*CHAPTER 10*
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They walked down metal ladders and through dark crawlspaces, not having much of an idea of their rate of progress.
"This place is a maze, but we have to find a way out of here without them knowing," he whispered.
"Then what Mulder? You can only run so far before they catch you again. Is that what you want? To be a fugative?" She was trying to scare him.
They instantly became silent however when they heard the tapping of footsteps. It was two guards, they peered around carefully for a moment, then ran off in the opposite direction.
Mulder began whispering in response to her last remark. "The only person who would have been a fugative in this whole mess was you Scully. They sent you out here after feeding you a story filled with lies about me being at the brink of depression and being completely suicidal, hoping you would have no choice but to finish me off when you got here because I wouldn't cooperate. You then would be taken in for questioning and the X Files would be over as we know it."
She fell silent.
"Face it Scully, they don't want the X Files around anymore just as much as they don't want me around. And without Skinner around, a lot of things will be changing as far as The X Files are concerned."
He was busy looking for the fastest route out. Mulder felt a cold hand on his right shoulder followed by her warm breathing. She whispered to him.
"Mulder- I believe you," she said in a trembling, frightened voice. He turned around, only to see a row of heavily armed agents who were ready to fire.
Mulder and Scully turned around slowly with their arms raised in the air. But as they were turning they both dashed in seperate directions, luckily it was to dark for the shooters to fire at either of them.
With the building being so complex, there was no telling where they could be. But there was 6 men, which allowed them to search more efficiently.
Scully felt along the wall and turned the corner. There were doors upon doors, and she needed to find Mulder. She was walking in a slouched position, almost crawling. She could hear the faint whisper of a man.
"Scully."
She tried to move into the direction of the voice. "Mulder?" she whispered back.
He came out of the shadows and was about to restrain her until she realized it wasn't Mulder. She drove her knee between his legs, maneuvered behind him, covering his mouth as she strangled him. She had to be quiet about it.
Meanwhile, Mulder was hiding behind one of the many steel doors that covered the hallway walls. He peered around the corner to check for the men, then quickly stepped out of the room. He had to find Scully.
There was no sign of Mulder nor the agents for a few minutes. Scully continued searching for Mulder in every place imaginable. But out of no where, someone had come up behind her catching her completely off guard.
"Shhh..it's only me," Mulder whispered. They couldn't see eachother at this point, the darkness was powerful. Scully kept one hand on Mulder as he lead the way down the pitch black hallway.
They walked until they came to the end where there was a large emergency exit door.
The guards seemed to have moved in the opposite direction, Mulder and Scully were home free.
At least they thought they were.
There was a beam from a flashlight shining on the back of them.
"Turn around nice and slow now, no sudden moves," a voice instructed from behind them.
Mulder recognized right away who it was and was surprised to say the least. Scully was just as shocked, she couldnt believe how vulnerable she had been.
"Agent Patterson..I see you've been promoted to doing official FBI dirty work," Mulder chuckled slightly while holding both hands in the air like this was some kind of joke.
Patterson was angered at this and pointed his gun fiercely at Mulder.
"My question is about Skinner. Why do it Tom?" Mulder asked, deliberately provoking Patterson's anger.
"I did to him what is done to all people who choose not to cooperate with us..which I will now be doing to you as well," he explained with anticipation in his eyes and a finger on the trigger.
Patterson made the mistake of not paying closer attention to Scully. When he looked away from her direction she slowly slipped her gun out.
"If your smart, you'll put the gun down," she advised him as she pointed her own gun at him.
"Dana," he laughed. "I can't believe that you for a minute had second thoughts about Mulder!" he was looking at her but still had his gun pointed at Mulder.
"I don't want to shoot you Tom, put it down." Scully was now furious.
"You wouldn't shoot me Dana," he stately simply while looking strongly at Mulder.
"This is something you wouldnt do either, Tom. Just put it down, now," she said soothingly.
He suddenly was filled with rage and looked at Scully once more.
"NEVER underestimate me Dana!"
Just as he began to pull the trigger, Scully took a shot at him. He fell to the ground instantly, and she looked relieved that she got to him before he shot Mulder.
"Never underestimate a woman with a gun," she said as she walked over to him.
Scully then looked over at Mulder's direction. He looked at the exit door and then at her, and they both knew to leave quickly.
...
They returned to Washington soon after, but allegations never were raised against either of the agents. Kersh kept them both on The X Files and under his close supervision.
Patterson was reported as being the man responsible for Skinner's death.Nothing was ever mentioned about him again, and in some way Kersh got what he planned on that night. Whether Kersh thought Mulder to be more useful alive or he just wanted to wipe Patterson away clean, they didn't know. It remained a mystery to them, one that niether of them would ever dare to question. Some truths are left untold and some lies are left uncovered. Everyone has a secret, and these secrets would be burried along with the rest of the secrets at the FBI.
THE END ....
thanks for reading, I hoped you enjoyed :)
~*Jess*~
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They walked down metal ladders and through dark crawlspaces, not having much of an idea of their rate of progress.
"This place is a maze, but we have to find a way out of here without them knowing," he whispered.
"Then what Mulder? You can only run so far before they catch you again. Is that what you want? To be a fugative?" She was trying to scare him.
They instantly became silent however when they heard the tapping of footsteps. It was two guards, they peered around carefully for a moment, then ran off in the opposite direction.
Mulder began whispering in response to her last remark. "The only person who would have been a fugative in this whole mess was you Scully. They sent you out here after feeding you a story filled with lies about me being at the brink of depression and being completely suicidal, hoping you would have no choice but to finish me off when you got here because I wouldn't cooperate. You then would be taken in for questioning and the X Files would be over as we know it."
She fell silent.
"Face it Scully, they don't want the X Files around anymore just as much as they don't want me around. And without Skinner around, a lot of things will be changing as far as The X Files are concerned."
He was busy looking for the fastest route out. Mulder felt a cold hand on his right shoulder followed by her warm breathing. She whispered to him.
"Mulder- I believe you," she said in a trembling, frightened voice. He turned around, only to see a row of heavily armed agents who were ready to fire.
Mulder and Scully turned around slowly with their arms raised in the air. But as they were turning they both dashed in seperate directions, luckily it was to dark for the shooters to fire at either of them.
With the building being so complex, there was no telling where they could be. But there was 6 men, which allowed them to search more efficiently.
Scully felt along the wall and turned the corner. There were doors upon doors, and she needed to find Mulder. She was walking in a slouched position, almost crawling. She could hear the faint whisper of a man.
"Scully."
She tried to move into the direction of the voice. "Mulder?" she whispered back.
He came out of the shadows and was about to restrain her until she realized it wasn't Mulder. She drove her knee between his legs, maneuvered behind him, covering his mouth as she strangled him. She had to be quiet about it.
Meanwhile, Mulder was hiding behind one of the many steel doors that covered the hallway walls. He peered around the corner to check for the men, then quickly stepped out of the room. He had to find Scully.
There was no sign of Mulder nor the agents for a few minutes. Scully continued searching for Mulder in every place imaginable. But out of no where, someone had come up behind her catching her completely off guard.
"Shhh..it's only me," Mulder whispered. They couldn't see eachother at this point, the darkness was powerful. Scully kept one hand on Mulder as he lead the way down the pitch black hallway.
They walked until they came to the end where there was a large emergency exit door.
The guards seemed to have moved in the opposite direction, Mulder and Scully were home free.
At least they thought they were.
There was a beam from a flashlight shining on the back of them.
"Turn around nice and slow now, no sudden moves," a voice instructed from behind them.
Mulder recognized right away who it was and was surprised to say the least. Scully was just as shocked, she couldnt believe how vulnerable she had been.
"Agent Patterson..I see you've been promoted to doing official FBI dirty work," Mulder chuckled slightly while holding both hands in the air like this was some kind of joke.
Patterson was angered at this and pointed his gun fiercely at Mulder.
"My question is about Skinner. Why do it Tom?" Mulder asked, deliberately provoking Patterson's anger.
"I did to him what is done to all people who choose not to cooperate with us..which I will now be doing to you as well," he explained with anticipation in his eyes and a finger on the trigger.
Patterson made the mistake of not paying closer attention to Scully. When he looked away from her direction she slowly slipped her gun out.
"If your smart, you'll put the gun down," she advised him as she pointed her own gun at him.
"Dana," he laughed. "I can't believe that you for a minute had second thoughts about Mulder!" he was looking at her but still had his gun pointed at Mulder.
"I don't want to shoot you Tom, put it down." Scully was now furious.
"You wouldn't shoot me Dana," he stately simply while looking strongly at Mulder.
"This is something you wouldnt do either, Tom. Just put it down, now," she said soothingly.
He suddenly was filled with rage and looked at Scully once more.
"NEVER underestimate me Dana!"
Just as he began to pull the trigger, Scully took a shot at him. He fell to the ground instantly, and she looked relieved that she got to him before he shot Mulder.
"Never underestimate a woman with a gun," she said as she walked over to him.
Scully then looked over at Mulder's direction. He looked at the exit door and then at her, and they both knew to leave quickly.
...
They returned to Washington soon after, but allegations never were raised against either of the agents. Kersh kept them both on The X Files and under his close supervision.
Patterson was reported as being the man responsible for Skinner's death.Nothing was ever mentioned about him again, and in some way Kersh got what he planned on that night. Whether Kersh thought Mulder to be more useful alive or he just wanted to wipe Patterson away clean, they didn't know. It remained a mystery to them, one that niether of them would ever dare to question. Some truths are left untold and some lies are left uncovered. Everyone has a secret, and these secrets would be burried along with the rest of the secrets at the FBI.
THE END ....
thanks for reading, I hoped you enjoyed :)
~*Jess*~