CH.6***Will you be Ken?***
Mulder drove down the block to a similar house; the Rumples had a wooden swing hanging from their porch and two lawn gnomes at the entrance to their walkway. Mulder made his way to the front door and noticed a copy of the National Enquirer on a wooden table next to a pack of Morley lights. He rang the doorbell, which chimed to O' Susanna. Mulder laughed at this.
A pretty petite woman with short wavy blonde hair and a sharp thin nose answered the door.
"Hi, I'm agent Mulder with the FBI, are you Mrs. Rumple?" He asked as he flashed her his badge.
"Ms. Rumple. I'm divorced." She informed him.
He held out his hand and shook hers. He didn't mind touching her at all. She picked up a cigarette and lit it and motioned for Mulder to take one.
"Oh, no thanks." He smiled.
"It's nice to see a man in a suit and tie." She smiled seductively.
Mulder shied at this and smiled stupidly.
"Would it be possible for me to speak with Elizabeth?" He asked feeling a little awkward.
"Sure, just go in and yell for her."
Mulder raised his brow questioningly. The woman held up her hand in which she held her cigarette.
"She has asthma." She responded.
Mulder smiled and walked inside the house. The theme was obviously cows; the border of the family room was of two cows in a field and directly in front of the door was a mirror rimmed in cow print.
"Elizabeth?" Mulder asked.
"I'm in here!" A girls voice responded.
"Uh, where's here?" He looked down the hall to the left.
"In my room! Duh!" The girl yelled sarcastically.
Mulder followed the voice into a Victorian inspired pale pink room where Elizabeth, who had long blonde curls and big blue eyes, sat on the floor, Barbies in hand. Mulder kneeled beside her.
"Hi Elizabeth. My name is Fox." He said warmly.
The girl broke into hysterical giggles. Mulder furrowed his brow.
"Fox is a funny name." The girl announced.
"Then you can call me Mulder." He offered.
To this the girl laughed harder. Mulder sighed.
"How old are you Elizabeth?"
"Thix and a half." She said proudly through missing front teeth.
"Can you tell me how you got those cuts on your arm?"
"Doot-doo-doot-doo-doo." The girl sang as she had her Barbie jump onto Mulder's leg.
Mulder held out the composite sketch before her.
"Have you ever seen him before?" He asked.
"Sure." She said as she went about having Barbie jump on Mulder's head.
"Where? Can you tell me?" Mulder asked anxiously.
"There's two of them in my front yard."
Mulder closed his eyes.
"Do you want to be Ken becauth you are a boy?" She giggled.
Mulder shook his head, smiled and walked back out front.
"Have a seat." Ms. Rumple smiled as she patted the empty space next to her on the swing.
" Your daughter is something else." Mulder joked.
"Yeah, she's a handful."
The Sheriff and Scully pulled up in a white pickup. Scully got out and waved him off.
"Who is that?" Ms. Rumple asked as Scully walked up the walkway.
"That's my partner Dana Scully, she wants to take a look at Elizabeth, she's a doctor."
Ms. Rumple frowned. Scully looked strangely at the two as they stood.
"Ms. Rumple-" Mulder started.
"Shania." Ms.Rumple interrupted.
"This is my partner, Dana Scully."
The woman did not extend her hand out to Scully, but looked her over judgingly, jealously.
Mulder drove down the block to a similar house; the Rumples had a wooden swing hanging from their porch and two lawn gnomes at the entrance to their walkway. Mulder made his way to the front door and noticed a copy of the National Enquirer on a wooden table next to a pack of Morley lights. He rang the doorbell, which chimed to O' Susanna. Mulder laughed at this.
A pretty petite woman with short wavy blonde hair and a sharp thin nose answered the door.
"Hi, I'm agent Mulder with the FBI, are you Mrs. Rumple?" He asked as he flashed her his badge.
"Ms. Rumple. I'm divorced." She informed him.
He held out his hand and shook hers. He didn't mind touching her at all. She picked up a cigarette and lit it and motioned for Mulder to take one.
"Oh, no thanks." He smiled.
"It's nice to see a man in a suit and tie." She smiled seductively.
Mulder shied at this and smiled stupidly.
"Would it be possible for me to speak with Elizabeth?" He asked feeling a little awkward.
"Sure, just go in and yell for her."
Mulder raised his brow questioningly. The woman held up her hand in which she held her cigarette.
"She has asthma." She responded.
Mulder smiled and walked inside the house. The theme was obviously cows; the border of the family room was of two cows in a field and directly in front of the door was a mirror rimmed in cow print.
"Elizabeth?" Mulder asked.
"I'm in here!" A girls voice responded.
"Uh, where's here?" He looked down the hall to the left.
"In my room! Duh!" The girl yelled sarcastically.
Mulder followed the voice into a Victorian inspired pale pink room where Elizabeth, who had long blonde curls and big blue eyes, sat on the floor, Barbies in hand. Mulder kneeled beside her.
"Hi Elizabeth. My name is Fox." He said warmly.
The girl broke into hysterical giggles. Mulder furrowed his brow.
"Fox is a funny name." The girl announced.
"Then you can call me Mulder." He offered.
To this the girl laughed harder. Mulder sighed.
"How old are you Elizabeth?"
"Thix and a half." She said proudly through missing front teeth.
"Can you tell me how you got those cuts on your arm?"
"Doot-doo-doot-doo-doo." The girl sang as she had her Barbie jump onto Mulder's leg.
Mulder held out the composite sketch before her.
"Have you ever seen him before?" He asked.
"Sure." She said as she went about having Barbie jump on Mulder's head.
"Where? Can you tell me?" Mulder asked anxiously.
"There's two of them in my front yard."
Mulder closed his eyes.
"Do you want to be Ken becauth you are a boy?" She giggled.
Mulder shook his head, smiled and walked back out front.
"Have a seat." Ms. Rumple smiled as she patted the empty space next to her on the swing.
" Your daughter is something else." Mulder joked.
"Yeah, she's a handful."
The Sheriff and Scully pulled up in a white pickup. Scully got out and waved him off.
"Who is that?" Ms. Rumple asked as Scully walked up the walkway.
"That's my partner Dana Scully, she wants to take a look at Elizabeth, she's a doctor."
Ms. Rumple frowned. Scully looked strangely at the two as they stood.
"Ms. Rumple-" Mulder started.
"Shania." Ms.Rumple interrupted.
"This is my partner, Dana Scully."
The woman did not extend her hand out to Scully, but looked her over judgingly, jealously.