youngest student to ever go through Quantico. At 21 she had been recruited after saving a senior agent's life in a tricky situation & showing great promise despite the incident happening when she was merely 19. He was dreading the day for selfish reasons, he worked better alone & when he was around people all day he tended to get testy. Jade herself was reputed to be a delight to be around. Smart, beautiful & apparently a wicked sense of humour, all of this though apparently disappeared when someone angered her. He imagined it was what a young Dana Scully would be like, or from what he had heard from Mulder, similar to what Samantha would be like- if she was still alive of course, that was still in debate. Skinner was sure the day would definitely be an interesting one.
There was four short knocks at the door then it opened slowly & the young agent stepped through. She was short, about 5ft, & slim with almost black hair. She had changed her hair since he had last seen her, she used to have honey highlights with a single irish green highlight at the front. She looked more mature now. Her bright green eyes almost glowing.
"Good morning, sir." She spoke in a slight british accent, coming from spending a part of her childhood in England, as she sat down.
"Good morning, Agent Rileigh. How are you today?"
The rest of the morning went perfectly fine. They completed paperwork & he took her around all the divisions. Except one. She had commented on how she would have loved to meet the X-Files agents again, in different circumstances then last time to which he had replied; Maybe another time, they're out celebrating Agent Scully's birthday last he heard.
They were currently sat in the Assistant Directors office eating lunch on the couch. Skinner had personally taken her to his favorite sandwich shop just a short walk from the J. Edgar Hoover building. His assistant, Kimberly, was out having her lunch & he was expecting no-one so it worried it somewhat when the door opened. He immediately stood as the Cigarette Smoking Man entered.
"What the hell are you doing here?" He demands.
"Can't I pop in from time to time?" CSM smirks.
"Agent Rileigh, can you go finish eating in the canteen." She stands.
"Oh no, I wouldn't want to put anyone out." CSM says as he lights a cigarette.
"Smoking kills." Jade states, glaring at the old man. He chuckles & blows the smoke in her direction. She wrinkles her nose & crosses her arms over her chest. Skinner steps in front of the young agent as CSM steps closer & closes the door.
"I hear you haven't yet found a division suited to young Agent Rileigh's abilities." He paused for effect then carried on. "Luckily there's an opening in a certain... Special division. I hear Section Chief Blevins is looking for you, Assistant Director." With that he stubs his half smoked cigarette in the ashtray on Skinner's desk & leaves.
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"Agent, its late, you need to be getting home." Walter Skinner warns his newest charge.
"With all due respect, sir, I'm an adult & I get to decide my bedtime now, & like I said earlier, not until you tell me who that man was." The young woman argues.
"Well, if you're not leaving can you shred these?" She feeds the offered documents through the shredder then speaks.
"Sir, this involves me, you cannot keep this from me." She reasons.
"Agent Rileigh, I'm going to give you your first lesson to surviving in the FBI. You don't want to get involved with men like him. Men like him have no names & unlimited power which is a deadly combination. That's all you need to know right now." He leans back in his chair only to have to lean forward again to reach the ringing phone. He speaks for a few seconds before bolting up & out the door to grab his coat & car keys. Jade sighs then retrieves her coat & runs after him.
"Sir? What's happened?" She demands, rushing to keep up with his long legs.
"A shooting at a bar. There's an agent down & military involvement."
"Sounds like you could use all the help you can get." She decides as she follows him into the elevator & glances pointedly at him.
"You know what, Agent Rileigh? I think you're right."
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