Title: Ice

Author: Fallon Ash

Rating: PG

Disclaimer: Mulder and Scully don't belong to me, but to Chris Carter, 10- 13, and probably a whole lot of other people that I've forgot, but most definately not me... Just borrowing...

Summary: The "missing scene" after having left the spaceship in Fight The Future...

 

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 Mulder wasn't really sure where he was or what had happened. He vaguely

remembered finding Scully but after that all he could recall was lots of

noises and everything was very confusing. As Mulder slowly came to he

noticed that it was cold. Very cold indeed. The next thing he noticed was

two arms that held him tightly. Hmm. He didn't have the strength to open

his eyes. Someone was gently rocking him back and forth. Could it be

Scully? But wasn't she locked up in that. coffin of ice. Slowly his

ability to hear came back to him. He became aware of a sobbing sound

somewhere just behind him. The owner of the arms that held him was crying,

he could feel it with each shuddered breath. He tried to turn around but his

body refused to obey him. His arms and legs were just lying there,

completely limp. Don't think we are going to move anytime soon.   Damn

body! Move!

No response.

Mulder felt that he had to check on the person behind him. It is very rude

to lie in a crying person's arms, especially when that person was crying

more and more for every minute. He should be comforting instead of lying

there like some sort of vegetable.

Mulder suddenly felt very tired from the effort of trying to move. Even if

he hadn't moved an inch. He felt his consciousness starting to slip away, no

matter how much he tried to hold on to it. Then everything went black.

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When Mulder came to for the second time the sun was still shining. He

wondered about that for a while, until he remembered being in Antarctica.

The sun would shine all day and night long. He was almost in the same

position he had been when he could last remember, but this time the other

person was lying down behind him, spooning him. This wasn't completely

successful since the person behind him was much smaller.

Mulder felt stronger now, than he had before, and slowly convinced his

aching muscles that they would indeed have to turn around, no matter how

much they complained.

As he finally had turned around, he found himself face to face with the most

beautiful sight in the world, Scully. It wasn't a very happy sight, though.

She was lying with the side of her face pressed against the snow, her arms

stiff around him. When he looked at her he could see frozen tears or her

cheeks and her lovely, red hair was like icicles. He gently touched her

face, it was as cold ice.

A little alarmed by this he sat up, nor caring about his protesting muscles,

and gathered her up in his arms. She didn't move at all. Rather scared by

now, he bent over her and watched carefully for any sign of life. Relieved

when he felt her faint breathing he held her close to him, to keep her warm,

to feel her close to him. She was so cold, he wasn't sure she would make it,

but he'd be damned if he gave up when he had gotten this far.

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Scully was cold, really cold. She didn't think she had ever been this cold.

Not even when she was let out of that horrible coffin had she been this

cold. What she would give if she could ever be warm again.

She felt Mulder rocking her, his presence at least making it a little bit

better. She managed to open her eyes, though the lashes felt frozen together

from the tears she had shed. When she finally could meet Mulder's piercing

gaze she felt like crying again. When she read the painfully radiant message

in them she knew was visible in her own as well.

Scully knew Mulder could read this as clear as her, when he slowly bent over

and put his mouth to hers. It wasn't a kiss born from sexual attraction, it

wasn't even a kiss born from love, or maybe it was, it was a kiss that said

"If I ever loose you again I will not make it alone." So they kissed for

what seemed like an eternity and yet more. It was a kiss that was born in

desperation, a need to feel the life of the other and a deadly fear of

loosing the other.

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When they broke the kiss they still clung to each other as if the world

would end if they didn't. Finally Mulder stood, and pulled Scully with him.

Slowly, slowly they started walking towards the abandoned truck Mulder had

used what seemed like an eternity before.

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