PART 5
Scully was walking through the aisle of the Lady Of Our Sorrow hospital. In the last few days she had been only a doctor, not an FBI agent. She had just visited Agent Eistein who was struggling to get back to work while Miller, despite the fever, never ceased to investigate the cause of the epidemic and the location of the syndicate. He had interrogated Reyes and she was put under custody due to her connection with CSM.
Now with a shopping bag in her hand Scully was headed to the room 1013. she entered and looked at her two men lying down in beds side by side.
In the first one was Mulder. He was still, monitors attached to his body, controlling his vitals. It's been 2 days since the procedure and, while his body was healing, he hadn't regained consciousness. He was in a sort of coma and this was not good; Scully feared he was giving up.
In the other bed William was sleeping profoundly. She couldn't believe that they had reunited in the most dramatic moment. She had just come to the decision to find their son in order to save Mulder, but he had found them first.
In these last days they had talked briefly, they had focused on Mulder's safety and William had gone through the procedure to take out his stem cells courageously without saying anything. Scully checked on Mulder, she lovingly touched his forehead and cheek and then passed to her boy, well, their boy.
The more she looked at him, the more she saw Mulder in him. His features, his hair, his temperament but her eyes. She was standing there, thinking, when he woke up.
William: - hello
Scully: - good morning – smiling at him
William: - is there…anything to eat? - …indicating the shopping bag
Scully: - yes! I hope you like bagels
William: - very much! – and put a bagel in his mouth, eagerly
Scully: - you were hungry
William: - I was starving. The food in here is not very good
Scully: - sorry.. I…
William: - hey, it's all right, I'm fine - and he squeezed one of her hands to reassure her.
3 days together and he just had the power to calm her only with his presence, not to say what his touch could do to her.
William:- what's now?..
Scully: - tonight you come home with me… you don't have to stay here any longer
William: - no… I mean the vaccine you created…
Scully: - ohh… what do you wanna know?
William: - Is the entire world part alien thanks to your alien DNA and my stem cells?
Scully: - Naa …. we are still human.. don't worry
William had still doubts but skipped the topic: - how is he?
They both stared at Mulder
Scully: - he is gonna make it. The transplant of stem cells worked, he is recovering but we have to wait for him to wake up
William: - you are not telling me the whole truth
Scully: - how do you...?
William touched his head and indicated Scully's one: - I can read your… - and didn't finished the sentence.
Scully nodded: - I get it
William: - you think he won't wake up. You are scared he is tired of fighting, you are scared of losing him again
Scully: - I can't… he can't leave now… if he only knew you are here…
William: - Will it make a difference if he knew?
Scully: - I'm sure, yes.
William: - I'm sorry Dana
It hurt her that he hadn't called her mum yet but she understood it, it would have come at the right moment.
Scully: - for what?
William: – it was too late when I decided to move, grandpa had just set everything in motion. He has lied to me - he said with anger
Scully: - it's not your fault, you were great, you did your best and I'm thankful for that
William smiled back at her sadly
Scully: - believe me it's not easy to contradict CGB Spender. He'll be proud of you (speaking of Mulder)
William: - I need to talk to him
Scully: - you will! As he once told me: never give up on a miracle.
William: - can we try something?
Scully: - of course
William: - I think I know where he is now – and indicated Mulder
Scully: – he is in coma William
William: - no, not that
Scully. – what do you mean?
William: – you have to trust me but you have also to believe
Scully: - in what? – and looked at him curiously
William: - I know you are aware I can do thing
Scully nodded
William: - we will try to reach him
Scully: - it's not possible
William: - I told you. You have to believe. He can hear us so why can't you believe we can reach him in another dimension? We have to go to his secret place, the place where he feels safe
Scully: - and how do you know it?
William: - I've been there before
Scully: – when?
William: – before I was born
Scully was left mouth open, she couldn't say anything more but had no more doubts. She had to trust the boy in front of her
William: - give me your hand and take one of his – he did the same – the last time you did something like this I was inside of you and he came back from the death
Scully was astonished, there were no secrets for him.
William: - are you ready mum?
Scully's heart quickened at the word
William: - close your eyes!
And she did.
