TITLE: Pencil, Earthling?
AUTHOR: jeri
E-MAIL: ggal1116@yahoo.com OR agentjeri@thexfiles.com
WEBSITE: http://www.geocities.com/jeris_basement/index/html
RATING: PG-13
CATEGORY: XRA, M-POV
KEYWORDS: MSR, post-ep
SPOILERS: Requiem
ARCHIVE: Sure, just drop me a line!
STARTED: September 19, 2000
FINISHED: September 19, 2000

SUMMARY: It's time for the great escape! Sequel to "Abduct
This!" and "Run Agent Run!"

**DISCLAIMER: Still don't own them. And I *really* need to
find better things to do with my time...

^*^*^

::Previously, on the X-Files::

:: "Agent Mulder, they don't want to let you go," he announces
in a low voice.
"What?!" I'm stunned. What use could I possibly be now?
"Why not?"
"They feel that your powers and quick learning abilities
could come in handy at unknown points in the future. To put
you back now, then take you again, would only cause unwanted
attention. They feel that it's just easier to cryogenically
freeze you to hold access to your brain."
"You're fucking with me."
Damn, that's twice in five hours (I think) that I've used
that word! A new record for me!
"I assure you, Agent Mulder, if you do not escape when we
drop off the other Oregonians, you will never leave. So here
is what I suggest:
"Run, Agent. Run."::

^*^*^

Oh great. So now, if I want to get back to my family (hey,
I've got a family again!), I've got to haul ass and hope that
none of Luke/Eddie/BF's friends find me ever again
No problem.
Sure.
Fine.
Whatever.
(Yes, I do miss Scully *that* much.)
He's turned around and walked away, so I guess I'm gonna
have to find my own way out. Goody. Luckily, I began finding
my way around twenty minutes ago, so there's that much less
to deal with.
Down the corridor was the kitchen...so, up this way must
be the mess hall? I walk around a bit more, and find out that
I'm right.
I wonder where I gained this knowledge of alien spacecraft?
Suddenly, a voice rings in my head.

LskywalkJK: agent mulder i suggest that you let us help you
out go to the room with the other men and women from oregon

SenorSpooky: um okay

I do as I'm told (for once) and trudge back to the waiting
room. There's an empty seat for me, between Theresa and Billy.

BillyBoy42: hiya agent mulder

SenorSpooky: um hi billy why are you thinking to me why don't
you just talk

BillyBoy42: we're not allowed to talk in here agent mulder
they want us to perfect our mental skills

SenorSpooky: well can you at least call me mulder i mean this
is rather informal and all

BillyBoy42: okay mulder i must say i didn't expect to see you
here i expected to see agent scully

SenorSpooky: heh same here billy i told her to stay in dc
because i was afraid she'd end up in this position again i
really wish i hadn't come either now

BillyBoy42: but there was nothing you could do mulder if they
wanted you they would have gotten you no matter what

We're both mentally-silent as we consider this point.

BillyBoy42: well uh how is scully feeling i noticed she wasn't
looking so great that one day wasn't she dizzy or something

SenorSpooky: um yeah she's feeling better it's nothing ser
well i guess it is serious but not life-threatening at least

BillyBoy42: that's good wouldn't want her to worry about you
on top of an illness

I have to hold back a laugh. She's probably got a mind
*full* of things right now, and after our discussion, I'm
probably the *last* thing on her mind. Which is fine with me.
I can take care of myself, but the baby's completely helpless
and relies on her for its health.

BillyBoy42: baby i didn't know she had a baby is she married

Doh! I have to remember that thinking is now way to keep
something quiet around here...

SenorSpooky: well actually she's pregnant she just found out
that's what was causing her to be dizzy

BillyBoy42: oh well when you see her send her my
congratulations i mean it is a good thing right

SenorSpooky: oh my god yes she didn't think she could have
children i'm uh really happy for uh her

BillyBoy42: it's your baby isn't it

Damn the kid, he's got a wide smirk on his face. And when
I simply nod in acknowledgement, it just gets wider.

^*^*^

I'd like to say that the abductees were dropped off a few
hours later, and I snuck away with them, and that Scully and
I and Junior Agent are safely tucked away where no aliens
could ever find us.
I'd *really* like to say that.
But I'm a supporter of the Truth, and thusly I cannot tell
a lie.
I've been trapped in this alien craft for four months now.
The only reason I'm still sane is the consistent conversations
Scully and I have in our heads. I'm actually grateful for
these damn powers. Funny, they're what got me into this mess
in the first place.
But I'm heartbroken over the fact that Scully is now in
her seventh month. She constantly complains about the weight
she's gained, a fact which I just as constantly claim to be
a wonderful thing, how I wish I could see her...
The good news, however, is that we're not needed anymore.
They have officially taken the Master Baiter (who never did
change his name) into custody, and the Rebellion has fallen.
And from evidence gathered in Sthgincitlec, it seems the
*Rebels* were the ones planning colonization all along. They
were unhappy with the Shifters' way of life, and so they were
planning to take over Earth and start their own race of hybrids
that would be their slaves.
Personally, I don't care who was gonna take over, just as
long as they're out of business now.
So in three days, we'll get to go home. Yes, even me. Luke
has assured me that I will be able to get home in time for my
son Thomas William's birth, and I will be allowed to live out
my days on Earth as a father.
I'm so happy.
Of course, I'll be even happier when I'm home and a certain
G-woman is in my arms again.

THE END

^*^*^

No, the title really doesn't have any impact on the story. I
happen to like that bit in X-Fools, thank you very much! (For
those who don't know, when you click on the alien pencil-
holder, it says "Pencil, Earthling?" to which Mully (Mulder-
wannabe) replies "I really LOVE that thing!")

And I suppose now you're all going to demand that I write a
*fourth* story, aren't you?

ggal1116: oh real good jer way to plant the idea in their
heads

Shut up.

4 out of 5 doctors say expressing your enjoyment of a fanfic
to its author increases your life expectancy 23-23.8 years.
The other doctor was killed by Cancerman before we could ask
him.

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