Chapter Ten

The doors swung open and Mulder and Scully were immediately taken by the arms and pulled away from the hallway before they could even see it. They were suddenly pulled into darkness and the officers by their sides forced them down the halls swiftly. Scully nearly tripped on her sore feet and she threw a hand out blindly to Mulder, but she couldn't find him. Scully frowned in confusion as they were taken to the left swiftly and were pulled along quite roughly.

'Hey!' She exclaimed angrily. 'What is this!'

'Just keep moving, we need to get you to the President privately.' One of the officers said and Scully frowned in confusion.

'Calm down Scully this is just procedure, you don't remember being carted around by the miliary for tresspassing?' She heard Mulder's voice say sarcastically from somewhere to the right of her. Scully nodded and was pulled to the left again blindly in the dark and then suddenly they burst through another set of heavy doors and light flung into their eyes. Scully blinked in surprise and looked across at Mulder, who stood silent and proud as they looked around the room. Scully brushed a piece of hair away from her face and looked around the room in confusion. Where were they?

'Fox, Dana. Welcome to the White House.'

Scully turned to see the President walking towards them with his hand outstretched as if for them to shake it.

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'I'm sorry for the measures we had to put you through to get you in here unnoticed. As we have heard, you are presumed dead, is this right?' The President asked, sitting down in am arm chair across the room. Mulder looked around the room with uncertainty and didn't know quite how to act. He looked over at Scully protectively for a moment and then back at the President. There was a silence for a moment, and he decided to speak up.

'Yes. We've been pronounced dead for five years.' Mulder said in a low voice and the President nodded.

'Your friends and fellow coworkers told me all about it earlier, frankly, I don't care that you are criminals on the run, I need your help today.' The President said, and gestured for them to sit down. Mulder glanced over at Scully again and she was looking back at him with a confused stare. Mulder sighed and nodded to her, and they both sat down in the other chairs in the room. Mulder looked around to see two men standing at the walls of the room watching them silently.

'Oh those are my guards, no need to be alarmed. In fact, I don't need them right now.' The President said, noticing Mulder's glare. 'You can leave now, this conversation is very private.' The President said, gesturing for them to leave, and they nodded and went out of the room without a word. Scully watched in silence and then looked back at the President, he looked kinder and softer in real life, and she could feel her heart beating fast in her chest. What was the President expecting from them?

'I'm told that you can help us. Please, I need to know everything that you know.' The President said, and Mulder nearly laughed out loud.

'It'll take a while.' He said, a little too snobbishly.

'Well, I need to know how you can help me.' The President said.

'With all due respect Sir..' Scully started, 'What do you expect Mulder and I to do?' She asked and there was an awkward silence between them.

'There must be some way to stop these things. Some way to get them out of our towns. All of our police forces and even army troops haven't been sucessful.' The President said, obviously getting upset now. Scully sighed heavily.

'Mr President, this has been planned for years. These are definetely aliens. They are a race of aliens that are a rebel race and have come to suceed in world colonisation. I believe that the syringes they carry are vaccines that actually transform the human body into a vessel where aliens can grow inside them…' Mulder stormed on, not bothering to leave anything out in the open. The President stared at him for a moment, open mouthed. Scully looked across at Mulder, she was so proud of him at that moment, he had no fear of no one believing him, and now, finally his belief was getting heard. As he went on about the vaccine, she felt her stomach tightening, remembering her own experience well. 'Mr President, we need to work on a weapon or vaccine that can kill one of these things, so that we can stop this from happening.' Mulder finished, and the silence in the room was deafening. Scully hesitated to move in her seat just in case everyone jumped and looked at her. After the silence which felt like hours, the President spoke up in a timid, low voice.

'I can't believe this is happening.' He said simply, and held his head in his hands. Mulder closed his eyes and sighed heavily.

'Mr President, I am a medical doctor and a scientist. If can get capture one of these aliens and sedate it somehow, we can find out how it's body works and what and where it's weakness is.' Scully said.

'Scully and I have investigated and experienced such situations, some aliens are able to be killed by a stab to the back of the neck with a sharp weapon device. But I don't think these aliens are the same, they would have advanced by now.' Mulder said, and the President nodded.

'This could truly be the biggest tragedy this world have ever faced.' Scully said quietly, tears stinging her eyes. She suddenly felt a wave of emotion tower over her, she was back in Washington and suddenly just in the space of a few hours, they were back talking about aliens again and working with the governement, they were investigating again, and they had their true identities back. Scully swallowed hard as she suddenly felt a pang of fear towards her Mother and her brother, they were out there somewhere and they were in danger. She looked across at Mulder for a moment in her feeling of weakness, but he was sitting silently, obviously lost in thought and looking at the floor. Scully swallowed hard again to stop the tears escaping her and she took a deep breath. There was another deathly silence in the room which was suddenly broken by a tall skinny man walking in the door.

'Mr President, I have news on San Francisco.' Tim said. The President turned to him in surprise.

'Yes Tim, thank you.' He said, rising from his seat. Tim frowned in confusion at the sight of Mulder and Scully. 'Oh Tim, this is Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.' The President said, introducing them. Tim walked towards them and they shook hands.

'Thank you for coming here today.' Tim said, but Mulder nearly rolled his eyes and felt like saying, 'We had no damn choice..'

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Doggett looked across at Monica as she poured herself a coffee. He smiled to himself, happy to have her there with him at this time, and happy that he would be seeing his old friends again.

'Here you go.' She said, coming over to him and handing him a coffee. Busy workers, officers and news reporters rushed about the corridors. Reyes took a sideways look at them and raised her eyebrows. 'This place is going crazy.'

'The press conference is in half an hour, it was put back because of Mulder and Scully's arrival.' Doggett said, and watched with happiness as Reye's face changed into an excited smile.

'They're here?' She exclaimed. 'Now?'

'Yep. Tim told me.' Doggett said, smiling himself. Reyes sat down next to him and put a hand on his knee.

'Oh my gosh this is so exciting. I can't wait to see them.' She said with happiness. Doggett nodded.

'Monica..' He started, and she turned to him. 'People are dying, and we're here drinking coffee and meeting with old friends.' Doggett said out of the blue, and Monica frowned in confusion and studied his face. She suddenly felt a pang of concern and guilt. He was right.

'I… I know…' She started with difficulty, and then lowered her head. 'But… but we're here to help John.'

'I know. But who have we helped so far?' Doggett asked now, clearly frustrated. Monica frowned in concern and put a friendly hand on his arm.

'Hey, it's ok.'

'No, its not. We need to do something. People are dying.' Doggett said in a low voice, and Reyes opened her mouth to speak but couldn't think of anything. She turned away from him, guilt roaring inside her gut. She knew he was right. How long would it take until this got so bad that it couldn't be stopped? And then it hit her, for the first time that day. It was what Doggett was obviously now feeing deep inside and it was starting to show. She suddenly felt afraid.

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'If you will excuse me now, I need to do a press conference.' The President said, rising from his seat. Scully and Mulder rose too, then shook hands with the President. 'I'll see you later, we'll work on this plan and stop this from happening.' He said, and Scully nodded, though Mulder was silent. As the President left the room, they were once again plunged into a deathly silence. Scully felt Mulder's anger and frustration, and it was making her feel nervous.

'It's not going to work Scully.' Mulder blurted out after a long time. Scully took a deep breath in and waited for him to continue. 'They're not acting fast enough.'

'Mulder, they have no idea what to do…' Scully started, turning to him.

'It's not good enough. We need more help, we need to find the people who worked with the aliens and get them to help us, they're the only ones who will have the vaccine Scully. We need the vaccine to save people.' Mulder said quickly.

'Mulder… calm down…' She said gently. But immediately wished she hadn't.

'CALM DOWN? YOU WANT ME TO CALM DOWN?' Mulder shouted and Scully turned away from him, not wanting to look at him. She was tired, and weak and her feet hurt. 'Scully, don't you see what's happening here? We're all already dead.' Mulder said.

'Mulder, don't say that!' Scully cried out.

'Well what do you expect me to say, we're all going to be fine?' Mulder said, and Scully took a deep breath, closed her eyes and swung round to face him again.

'No.' She blurted out, glaring at him. 'I want you to have faith Mulder, and believe. Can you do that?' She asked, her eyes blurring with tears as she neared him. Mulder was silent now, and looking at her with uncertain eyes. 'In fact I know you can do that, because that is what brought us here, brought us to this point. But Mulder, if it wasn't for you, the world wouldn't have a chance. If it wasn't for you, the world wouldn't know what the hell would be going on, and people would have no chance. You once told me that this is our destiny, to find the truth. Well Mulder, here it is, we've found it.' She said, tears coating her throat. Mulder saw her emotion and felt his anger soften suddenly, and he suddenly felt a pang of guilt for shouting at her, and all he wanted to do was pull her into an embrace. Scully was near him now, and looking up to him with wide, blue eyes which were full of sadness, but also hope. Mulder looked at her and realised that she was shaking. He frowned with concern and love for her.

'Scully…' He started.

'No listen to me Mulder.' She said forcefully. 'I need you to believe. I need you to help, and I need you to be here with me.' She said, and blinked a tear away from her eye. 'Because the world needs you. Don't you understand? We're the ones who can stop this, we can stop this Mulder. But I can't do it without you.' She said weakly, and then lowered her pointing finger and swallowed heavily. Scully waited for him to hold her or take her hand, but he didn't, not for a few minutes. They stood in silence for a moment, and then she felt Mulder move towards her and then throw his strong arms around her. Scully gasped in surprise as he enfolded her in his arms and she melted into his chest and let her tears escape her eyes softly. Mulder frowned with concern for her and felt and overwhelming pang of guilt and emotion, and also love for her. She was the only person that could do that to him, completely calm him and make him realise what he was capable of. Mulder sighed heavily and felt her cry softly into his chest and it was then that he realised how afraid she was, and also how afraid he actually was. Mulder closed his eyes and kissed her head gently and then held her tight as she cried softly.

'I'm sorry Scully.' He whispered gently. 'I do believe. I always will.' He said gently, and then he felt her breaking away from him and she was looking up into his eyes. Mulder brushed the hair away from her eyes and wiped a tear away.

'Then say it. Tell me you believe Mulder. I need you to.' She said softly, and Mulder felt his heart ache for her uncontrollably. He sighed heavily and kissed her on the forehead.

'I believe that we're going to be fine.' He whispered gently and then Scully pulled him into an embrace again and she closed her eyes, melting into the safety of his arms.

Aww how cute, now time for some action I think.
I'll write more tomorrow, right now its time for sleep.
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if anyone has any ideas by the way I'd love to know them.
That leather jacket that Mulder is wearing is just always
on my mind.. you know which one I mean right ;)

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