CHAPTER 6
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The gurgling sound coming from the coffee pot soon died down.
"Coffee's ready,"she said to Tom as she headed into the kitchen. Soon after, she came back into the living room holding two mugs of coffee in her hands.
"Thank you m'am," he said, delighted to get his hands on some caffeine. Scully joined him on her couch.
"Tom, please, call me Scully,"she told him. He nodded.
"Agent Scully..."he began with hesitation,"I hate to be the bearer of unpleasant news.." There was a pause, but after Scully looked at him impatiently he continued.
"Have you remembered anything..anything at all from the night of A.D. Skinner's death?"he asked nervously. He began fidgeting with the doily on the coffee table.
She didn't know if it was right to tell him about the things she had been seeing. She wasn't quite confident enough; then again she was always the skeptic. She took a huge swig of her coffee.
"No,"she said looking him straight in the eye. She wasn't lying, she was just being cautious. She had to feel for the boy though, she could tell he wasn't used to confrontations like this. "Tom, I'm ready to hear whatever it is that you need to tell me,"she assured him.
"Mulder killed Skinner that night,"he finally managed to get out.
"I beg your pardon, but I know that to be definitely not true,"she retorted. Her reaction made him even more uncomfortable.
"I know your going to have a tough time believing this, but it's important that you hear me out, we don't have much time,"he pleaded with her. "Listen, I had a hard time believing it too, but I can't deny what I now know. I even have the prints to prove it to you; Mulder's prints are on the the murder weapon. He had Skinner's blood all over his shirt."
Scully still had a look of doubt on her face. "What about the note we found in Skinner's apartment? That wasn't Mulder's handwriting," she scowled.
"Let me start from the beginning,"he sighed. "If you remember a few months back, you and Agent Mulder were involved in an investigation dealing with the disappearance of a young girl." Scully nodded allowing him to continue.
"A.D. Skinner along with Alvin Kersh saw the danger there was in this investigation for Mulder; he was making it too personal. Because of Mulder's persistence, Skinner and Kersh decided to close off any further investigation and were "closing a lot of doors" for Mulder at that point. As you may know, Mulder wasn't happy with this at all and there were harsh words exchanged."
Scully took a moment to think. "I don't see how this has anything to do with the note.."she stated.
"The story isn't finished, Agent Scully. Mulder didn't stop there. He continued to violate the bureau's policies, reluctant to accept the orders of Skinner or Kersh. Skinner knew that Mulder was one of his best agents, and he wasn't willing to take these problems to the bureau and take the risk that they would suspend him."
"They then decided to meet in private to come to a solution for this problem.
Kersh wrote down the place in where they would meet; the KRC Warehouse. Mulder felt as if Skinner and Kersh were a threat to his pursuit for the truth.
These were very depressing times for him, Agent Scully- with his mother's death. You as a medical doctor should understand the mental state he was under.
Anyway, Mulder found out about their meeting without anyone's knowledge, and took you along so that things wouldn't look suspicious.
There you have it Agent Scully."
She sat there, not wanting to believe a word that he said. The problem, was that she couldn't think of anything to disprove his story.
"I'm sorry for your loss, Agent Scully. I know you've always shared a great deal of trust with him," he said, trying but failing to comfort her. Regardless of what she had just heard, she wasn't going to make up her mind until she was sure.
"He doesn't want you remembering this, that's why he knocked you unconscious in hopes that you wouldn't, at least temporarily, remember," he explained.
"That's not true. It was dark and I lost my sense of direction and tripped,"she told him.
"Was that something you remembered, or is that what Agent Mulder told you?" he asked, knowing the answer.
Scully didn't feel the need to answer him.
"My point is, that it's only a matter of time when you start remembering things that have happened. When you do, we are going to have to use you as a witness. What I'm saying is, Mulder has already killed Skinner, who was next to a brother for him."
He didn't finish his thought.
He had made his point clear.
Scully still wasn't making any definite assumptions. She knew she had to at least take some precautions though, either way. She left out a sigh of reluctance. "What do you want me to do?"
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TBC
~*Jess*~
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The gurgling sound coming from the coffee pot soon died down.
"Coffee's ready,"she said to Tom as she headed into the kitchen. Soon after, she came back into the living room holding two mugs of coffee in her hands.
"Thank you m'am," he said, delighted to get his hands on some caffeine. Scully joined him on her couch.
"Tom, please, call me Scully,"she told him. He nodded.
"Agent Scully..."he began with hesitation,"I hate to be the bearer of unpleasant news.." There was a pause, but after Scully looked at him impatiently he continued.
"Have you remembered anything..anything at all from the night of A.D. Skinner's death?"he asked nervously. He began fidgeting with the doily on the coffee table.
She didn't know if it was right to tell him about the things she had been seeing. She wasn't quite confident enough; then again she was always the skeptic. She took a huge swig of her coffee.
"No,"she said looking him straight in the eye. She wasn't lying, she was just being cautious. She had to feel for the boy though, she could tell he wasn't used to confrontations like this. "Tom, I'm ready to hear whatever it is that you need to tell me,"she assured him.
"Mulder killed Skinner that night,"he finally managed to get out.
"I beg your pardon, but I know that to be definitely not true,"she retorted. Her reaction made him even more uncomfortable.
"I know your going to have a tough time believing this, but it's important that you hear me out, we don't have much time,"he pleaded with her. "Listen, I had a hard time believing it too, but I can't deny what I now know. I even have the prints to prove it to you; Mulder's prints are on the the murder weapon. He had Skinner's blood all over his shirt."
Scully still had a look of doubt on her face. "What about the note we found in Skinner's apartment? That wasn't Mulder's handwriting," she scowled.
"Let me start from the beginning,"he sighed. "If you remember a few months back, you and Agent Mulder were involved in an investigation dealing with the disappearance of a young girl." Scully nodded allowing him to continue.
"A.D. Skinner along with Alvin Kersh saw the danger there was in this investigation for Mulder; he was making it too personal. Because of Mulder's persistence, Skinner and Kersh decided to close off any further investigation and were "closing a lot of doors" for Mulder at that point. As you may know, Mulder wasn't happy with this at all and there were harsh words exchanged."
Scully took a moment to think. "I don't see how this has anything to do with the note.."she stated.
"The story isn't finished, Agent Scully. Mulder didn't stop there. He continued to violate the bureau's policies, reluctant to accept the orders of Skinner or Kersh. Skinner knew that Mulder was one of his best agents, and he wasn't willing to take these problems to the bureau and take the risk that they would suspend him."
"They then decided to meet in private to come to a solution for this problem.
Kersh wrote down the place in where they would meet; the KRC Warehouse. Mulder felt as if Skinner and Kersh were a threat to his pursuit for the truth.
These were very depressing times for him, Agent Scully- with his mother's death. You as a medical doctor should understand the mental state he was under.
Anyway, Mulder found out about their meeting without anyone's knowledge, and took you along so that things wouldn't look suspicious.
There you have it Agent Scully."
She sat there, not wanting to believe a word that he said. The problem, was that she couldn't think of anything to disprove his story.
"I'm sorry for your loss, Agent Scully. I know you've always shared a great deal of trust with him," he said, trying but failing to comfort her. Regardless of what she had just heard, she wasn't going to make up her mind until she was sure.
"He doesn't want you remembering this, that's why he knocked you unconscious in hopes that you wouldn't, at least temporarily, remember," he explained.
"That's not true. It was dark and I lost my sense of direction and tripped,"she told him.
"Was that something you remembered, or is that what Agent Mulder told you?" he asked, knowing the answer.
Scully didn't feel the need to answer him.
"My point is, that it's only a matter of time when you start remembering things that have happened. When you do, we are going to have to use you as a witness. What I'm saying is, Mulder has already killed Skinner, who was next to a brother for him."
He didn't finish his thought.
He had made his point clear.
Scully still wasn't making any definite assumptions. She knew she had to at least take some precautions though, either way. She left out a sigh of reluctance. "What do you want me to do?"
...
TBC
~*Jess*~