'Angel' The X-Files
Chapter 4
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"Human DNA?" Mulder repeated as he searched Scully's face for conformation. She merely handed him the manila folder. "Scully, do you know what this means! There is an evolutionary anomaly flying around Los Angeles!" He said excitedly as he hurried out of the lab. "Wait! where are you going?" Scully asked as she hurried after him. "Well, I have a few ideas of real estate choices for those of the winged variety." Mulder said as he practically threw himself into the drivers' seat, Scully barely had enough time to slide in before he threw the gearshift into reverse.
"Mulder have you even stopped to think about what it might be like for this person if he were to be found out? He'd be hauled off to some government lab to have experiments & terrible tests run on him… just like an alien abductee." Scully said urgently, Mulder looked at her in mild surprise. "I never said that I wanted to blow his cover, I'm kind of surprised at you, though. I'd think you'd want to show him off to the scientific community." He said dryly as he wore an amused grin. "Just because I'm a scientist, Mulder doesn't mean I don't have a heart & a conscience." She replied indignantly, Mulder raised his hand in front of him, signaling defeat. "So, where are we going again?" Scully asked, Mulder returned her inquiry with a sly grin. "You'll see."
Alcatraz? If I didn't know better, I'd say we're looking for ghosts." Scully said as she coughed in response to the thick,damp, moldy air. "Why, did you want to do some ghost hunting while we're here?" Mulder replied as he shot her one of his boyish grins, Scully merely gave him a look, suddenly, something moving above the catwalk on the upper level grabbed her attention. She didn't have to say anything to Mulder; he knew her blinks inside & out, they hurried up the many flights of stairs to what used to be the chief warden's office & they both came to a halt out of shock just shy of entering the doorway threshold. There, perched atop the desk in a squatting position was the winged man. "Hey, pretty lady. I expected you sooner." He said casually as he hopped down. "Come again?" Scully asked. "I saw you found one of my feathers after I saved you; I knew it was only a matter of time before you sniffed me out." He said as he gazed at her through egg-shaped rose colored shades, his skin was tanned, his shoulder-length hair was beach-blonde & he was clad only in a pair of blue flowered board shorts…. a typical looking Californian. "So, why did you save me?" Scully asked. "I didn't just do it for you, you know. I've been watching the two of you ever since you arrived here, I've seen the way the two of you interact, I doubt that he couldgo on with his work without you."He said. "Er…. I never caught your name." Mulder interrupted uncomfortably. "Miles Jacobs." Miles said, taking note of Mulder's level of emotional discomfort. "There's no need to be embarrassed, man. Everyone should be lucky enough to have someone as smart… & as pretty as her by their side. I know you're going to ask me to come with you, & I can't do that. This city has come to depend on me, if I leave, I let them down. Besides, I don't want to be a test subject for the Government, you're intentions may be good, but theirs are not." He said as he turned back towards the window & spread his wings to take flight. "Wait! How did you become that way?" Mulder asked. Miles considered him for a moment before perching himself once more on the rotted desk. "My father was a scientist, much like you, Agent Scully. But unlike you he was a horrible man, the government named him as the driving force in a project to create a new breed of soldier which our Cold War enemies had never seen before. He tested on mice & then onmonkeys, but that wasn't good enough, the government started feeding him human subjects, condemned prisoners from this very jail. My father was trying to create an animal-human hybrid, a chimara but after one too many failures, the government lost interest, cut his funds & closed the project; but that didn't stop dear old dad. Driven mad by the allusive nature of his work, began experimenting on his own family, I' am his only success story, the only survivor of a family of four. A perfect chimara; part bird, part man." Miles said as he bid them ado & leapt lightly out of the window.
Mulder's hands balled into such tight fists that his nails dug into this palms. "The more I hear about what our government has done, Scully, the more I want to stop them & our star witness just flew the coop." He said through gritted teeth, Scully put a hand on his shoulder. "The government thinks he's dead, if he helped us it would blow his cover, he'd never have any peace. At least now he can use his abilities to help people." She said as she gently turned his face so his eyes met hers, Mulder smiled in spite of his anguish as he took her hand in his. "You've always been the voice of reason in this partnership, Miles was right, I do need you more then I realize, I'm sorry if I don't remindsay it moreoften." He said, Scully's aquamarinesparkled as she gazed into his face, he smiled in return, that action was all the response he needed.