Title: Little Earthquakes
Chapter Title: Rebirth
Author: Cyan Tequila
Summary: Two people, who once shared their lives, operate in parallel worlds now.
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Twenty four hours later
The man now called George Hale leaned his head against the window of the airplane and stared out at clouds. The pilot had just announced that they would shortly be making their descent into Albuquerque International Airport, where it was sunny and 85 degrees.
Beside him, one of the two U.S. Marshals charged with ferrying him to his new life in New Mexico was fiddling with her seatbelt. On the other side of her, her male partner continued nonchalantly reading his magazine. At the moment, neither seemed interested in their charge.
Agent Finley, the woman, acknowledged him with a question, "Are you ready?" He knew her question had nothing to do with the landing, or the weather in New Mexico.
Is anyone ever really ready for this? he wanted to ask, but instead simply said, "As ready as I'll ever be, I guess."
"When we touch down," she said, looking him in the eye, "we'll take you to your new apartment, and give you information on your new job. You'll be presented with your new identification and we'll give you all of your background info." She paused then, watching him as he continued to stare out the window. "I know this is difficult."
Beside Finley, her partner tensed. Michaels had a feeling that their newest witness was like a gun ready to go off. He had fought WitSec every step of the way, insisting that he didn't need to enter protection, he was a goddamn FBI agent, after all.
But the witness provided no outburst, he simply looked at the women to his right with an empty expression and stated, "The day that you leave your entire life behind because some scumbag Mafia lord decides he wants you dead, then you can talk to me about how difficult this is."
Finley's eyebrows knitted together as she studied him with concern. "Mr. Mulder…"
"It's George Hale, Marshal Finley," he responded, "Fox Mulder is dead."
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Author's Notes: Sorry that it's so short (if in fact anyone is even reading this!) I promise to update relatively soon!
