The New Girl

            By Jinx

Chapter One

Supposed To Be Here

            Rianna was more nervous than she'd ever been in her life. She walked down the hall of the J. Edgar Hoover building, the heels of her pumps clicking solidly against the tiles. In her arms, she carried a cardboard box with a few things of her own.

            She walked to the end of the hall and hit the elevator button. As she waited, she thought about recent events. She'd been working at the FBI for six months, ever since graduating from Medical School. Now, she was being transferred out of white-collar crimes and into the X-Files.

            The bell dinged and she stepped onto the elevator. A man was already there. His head was balding and he eyed her slender frame up and down.

            "Well hey there," he said. "I'm agent Murry Brown. And you are?"

            "Special Agent Rianna Heart, the latest addition to the X-Files," she replied warily.

            "Oh, so you're the little lady everyone's been talking about. You're from Dallas, right?" he asked.

            "Yes," she answered.   

            "I guess you need someone to show you around then, huh?" Murry continued. "I'd be glad to give you a tour."

            "Thanks but no thanks," Rianna told him.

            The doors opened in the basement.

            "See you around, little lady," Murry said as he gave her a firm pat on the ass.

            Rianna walked out and the doors closed with a click. As she walked sown the halls to her new office, she wondered if it was a custom to sexually harass new agents.

            A man and a woman were already inside the office, absorbed in whatever was on their computer screens. A UFO poster was on the wall behind the man's desk. Rianna knew that had to be Mulder.

            A pretty red-haired woman sat in a chair across from him. Her appearance was net and tidy, no nonsense. That had to be Dana Scully.

            Rianna surveyed them for a minute. Then she cleared her throat.

            They looked up, startled. "Yes?" Scully said. "What do you need?"

            "Special Agents Mulder and Scully?" Rianna said. "I'm Special Agent Rianna Heart, your new partner. I received notice that I was to come here a week ago."

            Mulder and Scully got up so they could shake hands. When Rianna walked in, she saw a second desk shoved in the corner. She set her box down on it and pulled out a chair to sit down.

            "How long have you been working for the FBI?" Mulder asked.

            "Six Months," Rianna replied. "Ever since I got out of med school."

            "Where did you go to School?" Scully questioned.

            "Yale Med," Rianna answered. "I was accepted right out of high school, the youngest ever."

            "Where are you originally from?" Mulder inquired.

            "I was born overseas, in Germany," Rianna told them. "My dad is a Colonel in the army so we moved around a lot at first. When I was thirteen, he retired to live at my Grandfather's estate in Dallas."

            "How long have you been in the Washington offices?" Scully asked.

            "One hour," Rianna replied. "I'm still living in a hotel and my stiff is in my rental car until I get a chance to move it to my apartment tonight." She looked up at them over the rims of her black-framed glasses. "You can stop your interrogation now since I already have the job. If you don't mind, I would like to get my computer from my car. I'll take my time so you can verify that I'm really the one who is supposed to be here."

            As soon as she left, Mulder picked up the phone to call Skinner and Scully pulled up Rianna's file on the FBI database.

            "Full name is Rianna Dana Kat Heart. Parents: unknown. Raised by adoptive parents Rick and Nicole Heart," she said, reading off the computer screen. She looked at Mulder. "I knew the Hearts. I was at the same base as them when I was five. I don't remember Rianna though."

            "You wouldn't. She wasn't born then."

            Mulder and Scully jumped guiltily. Skinner was at the office door. Mulder hung up the phone.

            "I know what you're going to ask, Mulder. Yes, she is supposed to be here, for several reasons, none of which are debunking you're work," Skinner told him. "She is an X-File herself."

            Mulder spoke up. "She looks a lot like Scully. It's eerie."

            Scully looked at him strangely. "She does not! She looks nothing like me!"

            "Scully, think about it. Her face is the same shape, her eyes are the same color. She's almost exactly like you in appearance except she's even tinier, a whole lot skinnier, has curly hair, and wears glasses all the time," Mulder insisted.

            "Whatever you say Mulder," Scully said.

            "The point is, your assignment is to figure out who her parents are," Skinner told them. "I know it's not the kind of case you're accustomed to working with but I expect you to deal with it to the best of your abilities."

            "Does she know this?" Scully asked.

            "Yes as a matter of fact," Rianna said as she walked back in, toting another box and a lap top case. "I assume you told them, AD Skinner?"

            He nodded.

            Rianna pulled her desk out from the wall and squeezed behind it. She set her computer down and opened it up. "I've been doing a little research but not much," she continued.

            "What have you found?" Mulder questioned.

            "I was born at Quantico, contrary to what I told you earlier," Rianna answered. "Then I was given to Rick and Nicole Heart who were positioned in Germany. If you notice my middle name, Kat, they named me that after my Aunt. Well, Nicole's sister anyway. I only found out about this 10 days ago."   

            "Ten days ago?" Scully repeated questioningly.

            Rianna gulped and nodded. "It's no coincidence that I was reassigned. I think there is some kind of conspiracy going on here."

            Mulder looked surprised. "You think something is up here? You? A Yale Med graduate?"

            Rianna smiled slightly. "You'd be surprised."

            Skinner cleared his throat. "I'll let you get to work." He walked out the door and shut it behind him. He stopped and rolled his eyes. "I have a feeling they will get along famously."

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