Mulder entered Scott's room and sat down by Skinner. "How's she doing?"
Skinner looked at him and sighed. "She hasn't regained consciousness yet. The doctors think she will be able to fully recover, in time."
Mulder gave a nod and looked around. "Where's Scully?"
"Oh, she looked really beat, so I sent her on home."
Mulder looked shocked and mad. "You did what?"
Skinner was about to repeat his statement when Scott sighed and started to move slightly. Skinner stood over her and took her hand.
He whispered, "Samantha, can you hear me?"
"Walter?" She asked, hoarsely.
Skinner smiled and nodded. "Yeah."
She smiled gently and then her eyes showed a fear that Skinner hadn't seen since Vietnam. "Dana...."
Mulder moved to the side of the bed. "What about Dana, Samantha?"
She looked at Mulder and said, "He called me Dana... He's after her."
Mulder and Skinner looked at each other, realizing what kind of danger Scully was in.
xXx
Scully entered her dark apartment and threw her keys down on the table. She took off her weapon and put it in the drawer and then moved to the kitchen to put on some tea.
She came back into the living room and sat down. She felt a chill run across her body and looked around to see where it had come from. Just as she noticed a window in the corner of her living room was opened, she was grabbed from behind.
He pushed a knife to her neck and covered her mouth with his hand. "Don't scream. I don't want to have to hurt you."
She gave a nod and he loosened his grip slightly. She couldn't believe who it was. Daniel Hinds, a former student of hers. It all made sense now. He had an unhealthy infatuation with her. He had tried to leave her gifts, which she refused. He even questioned her one time after Mulder came to see her, asking about who he was.
He let go of her mouth and grabbed her hands, pulling them behind her and handcuffing them.
"Why are you doing this Daniel?" She asked.
He smirked and said, "All you had to do was say yes when I asked you out. But you said no. NO ONE EVER TELLS ME NO!" He yelled, waving the knife around.
She suddenly remembered that day in her office. When he came in with an ivory scarf with her name on it, as a gift. She smiled gently and gave it back to him. She told him that she couldn't accept it and that she would like for him to quiet giving her things. He was upset when he left the office but she never thought him capable of anything like this.
"Ok. Calm down Daniel. I'm here now. Why don't we sit down and talk about
this?"
He moved around to face her. He sat on the coffee table. "It's to late to talk. You had your chance and now it's my turn. I was going to wait until Valentine's Day but that idiot of a boss and his little whore ruined that for me." He rubbed his head having trouble thinking.
Scully noticed this as a sign of insanity, "Daniel...your sick. Please, let me help you. I know people who could help."
He stood up and pointed the knife at her. "NO! I don't need help. After tonight everything will be all right. You and I will be together, forever."
Scully sat back, trying to get away from the blade. Just then the door burst open and Mulder ran in and fired a shot at Hinds. He dropped the knife and grabbed his shoulder. He looked shocked as blood ran between his fingertips.
He looked down at Scully and said, "All I wanted was for us to be happy."
Skinner grabbed his hands and cuffed him and pushed him out of the apartment as Mulder went to Scully and unhand cuffed her.
He touched her cheek and whispered, "Are you alright."
Scully gulped back her fear and nodded. "I'm fine. How'd you know?"
"Scott woke up and said he had called her Dana." Mulder smiled weakly.
Scully nodded. "He said that he was doing this because I had turned him down when he asked me out." Her voice sounded weak and distant. "I never thought that saying no could cause so many people to die."
Mulder pulled her into him and caressed her hair. "It wasn't your fault Scully. You had every right to tell him no."
Scully gave a nod and just held him.
Skinner looked at him and sighed. "She hasn't regained consciousness yet. The doctors think she will be able to fully recover, in time."
Mulder gave a nod and looked around. "Where's Scully?"
"Oh, she looked really beat, so I sent her on home."
Mulder looked shocked and mad. "You did what?"
Skinner was about to repeat his statement when Scott sighed and started to move slightly. Skinner stood over her and took her hand.
He whispered, "Samantha, can you hear me?"
"Walter?" She asked, hoarsely.
Skinner smiled and nodded. "Yeah."
She smiled gently and then her eyes showed a fear that Skinner hadn't seen since Vietnam. "Dana...."
Mulder moved to the side of the bed. "What about Dana, Samantha?"
She looked at Mulder and said, "He called me Dana... He's after her."
Mulder and Skinner looked at each other, realizing what kind of danger Scully was in.
xXx
Scully entered her dark apartment and threw her keys down on the table. She took off her weapon and put it in the drawer and then moved to the kitchen to put on some tea.
She came back into the living room and sat down. She felt a chill run across her body and looked around to see where it had come from. Just as she noticed a window in the corner of her living room was opened, she was grabbed from behind.
He pushed a knife to her neck and covered her mouth with his hand. "Don't scream. I don't want to have to hurt you."
She gave a nod and he loosened his grip slightly. She couldn't believe who it was. Daniel Hinds, a former student of hers. It all made sense now. He had an unhealthy infatuation with her. He had tried to leave her gifts, which she refused. He even questioned her one time after Mulder came to see her, asking about who he was.
He let go of her mouth and grabbed her hands, pulling them behind her and handcuffing them.
"Why are you doing this Daniel?" She asked.
He smirked and said, "All you had to do was say yes when I asked you out. But you said no. NO ONE EVER TELLS ME NO!" He yelled, waving the knife around.
She suddenly remembered that day in her office. When he came in with an ivory scarf with her name on it, as a gift. She smiled gently and gave it back to him. She told him that she couldn't accept it and that she would like for him to quiet giving her things. He was upset when he left the office but she never thought him capable of anything like this.
"Ok. Calm down Daniel. I'm here now. Why don't we sit down and talk about
this?"
He moved around to face her. He sat on the coffee table. "It's to late to talk. You had your chance and now it's my turn. I was going to wait until Valentine's Day but that idiot of a boss and his little whore ruined that for me." He rubbed his head having trouble thinking.
Scully noticed this as a sign of insanity, "Daniel...your sick. Please, let me help you. I know people who could help."
He stood up and pointed the knife at her. "NO! I don't need help. After tonight everything will be all right. You and I will be together, forever."
Scully sat back, trying to get away from the blade. Just then the door burst open and Mulder ran in and fired a shot at Hinds. He dropped the knife and grabbed his shoulder. He looked shocked as blood ran between his fingertips.
He looked down at Scully and said, "All I wanted was for us to be happy."
Skinner grabbed his hands and cuffed him and pushed him out of the apartment as Mulder went to Scully and unhand cuffed her.
He touched her cheek and whispered, "Are you alright."
Scully gulped back her fear and nodded. "I'm fine. How'd you know?"
"Scott woke up and said he had called her Dana." Mulder smiled weakly.
Scully nodded. "He said that he was doing this because I had turned him down when he asked me out." Her voice sounded weak and distant. "I never thought that saying no could cause so many people to die."
Mulder pulled her into him and caressed her hair. "It wasn't your fault Scully. You had every right to tell him no."
Scully gave a nod and just held him.