Scully and Mulder entered the house of their most recent suspect with guns drawn. The X-Files had been slow as of late so Skinner had decided to lend them out to VCU. They had been assigned to a child killer case. Lance Hisman was wanted for the murder of six teenagers, and the kidnap of eight. He had yet to kill the two now in his posession, hopefully.

Lance would grab two teenagers at a time, always a boy and a girl. The first set taken were two sophomores out on a date, they were found three weeks later. They were followed by neighbors playing basketball, the two were found 18 days later, torn up beyond recognition. The latest victims found were two friends walking home from school together. They were found exactly two weeks after they were taken, some of their key organs missing. Now he had twin thirteen year olds, and no one could seem to figure out how they landed in his possesion.

Suddenly a blood curtling scream came from the back of the house. Scully spared a quick glance behind her towards Mulder then started running in the direction the screaming was coming from. A secind scream confirmed that the partners were outside the correct door. Kicking it open the two agents rushed in to see a man, Lance, hovering over the two teenagers and weilding a knife. The boy's arm was leaking blood, and the girl was putting pressure on it trying desperately to make it stop. "Put the knife down!" Scully commanded aiming her gun directly between his eyes.

"Make me." Lance sneered attempting to move towards the kids with the knife. Without a second thought Scully fired the gun, killing him instantly.

"Mulder call an ambulance." Scully told him as she re-holstered her gun. She carefully walked over to the two terrified sibblings, "Hi." she said in a sweet voice her partner knew was reserved for children, but for some reason this time it seemed to have more emotion in it, "I'm Dana, that was my partner Mulder. We're here to help you." The children just stared at her warily, "What are your names?"

"I-I'm Lillianna, th-this is Mark." The girl said. Her voice was still shaking from fright and the adrenaline that was surely still flowing through her veins.

"Okay. I'm a trained doctor so may I take a look at your arm Mark?" Scully requested. Mulder was standing in the doorway reflecting on how much his partner looked and sounded like a mother.

Mark nodded silently and Lillianna cautioulsy removed her hands. "How bad is it?" He whispered wincing slightly.

"Well..." Scully said not looking up. Lillianna looked terrified. When Scully raised her head she was smiling slightly, "You'll be fine Mark, probably only need a few stitches." she reassured.

"Oh thank God!" Lillianna exclaimed letting her head fall against Scully's shoulder.

"Do you guys want to wait for the ambulance outside?" Mulder asked suddenly.

"Yes!" Mark said attemtping to stand up. He finally accepted Scully's help and once they were all standing Lillanna attached herself to the older womans side. scully wrapped one arm around her. Mark came up to her other side and with his uninjured arm grabbed her hand.

Mulder walked behind them making sure everyone was okay. Mulder leaned down so he could whisper in Scully's ear, "You look good with kids."

Scully simply looked at him sadly before they left the torture room behind.

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Entering the Washington University hospital emergency room Skinner could have sworn he only saw families, not his agents. After a moment he realised why he didn't see them right away. Scully, Mulder, and a young girl sat on a tiny couch basically huddled together. The girl, a teenager, had shoulder length auburn hair and icy blue eyes. She had freckles sprinkled across her nose and cheeks and was wearing a tank-top and sweats. The girl sat wrapped in Scully's arms, clinging to her. Scully ahd changed out of her customary suit and was now in sweat pants and a t-shirt, both of which were huge on her. She was using Mulder's chest as a pillow while he tried to keep both girls comfortable. Mulder had discarded his jacket and tie, unbuttoned the top three buttons of his shirt, and rolled up his sleeves. All three looked shaken up and tired. Slowly the assistant director approached them. Mulder was the first to notice him. He moved the arm that was around Scully to point him out. Skinner noticed how none of them moved, "Agents." he said before giving the girl a curious look.

"Sir this is Lillianna," Scully explained, "Lance Hisman was holding her and her brother Mark when we busted him earlier. Mark had a cut on his arm that needed stitching. We are waiting for him."

"Agent Scully, what are you wearing?" Skinner asked slightly amused and trying not to laugh.

Mulder decided he should explain, "Well sir both Scully and Lillianna needed a change of clothes. Scully gave her spare clothes to Lillianna so I gave mine to Scully."

"Agents?" One of the nurses called. The couches three occupants stood up, "You may go see Mark now."

Lillianna showed a genuine smile for the first time that night before running for Mark's room, dragging Scully behind her by the hand, "Mark!" she exclaimed relieved when they saw him sitting on the bed.

"Hey Lilly." Makr said opening his arms as she approached him for a hug.

When the twins pulled apart they were both smiling. Mark turned to see who else was in the room, "What Dana, no hug?" he teased.

Scully walked over anyway and hugged him tightly, "I'm glad you're okay." she whispered

"Thanks Dana." he whispered back, kissing her cheek before letting her go, "Is the prick in the suit a social worker?"

Mulder tried to stifle his laugh but failed misserably, "No man, this is our boss Skinner."

"'Sup?" Mark asked. Skinner noticed this young man was very calm for what he had endured. His sister on the other hand was either attached to Mark or Dana's side at all times.

"Mark, Lilly, we need to know about your parents." Scully said quietly.

"What's to know?" Mark asked bitterly, "They died thirteen years ago. End of story."

"Okay," Mulder said a little awkwardly, "How did you end up in the hands of Lance Hisman?"

"Our foster parents sold us to him for drug money." Lillianna said, a look of disgust contoring her face.

"Oh my God." Scully exclaimed horrified "You are NOT going back there!" she said firmly, "Sir we need to find them a decent home! Please?"

"This late on a Friday night? I'm sorry Agent Scully but they are going to have to stay in a boarding house for at least a couple of days." Skinner said, his voice sounding flippant.

Scully became furious. Her eyes slitted dangerously and her mouth became a thin line, "Hallway." she said firmly before dragging Mulder out the door behind her. Mark and Lillianna exchanged puzzled but amused looks as Skinner followed.

Lillianna and Mark watched for a solid five minutes as Scully and Skinner yelled at each other. Mulder added comments occasionally earning him a smile from Scully and a glare from 'the prick'.

Finally Skinner stopped yelling, said something, shook his head, and walked away. Scully turned to Mulder with a huge smile on her face.

"Way to go Dana." Lilly whispered.

The two watched as Mulder wrapped his arms around her waist and picked Scully up, spining her around happily.

"They look really happy. what do you think happened?" Mark asked.

"I don't know but I'm assuming it is something very good." her smile almost as large as Scully's.

Soon afterwards Mulder and Scully walked back into the room, "Good news!" Scully said excitedly, "Youtwo are going to be staying with me!"

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"Okay I have one extra bedroom but it has two twin beds in it" Scully said as she threw her purse and keys onto a side table.

"Better than some of the places we've been." Lillianna muttered under her breathe.

"Oh Mark, Mulder should be by in a little while with some clothes for you to sleep in. You guys like pepperoni pizza right?" Scully asked as she picked up the phone.

"Definelty. It's our fave." Mark told her before becoming serious, "Thank you Dana, really."

"You two are more tha welcome. I've wanted to have kids for awhile anyways." Scully said not really realising she had said the last part aloud.

Lillianna and Mark smiled at each other. They both knew that they would be staying with Dana for a long time.

"Sooo..." Lilly said with an obvious smirk in her voice.

"What's up Lil?" Scully asked.

"What's with you and Mulder? Are you talking? Dating? *gasp* Are you two engaged? Oh taht's so adorable. I bet you will look soooo pretty in a wedding dress." Lilliannasaid quickly, finishing with a dreamy sigh.

"Wooooh Lil, slow down. Mulder and I are only partners and frinds. We are not dating let alone engaged." Scully said a little flustered.

"So all that hugging and stuff was...?"

"Friends." Scully confirmed.

"Are they blind?" Mark whispered to his sister causing her to giggle.

"Apparently." she whispered back.

Suddenly the three heard a loud banging on teh door before Mulder's voice yelled, "Come on Scully, my arms are kinda full here."

"I'm coming Mulder, I'm coming." she yelled back rolling her eyes to the kids before jogging for the door.

She opened her door to a smirking Mulder. She didn't understand why he was smiling until he whispered, "Funny, you yelled that in my dreams last night too."

Scully's face became almost as red as her hair, "Shut up Mulder!"

"Pizza's here!" Mulder called to the two kids while flashing his partner a cheesy smile.

Mark followed Lillianna out of their room and for the first time Scully really studied his appearance. His hair had a redder tint to it than Lillianna's did. They shared the freckles but Mark's eyes were a warm chocolate brown. Scully realized shickingly that the kids looked like her and Mulder. Lillianna was short like her, and Mark was tall like Mulder. Lilly was not comforted until she knew all teh facts and Mark was fine with a gut feeling. The kids could be their kids. I'm probably reading to much into things Scully thought.

"Why 'ya blushin' Dana?" Lilly asked teasingly.

Scully couldn't help but smile, "Mulder's dirty mind."

The kids turned to Mulder for an explanation. He simply said "Sex joke."

They rolled their eyes and kept eating.

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"So what is it exactly that you guys do?" Lillianna asked from the chair she was sitting upside down in. Mark was laying on the couch and Mulder sat in the other chair. As a joke Mulder had pulled Scully to sit in his lap and neither had moved since.

"We investigate things that most people can't explain." Scully said carefully.

"What was so unexplained about our case?" Mark asked curiously.

Mulder and Scully shared a wary glance before Mulder explained, "The victims...they were all found with their eyes and hearts gouged out. It was thought to be the work of a cult or some weird religous ceremony."

Lilly looked a little bit pale, "Thanks for saving us."

"You're welcome sweetie." Scully whispered quietly.

"Is there anything else we should know?" Mark asked cautiously.

"Well next week is Thanksgiving so you'll meet my family." Scully said, happy to change the subject.

"What? We're actually celebrating Thanksgiving?" Lillianna asked jumping up excitedly.

"Of course we are, it's a family holiday and all of you are my family." Scully said right away.

"Oh my God!" Lillianna exclaimed rushing over to hug Scully tightly, "This is so freakin' cool!"

"Wow." Mark said simply with a smile before he walked over to hug Scully also.

Scully hugged them both back while looking at Mulder. In that moment they both knew that the twins weren't going anywhere anytime soon.