Chapter 11

"William, what should we do now?" Vivian asked.

"I got a plan, Vivian, listen well, now we will part in two ways. You will go and find Nick, and bring him to Mulder, his group was specialized in mine clearance and I think he could get rid of those mines. I'll find Scully and Dogget and tell them to get out of this island as soon as possible."

"William…"

"What?"

"You sound very sure that they are good men. Should we trust them?"

"If they had any connection with the men on this island, they wouldn't be attacked by those flying monsters, and surely the wouldn't step on mines. I don't know what do they search for in this island, but I trust them, Vivian."

"You just want to go and save her…" Vivian mumbled.

"What did you say?" William raised his eyebrows.

"No," Vivian shook her head, "I just don't know where should I find Nick."

"Just go to December group's training camp and leave a mark, and he should know that we are returned and we need his help." Realizing that Vivian didn't say anything, William held her hands tightly and said, "Vivian, I know this is dangerous, but they did save us, didn't they? We need to help them; we have to do something, right?"

"William, promise me that you won't do these thing for any personal reason… I'll do anything I can to help you, but I want you to believe me…" Vivian raised her sad eyes looking at him.

"Personal reason? What do you mean by personal reason?"

"You didn't help them because you think Scully was your mother, did you?"

"No, not because of that," William shook his head.

"Alright." Vivian whispered. "Hurry up, before the men on this island track them down…"

"Step back, Ethan! Now!" Scully pointed her gun at Ethan, shouted angrily.

"Oh, I just don't want to meet my ex-girlfriend like this…" Ethan smiled. "Moreover, if you shoot me, you will never find the truth…"

"What is the truth?" Scully frowned.

"Your son, William…"

Scully started to tremble when she heard them mention her son William. Holding her gun tightly in her hands, she shouted out loud at him: "Where is my son? What did you do to my son?"

"William is no ordinary boy, I must say he is the most special child that ever walked on this island. We all knew about his special powers ever since he was a little child. But as soon as he got to know about his powers, he quickly hides them, or he couldn't use them properly. We couldn't manage to exploit his powers…."

"And?"

"In order to find out what's wrong with him, we staged a small escape plan to see if he was trying to hide his powers or the powers were fading away as he grew up. With a little help from Jack Whalan and a nice twist of fate, William had managed to meet his mother… Just as we expected, his powers became even more powerful when he met his blood relations…"

"And it was… it was William? He's my son, really?" Scully sputtered. As Ethan nodded, tears from her eyes started to ran down her cheek. "Why did you do that? He's just a child… all those children was captured to this damned island. Don't you think it's cruel?"

"Those children are the hope of our mankind, Scully. We have to implant some more genes into their bodies, and they will become the fiercest soldiers of our mankind. December 22, 2012, you know that too, Scully…"

"But they are human! How can you examine, operate or implant some horrible thing into a human body when you not even sure if they would become soldiers or some kind of humanoid monsters?"

"That's why we need to do some experience," Ethan winked at her."

"You cannot do that. Monica will pick them up and bring them back home… You won't be able to capture them…"

"Oh…" Jack interrupted with his laughter. "You didn't know anything. The children followed you to this island. As long as I keep you here, your children will be here, too."

"What?"

"We were trained to live in suspicion, right?… they should do that, trust no one, right? James… a clever boy who betrays his good friends." Ethan said, waved to someone behind his back.

James suddenly appeared behind a tree. Scully couldn't say anything.

"Scully?"
A soft voice woke her up. Scully statred slightly.

"Um um um…" She couldn't speak because there was a sticky tape strapped around her mouth and the room was so dark she couldn't see anything.

"It's me. William come close and helped her to disengage the sticky tape.

"My God! What are you doing here?" Scully whispered.

"Hurry up. Let's get out of here now." He quickly untied a rope strapped around her arms, and then tried to untie the other rope around her hands.

"Aww…" Scully groaned, the rope touched her wound in her leg.

"What happened?" William asked her, he felt her blood in his hand. "Did they shoot you?"

Scully weaved her hand back and forth until she touched William's shoulder. She held his shoulder in her arms, "Hey Jimmy, listen up…"

"I'm not Jimmy. My name is William." He interrupted.

"Alright, William, listen to me… I cannot walk… please, William, go and find John and Mulder, and tell them to leave immediately."

"No, I'll help you. We will leave this island together." William replied.

In the dark, Scully couldn't see his face, but hearing his voice, she knew it would be hard to persuade him to leave. William inherited a stubborn characteristic from Mulder. Scully sighed, and then continued.

"William, this is the moment of truth. I came to this island to find my son; he was one of the children here, one of you children. Go and find my friends, and they should help you to leave this island in peace.

"Scully… but…"

Scully interrupted him: "I know, William, you are a lovely boy; I know what you're thinking… But I did a blood test, and I'm not your mother…. William, please, leave now. When you meet Mulder, tell him your story and he will help you to find your mother, alright?" Scully struggled with her emotions to keep a calm voice.

A frightening silence developed between them. William didn't say anything. His eyes were wide opened in surprise.

"And tell Mulder that Monica has come to the island and brought me home already, otherwise he won't never leave without me. Can you help me?"

William looked deep at her eyes in silence. Suddenly, he stepped forward and held her in his tiny arms. "No…" William shook his head fiercely. "I won't leave you here. We go together…"

"Please, William…" Scully implored, tried hard to hold back her tears.

"No…" William's voice seemed choked. "I don't know who my mother is, Scully. I tried hard, I tried, tried to fight, tried to pass all their tests… to find my mother, to find my family. I always thought it was the ultimate goal of my life, but no, it wasn't. I lied to myself. I didn't even know who she was, I haven't met her… But when I'm with you, I feel safe and warm, Scully, even though you're not my mother, I just cannot leave you alone here. I choose you; the one who bring me such a wonderful time, and not my biological mother, with whom I've never met… so, go with me now. We're gonna leave together."

Scully held him tightly in her arms and kissed him in his forehead, "William…" She cried.

"Go now…" He urged.

"My legs were wounded… it will make us run very slow, and they will catch up with us."

"Go! Don't give up, Scully." William said firmly.

"Yeah!" Scully nodded.

"Scully?"

"What?"

"If you find your son and meet your son…" William said hesitantly.

"We'll live together, if you want it…" Scully smiled. She understood his worry. He was just a ten year old boy, after all.

"Of course I want it…" William smiled.

Just when they got outside, William heard a very familiar voice. He couldn't believe his ears.

"James?"

A/N: Sorry for updating this story so late… I'm very busy in my university. I would like to extend my condolence to Gillian and her family. May her brother rest in peace. RIP Aaron Anderson.