Chapter Two

'Mulder!'

Scully shouted out as the gun fired over them. She crouched into his chest, desperate to make sure that they hadn't been hit. She knew that the agents beside them were lying dead. She closed her eyes for a moment as the bullets continued, then finally – there was silence.

Mulder held onto her tightly as the bullets stopped. They waited, and the seconds felt like minutes. They were too scared to move. But they knew that they would have to, at some point.

Slowly, as Scully raised her eyes to Mulder's, he nodded at her and she saw it in his eyes.

I am going to move.

Scully felt her chest tighten with worry but she couldn't stop him, they had to do something.

Slowly, Mulder emerged from behind the wooden storage unit, edging one inch at a time, drawing his gun. He took a deep breath and swung around quickly, darting upright and pointing his gun at the door with force.

'FBI! FREEZE!' He shouted into the emptiness. In shock, he slowly realised that there was no one there. The doorway was now closed, and there was no sign of the attacker. He hesitated but then after a moment he lowered his gun slowly. Scully waited for him to tell her it was safe, her heart beating loudly in her chest.

'Scully, it's ok.' He said in a low voice, and she scrambled to her feet in response and rushed to his side, staring at the empty space in front of them in wonder.

'What the hell?' She managed.

'We've gotta get out of here.' Mulder said urgently, taking a sideway glance at the FBI agents. Scully darted towards them and started to check their pulse and injuries. She checked them one by one then looked up at Mulder with a grim face, shaking her head sadly.

'Mulder, they're all dead.'

Mulder looked away in anger, trying to block the bodies from his mind.

'Ok, we have to get out of here Scully. We're in danger.' He said again with determination, grabbing her from the bodies by the arm and pulling her to her feet. She felt his grip on her arm strong and hard, slightly painful.

'Ok, ok..!' She said in response, and brushed herself off as Mulder pulled her towards him then made his way to the door they had entered through. To his surprise again, he saw that this was also shut.

'We didn't leave that open.' Scully said under her breath, as she noticed it as well. Mulder felt his heart start to beat faster in his chest and he felt himself start to sweat. He grabbed the door handle and pulled it hard, again and again, but it wouldn't open. Exclaiming in frustration he kicked it hard, then again, and again. But there was no movement.

Scully watched as Mulder struggled and she ran over to him and started to help. But even with the two of them trying to open the door, it was no good.

'There has to be a way out.' She said, keeping herself calm. She swallowed nervously as she went to another door to the left of them. Scully shone her flashlight on it and saw it was bolted shut. She struggled with the bolt for a moment then exclaimed in frustration as she realised she needed to use her gun. Steadily, she pointed her gun at the bolt and placed her finger on the trigger…

'SCULLY!' Mulder shouted from behind her, which made her jump out of her skin. She turned to him quickly with her wide blue eyes, panic rising in her chest. To her relief he was fine, and he was making his way towards her with urgent eyes. 'We need to save our ammo.' He said, holding his hand out to her gun. 'We have no idea where that psycho is.' She looked at his worried face then back at her gun, knowing with frustration that he was right.

'But Mulder we need something to open the bolt on this door.'

'There's gotta be something around here Scully…' He said, shining his torch around their feet and making his way around the vast room.

'Ok.' She said as she watched him going around the room, on his own. She felt the need to stay by him, and she rushed over to him and caught up with him. 'Mulder, wait.' She said as she got to his side.

'What's wrong?' He asked, turning to her with concern. She paused for a moment and swallowed nervously.

'I just… don't think we should get separated right now. This place is huge.' She said in a low voice. Mulder nodded and carried on, shining his torch down into the long corners.

It was vast, with various doors leading off into other areas. This was a deserted warehouse, in the middle of nowhere. Scully reached into her pocket as they looked and brought out her phone – but there was no signal.

'Dammit.' She muttered under her breath, and walked on, shoving her phone back into her pocket. 'Have you checked your phone?' She called to Mulder, who was slightly ahead of her.

'Yeah, no signal. You?'

'Same.'

'What about Skinner, he must be in on this right? Do you know if anyone had ear pieces?' Mulder asked her. She shook her head.

'I didn't see any. Agent Samuels might have, I'll go check.' She said, turning towards the bodies. 'Stay here.' She said to Mulder, and he nodded.

Shining her flashlight down at her feet, she made her way towards them quickly, seeing the unpleasant sight ahead of her again, the blood spilling out from underneath their bodies. She grimaced in anger at the sight of them – so much wasted talent and life – and she and Mulder could have been amongst them if they hadn't moved in time. She felt a sickening feeling in the pit on her stomach, something wasn't right here, not at all.

She knew already what Mulder's paranoid mind was thinking- that this had been a set up.

'Mulder!' She called over as she checked Agent Wallace and saw it.

Mulder's flashlight turned to her and she heard him come running towards her. She pulled the piece out of his ear and pulled open Wallace's jacket, then his vest. She saw various puncture holes in it where the bullets had hit, but she knew that the blow to the head had killed him. She sighed sadly as she now unbuttoned his shirt, and found the small transmitter in his waist band, then fed it through her hands and found annoyingly that it was connected to his phone.

'No service.' She said in a frustration as she checked it, and Mulder let out a huffed sound in annoyance.

'Dammit.' He said between clenched teeth. 'This is a set up Scully! This was planned, all of it!'

'Mulder please, calm down. You don't know that. We have gotten into a very dangerous situation but we are still alive – if they had wanted to kill us they would have done already… besides it's been years since you were wanted by the FBI… since we were involved with anything like that.' She said, trying to remain calm herself. She rose to her feet and placed a hand on his arm gently. The anger and frustration in his eyes was evident. She glanced across his face and noticed that he looked nervous and beads of sweat were now falling down his face. 'We're gonna get out of here Mulder, I promise.' She said gently, and Mulder met her eyes for a moment, her strong expression calming him for a moment.

'Ok.' He said, then took a deep breath. He lowered his head. 'Let's use our guns to shoot that bolt in the door. There's nothing here to use.'

'Ok.' She said in response, and let go of his arm. They started to make their way back towards the door in the darkness, taking care where they stood. There was water and blood all around, and it was slippery.

'Do you know anything else about this guy Scully?'

'Skinner just told me that he is a wanted man, and we are to join the team to arrest him. He wanted you to question him, because he thought you could help.' She said.

'But I don't know anything about him. Why tell you and not me Scully? This doesn't add up, are you sure it was Skinner?' He asked but quickly felt foolish as she glared at him with angry eyes, and shone her torch in his face. Her searched him questioningly, her eyebrow raising again. 'Look I know, I didn't mean that you…' He started with difficulty. Then sighed as he saw her look intensify. 'I mean did he tell you face to face or over the phone? Email?'

'Over the phone Mulder.' She said dryly. 'What are you saying? That I don't know what Skinner sounds like?'

'No Scully, you know that's not what I mean.' He said with frustration. Scully sighed.

'You think I was fooled? It sounded like Skinner to me Mulder.'

'May be Scully, I.. I don't know.' He said bashfully, trying to save himself from this hole he had dug. 'Look, don't look at me like that. They are very clever people you know...'

'Mulder please, forget it. We need to get out of here.' She said under her breath. Mulder nodded and let her win this one. She clicked her gun and pointed it at the bolt as they now faced the door. She aimed and…

'Wait!' Mulder shouted, reaching his hand out towards her again. She gasped in shock and lowered her weapon quickly, sighing breathlessly in frustration at him.

'What Mulder!?' She exclaimed in annoyance as she turned to him.

But Mulder was now grabbing her and pulling her towards the near corner of the room, and she shouted out in frustration as he forced her down to her hands and knees. She cried out in shock as she felt her hands graze the floor as the unexpected movement made it difficult to break the fall.

'Mul-!' She exclaimed in shock, but he didn't respond. He jumped down over her and she felt his body weight fall over her. She then realised that he was sheltering her again. She frowned in frustration as she didn't feel the need for this.

'Mulder? What the hell?' She cried out in annoyance from underneath him, but Mulder was quick to quiet her.

'Shhh Scully! I can hear footsteps!' He whispered into her ear, and brought his hand around to her lips, pressing against them, and now the urgency of his actions became clear. She paused, held her breath and tried to keep quiet, then she heard it too.

She felt fear trickle up her spine and she closed her eyes.

He was coming back for them.


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