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Prologue- A Cupboard Full of Sunflower Seeds
"They'll never take me alive!" Booligans, the homicidal maniac, shouted as he was carried away in a straight jacket (A/N they used to use crooked jackets, but their were too many complaints). They had found him hiding in a remote old mansion, probably originally belonging to some reclusive, eccentric, miserly, ancient man. The team was hard at work, closing all the windows and doors in the house. For some reason, they were all open. Ignoring this as unimportant, Scully sat cross-legged in a chair in the living room. Mulder walked in a moment later, carrying a bowl of sunflower seeds.
"You know there's a whole cupboard full of these?" he told her excitedly.
"Wow." Scully's sarcasm was not lost on Mulder, who did nothing to respond. He sat down, picking up seeds randomly and dropping them back in the bowl as he chewed.
The team was heading out the door, apparently finished in their task. "You guys comin'?" the last guy out asked them.
"In a minute. Go on ahead," Mulder waved the man out. He pulled the front door shut as he left. When Mulder was sure they had all gone, he turned to his partner. "Scully, are you all right?"
"I'm fine," she said quietly.
"Are you sure? Because, you know, being held hostage and all-"
"I'm *fine*," Scully interrupted, annoyed. She stood quickly and stalked to the door. "Let's go," she snapped.
Reluctantly, Mulder set aside the bowl of sunflower seeds. Thinking better of it, he shrugged and picked it up again.
"Mulder…" Scully said, sounding confused.
"Yeah?" He said through a new mouthful of seeds.
"The door won't open."
Mulder stopped chewing. He tried the door himself, only to find that it would not open. Not that he doubted Scully, but with being held hostage and all… "Are you okay?"
She raised an eyebrow at him. "I'm fine," she said calmly. Mulder followed her, popping seeds into his mouth, as she attempted to pry open a door or window. All were sealed tight. Scully turned to face Mulder. "I think we're stuck in here."
"Damn. And I just ordered a pizza."
Prologue- A Cupboard Full of Sunflower Seeds
"They'll never take me alive!" Booligans, the homicidal maniac, shouted as he was carried away in a straight jacket (A/N they used to use crooked jackets, but their were too many complaints). They had found him hiding in a remote old mansion, probably originally belonging to some reclusive, eccentric, miserly, ancient man. The team was hard at work, closing all the windows and doors in the house. For some reason, they were all open. Ignoring this as unimportant, Scully sat cross-legged in a chair in the living room. Mulder walked in a moment later, carrying a bowl of sunflower seeds.
"You know there's a whole cupboard full of these?" he told her excitedly.
"Wow." Scully's sarcasm was not lost on Mulder, who did nothing to respond. He sat down, picking up seeds randomly and dropping them back in the bowl as he chewed.
The team was heading out the door, apparently finished in their task. "You guys comin'?" the last guy out asked them.
"In a minute. Go on ahead," Mulder waved the man out. He pulled the front door shut as he left. When Mulder was sure they had all gone, he turned to his partner. "Scully, are you all right?"
"I'm fine," she said quietly.
"Are you sure? Because, you know, being held hostage and all-"
"I'm *fine*," Scully interrupted, annoyed. She stood quickly and stalked to the door. "Let's go," she snapped.
Reluctantly, Mulder set aside the bowl of sunflower seeds. Thinking better of it, he shrugged and picked it up again.
"Mulder…" Scully said, sounding confused.
"Yeah?" He said through a new mouthful of seeds.
"The door won't open."
Mulder stopped chewing. He tried the door himself, only to find that it would not open. Not that he doubted Scully, but with being held hostage and all… "Are you okay?"
She raised an eyebrow at him. "I'm fine," she said calmly. Mulder followed her, popping seeds into his mouth, as she attempted to pry open a door or window. All were sealed tight. Scully turned to face Mulder. "I think we're stuck in here."
"Damn. And I just ordered a pizza."