I Know You

Part 3

by Trycee

Time-Line: Present Day, 2011

Disclaimer: I do not own the X-Files, this is written for fun not profit.

There was a deafening silence as the crowd stared back at them waiting for the punch-line. Scully again cleared her throat and cocked her head to the side. Mildred leaned forward. "I can relate..."

Dr. Harrington huffed."Are you, serious? You were both...FBI? As in...Agents...as in..."

"FBI," Mulder finished for him. "That's right..."

"But your a doctor," Dr. Harrington said, puzzled looking directly at Scully.

"I was a doctor then as well...I taught at Quantico and I was a Pathologist..."

"And I worked Violent Crimes until I worked in my own unit..."

"Where I was transferred to work out in the field as his partner..."

Mildred and the others waited for them to continue their story and when they didn't she nudged her husband in the side. "So," George continued. "You killed people?"

Mulder smiled. "Yes...we did..."

"George, I have family in the FBI, you know they shoot people," Mildred said, rolling her eyes.

"I can't even imagine you...Dr. Scully...shooting someone...I've seen the care you've put into your patients...", Dr. Harrington said, looking confused.

"She did the same as an FBI Agent," Mulder added."Scully was a great asset to the FBI."

"Just as she is at Our Lady," Mildred added. "So...you were partners? Why, isn't that a little cliché?", she smiled.

"Well, I...guess so...", Scully said, turning to Mulder.

"It was love at first sight for the both of us...", Mulder said, his eyes fixed on Scully. "But it took years before we got to that point..."

"How many years?", Mildred questioned.

Scully sighed. "Well...it was..."

"I know you!", a voice rang out in the crowd.

Both Mulder and Scully looked at each other and then turned towards a woman who had pushed her way to the front like they were signing autographs. "Dana Scully, as I live and breath!"

"Rhonda?", Scully said, standing up. "Rhonda Beardon."

"Yes, yes it was!", Rhonda, a woman a little taller than Scully said excitedly.

Scully approached her and they hugged. "Well I can't believe it!", Rhonda said, shaking her head. "My god...it's been over 22 yrs..."

"I know, small world!", Scully said, holding her friend. "I haven't seen you since the Academy...What are you doing here?"

"I have relatives that live in this side of Virginia!", Rhonda smiled. "I came for a visit...And I can't believe I ran into Dana Scully..."

Mildred was watching everything closely. George was too busy tilting his beer bottle back into his gullet to pay attention.

"And who is that handsome man there?", Rhonda asked in a thick Virginian accent.

"Fox Mulder..."

Rhonda's face grew pale. "The Fox Mulder...Spooky Mulder?"

"Spooky Mulder?", Mildred repeated, glancing over to George who shrugged his shoulder.

"You and Mulder got married?"

"No...we're not married," Scully said, licking her lips nervously.

"Dana...I just can't believe it...", Rhonda smiled. "First of all, I never thought I'd see you again. I didn't last long out in the field myself...I'm a dentist now, safe and secure...but then the fact that you ended up with Spooky Mulder! Wait till I tell my husband...," she said, glancing around.

Scully followed her eyes in the direction she was looking but her heart sank when her eyes focused on the face of the man coming through the crowd. Scully turned to look at Mulder and he could see her panic face and he stood up.

"What in the hell!", a man's booming voice said.

Scully glanced at Rhonda's shocked and confused expression and then turned to look for Mulder but he had moved out of his seat. She could feel him standing behind her and she relaxed.

"Oh shit!", Mulder said, looking at the short man standing along-side Rhonda.

"Well, well...well...if it isn't Dana Scully and Fox Mulder...together...as in a couple..."

"That's what it is, Tom...", Scully said, coldly.

"I knew it...I knew that's why you were defending him back then."

"Tom...Its been along time," Scully said, looking directly at Tom Colton.

"I heard you left to follow after Mulder.," He then turned his attention to Mulder who was towering above Scully. "And I heard you got booted out of the Agency," Tom said, looking directly at Mulder. "They finally got rid of Spooky Mulder..."

The crowd seemed to step in closer and Scully felt like the air was being drained out of her lungs. Mulder put his hand around her waist. "I'm doing well now, Tom...How about you!"

"I'm still FBI," he sneered.

"I see you're still a prick!", Mulder said, pulling Scully back from the Colton's.

Rhonda looked alarmed but Mildred stood up and smiled at everyone. "Let's all sit down...George, are you checking on the food?"

"We had it catered!" George said annoyed, crossing his legs and getting comfortable in his seat as if he were watching a wrestling match.

"That's right...we did...We always do", Mildred said, trying to defuse the situation. "Ummm...Let's just all sit down and relax..."

Mulder walked Scully back over to the table with Mildred and George and then Tom and Rhonda Colton sat down at the table next to them. Mildred urged them to scoot the table together. Scully looked horrified and shot a look over to Mulder but he touched her arm, letting her know that every thing would be okay. She could tell from his face he didn't believe it himself though.

"Rhonda, is my sister," Mildred announced.

Scully's shoulders slumped slightly but she kept her cool. She smiled at her friend Rhonda but kept her eyes off Tom. Tom was too busy glaring at Mulder.

"Small world...Virginia is a small world..." Scully sighed.

"Dana and I were good friends in the Academy...", Rhonda said.

"You were?", Tom said, staring at his wife. "You do know that Dana and I dated, don't you?"

"Oh boy!", Scully said, sitting back in her seat.

Mulder turned to look at her. "I suspected it, that time we worked with him...but you never told me you had dated him..."

Scully's face turned a crimson red. "I didn't?"

"No...No, you did not," he said, curtly.

"You dated my friend?", Rhonda said glaring at Tom.

"It was very brief...Before I met you Rhonda...", Scully added. "Very brief..."

"A few weeks...", Tom admitted. "Nothing became of it...She moved on to her teacher, Jack Willis."

"You dated Jack Willis?", Rhonda asked.

"Yes for nearly a year...", Scully said, as her face seemed to re-redden.

"Looks like the only ones that didn't date were you and Mulder here," Mildred said, talking to her sister.

Rhonda smiled at Mulder but he quickly looked over to Scully. Her eyes had darkened slightly as she stared back at her old friend. Tom, as usual, needed the spot-light and so he turned his attention back to Spooky. "So what do you do now, Mulder? Still chasing after reticula's?"

"Re-what?", Mildred asked.

"Little green men on Reticuli...", Tom said, matter-of-factually. "See...Mulder here was a joke at the FBI..."

"That's not true, Tom!", Scully interjected. "Mulder was a very respected Agent..."

"Who headed a division called the X-Files," Tom continued. "They investigated mythical creatures..."

"Oh you can't be serious," Mildred said, rolling her eyes disbelieving Tom.

"Very serious...ask them...Explain to them Mulder how a man can be over a hundred years old when he looks thirty and shape-shift..."

Mildred turned to look at both Mulder and Scully. "Really? That's what you did?"

"We investigated unknown phenomenon and we had a high arrest record...", Scully answered, her eyes fixed on Colton.

Scully could tell that Rhonda had a burning question. "You and Tom didn't?", Rhonda asked, her eyes cast down.

"Oh no...", Scully said, quickly.

"Oh good, " Rhonda said, relieved. "Because that would be pretty awkward."

"Very awkward...", Mildred added.

"For all of us...", Mulder sighed.

Tom scoffed. "No...I wasn't able to melt the Ice Queen."

Before Scully could stop him, Mulder stood up and popped Tom Colton in the the left eye. Tom yelped and covered his eye not fighting back as he slinked down in his chair. Scully grabbed Mulder's arm. Her eyes were burning holes into him. He shrugged and then sat back down. George roared with laughter in between sipping on his beer. "He's had that coming for years..."

"You sure now how to pick them," Mildred said rolling her eyes at her sister.

Rhonda blushed with embarrassment. "I'll go get some ice...", she said, standing up.

She motioned for Scully to follow her. Scully turned back to look at Mulder, she was wordlessly pleading with him not to do anything else in front of her colleagues. He nodded that he understood and then she made her way through the thick crowd of gawkers that had encircled around the two tables.

Mildred smiled at Mulder and offered him another beer. He nodded. She stood up and retrieved another round, handing one to Tom. He placed the beer against his swollen eye. "You know Mulder, I could arrest you for attacking an FBI agent..."

"Last I heard, Tom...You were at the bottom of the barrel...Desk job...I don't think anyone would take you too seriously," Mulder smirked.

Tom glanced over to his sister-n-law who had a smile on her face along with George who was chuckling at his expense and he sat back in his chair, the beer bottle propped against his face.

"Anyway...", Mildred added. "Ignore him...", she smiled.

"I will," Mulder said, twisting the top of the beer.

One of the caterer's walked over to Mildred's side and motioned for her to step over to where they were setting up buffet style. Mildred excused herself and then walked over to the area. She then made a grand announcement that it was time to eat and a line quickly formed for the food. Mulder sat at the table alone, even Tom had joined the line and he waited for Scully to return. He spotted her and she smiled at him. "Come on Mulder, let's get in line..."

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