Chapter 10

A new threat

Hospital

One week later

Her phone rings and she jumps agitated, she has been waiting for this call for over an hour.

SCULLY: (agitated) Mulder? What happened?.

MULDER: I got them, Scully. They are on their way to the hospital right now

SCULLY: Oh thank God, Are you ok?

MULDER: Yeah, I was lucky this time, I'm going for you right now

SCULLY: It's okay, Mulder, I'll take a cab after I see them.

MULDER: There's no way Scully, It's 2 am already, you have been on your feet for hours

SCULLY: I need to see them

MULDER: I know, just let me take you home

SCULLY: (sighs) Alright

MULDER: How are you feeling honey?

SCULLY: (holding her back with her hand) I'm tired and starving

MULDER: Any contractions?

SCULLY: A couple

MULDER: Go put your feet up, I'll bring you something to eat

When he arrives, she is sitting in the waiting room

MULDER: Hey gorgeous!

She smiles past the tiredness just looking at him, she tries to stand but he won't let her

MULDER: Stay there and eat your sandwich

She smiles brightly watching a peanut butter and strawberry sandwich

SCULLY: Thank you Mulder, my blood sugar was crashing

He kisses her forehead and let her eat gazing her worried, when she finishes he speaks again

MULDER: Did you see them?

SCULLY: Yes, they are fine, both are in observation but John is better, Monica will have to stay a little longer

MULDER: You must be proud Scully, you did all the hard work

SCULLY: I'm just glad I was able to help

MULDER: You guess it right, he was a lizard man, when Doggett shoot him he came back to his human form

SCULLY: Unbelievable

MULDER: Pretty creepy actually

She yawns and stretches her back in pain

MULDER: Let's get you two home now

SCULLY: Yeah

He helps her stand and walks behind her pressing her lower back to release some pain, she moans and complains a little feeling his fists work.

In the car she is dozing a little, her hand resting on her belly. She is getting cold so he covers her with his jacket.

MULDER: (caressing her cheek) Wake up honey, we're home

She blinks a couple of times and yawns caressing her belly

SCULLY: Oh I feel drained

MULDER: I know, come on, I will take you inside

SCULLY: I can walk

MULDER: I know you can, just let me help you

They walk up the stairs and get inside, it's freezing so he turns on the heating

MULDER: Off to bed with you

He guides her toward the bedroom and helps her sit on the edge of the bed, She puts both her hand on her back while he goes to the closet looking for one of her pajamas.

He stands in front of her and helps her take off her shirt over her head and she clenches her teeth

MULDER: A contraction?

SCULLY: Yes

MULDER: You feel it in the back?

She nods breathfully and he climbs quickly to the bed to kneel behind her and massage the exact spot

SCULLY: Oooouuhhhh yes, there

MULDER: Just breathe and relax honey

When it fades he comes down again and sits next to her putting his hand on her belly, she closes her eyes and yawns again, he kisses her forehead and puts on her pajama shirt. Then she pulls back on the bed so that he takes off her pants.

MULDER: Lay on your side Scully, you know you can't lay on your back

SCULLY: (protesting) Just while you take off my pants Mulder

He smiles and do as she says, then help her move up on the bed and turn sideways, she takes his hand and squeezes it

SCULLY: Thank you Hun

He looks at her surprised and sees that her eyes are closed, he leans over and kisses her in the lips, she corresponds tenderly, he then covers her with a blanket and goes to change, when he returns she is already sound asleep, he lays down behind hugging her and close his eyes.

The Unremarkable House

One week later

10:35 am

The phone rings, Mulder runs to answer knowing Scully is sleeping

MULDER: Hello

DOGGETT: Hey Mulder, Is John Doggett

MULDER: Agent Doggett what a surprise

DOGGETT: Yeah, how are you three?

MULDER: We are fine, Scully is sleeping right now, she's been tired

DOGGETT: It gets worst in the last weeks, just do whatever she says

MULDER: Trust me, I am. How are you and Agent Reyes?

DOGGETT: We are fully recovered, thank you

MULDER: So how can I help you?

DOGGETT: I'm calling about Duffy Haskell, he came here this morning saying her wife was murdered after giving birth to an alien baby

MULDER: Haskell is a liar and a dangerous man, don't believe him Agent Doggett

DOGGETT: Actually there's something I think you mind find interesting

MULDER: I'm listening

DOGGETT: This man brought some evidence about a clinic called Zeus Genetics, Monica has been searching and we find out Dr. Parenti works there

MULDER: Scully's first OB?

DOGGETT: The same, he and are the cofounders of the clinic, according to the information they are working on a project for clonate people.

Mulder remains silent for a while thinking about it, they don't know how Scully got pregnant, he needs answers about his child.

MULDER: I will be there as soon as I can

He hangs up and goes to the bedroom

SCULLY: Who was it?

MULDER: (surprised) Scully! It was the Agent Doggett, he needs my help in a case

SCULLY: (sitting on the bed) Oh, how is he?

MULDER: They both are completely recovered, you want me to call your mom so she stays with you

SCULLY: I'm fine Mulder

MULDER: Well the lunch is ready and you can call me if you need anything

SCULLY: The lunch is ready?

MULDER: (sitting next to her) yes honey, it is

SCULLY: Thanks you Mulder

MULDER: (putting his hand on her belly) Anything for you both

SCULLY: Don't make him wait, go

MULDER: I will be back as soon as I can

He kisses her and leave, she sees him go through the window waving goodbye

Warehouse

11:22 am

DOGGETT: Duffy Haskell.

SKINNER: Yeah. Coroner says that the way his neck is severed defies logic and use of any conventional-type weapon.

Skinner zips the bag and they begin walking through the lab.

DOGGETT: What is this place?

SKINNER: An illegal medical facility for the purpose of human cloning. It goes on from here. In fact, it occupies the entire warehouse.

DOGGETT: You read about these things but you don't imagine they exist.

SKINNER: Yeah, just like aliens.

DOGGETT: Come on, what are you saying? That that's what was going on here? That they're making alien babies?

SKINNER: No, nobody's saying that, Agent Doggett. At least not yet. But what I do have to tell you is not going to put your mind any more at ease. We found prenatal records here. A Dr. Lev and a Dr. Parenti working with this Duffy Haskell monitoring Scully's pregnancy.

Mulder enters the warehouse and watches Skinner and Doggett from the doorway.

DOGGETT: This Dr. Parenti, it's true he's one of Scully's doctors but from everything I know, Scully's checked out fine.

SKINNER: You seem to be missing the point.

MULDER: (Interrupting) And what point would that be?

SKINNER: Mulder, what are you doing here?

MULDER: Agent Doggett called me

DOGGETT: Well Haskell is death

MULDER: But you talked with him a couple of hours ago

DOGGETT: I know

Monica comes in interrupting the men

REYES: I think there's someone who can give us some answers

…..

LIZZIE GILL: I knew people would kill for what I know but … not like this.

REYES: Not going to let that happen. Just tell them what you told me.

LIZZIE GILL: For the past ten years I've been working as a research scientist trying to produce human clones- long before the media circus with sheep and cows. The work was painstaking, largely unsuccessful but there was a lot of interest and a lot of money.

MULDER: Money from who?

LIZZIE GILL: Orders came from government men. But they're all dead now.

MULDER: But the work continued.

LIZZIE GILL: We were surprisingly successful with a clone from a human egg and alien DNA. DNA that the government had since 1947.

SKINNER: What do you mean by success?

LIZZIE GILL: Alien babies. Birthed by human mothers desperate to conceive. They didn't live more than a couple of days, but tissue and stem cells is what we were after for other experiments.

Mulder briefly rubs his temples and looks at Skinner, Doggett denies like everything is some kind of joke

MULDER: What other experiments?

LIZZIE GILL: I don't know anything about that. But I know it was something good.

MULDER: What did you do to Scully? (yelling) Tell me what's wrong with her! Tell me what's wrong with her baby!

Lizzie looks to Monica a little scared

REYES: Listen to her.

LIZZIE GILL: There's nothing wrong with her. That's what I'm trying to tell you. The child she is carrying is very special. One could only hope to create that in a lab. A perfect human child but with no human frailties.

Mulder stands and leaves the room slamming the door shut, he walks furious from one side to another down the hall. Doggett goes out to talk to him

MULDER: I don't believe that shit

DOGGETT: Neither do I

MULDER: I need to know more. I need to find that Dr Parenti