Disclaimer: I do not own the X Files, the agents, the FBI, yadda yadda yadda, making no money from this, blah blah blah... okay I wrote this for fun-don't sue!
Authors Note: No idea how I came up with this one... I think it has something to do with watching Paranormal Activity and eating chocolate the minute before I went to sleep... that does weird things with my head...anyway... moving on... chapters will be short to build suspense and drama, which yes, includes cliffhangers and sudden endings - don't shoot! ;)
Unknown Location
Monica Reyes' mind started waking up and various things came to her attention, she felt cramped and uncomfortable, positioned in a weird way, her arms behind her. Tied behind her. She opened her eyes but met darkness; stretching her legs she encountered resistance in the form of a metal wall. Sighing in frustration, the agent tuned into her surrounding sounds, and finally picked up on the vibrations of the floor, the sound of tires spinning impossibly fast over ash fault, the sounds of passing cars and the distinct hum of an engine, from which she deducted unhappily that she was stuck in the trunk of a car.
Great…Just great…She thought as she tried to get her eyes to adjust the extreme lack of light.
XxXxX - Basement Office
John walked down the hall of the FBI building unaware of his partners current situation. Walking into the office he was surprised to see both Agents Mulder and Scully talking – although to one who didn't know them, it would seem like arguing- about what he did not know, but he knew something wasn't quite right when he walked into the office and found his two friends, but not his partner.
"Morning Agents," John said, looking around and noticing that were missing an agent, "Where's Agent Reyes?"
"That information is unclear," Skinner said, appearing behind Doggett, "According to Agent Mulder here, her aunt died... again... and if you ask Agent Scully, she'll tell you that she's 'sick', so Agent Doggett, as you can see, the true whereabouts of Agent Reyes are unknown to me, perhaps you can shed some light on the current location of the Agent in questions whereabouts seeing as your colleagues are too busy covering for each other?"
"Sir, I don't know where Agent Reyes is, I haven't seen or heard from her since last night, I'm trying to find her myself, she's not answering her mobile or home phone," John said.
"Well start looking," Skinner said and then turned around and left the agents to wonder exactly what their superior officer knew and what had happened to their MIA agent.
XxXxX - Unknown Location
Monica tried to focus on any other sounds that would giver her a clue as to her location, but she couldn't concentrate hard enough, everything in her mind was fuzzy, her arms were numb, and her head hurt, so she closed her eyes and unknowingly slipped into unconsciousness.
Monica's eyes snapped open again but she wasn't sure what she had heard. Focusing as much of her foggy brain as she could on listening out for sounds, she heard foot steps traveling away from her. Monica found that her head didn't hurt anymore but the right side of her body, and both her arms were very numb from lying in the one spot for god knows how long.
She heard sounds of a door opening and footsteps coming towards her, crunching over gravel, and she suddenly wasn't sure if she should try and fight her unknown attacker or feign unconsciousness. As the crunch of feet over gravel came closer she decided with the latter, having no idea of her captors' strengths, and knowing that she couldn't move half of her body.
The scratching sound of a key in an old lock sounded as the footsteps stopped and Monica quickly closed her eyes as she heard the squeak of hinges when the lid to her confined space was opened, bringing with it a rush of cool, fresh air.
XxXxX - Skinner's Office
The three agents stood in front of Skinner as they reported there findings- or lack there of, as it seemed.
"We called her cell and home phone a dozen times to no answer, a bolo was put out on her car but came back that it was at her apartment-" Agent Doggett started.
"Did you go to her apartment?" Skinner interrupted.
"Yes," Scully jumped in, "There was nothing unusual. We interviewed her neighbors but they didn't hear her come home, but they said and I quote 'That was not unusual since some nights it seemed she didn't come home at all, while other wise she was usually very quiet'" Scully recounted.
"So basically you have nothing," Skinner said and the agents stood in silence while Skinner thought, "Go back to the apartment," He said, and then put his glasses back on and refocused his attention on a folder on his desk as the agents walked out of the office.
XxXxX - Outside Monica Reyes' apartment building
"What are we doing here?" Mulder asked as he looked around the street.
"Looking around," Scully answered, looking at the pavement.
"For what?" Mulder asked, observing people as they jay walked across the street.
"Evidence," John replied, looking through the window of Monica's car, he spotted her badge, gun and more importantly, her phone, all resting on the center console, so he tried opening the door and was surprised when it popped open.
The three agents all looked at each other for moment, and then at Doggett as he opened the door fully and kneeling down on the curb, he put gloves on so as not to contaminate the crime scene, and then pulling out his torch he swept the beam of light over the interior of the car before reaching over and picking up Monica's phone, he brought it out of the car and turned it on, the phone rang continuously for a while as all the missed phone calls and text messages came in.
Each of the three agents had seen what was in the car, and each silently admitted that their agent was officially missing.
The phone in Doggett's hand rang again with a new incoming call and he looked down at the device, and then answered the phone.
"Agent Reyes?" Skinner asked.
"Guess again, it's Agent Doggett," He corrected
"Have you found anything other than our Agents phone?"
"Yes sir, her badge and gun, but no sign other sign of her," Doggett replied.
"Well keep looking," Skinner said and hung up.
"Think we can get prints off it?" Mulder asked.
"Let's hope so," John said, and Scully got out an evidence bag and Doggett put the phone inside it, and Scully sealed it and wrote down the pertinent information, before putting it away.