Author: AbFab
Title: Before The Dawn
Keywords: strong Mulder/Scully UST ( might turn into MSR,. not sure yet ), Angst, Adventure
Rating: PG-13, just to be safe
Spoilers: Oh a few, nothing major, story is set somehwere in Season 6, so don't be afraid – No movie spoilers ;)
Disclaimer: In the name of the Carter, the Fox and the holy 1013…I have sinned, I used the characters of The X Files for my story. Please forgive me. I'm deeply ashamed. I worship Mulder and Scully and I will not abuse them (too much ;) ). I don't own the show, I don't own the characters, I simply borrow them. Amen!
Summary: Torn apart by unknown forces, Mulder and Scully have to face one of their greatest challenges. I will not tell you more, you'll have to read it! :)
Note: This fanfic is based loosely on a movie, but I will credit it in the end, otherwise it will spoil all my fun! :)

I dedicate this little story to all X Philes out there. WE ROCK!! :-)

Meet me after dark again and I'll hold you
I want nothing more than to see you there
And maybe tonight, we'll fly so far away,
We'll be lost before the dawn...

If only night could hold you where I can see you, my love
Then let me never ever wake again
And maybe tonight, we'll fly so far away
We'll be lost before the dawn...

Somehow I know that we can't wake again from this dream
It's not real, but it's ours

Maybe tonight, we'll fly so far away
We'll be lost before the dawn...

( Evanescence - Before The Dawn )

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Prologue

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11.21 pm
Somewhere in the North of Gaithersburg, MD

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Things happened too fast. At one moment they were sneaking through the darkness, enlightening it only with the sharp beams of their flashlights, the next moment their world exploded into blazing chaos. Bright shapeless figures surrounded them, pushed and pulled and then…nothing.

Mulder was the first to regain consciousness. He lay face down on the hard concrete and it took him awhile to adjust his eyes to the darkness. At first he couldn't see anything, just feeling like a truck had hit him. Then, slowly, he could make out shapes in the dark and saw the small bundle a few feet away. He rose unsteadily and staggered over to his fallen partner.

" Scully?" His fingers slighty brushed her cold cheek. She stirred and her eyes fluttered open.

" Mulder? What happened?"

She tried to sit up, but he gently pushed her back.

" Careful. I don't know. All I remember is a bright light. And pain."

Scully groaned and Mulder helped her up in a sitting position.

" I'm a bit dizzy." He nodded.

" Me too. We were being moved." Scully followed his gaze. They were back at their car, which they had parked about a mile away from the abandoned military base.

She remembered climbing through a hole in the mesh wire fence and later through a broken window. They had made it to the second floor of the building when hell broke loose.

" Why would they bring us back to the car?" Her eyebrow arched up, but Mulder could only shake his head. " I have no idea. Let's just get back to DC, something is telling me we should just leave this place."

His warm hand grabbed hers and pulled her up gently. Their eyes met for a brief moment, hazel drowning in blue. She gave him a slight smile of thanks.

" I think I'm fine. The dizziness is gone."

They looked back at the shadows of the fence and shuddered.

It was an hour drive back to DC. Mulder's dizziness had not ebbed, so Scully had taken over the steering wheel. Her worried gaze shifted between the dark road and her partner.

" Do you still feel nauseous?"

He nodded and held his head in his hands. She could see the soft glow of perspiration on his forehead and decided to stop the car. Her hand touched his face and she felt his skin.

" You're not running a fever. Are you - ?" She didn't have a chance to finish her sentence. Mulder barely had time to unbuckle, open the door and lean to his right, when the content of his stomach decided to re-enter his mouth and hit the pavement. He heaved up all his dinner and the bit of coffee he had. Scully's hand caressed his back and suddenly stilled as uncontrolled spasms shook his body. His whole back started to convulse and Mulder went rigid. Scully immediately unbuckled and ran around the car, just in time to catch Mulder's body before he fell into his own vomit.

" Easy, partner." Panic slowly crept up her spine, as she somehow managed to pull him out of the car and ease him down to the ground.

Mulder's vision blurred and time seemed to loose it's path. He saw and felt Scully hovering above him, heard her distorted voice. But it all grew distant and unbearable pain seemed to rip his body apart.

" Sculleeeee…" He fought to open his eyes and saw her drift away, her face a mask of horror. " Oh God…."

Everything went black.

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