Chapter Twelve
The candles were blown out. They plunged into darkness.
'SCULLY!' Mulder shouted out over the chanting and ran towards her, where he thought she had been. She cried out in shock and ran towards him. They met in the dark awkwardly. Scully reached out for him.
'MULDER?' She shouted, fear filling her voice. She felt her hand touch his chest. He was there, he was next to her. It was ok.
'Yeh, I'm here.' He breathed, and leaned forward to her. They touched foreheads. Scully closed her eyes for a moment to calm herself. 'Scully, get ready.'
She forced herself away from his touch and they turned so that they were back to back, their guns aimed out in front of them in the darkness. The chanting was getting louder. Scully trembled with fear and anger. She felt Mulder's back against hers, strong and steady.
'SHOW YOURSELF YOU COWARD!' Mulder shouted out. The chanting continued to fill the house. There was another crash as a mirror smashed down from the wall onto the floor near them. Scully cried out in shock.
'You ok?' Mulder cried out to her.
'Yeah!' She shouted out to him, the mirror was about two feet away from her.
Suddenly the chanting stopped. They stood in the darkness, waiting for the next move. The only sound was their heavy breathing.
'You shouldn't have come Agent Mulder…'
Tom's voice rang out through the darkness. Mulder turned towards the sound but it seemed to be coming from everywhere. Scully stayed by him.
'I know who you are!' Mulder shouted. 'You're Tom Downs. I know what happened to you. Let us help you!'
'Oh so clever Agent Mulder.' Tom rasped sarcastically, then laughed a dirty laugh which made Scully feel sick.
'What do you want?' Mulder shouted.
'Isn't it obvious? I want your souls.'
'We can help you. We can stop the demon from controlling you.' Mulder shouted out in desperation.
'No one can help me Agent Mulder!' Tom shouted angrily, and to their horror a window to their left smashed open. The glass flew across the room towards them. Scully cried out again in shock as she felt a shard of glass hit her leg. She stumbled but kept her gun steady. Mulder felt her stumble and knew she was hurt.
'Scully?' He exclaimed with worry and turned to face her but she pushed him away.
'I'm ok! I'm ok!' She said in a hurry, not wanting them to let down their guard. Mulder turned back reluctantly.
'STOP IT!' Mulder shouted angrily. Tom's laughter filled the house again.
'Why are you doing this to us?' Scully shouted out, tears stinging her eyes as she realised the glass in her leg was bigger than she had first thought. She felt the blood trickle down into her shoe.
'Because you two are so perfect. You are both loved by each other. I was never loved! NO ONE EVER LOVED ME!' He roared, and the house seemed to shake. Mulder glanced around nervously as the photos on the walls and the furniture started to move. His eyes were adjusting to the dark now and he could just about make out his surroundings.
'What about Tessie! Why did you have to kill her!' Mulder shouted.
'SHE NEVER LOVED ME. SHE JUST USED ME!'
'She tried to love you. But you are a monster!' Scully shouted angrily. She couldn't listen to this man try to make them feel sorry for him.
'Yes Agent Scully… I am a monster. You are right.' Tom rasped again. Scully's eyes danced around the room as she tried to see where he was. She couldn't see anything.
'Scully don't…' Mulder begged, not wanting him to hurt her. But it was too late.
'And now… you will see just how much of a monster I really am…' Tom cackled with delight. Scully felt fear tighten in her chest and she blinked away a tear.
'Don't!' She shouted in fear.
'I SWEAR TO GOD - IF YOU HURT HER..!' Mulder roared.
'God Agent Mulder? There is no GOD…' Tom snapped over him.
'SCULLY!' Mulder cried out and spun round to her, but it was too late. As he turned, he saw to his horror that she was thrown across the room by a force no one could have stopped. Scully screamed as she crashed into a glass table in the far corner. She cried out in agony as she felt the glass pierce into her, slicing her open and smashing against her back. The force of the hit made the pain was unbearable. She nearly passed out.
'NO!' Mulder bellowed and ran over to her. Tom's laughter filled his ears. He was raging. Suddenly the lights came on all at once and the laughter stopped. Mulder shouted out in horror as he looked down at Scully's body, crumpled in the corner. Her clothes were torn and her eyes were closed. His heart stopped as he saw the blood.
'No! No Scully… please…' He begged, bending down to her and trying to scoop her body up into his arms – but she shouted out in agony when he moved her. 'Ok… Ok I'm sorry…' He said softly, panic rising in his chest. He laid her down again and grabbed her hand tightly. He couldn't bear to look at her injuries as they looked terrible. He realised that he was shaking with fury.
'Mulder…' She started weakly. Mulder shook his head sadly.
'Shhh, it's ok Dana.. it's all right.' He said and kissed her hand.
'No... you have to… to stop him…' She whispered weakly. Mulder nodded to her reassuringly.
'I'll be right back- I promise…' He said as strongly as he could. She closed her eyes and he saw her face crumble in agony. He had to force himself to leave her.
'WHERE ARE YOU!' He roared, and got to his feet again. He raised his gun around the room and started pacing. 'SHOW YOURSELF!'
There was another rumbling noise and Mulder nearly lost his footing as the house started to shake. He grabbed the door frame and made his way into the kitchen, forcing himself to leave Scully on her own. It killed him to do so.
'LET'S FINISH THIS! YOU AND ME!' He shouted over the rumbling. Mulder stumbled and grabbed onto the kitchen table. He reached over to the book that Sandra had shown him as it balanced on the worktop. She had told him to use this – as a last solution. He opened the pages and started to read. The rumbling started to quieten down.
'No! No what are you doing!'
Mulder shouted the words loudly, the anger inside him spurting out.
The light bulb over his head smashed. Mulder made his way into the hallway where the light was still working, and carried on reading.
'No! I will kill her!'
That light bulb smashed. Mulder forced himself to carry on, even though he had threatened Scully's life. His instinct was to run back to her, to protect her, but he could tell that the demon was getting weaker.
That he was winning.
He stormed into the bathroom where the lamp was still working and carried on shouting out the words.
Suddenly, to his left, a figure appeared in the hallway. Mulder turned in shock to look at him.
It was Tom.
His face was no longer hooded. Mulder looked into his eyes and saw something which he did not expect to see. He saw a soul.
'Thank… you….' Tom whispered. Mulder frowned in wonder. Whatever was in the book it seemed to be working. He quickly started to read the next passage.
Tom stood still, looking at him as he read.
'I'm sorry that he did this to you…' Tom whispered, and Mulder carried on.
Mulder finished the passage, then looked back at Tom.
But he was gone.
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