Title: Fantaisie Tordue

Author: David William Cooper

E-Mail: Doctor_Hannibal_Lector@Hotmail.com

Rating: R

Category: Angst, X-File, Novel

Keywords: DRR, Skinner/Other, Mulder/Other

Detication: Well...I don't really know who this is for...I don't think anyone I know would really want to have a story like this deticated to them...maybe...have to ask around...it is kinda...weird and out there...be warned!

Summary: When a series of bizzare murders happen, Monica starts to get vivid images and starts to worry, but is she going to far when she has Mulder to come and help, she may be opening some wounds too tender to be re- opened...

Feedback: Please...I love it.

Archive: Just ask.

Disclaimer: Nothing that is X-Files related is mine, it is the wonderful creations of Chris Carter and Ten Thirteen Productions, anything outside that, is mine, and before you use my characters, please ask. Thank you, and thank you Carter for your wonderful characters to use.

***Author's Note: Please, before reading this, know what you are getting yourself into. I don't want to be held responsible for your problems, as I will warn you now, this will be very graphic and intense. It will cross the lines of normal writing and powerful writing. I will take you on a thrill ride that if you can take it, you won't soon forget. I hope to have you hooked, and that you will keep craving more and more, as I write chapter after chapter until I reach the climax and its all done. I promise you, you won't know what the real story is until then, it will keep you guessing. I don't like stories that are obvious right off. That is part of the reason I am writing this. That and I like the upper hand that I have, as a writer, that you can't jump to the end and see how it all ends. Be warned...if you are weak of stomach, this isn't recomended...faint of heart, same thing. If you like this type of story, read on, but be forthwarned...once you enter this, you won't want to leave. It'll keep you hooked and craving for the next chapter, which will prolly be about every two weeks. I don't want to be the writer that lets you know everything right away, but you will get little clues along the way that you will need to put together to solve this X-File. So go on and read...but don't do it with the lights out and alone...you may very seriously regret it...***



Chapter Eight

Where Do We Go From Here?

Scully's Appartment

Georgetown, Virginia

8:00 PM

The last few days had been very hard and trying on everyone. Monica was having visions and Doggett had lost his brother...Scully was getting phone calls from a killer she thought that she and Doggett and Reyes had put away long ago, but failed to do that, and finding out that her only true love was committed to another woman, who not only dis-liked her, but smacked her one, it was a very eventful few days. While Doggett was getting everyone's coffee, Scully leaned back and listened to Mulder tell about how he met Celeste on a case awhile back. She knew that it was good for him to have someone, but it bugged her that it wasn't her. After Mulder finished his story and Doggett came back, Monica had to get it out about what was going on.

"I have been having...episodes...where I am really there with the killer as he does his...sick and twisted work...and I can't seem to figure out why me. I know that I am very sensitive to feelings of other people, including you all, but this draws the line for me. I have never had this happen to me before, and it is down right frightening. I can be acting normal and then I am with him...and wake up in a hospital or in John's arms. Have any idea's, Mulder?" she asked, leaning foward toward him.

"Well...your empathic...I can say that, but as far as the visions and episodes...no earthly idea Monica. I think you might want to talk to Frank Black...if you can find him, but I don't know, I havn't seen him in a long time...I think someone said he went down awhile back, but don't count me on it, and if he is dead...that would leave you alone. I don't know, honestly. So whats up with this killer...Dana? Who is he? What does he want? Do you know?" asked Mulder, glancing at Scully with deep, passionate eyes, knowing that she would have to answer him even though she was still in utter joy of simply having him back with her. Her Mulder. Her ex- Partner. Lover. Friend. Something that no matter how hard he tried Doggett could never ever be. He could come close, but he also had Monica. And Skinner had Madison, everyone had someone but her. Poor Dana. She so wanted to be with Mulder right now, in his gentle embrace, but with Celeste, it was hard...

"About a year after you left...he started to stalk me...play mind games...and I couldn't take it so I had Doggett help me catch him...he skins his victims hands Mulder...and carves an oroborous into thier foreheads...I know you have seen this before, but not in this man's case. He wasn't a serial killer until after he started to stalk me and we picked up the case, for you it goes back years...I know it...a feeling and Doggett mentioned it once. Do you remember?" she said, drinking some of her coffee. Doggett looked stone cold and distant as it all unfolded before him. No one wanted to get started with him...they all knew he was having a hard time, but with Monica having the episodes...he seemed even more distant then ever...as if he too was having them...or he had extremely strong feelings for Monica that he didn't want to admit. At all. Or he may fear what may come from that. He wasn't anti-social, just dosn't like letting people get close. Ever since Luke was killed...he had been changed, and with his brother die too...he was so distant and closed off, but everyone understood that, to a point. But no one understood how lonely he was. How he longed to be with Monica. How he wanted so badly to let her know how he really felt.

Everyone's thoughts were shatted when the phone began to ring. Mulder glanced at Scully, Celeste glanced at Doggett, who stood there...still...lifeless. Scully, trembling, picked up the phone.

"Hello?" she asked.

"Hello Dana...its me." said the voice on the other end. It was him. The killer.

"What the fuck do you want from me!?" screamed Scully into the phone, Mulder looked at her as did everyone else, but Monica, who was looking at John. She started to feel funny and got up. John followed her.

"To feel your smooth skin...to...rip it off and taste the plessure filled taste of your flesh, Dana. The fear of blood tends to create fear for the flesh, does it not? Really..." he said, in a mocking tone that made it hard for her to put down the phone. Mulder and Celeste looked at each other then quickly grabbed Scully and forced her to hang up the phone. Mulder looked at her.

"It was him. It was the killer. Brian Manchester." said Scully..breathing heavy. Just then they heard Monica scream and the rushed into the bathroom to find John holdin her down, and her waving her hands in the air, having another episode...

Undisclosed Location

Washington, D.C.

8:10 PM

Manchester looked at his knife and grined. The game was afoot once again...and this time, he was playing for keeps and Dana Scully would be his, but now he could also get a new person...Monica Reyes who he seemed to have a thing for...her smooth complexion...her soft voice...oh she was a real turn on...she was next...oh yeah...the clock was ticking and time was slowly moving toward his big moment...but not yet...still too soon...he would have to wait until things were just right...and she was ready to be killed...