Chapter 2
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"We've had another sighting; a man tried to commit suicide by jumping off the bay bridge & was caught by a mysterious winged creature." Mulder said as he met Scully outside of her hotel barely after the crack of dawn the next morning. "So, now we've gone from angel to 'mysterious winged creature'?" Scully said dryly as she slid into the passenger seat, Mulder merely gave her a grin as they pulled out of the parking lot.
"I didn't see the face, he had a mask on, I was sitting in rush hour traffic & saw the man jump, & then I saw this… thing swoop down & catch him Superman-style." A one Mark Branch said to Mulder & Scully as they studied him over the wall of his cubicle. "Did you happen to see which way he went?" Mulder asked. "He sat the man down on the sidewalk on the other side of the bay… then traffic started moving; I didn't see where he went after that." Mr. Branch said. "Thank you for your time." Mulder said, obviously disappointed as he & Scully walked to the elevator. "What now?" Scully asked. "We interview the other witnesses & try to find our jumper." Mulder replied.
"Hell yeah, he saved me. I was really bent on doing it, you know? My wife had just left me & taken our kids. My father had lost his battle with colon cancer, & it was a bad time for me. When the angel saved me, I was given a whole new insight on my life." James Warden said to Mulder & Scully. "Did you notice which way he went after he dropped you off. "He flew off toward the wooded area behind the burbs'." Mr. Warden replied.
"Mulder, you know that we could walk around these woods all day & not find a thing." Scully said, as if trying to prepare Mulder for the likely possibility, Mulder however wasn't the least but deterred as they came to a steep embankment that emptied into a small brook below. "Quite a drop, if I had wings, I'd live here; it makes for easy takeoff." Mulder said as he looked over the edge, he then took notice of a single white feather that was wedged between two rocks. "Talk about luck." Mulder said as he stooped to pick it up. "That could very well be a bird feather, you know." "Well, we won't know until we get it to a lab, will we?" Mulder replied as they turned to leave; Scully took a step to follow him when suddenly, the unstable rocky groundgave way underthe heel of her shoe & she fell backward into the abyss of the deep embankment. Mulder lunged for her & missed her hand by mere inches.
All of this all seemed to happen in slow motion for Scully; Mulder's hand swiping at hers & gripping only thin air, the rushing sound of wind in her ears & the sound of her own pounding heart. She shut her eyes tightly & waited for the impact that would most surely bring about her death, but it never came, she was startled to see that she was cradled in the arms of the verycreature they had been pursuing. He placed her gently back on the ground next to their car & made to leave when Scully put a hand on his shoulder. "Thank you." "You're welcome, pretty lady." He said charminglyin a soft, hippie's accent as he spread his wings & was out of sight by the time Mulder reached her. "Scully… are you all right?" He said, worriedly gripping her by the shoulders & looking deeply into her eyes, she slowly nodded, her eyes still fixated on the horizon. Suddenly overcome by emotion, Mulder pulledher tightlyto him; the warmth of his embrace brought her back to reality. "It's okay, Mulder... really,thanks to our winged friend."