Life Matters - By Black Ripple

Rating: M for language and scenes of a sexual nature

Disclaimer: This is a work purely of fanfiction. I do not own the X-files and make no money from anything that is posted here.

Summary: It's time for Mr and Mrs Petrie to make another appearance. But will Mulder and Scully's second assignment as a married couple prove more challenging, and indeed dangerous, than the last? And when the hell will they finally admit to how they feel about each another?! Featuring Innuendo!Mulder, Horny!Scully, cottage cheese, hot tubs, drunken conversations, late night water fights and much, much more…

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Prologue

'Put your hands where I can see them!'

Scully levelled her gun at the back of the bleached blonde head. This guy was no monster; he was just a kid.

The kid didn't move.

'HEY! I said put your goddamn hands up!' Kid or not, Scully's patience was running thin.

Slowly Barrett raised his hands into the air, but something was off. Over the sound of her raggedy breathing Scully heard the sounds of his laughter begin to fill the dingy garage. It started out as a quiet chuckle before building up into a deep, gurgling belly laugh.

The blonde boy whipped around.

'You think you can stop me?' Scully was chilled by the frostiness of his voice. It was matched only by the glacial look in his eyes. To say that this guy didn't like her was a huge understatement.

'Look,' Scully tried, 'I know you think you've got no way out of this one, but it's not that bad. Nobody's died. Nobody else has to get hurt. Just come in quietly and we can sort all of thi…'

'SHUT YOUR STUPID MOUTH!' Scully was shocked into silence by the sudden outburst. 'You don't know jack shit about me or what I can do! So don't preach to me 'bout how everything can go back to normal! There is no frickin' normal!' He was pacing now and Scully tightened her hold on her gun, wishing Mulder would just hurry the hell up.

'I know that something happened to you when you were in that lab. I know they did something to you that changed you, made you able to do things…things you couldn't do before. But we can fix it! I'm a medical doctor, I can help you!' Scully was grasping at straws; trying to keep him talking long enough for back up to get here so she didn't have to do this alone.

'You think I want your help? You think this is some kind of disease, just like the others don't you!' Barrett's voice was rising to a hysterical pitch. 'I don't WANT to be cured. I love who I am now!'

'Scully?!'

The sound of the voice made both Scully and Barrett jump and whirl around. Mulder was stood with a number of armed police officers. He had his gun levelled straight at Barrett's chest and a mean expression on his face.

'Mulder, I…' Scully was cut off by the sound of an angry roar.

Barrett's face was contorted in rage.

'You fucking BITCH! You lead them right to me!' With that he charged towards Scully, who stood stock still, completely paralysed.

She heard shots ring out around her, the world seemed to blur momentarily and then suddenly she was encased in a firm grip, with an arm across her windpipe. Her gun lay discarded on the floor.

Scully cursed herself for faltering and thinking she could help Barrett. Now she was held hostage, facing some really ugly prospects.

'Don't do it Barrett.' Mulder's calm voice rang out across the garage. Trust him to be calm in this situation, Scully thought to herself with a grimace.

'Don't do what? Jump? Take your pretty girl with me?' He chuckled to himself for a second. 'You know she really is very pretty…I do like older women.' He giggled again in Scully's ear before licking the side of her face. Scully turned her head away from the putrid breath and feigned gagging.

As Barrett turned his attention back to Mulder, Scully made her decision. Fuck this, she thought as she manoeuvred her elbow swiftly and directly into Barrett's crotch. He let out a deep grunt and doubled over, his grip on her relaxing.

The room exploded into chaos once again. Scully dropped to the floor as shots began to ring out once again, but Barrett proved himself as a nifty little shit and once again grabbed her, this time firmly by the ankle.

'SCULLY!!'

She heard the alarmed scream from her partner moments before she felt a strange sensation pull just behind her diaphragm. It felt like the dropping sensation that she used to get on roller coasters when she went with her brothers years before.

The world around her faded into an indecipherable haze and Scully had no comprehension of time, breath or life.

Tbc.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed the first instalment!! It was tres short, I know. But guess what? I thought I'd be a lovely author and post the first chapter right along with the prologue! So head onwards to the next chapter….and don't forget to review!!

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