October 1973

Unknown Place

"You must choose one, Bill. You know the consequences if you don't"

William Mulder turned around disgusted at the man, "You know I can't do that. I just can't." His voice nearly breaking.

"Then, your fate has been sealed, Goodbye Mr. Mulder." The man took out a cigarette and lit it. As he took a puff, he walked away.

Bill fell to the floor, exasperated. He knew what that meant...

December 24, 1973

Mulder Residence

Fox Mulder ran from the car as fast as he could to reach the front door. Samantha trailed after him, "Wait up, Fox!"

Turning the knob, Fox rushed into the Mulder's residence. Samantha followed closely behind. Teena smiled as she watched her children rush in. She picked up the two bags from the trunk and made her way into the house. Before she even had time to put the bags down a blood-curdling scream emanated from her bedroom. The bags dropped from her arms as she rushed towards the screams and cries.

What she found in front of her was horrific; Bill's limp bodywas laying on the floor covered in blood, a gun was cradled in his left hand. The pool of blood spilled out from him.

Fox just stood there, barely moving. No sound came from him. He just watched.

Samantha lay, crying, in a crumpled mess on the floor. Hercries drowned out even her mother's own sounds.

Shaking, Teena ran to the phone…

March 1992

F.B.I. National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime

Quantico, VA

Fox Mulder made his way down the all but friendly halls of the bureau. Flipping randomly through his files, he idly made his way down to the coroners lab. The pungent smell of formaldehyde snaked around his nostrils as his steps came closer to the coroner's door.

As he stepped in the doors, he was greeted by a petite red headed woman who was obviously new blood. Her appearance was anything but unprofessional. Dressed in a white lab coat, she was quite pretty, Mulder observed. Her eyes were an icy blue or so Mulder predicted. His colors weren't always right on. Her hands were gloved in latex. I like a woman in latex he thought to himself.

"Hello there, Agent Mulder, I'm presuming, I'm Agent Sc….."

"Scully," Mulder announced, matter of factly.

Her eyebrows furrowed together tightly, "Yes, how did you know my name? Have we met?"

He stared at her for a moments time quizzically before answering, "Your badge was a dead give away." He pulled his mouth into a lop sided grin.

Blushing, she breathed a sigh, "Oh! Sorry. Forgot about the badge. It's just you really do seem familiar."

"Are you hitting on me, Agent Scully?" Mulder asked sarcastically.

Red crept up her face again, "No I just…." Flustered, she turned around and started towards the body.

"It's okay. I'm joking with you. You really are new aren't you?"

"My second week here actually. I was teaching at Quantico before transferring."

"Well you'll do just fine, Scully. So what is on the menu today?"

Scully gestured to the body on the gurney, "Victim's name is Summer Kozack a.k.a. Cookie," Scully added disgusted, "Twenty eight year old prostitute. Cause of death? Strangulation. With her own belt, might I add. Signs of sexual abuse are indeed present. However, what I found to be disturbing was the fact that the victim was raped post mortem. What I also found to be interesting was that in the preliminary report you suggested that the vic was raped post mortem, how did you know?"

"Just a hunch." He replied as he walked over to inspect the body.

"Just a hunch?" She asked following him like a lost puppy dog.

"Mmmm….I do that a lot. I like playing the hunch. Get use to it Agent Scully."

"I see. Well the conclusive report will be ready in an hour. Would you like me to drop it off?"

"No thanks. I'll be back here to pick it up. It was nice meeting you Agent Scully. I look forward to our next rendezvous." He winked as he stepped out and up the stairs.

"Hmmm…." Scully questioned herself. She had the strangest sense of deja vu the entire time she was speaking to him. Why did she feel like she had known him, her entire life?

TBC

A/N: Don't worry folks, this one is going somewhere good! I promise. Also I will be updating You Saved Me, tomorrow, so be on the look out!