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Relief flooded through him when one of the men at leading the troop stepped forwards and removed his helmet, revealing the concerned face of Skinner. He stepped straight to a still frozen Mulder, taking his shoulders in his hands.

"That was a very stupid thing you did, Agent Mulder, coming here without back up. It's a good job your friends outside thought to call me. What the hell happened here?"

Mulder blinked as Skinner's words finally began to sink in. "Sir...I, um, I..."

Skinner sighed, patting him on the back, easily recognising the signs of shock. "Take it easy, Mulder," he told him, waving two men over to look after Mulder.

As he stepped past Mulder, Skinner noticed a familiar form lying on the floor, his pace increasing as he came to a halt by Scully's side. She smiled slightly at him, seeing his concern.

"Oh my God, Scully, are you alright?" he asked, seeing the red pool beneath her and her hands firmly clasped to her side.

"I'm OK, sir, it's not as bad as it looks," she told him, noting Skinner's disbelieving look as he took in her pale and sweaty face. "How's Mulder?"

He sighed. "I think he's gone into shock, Scully. We need to get you both out of here. That was incredibly stupid, you know you only had to ask for back up and I'd have given it to you."

She nodded. "I know. It was a very personal moment, for both Mulder and myself sir, and well...we should have handled it better, but that doesn't matter now."

He nodded. "What the hell happened here?"

Scully gulped, still trying to cling onto consciousness and ignore the pain that was ripping through her. "It's a long story, sir, but...Diana, she...she saved Mulder's life," she finally managed to croak out.

Skinner nodded, his hand going to Scully's face as he saw how she was desperately just hanging onto consciousness. Hitting her face softly, he saw her eyes roll back into focus on his face. He smiled grimly, knowing that he had to get them out of there right now.

"Hold on, Scully, we're gonna get you out of here," he told her, reaching down to wrap his arms around her and lift her from the ground.

The cry of pain that left her ripped through Mulder's heart, and his heard tore around, needing to know that she was alright. Skinner soon caught up with him, Scully's arm hanging limply from his arms. Reaching out, Mulder grasped her hand, willing her to be alright. Scully looked up at the contact, managing a small smile before unconsciousness took her completely.

"Hold on, Scully, it's going to be alright," Mulder pleaded as he walked along beside his superior, the fast pace soon causing him to fall back to the safety of the other agents.

Scully blinked sleepily as she opened her eyes, the white of the room hitting her instantly, along with a familiar beeping in the background. Running her hand over her face briefly, she realised that she thankfully felt much better than she had before.

Turning her head to one side, her heart stopped when she saw that Mulder was sitting on the chair a few feet from her, looking down at the sleeping child in his arms. He was so lost in his thoughts that he hadn't realised that Scully had woken. Sadly, she noticed the haunted look at returned to his face, his brow creased in a frown and his eyes sad as he obviously thought over the events that had happened to them.

He looked up then, the pain so clear in his eyes that Scully's heart almost broke. Seeing those wonderful blue eyes looking back at him, Mulder's face split into a huge grin which Scully returned happily, pleased to see the pain disappear, even if only for a few moments.

"Hey," he said softly, seeing Scully stifle a yawn.

"Hey," she replied, smiling at him as she watched him put Joe carefully into his car seat.

Crossing the room quickly, he gently folded her into his arms, cradling her head against his shoulder as he sighed happily. He kissed the top of her head, smoothing some hair from her face.

"God, Scully, I was so worried. I've never seen you look so pale before."

She nodded. "I know. I lost a lot of blood. Even I was unsure if I was going to make it for a moment there." She paused, moving so that she could look up into his face. "How long have I been out?"

"Two days," he replied quietly, rubbing a hand over his face that showed the strain he had been through over those two days before he wiped the look, smiling at her again. "But that doesn't matter now. What matters is that we have you back."

"Have you even been home since we got here?" she asked, raising her eyebrow when he went to answer and chuckling when he sighed and shook his head. "Mulder! You have to look after yourself. I hate seeing you looking so worn out."

He pulled her closer, his arms being careful to avoid the many tubes and wires that seemed to be coming from everywhere, making his heart break from knowing that this was his fault, yet again. Holding her tightly, he leant down and kissed every part of her face that he could find, enjoyed hearing her laughing at his actions as she hugged him back, tears running down her face from laughing so hard when he finally released his hold slightly.

"Mulder! What was that all about?" she asked, her eyes radiating love for him which almost made him blush from the intensity.

"I'm just so glad to have you back, Scully. I thought this time...I thought this time I'd really lost you."

Smiling tenderly, she reached up to caress his cheek gently. "I'm not going anywhere," she assured him, seeing him nod and smile slightly back. "Besides, I couldn't exactly leave you, Mulder. You can't use the washing machine, let along change a diaper!"

Looking up in surprise, he let out a bark of laughter, settling her into his arms again. "You'd be surprised what I can do, Scully." He sighed, enjoying the quiet and having Scully back close to him again. "One of these days, I'm going to get it right. And make you and Joe proud of me."

Getting no answer, Mulder glanced down to see that Scully was sound asleep in his arms again, her tiny hands clinging onto his shirt as if she never wanted to let him go. Grinning, he leant his head back against the headboard, the strain of the last few days finally hitting him as he fell into the best sleep he'd had in a long time.

I was gonna leave it on a cliff-hanger then, but thought it might be a bit cruel so I hope the ending is OK! The next bit will be the last chapter lol! Please let me know what you think, that'd be amazing! And thanks so much for reading :)