Title – Healing Faith

Author - Duckys_dream

Disclaimer - FOX, Chris Carter, and 1013 productions own The X-Files and all its characters and episodes, all rights reserved. This story was written without their permission and is not meant to offend anyone.

Spoilers - None

Rating – General

Summary – Mulder and Scully visit a church and talk to Grace. A young girl who is said to be able to heal. But can she heal Dana Scully's battered faith in God? (very churchy, sorry guys)

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"Afternoon Scully," Mulder said as I walked into the office. He was sitting at his desk with his feet up beside the blotter. There was a pile of sunflower seed shells on the desk beside him. There was a red trimmed file in his lap.

"Afternoon," I smiled. He reached into his pocket and pulled out another sunflower seed. He cracked the seed between his teeth and dropped the shells onto the pile. "What are you reading?" I asked. He swung his legs down so his feet were flat on the floor.

"Skinner dropped this in my lap this morning." He said holding the folder out. I dropped my briefcase beside my 'desk' and walked across to him. I took the folder and walked back to my chair. I sat down and opened the folder.

"How was your morning?"

"All right." I said looking up. I'd taken the morning off to visit with my Mom. Bill Jr. and Charlie were both visiting with their families.

"Only all right?"

"Charlie and I got into a play wrestling match and I won, Mom fussed over Matthew's broken arm and Bill and I had a huge fight."

"What about?" He asked. I looked up at him and studied his face for a minute.

"You," I answered finally.

"Oh, I should've guess. What have I done to you now?"

"I think the question should be, what haven't you done." I sighed. "It doesn't matter Mulder, he's just a big jerk."

"That's hardly anyway to talk about your brother Scully." Mulder smiled.

"It's true."

"Even if it is true, you should play nice. Especially with someone who can snap your neck." He said. "Or snap my neck." He added after a moment of thought.

"I'll protect you." I smiled and looked back to the folder. It gave the details of a fifteen-year-old girl who, supposedly, had the ability to heal. She was an orphan and lived with her only living relative, an Uncle. The name of the uncle immediately jumped off the page at me.

"Brain Ayre?" I said looking up at Mulder. He nodded. "Father Brian Ayre?"

"That's what it says. Do you know him?"

"Yes, Father Brian's my priest." I said still in shock.

"I thought your priest was Father McCue."

"McCue retired a few years back."

"Have you met this girl? Grace?"

"No," I shook my head. "I don't know him socially. I mean I've had dinner with Father Brian at my Mom's house, but he's always alone. He doesn't talk much about himself."

"I've already arranged an appointment with Ayre and Grace at two o'clock." Mulder said. I nodded.

"We better get moving then, traffic out there is a killer."

"Friday lunch time before a long weekend." Mulder said nodding. "People trying to escape Dodge for a while. Heading off early to beat the rush."

"It's a pity everyone had the same idea." I said pulling my coat back on.

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So...should I post the next chapter? Please review. If I get a nice one I'll post the next chapter. Hey, if I get a bad one I'll make this disappear.