Chapter 25

Margaret watched as her daughter and Fox walked towards the President's office with a strong stride. She stood up from her seat and wanted to go towards them, but they were already inside before she could reach them. She knew something was up, she needed to know what, but she knew that she was really an outsider in this place, she knew that she couldn't help. But deep down the things she had already seen today made her convinced that she didn't really want to get too involved…

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'Sir, we have to take action.' Mulder said strongly. The President looked across at him and Mr Basford stood at the edge of the room, a serious look on his face.

'I know Agent Mulder, but what do you expect us to do?'

'We need to do something, we need to show the rebels that we can fight back, it might make them retreat.'

'It'll only be a pin prick to them..' Mr Basford said.

'Well we have to start somewhere, and we know it works. Mulder and I are prepared to go out and fight, we need to fight back, may be kill the rebels in this area, scare them, make them realise we can fight back…' Scully started.

'I can't risk the lives of you two, you're too imporant.'

'We ARE the only people who can do this for you.' Mulder said forcefully.

'Please, lets think about this a bit more..' The President said. Mulder sighed.

'We have no more time Sir, we need to act now.' He said. 'We all need to go downstairs and give blood, and then we can have a good supply of vaccine.' Mulder said.

'This is crazy.' The President said.

'Really? This is crazy? How about aliens from outer space, I think we passed the crazy line a long time ago Sir.' Scully snapped. The President was silent for a moment. Mulder felt his heart racing.

'Scully, go downstairs and tell the other doctors and scientists to set up the labs, everyone in this building it going to donate their blood.' Mulder said. Scully swallowed heavily and nodded, then turned quickly and sped towards the door.

'Stop right there!' The President said quickly, and Scully froze. She had to remember that he was above her in authority, but by god he was starting to really piss her off. 'I can't let you do this, we're going to be putting the soldiers lives in danger, and yours, and you people are the only protection we have, the only protection the whole world has!' The President said. Scully closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She turned back to face him slowly, anger burning inside of her.

'We surely, if we're the most important people here today Sir, then everyone in this building has to follow OUR orders. So, I am now ordering you and Mr Basford to go downstairs and give your blood.' Mulder said in a low voice. There was an ice silence in the room and the President looked around uneasily.

'You are talking to the President of the United States..' Mr Basford said angrily, but it was then too much for Scully, she had had enough. To everyone's surprise in the room, Scully reached into her trouser belt and brought out a small gun. Mulder heard it click into place and turned around to look at her in shock and admiration. He couldn't believe it. Scully had a gun with her, and she was going to use it against the President.

'I think I've had enough of this bullshit.' She said in a low voice, the gun aimed for the President's head.

'Miss Scully!' The President exclaimed.

'Where on earth did she get that gun?' Mr Basford said nervously.

'Took it off one of your dead guards, I figured we might be needing it sometime just in case things got messy, and now, they've got messy.' Scully said coolly. Mulder felt his heart surge for her. She was brilliant.

'Now you listen to Mulder and I, you are going to go downstairs and give blood, or I'll have to use force against you.' She said in a low voice.

'We won't.' Mr Basford said. Scully took a deep breath to try and calm herself down.

'Oh really. Well tell me this Mr Basford, what the hell is your story behind all this… you say you are involved to what has happened today? Well please, tell me your secrets. I think it's time you spilled the beans.' Scully said.

'Scully, they knew about it all, both of them.' Mulder said, moving swiftly towards Scully and then stood next to her, feeling more comfortable on her side.

'Then they're just as responsible for all of this as the aliens are.' She said in an angry voice. 'If I were you.. Sir, I'd get downstairs right now and do as I say or when this blows over, which it will, if you let us run it how we need it to be ran, the whole world will know that the President was responsible for the invasion. How about that?' She asked. There was a long silence in the room and the President looked as if he wanted to run away and never be found again. After a long pause, he finally gave in.

'All right..' He said. Mr Basford was shocked.

'What?' He exclaimed.

'Go with Mulder.' Scully sneered, and the President moved towards Mulder, who then took him firmly by the arm and took him out of the door. Scully turned back to Mr Basford and then moved towards him quickly, pointing the gun to his head. Feeling rage take over her, she couldn't help but scare him. She shot the wall just next to his head and Mr Basford cried out in terror as the bullet whipped past his ear. He cowered like a little child as she came near.

'Please…' He said weakly.

'If I were you I'd come downstairs with me.' She said, her eyes glowering into his. Basford slowly nodded and Scully grabbed him hard and pulled him out of the office keeping the gun at the ready.

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