Myers wasn't sure whereabouts he was running to but he just knew that he had to keep going until Scully gave up. After all, how far can a woman run in high heels? There was a bit of break that he had but Scully wasn't too far behind she was so close that Myers could hear the rhythmic tap…tap…tap…tap of the high heels making contact with the floor.
Suddenly two pairs of arms reached out of nowhere and stopped him dead in his tracks. Myers fought with all his might but couldn't break free, "Come on guys." Myers looked at his captors, "Let me go… Let me go."
His captors were Jack and Tony. These were his major competition with Scully. They had no idea what was going on or they knew is that Scully was after him and that was all they need to know. They offered her their sacrifice to their read headed Goddess.
"Thanks." Scully said catching her breath.
"You're welcome Agent Scully." Tony gave her a smile.
"Hold his head up." Scully said, "Hold it up and hold his mouth open."
They didn't even question why… They just did and it didn't matter to them how much Myers squirmed, "You'll make it easier if you don't squirm Agent Myers." Tony said.
"No… No… No." Myers knew what was coming.
Scully began to shovel in the pepper and tobasco covered salad. She planned on force feeding the whole lot. Usually she was patient and never like this but a woman could only be pushed so far and she just reached breaking point.
"Agent Scully!" It was the almighty voice of Skinner, "Agent Jack, Agent Tony, Agent Myers!" He screamed louder than he ever screamed before, "Get in my office now!"
Myers was coughing up, trying to get the horrible taste of pepper out of his mouth. This was not what he wanted, why oh why couldn't Mulder have eaten the salad. Damn him, this was his fault.
Fortunately, Skinner had recently got more chairs in his office and that meant that the four of them all had a seat. That also meant they didn't have to jostle for the chairs. Skinner's face was turning red because he was irate.
"I didn't expect you to act this way Agent Scully!" Skinner said, "And Agents Tony and Jack, your behavior towards Agent Myers here is totally unacceptable." His voice was raised to beyond any level they had heard before, "Bullying and horseplay will not be tolerated in the FBI!"
"But sir." Scully said.
"What possibly could have possessed you lot to team together to feed Agent Myers a salad?" Skinner asked, "I have no idea."
"Well you see…" Scully said, "Myers put tobasco and pepper all over my salad."
"I thought it was Agent Mulder's." Myers defended his actions, "If I knew it was Agent Scully's salad there's no way knowing I would have done that."
"What difference does that make?" Skinner asked, "And why would you be tampering with Agent Mulder's food."
"Because he caused me to get a trashcan stuck on my head sir." Myers answered.
"Whatever the hell's going on with all of you." Skinner said, "It stops now. No more of this behavior will be tolerated by anyone. I will suspend all of you if I have to. You got that?!" Skinner turned to Agent Tony and Agent Jack, "And next time anyone asks you to get involved… Don't!"
"We weren't asked." Jack replied.
"Then why did you two feel like getting involved?" Skinner was full on shouting now.
"We did exactly what we thought you'd do in that situation." Agent Tony answered, "If we got the wrong idea we're totally sorry for that."
"All of you are skating on thin ice." Skinner said, "Now get out of my office before I suspend you lot for good."
"Yes Sir." Everyone replied.
Pendrell had his head pressed up against the lens of the microscope when he heard the sound of familiar footsteps approaching, "Hello Agent Scully." Pendrell said as he was too busy concentrating on the sample of blood.
"Hello Agent Pendrell." Scully sighed.
"What's wrong?" Pendrell asked.
"Just got a chew-out from AD Skinner." Scully said, "Got in trouble for ramming food down Agent Myers' throat."
"That sucks." Pendrell said trying hard not to smile… He really didn't need to know the particulars, "I'm sure you had a good reason to Agent Scully." He said while biting his lips.
Scully nodded, "I'm sorry to come to interrupt you like this Agent Pendrell."
He lifted his head up and looked at her, "That's alright Agent Scully." Pendrell said, "My door's always open for you." Why did his words always come out in a way that made him sound like an idiot, "What I mean was I'm always here."
"I know." Scully said having a look at the slide, "You can say no if you want… But there's a favor I want to ask you."
Pendrell rubbed his eyes and he leaned back in his chairs, "You know I'd do anything for you." He said to her.
"I know." Scully smiled, "But this is something I really want you to do."
Pendrell thought for a moment and leant forward, "Ask me." He said, "And if I can do it I will do it."
Fuller swallowed as he saw Myers walk in drinking down the water in between coughs, "What's up with you?" Fuller asked.
"Scully fed me some lunch." Myers said. The taste of pepper was gone but he couldn't get the burning sensation of tobasco out. Fuller gave him a quizzical look, "Long story. But I really think that Agent Fox Mulder needs to be taken down a peg."
"What?" Fuller said as he tried to recall how the conversation went from being about Scully feeding him lunch to suddenly being about Mulder, "Come on George. Just face it… There's no way you're going to able to take down Agent Mulder."
"I think I can." Myers said as if he was accepting a challenge, "There's only one thing I need."
Fuller shuddered at the thought. On one hand he was afraid to ask but on the other the curiosity was just too great. Plus, he was going to be told anyway, "What?" He asked slowly. What could it possibly be?
"I need Agent Mulder's phone." Myers said.
"What for?" Fuller asked, "No, don't look at me like that. No, no, no, no." He said, "I know that normally you can talk me into anything but I draw the line at stealing someone's phone."
"I'm not talking about stealing it." Myers laughed, "I just want to borrow it to send a text message."
Myers had guts Fuller thought but too bad he didn't have brains to match, "Steal, borrow without asking. It's still the same thing. So the answer is no." Fuller said as he thought about whether he could make it past George, out the door and out of the FBI before he could react, "I have to draw the line somewhere and this is it."
Fuller couldn't believe Myers began to pout and give him the puppy dog eyes, "Please." He said pathetically. Fuller wasn't going to budge on this one, "Alright then." Before turning to leave.
Fuller couldn't believe that Myers had given up. This was the first time he'd ever seen this, "Me saying no doesn't hurt our friendship does it?"
"No, of course not." Myers laughed, "You know you could have said no to me anytime and I wouldn't mind."
"I've told you no a lot of times." Fuller said. He said no a hell of a lot.
"But you always break and agree." Myers replied, "You break too easily my friend."
Pendrell walked into the X-Files office once again which left Mulder wishing that he could just lock the door and not allowed anybody in. He longed for the days when there was him and Scully working down here without being interrupted by all the horny agents in DC.
Pendrell walked in… He made a b-line straight for Scully and as instructed by her previously, didn't even look in Mulder's direction. "Hey Dana." Pendrell said to her. This caused Mulder to look up, "I just came by to see how you doing. I understand that you had a run in with Skinner earlier."
Mulder kept his head buried in the folder trying to act like he wasn't listening.
"Yeah… It was hair raising to get such a chew down." Scully said.
Pendrell put his hand on her upper arm, "Hey don't worry." He said to her as he gave her a little massage, "Next time I'll just throw them in the bin fill it with acid and dump them somewhere. I have plenty of acids to choose from you know?" He said.
Mulder took his nose out of the folder when Scully laughed at the pathetic joke. It was just in time to see Scully playfully patted Pendrell on the arm, "That's so funny." Scully said, "You're cute when you make those little jokes… Real cute." She could see Mulder's eyes staring, unblinking as she stepped through the invisible barrier and deep inside Pendrell's personal space. His eyes widened further as she leant in and kissed him on the lips.
"Well." Pendrell said as he stuttered a bit, "Oh boy. I've waited for that ever since I first saw you. It's like everything I dreamed. I know this is short notice Dana but can I ask you something?"
"Sure." Scully said.
"I uh um." Pendrell could feel his stomach tightening and his face getting hot, "Would you go out with me on a date thing tomorrow night?"
"I'd love that Pendrell." Scully said.
Mulder's jaw almost hit the floor at this. How could this be possible? "Great." Pendrell exclaimed, "I know this great restaurant… Leopold's Luxury Cuisine. I'll pick you up seven?"
"Perfect Pendrell." Scully said.
"Call me Sean." Pendrell said… It was the first time he'd ever mention his first name to anyone.
Mulder almost screamed in anger, hurt and distraught at the sight of Scully in an eternal lip-lock with Pendrell. Scully put the icing on the cake as she reach down and squeezed his bum.
"For God's sake!" Mulder yelled banging the file on his desk, "Get a damn room you two." Then he left them kissing each other alone in the X-File basement.