Chapter Thirty Seven

'Jesus..' She heard Riggs mutter under her breath. But Scully was here now, she had come all this way, she wasn't going to give up. Her heart beat loudly in her chest, telling her that she was still alive for now, for this moment, and the love that Mulder and her shared was enough to live for. More than enough.

'It's all right.' She whispered under her breath as the door clicked open and the rebels stared for a second. She felt as if the world was standing still for that moment, like it was paused. But she knew that they had no time to waste, and it was now or never.

'FIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE!' She roared.

The reaction was instant, the gun fire happened instantly, and Scully jumped down onto the ground from the copter. She glared around and saw the rebels move forwards for the first time, reaching out towards her and the soldiers with long, creepy arms, like they were trying to grab her and pull her down to her death. She blinked and pushed away all her fear – there was no time for that now. She fired her gun continuously all around the front line of rebels and then decided to run. With one quick glace back to the other scientists who were following her now, she led the way.

'TO THE SHIP!' She roared over the gunfire, and started to run towards the falling crowd of rebels, who were dying at her feet now as the soldiers shot from the safety of the copter. She didn't stop and she didn't care. She was determined. However when a bullet nearly clipped her in the shoulder, she snapped back into reality and tried to remain focused on staying alive. The rebels were all around her, closing in on her, and she fired as well as they came close. They were dropping like flies all around her, and she felt running and running.

But something made the hair rise on the back of her neck. Something was being said, and it made her feel sick as she recognised it instantly.

'Daana Ssssscully.. Dana Scully.. Dana Sssscully... are you Dana Sssscully..'

Scully felt hot tears coat her throat as she felt fear rise inside of her. She was suddenly taken back to the beginning of all this – they were just in their house having a nice afternoon when rebels had attacked and had asked her and Mulder and same thing. Are you Dana Scully?

Scully cried out in anger and felt a hot tear run down her cheek as the chant grew louder and louder and started swimming around her head. She shot her gun wildly, and then quickly reached into her trouser pocket for more ammo, and clicked it in skilfully, and began firing again. The re-load only took about two seconds, she was on top form.

'DIE YOU BASTARDS!' She screamed, as the rebels dropped all around her. She slowly saw the spaceship becoming closer to her, it was in her sight. She soldiered on, shooting and running as fast as she could, determined not to falter, but suddenly all hope was lost as she realised that she had made a huge mistake. Scully felt her heart fail for a second as she felt her foot get caught on something on the ground and she fell, flat on her front in the muddy, damp grass.



Scully cried out desperately and in fear as she felt the ground beneath her.

'No!' She cried out, more to herself, and scrambled for her feet. She felt the area around her and grabbed her gun quickly. With one swift movement she got to her feet, but when she stood up again and saw what was around her she let out a cry of fear. The rebels were so close now, their fingertips nearly touching her shoulders...

'Oh god.. oh god please... please...' She whimpered in fear and felt tears roll down her cheeks. Why wasn't anyone shooting! She started to feel faint and panicky, and she couldn't even lift her gun up to shoot them they were that close. Scully closed her eyes for a moment and prepared herself to die. They had lost – this was it. She could almost feel the rough fingertips of the horrific creatures touching her, and they glared at her with a eerie sense, like they were admiring her for some reason. Scully felt herself shake with fear. 'I'm so sorry Mulder...' She whispered under her breath, and felt her heart ache for him. She wanted him then so badly, she wanted to be safe with him in their home...

'SCULLY! GET MOVING!'

She heard the shout from behind her and snapped back into reality. The gunfire was starting again and the rebels were falling all around her, some of them were touching her as they fell, brushing past her shoulder and her legs. Scully screamed and flinched as they touched her, but then forced herself to move and she found herself shakily climbing over the convulsing and destroyed bodies of the rebels towards the entrance of the ship. She felt sick as she touched them and climbed over the monsters, but she was determined to get inside – to finish this. With just a few yards to go she was faced with a rebel standing directly at the entrance, who looked ready to pounce on her. Scully narrowed her eyes in concentration as she watched it get ready to pounce, and it leapt into the air. But before it could even leap two metres, Scully had predicted where it would be in the air and shot her gun. The bullet hit it straight in the heart and it dropped from the sky, landing just behind her and Scully took a quick breath of relief as she entered the spaceship and out of the violence from outside.

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On the road

'Mulder, we're receiving a transmission from the troops in Phoenix.'

Mulder turned in shock as the solider behind him handed him over the radio. They were travelling to the next attack point, five men had been lost at the last attack. But they were doing well, Mulder was determined. He grabbed the radio fast.

'Mulder here, what is it?' He asked, his heart beating fast.

'Mulder, it's Officer Riggs. We have successfully got Miss Scully and the scientists inside the spaceship, I repeat, they are successfully inside.' He said forcefully. Mulder felt a wave of relief wave over him as he imagined Scully inside the spaceship and fighting through the rebels. He nodded.



'Good work. Keep me informed.' He said.

'Will do. How is the attack?' Riggs asked. Mulder sighed and looked around the vehicle. They had lost seven men so far.

'We're doing well.' Mulder said, a little too over complimentary, but nothing was going to fail him. They could still do this. 'We're just about to find out how the other troops are doing. I think we can do this, but the spaceships are definitely the key. We saw a few rebels that seemed to be taking orders.' Mulder said breathlessly as the vehicle tore through the trees.

'Orders? How?' Riggs asked. Mulder let out a breath and knew that he was going to be doubted by what he was about to say.

'Telepathically.' Mulder said. There was a silence on the other end from Riggs. 'I'll get back to you soon, please keep me informed on Scully. She's all I've got.' Mulder said, emotion coating his voice. He swallowed nervously. 'Over and out.'

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