This takes place during Milagro, so knowledge of that is key. Also, no, I'm not sorry.

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A week later, Mulder joins Scully at her doctor's appointment. Both are nervous, but try to hide it. Each is aware that the procedure has a low chance of working, more on Scully's part then Mulder's. Having done the donor procedure earlier in the week, Mulder merely wants to support his partner, especially since his tiny family is fully invested.

"Mr. Mulder, as I explained to Ms. Scully, there are four viable ova. If you want we can do two at a time, one, or even all four. It's really up to you," Dr. Parenti states before explaining the rest of the procedure. After his explanation, Dr. Parenti gives the agents time to talk.

"What were you thinking?" Mulder asks his partner once the doctor leaves the room.

"Would you mind if I tried twice? Two now and maybe two later, if this one doesn't go through."

"I can't see you with twins," Mulder teases causing his partner to roll her eyes. "It's all up to you. I'll support you however. I'm just glad that Chloe agrees."

After consulting with her doctor, Scully goes to the examination room to be inseminated. Turning to Mulder, Scully asks, "Did you want to come with me?"

"I was there for Chloe," Mulder jokes. Her eyebrow raise causes him to give her a sober yes.

The next day, Scully enters the office. Knowing the day before was rather tiring, Mulder asks, "Feel any different?"

"Mulder, it's going to take a few weeks until we know anything. Stop worrying," Scully states thankful she is going to be staying in D.C. for the next month. As the weeks go by, Scully spends more time with Mulder and Chloe and less at her own home much to Chloe's enjoyment. She likes having her father and guardian together.

A couple days before her follow up appointment, Scully steps in the elevator of Mulder's apartment building and presses the button for his floor. Knowing he is taking his lunch at home, she decides to meet him with autopsy results. Standing in the elevator, she is wary of the man inside with her. Stepping out of the elevator, she takes note of his following her, but soon relaxes a little when he enters the apartment next to Mulder's. Knocking on her partner's door, she waits for him to answer.

Aware that Scully is watching him with a toothbrush in his mouth, he quickly states, "'Mmm, sorry about that. Come on in.'"

She enters and heads to the couch. Sitting down, she says, "'I, uh... I rode up on the elevator with someone. Someone from next door, I think.'"

Swallowing his toothpaste with a swig of coffee, Mulder asks about the man in the elevator.

"'Hmm... Young guy?'" He asks. Scully replies affirmatively as her partner explains that the man is in fact his new neighbor.

"'Why?'"

A little unnerved by him, Scully asks, "'You met him?'"

"'Uh, briefly, yeah. He's a writer'," Mulder explains wondering what the interrogation is for.

"'What does he write?'"

Not in the mood to talk about his new neighbor, Mulder vaguely replies, "'He didn't say.'"

Remembering they have a limited time, Scully opens the folder that is now on the coffee table, "'These are, uh... these are my autopsy reports from the second victim. As you can see the heart was removed in the same manner as the previous victim. No incisions, no scope marks, no cutting of any kind.'"

"'No indication of how the killer did it?'" Mulder questions. The agents continue to go over their case before Scully heads back to do another autopsy for another agent.

"Hey, did you want to stay for dinner?" Mulder questions knowing he has to head back into the office in less than an hour. Nodding, Scully answers, "Sure. I'll see you tonight after work."

Scully enters Mulder's apartment before him that night and immediately calls out for Chloe. Not getting a reply, the red head walks toward Chloe's bedroom. Inside, the teen listens to music on her headphones while doing homework. Noticing Scully, Chloe smiles happily.

"Hi, Mom!" She calls out.

"Hey, did you want to help me with dinner? Maybe surprise your dad?" Scully asks. Chloe nods. Anything to get out of homework.

Once Mulder comes home an hour later, he immediately notices laughing coming from the kitchen.

"You two have a lot more fun cooking than I do," The man comments watching as the pair chop up tomatoes. Scraping them into the bowl, Chloe comments, "That's because we cook better."

Mulder gives a sarcastic laugh before explaining that he will be in his room changing.

"Dad, I don't like the neighbor that just moved in," Chloe states at dinner that night. "Can I stay at Scully's?"

Scully who sits right next to her nearly chokes on her food. After swallowing, the red head explains, "She's not wrong, Mulder. He is a little off."

"Off? After all the things we've dealt with over the years, you choose, off to describe him? Honestly, what's so bad about him?" Mulder questions not understanding the problem the neighbor poses. Instantly, Chloe answers, "His smile. Dad, he smirks more than smiles and he never meets your eyes."

"That does not mean he's bad."

"Mulder, he was staring at me the whole ride up to your floor this afternoon," The red head presses. "What if it were Chloe?"

Conceding, Mulder answers, "Fine. Chloe, pack your bags. You can stay with Scully for the night, but then we'll talk about this aversion you have to our neighbor."

"Thanks, Dad!" Chloe smiles as she finishes her dinner.

The next day and a half have Mulder and Scully working a case while simultaneously trying to understand Mulder's neighbor. Finding out he is their killer, the adults work overtime to catch him. While Chloe is at school, the adults have a stakeout in Mulder's apartment. Setting up the equipment, Mulder and Scully stay fairly silent until Mulder asks, "Was he right?"

"Who?" Scully asks hoping he will not remind her of Mulder's neighbor telling them that she is in love with someone. Luck not being on her side, she soon hears Mulder asks, "What my Padget said, do you love someone."

Feeling as if she is in high school again, Scully rolls her eyes and tells her partner to finish setting up. She is not in the mood to explain her love life, especially when said love life involves her partner. Soon, the pair settle into the couch and listen to Mulder's neighbor.

Restless, Mulder tells Scully he is going to get something to drink.

"You need anything?" He asks. Scully shakes her head listening again to the sound of silence. After watching the neighbor stare at a wall for an hour, Scully takes her shoes off, closes her eyes, and rests her head against the couch. Finally hearing the sounds of a typewriter again, Scully sits up. Her partner comes from his kitchen with a glass of water and sits down asking if she sees anything.

"'He just started typing again'," Scully replies as she shares her headphones with Mulder. The pair listen intently until he walks out of view of their camera. Realizing his neighbor leaves the apartment, Mulder dashes out after him. Scully, left in her stocking feet, begins to put her shoes on knowing her partner is far ahead of her now. Knowing she is his back up, Scully heads to the door only to be accosted by a hooded figure. Knocked to the ground, Scully screams remembering Tooms and the manuscript from the jail the day before. She screams again when the hooded man claws at her chest. Remembering her gun, Scully manages to take it from its holster as she struggles. Firing shots at the figure, she immediately finds it futile. The bullets will not go through him. She screams louder when the figure finally opens her chest and begins to dig around for her heart. Blacking out for a moment due to pain, she awakes in terror registering the blood that runs down her blouse. Feeling a figure holding her, Scully almost fights back before realizing it is her partner.

"Dad?" Chloe calls as she comes into the fourth floor hallway and notices her apartment door open. Hurrying over, the teen notices Mulder holding Scully.

"Mom?" The teen whispers. Brought back to reality, Mulder tells his daughter to call an ambulance. She does and answers all the questions until finally hanging up. The apartment is relatively silent until they hear an ambulance.

"Chloe, I need you to call Maggie, okay? Tell her to meet us at the hospital," Mulder states as he continues to apply pressure to his partner's wounds while whispering reassuring words. Nodding, Chloe makes the call just as the paramedics rush inside and question Mulder.

"Was your daughter here, too?" One of the paramedics asks. Mulder shakes his head.

"All right, we need to get her on a gurney. If you'd step back for me?"

Mulder does as he is told before hugging his daughter to him. He knows there will be too many people in the ambulance for him to ride along, so he grabs his car keys.

Getting the name of the hospital, Mulder drives himself and his daughter there before being told to fill out forms for her.

"Dad?" Chloe asks confused.

"I'm first on her contact list in case something happens," Mulder answers numbly. Unable to fill out anything more, Mulder waits for Maggie to come to the hospital. Spotting her coming down the hall, Mulder stands up as Chloe rushes toward her.

"How is she?" Maggie asks once she is in speaking distance of her daughter's partner. Mulder shrugs answering, "I'm not sure. She's still in surgery. Um, would you mind helping me fill in a few questions on this form?"

The woman nods. After finishing the questionnaire, Maggie looks at Chloe.

"Why don't we find some coffee," The woman proposes knowing Mulder is possibly in shock himself. Placing the clipboard at the nurse's desk, Mulder sits in the plastic waiting room chair until an attending comes out.

"Family for Dana Scully?" The man asks. Mulder stands and walks over to the man as he quickly explains where Chloe and Maggie are.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Mulder, it looks like your wife suffered a miscarriage."

"Miscarriage?" Mulder choked deciding not to correct the man. Concerned, the attending says, "I'm sorry."

"No, we were going to find out tomorrow if," Mulder stops as he tries to regain his composure. After a moment he asks, "Um, would you mind if we kept this between us? Her mother didn't know."

"Sure, Mr. Mulder. She's still unconscious, but you can see her," The attending states. Mulder nods answering, "I think I'll wait for her mother and my daughter. Is there anything else we need to know?"

"Just that she was in considerable shock when she came in, which triggered the miscarriage. I'm sorry," The physician states again. Mulder nods as he sees Maggie and Chloe walking up to him. Glancing between her daughter's partner and the physician, Maggie asks, "How is she?"

"As I was tell your daughter's husband, your daughter suffered shock more than anything, but we're keeping her here overnight for observation," The doctor explains. Maggie nods as Chloe asks, "So, she's okay otherwise?"

"Yeah, she's okay," Mulder answers before he thanks the doctor again. After a moment, the agent tells them that they can see Scully adding, "Chloe, let Maggie go first and then we'll see her."

"Fox, I'll take her to my house, if you need," Maggie states before going to see her daughter. Mulder nods as the woman walks off.

"Mulder," Scully whispers once she wakes up. After reorienting to the light, the red head registers her mother.

"Hi, Mom," She restates. Maggie smiles at her daughter as she replies, "Hi, Baby. How do you feel?"

"Awful," Scully groans as her mother brushes her hair out of her face and tells her that she will stay over night for observation. The red head nods before asking where Mulder is.

"In the waiting room. Do you want me to call them in here?"

"Chloe's there too?" Scully questions. Maggie nods before leaving the room for a few minutes. The red head smiles weakly when Mulder and Chloe enter the room.

"Hi, Mom," Chloe softly says as she goes to hold her mom's hand.

"Hey, Baby," Scully replies squeezing Chloe's hand. "I'm okay now. How about you go home with my mom, okay?"

"But," Chloe protests. Mulder looks over at his daughter and shakes his head just as there is a knock on the door.

"Looks like you have the whole family here," The nurse says coming into the hospital room. "I'm Gina. I'll be taking care of you tonight. How do you feel?"

"Like a person who's been attacked," Scully comments. Gina smiles a little as she takes the red head's blood pressure. Telling the patient that her BP is normal, Gina leaves the room.

"Well, we should better go too, Dana," Maggie states before kissing her daughter, saying her good-byes, and ushering Chloe out the door. Left alone, Scully smiles at Mulder.

"Hi," She says. His grimace as he sits down causes Scully to ask, "Mulder, what's wrong?"

Silent, Mulder merely takes his partner's hand and rubs circles over it with his thumb.

"Mulder?" She whispers worriedly.

"Um, Scully. There's something I need to tell you," Mulder begins hoping to tell her about her miscarriage. Deciding his wording, Mulder states, "You aren't staying overnight because you were attacked."

"What?" She asks, the pain meds making her vision a little cloudy again. Taking a deep breath, Mulder holds his partner's hand as she softly says, "Scully, you had a miscarriage."

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