Are We There Yet? - Chapter 10
Mulder waited for Scully in the foyer of the house. When he saw her coming down the stairs he just had to smile.
She was wearing so many clothes that he could hardly tell it was her underneath them all. He opened his mouth to say something then thought better of it. He wasn't quite sure if now was the time to be teasing her about her small stature.
"Ready Scully?" he asked as she approached him.
"As ready as I will ever be." She turned to Ray and Colleen who were waiting with Mulder in the foyer. "If you haven't heard anything from us by this time tomorrow, you may want to send out another team."
"I am not worried" Colleen said even though her facial expression said otherwise.
"Okay, let's do it" Mulder said opening the door and gesturing for Scully to go first.
Colleen and Ray watched them go through the door and gently shut it behind them. Colleen looked incredibly sad as she hooked her arm through Ray's.
"Ray, I don't know if I can handle this" she started. "I may need some comfort"
And she led him up the stairs.
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Scully had been out in snow storms before, but never one as bad as this one. The wind felt like little daggers stabbing at her skin and she could barely keep her eyes open.
Looking up at Mulder she noticed that he too had his head bent down against the wind. He turned to speak to her and had to yell to be heard over the storm.
"Scully. We have to make sure we aren't separated."
She nodded and accepted the hand he extended to her.
Mulder led the way trying his best to plow through the snow to make it easier on Scully and her much shorter legs. It was incredibly slow going and it seemed to take them forever just to get to the main road.
There was a small shelter there, a bus stop probably, and Mulder led Scully inside.
The snow wasn't as deep in there and he was able to clear off the small bench so they could sit down and be somewhat sheltered from the wind.
He looked at Scully and saw little of her face beneath her parka. What he saw was bright pink due to the walking and the wind.
He thought she looked beautiful.
"Scully, this is worse than I thought. Do you want to head back?"
She glared at him and said "No. I can handle it if you can."
They rested a minute before standing up again to continue. "Hey Scully - what do you think about you and me spending some serious time in a hot tub with a bottle of champagne when this case is done?" Although he asked in a teasing way, he was hoping for a positive reaction.
Scully just looked up at him and smiled sweetly. "In your dreams Mulder" she teased back.
Mulder turned her towards him and their eyes met again. They stayed that way for a moment or so before Scully spoke.
"The earlier we get going, the earlier you can try to talk me into that hot tub"
Mulder laughed and took her hand to lead her back out into the snow.
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Amanda was busily tinkering with the radio wondering where Colleen had gone off to. She had told her that she was going to see Fox and Dana off and then seemed to have disappeared.
Amanda assumed nothing wrong had happened to her, but considering the events of the past couple of days couldn't help but worry just a little.
She was just getting up to go look for her when Colleen sauntered into the room smiling like the Cheshire cat.
"Where were you?" demanded Amanda.
"Oh Ray and I were just having a private conversation"
Amanda shook her head wondering how Colleen could think about sex when so much was going on around her.
"Well let's get working on this radio"
Colleen tried to wipe the smile off her face and starting working too.
It took an hour or so, but they seemed to have it going. The signal was pretty weak. So weak, that neither thought they would be able to raise the sheriff's office in town but hopefully strong enough to be picked up by someone.
Pleased with their progress, Amanda excused herself to go wash up leaving Colleen to sit by the radio and try to hail someone.
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Chip was heading towards the bedroom in which he was holding Stacy when he thought he heard the sound of static coming from the library.
He walked into the library looked around and realized that the sound was coming from the old short wave radio sitting in the corner. As he approached it he heard Colleen voices barely above the static.
"Chip, Chip are you there? Chip, please answer!!!"
Chip thought about ignoring Colleen's obvious pleas, but he truly liked Colleen and appreciated what she had done for him - inside and outside of her bedroom.
"Colleen is that you?"
"Oh Chip, thank God I got hold of you. We are in big trouble up here. We need to get the police up here as soon as possible."
Chip's veins turned to ice when he realized that other people could be intercepting their conversation. He knew he would have to get her off the radio as quickly as possible.
"Calm down Colleen. I will be happy to contact the police for you but no one is going anywhere until this storm lets up."
"Chip, you need to try."
"Okay Colleen I will. Let me go so I can make the call."
"Thanks Chip and by the way, keep an eye open for those the agents, Dana and Fox, they are making their way towards you to try and get a vehicle up here." Chip smiled to himself. "How convenient" he thought to himself but to Colleen he calmly responded "Don't worry about them. I will make them a huge pot of coffee and let them take a nice hot shower."
"Wonderful. Thank you Chip. I'll see you soon."
Chip disengaged the radio and sat down in his favorite chair to think. They were coming to him. How perfect. How he would make them suffer. He would enjoy that. He would enjoy her. Perhaps he would even make Fox watch.
The mere thought of all this created quite a commotion in his groin. He didn't think he could wait for Dana to arrive, so he rose out of his chair and headed for the bedroom.
He knew Stacy would come in handy for something.
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It seemed like it took an eternity and the feeling in their legs and feet was practically gone when Mulder and Scully rounded the corner and saw Chip's cabin looming in front of them.
Even though the site of the small cabin with smoke coming out of its chimney seemed innocent enough, Mulder felt a small sense of dread.
He motioned to Scully to pull back with him behind some trees.
"Scully, we really don't know anything about this guy. I think we should split up and enter the house from both sides. If I am wrong about the guy, we apologize. If I'm right he can only get one of us."
Scully nodded her head in agreement. "I will go in first through the front door. Once you have seen me go in, swing around to the back and go through whatever door you find back there. Give me a couple of minutes to flush him out."
"A couple of minutes may be too long"
Scully smiled at Mulder's obvious concern over her well being "I'll be fine Mulder. I can take care of myself."
She gave Mulder one last long look and slowly starting approaching the building, not realizing that Chip was watching their every move through an upstairs window.
She crept up the porch and peered in the windows. Seeing nothing, she slowly opened the door and walked inside.
The last she remembered was the sound of someone hitting her on the back of the neck. Then everything went dark.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Author's note: I really appreciate all the comments. It is keeping me going.
Mulder waited for Scully in the foyer of the house. When he saw her coming down the stairs he just had to smile.
She was wearing so many clothes that he could hardly tell it was her underneath them all. He opened his mouth to say something then thought better of it. He wasn't quite sure if now was the time to be teasing her about her small stature.
"Ready Scully?" he asked as she approached him.
"As ready as I will ever be." She turned to Ray and Colleen who were waiting with Mulder in the foyer. "If you haven't heard anything from us by this time tomorrow, you may want to send out another team."
"I am not worried" Colleen said even though her facial expression said otherwise.
"Okay, let's do it" Mulder said opening the door and gesturing for Scully to go first.
Colleen and Ray watched them go through the door and gently shut it behind them. Colleen looked incredibly sad as she hooked her arm through Ray's.
"Ray, I don't know if I can handle this" she started. "I may need some comfort"
And she led him up the stairs.
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Scully had been out in snow storms before, but never one as bad as this one. The wind felt like little daggers stabbing at her skin and she could barely keep her eyes open.
Looking up at Mulder she noticed that he too had his head bent down against the wind. He turned to speak to her and had to yell to be heard over the storm.
"Scully. We have to make sure we aren't separated."
She nodded and accepted the hand he extended to her.
Mulder led the way trying his best to plow through the snow to make it easier on Scully and her much shorter legs. It was incredibly slow going and it seemed to take them forever just to get to the main road.
There was a small shelter there, a bus stop probably, and Mulder led Scully inside.
The snow wasn't as deep in there and he was able to clear off the small bench so they could sit down and be somewhat sheltered from the wind.
He looked at Scully and saw little of her face beneath her parka. What he saw was bright pink due to the walking and the wind.
He thought she looked beautiful.
"Scully, this is worse than I thought. Do you want to head back?"
She glared at him and said "No. I can handle it if you can."
They rested a minute before standing up again to continue. "Hey Scully - what do you think about you and me spending some serious time in a hot tub with a bottle of champagne when this case is done?" Although he asked in a teasing way, he was hoping for a positive reaction.
Scully just looked up at him and smiled sweetly. "In your dreams Mulder" she teased back.
Mulder turned her towards him and their eyes met again. They stayed that way for a moment or so before Scully spoke.
"The earlier we get going, the earlier you can try to talk me into that hot tub"
Mulder laughed and took her hand to lead her back out into the snow.
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Amanda was busily tinkering with the radio wondering where Colleen had gone off to. She had told her that she was going to see Fox and Dana off and then seemed to have disappeared.
Amanda assumed nothing wrong had happened to her, but considering the events of the past couple of days couldn't help but worry just a little.
She was just getting up to go look for her when Colleen sauntered into the room smiling like the Cheshire cat.
"Where were you?" demanded Amanda.
"Oh Ray and I were just having a private conversation"
Amanda shook her head wondering how Colleen could think about sex when so much was going on around her.
"Well let's get working on this radio"
Colleen tried to wipe the smile off her face and starting working too.
It took an hour or so, but they seemed to have it going. The signal was pretty weak. So weak, that neither thought they would be able to raise the sheriff's office in town but hopefully strong enough to be picked up by someone.
Pleased with their progress, Amanda excused herself to go wash up leaving Colleen to sit by the radio and try to hail someone.
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Chip was heading towards the bedroom in which he was holding Stacy when he thought he heard the sound of static coming from the library.
He walked into the library looked around and realized that the sound was coming from the old short wave radio sitting in the corner. As he approached it he heard Colleen voices barely above the static.
"Chip, Chip are you there? Chip, please answer!!!"
Chip thought about ignoring Colleen's obvious pleas, but he truly liked Colleen and appreciated what she had done for him - inside and outside of her bedroom.
"Colleen is that you?"
"Oh Chip, thank God I got hold of you. We are in big trouble up here. We need to get the police up here as soon as possible."
Chip's veins turned to ice when he realized that other people could be intercepting their conversation. He knew he would have to get her off the radio as quickly as possible.
"Calm down Colleen. I will be happy to contact the police for you but no one is going anywhere until this storm lets up."
"Chip, you need to try."
"Okay Colleen I will. Let me go so I can make the call."
"Thanks Chip and by the way, keep an eye open for those the agents, Dana and Fox, they are making their way towards you to try and get a vehicle up here." Chip smiled to himself. "How convenient" he thought to himself but to Colleen he calmly responded "Don't worry about them. I will make them a huge pot of coffee and let them take a nice hot shower."
"Wonderful. Thank you Chip. I'll see you soon."
Chip disengaged the radio and sat down in his favorite chair to think. They were coming to him. How perfect. How he would make them suffer. He would enjoy that. He would enjoy her. Perhaps he would even make Fox watch.
The mere thought of all this created quite a commotion in his groin. He didn't think he could wait for Dana to arrive, so he rose out of his chair and headed for the bedroom.
He knew Stacy would come in handy for something.
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It seemed like it took an eternity and the feeling in their legs and feet was practically gone when Mulder and Scully rounded the corner and saw Chip's cabin looming in front of them.
Even though the site of the small cabin with smoke coming out of its chimney seemed innocent enough, Mulder felt a small sense of dread.
He motioned to Scully to pull back with him behind some trees.
"Scully, we really don't know anything about this guy. I think we should split up and enter the house from both sides. If I am wrong about the guy, we apologize. If I'm right he can only get one of us."
Scully nodded her head in agreement. "I will go in first through the front door. Once you have seen me go in, swing around to the back and go through whatever door you find back there. Give me a couple of minutes to flush him out."
"A couple of minutes may be too long"
Scully smiled at Mulder's obvious concern over her well being "I'll be fine Mulder. I can take care of myself."
She gave Mulder one last long look and slowly starting approaching the building, not realizing that Chip was watching their every move through an upstairs window.
She crept up the porch and peered in the windows. Seeing nothing, she slowly opened the door and walked inside.
The last she remembered was the sound of someone hitting her on the back of the neck. Then everything went dark.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Author's note: I really appreciate all the comments. It is keeping me going.