Chapter Ten - A Long Hot Bath
The drive to Scully's apartment was a relatively silent one. Both Scully and Mulder were lost in their own thoughts.
Mulder was busily analyzing his encounter with Andrea. He was going over every detail in his mind trying to figure out exactly how to handle her if she should appear again.
Scully, on the other hand, was having a lot of trouble getting her mind around the fact that there had been another entity residing in her body. There had to be a scientific explanation for what had happened. She would have to think about that - tomorrow.
Scully opened the door to her apartment walked in. She stopped when she saw the mess sitting on the small table in the kitchen. It was littered with empty soda cans and an empty ice cream carton.
Apparently the spirit within her decided to have a little snack before leaving to go to Mulder's apartment.
Mulder didn't say a word but just watched Scully as she wandered around looking to see exactly what had happened before she left her apartment.
Looking at her face, Mulder could read no signs of emotions. Her walls were up big time - not that Mulder could really blame her. She had been through a lot tonight.
Scully finally looked over at Mulder and smiled at him. "Make yourself comfortable. I am just going to tidy up a bit before getting into the tub."
Mulder nodded and removed his jacket and plopped down on the couch picking up the remote control. "Are you sure you wouldn't rather watch the SciFi channel with me?"
Scully smiled from the kitchen as she dumped the garbage into the trashcan.
"Sounds very tempting Mulder - but not nearly as tempting as soaking a good long time."
Mulder chuckled and settled in to watch Star Trek. He watched her out of the corner of his eye not wanting to infringe on her privacy more than necessary.
Finally she headed into the bathroom. She left the bathroom door open ajar just a bit - mainly because she knew that it would make Mulder more comfortable.
Scully shook her head as she started the tub and poured in a large amount of bath salts. She definitely had a lot of things to think about - spirits, solving a very bizarre case, and last but not least what to do about the man sitting in her living room.
She eased herself into the water promising herself that she would think about everything tomorrow. Tonight she was going to think of nothing at all.
She relaxed feeling the warm water helping ease the tension out of her body. She was still holding the stone that Melissa had given her - she had promised Mulder that she would keep it on her person until the Andrea matter was settled.
She laughed and turned the stone over in her hand. Not in a million years did she think that this little piece of stone would protect her from evil things that go bump in the night but she had promised Mulder and she always tried to keep her word.
When she felt her body starting to wrinkle, Scully knew that it was time to wash up and get out of the tub and into bed.
She reached over to grab her wash cloth and soap temporarily dropping Melissa's stone. She sighed and groped around the tub feeling for it. She was so intent on finding the stone that she didn't hear the door being shut quietly.
She did, however, feel a strange sensation as if someone was slowly pouring themselves into her. She managed a muffled scream before she felt herself to sink beneath the bubbles.
Andrea had patiently waited in the bathroom knowing that her opportunity would come eventually. As soon as Scully had dropped the stone she took her chance. This time she had no intention of trying to use Scully's body for her own purposes - she was just going to see to it that she drowned right under the nose of Fox Mulder.
"That will teach them both" she thought to herself as she and Scully sank slowly under the water. It felt wonderfully warm and Andrea felt a bit sorry that she wouldn't be able to enjoy the feeling longer.
"Can't be helped" she thought to herself.
Mulder was watching Spock and McCoy bantering on the television screen. He couldn't help but think how a relationship like that one would be so much more enjoyable than working with the ass-kissing Alex Krycek.
He was watching so intently that he barely heard what he thought was Scully calling out.
He cocked his head listening - hearing nothing he was about to turn his attention back to the television set when he noticed that the bathroom door was shut.
Feeling an odd sense of dread he walked over to the door and politely knocked.
"Scully?"
He waited a second and then knocked louder "SCULLY!"
He rattled the knob and found the door locked.
"Scully" he threw himself against the door. He threw himself against the door again but it didn't budge. He tried several more times with little success.
Thinking quickly, he walked over to his jacket and pulled out his service weapon. After shouting a warning out to Scully first, he shot the lock.
He rushed into the bathroom to see nothing but bubbles in the tub.
Andrea could feel Scully's life starting to slip away. Scully was putting a fight but Andrea knew it would only be a matter of moments now.
Andrea started to feel queasy then - it was a familiar feeling which meant only one thing. Her time in this world was coming to an end.
Andrea tried to hold on not wanting to give Scully a chance for survival but she had no choice. Her time was done and with a groan she was gone - her last thought was that she would come back for Scully as soon as Angela brought her back again.
Mulder was frantically looking around the bathroom thinking that maybe Scully had stepped into the shower stall. Not finding her, he stuck his hand into the tub and immediately felt Scully's body.
Sticking his other hand into the water, he pulled her out of the tub and lay her carefully down on the bathroom rug.
Scully's color was a pale shade of blue and she didn't appear to be breathing. Mulder quickly tipped back her head and started rescue breathing.
He breathed once, then twice and suddenly Scully was coughing and spitting up bath water. Mulder lifted her head and tipped her so she could easily rid herself of the water.
After what seemed to be an eternity the coughing stopped and Scully slowly opened her eyes.
She looked up at Mulder and whispered "I feel crappy" and closed her eyes.
Scully opened her eyes and found herself lying in her bed. She was still naked - with the exception of Melissa's stone place carefully on her stomach - but had been covered up to protect her modesty.
There was one small lamp burning on her dresser and Scully took a quick look around the room. She smiled when she spotted Mulder sitting in the chair by the window. He looked like a little boy dozing away.
She shifted in the bed and his eyes flew open. Obviously Mulder was a very light sleeper.
Scully pulled the sheets up higher as he got up and crossed over to the bed.
"May I?" he said gesturing to the bed
Scully nodded noticing that Mulder sat down at the foot of her bed - quite far away from her.
Scully could feel herself blushing a bit at the realization that the man sitting at the foot of her bed had not only seen her naked but had carried her to bed that way.
"Thank you" Scully said. "Looks like I am in your debt not once but twice."
Mulder shrugged off her thanks.
"Do you remember what happened this time?"
"Yeah, I do." Scully replied.
She shifted uncomfortably under the bedding.
"I'll tell you everything but first could you start a pot of coffee and let me get a bit more respectable?"
Mulder smiled and looked down at the floor "Sorry about that."
Scully cut him off "Please Mulder, you saved my life. I am not going to quibble about how you did it."
Mulder nodded and left Scully to dress as he went to make coffee. He tried, but couldn't quite push out the image of Scully's naked body from his mind.
It had been even better than he had imagined.
"You are pathetic" he scolded himself. "The woman almost dies and all you can think about what she looked like. No wonder women think men are pigs."
He turned his full attention to the coffee and by the time Scully emerged from the bedroom it was brewing away.
Scully's hair had dried while she slept and she looked quite disheveled. She seemed unconcerned though as she padded into the living room wearing a pair of blue silk pajamas which seemed to Mulder to be just a bit too big.
She sat down on the couch with a sigh and let Mulder wait on her. As she waited for her coffee she tried to recall exactly what had happened.
Mulder brought over the cups and gave one to her. She smiled her thanks at him and motioned him to join her on the couch.
"Ready?" She asked "It is quite a story."
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The drive to Scully's apartment was a relatively silent one. Both Scully and Mulder were lost in their own thoughts.
Mulder was busily analyzing his encounter with Andrea. He was going over every detail in his mind trying to figure out exactly how to handle her if she should appear again.
Scully, on the other hand, was having a lot of trouble getting her mind around the fact that there had been another entity residing in her body. There had to be a scientific explanation for what had happened. She would have to think about that - tomorrow.
Scully opened the door to her apartment walked in. She stopped when she saw the mess sitting on the small table in the kitchen. It was littered with empty soda cans and an empty ice cream carton.
Apparently the spirit within her decided to have a little snack before leaving to go to Mulder's apartment.
Mulder didn't say a word but just watched Scully as she wandered around looking to see exactly what had happened before she left her apartment.
Looking at her face, Mulder could read no signs of emotions. Her walls were up big time - not that Mulder could really blame her. She had been through a lot tonight.
Scully finally looked over at Mulder and smiled at him. "Make yourself comfortable. I am just going to tidy up a bit before getting into the tub."
Mulder nodded and removed his jacket and plopped down on the couch picking up the remote control. "Are you sure you wouldn't rather watch the SciFi channel with me?"
Scully smiled from the kitchen as she dumped the garbage into the trashcan.
"Sounds very tempting Mulder - but not nearly as tempting as soaking a good long time."
Mulder chuckled and settled in to watch Star Trek. He watched her out of the corner of his eye not wanting to infringe on her privacy more than necessary.
Finally she headed into the bathroom. She left the bathroom door open ajar just a bit - mainly because she knew that it would make Mulder more comfortable.
Scully shook her head as she started the tub and poured in a large amount of bath salts. She definitely had a lot of things to think about - spirits, solving a very bizarre case, and last but not least what to do about the man sitting in her living room.
She eased herself into the water promising herself that she would think about everything tomorrow. Tonight she was going to think of nothing at all.
She relaxed feeling the warm water helping ease the tension out of her body. She was still holding the stone that Melissa had given her - she had promised Mulder that she would keep it on her person until the Andrea matter was settled.
She laughed and turned the stone over in her hand. Not in a million years did she think that this little piece of stone would protect her from evil things that go bump in the night but she had promised Mulder and she always tried to keep her word.
When she felt her body starting to wrinkle, Scully knew that it was time to wash up and get out of the tub and into bed.
She reached over to grab her wash cloth and soap temporarily dropping Melissa's stone. She sighed and groped around the tub feeling for it. She was so intent on finding the stone that she didn't hear the door being shut quietly.
She did, however, feel a strange sensation as if someone was slowly pouring themselves into her. She managed a muffled scream before she felt herself to sink beneath the bubbles.
Andrea had patiently waited in the bathroom knowing that her opportunity would come eventually. As soon as Scully had dropped the stone she took her chance. This time she had no intention of trying to use Scully's body for her own purposes - she was just going to see to it that she drowned right under the nose of Fox Mulder.
"That will teach them both" she thought to herself as she and Scully sank slowly under the water. It felt wonderfully warm and Andrea felt a bit sorry that she wouldn't be able to enjoy the feeling longer.
"Can't be helped" she thought to herself.
Mulder was watching Spock and McCoy bantering on the television screen. He couldn't help but think how a relationship like that one would be so much more enjoyable than working with the ass-kissing Alex Krycek.
He was watching so intently that he barely heard what he thought was Scully calling out.
He cocked his head listening - hearing nothing he was about to turn his attention back to the television set when he noticed that the bathroom door was shut.
Feeling an odd sense of dread he walked over to the door and politely knocked.
"Scully?"
He waited a second and then knocked louder "SCULLY!"
He rattled the knob and found the door locked.
"Scully" he threw himself against the door. He threw himself against the door again but it didn't budge. He tried several more times with little success.
Thinking quickly, he walked over to his jacket and pulled out his service weapon. After shouting a warning out to Scully first, he shot the lock.
He rushed into the bathroom to see nothing but bubbles in the tub.
Andrea could feel Scully's life starting to slip away. Scully was putting a fight but Andrea knew it would only be a matter of moments now.
Andrea started to feel queasy then - it was a familiar feeling which meant only one thing. Her time in this world was coming to an end.
Andrea tried to hold on not wanting to give Scully a chance for survival but she had no choice. Her time was done and with a groan she was gone - her last thought was that she would come back for Scully as soon as Angela brought her back again.
Mulder was frantically looking around the bathroom thinking that maybe Scully had stepped into the shower stall. Not finding her, he stuck his hand into the tub and immediately felt Scully's body.
Sticking his other hand into the water, he pulled her out of the tub and lay her carefully down on the bathroom rug.
Scully's color was a pale shade of blue and she didn't appear to be breathing. Mulder quickly tipped back her head and started rescue breathing.
He breathed once, then twice and suddenly Scully was coughing and spitting up bath water. Mulder lifted her head and tipped her so she could easily rid herself of the water.
After what seemed to be an eternity the coughing stopped and Scully slowly opened her eyes.
She looked up at Mulder and whispered "I feel crappy" and closed her eyes.
Scully opened her eyes and found herself lying in her bed. She was still naked - with the exception of Melissa's stone place carefully on her stomach - but had been covered up to protect her modesty.
There was one small lamp burning on her dresser and Scully took a quick look around the room. She smiled when she spotted Mulder sitting in the chair by the window. He looked like a little boy dozing away.
She shifted in the bed and his eyes flew open. Obviously Mulder was a very light sleeper.
Scully pulled the sheets up higher as he got up and crossed over to the bed.
"May I?" he said gesturing to the bed
Scully nodded noticing that Mulder sat down at the foot of her bed - quite far away from her.
Scully could feel herself blushing a bit at the realization that the man sitting at the foot of her bed had not only seen her naked but had carried her to bed that way.
"Thank you" Scully said. "Looks like I am in your debt not once but twice."
Mulder shrugged off her thanks.
"Do you remember what happened this time?"
"Yeah, I do." Scully replied.
She shifted uncomfortably under the bedding.
"I'll tell you everything but first could you start a pot of coffee and let me get a bit more respectable?"
Mulder smiled and looked down at the floor "Sorry about that."
Scully cut him off "Please Mulder, you saved my life. I am not going to quibble about how you did it."
Mulder nodded and left Scully to dress as he went to make coffee. He tried, but couldn't quite push out the image of Scully's naked body from his mind.
It had been even better than he had imagined.
"You are pathetic" he scolded himself. "The woman almost dies and all you can think about what she looked like. No wonder women think men are pigs."
He turned his full attention to the coffee and by the time Scully emerged from the bedroom it was brewing away.
Scully's hair had dried while she slept and she looked quite disheveled. She seemed unconcerned though as she padded into the living room wearing a pair of blue silk pajamas which seemed to Mulder to be just a bit too big.
She sat down on the couch with a sigh and let Mulder wait on her. As she waited for her coffee she tried to recall exactly what had happened.
Mulder brought over the cups and gave one to her. She smiled her thanks at him and motioned him to join her on the couch.
"Ready?" She asked "It is quite a story."
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