The Search for Monica
Author: Amanda
E-mail: sassfocus@aol.com
Rating: PG-13 for language
Key words: DRR and a bit of MSR
Category: Romance/angst
Summery: Scully and Mulder have been let back into the X-Files and are no longer in danger. Reyes is transferred to LA. Doggett realizes too late his true feelings for Reyes and is desperate to go in search for her. The FBI and a new case have different ideas for Doggett's search.
Disclaimer: Not mine! Property of Chris Carter and FOX and 1013 and all those great people who made this show what it is.
Spoilers: The Truth and I guess just about all of Season 9
Archive: As long as they let me know and credit it back to me! Feedback: WOULD LOVE IT!!!!!
Dedication: To anyone who told me to get off my butt and write this. Also, to anyone who is open minded enough to see that the X-Files can have more than one pair of great FBI partners...and who also have great chemistry!
Part 1
Doggett was in complete and utter shock. Monica...was gone? How could that be? He tried to pay attention to what Skinner was telling him but couldn't make himself believe what was being thrown at him.
"For the safety of you, Reyes, as well as Scully and Mulder, she needed to be transferred. I had no choice."
That was the second time Skinner had repeated that line and the instance Doggett whipped his head up, Skinner knew Doggett had moved on from shock to outrage.
"What the hell does this mean? She was not the one putting danger in our way. If she's guilty of putting anyone's life in danger, then all of us are guilty of it. Why punish her? Why?"
Mortified, John could feel the tears spring to his eyes and before Skinner could say anything more, John slammed out of his office. And ran right smack into Scully. Mulder caught her before she could fall backwards.
"Shit! Sorry, I didn't see you there." Doggett hung his head quickly and wiped at his eyes.
"John, what is it? What's the matter?" Scully laid her arm on his shoulder and looked into his eyes.
"We need to talk but not here. Let's go down to the office."
"You got it." Mulder glanced towards Skinner's office door before guiding Scully to the elevators. Skinner had wanted to see the both of them immediately but John came first. When they had all entered the office Doggett slammed the door shut and leaned against it. Scully sat at her desk and Mulder leaned his hip to the side of it.
"Monica's been transferred."
"What?" Scully and Mulder said at the same time and jumped up from their sitting positions.
"Skinner just informed me. But...I didn't stay long enough to find out where. I was just so angry...and I had to get out of there."
"But why Monica? If anyone should have been transferred, it should have been me. Hell, I shouldn't even be here right now." Mulder picked up a paperweight off John's desk and began to fiddle with it as he paced the tiny office.
"Mulder" Scully said with a warning tone and put a hand out to stop Mulder's pacing. "We should have been suspicious right at the beginning when Kersh told us it was safe to come back. That none of us were in danger and that he had managed to secure our positions back with the X-Files. It was too quick and too easy."
"But I don't get it! You two run off and Monica and I don't hear squat until the next day and you're both in some motel in Arizona. You tell us Skinner has called your cell and that you're both safe to return. Monica and I get the same call and we were all suppose to meet today in Skinner's office...and Monica never showed up." John closed his eyes and rested his head against the door. He just couldn't believe this was happening.
It had been four days since their escape from the super soldiers in New Mexico and just yesterday they had been given the go-ahead to return to the X-Files. They were to report immediately back to work on Monday. Two days from now. Last night Reyes, Doggett, Mulder and Scully had all gone out to a restaurant to celebrate their good, however strange, fortune. They were ready to resume their positions the upcoming Monday. Now, they had been thrown a fast curve and Monica was gone. Without saying a word to the three of them. Doggett could feel the panic rising up in the back of his throat and knew he needed to get out of there.
"I'm...uh going to go back to Skinner's office and see if I can get any more information out of him about why Monica was transferred. Or where she might be. You two stay here and see if you can dig up anything as to why we've been suddenly welcomed back with open arms." With that, John squared his shoulders and walked out of the office, leaving Scully and Mulder to stare at his retreating back.
Part 2.
Monica could hear the traffic below on the street as she climbed up the last staircase to her new apartment. Or what she wanted to call her temporary apartment. It was on the fourth floor and she would have taken the elevator but didn't want to deal with the guy whose apartment was right next to the elevators on her floor. Every time she stepped out of the elevators he would give her some lame pick-up line and offer to carry whatever suitcase she had with her. Since she didn't feel like getting arrested for knocking him up side the head with her gun, she had decided to just take the stairs for the rest of the trips down to the parking garage to get her things. She didn't have that much more left anyway.
When everything had been taken out of the rental car and stuffed into her apartment, Monica ran across the street to the little market and bought some supplies to last her until tomorrow. As she was paying someone bumped her from behind. When she turned around, she realized it was Martin Sheen. Only in LA Monica thought as she took her bags and walked back to her apartment.
Once she had eaten, Monica made up her bed and turned on her alarm clock. She had an eight o'clock meeting with the Assistant Director of the LA Field Office the next morning. Monica crawled into bed and hugged a pillow to her. It had been one of the longest days of her life. Leaving her apartment in the middle of the night at the orders of Kersh and Skinner. The long flight across the United States. The hassle of trying to rent a car and finding the apartment that had been arranged for her by her new Assistant Director. At least she wasn't in a hotel. She lay awake and listened to the bustling traffic that was still going strong in the streets below at the early morning hour.
She was too tired to try and hash out why she had been transferred. Why it had all been a big secret. Why she couldn't talk to John.
John.
God, she missed him. It hadn't been very long since she last saw him but this heavy gloom settled over her as the realization hit her. She may never see him again. Monica began to cry. She didn't even try and stop the tears. No one could see them anyway. She was alone, all alone. With that, she curled herself into a tight ball and cried herself to sleep.
Author: Amanda
E-mail: sassfocus@aol.com
Rating: PG-13 for language
Key words: DRR and a bit of MSR
Category: Romance/angst
Summery: Scully and Mulder have been let back into the X-Files and are no longer in danger. Reyes is transferred to LA. Doggett realizes too late his true feelings for Reyes and is desperate to go in search for her. The FBI and a new case have different ideas for Doggett's search.
Disclaimer: Not mine! Property of Chris Carter and FOX and 1013 and all those great people who made this show what it is.
Spoilers: The Truth and I guess just about all of Season 9
Archive: As long as they let me know and credit it back to me! Feedback: WOULD LOVE IT!!!!!
Dedication: To anyone who told me to get off my butt and write this. Also, to anyone who is open minded enough to see that the X-Files can have more than one pair of great FBI partners...and who also have great chemistry!
Part 1
Doggett was in complete and utter shock. Monica...was gone? How could that be? He tried to pay attention to what Skinner was telling him but couldn't make himself believe what was being thrown at him.
"For the safety of you, Reyes, as well as Scully and Mulder, she needed to be transferred. I had no choice."
That was the second time Skinner had repeated that line and the instance Doggett whipped his head up, Skinner knew Doggett had moved on from shock to outrage.
"What the hell does this mean? She was not the one putting danger in our way. If she's guilty of putting anyone's life in danger, then all of us are guilty of it. Why punish her? Why?"
Mortified, John could feel the tears spring to his eyes and before Skinner could say anything more, John slammed out of his office. And ran right smack into Scully. Mulder caught her before she could fall backwards.
"Shit! Sorry, I didn't see you there." Doggett hung his head quickly and wiped at his eyes.
"John, what is it? What's the matter?" Scully laid her arm on his shoulder and looked into his eyes.
"We need to talk but not here. Let's go down to the office."
"You got it." Mulder glanced towards Skinner's office door before guiding Scully to the elevators. Skinner had wanted to see the both of them immediately but John came first. When they had all entered the office Doggett slammed the door shut and leaned against it. Scully sat at her desk and Mulder leaned his hip to the side of it.
"Monica's been transferred."
"What?" Scully and Mulder said at the same time and jumped up from their sitting positions.
"Skinner just informed me. But...I didn't stay long enough to find out where. I was just so angry...and I had to get out of there."
"But why Monica? If anyone should have been transferred, it should have been me. Hell, I shouldn't even be here right now." Mulder picked up a paperweight off John's desk and began to fiddle with it as he paced the tiny office.
"Mulder" Scully said with a warning tone and put a hand out to stop Mulder's pacing. "We should have been suspicious right at the beginning when Kersh told us it was safe to come back. That none of us were in danger and that he had managed to secure our positions back with the X-Files. It was too quick and too easy."
"But I don't get it! You two run off and Monica and I don't hear squat until the next day and you're both in some motel in Arizona. You tell us Skinner has called your cell and that you're both safe to return. Monica and I get the same call and we were all suppose to meet today in Skinner's office...and Monica never showed up." John closed his eyes and rested his head against the door. He just couldn't believe this was happening.
It had been four days since their escape from the super soldiers in New Mexico and just yesterday they had been given the go-ahead to return to the X-Files. They were to report immediately back to work on Monday. Two days from now. Last night Reyes, Doggett, Mulder and Scully had all gone out to a restaurant to celebrate their good, however strange, fortune. They were ready to resume their positions the upcoming Monday. Now, they had been thrown a fast curve and Monica was gone. Without saying a word to the three of them. Doggett could feel the panic rising up in the back of his throat and knew he needed to get out of there.
"I'm...uh going to go back to Skinner's office and see if I can get any more information out of him about why Monica was transferred. Or where she might be. You two stay here and see if you can dig up anything as to why we've been suddenly welcomed back with open arms." With that, John squared his shoulders and walked out of the office, leaving Scully and Mulder to stare at his retreating back.
Part 2.
Monica could hear the traffic below on the street as she climbed up the last staircase to her new apartment. Or what she wanted to call her temporary apartment. It was on the fourth floor and she would have taken the elevator but didn't want to deal with the guy whose apartment was right next to the elevators on her floor. Every time she stepped out of the elevators he would give her some lame pick-up line and offer to carry whatever suitcase she had with her. Since she didn't feel like getting arrested for knocking him up side the head with her gun, she had decided to just take the stairs for the rest of the trips down to the parking garage to get her things. She didn't have that much more left anyway.
When everything had been taken out of the rental car and stuffed into her apartment, Monica ran across the street to the little market and bought some supplies to last her until tomorrow. As she was paying someone bumped her from behind. When she turned around, she realized it was Martin Sheen. Only in LA Monica thought as she took her bags and walked back to her apartment.
Once she had eaten, Monica made up her bed and turned on her alarm clock. She had an eight o'clock meeting with the Assistant Director of the LA Field Office the next morning. Monica crawled into bed and hugged a pillow to her. It had been one of the longest days of her life. Leaving her apartment in the middle of the night at the orders of Kersh and Skinner. The long flight across the United States. The hassle of trying to rent a car and finding the apartment that had been arranged for her by her new Assistant Director. At least she wasn't in a hotel. She lay awake and listened to the bustling traffic that was still going strong in the streets below at the early morning hour.
She was too tired to try and hash out why she had been transferred. Why it had all been a big secret. Why she couldn't talk to John.
John.
God, she missed him. It hadn't been very long since she last saw him but this heavy gloom settled over her as the realization hit her. She may never see him again. Monica began to cry. She didn't even try and stop the tears. No one could see them anyway. She was alone, all alone. With that, she curled herself into a tight ball and cried herself to sleep.
