I SEE DANGER

Scully walked out into the sunlight and she felt that the air was warmer than yesterday. She took a deep breath as she felt the fresh air fill her lungs. She turned and quickly made her way to the nearest store she could find. She saw one a little down the road which looked like it had some cheap clothing in it. She quickened her pace and walked along the dusty side of the road. She felt a bit exposed with just her jacket on, but hopefully no one had noticed. The collar was quite high.

She reached the store and went inside. It was quite small, and seemed to sell basic clothing. She saw a top which would fit her and she picked it up quickly, and then found a navy blue thin sweater than Mulder could wear. She went to pay for the items, and the old lady at the till smiled at her sweetly.

Scully carried her plastic bag to the motel and she caught the sight of a police car out of the corner of her eye. Scully felt as if she had been hit in the stomach and she gasped out loud as she turned to get proper view of it. She saw it pull into the motel car park and then park at the far end and then just sit there. Scully frowned in suspicion and felt fear rise in her throat. She quickly turned and started walking back to her room as fast as she could to tell Mulder that they had to go, they had to leave, when she bumped into the old man from the reception. Scully gasped in shock and dropped her carrier bag on the floor.

'Hey! Oh I'm sorry darlin'!' The old man exclaimed and bent down to pick up the bag. Scully looked down in annoyance as he picked it up and handed it to her. She nervously thanked him and made her way away from him but he stopped her.

'Oh Mam I was actually looking for you.' The man called after her, and Scully stopped. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath in annoyance. This better not take long.

'Oh really?' Scully said, forcing a smile and turning quickly. The old man was looking at her with wide eyes.

'Yes, you see, I need to know if you need the room for another night because its time to start checking out if you know what I mean..' He said and tapped his watch on his wrist. Scully raised an eyebrow. Like he neede them to check out fast? This place was practically dead.

'Erm, sure. Well Sir we are going to be out of here in the next 30 minutes I promise.' Scully said with a smile and the old man nodded happily.

'Ok, thank you.' He said, and then made his way back to the reception. Scully took a sigh of relief and quickly made her way towards the room. When she reached the door she swung it open and slammed it behind her, waking Mulder up from a doze.

'Mulder, we need to get out of here.' Scully thundered in. Mulder blinked in confusion.

'What.. what's happened?' He said in a tired voice. Scully put the bag of clothing down on the table and went towards him. She looked down at him and saw that he was looking at her with wide eyes. She sighed heavily in frustration.

'Mulder, the police are outside. They just pulled into the car park and are just sitting there.' She said in a low voice. 'Now we need to get out of here, we can't risk being seen. Now I'm going to put on my top that I bought and you need to put this on..' She said, moving towards the desk and grabbing the plastic bag. Scully pulled Mulder's sweater out and put it down on the bed. 'I'll help you get it on, just let me collect all of our things.' She said in a rush, and started tearing about the room picking up all their items. Mulder watched her in surprise at her hurry. She was tearing around the room like a mad woman. But he knew that she was right, they needed to get out of there.

Scully returned from the bathroom after a few moments in the top she had bought. Mulder saw her come towards him and he tried to get himself up into a sitting position, but pain went through his chest and he cried out in annoyance. Scully was quick to help him and she put an arm around his shoulders and helped him up. She quickly pulled the sweater over his head and slowly got his arms through the holes. Mulder groaned in pain as he moved his arms as the wounds in his shoulders ached.

'I'm sorry Mulder, you're going to have to be strong.' She said gently but confidently. Mulder nodded and closed his eyes and Scully slowly pulled the sweater down his chest. He bit his lip. The pain was almost unbearable. When she had finished she put a hand on his cheek gently.

'Mulder?' She asked in a whisper. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at her. Scully felt her insides turn with sympathy as she saw that his eyes had tears in them. She tilted her head to one side and frowned in concern. 'Oh Mulder, I'm sorry.' She said gently and he nodded.

'It's not your fault Scully, I'm going to have to get used to this. Come on, we have to go.' He said and before Scully could say anything else he shook his head and took hold of her arm. 'Come on, help me up.'

ESCAPE

As Scully helped Mulder down the steps and into the car park, she looked across at the police car with fear. She could see two policemen sitting in the front seats, talking. She had packed the car up and she had given the key back to the reception, it was just this last part, where she had to get Mulder in the car without making him look suspicious. She could tell this was killing him, he was grimacing in pain as he moved. Scully held him tight, and used all her strength. She told him to turn his face to hers, to make it look like they were talking intimately. Scully stared into Mulder's eyes and smiled with a false smile. She could see tears brimming in his eyes, and she wanted to hold him, to tell him to rest and that he was going to be all right, but she couldn't she had to get him in the car. As they reached the passenger side she helped him in and tried to make it look like she was just trying to get something out from the floor of the car. When he was in the seat she looked at him to ask him if he was all right and he just nodded at her. She nodded back to tell him she understood and without thinking she moved forward to kiss him on the forehead. She felt so proud of him, and so sorry. Mulder looked at her with a mixture of shock and happiness, and she closed the passenger door. Glancing back at the police car, she saw that the officers were talking again. Quickly she went round to the side of the car and got in. She slammed the door shut and fired the car up straight away.

'Mulder, are you all right?' She said in a panic.

'Scully I'm fine lets just get out of here.' He said desperately, and she rammed the car into reverse. She quickly manovered out of the parking space and made her way out of the car park and onto the road. Thank god.

When they were a good distance away and Scully was sure they weren't being followed she turned to look across at Mulder. He was sitting with a pained expression on his face.

'Mulder, do you want me to stop?' She asked with worried eyes. Mulder shook his head.

'No Scully, I'd better get used to sitting up, it'll help me I think. I'll just rest now.' He said slowly and she nodded.

'Ok, well let me know. I will have to check on you in about an hour anyway.' She said gently, and Mulder nodded.

'Thanks Scully. You're too good for me you know.' He said with a small smirk. Scully let out a laugh and she couldn't believe that he was still amusing when he was in so much pain. She turned to the road and got ready for another long drive.

FBI headquarters

Skinner ran to the phone as fast as he could. He grabbed it and threw it to his ear.

'Yes.' He said urgently.

'Asisstant Director Sir, we have got an ID on your missing agents.' The voice said down the phone. Skinner felt relief fill his body.

'Good work agents, did they leave as soon as they saw the police car?' He asked.

'It appears so Sir. The team said that Agent Scully saw the car and then left in the next 30 minutes or so. She seemed to be in a hurry Sir.'

Skinner closed his eyes and sighed. This meant that they were in danger, and on the run. They couldn't trust anyone.

'All right, thank you. Send me the details of their whereabouts and all of the information from the scene. Do not go after them I repeat do not follow Agents Mulder and Scully.'

'But Sir?' The agent started, stunned.

'That is an order!' Skinner shouted, and then slammed down the phone in frustration. He lifted a hand to his forehead and pulled off his glasses. He needed to figure out a way to get through to them so that they could trust him before they got themselves into more danger.