Title: Don't Give Up

Author: Kyo

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Rating: PG-13

Summary: IWTB spoiler. This is a one shot scene fill in between the time Mulder gets in his car accident and Scully demands help to find Mulder and the when she and Skinner arrive on the scene. Most of my IWTB fics involve Scully and Mulder expecting a second child, because I really do believe these two deserve a second chance at some normalcy and this avenue does not get explored much at all.

All Mulder could think about as he felt himself being pushed over a cliff to meet his demise within seconds, was his Scully. The fear that he might never see her again. He wanted to hold and kiss her and tell her how much he loved her, that he'd made a mistake to suggest they shouldn't be together, that his quest wasn't more important than the life he now shared with her. The images of agony and pain in her eyes flashed before him and it was too much to bear. She had given up her life for him, lost her father, sister and their son, William. She was abducted and returned with cancer. His mind quickly replayed the day before when he was searching their home for clues to the case he was working on and a little black and white picture of an ultrasound he found under Scully's briefcase.

On the top corner read "Scully, Dana. 12 weeks 1/5/2008" She was somehow miraculously pregnant and didn't tell him. He was angry when he analyzed the little grained image with the blob he figured was his baby. Not angry because he didn't want the baby, but because she kept it from him. But then again, who would want a fugitive's baby after already going through what she went through with William? He honestly didn't blame her, but now he may never get to tell her how he really felt…that he wanted a life with her and the baby she was carrying more than anything else. She had been more emotional than usual lately now that he thought about it. She had been in tears over her patient, Christian, and he only suspected it was because he reminded her of William. As he felt the car begin to roll downward towards his death, he closed his eyes tightly as he remembered Scully's earlier confession. "I love you too, Scully. Please forgive me."

Scully was on the verge of tears once Special Agent Drummy transferred the call. Granted, she just gave him a piece of her mind, but she couldn't control the sudden change in hormones lately. She was in tears nearly on a daily basis, especially when it came to her patient, Christian. She would have liked to believe William would look similar to him, though he would be just a little younger. She was afraid of losing Mulder again; afraid once again that he wouldn't see the baby she was carrying. She allowed herself to place her hand on her still mostly flat abdomen as she fought back tears. She exhaled when she heard the other line pick up.

"Dana?"

Scully gasped at the familiarity of Walter Skinner's voice. "Sir…" She thought she would never hear that familiar comforting voice of her superior again, though she wished it were under better circumstances.

"Oh, thank god."

"What's going on, Dana?" he responded, concern evident in his voice.

As much as Scully tried to fight back tears, her voice was breaking.

"It's Mulder. I can't reach him and it's been more than 24 hours…he's been obsessed with this case and I'm terrified I'm going to lose him again. I can't…not again."

She heard him sigh. She knew he was having de ja vu right about now.

"Calm down, Scully…it's going to be okay," he tried to console her. It wasn't like her to be so overly emotional unless something was really wrong.

"I hope so…I can't lose him again, I haven't told him," those last words just seemed to fly out of her mouth on their own before she realized what she said.

"Tell him what, Dana?"

"I'm pregnant."

When she uttered those tear filled words, she knew her former supervisor was mentally, if not actually physically shaking his head right now wondering how she got into the very same mess for the second time.

"He's not getting away, not this time. I'll be there as soon as I can."

Once he disconnected the call, she covered her face and began to sob. She never got to tell him…she was afraid to. She couldn't have this baby if Mulder was off chasing monsters in the dark again…she didn't want to have to go through the agony of having to give up another baby to keep her safe. What if Mulder hated her for this after all that happened with William? All she knew was she was terrified of losing him again. She hoped so much that she would find him alive so she could tell him and despite what they had been going through the last few days, that he would be happy too. She wasn't going to give up.

The end…

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