CH. 7 ***Pity party***
"Why do you need to look at Elizabeth?" Shania asked snobbily.
"Because I'm hoping that I might possibly be able to ascertain indication of our suspects motive, or anything that may help lead us to it." Scully replied.
"Hey Scully!!!" Mulder yelled as he jumped up and ran to the side of the house, Scully trailing closely behind.
"What is it?" She yelled in a heavy pant. Mulder stopped and analyzed the scene before him.
"There!" He cried as he pointed at movement in a bush. He reached his arm into the bush, but pulled his arm out quickly and yelped. Sticking out of his arm was a nearly-microscopic dagger from which blood ran down his arm. He winced as he yanked it out, then he held it up for Scully to see.
"What do you think about that?" Mulder asked.
"It could just be a toy that a kid left behind." Scully rationalized.
"You think they'd give something capable of doing that to a child?" Mulder asked pointing to the blood dripping from his arm.
Scully shrugged. "Gnomes, Mulder." She remarked incredulously.
Mulder chuckled to himself. "What's your theory?"
"Aliens are on my maybe list. Government conspiracies, yes. But GNOMES Mulder?"
"I'll tell you what. I'm going to catch one of them and hold it up by the back of its shirt as it tries to bite your nose as I dangle it in front of your face. How's that?"
Scully mouthed 'whatever' and widened her eyes sarcastically.
"Is today the official make fun of Mulder day?" He muttered under his breath to himself as he looked through the bushes unaware that Scully heard him.
"SHANIA seems to like you." She smirked in return.
"Yeah, and here she comes now." Mulder said teasingly.
Shania ran right by Scully, not even acknowledging her existence, over to Mulder. "Oh you poor thing!!" she exclaimed as she held Mulder's arm up to her face to examine his cut. "You need to go to a hospital!"
"He's fine, it's just a little cut." Scully guaranteed.
Shania flashed her a harsh look and very cockily said " Well, I think he needs stitches."
Mulder grinned largely.
"Look, Ms. Rumple. I'm a medical doctor. All he needs is a band aid."
"Agent Mulder, would you like me to drive you to a hospital?" Shania turned to him.
Mulder glanced over her shoulder at Scully who gave him a death look. "Um, no. I think I'll be ok. I should just bandage it. Thank you though." He smiled.
"Well, let me go wash that up for you." Shania grabbed his good arm and guided him back to the house, and Scully, who was right in their way, jumped to the side to let them pass. She held her hands up in front of her defensively.
She watched them disappear into the house, and she walked to the end of the street, looking around, waiting for Shania's new hunny-bunny to come back out so they could leave.
Just then, a piercing scream cut through the thick humid air. Scully drew her gun and ran over to the lake.
"Why do you need to look at Elizabeth?" Shania asked snobbily.
"Because I'm hoping that I might possibly be able to ascertain indication of our suspects motive, or anything that may help lead us to it." Scully replied.
"Hey Scully!!!" Mulder yelled as he jumped up and ran to the side of the house, Scully trailing closely behind.
"What is it?" She yelled in a heavy pant. Mulder stopped and analyzed the scene before him.
"There!" He cried as he pointed at movement in a bush. He reached his arm into the bush, but pulled his arm out quickly and yelped. Sticking out of his arm was a nearly-microscopic dagger from which blood ran down his arm. He winced as he yanked it out, then he held it up for Scully to see.
"What do you think about that?" Mulder asked.
"It could just be a toy that a kid left behind." Scully rationalized.
"You think they'd give something capable of doing that to a child?" Mulder asked pointing to the blood dripping from his arm.
Scully shrugged. "Gnomes, Mulder." She remarked incredulously.
Mulder chuckled to himself. "What's your theory?"
"Aliens are on my maybe list. Government conspiracies, yes. But GNOMES Mulder?"
"I'll tell you what. I'm going to catch one of them and hold it up by the back of its shirt as it tries to bite your nose as I dangle it in front of your face. How's that?"
Scully mouthed 'whatever' and widened her eyes sarcastically.
"Is today the official make fun of Mulder day?" He muttered under his breath to himself as he looked through the bushes unaware that Scully heard him.
"SHANIA seems to like you." She smirked in return.
"Yeah, and here she comes now." Mulder said teasingly.
Shania ran right by Scully, not even acknowledging her existence, over to Mulder. "Oh you poor thing!!" she exclaimed as she held Mulder's arm up to her face to examine his cut. "You need to go to a hospital!"
"He's fine, it's just a little cut." Scully guaranteed.
Shania flashed her a harsh look and very cockily said " Well, I think he needs stitches."
Mulder grinned largely.
"Look, Ms. Rumple. I'm a medical doctor. All he needs is a band aid."
"Agent Mulder, would you like me to drive you to a hospital?" Shania turned to him.
Mulder glanced over her shoulder at Scully who gave him a death look. "Um, no. I think I'll be ok. I should just bandage it. Thank you though." He smiled.
"Well, let me go wash that up for you." Shania grabbed his good arm and guided him back to the house, and Scully, who was right in their way, jumped to the side to let them pass. She held her hands up in front of her defensively.
She watched them disappear into the house, and she walked to the end of the street, looking around, waiting for Shania's new hunny-bunny to come back out so they could leave.
Just then, a piercing scream cut through the thick humid air. Scully drew her gun and ran over to the lake.