What can I say, I felt like doing a story inspired by a genuine 90s classic...starring one of my all-time favourite actresses :-D

Dana and Margaret Scully had not long arrived on an overnight flight to visit family in San Diego when the news broke. It was Wednesday morning at a little after 10 am and the whole family sat watching the television in stunned silence…

…And yes, at this time we can confirm that the reports are genuine. The meteor is due to make impact in the Atlantic Ocean in approximately 32hrs. This puts impact at 15:55 tomorrow afternoon western time, or 18:55 in the east...in an effort to avoid panic we are sorry to announce that the decision has been taken by the federal government to cancel all westbound flights…

The family were all sat around watching the TV and Scully felt her stomach turn over.

"I can't even begin to…" Margaret said softly, then she looked over at her daughter and a sickening realisation suddenly started to dawn on her face.

"Most of the East Coast will be wiped out by this," Bill said breathlessly. "Why are they closing the damn airports?"

"The airports aren't closed Bill and we all know it…" Charlie said drily. "They're announcing closures because they won't be able to cope with the influx of people trying to escape the area. They already know who is going to be on those flights and they need those people to be able to get through."

Bill sighed, "Not everyone will listen…"

"No they won't, but a lot will…and even more will be able to read between the lines and take their best shot – which is heading west by road."

Scully suddenly focused her brain and stood quickly, she pulled out her phone and pressed Speed Dial 1

…Silence…

"The mobile phone networks are probably down, Dana, it's an international emergency," Charlie said when he saw his sister stab at her phone again.

"Damn…" Scully uttered and then tried the next number. It rang out… "Damn, damn, damn…" She looked around her family in a blind panic. Then her phone rang.

"Scully!"

"Scully…I can't talk long…Skinner's got me on a special line…"

"Jesus, where are you?" Scully gasped.

"D.C.…we're helping families evacuate from the west side of the city…"

"D.C.?! You need to leave now, Mulder, you need to…"

"Scully, the agents with families have been stood down to let them try to get as far west as possible…we're needed to ensure the peace and help…"

"You're needed to what, Mulder? To sacrifice yourself? For what? You still have time, you can…"

"Those who have families…" Mulder tried to explain again.

"Damn you, Mulder. You have family…I'm on the other side of the country…how am I meant to get to you?!"

"Scully, the only thing that is giving me peace of mind right now is knowing that you're safe, that you're going to be…" He paused and mumbled something to someone nearby. "Listen, I just wanted to check that you'd got to Charlie's okay, I just needed to know that you were safe..."

"Mulder, I'm not going to…"

"Scully, the line's about to go down…look I'm sorry to ring you like this but I just needed to tell you that…that I…" The line broke up and went dead.

"Mulder? Mulder? GODDAMNIT, MULDER?!" Scully dropped her phone to the ground and stood staring into space.

"Dana?" Margaret asked softly.

"Mom…I need…" Scully looked around desperately then looked back at her mother. "Mom, I need whatever money you have…cash, jewellery, watches…" She looked around the room, "…from all of you!"

Her family gazed back at her in shock.

"Dana…?" Margaret asked with concern.

"When have I ever really asked any of you for anything? I'll pay you all back…" Scully said with a panicked angry tone as she rushed to open her case and started to pull everything out all over the floor. "I'll need a backpack too…something easily portable…one of the kid's school bags will do…"

Tara stood up and walked over to Scully; "Sweetheart, you're scaring me. You can't be planning to try and travel back east, that's crazy…"

"Fox, wouldn't want you to put yourself in danger, Dana. I could hear him, he was only calling to make sure that you were safe…" Margaret pleaded softly.

Scully swung around angrily, "Of course he was, Mom…and I need to ensure the same!"

"Jesus Christ, Dana, you're going to try and walk into the path of a damn tsunami?!" Bill shouted furiously. "And we're expected to just accept that and let you go?"

"Mulder is going to try and stay there to help because he thinks that's where he's needed," Scully spoke with chilling calmness as she made a neat pile of things she would need for her trip. "He thinks he's one of the ones without family because he…" she took a deep breath and then looked up at her stunned relatives, "…I need to get to him, Bill, if I can get to him then maybe we'll both have time to run. We can get into a car and floor it, we still have time…"

"Dana, you don't need time! You're already here! With your family!" Bill yelled angrily. Scully saw Charlie step up to him and whisper calmly in his ear.

Suddenly Margaret Scully stood and started to remove her jewellery and watch…then she took out a wedge of money from inside her purse…the last piece of jewellery she removed was her wedding ring.

"Mom, that's your ring! Dad…" Bill shouted.

"They're just things, Billy. Your dad is gone and there's nothing I can do about that, but Fox is still here. Dana needs to get back to D.C. as quickly as possible," Margaret answered straightforwardly.

"Mom?" Bill asked with complete bewilderment.

"Money, Bill! All of you, quickly! Dana is going to leave, we need to make sure her departure is as soon as possible and with as much money as we can pull together." She looked at Tara, "Tara, your ring…"

"Mom!" Bill shouted as his wife pulled off all of her jewellery and handed them to Margaret.

"Bill, your sister is leaving…the quicker she leaves the quicker she will find Fox and they can both try to get back to safety!" Margaret snapped tearfully.

Scully watched on and swallowed deeply, tears falling down her face as she watched her mom strive into action.

Tara left to find a bag and Margaret walked over and held out her hand in front of Charlie, "NOW! Charles Scully!"

Charlie nodded quickly and bewilderingly emptied his money and all of his bankcards into his mother's hand. He looked over at his sister, "All the numbers are 8996, I don't know if they'll work, but if they do you can clear them out…okay?"

Scully nodded tearfully and smiled at Tara when she returned with a grey army backpack, she opened it and started pushing items from her pile into the top.

"Bill…" Margaret asked.

"Why are you doing this? Why are you letting her go?" Bill asked as he rushed to empty his wallet and remove his wedding ring.

Margaret shook her head sadly, "I'm not letting Dana go, Billy. I suddenly realised that my daughter is going to leave - we can either hold her back and slow her down or we can make her departure as smooth and fast as possible. Increasing the chances of her getting back to us."

"I don't…" Bill said looking between his mother and sister for an explanation.

"Billy, Dana loves that man more than her own life…" Margaret cupped her daughter's cheek softly, "…don't you sweetheart?"

Bill looked at his sister, "You love him?"

Scully nodded and brushed the tears from her face.

"And you're going to leave us…leave safety…to go to him?"

Scully looked over at Tara and then smiled back at Bill, "What would you do? If it were Tara?"

Bill looked over at Tara and sighed, "There's really nothing I can say?"

"Bill, please…" Scully said sadly.

He handed over his bankcards, jewellery and keys to his 4X4, "Matty's birthday…" he said softly and nodded at the cards. Then he walked to the corner and opened a hidden safe in the wall, he picked up a handgun, clips and a holster then passed them back to his sister. "I hope you won't need this, Dana, but things tend to get crazy when people get desperate."

"Thank you, Bill…" Scully whispered and rushed to conceal the gun around her waist before running around to hug her family.

When she got to Charlie her brother pulled her into a tight hug and whispered urgently, "Don't go to the public airports, Dana, head to one of the small private charter airfields…there's one on the west edge of town past the mall. They're called something Logistics…they'll have fewer regulations to worry about and won't be dealing with as much of the mass panic."

Scully nodded and kissed her brothers cheek. She came to her mom last, "I'm going to try my best to make it back mom, I promise. But at the very least I need you to know that I will find him…"

Margaret shook her head, not wanting to hear the rest of what her daughter was trying to tell her if she never heard from her again maybe she could learn to find solace in her words. "I love you, Dana…and you know what Fox was about to say when the phone cut off, don't you? You know how much he loves you? I've always known that…I've always trusted in that."

Scully nodded, "Thank you for understanding, Mom. I love you." She hugged her mom again, nodded at her family and then ran down the drive to her brother's car.