Partners By Chance - by Katie Phillips
Rating - PG13 (so far)
Disclaimer - we all know I don't own them but I do appreciate being able to use them in my stories
Keywords - Scully/Mulder romance, Scully/other romance, Mulder/Scully adventure
Spoilers - none since this story starts under the assumption that Scully and Mulder have yet to meet
Feedback - love it - xfstories@yahoo.com
Archive - wherever is fine with me. Just let me know.
Summary: Mulder and Scully meet for the first time when both are asked to help find a serial killer whose prey are the female members of the FBI. Will Mulder and Scully be able to catch the killer before he strikes again and if he does, will Scully be his next victim?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Partners By Chance - Chapter One
Dana Scully pushed the elevator and watched the doors slowly close. Only then did she allow herself to sigh deeply and quickly smooth her outfit and hair.
Part of her still couldn't believe that she was in Boston on her way to what was probably going to be the most important meeting of her young FBI career.
Scully knew that she was a good pathologist, but she was frankly quite surprised when she was assigned to work on this particular case. It was the kind of assignment that could make or break a career.
The case was a complicated one involving a serial killer who apparently liked preying on female FBI employees out of the Boston Bureau. Those in charge of the FBI wanted the case solved and quickly.
But it wasn't only the case itself that concerned her, but also knowing that Fox "Spooky" Mulder was assigned to the case.
Mulder was had been up in Boston for awhile now helping with the VCU and was known for his brilliant mind and sometimes bizarre theories. That didn't concern Scully as much as his reputation for being able to lure female agents to his bed at will - not that any had complained. Mulder's reputation as a lover probably even exceeded his reputation as a profiler.
Scully took another deep breath and pushed all thoughts of Spooky Mulder out of her head. She knew she was an attractive woman, but after meeting some of Mulder's conquests she was quite sure that she was not his type.
Even if she was, she was sure she would little trouble putting Mulder off if necessary.
Scully's thoughts were interrupted when the elevator doors opened and a tall good-looking man joined her. He nodded at her and their eyes held for a second longer than necessary before Scully asked him to which floor he was traveling.
"Eight, please"
Scully smiled at him and pushed the button trying to keep herself from stealing another glance at the man standing a mere two feet away from her.
"Forget Spooky" Scully thought to herself "I'll take this one"
"Do you have the time?"
Scully glanced down at her watch "About quarter of" she said smiling shyly at him.
"Great, I still have 15 minutes" he said more to himself then her. "Thanks"
The elevator stopped before Scully was able to continue their feeble conversation and she felt a bit of disappointed as the man prepared to depart the elevator.
"Have a good one" he said smiling at her
"You too"
Scully arrived at the top floor and proceeded to the Bureau Chief's office. There she was greeting by Harvey McCormick one of the local agents working on the case.
"Agent Scully I presume?" he said extending his hand to her.
He was a slightly plump man who was only a few inches taller than Scully herself. He had a kind face and a warm handshake and his smile help put Scully at ease immediately.
He pointed to a closed door just down the hall. "We will be meeting in there in a few minutes - would you like some coffee while we wait? "
Scully nodded and followed McCormick down the hall to a small kitchenette. He showed her where everything was and Scully poured herself a cup after asking McCormick if he wanted one as well.
"No thank you Agent Scully. I try to limit myself to one cup a day"
Scully smiled at him thinking that this man was way too nice to be an FBI agent. She could not picture him shooting anyone.
"So who is going to be in this meeting?" Scully asked as they walked back towards the conference room.
"I am not totally sure, Bishop - the Bureau Chief, is handpicking this task force. The only ones I know about for sure are you, for your forensic abilities, Fox Mulder for his unique abilities to put together puzzles no one else can and me."
He saw Scully waiting to hear what his area of expertise was and continued "I am the expert at public relations and usually have a pretty good idea of what is going on around here. Who is who and who is doing what - that sort of thing."
He stopped and motioned Scully closer before whispering "We think this may be an inside job so that's why I got put on the team."
He stopped to open the conference room door for her thinking to himself just how pretty Agent Scully was.
McCormick and Scully took their places at the conference table and were chatting quietly when Bureau Chief Bishop walked into the conference room followed by two agents - a male and a female.
Bishop was a large man who just oozed authority and power from every pore. Scully knew instantly that he was a man who wouldn't tolerate anything less than perfection. He had short black hair and eyes that seem to bore right through you.
The male agent who accompanied him, Scully assumed was Fox Mulder. He was a bit short of 6 feet with light brown hair and hazel eyes. He was attractive, she thought to herself, but definitely not something to swoon over.
The female agent was quite a bit taller than Scully and was nothing short of drop dead gorgeous. Scully tried to look too enviously at the agent's legs that seemed to go on forever. This woman fit the exact image of the kind of woman Agent Mulder would go for - "no wonder they arrived together" she thought to herself.
Bishop took a seat at the head of the table and motioned for everyone else to sit down. He looked quickly around the conference table before turning to McCormick.
"McCormick, where the hell is Mulder?"
Scully started at this comment. Obviously she had jumped to conclusions about the other members of the task force.
"I am not sure Sir"
"I was having coffee with him about 25 minutes ago" the man who was not Mulder started "We were talking about the Klondike case when he had one of his Mulder moments"
Everyone at the table, except Scully, nodded obviously knowing exactly what this meant. Seeing her look of puzzlement, he continued "The missing piece for his profile came to him as he was stuffing his third donut into his mouth. He rushed off to his office to put it down on paper."
Bishop seemed to be pleased with this explanation and called the meeting to order nodding his head at Scully.
"Agent Scully, thank you for coming up here to help us out. You seemed to have already met McCormick " Scully nodded "These are agents Nancy Wakefield and Roger Fraser. The four of you, and Agent Mulder if he graces us with his presence, will be making up the task force."
The three agents were nodding acknowledgements to each other when the door shot open and in walked the man from the elevator.
"Speak of the devil" Bishop said "Nice of you to join us Agent Mulder."
"My apologies Sir, but you will be glad to know that the profile for the Klondike case is complete and sitting on your desk."
Bishop actually smiled. Almost.
"Well done Agent. We were just getting started here." Bishop motioned at Scully "This is Agent Dana Scully - the folks in Washington have sent her up here to give us a hand."
Unlike the rest of the people surrounding the table, Mulder didn't just nod his acknowledgement to Scully - he actually rose and extended his hand to her.
"Very glad to meet you Scully."
Scully shook his hand and realized within seconds that this case might be more dangerous than she originally had thought.
++++++++++++++++ end of chapter one ++++++++++++++++++++
Note: I would love to know what you think of this story and what ideas you have for how it should go. Email me at xfstories@yahoo.com
Rating - PG13 (so far)
Disclaimer - we all know I don't own them but I do appreciate being able to use them in my stories
Keywords - Scully/Mulder romance, Scully/other romance, Mulder/Scully adventure
Spoilers - none since this story starts under the assumption that Scully and Mulder have yet to meet
Feedback - love it - xfstories@yahoo.com
Archive - wherever is fine with me. Just let me know.
Summary: Mulder and Scully meet for the first time when both are asked to help find a serial killer whose prey are the female members of the FBI. Will Mulder and Scully be able to catch the killer before he strikes again and if he does, will Scully be his next victim?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Partners By Chance - Chapter One
Dana Scully pushed the elevator and watched the doors slowly close. Only then did she allow herself to sigh deeply and quickly smooth her outfit and hair.
Part of her still couldn't believe that she was in Boston on her way to what was probably going to be the most important meeting of her young FBI career.
Scully knew that she was a good pathologist, but she was frankly quite surprised when she was assigned to work on this particular case. It was the kind of assignment that could make or break a career.
The case was a complicated one involving a serial killer who apparently liked preying on female FBI employees out of the Boston Bureau. Those in charge of the FBI wanted the case solved and quickly.
But it wasn't only the case itself that concerned her, but also knowing that Fox "Spooky" Mulder was assigned to the case.
Mulder was had been up in Boston for awhile now helping with the VCU and was known for his brilliant mind and sometimes bizarre theories. That didn't concern Scully as much as his reputation for being able to lure female agents to his bed at will - not that any had complained. Mulder's reputation as a lover probably even exceeded his reputation as a profiler.
Scully took another deep breath and pushed all thoughts of Spooky Mulder out of her head. She knew she was an attractive woman, but after meeting some of Mulder's conquests she was quite sure that she was not his type.
Even if she was, she was sure she would little trouble putting Mulder off if necessary.
Scully's thoughts were interrupted when the elevator doors opened and a tall good-looking man joined her. He nodded at her and their eyes held for a second longer than necessary before Scully asked him to which floor he was traveling.
"Eight, please"
Scully smiled at him and pushed the button trying to keep herself from stealing another glance at the man standing a mere two feet away from her.
"Forget Spooky" Scully thought to herself "I'll take this one"
"Do you have the time?"
Scully glanced down at her watch "About quarter of" she said smiling shyly at him.
"Great, I still have 15 minutes" he said more to himself then her. "Thanks"
The elevator stopped before Scully was able to continue their feeble conversation and she felt a bit of disappointed as the man prepared to depart the elevator.
"Have a good one" he said smiling at her
"You too"
Scully arrived at the top floor and proceeded to the Bureau Chief's office. There she was greeting by Harvey McCormick one of the local agents working on the case.
"Agent Scully I presume?" he said extending his hand to her.
He was a slightly plump man who was only a few inches taller than Scully herself. He had a kind face and a warm handshake and his smile help put Scully at ease immediately.
He pointed to a closed door just down the hall. "We will be meeting in there in a few minutes - would you like some coffee while we wait? "
Scully nodded and followed McCormick down the hall to a small kitchenette. He showed her where everything was and Scully poured herself a cup after asking McCormick if he wanted one as well.
"No thank you Agent Scully. I try to limit myself to one cup a day"
Scully smiled at him thinking that this man was way too nice to be an FBI agent. She could not picture him shooting anyone.
"So who is going to be in this meeting?" Scully asked as they walked back towards the conference room.
"I am not totally sure, Bishop - the Bureau Chief, is handpicking this task force. The only ones I know about for sure are you, for your forensic abilities, Fox Mulder for his unique abilities to put together puzzles no one else can and me."
He saw Scully waiting to hear what his area of expertise was and continued "I am the expert at public relations and usually have a pretty good idea of what is going on around here. Who is who and who is doing what - that sort of thing."
He stopped and motioned Scully closer before whispering "We think this may be an inside job so that's why I got put on the team."
He stopped to open the conference room door for her thinking to himself just how pretty Agent Scully was.
McCormick and Scully took their places at the conference table and were chatting quietly when Bureau Chief Bishop walked into the conference room followed by two agents - a male and a female.
Bishop was a large man who just oozed authority and power from every pore. Scully knew instantly that he was a man who wouldn't tolerate anything less than perfection. He had short black hair and eyes that seem to bore right through you.
The male agent who accompanied him, Scully assumed was Fox Mulder. He was a bit short of 6 feet with light brown hair and hazel eyes. He was attractive, she thought to herself, but definitely not something to swoon over.
The female agent was quite a bit taller than Scully and was nothing short of drop dead gorgeous. Scully tried to look too enviously at the agent's legs that seemed to go on forever. This woman fit the exact image of the kind of woman Agent Mulder would go for - "no wonder they arrived together" she thought to herself.
Bishop took a seat at the head of the table and motioned for everyone else to sit down. He looked quickly around the conference table before turning to McCormick.
"McCormick, where the hell is Mulder?"
Scully started at this comment. Obviously she had jumped to conclusions about the other members of the task force.
"I am not sure Sir"
"I was having coffee with him about 25 minutes ago" the man who was not Mulder started "We were talking about the Klondike case when he had one of his Mulder moments"
Everyone at the table, except Scully, nodded obviously knowing exactly what this meant. Seeing her look of puzzlement, he continued "The missing piece for his profile came to him as he was stuffing his third donut into his mouth. He rushed off to his office to put it down on paper."
Bishop seemed to be pleased with this explanation and called the meeting to order nodding his head at Scully.
"Agent Scully, thank you for coming up here to help us out. You seemed to have already met McCormick " Scully nodded "These are agents Nancy Wakefield and Roger Fraser. The four of you, and Agent Mulder if he graces us with his presence, will be making up the task force."
The three agents were nodding acknowledgements to each other when the door shot open and in walked the man from the elevator.
"Speak of the devil" Bishop said "Nice of you to join us Agent Mulder."
"My apologies Sir, but you will be glad to know that the profile for the Klondike case is complete and sitting on your desk."
Bishop actually smiled. Almost.
"Well done Agent. We were just getting started here." Bishop motioned at Scully "This is Agent Dana Scully - the folks in Washington have sent her up here to give us a hand."
Unlike the rest of the people surrounding the table, Mulder didn't just nod his acknowledgement to Scully - he actually rose and extended his hand to her.
"Very glad to meet you Scully."
Scully shook his hand and realized within seconds that this case might be more dangerous than she originally had thought.
++++++++++++++++ end of chapter one ++++++++++++++++++++
Note: I would love to know what you think of this story and what ideas you have for how it should go. Email me at xfstories@yahoo.com