Transformation

Part 2

By Trycee

Washington D.C. 2011

He was old enough to be her father, he knew that and he knew too for a long time that she belonged to someone else but it still didn't stop him from thinking about her from time to time in a non-fatherly or friendly manner. He stared at the red haired stripper in front of him in disgust and pushed back from the table. She was nothing like the woman he couldn't have. His ex-wife had been a short statured red head but she had not been Her. But from the beginning he knew she belonged to someone else. It was in her eyes and his. Every male in the Bureau was in love with her and every woman there knew it. There had never been another woman like her since and from time to time whenever they needed him he answered their call, out of loyalty, yes, but out of his own selfish need, one he would always keep hidden in the dark recesses of his heart. She had never and would never belong to him and he knew this. It still never stopped him from being a little selfish.

He tossed a twenty on the table and downed the last drops of his whiskey and walked out into the bright midday sun. It was becoming a habit, a bad habit but one that harmed no one but himself, coming to a strip joint. He dreaded seeing the red heads the most. It reminded him too much of Her, Mulder's Girl. He took out his keys and stepped up to his car and someone stepped up to him, someone he recognized in his liquored haze. "It can't be…" Skinner fumbled, as it grabbed him by the throat.

Billy Miles squeezed at Skinner's throat choking him but was surprised when someone hit him from behind. The Good Samaritan knocked Billy down to the ground giving Skinner enough time to intake air. When he recovered he could see that Billy was approaching the innocent man and so he took out his gun and fired shots into the back of Billy's head and with bullet holes and all, he continued, much to the shock of the Good Samaritan. Each shot only slowed Billy down momentarily and so Skinner screamed out, "RUN!" and the man took off, leaving him alone with the invincible Man. Skinner quickly opened his car and shut it but Billy began to tear off his door but Skinner managed to floored it leaving Billy and his driver's side door in the dust.

Skinner dialed their number and it went straight to voice mail. He didn't know where to go and so he went to the only place he felt safe, the Hoover Building.

FBI VISITOR ENTRANCE

The Soldier looked the group over. They looked around nervously about them as if they were up to something. Scully recognized the African American soldier but she wasn't sure he would recognize her, after all her hair color was no longer the fiery red dye-job she was known for back as an FBI agent. She was now a more blondish red which was her true natural hair color. She was a red head as were all the Scully children but the older she got the more the red had softened. She knew she looked completely different than she did from her FBI days and so he probably wouldn't recognize her at all, she figured. The Soldier hit a button for backup and a group of soldiers surrounded them.

"What's going on?", Mulder yelled.

"Come with us please!" the soldier said, taking them to a private room.

They were photographed and finger-printed without a single word being exchanged and left in the empty room alone with single desk and a phone they knew would be monitored.

Finally, the door opened and soldier came in and seated himself on the edge of the desk. "Former Agents, Mulder and Scully with their son William, and Former Agents Reyes and Doggett. Do you hold a grudge against the FBI? Is that why you've returned?"

Mulder chuckled but the soldier did not laugh.

"We're here to see Walter Skinner," Doggett answered. "And we don't appreciate being treated in this regard."

The Soldier picked up the phone and dialed a number. "Sir, Former Agents Mulder, Scully, Doggett and Reyes to see you? Yes…We have them detained. Yes…Right away, sir."

He hung up the phone and then pointed towards the door. "Stay out of trouble, ya hear," he said.

Mulder smirked and shot a look over to Doggett who was giving the soldier a glare. The Soldier just nodded at them all and waited for them to leave and then he locked up. They took the elevator up to Skinner's office. Both Mulder and Scully were keenly aware that they were taking their son to the Lion's Den. They could see in the faces of all the Replacements as they walked on but they were confident that despite wanting to harm William the Super Soldiers could not harm him. They could harm those around him but could not harm him and that included the aliens who could not touch him as well. He was special, one of a kind and only the aliens could defeat him, and they all knew this.

The minute they entered Skinner's office, he locked the door behind him and Scully saw the bruising on his neck. "Sir, what happened?" she said, touching his neck and smoothing a hand over his tender flesh.

He turned a slight shade of red and glanced shyly over to Mulder and Mulder's chin stiffened slightly. Scully was completely unaware of anything but she could tell from Mulder's face when she turned and looked at him that something was bothering him. But he quickly erased it from his features and so Scully continued on with trying to find a cream to slather on to Skinner's neck much to Skinner's secret delight.

"What happened?" Monica asked.

"It was Billy Miles…"

"You're kidding?" Mulder said, surprised.

"I thought he was done with messing with us ever since…," Scully said, her voice trailing off as they all focused on William.

"I can read your thoughts," William announced. "Except my parents whom I blocked cause they're thoughts are TOO DIRTY about each other."

Scully's cheekbones turned a bright red and her head drooped down but Mulder waggled his eyebrows proudly acknowledging it.

Skinner looked uncomfortable then and cleared his throat. "Umm, "he said. "He walked up to me and grabbed me by the throat."

"Where? At home?" Doggett questioned.

Skinner turned his head and looked out the window. "At a bar downtown", he said. "Look, it doesn't matter. We're all in danger."

"We know," Mulder said. "They destroyed our home. We have nowhere to go now."

Skinner looked surprised. "When?"

"About four hours ago," Mulder said. "We headed straight here."

Skinner looked them over. "You need a safe place, a hide-away. A place they can't find you."

"That was our hide away," Scully answered.

"Some place further away from here," Skinner answered."

"I know a place," William spoke, in a small voice. "A place my adoptive parents took me too. They won't find us and we can rebuild. It's in the mountains. It's a better hiding spot."

"You better go," Skinner said.

"We're not leaving unless you're going," Scully said.

Skinner looked at her and his eyes lingered a little longer than Mulder would've liked, he could tell when his eyes locked with Mulder's.

"Let's go!" Skinner said, shucking off his tie.

His secretary opened the door. "Sir, I have your report…," she said, stopping mid-sentenced. "Sir, are you alright?"

"Hold all my calls, Cheryl. Oh, and hold that report on your desk."

"Oh, okay," she said, looking confused.

She closed the door back and they exited out of the side door.

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