Fox Mulder stood at Scully's door; he had to be the one to tell her, the door opened slowly and then began to close "Dana, I have some news" he wedged his foot in the door "Please I need to talk to you" Dana opened the door "What is so important?" He looked down at the floor "Your Mom tried to call you but couldn't get hold of you. Your Brother has been in a accident; it doesn't look good" Scully looked at him "Bill or Charlie?" As if it would matter which one he thought "Bill, Charlie is with him in the hospital now. I'd better go; that's all I came here for" he walked out of her apartment.

July 7th

Bill Scully set his bags down in his sister's apartment, he had woken just after Dana had got to the hospital; he didn't know who she was, the fact was he didn't really know who he was. "Bill, you OK?" Dana walked in behind him "Um. I think so. I guess I have to try and remember everyone hey?" Dana nodded "Dana, you have some messages" He pressed play "Scully; Maggie got home fine. She wants you to call her as soon as you get in" Bill noted a change in his sister's face "Dana, Charlie. I'm coming to stay for awhile can you not tell Mom want to surprise her, arrange a day for dinner or something. Let me know. It was great seeing you again" Bill followed Dana into the kitchen "Who was that other guy Dana?" she smiled, at least he can't remember Mulder; "That your boyfriend?" Dana laughed; if Bill were Bill at the moment he would have not asked that question "That's Mulder, my FBI partner. I doubt you will meet him." He noted her face change again; she looked sad at the thought of this 'Mulder' guy "Mulder? That his real name?" She shook her head "No, his name is Fox! Can we not talk about this now Bill; I just want a rest and no doubt you will hear it all from Mom anyway!" Bill nodded; indeed he would find out from Mom, when he meets her.
Skinner's office July 9th

It was to be, maybe the last case they would work on together. Dana Scully looked around the office that she had sat in countless times before, for the first time she took notice of the little things she had missed. The picture of Skinner and his children at a party that sat a little to the left of his desk and the trophies that sat on the shelves of the cabinet to the right of the desk. Then she looked a little closer right, to her partner Fox Mulder; he was engrossed in the case brief, the uncomfortable tension between them had been growing throughout the meeting. Her mind turned to the man sitting in front of them; several times when Mulder got to him they had seen him walk around but that was not his style. This man had sat in front of them so many times she couldn't imagine not having him brief them on another case.

"Here is the video tape agent Mulder, there are several clear shots of her talking to the men" Skinner had finished and she hadn't heard a word, how was she going to blag this? "Agent Scully, I'll look forward to your report on this, it should be interesting" Scully smiled and stood up "I'm sure it will be" Mulder followed her out.