Chapter six - The Stage Is Set
The next few days Scully and Mulder busily went about trying to gather enough evidence on the research facility to convince their superiors to grant them permission to fly out to Idaho.
It took a bit of convincing but they finally wore Skinner down. He agreed that the could fly out there at the end of the week if they had caught up on all their paperwork.
Mulder had immediately agreed and shot a grin at Scully as they left Skinner's office. They both knew that Scully did a majority of their paperwork.
"Thanks a lot Mulder."
"Don't worry Scully, I'll help you."
"Sure you will. The last time you made a deal like this you ended up meeting that brown haired bimbo and slipping away for the weekend with her."
"I promise Scully not to leave the city limits until we are done."
She looked at him skeptically.
"Scout's honor"
Scully shook her head and couldn't help but smiling. Even after all these years, Mulder knew how to melt her heart by using those puppy dog eyes of his. "This will cost you"
"How about I treat you to a night of dinner and dancing when we get back?"
"Okay" Scully said before thinking. She frowned a bit as a little voice said in the back of her mind "Don't trust him - he will hurt you."
She pushed the thought away at sat down at their desk to get started.
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Mulder was pleased that Scully seemed to be acting more and more like her old self again. He had no idea that this was the result of Krycek cutting back on her 'treatments'.
Krycek had only visited her a couple of times during the time she was busily doing paperwork. He didn't have to stay long since it seemed like Scully was willing to accept his suggestions more readily than before.
He assumed it was due to the multiple doses of medication he had given her over the past couple of weeks. She was now putty in his hands and she had told him all of the plans Mulder had come up with for their trip to Idaho.
In return, Krycek had carefully explained to Scully what she was to do once they got into the research facility. She would basically lead Mulder right into their trap where he would either join them or be destroyed.
The last of the visits came practically under Mulder's nose. Krycek kept clear of Mulder since their last meeting in the office.
Mulder was a very dangerous man to the project and Krycek knew he would be even more dangerous if he sensed his partner was in danger.
Scully and Mulder were planning on leaving the following morning and Krycek was not 100% sure that he would be able to sneak into her apartment as he had done in the past. Instead he boldly walked into their office after watching Mulder leave to pick up lunch.
He greeted Scully and injected her with only the smallest amount of medication. She immediately turned eagerly towards him and he told her that they would have to wait to be together again. He warned her that Mulder would try to come between them and told her that she must stop Mulder no-matter-what.
"Remember Dana, nothing is more important than us being together and the success of the project. If it successful, you and I can be together always. Only Mulder can stand in the way now."
Scully nodded. "I understand Alex"
"Dana, you will not remember anything about this meeting and will act normally until it is time to put the plan in place. Goodbye Dana."
Krycek gave Scully a brotherly kiss on the head before leaving the room. He knew that this would probably be the last time he would see her alone before she sacrificed herself for the project.
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Mulder was walking down the hall carrying their lunch when he foot kicked something across the hall. It appeared to be a small glass vial containing some sort of liquid.
Mulder normally would have thought nothing of it except that the liquid was a most interesting color of green. It seemed almost unnatural.
He picked up the bottle and was still looking at it when he walked into the office.
"Hey Scully, look at this" he said before realizing that Scully had her head down on her desk.
He walked over to her and saw she was fast asleep. He looked at Scully's sleeping form and then the green vial. "I wonder" he thought to himself sticking the vial in his pocket.
Scully awoke a few minutes later looking a bit dazed. "Sorry, Mulder I must have dozed off."
Mulder only smiled at her. "I told you paperwork was boring. I brought your lo mien so eat up. We only have a couple more hours to get this paperwork up to Skinner's office so we can leave in the morning."
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Mulder and Scully ate their lunch and managed to plow through the rest of the paperwork before the 5pm cutoff.
"Whew" Mulder said as he followed Scully out the door. "I think we just earned ourselves a beer. Got time or are you seeing your young man tonight?"
"No, I am not seeing my young man tonight. He has been out of town all week. Funny though, I feel like part of him has been with me the whole time. What do you think that means?"
"Either you are in love or he has given you some sort of disease."
Scully punched him playfully on the arm. She wanted to accept his offer of going out for a beer, but the little voice inside of her kept telling her it was a bad idea.
So instead of enjoying Scully's company for the evening, Mulder ended up swinging by the Lone Gunman's place and dropping of the vial for them to inspect.
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Scully met Mulder at the airport promptly at 9am. They boarded their plane in relative silence both lost in their own thoughts.
Mulder was wondering about the strange vial he had found. The preliminary tests on the substance showed it to be organic with properties that were unfamiliar to both him and the Gunmen. He had sent it to another lab for further testing.
Scully couldn't help but feel a sense of dread coming over her as she sat down on the plane. Something bad was going to happen and she could do nothing about it.
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End of chapter six - any comments on this story? Should I keep going?
The next few days Scully and Mulder busily went about trying to gather enough evidence on the research facility to convince their superiors to grant them permission to fly out to Idaho.
It took a bit of convincing but they finally wore Skinner down. He agreed that the could fly out there at the end of the week if they had caught up on all their paperwork.
Mulder had immediately agreed and shot a grin at Scully as they left Skinner's office. They both knew that Scully did a majority of their paperwork.
"Thanks a lot Mulder."
"Don't worry Scully, I'll help you."
"Sure you will. The last time you made a deal like this you ended up meeting that brown haired bimbo and slipping away for the weekend with her."
"I promise Scully not to leave the city limits until we are done."
She looked at him skeptically.
"Scout's honor"
Scully shook her head and couldn't help but smiling. Even after all these years, Mulder knew how to melt her heart by using those puppy dog eyes of his. "This will cost you"
"How about I treat you to a night of dinner and dancing when we get back?"
"Okay" Scully said before thinking. She frowned a bit as a little voice said in the back of her mind "Don't trust him - he will hurt you."
She pushed the thought away at sat down at their desk to get started.
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Mulder was pleased that Scully seemed to be acting more and more like her old self again. He had no idea that this was the result of Krycek cutting back on her 'treatments'.
Krycek had only visited her a couple of times during the time she was busily doing paperwork. He didn't have to stay long since it seemed like Scully was willing to accept his suggestions more readily than before.
He assumed it was due to the multiple doses of medication he had given her over the past couple of weeks. She was now putty in his hands and she had told him all of the plans Mulder had come up with for their trip to Idaho.
In return, Krycek had carefully explained to Scully what she was to do once they got into the research facility. She would basically lead Mulder right into their trap where he would either join them or be destroyed.
The last of the visits came practically under Mulder's nose. Krycek kept clear of Mulder since their last meeting in the office.
Mulder was a very dangerous man to the project and Krycek knew he would be even more dangerous if he sensed his partner was in danger.
Scully and Mulder were planning on leaving the following morning and Krycek was not 100% sure that he would be able to sneak into her apartment as he had done in the past. Instead he boldly walked into their office after watching Mulder leave to pick up lunch.
He greeted Scully and injected her with only the smallest amount of medication. She immediately turned eagerly towards him and he told her that they would have to wait to be together again. He warned her that Mulder would try to come between them and told her that she must stop Mulder no-matter-what.
"Remember Dana, nothing is more important than us being together and the success of the project. If it successful, you and I can be together always. Only Mulder can stand in the way now."
Scully nodded. "I understand Alex"
"Dana, you will not remember anything about this meeting and will act normally until it is time to put the plan in place. Goodbye Dana."
Krycek gave Scully a brotherly kiss on the head before leaving the room. He knew that this would probably be the last time he would see her alone before she sacrificed herself for the project.
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Mulder was walking down the hall carrying their lunch when he foot kicked something across the hall. It appeared to be a small glass vial containing some sort of liquid.
Mulder normally would have thought nothing of it except that the liquid was a most interesting color of green. It seemed almost unnatural.
He picked up the bottle and was still looking at it when he walked into the office.
"Hey Scully, look at this" he said before realizing that Scully had her head down on her desk.
He walked over to her and saw she was fast asleep. He looked at Scully's sleeping form and then the green vial. "I wonder" he thought to himself sticking the vial in his pocket.
Scully awoke a few minutes later looking a bit dazed. "Sorry, Mulder I must have dozed off."
Mulder only smiled at her. "I told you paperwork was boring. I brought your lo mien so eat up. We only have a couple more hours to get this paperwork up to Skinner's office so we can leave in the morning."
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Mulder and Scully ate their lunch and managed to plow through the rest of the paperwork before the 5pm cutoff.
"Whew" Mulder said as he followed Scully out the door. "I think we just earned ourselves a beer. Got time or are you seeing your young man tonight?"
"No, I am not seeing my young man tonight. He has been out of town all week. Funny though, I feel like part of him has been with me the whole time. What do you think that means?"
"Either you are in love or he has given you some sort of disease."
Scully punched him playfully on the arm. She wanted to accept his offer of going out for a beer, but the little voice inside of her kept telling her it was a bad idea.
So instead of enjoying Scully's company for the evening, Mulder ended up swinging by the Lone Gunman's place and dropping of the vial for them to inspect.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Scully met Mulder at the airport promptly at 9am. They boarded their plane in relative silence both lost in their own thoughts.
Mulder was wondering about the strange vial he had found. The preliminary tests on the substance showed it to be organic with properties that were unfamiliar to both him and the Gunmen. He had sent it to another lab for further testing.
Scully couldn't help but feel a sense of dread coming over her as she sat down on the plane. Something bad was going to happen and she could do nothing about it.
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End of chapter six - any comments on this story? Should I keep going?