Absence Is To Love
By: Olivia
John walked down the hospital corridor impatiently with two old X-Files stuffed underneath his arm. He actually might have left them in his, and Monica's he added, office having already memorized them after Skinner's call. But he brought them along just in case he needed to reference something.
He rounded the corner and walked down the psychiatric ward unit where he saw Skinner and a bunch of officers and FBI agents outside the room controlling the crime scene.
John just gave Skinner a glance before entering the hospital prison room and found it exactly as Skinner had described. A male hospital nurse, who to the untrained eye looked to be merely asleep, laid in the bed oblivious to the lab techs and crime scene unit team surrounding him collecting evidence. The M.E. pulled back the bed covers to reveal multiple and vicious stab wounds. It was then that John noticed the bloody shank resting just underneath the bed.
John had seen all he needed to. He walked back out into the hallway. Skinner and he stepped a little to the side, away from the crowd. "You wanna explain to me how a petite blonde woman killed the nurse and then walks outta here, past security, like nothin' happened."
Skinner just looked at John. He needed him to believe. That was the only way to get Monica back alive. "I'm assuming you read the files I told you to. It's all in there. You know exactly how she did it."
John just shook his head, still unconvinced. "People just can't physically "push" their will onto others. They can't make a person do what they don't wanna do unless they got a gun or some kind of weapon to threaten them with. What you're suggestin'..."
"What I'm suggesting, Agent Doggett, I've seen for myself."
"Okay," amended John realizing that he was really wound tight about all this, but the stakes here were great. "I just don't see how people can bend other people's minds. This Linda Bowman, yeah I agree with you that she escaped. I'll agree that the time of her escape, with the help of this guard Brinkly, gives her ample time to get over to Monica's and kidnap her. I most certainly agree that she had a definite grudge against Mulder and Scully. She blamed them for her brother's problems and death, although as far as I can tell, she was the one that actually pulled the plug. Her blood is in Monica's apartment so Monica must have gotten off a shot before they got her. They must've knocked her out or somethin'. Bowan's got motive and means, but don't go askin' me to believe that she can "push" her will onto others."
"They were keeping her on drugs in order to prevent her from using her mental powers. They found a week's worth of her medication hidden in the room. This woman is dangerous, Agent Doggett."
"Of that I have no doubt. We just have to find out where they've taken Monica."
Skinner held up a VCR tape. "I might be able to help you with that. This was just handcarried to me."
"What is it?" asked John anxiously.
"Surveillance tape of Monica's apartment."
"We check that though. Her apartment doesn't have outdoor surveillance cameras."
"But the one across the street does. It shows an unconscious Monica being put into the back of a black Econoline van by Bowan and Brinkly. I've already put out an APB for the van. It's only a matter of time."
John nodded as he took the tape. He mentally swore Linda Bowan was going to wish she never left the mental institution.
By: Olivia
John walked down the hospital corridor impatiently with two old X-Files stuffed underneath his arm. He actually might have left them in his, and Monica's he added, office having already memorized them after Skinner's call. But he brought them along just in case he needed to reference something.
He rounded the corner and walked down the psychiatric ward unit where he saw Skinner and a bunch of officers and FBI agents outside the room controlling the crime scene.
John just gave Skinner a glance before entering the hospital prison room and found it exactly as Skinner had described. A male hospital nurse, who to the untrained eye looked to be merely asleep, laid in the bed oblivious to the lab techs and crime scene unit team surrounding him collecting evidence. The M.E. pulled back the bed covers to reveal multiple and vicious stab wounds. It was then that John noticed the bloody shank resting just underneath the bed.
John had seen all he needed to. He walked back out into the hallway. Skinner and he stepped a little to the side, away from the crowd. "You wanna explain to me how a petite blonde woman killed the nurse and then walks outta here, past security, like nothin' happened."
Skinner just looked at John. He needed him to believe. That was the only way to get Monica back alive. "I'm assuming you read the files I told you to. It's all in there. You know exactly how she did it."
John just shook his head, still unconvinced. "People just can't physically "push" their will onto others. They can't make a person do what they don't wanna do unless they got a gun or some kind of weapon to threaten them with. What you're suggestin'..."
"What I'm suggesting, Agent Doggett, I've seen for myself."
"Okay," amended John realizing that he was really wound tight about all this, but the stakes here were great. "I just don't see how people can bend other people's minds. This Linda Bowman, yeah I agree with you that she escaped. I'll agree that the time of her escape, with the help of this guard Brinkly, gives her ample time to get over to Monica's and kidnap her. I most certainly agree that she had a definite grudge against Mulder and Scully. She blamed them for her brother's problems and death, although as far as I can tell, she was the one that actually pulled the plug. Her blood is in Monica's apartment so Monica must have gotten off a shot before they got her. They must've knocked her out or somethin'. Bowan's got motive and means, but don't go askin' me to believe that she can "push" her will onto others."
"They were keeping her on drugs in order to prevent her from using her mental powers. They found a week's worth of her medication hidden in the room. This woman is dangerous, Agent Doggett."
"Of that I have no doubt. We just have to find out where they've taken Monica."
Skinner held up a VCR tape. "I might be able to help you with that. This was just handcarried to me."
"What is it?" asked John anxiously.
"Surveillance tape of Monica's apartment."
"We check that though. Her apartment doesn't have outdoor surveillance cameras."
"But the one across the street does. It shows an unconscious Monica being put into the back of a black Econoline van by Bowan and Brinkly. I've already put out an APB for the van. It's only a matter of time."
John nodded as he took the tape. He mentally swore Linda Bowan was going to wish she never left the mental institution.
