Bigfoot, The Alien

Part 4

by Trycee

Timeline: Season 7 after the New Year's Kiss but before All Things.

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

The sound of a large stone crashing into the center of the base-camp awoken both Mulder and Scully as Mulder rolled on top of her. All of the air in his lungs were sucked out as he stared into her deep blue eyes highlighted by the moon. There bodies were pressed together as he gave in to his desires and dipped his head and kissed her. Scully's hand snaked up to his cheek, holding him in place as she kissed him back with equal force. Every movement created a sensation that they could not control but the shouts from the other men encircling their tent caused them to freeze in place.

"Hey you two...Agents, " Matt said right outside their tent. "Come on and get your gear! We just had a big stone thrown in our camp."

Mulder continued to stare into Scully's eyes, his lips were mere inches from hers. She touched her lips to his lightly and then touched him lightly, trying to break him out of his trance as he stared at her, not speaking a word, as Matt waited.

"I...I'll be out," Mulder said, finally.

"What is he still sleeping?", one of the men complained.

"I wouldn't come out either," Matt said, motioning towards the tent. "He's in there with Her."

The other men nodded their agreement and walked over to the fire, adding more wood to the nearly dead fire.

After gathering their coats and gear both Mulder and Scully emerged from the tent throwing on their warmer coats and walked to the center of the camp where a large stone had been embedded into the ground. Matt raced over to the monitors meant to survey the woods and surrounding area of the base camp but he couldn't see anything on the screen. Mulder looked at Scully and she looked frightened as she stared at the large boulder than was tossed like a peddle into their base camp, barely missing their tent. Mulder held out his hand to her and Scully locked her fingers with his larger ones and they walked hand in hand over to where Matt was pouring over the recorded surveillance. Mulder noticed the frustration in Matt's face.

"When I first came out here," Matt begin. "I was only here with me and my buddies for a fishing trip. After that we knew Bigfoot existed and that they existed too," he said, looking up at the sky. "I mean it blew our minds. We'll never be the same," he said, thinking back to his sighting. "I spent every paycheck I could and bought all this equipment hoping to capture it all again but I should've invested in some infrared equipment instead cause I don't see anything. The woods are too thick."

"Just when we all go to sleep, he comes out," one of Matt's Haida friend Jake added.

"Let's go...," Matt said finally, grabbing a flashlight, his head-mounted camera and a shotgun.

"She needs to come with me," Mulder stated. "I can't leave her out here alone."

"I thought she was a good shot, an FBI agent," Matt teased, as he and the other men headed for just beyond the camp into the opening of the woods.

Scully ignored him, instead she glanced up to Mulder and she could see in his eyes that he was worried and did not want to leave her.

"Its okay," she said, as calmly as she could. "I'll be fine," she said as she shivered, not from the cold but the feeling of being watched. She was trying her best to hide her fear and calm Mulder. "I'm a better shot than you are anyway. You couldn't hit a squirrel let alone a Bigfoot," she smirked.

Mulder smiled but he knew her too well and he knew she was afraid. "I just don't like the idea of you out here in the dark woods with some animal lurking around, Scully. We can't see 2 ft in front of us its so dark. "

"Mulder, I have my walkie-talkie," she said, dismissively. "I'll signal you if I feel threatened and I have plenty of ammo," she said, pulling out 2 boxes in her knapsack.

She could sense Mulder's hestitancy."I love you too," she said, locking eyes with him. "I'll be alright."

Mulder could see in her eyes all he needed to know. She was putting on a brave face in front of him but especially in front of Matt and the others. He bent down and kissed her on the top of her head and then on her soft lips. "To be continued...", he smirked.

Scully smiled back. "You promise?"

Mulder stared down into her eyes. "You have no idea."

"Hey, Gov'tment guy, you're holding us up!", Matt screamed out annoyed.

Mulder let go of Scully's hand and she watched as he marched off like a soldier, his gun slung over his shoulder, into the darkened woods leaving her alone once again. She could hear every sound in the woods magnified and so she decided to stake out the area behind the monitors at Matt's makeshift headquarters. She needed to stay alert and focused and see who was creeping up on her.

Mulder walked through the forest, his flashlight hitting one green tree and plant after the other. Occasionally it would focus on an owl or some other creature and he would jump but not scream out. He followed along with the guys who were looking for broken branches and foot prints but his mind was on Scully. Just as they entered a clearing there suddenly was a blinding light that knocked them off their feet. And just as suddenly as the light appeared, it was gone. Mulder screamed out in the darkness for Matt. "That was them! They were here!"

"That was like what I saw but not as strong. It didn't knock me off my feet like it did us," Matt answered, as they all tried to readjust their eyes to the darkness of the woods.

Matt looked around and noticed that his friend Bud, the driver that had picked up Mulder and Scully at the motel was missing. "Where the hell is Bud?"

"Not a clue," Matt's Haida friend, Jake answered.

"BUD!", the other Haida men nick-named Rat, Diggs and Bait also screamed out for their friend into the woods but their voices echoed out into the darkness.

"He was taken," Mulder exclaimed. "They took him."

"You're saying they abducted him?"

"You saw the light!" Mulder continued.

After searching for hours in the woods even as the sun filtered out over the area, there was no sign of Bud and so they returned to the camp. Scully was busy frying potatoes, bacon and eggs all from the coolers that were tethered by a string to the shore, cold and naturally refrigerated. The eggs were already cracked and bagged and labeled by the wives who were sure they're husbands could not tell the difference between bagged scrambled eggs and something else. Scully knew in her heart that she too would've done the same thing for Mulder. As domestic as it was, she knew that she would. "If it weren't for her," Scully reasoned having forced Mulder to eat healthier, "Mulder probably would've withered away from greasy spoon dining years ago."

After they had all eaten in silence, Mulder pulled Scully aside away from the others. He needed some alone time with her to connect as they always needed to do.

"Some vacation we're having," Scully sighed, her hand slightly scorched from cooking in the open fire.

"It was incredible Scully. The blinding light. But I don't know if we'll see Bud again."

They had already explained to her Bud's disappearance when they'd returned.

"What if he gets returned out here long after we're gone and there's no one there to help him," Scully said with sadness in her eyes.

Mulder looked gravely off in the distance. "I hope they don't take anyone else."

"Right now I'm more worried about the noises we heard in the woods than being taken."

Mulder turned to look at her and she could see his eyes widen and she knew why. The thought of her being taken again scared him more than he could ever say. She wrapped her arms around his waist despite the coat blocking her from getting as close as she wanted too. "I'm not going anywhere, Mulder, not ever."

He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and held her tightly. "They'd have to pry you out of my cold dead hands before I let you go."

A distinct animal screech rang out from deep in the woods. It was unlike anything Scully had ever heard before.

"That's a Bigfoot call!", Matt informed him. "We need to get our gear and get out there. Maybe we'll see him this time. And keep an eye out for Bud too," Matt said as he rushed around the camp.

Again Mulder was wrenched from Scully's arms and she stood still watching as the men gathered their gear to rush off into the woods again. Their eyes locked onto each other and Mulder blew a kiss her way. She smiled shyly and nodded as he stepped into the woods. She quickly turned around, surveying the area, trying to see if she could spot the unknown creature standing off from the camp. After a few minutes of uncomfortable silence in the woods, Scully grabbed for her gun. She was ready in case something came her way.

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