Chapter One - I Can't Take It Any More!
Disclaimer: Don't own them, just borrow them.
Rating: PG13 (so far) but it may get a bit risqué in later chapters
Archive: Anywhere is fine with me - just let me know (xfstories@yahoo.com)
Summary: After being apart for four years, Scully returns to DC to testify against the release of the man that almost murdered her. Strange things begin to happen to her and her former partner comes to her aid in solving the case.
Friday afternoon.
Dana Scully looked at Mulder with total disbelief. Surely he couldn't be taking Diana Fowley's word over hers. They were partners. More than regular partners and now he doubted her motives and her reasons.
Well, she had just about had enough of Fox Mulder. Scully glared at him and stormed out the building, slamming the door behind her.
"Congratulations Agent Mulder" Scully muttered to herself as she stormed over to her car "You have finally produced the straw that broke this camel's back. I'm done."
With that she drove off with her tires squealing.
Monday morning.
Mulder was used to Scully being mad at him. It wasn't unusual for them to exchange heated words, dirty looks or to even storm out of the room on occasion.
He wasn't too concerned. Afterall, a couple of days had past since Scully had stormed out of the Lone Gunmen's office.
They were concerned at the extent of her fury, but he wasn't. Scully had forgiven him before and would forgive him again.
He would explain everything to her - that although she had tried on several occasions to bed him, Diana Fowley had not succeeded.
Mulder no longer thought of Diana in that way.
He smiled to himself as he walked into his office. By lunch, things would be back to normal.
Mulder's smile quickly faded as he entered. Immediately he knew something was different.
Looking around he noticed that a few things were missing. Scully's things.
Panic began to seep into him as he saw a message posted to his chair.
"Please come to my office immediately. W. Skinner" it said.
Mulder grabbed the note off the chair and turned and headed upstairs.
Skinner's Office
"What do you mean, she's gone?" Mulder demanded for the third time. "People just don't disappear."
"Well, she has." Skinner said with considerable patience. He was one of the only people who had a good sense of what Scully meant to Mulder and visa verse.
"Tell me exactly what she said" Mulder said throwing himself down in the chair in front of Skinner's desk.
Skinner sat down as well and told Mulder how Scully had appeared in his office during the latter part of Friday. She appeared calm, but Skinner could tell that something was troubling her.
Without going into any detail, she requested a leave of absence starting immediately. She needed to leave town as soon as possible for personal reasons and would appreciate his discretion.
Skinner had been puzzled at the request, but since Scully rarely asked for anything for herself he granted it. They agreed that Scully's leave was open ended and unpaid and that Skinner would wait to hear from her.
"But why did she want to leave?" Mulder asked his stomach beginning to tense when he realized he probably already knew the answer to his question.
"She didn't say and I didn't ask." Skinner said looking Mulder directly in the eye. "But if I were a betting man Agent Mulder, I would say that you had finally gone too far."
"Too far?" Mulder echoed back to him.
"Just how many times do you think she could take being dumped by you or ignored by you? This past month even I have noticed how you have deferred to Fowley at the expense of your own partner."
Mulder opened his mouth to respond then shut it again. There was really nothing he could say to that.
"Did she say where she was going?" Mulder asked softly "Or when?"
"No" Skinner said feeling truly sorry for him. It looked like Mulder's heart was breaking right in front of him.
Mulder nodded and rose slowly and left the room in silence his mind spinning.
After a moment he had a plan. A feeble one, but a plan nonetheless.
He would head over to Scully's apartment and talk her out of leaving. And if she wasn't there, he would just let himself in and wait until she returned.
She may be mad at him. Disgusted with him. But even so, Mulder couldn't conceive of the fact that she would leave without saying goodbye to him.
Scully's apartment building.
Mulder took the stairs two at a time not wanting to waste a second. He thought about stopping to pick up some flowers before he arrived but thought better of it.
He took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
Nothing.
He knocked louder.
Still nothing.
Mulder removed Scully's key from his pocket and unlocked the door. He pushed it open his heart stopping when he looked inside.
The apartment was completely empty. Not so much as piece of dust remained.
Mulder walked slowly around the apartment, his brain trying to make sense of what his eyes were telling him.
Scully was gone.
He walked into the kitchen hoping against all hope to find a note for him there. There was none.
Four years later.
Assistant Director Skinner stood outside of the Assistant DA's office looking at his watch and wondering where Agent Mulder was.
Finally he spotted Mulder walking down the hall and headed towards him.
"Good morning Agent Mulder. Thank you for meeting me here." Skinner said.
"Good morning Sir. Care to tell me what this is all about?" Mulder said smiling at his superior. "Aren't we in the wrong building?"
Skinner smiled at his joke and started walking towards a large conference room. "The DA called me this morning. Do you remember a man named Robert Holton?"
"I don't think I could forget him if I tried" Mulder answered dryly.
Robert Holton was a man that Mulder and Scully had apprehended some six years ago. It had been a very difficult case for both of them.
Holton was a serial killer who had a fancy for women - especially petite ones. He stalked them, kidnapped them, raped them and then systematically mutilated their bodies.
While working on the case, Holton had taken one look at Scully and had become obsessed with her. He had followed her to her apartment and had waited for hours while she and Mulder had worked on the case.
Mere moments after Mulder had left, Holton had broken in and tied her up. He had begun is slow process of torture and rape giving her several severe blows to the body to silence her as she fought against him.
The only thing that had stopped him from completing his act of violence against her was the fact that Mulder had forgotten his case files and had returned to Scully's apartment to retrieve them.
Finding the door damaged, Mulder had drawn his weapon and searched her apartment. He found them both in Scully's bedroom.
Still all these years later, Mulder could see clearly see Scully battered body lying on the floor with her hands tied above her head with Holton looming over her inches from penetrating her.
Mulder had acted on instinct and promptly shot Holton through the shoulder.
Scully injuries were more psychological then physical and she had returned to work within a week never mentioning the case again except for on the witness stand at Holton's trial.
Skinner broke into Mulder's train of thought. "Well, you know how there is less money in the budget for prison housing?" he started.
Mulder nodded. "Well, Holton has been selected to go in front of the parole panel tomorrow."
"You're kidding, aren't you? Are they actually thinking of letting that monster out?"
"I wish I was kidding Agent Mulder. Apparently he has been the model prisoner and appears to have reformed."
Mulder merely grunted at this. "So I assume the DA would like me to testify against his release."
Skinner nodded and Mulder continued. "I would be happy to." He sighed. "Too bad Scully isn't around anymore. Her testimony would be sure to keep him in prison."
At the mention of Scully's name Skinner looked a bit uncomfortable. "Agent Mulder" he began "When I spoke to the DA this morning he informed me that."
Skinner was interrupted by the sound of footsteps coming down the hall. Both he and Mulder turned and saw a man and a woman approaching.
The man was the District Attorney. The woman Dana Scully.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ End of chapter one. Comments? I live for reviews!!!
Disclaimer: Don't own them, just borrow them.
Rating: PG13 (so far) but it may get a bit risqué in later chapters
Archive: Anywhere is fine with me - just let me know (xfstories@yahoo.com)
Summary: After being apart for four years, Scully returns to DC to testify against the release of the man that almost murdered her. Strange things begin to happen to her and her former partner comes to her aid in solving the case.
Friday afternoon.
Dana Scully looked at Mulder with total disbelief. Surely he couldn't be taking Diana Fowley's word over hers. They were partners. More than regular partners and now he doubted her motives and her reasons.
Well, she had just about had enough of Fox Mulder. Scully glared at him and stormed out the building, slamming the door behind her.
"Congratulations Agent Mulder" Scully muttered to herself as she stormed over to her car "You have finally produced the straw that broke this camel's back. I'm done."
With that she drove off with her tires squealing.
Monday morning.
Mulder was used to Scully being mad at him. It wasn't unusual for them to exchange heated words, dirty looks or to even storm out of the room on occasion.
He wasn't too concerned. Afterall, a couple of days had past since Scully had stormed out of the Lone Gunmen's office.
They were concerned at the extent of her fury, but he wasn't. Scully had forgiven him before and would forgive him again.
He would explain everything to her - that although she had tried on several occasions to bed him, Diana Fowley had not succeeded.
Mulder no longer thought of Diana in that way.
He smiled to himself as he walked into his office. By lunch, things would be back to normal.
Mulder's smile quickly faded as he entered. Immediately he knew something was different.
Looking around he noticed that a few things were missing. Scully's things.
Panic began to seep into him as he saw a message posted to his chair.
"Please come to my office immediately. W. Skinner" it said.
Mulder grabbed the note off the chair and turned and headed upstairs.
Skinner's Office
"What do you mean, she's gone?" Mulder demanded for the third time. "People just don't disappear."
"Well, she has." Skinner said with considerable patience. He was one of the only people who had a good sense of what Scully meant to Mulder and visa verse.
"Tell me exactly what she said" Mulder said throwing himself down in the chair in front of Skinner's desk.
Skinner sat down as well and told Mulder how Scully had appeared in his office during the latter part of Friday. She appeared calm, but Skinner could tell that something was troubling her.
Without going into any detail, she requested a leave of absence starting immediately. She needed to leave town as soon as possible for personal reasons and would appreciate his discretion.
Skinner had been puzzled at the request, but since Scully rarely asked for anything for herself he granted it. They agreed that Scully's leave was open ended and unpaid and that Skinner would wait to hear from her.
"But why did she want to leave?" Mulder asked his stomach beginning to tense when he realized he probably already knew the answer to his question.
"She didn't say and I didn't ask." Skinner said looking Mulder directly in the eye. "But if I were a betting man Agent Mulder, I would say that you had finally gone too far."
"Too far?" Mulder echoed back to him.
"Just how many times do you think she could take being dumped by you or ignored by you? This past month even I have noticed how you have deferred to Fowley at the expense of your own partner."
Mulder opened his mouth to respond then shut it again. There was really nothing he could say to that.
"Did she say where she was going?" Mulder asked softly "Or when?"
"No" Skinner said feeling truly sorry for him. It looked like Mulder's heart was breaking right in front of him.
Mulder nodded and rose slowly and left the room in silence his mind spinning.
After a moment he had a plan. A feeble one, but a plan nonetheless.
He would head over to Scully's apartment and talk her out of leaving. And if she wasn't there, he would just let himself in and wait until she returned.
She may be mad at him. Disgusted with him. But even so, Mulder couldn't conceive of the fact that she would leave without saying goodbye to him.
Scully's apartment building.
Mulder took the stairs two at a time not wanting to waste a second. He thought about stopping to pick up some flowers before he arrived but thought better of it.
He took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
Nothing.
He knocked louder.
Still nothing.
Mulder removed Scully's key from his pocket and unlocked the door. He pushed it open his heart stopping when he looked inside.
The apartment was completely empty. Not so much as piece of dust remained.
Mulder walked slowly around the apartment, his brain trying to make sense of what his eyes were telling him.
Scully was gone.
He walked into the kitchen hoping against all hope to find a note for him there. There was none.
Four years later.
Assistant Director Skinner stood outside of the Assistant DA's office looking at his watch and wondering where Agent Mulder was.
Finally he spotted Mulder walking down the hall and headed towards him.
"Good morning Agent Mulder. Thank you for meeting me here." Skinner said.
"Good morning Sir. Care to tell me what this is all about?" Mulder said smiling at his superior. "Aren't we in the wrong building?"
Skinner smiled at his joke and started walking towards a large conference room. "The DA called me this morning. Do you remember a man named Robert Holton?"
"I don't think I could forget him if I tried" Mulder answered dryly.
Robert Holton was a man that Mulder and Scully had apprehended some six years ago. It had been a very difficult case for both of them.
Holton was a serial killer who had a fancy for women - especially petite ones. He stalked them, kidnapped them, raped them and then systematically mutilated their bodies.
While working on the case, Holton had taken one look at Scully and had become obsessed with her. He had followed her to her apartment and had waited for hours while she and Mulder had worked on the case.
Mere moments after Mulder had left, Holton had broken in and tied her up. He had begun is slow process of torture and rape giving her several severe blows to the body to silence her as she fought against him.
The only thing that had stopped him from completing his act of violence against her was the fact that Mulder had forgotten his case files and had returned to Scully's apartment to retrieve them.
Finding the door damaged, Mulder had drawn his weapon and searched her apartment. He found them both in Scully's bedroom.
Still all these years later, Mulder could see clearly see Scully battered body lying on the floor with her hands tied above her head with Holton looming over her inches from penetrating her.
Mulder had acted on instinct and promptly shot Holton through the shoulder.
Scully injuries were more psychological then physical and she had returned to work within a week never mentioning the case again except for on the witness stand at Holton's trial.
Skinner broke into Mulder's train of thought. "Well, you know how there is less money in the budget for prison housing?" he started.
Mulder nodded. "Well, Holton has been selected to go in front of the parole panel tomorrow."
"You're kidding, aren't you? Are they actually thinking of letting that monster out?"
"I wish I was kidding Agent Mulder. Apparently he has been the model prisoner and appears to have reformed."
Mulder merely grunted at this. "So I assume the DA would like me to testify against his release."
Skinner nodded and Mulder continued. "I would be happy to." He sighed. "Too bad Scully isn't around anymore. Her testimony would be sure to keep him in prison."
At the mention of Scully's name Skinner looked a bit uncomfortable. "Agent Mulder" he began "When I spoke to the DA this morning he informed me that."
Skinner was interrupted by the sound of footsteps coming down the hall. Both he and Mulder turned and saw a man and a woman approaching.
The man was the District Attorney. The woman Dana Scully.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ End of chapter one. Comments? I live for reviews!!!