Chapter One-

This chapter was written by Melissa and AngelsInstead-

Agent Mulder, Scully, please come on in and shut the door," Skinner instructed in a hushed but frantic tone of voice.

"Sure, what's going on sir?" Scully asked as she quickly shut the door.

"I need you and agent Mulder to pack your bags, I need you down in Roswell New Mexico as soon as possible.

"Roswell? What's going on in Roswell this time?" Mulder asked as his curiosity was piqued.

"There have been several mysterious incidents happening when the lightening storms hit that town. A month ago there was a lightening storm and five young teenagers went missing.

"So it's a missing person's case?" Scully asked.

"I wish it was that simple, but they aren't missing, not anymore. Two weeks ago there was another lightening storm and the teenagers returned to town, only they were no longer teenagers. They had aged quite dramatically."

"How dramatically?" Mulder asked.

"Fifty years."

"That's not possible," Scully whispered.

"I know, but yet it happened. Their DNA was tested, there's no doubt they are still the same people that went missing, but their not the same. I need you two to go out there and investigate what happened to them and why."

"We'll be on the next flight out," Mulder promised.

"Thank you, keep me in the loop," Skinner stated as he showed the agents out the door.

"I hope you know what you are doing?" The cigarette smoking man said as he entered the room from the back door in Skinner's office.

"We need answers," Skinner stated defensively.

"Yes, but at what cost?" the man asked as he put out his cigarette and left the office.

Mulder and Scully took the next flight out to Roswell, New Mexico. They arrived at scientific headquarters where tests were being done on the teenagers who had aged 50 years. Scully had a hard time believing that such a thing could be true, until she was shown all the DNA evidence.

"How could a lightening storm cause such an effect on these teenagers?" Scully questioned as she pondered the strange mystery.

Mulder spoke to the teens who were no longer teens. Each of them appeared to be about 65-67 years of age. "Could you take us to the place where the lightening storm occurred?" he asked.

"Sure. It's a place where all the teens hang out. We go there to make out... smoke pot or whatever," said Brittney, one of the former teenagers.

Brittney, Teagon, Xander, AJ, and Erica rode with Scully and Mulder to the location where they had been transformed to be about 50 years older. When they arrived, they exited the vehicle. Scully and Mulder were lead to the place where the lightening storm had stuck. The grass in the area was slightly burned. The area was serene, but to their great shock, they weren't alone in the wooded area were local teens often went to party and have sex. There in the smoldering grass were two naked infants.

"What the hell?" Mulder said as he went to pick up the little girl. She appeared to be about six months old.

There on the ground beside the male infant were two sets of clothes. The babies appeared to have crawled right out of the clothing. "You don't suppose these babies were actual teens who were transformed into infants?" Scully pondered as she picked up the male baby.

What she saw when she looked into his little face made her gasp. Tears instantly filled her eyes. "William?" she said as she looked upon the face of her son. She'd never forget that face. He was the exact age that he was when she had last seen him - when she had been forced to give him up to save his life.

"Ohhh my God, Mulder. This is William, our son," Scully said as she hugged the baby close.

"Scully, how can you be sure?" Mulder asked as he looked longingly at the little boy. Their son should be 15 years old - not six months!

"We'll do DNA tests. That's how we'll be sure," Scully said.

Mulder turned to the teens who were now in their 60's. "Do any of you know a William?" he asked.

"We know a William Van De Kamp,' Erica spoke up. "He's 15... and he's dating a girl by the name of Adelina Hayes."

"Van De Kamp," Scully uttered. "They were the ones who adopted William all those years ago... then they just dropped off the face of the earth... and we haven't been able to locate them."

"Perhaps they have been hiding out here in Rosewell, NM," said Mulder.

"Why did the lightening storm turn them into infants and us into old timers?" AJ wondered.

"We can't be sure. We have to take these babies back to the lab and run more tests,' Scully replied.

She held the child that she was certain was her son as Mulder carried the baby girl to the car. Both were in a daze. It couldn't really be William, could it? They had always dreamed they'd find their son... but never like this! They had never given up their dream of finding him. Scully looked down into his little eyes and she was certain. This was William!

"I am so sorry, William. Mommy's sorry. I never wanted to give you up," she said sadly. "But I had to protect you..."

"Scully, what if he's not our son?" Mulder said as he saw the tears rushing down her face. "If he's not... you're setting yourself up for a hell of a lot of heartache."

Mulder was driving the car while Erica held the baby girl. Scully sat in the passenger's seat, holding the infant she thought was William. It was a tight squeeze, as there were now 9 passengers in the car.

"I already have a hell of a lot of heartache," she said as she hugged the baby close. "This could be our second chance, Mulder... to make things right with our son. Maybe this time, we won't have to say goodbye."