Chapter 10 (finale)
The taxi pulled up out front. A man in shorts and sandals got out and paid the cabby. Then reached in and lifted a boy out of the back. The cab drove off and the man carried the boy to the door. When they were behind the line of trees, he set the boy down on his feet.
"I do believe this is where your father lives, Will."
William looked up at the bright blue house and sighed. He took the final steps to the door and knocked. He knew the woman who answered the door.
"Agent Reyes?"
"Oh, God! Dana! William's here! He's here!"
The screen door flew open and William suddenly found himself in the woman's arms. He hugged her back, finally relishing how much he wanted to see a familiar face.
He saw his mother standing there, then. And he felt horrible. Worse than horrible. He could have been killed. He hadn't even seen the man that Tyler was talking to but he knew that he had been no good. He stepped away from Monica and walked over to his mom.
"Mom. What are you doing here?"
"Saving you from yourself, William. What do you think you were doing running off like that! Do you have any idea how worried I was? You had the GUNMEN in a panic and you know how hard that is! Do you have—"
"Dana. Love. Shut-up. The boy's been through enough. Let him be. Tyler got him out of everything. He's safe now. We can go back to D.C. here soon, and everything will be fine. Okay? Leave him be."
Monica and Dana finally noticed the other man standing there. Dana simply glared, unable to trust anyone with her son. Monica engulfed him in her arms.
"Tyler. Long time no see. No coat. What happened?"
"Long story Monica. I'll tell you when we all head back east. Right now you need to send someone to pick up mine and Will's stuff from the hotel. And Fox, we need a clean up crew on the docks."
Mulder smiled at the younger man, "Already done."
He stepped inside to make a few calls.
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The days wore on and before school started back up William and Dana were back in D.C. Mulder would be joining them in a few days. William went back to school. Dana went back to work.
Everything went back to normal. Except now, William would finally have a father. And Tyler had agreed to show him how to do use his mind to an advantage.
Finally, after ten years, everything was perfect.
But then, nothing is ever perfect, and from that point on the darkness seemed to travel over William. It was always dark. For every perfect thing, there must be a small evil. Or maybe Darkness simply has a way of traveling.
The taxi pulled up out front. A man in shorts and sandals got out and paid the cabby. Then reached in and lifted a boy out of the back. The cab drove off and the man carried the boy to the door. When they were behind the line of trees, he set the boy down on his feet.
"I do believe this is where your father lives, Will."
William looked up at the bright blue house and sighed. He took the final steps to the door and knocked. He knew the woman who answered the door.
"Agent Reyes?"
"Oh, God! Dana! William's here! He's here!"
The screen door flew open and William suddenly found himself in the woman's arms. He hugged her back, finally relishing how much he wanted to see a familiar face.
He saw his mother standing there, then. And he felt horrible. Worse than horrible. He could have been killed. He hadn't even seen the man that Tyler was talking to but he knew that he had been no good. He stepped away from Monica and walked over to his mom.
"Mom. What are you doing here?"
"Saving you from yourself, William. What do you think you were doing running off like that! Do you have any idea how worried I was? You had the GUNMEN in a panic and you know how hard that is! Do you have—"
"Dana. Love. Shut-up. The boy's been through enough. Let him be. Tyler got him out of everything. He's safe now. We can go back to D.C. here soon, and everything will be fine. Okay? Leave him be."
Monica and Dana finally noticed the other man standing there. Dana simply glared, unable to trust anyone with her son. Monica engulfed him in her arms.
"Tyler. Long time no see. No coat. What happened?"
"Long story Monica. I'll tell you when we all head back east. Right now you need to send someone to pick up mine and Will's stuff from the hotel. And Fox, we need a clean up crew on the docks."
Mulder smiled at the younger man, "Already done."
He stepped inside to make a few calls.
---
The days wore on and before school started back up William and Dana were back in D.C. Mulder would be joining them in a few days. William went back to school. Dana went back to work.
Everything went back to normal. Except now, William would finally have a father. And Tyler had agreed to show him how to do use his mind to an advantage.
Finally, after ten years, everything was perfect.
But then, nothing is ever perfect, and from that point on the darkness seemed to travel over William. It was always dark. For every perfect thing, there must be a small evil. Or maybe Darkness simply has a way of traveling.