Disclaimer:
I don't own Mulder, Scully, etc. I'm not using this for money. Yatsa, yatsa, and yatsa.
Claimer:
DJ Scully is my character, although the character is based on my friend DeeJay Benton (So technically it's really her character.)
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Coming Home
Part One
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Special Agent Dana K. Scully was thinking about past memories as she walked down the hospital corridor to Special Agent Fox W. Mulder's room. The day before Fox had managed to get himself shot on a stakeout, and the way in which it had happened had reminded her of a time she hoped she could've forgotten.
"So has anyone ID'ed DeeJay yet?" Dana heard a nurse say as she walked past.
"No. I hope someone does, too. She's so beautiful and sweet. I hope she doesn't end up on the streets." Another nurse said, "She thinks that her last name is Scully, though, so Dr. Duran is off tracking down anyone with the last name Scully."
Dana stopped dead in her tracks and turned around, "Excuse me, but did you say that you're looking for people with the last name Scully?"
The nurse looked up, "Oh, Agent Scully! I was just going to call you. We were hoping that maybe you'd know this girl we found."
Dana nodded, "Maybe."
The nurse led her down the hall to the room and opened the door.
Walking in Dana could feel something in the room. The teenager on the bed was sleeping soundly, locks of red hair pulled out of the French braid. She was dressed in a hospital gown with blue bike shorts, and a headband in her hand. A hospital bracelet was on her left wrist and on her right was a bracelet with charms of the letters D and J.
"Honey, wake up." The nurse nudged the teen from her sleep.
The teen opened her eyes, and looked up, "Someone else?"
"Yes. Do you think you know her?" The nurse asked.
The teen sat up and blinked her blue-green eyes. Dana watched in horror as a necklace appeared from beneath the hospital gown. A cross that matched Dana's to a T.
"Hi." The teen said.
"Magi?" Dana asked in a tiny voice.
The teen looked at the nurse, "My name is DeeJay."
"Do you know what DeeJay stands for?"
"Yeah. Dana Junior."
With that Dana fainted.
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Fox looked at Dana as the red head finally woke up, "Morning."
"What happened?" She asked sitting up.
"You fainted. That's all they told me."
Dana looked around, "Magi. Oh my god, they found her." She said, getting up. She walked over to where her coat had been placed, "I have to call my mother."
"Who's Magi?" Fox asked, "You've been saying that name, or so I assume."
"I'll explain later, Mulder." She ran off to find a phone.
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"Mom, they found her. I came to see Mulder and I overheard two nurses talking about a teenager and I went to see her. She's here."
"Are you sure, Dana?"
"Very. You have to come see her."
"Okay. I'll call Charlie and Bill."
"No. Just you. I don't want Bill to know yet and I already called Charlie."
"Okay. I'll see you in a little while."
Dana hung up the phone and nearly fell into the nurse, "Sorry."
"It's okay. I guess our DeeJay has been identified. So her name was Magi?"
"That was her nickname. Her real name was Margaret Evelina."
"That's a nice name."
Dana nodded, "Thanks. I named her after my mom and a friend of mine."
The nurse looked her over, "May I ask – how did she become missing?"
"It's a long story."
"I'd like to hear it."
Dana nodded as the nurse led her to an empty room.
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"So what's your name?" Dana asked, as she sat down.
"Monica." The red-haired woman replied.
"You're Irish."
"Sort of."
Dana nodded, and then looked around, "So you want to know about my daughter?"
She nodded.
"Okay." Dana took a deep breath and gathered her courage, "DeeJay was born fourteen years ago…"
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May 30th, 1986
Dana looked at the infant in front of her, "Hello, Margaret. I'm your mommy." She said, softly.
The doctor who'd just delivered Magi looked at the mother, "She's beautiful."
"Thank you."
Dr. Andrew smiled, "You are very welcome. So where is your husband?"
"I don't have one. Her father was my boyfriend, but he could handle the fact that he was going to be a daddy, so he left."
"I'm sorry. But you're very lucky to have this precious little soul."
"I know." She said, smiling at the infant.
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Maggie and Bill Scully Sr. helped Dana to the car. Dr. Andrew walked behind the three people with the baby in his arms. He knew what was in store for little Magi, and he didn't want to let her go, but he knew he had to let her be with Dana before she was taken.
Dana sat down in the car, and then reached for Magi. Andrew gave her to Dana gingerly, and then closed the door, "Now make sure that she gets plenty of rest and that Magi gets plenty of sleep too."
"We will." Maggie Scully said smiling. She gave Andrew a hug and then got in the car. Bill Scully nodded his thanks to Andrew and started the car. They drove away.
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A year and a half later
The autumn leaves were falling as Dana pushed the stroller down the street. Magi had grown healthily since her birth, and although Dana was upset that she hadn't been able to contact Dr. Andrew, but she and Magi were happy. She had just turned twenty-one, and moved into a new apartment, as well as finally decided what she wanted to be when she got out of college – She was going to go to the FBI academy.
"Yeah, Magi. I'm gonna join the FBI and you and I will move to, I don't know, Virginia. That has to be a pretty place, don't you think? I'm going to get us a nice little apartment and we'll take walks like this and everything will be awesome."
Dana fell into her thoughts and stopped at her mailbox. She turned away from Magi, and then turned back around. Magi was gone.
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"I know that it's a rather stupid story, but it's what happened. I turned around to get the mail and then when I turned back to look at her, she was gone." Dana said, misty eyed.
Monica reached over and touched her hand, "I'm sorry."
Dana nodded and stood up. Monica stayed, as Dana walked down the hall to DeeJay's room.
"And why did that woman just go off alone, Miss Wings? As I recall, she's your assignment." The dark-skinned angel, Tess, reprimanded.
"She just wants to be with her daughter for a little while, Tess." Monica said back.
"We'll you should be around for when Andrew arrives. Dana's going to be surprised to see him."
Monica looked at Tess in shock, "Andrew's coming?"
"Actually, I'm already here." Andrew said, looking at his friend, "Calm down, Monica. I'm here on casework."
Monica breathed a sigh of relief, "Dana said you were already involved with her."
"I was, but she still doesn't know that I'm an angel. I never had to tell her. The baby lived through birth – which not everyone thought she would. And then Dana's parents came to get her and she obviously knew she was loved, so I wasn't needed for that purpose either."
Monica nodded, and then looked at Tess, "I'm going, I'm going." She left the room.
"At least, DeeJay and Dana are together again." Andrew said.
"For now, Andrew, for now."
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Dana paused before walking into DeeJay's room, "Hi."
DeeJay looked up, and smiled, "Hi!"
Dana walked over and sat down beside DeeJay, "So, what are you doing?"
The fourteen year old hid the paper beneath herself, "I don't want you to see it yet."
"Why is that?"
"It's a card I'm making for you."
"Oh. So what do you want me to call you?"
"I don't know. I've had a bunch of names. One man called me Magi. Another man called me Dana Katherine Junior, and another called me Scully. Just pick one. Although, I've been called DeeJay for the longest time, so I'm partial to that."
"Okay, DeeJay. So your fourteenth birthday is coming up, right?"
"Yep. May 30th. Just a week away." DeeJay said, noticing the man walking into the room, followed by Monica, "Andrew!" She squealed, "Where have you been?" She reached up for him to hug her and he did.
Dana was astonished to see him. He hugged her too and winked at DeeJay before looking back at Dana, "Hi, Dana. How are you?"
Dana's mouth was agape, and then she spoke, "I'm fine. I haven't seen you since just after Magi was born."
"I know. I had something else I needed to do." Andrew smiled.
Dana just nodded and smiled, "So DJ you know this guy, huh?"
"You could say that."
Dana thought for a second and then looked at Monica, "She does know who I am, right?"
"Yes, DeeJay does. We talked about it just after you fainted."
"Ah." Dana looked at DeeJay, "Do you know when you're being released?"
"Not anytime soon, I hope. I don't have any place to stay, unless Andrew has a house or something and I could stay with him, but I doubt it."
Andrew smiled, "And why would you come live with me when your mother is sitting right here?"
"My mother? Monica said Dana was an FBI agent who thought she knew me."
"I didn't tell her that. I didn't know until twenty minutes ago that Dana was DeeJay's mother." Monica said.
DeeJay looked at Dana, "My mother. I remember now! I was really, really little. And you turned around to get something, and this man that I heard you arguing with once came and picked me up. He called me DeeJay."
Dana realized what DeeJay and just said and got up to hug her daughter.
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"This is it. Home Sweet Home." Dana pushed the door open, and helped DeeJay with the bags she had.
DeeJay walked in and looked around, "It's nice."
"Thanks." Dana walked towards her spare bedroom, and put DeeJay's small suitcase of clothes Dana had bought her that day on the dresser, "The bathroom's that way, and you already went past everything else." Dana watched DeeJay test out the bed and then kissed her forehead.
A knock on the door interrupted the moment of silent bonding and Dana went to get the door. Opening it, she found Andrew, Monica, and another lady on the door step."
"Hi, Dana. We just wanted to let you know that we're in the apartment next door if you need anything." Andrew said.
"Thanks. If you guys would like to come in for a minute, DeeJay's getting used to her new room and I was just going to put on dinner."
"Sure." Andrew walked in, followed my Monica and the lady, "Dana, I'd like you to meet Tess. Tess, this is Dana."
"Pleasure to meet you." Dana said.
"Likewise."
DeeJay walked into the room right then, dressed in flannel pajamas, "Oh, excuse me. I guess I should go put on regular clothes."
"It's okay, Magi." Andrew said, and DeeJay smiled – she loved her other nickname. She went over to the couch and sat down, "You know, Mom, that you have the best furniture I've ever seen. Most of the stuff I grew up with was cheapo motel things, and they were really uncomfortable."
Dana nodded. She hadn't heard most of what DeeJay had said after Mom, but after a moment she processed it and looked at DeeJay, "Motel things?"
"Yeah. Dadda Joe and Papa Dan jumped around a lot. We weren't really in a town very long, and most of the time we were driving. You know, I'd been to all fifty states by the time I was six. We'd stay in motels when Dadda Joe and Papa Dan were too tired to drive anymore."
Dana looked at Andrew, "How'd you met my daughter? I mean, after her birth."
"Joe and Dan walked into a clinic I was at and she was with them." It wasn't a lie, but it wasn't the complete truth. Andrew had looked in on DeeJay every so often – especially when she was sick. He'd managed to get Special Permission to be her caseworker when it was required, although he always worked with only DeeJay being about to see him. He'd call her Magi, just so she'd at least be familiar with the name.
DeeJay smiled at him. She knew who he was, what he was. She knew that he and Monica and Tess were waiting to tell her mother who they were and DeeJay was going to wait to see the look on her mother's face.
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Cassie Jamie
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