Deceiving Appearances - Chapter Two: Don't be fooled.
Disclaimer - I don't own the x-files, Mulder or Scully. 1013 does. I do own Maddie, Radison and Cami. You can borrow them if you want.
First off, I'd like to thank everyone for the reviews. Sorry if anyone thought my characters were OOC. Like the name of this chapter, don't be fooled, this story isn't as fluffy as I let off. And also just to clear up any confusion on Chuck Taylor's, they're those basketball shoes (converse all stars to be exact) with the white rubber toes, very comfortable, I suggest you buy a pair. Well that's enough from me, here's chapter two!
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That smile faded. She suddenly felt a sharp pounding in her head. She had lost herself for a minute, it could lead to changes too severe. Friend, of course. Partner, definitely. Lover, that couldn't possibly work out. The FBI frowned upon fraternizing, the x-files was always in jeopardy as it was. She couldn't follow through with this right now.
Mulder looked at Scully, why wasn't she responding? He noticed her brow furrow, her eyes darted around the room. This was panic, he didn't see her do that often.
"I gotta go get some air. Yeah. I'll be back" She stood up and briskly walked out the front door leaving Mulder in shock.
He stared at the door in awe. What was wrong? Should he go after her. No probably not. Scully was always the independent type, she didn't want his help or support. Why had he made moves on her? He didn't want to deal with this right now, too much pain. He'd worry about it when he woke up. Mulder swung his feet up and fell asleep on the couch.
Scully walked at a brisk pace down the dark street. It was 11:00 o'clock and the whole neighborhood seemed asleep. Her mind was racing. 'I can't keep having these feelings for him. Its not right, so unprofessional, so unlike myself' She sighed 'But that was some kiss, that kind of passion doesn't come from just friends. What the hell is going to become of this?' her thoughts were interrupted by a woman approaching her from behind.
"Hi! What are you doing out so late"
"Just taking a walk, I like to get my walking in at night"
"At 11:30? In high heels?" Scully looked at her feet, she hadn't realized she still had her skirt and pumps on.
"Oh, umm. yeah. Anyway, I'm Carmen Lynnfield, I just moved in down the street" She changed the subject
"Oh! You're our new neighbor! I'm Sandra Foreman. Carla told me all about you! You have the daughter with the nose ring" She scrunched up her face in disapproval.
"Oh yes, Soleil. She can be a bit of a rebel at times. I don't mind though, she's just a teen."
"I see. Lets just hope she doesn't rebel too much. Don't want to make the neighborhood look bad right!?" She laughed at her halfhearted joke.
"Right. Well I must be getting back to my family now. I'll catch up with you later Sandra"
"Defiantly, see you later Carmen" She waved and kept walking as Scully turned around.
Something was weird about this neighborhood indeed. Scully sighed and walked back to the house. Hoping she could avoid Mulder on the way in. She lucked-out he had fallen asleep on the couch, a look of misery on his face. She felt truly horrible. Not wanting to admit to what was obviously there. Fear being her only set back. She didn't want to think anymore. She walked into the bedroom and went to bed. Not having to worry until morning.
Day Two - Morning
"Good Morning! Haha, how'd you guys sleep last night. if at all" Maddie sat at the kitchen table stirring her cup of coffee. She was greeted with uncomfortable silence.
Mulder looked up first "Oh hey Maddie. What's up?"
She raised an eyebrow at him "Uh, nothing. I think I'm going to the mall today. My friend Cami, who moved to Orlando a year ago, is driving to a mall here to see me."
"You didn't tell her about the case did you?" You could hear concern in his voice.
"No! Don't be silly. I told her I'm staying with my aunt and uncle for a week"
"Oh. okay. Don't hint you're on a case. That could lead to trouble."
"I'm not an idiot Mulder. Is this all okay with you Scully?"
Scully looked up slightly startled "Yeah, that's fine. Need a ride?"
"No, it's only like three blocks away, plus its nice out. I'll walk" Maddie felt a little awkward and decided to go back to her room before receiving a response.
Maddie left the house about two hours later. She was wearing Lime green sneakers, Black UFO pants that she could fit three of herself in, a black tank top and a Lime green fishnet over it. Scully looked her over 'She may dress funny, but she does know how to coordinate'
"I'm going to guess, Cami dresses like you too huh Maddie?" Mulder asked
"More or less, she's more of a raver though"
"Raver?"
"Yeah, you know, goes to raves, burns her brain out on ecstasy, wears really bright colors. that kind of thing. Not really my style, but she's cool once you get to know her"
"Oh, great. sounds healthy, Have fun" Maddie waved and walked out of the house.
"Hey, um Scully?"
Scully looked up from a book she was reading "yes?"
"You don't think anything's gonna get her yet do you?"
"I doubt it, not in broad daylight. when did the file say that these kids were taken?"
"I'm not entirely sure. I'll find out" He went and got the case file. He read out loud "It appears that most of the disappearances occurred in between 10:00pm and 6:00am"
She shrugged "She'll be fine then, but I'm going to pick her up anyway, we have to be prepared for anything weird to happen" She got out her cell phone and dialed Maddie's Number.
Meanwhile, Maddie, Cami and some of her friends walked into a deserted Hot Topic at Buena Tierra Shopping Center.
"Mad, what is up with this place? Hot topic is empty and we're getting stared at like we're aliens or something"
"Camilla, you don't even know. At my Aunts neighborhood, children look out their windows and point at me. and my hair is my natural color." Cami laughed and fluffed her blue hair. She was about to say something as a cell phone rang.
"Oh that's me. Daison speaking"
Scully was on the line "Hey Maddie"
"Oh, hey *Auntie* Carmen, what's up?"
"Ha, I take it your with your friends"
"Yeah, we're being stared at by everyone. its kinda creepy"
"I figured, and because of that either me or Mulder is going to pick you up. We need to be around you just incase anything happens"
"Alright, Can one of you get me in like an hour then?"
"Sure, I'll see you then" She said bye and hung up.
Mulder then sat next to Scully on the couch. She squirmed a bit and looked at him.
"Hey" he half smiled
"Hi" She half smiled back.
"Look, I'm sorry about last night. I didn't mean to pressure you into anything"
"It wasn't just you. It takes two people to kiss" She said coldly.
"Yeah, but I mean, I upset you and I'm pissed at myself for that"
"I'm not upset" She sighed "I'm just. not ready"
"Not ready for what?"
"For this relationship, just everything that goes along with it"
He glanced at the clock, it was almost time to go.
"Well, I'll be here when you're ready. I have to go get Maddie" He got up and left. She wished there were more she could say.
Later in the evening they had some Chinese delivered to the house. The tension between Mulder and Scully had faded to the point were Maddie couldn't notice. Mulder and Scully both could but they pushed it aside. Maddie picked at her rice "So why did you guys decide to join the x-files?"
"I didn't, I was assigned to it, to give Mulder a rational side to his theories" Scully smiled
"That's great. Mulder did that anger you?"
"At first yeah, but its helped a lot more then I thought" He smiled at Scully
"Mulder, what motivated you to join the x-files?" Scully glanced at Mulder, this could hit a soft spot.
"I believe that the government is hiding something and I'm determined to find it" He had left out his sister's abduction to Scully's surprise.
"Maddie, what made you want to be an agent"
Maddie's expression went down "You don't wanna know, its depressing"
"Sure I do"
"Alright" She hesitated briefly before she walked over to the couch and picked up her messenger bag, she took her wallet out of it and walked back to the table. She opened the wallet and gingerly pulled out a 3x5-color photo and then carefully handed it to Scully, who could tell it was important to her. Scully studied the photo, it was two girls about four or five years old the same blue tank tops. They appeared to be identical twins except one had a short curly mop of red hair, it was obviously Maddie and the other had the same curly style except in light blonde.
"You were adorable." Maddie smiled and nodded "Who is the other girl?" Scully asked softly.
"That's my twin sister Radison, like the hotel." She laughed nervously.
"You didn't mention her earlier"
"I know. Raysi and I were fraternal twins as you can tell by the hair. When we were five we were put into placement testing. We both were 5th grade level. The day before we were to start school, she was kidnapped. My parents, the cops, everyone looked for her. Her body was found in New Hampshire 3 months later. We never found out who did it. So my purpose in life is to find out who took my twin and make sure they are punished like they deserve." Maddie smiled solemnly you could see tears forming in her eyes.
"Wow, Maddie I'm so sorry"
"Don't worry about it. You didn't do anything. I'm gonna go to my room now" She walked away. She didn't realize how much it hurt to talk about her sister. She hadn't done it often.
Scully knew how she felt. She still had a hard time talking about Melissa. Mulder had a hard time with Samantha. She decided to go talk to her.
"Mulder, I'm going to talk to her. maybe you should too." She said gently.
"Yeah" They got up and walked to Maddie's room. Inside loud strange sounding music was playing. Scully knocked on the door.
"Come in" She turned the volume down.
"Hey, what are you listening to?" Mulder questioned
"Mindless Self Indulgence, it's a song called Bed of Roses"
"Oh, cool. Scully and I were wondering if you're ok"
"Yeah I'm fine, why?"
He took a deep breath "Well I lied to you"
"How so?" she raised an eyebrow
"When I was a teenager, my younger sister Samantha was abducted. Right in front of me. My whole goal in life is to find her. Find out the truth. That's why I joined the X-files"
Maddie stared at him in surprise. "Wow I never would have figured"
Scully spoke up "A few years ago, my sister Melissa was also murdered. in my own home."
Maddie didn't know what to say. "I guess I have more in common with you both then I had thought," she said in a low almost whisper.
They continued to talk for a little while longer. They didn't notice the dark figure outside of Maddie's window.
"Sweet little Soleil, just a little too odd to maintain a nice image. Rest well, for you may not tomorrow night."
It watched Maddie fall asleep.
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Suspenseful isn't it? Right. Well I hope that was a tad more in character. If not, well I tried. Please leave me a review. Oh yeah, I don't own Mindless Self Indulgence even though I really wish I did. Download Bed of Roses by them, it's a great song.
-Nikka
Disclaimer - I don't own the x-files, Mulder or Scully. 1013 does. I do own Maddie, Radison and Cami. You can borrow them if you want.
First off, I'd like to thank everyone for the reviews. Sorry if anyone thought my characters were OOC. Like the name of this chapter, don't be fooled, this story isn't as fluffy as I let off. And also just to clear up any confusion on Chuck Taylor's, they're those basketball shoes (converse all stars to be exact) with the white rubber toes, very comfortable, I suggest you buy a pair. Well that's enough from me, here's chapter two!
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That smile faded. She suddenly felt a sharp pounding in her head. She had lost herself for a minute, it could lead to changes too severe. Friend, of course. Partner, definitely. Lover, that couldn't possibly work out. The FBI frowned upon fraternizing, the x-files was always in jeopardy as it was. She couldn't follow through with this right now.
Mulder looked at Scully, why wasn't she responding? He noticed her brow furrow, her eyes darted around the room. This was panic, he didn't see her do that often.
"I gotta go get some air. Yeah. I'll be back" She stood up and briskly walked out the front door leaving Mulder in shock.
He stared at the door in awe. What was wrong? Should he go after her. No probably not. Scully was always the independent type, she didn't want his help or support. Why had he made moves on her? He didn't want to deal with this right now, too much pain. He'd worry about it when he woke up. Mulder swung his feet up and fell asleep on the couch.
Scully walked at a brisk pace down the dark street. It was 11:00 o'clock and the whole neighborhood seemed asleep. Her mind was racing. 'I can't keep having these feelings for him. Its not right, so unprofessional, so unlike myself' She sighed 'But that was some kiss, that kind of passion doesn't come from just friends. What the hell is going to become of this?' her thoughts were interrupted by a woman approaching her from behind.
"Hi! What are you doing out so late"
"Just taking a walk, I like to get my walking in at night"
"At 11:30? In high heels?" Scully looked at her feet, she hadn't realized she still had her skirt and pumps on.
"Oh, umm. yeah. Anyway, I'm Carmen Lynnfield, I just moved in down the street" She changed the subject
"Oh! You're our new neighbor! I'm Sandra Foreman. Carla told me all about you! You have the daughter with the nose ring" She scrunched up her face in disapproval.
"Oh yes, Soleil. She can be a bit of a rebel at times. I don't mind though, she's just a teen."
"I see. Lets just hope she doesn't rebel too much. Don't want to make the neighborhood look bad right!?" She laughed at her halfhearted joke.
"Right. Well I must be getting back to my family now. I'll catch up with you later Sandra"
"Defiantly, see you later Carmen" She waved and kept walking as Scully turned around.
Something was weird about this neighborhood indeed. Scully sighed and walked back to the house. Hoping she could avoid Mulder on the way in. She lucked-out he had fallen asleep on the couch, a look of misery on his face. She felt truly horrible. Not wanting to admit to what was obviously there. Fear being her only set back. She didn't want to think anymore. She walked into the bedroom and went to bed. Not having to worry until morning.
Day Two - Morning
"Good Morning! Haha, how'd you guys sleep last night. if at all" Maddie sat at the kitchen table stirring her cup of coffee. She was greeted with uncomfortable silence.
Mulder looked up first "Oh hey Maddie. What's up?"
She raised an eyebrow at him "Uh, nothing. I think I'm going to the mall today. My friend Cami, who moved to Orlando a year ago, is driving to a mall here to see me."
"You didn't tell her about the case did you?" You could hear concern in his voice.
"No! Don't be silly. I told her I'm staying with my aunt and uncle for a week"
"Oh. okay. Don't hint you're on a case. That could lead to trouble."
"I'm not an idiot Mulder. Is this all okay with you Scully?"
Scully looked up slightly startled "Yeah, that's fine. Need a ride?"
"No, it's only like three blocks away, plus its nice out. I'll walk" Maddie felt a little awkward and decided to go back to her room before receiving a response.
Maddie left the house about two hours later. She was wearing Lime green sneakers, Black UFO pants that she could fit three of herself in, a black tank top and a Lime green fishnet over it. Scully looked her over 'She may dress funny, but she does know how to coordinate'
"I'm going to guess, Cami dresses like you too huh Maddie?" Mulder asked
"More or less, she's more of a raver though"
"Raver?"
"Yeah, you know, goes to raves, burns her brain out on ecstasy, wears really bright colors. that kind of thing. Not really my style, but she's cool once you get to know her"
"Oh, great. sounds healthy, Have fun" Maddie waved and walked out of the house.
"Hey, um Scully?"
Scully looked up from a book she was reading "yes?"
"You don't think anything's gonna get her yet do you?"
"I doubt it, not in broad daylight. when did the file say that these kids were taken?"
"I'm not entirely sure. I'll find out" He went and got the case file. He read out loud "It appears that most of the disappearances occurred in between 10:00pm and 6:00am"
She shrugged "She'll be fine then, but I'm going to pick her up anyway, we have to be prepared for anything weird to happen" She got out her cell phone and dialed Maddie's Number.
Meanwhile, Maddie, Cami and some of her friends walked into a deserted Hot Topic at Buena Tierra Shopping Center.
"Mad, what is up with this place? Hot topic is empty and we're getting stared at like we're aliens or something"
"Camilla, you don't even know. At my Aunts neighborhood, children look out their windows and point at me. and my hair is my natural color." Cami laughed and fluffed her blue hair. She was about to say something as a cell phone rang.
"Oh that's me. Daison speaking"
Scully was on the line "Hey Maddie"
"Oh, hey *Auntie* Carmen, what's up?"
"Ha, I take it your with your friends"
"Yeah, we're being stared at by everyone. its kinda creepy"
"I figured, and because of that either me or Mulder is going to pick you up. We need to be around you just incase anything happens"
"Alright, Can one of you get me in like an hour then?"
"Sure, I'll see you then" She said bye and hung up.
Mulder then sat next to Scully on the couch. She squirmed a bit and looked at him.
"Hey" he half smiled
"Hi" She half smiled back.
"Look, I'm sorry about last night. I didn't mean to pressure you into anything"
"It wasn't just you. It takes two people to kiss" She said coldly.
"Yeah, but I mean, I upset you and I'm pissed at myself for that"
"I'm not upset" She sighed "I'm just. not ready"
"Not ready for what?"
"For this relationship, just everything that goes along with it"
He glanced at the clock, it was almost time to go.
"Well, I'll be here when you're ready. I have to go get Maddie" He got up and left. She wished there were more she could say.
Later in the evening they had some Chinese delivered to the house. The tension between Mulder and Scully had faded to the point were Maddie couldn't notice. Mulder and Scully both could but they pushed it aside. Maddie picked at her rice "So why did you guys decide to join the x-files?"
"I didn't, I was assigned to it, to give Mulder a rational side to his theories" Scully smiled
"That's great. Mulder did that anger you?"
"At first yeah, but its helped a lot more then I thought" He smiled at Scully
"Mulder, what motivated you to join the x-files?" Scully glanced at Mulder, this could hit a soft spot.
"I believe that the government is hiding something and I'm determined to find it" He had left out his sister's abduction to Scully's surprise.
"Maddie, what made you want to be an agent"
Maddie's expression went down "You don't wanna know, its depressing"
"Sure I do"
"Alright" She hesitated briefly before she walked over to the couch and picked up her messenger bag, she took her wallet out of it and walked back to the table. She opened the wallet and gingerly pulled out a 3x5-color photo and then carefully handed it to Scully, who could tell it was important to her. Scully studied the photo, it was two girls about four or five years old the same blue tank tops. They appeared to be identical twins except one had a short curly mop of red hair, it was obviously Maddie and the other had the same curly style except in light blonde.
"You were adorable." Maddie smiled and nodded "Who is the other girl?" Scully asked softly.
"That's my twin sister Radison, like the hotel." She laughed nervously.
"You didn't mention her earlier"
"I know. Raysi and I were fraternal twins as you can tell by the hair. When we were five we were put into placement testing. We both were 5th grade level. The day before we were to start school, she was kidnapped. My parents, the cops, everyone looked for her. Her body was found in New Hampshire 3 months later. We never found out who did it. So my purpose in life is to find out who took my twin and make sure they are punished like they deserve." Maddie smiled solemnly you could see tears forming in her eyes.
"Wow, Maddie I'm so sorry"
"Don't worry about it. You didn't do anything. I'm gonna go to my room now" She walked away. She didn't realize how much it hurt to talk about her sister. She hadn't done it often.
Scully knew how she felt. She still had a hard time talking about Melissa. Mulder had a hard time with Samantha. She decided to go talk to her.
"Mulder, I'm going to talk to her. maybe you should too." She said gently.
"Yeah" They got up and walked to Maddie's room. Inside loud strange sounding music was playing. Scully knocked on the door.
"Come in" She turned the volume down.
"Hey, what are you listening to?" Mulder questioned
"Mindless Self Indulgence, it's a song called Bed of Roses"
"Oh, cool. Scully and I were wondering if you're ok"
"Yeah I'm fine, why?"
He took a deep breath "Well I lied to you"
"How so?" she raised an eyebrow
"When I was a teenager, my younger sister Samantha was abducted. Right in front of me. My whole goal in life is to find her. Find out the truth. That's why I joined the X-files"
Maddie stared at him in surprise. "Wow I never would have figured"
Scully spoke up "A few years ago, my sister Melissa was also murdered. in my own home."
Maddie didn't know what to say. "I guess I have more in common with you both then I had thought," she said in a low almost whisper.
They continued to talk for a little while longer. They didn't notice the dark figure outside of Maddie's window.
"Sweet little Soleil, just a little too odd to maintain a nice image. Rest well, for you may not tomorrow night."
It watched Maddie fall asleep.
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Suspenseful isn't it? Right. Well I hope that was a tad more in character. If not, well I tried. Please leave me a review. Oh yeah, I don't own Mindless Self Indulgence even though I really wish I did. Download Bed of Roses by them, it's a great song.
-Nikka