Part 2
John put the car in gear and started driving when William spoke up. He stepped on the break harder then intended. He looked over at William. "Excuse me?" he was shocked. William looked at John. "I can see the baby. I saw it in my visions back at the house before we left." he sighed.
John gave a small nod. "You ok with that?" he asked.
William nodded. "Yeah, I can see my parents will be happy. And happier when I'm with them." he smiled. He always thought he'd be an only child, but he's happy just thinking about holding the baby.
John smiled. He thought he wanted another kid after Luke, with Monica...but she had left to quickly without much of a goodbye. In a way though, he felt as if Will helped fill that void in his heart. John suddenly felt Will's gaze on him. "I love you too, Uncle." John laughed. "I love you too Bud, but I don't think I'll ever get used to you reading my thoughts like that." He smiled shyly. "Sorry." John sighed.
William could always read people's thoughts, it was normal for him. It always gave him a leg up when meeting new people. "How long do you think it will take for us to get there?" will asked looking at John. "With us both driving, not as long as if we stopped. I'd say.. Two days maybe."
William nodded and stretched, he felt cramped in the car.
Mulder and Scully caught their flight home after their case. He grabbed her bag from baggage claim. "So.. Your place or mine?" he asked with a smirk on his face.
CSM called Monica into his office. "you needed me sir?" she asked. He always made her feel dirty some how, even guilty to a point. "yes, I need you to contact Mr. Skinner and see if he has thought about my deal. I can't wait much longer for this. My men can't work with out some kind of lead on where the boy is"
Monica called Skinner and waited for him to pick up.
"Hello?" He said answering his phone.
"Skinner, it's me, Monica... We need to know if you have come to a decision yet?" She asked.
"Monica, I'm not answering to you. I can't even believe you are working with that blacked lung son of a b..." He was cut off.
"Skinner... That's none of your business as to why I am doing what I am doing... I need a location.." She said to him loudly.
"Go to hell Monica!" He said and hung up.
Scully smiled. "I don't really want to go back to my apartment...it's really just to keep up with the appearances now and the FBI conduct code. I want to go home, Mulder, if you'll have me."
Mulder felt his heart skip a beat. He would have given anything to hear those words from her. He smiled. "You were always welcome to come back, it's your home too. You know that." Scully smiled. "Lets go then."
Monica smiled, all while knowing that Skinner had contacted John. "he has not accepted the deal." Carl took a puff of his cigarette and blew it out with a sigh. "I see...he'll see in time that he's making a bad choice." Monica eyed him suspiciously, holding down her anxiety over seeing John again for the first time in a decade. She only hoped they got to Mulder & Scully before CGB was privy to it.
Skinner was in his office doing paper work like always. He was trying to figure out how to set this up just right. He pulled up a map on his phone trying to judge a location. He text John using another jump phone. "where will you be by tomorrow?" he text and waited for a reply.
John was driving when he heard his phone. "can you check that William?" he asked and glanced over. William nodded and pulled John's phone from the cup holder. "it says where will you be by tomorrow?" he looked over. "Can you look at the map.?" he pulled a map up and looked. "well, if we stop it could be almost at the Tennessee line knear Memphis." John nodded. "text that back. I'm sure it's uncle Walter.." William smiled and wrote back. "Memphis Tennessee area uncle Walter... Why?" he hit send.
Skinner heard the phone and checked it. He smiled. "ok... Stay there I will contact you soon with details." he deleted the messages on the phone. He called Mulder with a plan with out telling them to much.
Mulder sighed at hearing his phone. He was laying in bed holding scully. "Better get it Fox." she smiled and watched him grab his phone. "Hello" he said.
"Mulder, I have a case for you and Scully. I will send info in an email on it but you need to get to Memphis tennesse asap" he said.
Mulder sighed. "We just got back from a case sir." he said looking at scully.
"Mulder, this is right up your alley. I will have two tickets waiting for you at JFK airport." he said using his boss tone.
"Yes sir." Mulder hung up the phone. "Another case.. We leave now he's sending info to my email." he kissed her then got up to get dressed.
Scully sighed. "Well good thing I already have my suitcase ready." They grabbed a few more necessities after Mulder got what he needed and then left for the airport.
William started breathing heavily. John looked over at him. "Hey, you okay, Bud?"
Will closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "I'm fine, Uncle." John couldn't help smile a bit. "What?" Will said defensively. "Your mom says that a lot too." Will smiled, even though he was connected to her somehow, Will didn't know these things about his parents though he wondered what kind of mannerisms they might have in common. "Oh I see. I'm just nervous...I wonder what they will think of me."
John reached over and tapped Will's shoulder. "They'll love you...parents never stop thinking about their kids."
Mulder carried Scully's bag as they walked in and checked In and got their tickets. "I haven't gotten an email from Skinner yet about the case. Did you get something?"
She checked her phone. "Nothing yet. Hope its not a wild goose chase."
William looked over. "Thanks uncle John.. I hope I won't disappoint them in some way." he reached into his bag and pulled out a bag of sunflower seeds and started eating them, cracking the shell and eating the inside part.
Skinner hurried and typed up a false case. With a location and he'd be meeting a guy at a local restaurant. At around breakfast tomorrow for the guy to file a report about an alien sighting and missing time. He knew that'd get Mulders attention. He added in the man had marks on his stomach and arms as well.
Mulders phone beeped and he opened it and read over. "Man with alien sighting and missing time. Topical abduction case.. You still want to do this or blow it off?"
Scully looked over at Mulder, feeling cold all of a sudden. "I don't know Mulder, as much as I feel like crawling back into bed, this could be the case that leads us closer to our son."
Skinner was getting ready to leave the office when he heard a noise outside his door. "Hello?" He called out.
Mulder smiled. "Let's go then Dana." he headed towards their gate to wait for boarding. 40 minutes later their plane was being boarded. He touched her cheek since she was leaning against him. "you drooled on me" he smiled at her.
Skinner wasn't sure what he heard. He opened the door and seen his assistant. "Did you just drop something? I swear I heard something." she looked up at him. She couldn't say anything, a man in the hall had a gun pointed at her. "No sir. You ok?"
John smiled as he drove, a few hours have past. He was tired. "hey... William?" he said and waited. Nothing. "William Walter would you mind driving?"
Scully jumped looked over at Mulder. "Sorry," she said turning red slightly with embarassment. "Are we there yet?" She groaned.
Will opened his eyes and looked at Uncle John. "Oh yeah, I can do that...you should eat something and get some rest Uncle John."
John nodded "Good idea son," he said and decided to pull over to the next gas station that also had a Hardee's next door. He got out and stretched his legs. "What did you want to eat Will? I'll grab us some food."
"oh.. You know me.. The greaser the better." he teased. He was looking over the map on where to go for directions that uncle Walter gave them. John shook his head. "so a salad" he said and walked in and ordered them some food.
John laughed and walked away.
Skinner knew something was wrong. He could tell by his secretary's voice. He inched forward to the door, hand on his holster. Arlene gave him a look that was unsettling and a moment later shots were fired. "Get under the desk Arlene!" Skinner drew his gun and began to fire, running towards the door.
John returned with food and got in the passengers seat. "here you go bud." he gave him a burger. He sat and eat his too. They eat pretty good, not always like this. "few more hours we should be where Walter told us to go" he yawned. "then we can sleep."
There was a huge commotion with shots fired. Arlene got under the desk like she was told. Not able to see anyone now. Skinner was hit with a bullet but his adrenaline was hyped. He took after the men. They went down the stairway. As he opened the door and went through. He was knocked out cold. The men did what they came for. They grabbed Skinner and going to the parking garage, threw him into a van and peeled out of site.
Arlene was shaking and stood up after she heard nothing. She was terrified that something happened to Walter. She stood up from her desk and went to look around. It was after hours and no one else seemed to be around. After looking around some without any trace of her husband, she called 911 and filed a report.
Police came but they took out cameras, but didn't see anyone. They took Arlene statement and recovered a few bullets but didn't find much of anything else. No sign of Mr. Skinner.
A few hours later and William was just about to drive into Tennessee. "Uncle John, what was the name of that hotel?" he glanced over.
John thought a moment. "um the holiday inn off of Elvis lane. I think" he smirked.
"I saw a sign for that it'd just a few miles from here" William said and kept driving.
Mulder and scully arrived in Tennessee and rented a car. "Scully.. My phones dead." he looked at her.
She shook her head. "If you weren't googaling so much it wouldn't go dead." she pulled hers out. "Mines dead too... Mulder did you take mine while I was sleeping?" she asked
"Maybe." he gave her those puppy dog eyes. "I remember where we have to go." they drove to the hotel.
William parked the car and they went in and paid for a room. Getting the key they thanked her and went over to the elevator.
Mulder pulled in. "hope we have reservations." they walked inside.
William and John stepped into the elevator and the door closed behind them.
Once Mulder and Scully went into the hotel, Mulder looked over at Scully. "Please tell me you brought your charger." Scully sighed. "Yes, I did. One of us has to be on top of these things." Mulder smiled. "First world problems, right?"
They got their room and headed up to it since it was late. "first this in the morning.. Breakfast then to meet this guy Skinner sent us to." he opened the door and stepped in Front of Scully and turned the lights on. He sat the bags down quickly and turned and picked her up. "should have gotten the honeymoon suite" he said to her.
Scully smiled. "You would like that wouldn't you. You're lucky Skinner isn't paying attention to protocol." Mulder laid her on the bed and then threw himself on the bed and sighed. "Oh I'm sure he gave up on that a LONG time ago."
Once Will and John got situated inside their hotel room, Will claimed one of the double beds and rolled over to his side. "I'm tired Uncle John."
John looked over. "get some rest, we have been driving all day." he ruffled Williams head. He couldn't believe how tall he was for his age and how grown up he was. "night bud" he said and got ready for bed himself.
Scully showered, got undressed and changed into her silky pjs and snuggled next to Mulder who changed down to a tank top and boxers. "You're not amorous tonight?" Scully closed her eyes. "I haven't had a chance to sleep since our last case, I'm exhausted Mulder, but I'm also feeling a bit anxious and I don't know why." Mulder turned towards her, pulling her closer to him, kissing her forehead. "It's going to be okay, Scully."
"I know, just... Feel different." she put her arm over his side. Mulder rubbed his hand over her arm and side and back. "you feel fine to me." he wiggled his eye brows at her.
She giggled at him. "oh you so know a way to a woman's heart." she looked at him.
"I know my way to your heart." he said in a whisper as he leaned forward and kissed her.
The next morning, William felt a hand on his shoulder. "Time to get up Will, we gotta eat and go."
William mumbled. "Just a few more minutes, Uncle John."
"Sorry Bud, but we'll miss breakfast before we have to head out."
Scully woke up in Mulder's arms and turned to check her phone on the charge to be sure it was at a full charge. They really would have been out of luck if both chargers were forgotten. She was surprised she had slept until 7am, but it still didn't feel like enough. "Mulder, we should go," she whispered.
"Mmm hmm, Scully, I finally fell asleep a few hours ago."
She was up and changing into more casual clothes. "As much as I'd like to stay in a warm bed right now, we'd better get to work on this case." Scully was fighting the sudden dizziness that came over her from getting to her feet too fast. Her gasp had Mulder up and on his feet right away. "Scully...are you okay?" Scully took a deep breath. "I'm fine, Mulder...let's just get some food and go, okay?"
John and William made their way into the breakfast area of the hotel and loaded up their plate. William was ravenous. He couldn't control his visions, but he knew his mother was close. He was projecting his anxieties onto her and he knew she could feel it too. He wanted to make it stop.
Mulder kept a lose grip on Scully's hand as they walked into the breakfast area. He hoped getting some food would help her feel better, but she only seemed to be growing more anxious by the minute even if she wasn't having any seizures. They waited patiently behind a middle aged gentleman and a dark haired tall teenage boy. "You okay, Will?" Mulder heard.
Mulder saw the man turn towards his companion. When he saw the man's face, he could feel his heart stop as if he were frozen in time. The man had filled out slightly and grayed, but it was none other than John Doggett...and his companion was...
The dark haired boy turned to look at him. "I'm fine Uncle John."
Mulder looked over at Scully who appeared distracted and disoriented...until she caught his gaze. "What is it, Mulder?"
Mulder turned towards the duo in front of them, who also turned back towards them. William and Scully gasped in unison. It was then William recognized her immediately and as if he were sending her a telepathic message, he began to see images of her and him...together, when he was a baby. She was much younger and had shorter, vibrant red hair. The lullabies she sang to him he could clearly remember, as if it were a memory from yesterday. He was speechless and he knew that she too was seeing those memories. He could see the tears in her eyes, even if she wasn't saying anything.
"Oh God," she whispered. Scully's knees trembled before giving way beneath her and she closed her eyes. Mulder quickly caught her before she fell to the floor, unconscious.
