Two days later and Mulder still did not stop by the hospital.
Scully had been transferred from the ICU since then. She was no longer intubated and her vitals were better. Her doctors agreed; by the end of the week she could be discharged.
Scully was sleeping when Victoria arrived. Her mother had stolen a moment for herself and Bill, though reluctant to leave, had gone home to his wife. But he did not leave before telling Scully what he saw. He did not want to break her spirit, but he did not want to leave his sister in the dark.
She didn't even knock. Victoria simply barged in and sat down on the edge of Scully's bed.
"Wake up," she said, lightly slapping the side of Scully's cheek.
"Wake up," she said again, a little louder, when Scully did not stir.
When Scully still did not wake up, Victoria fished through her purse and pulled out switchblade. She looked around, but the door to Scully's room was closed and the blinds to her window were drawn shut. No one would see.
"I want to see your reaction my dear, or else it wouldn't be fun." Victoria reached over to the side table for the watch pitcher and splashed its contents onto Scully's face. The cold water did the trick. Scully was awake.
"What?" She was groggy, but did not stay that way for long when she saw Victoria.
"You," she said with a hint to disgust in her voice. "What are you doing here? Where's Mulder?"
"Fox, doesn't even know I'm here. Nor will he ever know."
Scully spotted the switchblade in Victoria's hand. She eyed the call button lying a few inches away from her hand but Victoria swiped it away.
"What do you want?" Scully asked hesitantly.
"I want you out of Fox's life."
"What?"
"Keeping away from the hospital for the past two days hasn't been that hard, I must admit. He's very easy to distract if you know how to. I don't know if you know this, but the man is addicted to sex."
Scully closed her eyes. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. True, Bill did warn her, but she didn't think that Mulder's involvement with woman would lead to this.
"You see my dear, with you gone, Fox will be broken and I will be there to pick up the pieces. With you gone, I won't have competition."
"But I don't even know you." She was beginning to feel lightheaded.
"That's beside the point. I could see from our first encounter that you were going to be a problem." Victoria held the switchblade close to her face, as if to admire the weapon. "And Agent Scully, I always fix my own problems."
Scully tried to throw Victoria off of her, but she did not have the strength. Her will was not enough. Quick as lighting, Victoria plunged the switchblade into Scully's abdomen one, two, three times. She twisted the cold metal so Scully could feel it inside of her. Victoria did not stop until Scully stopped moving.
Before leaving, Victoria reached over Scully's motionless body and turned off the vitals monitor. Her heart was still beating, but when it stopped, Victoria did not want the nurses to come running.
