CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT

"No it's not all right Mulder! Talk to me! Tell me what is going on!" Scully cried out, pushing back from him in frustration. Her eyes searched his for answers, but all she saw was sadness and frustration. She saw him check her over with concern.

"You have to trust me Scully. I know its difficult and you probably can't remember how you got here. My poor darling.." He said sadly, stroking her hair away from her face.

Scully frowned in confusion at his words. Why was he talking to her like she was clueless?

She felt a wave of frustration and annoyance hit her as he tended to her, like she was a sick puppy. She didn't have time to be fussed over.

"Mulder!" She snapped and reached up with her good hand and brushed his away. Mulder frowned with hurt as she took a step back from him and he noticed that her eyes were full of anger. He opened his mouth in surprise, wondering what he had done wrong.

"Scully? What's... what's the matter?" He managed with difficulty.

"This isn't real." She blurted out angrily. Mulder frowned with heavy concern and motioned to her to look around.

"What are you talking about Scully?" He asked, worry clear in his eyes. "All of these people are here, they are all real."

"You aren't real." She snapped, tears stinging her eyes again as his reaction to her words made her feel guilty. But she was convinced that this was a trick, and she had to be strong.

She wanted her Mulder back. Something was wrong. She didn't know if she had been abducted or what but something wasn't right.

"Scully, honey, the spaceship knocked you out and nearly burst your ear drums. You have been unconscious for the past ten hours. I've been so worried... please just hear me out." He said gently, reaching a hand out to her but to his sadness she took another step back.

"I wanna see my son Mulder! Our son!" She shouted tearfully.

The men who had surrounded her before were starting to notice the scene unfolding behind them, and they glanced at Mulder questioningly.

"You said she would calm down." The important man said, pulling his glasses off his face nervously and looking at Scully. "We don't have time for this."

"Please!" Mulder begged him, tears now stinging his own eyes again as he panicked for Scully. "Just let me speak to her privately. She's scared and she doesn't know how she got here, she can't remember…!" Mulder said desperately.

"This isn't real! I want to see my son right now! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY SON! WHERE'S MULDER!" Scully screamed to the entire room, making shocked heads turn. People that had been working on their computers and speaking into their cell phones suddenly stopped, looking at her as if she were mad.

Mulder couldn't believe what he was hearing. Could she really believe that he wasn't him?

"Scully..." Mulder exclaimed in sorrow, trying to move towards her again. Scully backed away once more, her blue eyes wide with fear. "Dammit Scully, Your Mother's name was Margaret, you lost her recently. We went to beach together and scattered her ashes, come on Scully! It's me!"

"SHUT UP!" Scully screamed at him, not wanting to believe where she was. She just wanted her son back.

"Scully, I love you so much. But you have to just listen to me, I can explain everything. I hate to see you like this." Mulder begged her.

"TELL ME WHERE WILLIAM IS!" She demanded.

Mulder bit his bottom lip as the tears fell from his eyes. He looked around at the expectant faces surrounding him, the doctors, scientists and the soliders, who had all been trying to help.

But they had gotten no where so far.

He didn't want to tell her what had happened to him, that he had lost him. He couldn't bear it. He closed his eyes and felt the tears roll down his cheek, searching his mind for the words that he needed to say, but he couldn't bring himself to tell her. He knew that it would destroy her, and he wouldn't be able to help...

After a few moments which felt like an eternity, he finally found the courage. He opened his mouth to speak and looked at Scully, so small and afraid. He wanted to hold her so badly and to take her somewhere private so they could speak about this alone..

"He's been abducted."

Mulder turned in shock towards the Colonel who had just spoken the words he had been ready to say. He glared at him, furious. How dare he tell Scully? That was his job, he had nearly been ready. How dare he?

"You son of a bitch.." Mulder snarled under his breath, then turned back to Scully in fear, knowing that the news would ruin her. He felt his heart call out for her as he saw her eyes gloss over. Mulder felt his heart skip a beat in fear as he ran towards her.

She collapsed into his arms.

He caught her just in time.

Undisclosed Location – Two Hours Later - Private Quarters

Mulder held his head in his hands as he sat by Scully's bedside.

He couldn't believe that it was now his turn to make sure she was all right.

He was now completely cured. The doctors on the base had treated him after they had airlifted them from their home.

Mulder sighed heavily and tried to ease the worry and heart ache in his chest, but it was overpowering. He had been so worried that Scully was dead as he had held her in his arms outside their home, the long wet grass seeping into her night dress.

The memory of what had happened came back to him.

Mulder closed his eyes and tried to put the pieces together. He would need to explain it all to Scully when she woke up...

The helicopter had come out of nowhere, surprising him and making him fearful that something else was about to happen.

He held Scully close as she lay in his arms, unconscious.

When the copter had landed in front of him, he had looked at it as if in a daze. He hadn't let her go.

Skinner had then stepped out of it and had ran towards him with two soldiers. Mulder had stared at them in total shock and Skinner had helped him get to his feet. Without saying a word, he had gotten into the copter with Scully and they had taken off.

Skinner had been looking at Mulder with heavy concern, until he finally spoke to him.

"Mulder, I'm so sorry about William." Skinner said through the radio system in the copter. They were all wearing headphones.

Mulder had blinked in surprise, snapping out of the nightmare that was replaying over and over in his head. He suddenly realised that one of the soliders had wrapped an insulating blanket around his shoulders.

"We will find him. I'm going to take you somewhere where we can get help. It's all gone insane out there. Since I spoke to Scully last night, ten more spaceships have appeared across the globe." Skinner said grimly, and for the first time, Mulder was finally listening.

"What… what are you saying?" Mulder asked in a small voice.

"I'm saying that the first wave was only the beginning." Skinner said dryly. Mulder looked at him with wide eyes, fear building inside of him. "I was asked to bring you and Scully to the nearest army base that is being set up near a spaceship that has landed in a field in Pennsylvania. We're on our way now. Don't worry, they have doctors there that can help Scully, and hopefully they can help you too."

Mulder frowned in confusion as he tried to process this information. Was he hearing this right?

"But… I… I don't know what to say…" He said in shock.

"The people at the base are all experts. They can help you find William, but they also need your help. You two are the only people that are experts on this kind of thing." Skinner said, then paused. "This is it Mulder."

Skinner waited for Mulder's response.

He knew that Mulder was hurting at the moment, more than he could ever imagine, but he also knew that he was amazed at what he was hearing. After all these years, he might finally have his moment.

"Agent Mulder. It's a pleasure to meet you Sir." One of the soliders appeared from behind him and reached out his hand to shake. Mulder looked at it in bewilderment for a moment, then finally shook it. "Assistant Director Skinner has told me a lot about you. I have just been treating your partner. She needs medical attention but I have done all I can for now."

Mulder felt his heart race as his thoughts turned back to Scully. He wanted to see her, he wanted to be next to her.

"I wanna see her!" Mulder cried out. Skinner looked at him with sympathy.

"I'm sorry Agent Mulder, no can do. It's going to be a bumpy ride, the weather's terrible." The solider said, his face near his as he shouted over the noise of the copter. Mulder shook his head in frustration as the solider buckled him up tighter. Mulder closed his eyes and tried to calm himself. He was never good at putting his trust into strangers.

"Hold on tight." The solider said as he made his way back to his seat and also buckled up. Mulder felt the copter move around in the violent weather and he tried to calm his breathing, but all he wanted to do was check on Scully...

His heart broke as he thought of William and where he might be. Raising a hand to his eyes he realised that he was shaking. The shock and adrenaline that he had felt in the past hour had been too much.

He had to find William...

"My son Skinner... they took my son..." Mulder said over the radio system tearfully, and Skinner glanced around at him with worry.

But Skinner didn't know what to say, what could he possibly say that would change anything?

Instead, he was silent.

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I was getting a little bored of all the happiness, I can't help myself. (sorry)

I still promise there will be a happy ending!

Hope you like it, Mulder and Scully off to save the world!