Chapter Nine - She's Mine, All Mine
Warning - this chapter contains violent content. Continue at your own risk.
Scully opened her eyes and stretched like a cat feeling truly content for the first time in a long, long time. She sighed deeply when she remembered the task ahead of her and the looming danger of Ryan Holton.
She frowned then wondering when, if ever, she and Mulder would ever get a moments peace.
Scully sat up in bed hearing the sounds of Mulder rustling around in his kitchen and breathing in deeply the heavenly scent of coffee being brewed.
A moment later she padded out to the kitchen where Mulder was making the coffee having already showered and dressed.
"Morning Scully" he said handing her a cup of coffee.
Scully had been wondering if he was going to want to talk about the events of last night but could tell immediately that Mulder was fully focused on the task of solving the case.
"Skinner called this morning. Apparently Holton was acting rather odd during the night last night. His cell is monitored 24/7 so they are shipping over the tape to the Bureau."
Scully nodded "It will only take me a minute to get dressed"
"No rush" Mulder said smiling at her. "It should only take me an hour or so to run over meet with Skinner and pick up the tape. That should give you plenty of time to shower and get your things ready to leave."
"Leave?" Scully said frowning at him. "And just where am I going?"
Mulder looked at her with the type of expression an adult gives a small child who not cooperating. "Scully, I think you will agree that being here is probably not the safest place for you right now. I thought we would go over to the Lone Gunmen's as we had planned and then put you in one of their safe houses."
Scully wanted to argue with him but could find no real holes in his thinking. "Where is the safe house?"
"I have no idea. They wouldn't tell me over the phone and I think we'll be lucky if they don't blindfold us while we are going there."
"We?" Scully asked
"You don't think I am going to stick you in some strange place all alone, do you?" he said suddenly serious. "I plan on telling Skinner this morning that I am sticking with you like glue until we nab Holton."
Scully was about to speak when Mulder's cell phone rang. He answered, spoke in low tones for a moment then hung up turning to Scully.
"That was Agent Smith. He and the building super have checked the entire building and secured all doors except the front one. Smith will be sitting outside watching the door until I return - unless you would rather have him in here with you."
Scully smiled at him "That won't be necessary Mulder. I think between the two of us, we can manage for me not to be kidnapped in the next hour and a half. You go now." She added giving him a small push towards the door as encouragement. "The sooner you leave the sooner you can come back and become my human shadow."
Mulder laughed at this and went to the door to leave. He opened the door and paused looking at her a long time before speaking. "Promise me you will keep your gun with you Scully and that you will shoot first ask questions later."
"I promise" she said smiling. "Now go."
Mulder left shutting the door quietly behind him and waiting until he heard Scully lock it before walking down the hall.
He double-checked with Agent Smith who was sitting on the front stoop smoking a cigarette that everything was in place. Finally feeling that Scully was secure he got into his car and drove off.
Skinner had cleared his morning schedule in anticipation of Mulder's arrival. He knew that Mulder wanted to get the meeting over as soon as possible so he could move Scully to a safer location.
"Good morning Agent Mulder" Skinner said from behind his desk. "Is Dr. Scully going to be joining us this morning?"
"Not she is preparing to move to the safe house." Skinner nodded and then proceeded to tell Mulder about the phone call that he had received early that morning from the prison warden.
During routine monitoring of Holton's cell, the night watchman had noticed that Holton had become rather agitated during the early part of the morning. "I am not exactly sure of the time" Skinner said "but it will be displayed on the tape. It was somewhere around 2:30 though."
Mulder felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. "Did you say 2:30? That is when Scully was having a horrible nightmare."
"You don't think the two could be related, do you?" Skinner asked although he could tell by the look on his face that Mulder did.
"I am not sure Sir" Mulder said flatly getting out of his chair and picking up the tape that sat on the corner of Skinner's desk. "But just in case it does, I would like to get back to Scully as soon as possible."
"Understood" Skinner said rising from his chair and opening the door for Mulder to leave. "Agent Mulder do whatever you must to keep her safe." He said quietly.
Mulder looked at him and smiled. He always knew that Skinner had a soft spot for Scully. "Don't worry Sir I will."
With that he was off down the hall. A quick stop by his office to pick up some reports and he would be on his way back to Scully.
He glanced at his watch - he was running ahead of schedule. "Good" he thought "I don't think I could get her away from here fast enough."
Mulder walked briskly into his office picked up the folders sitting on his desk and then stopped dead in his tracks. Perched against the back of his chair was a large white envelope similar to the one he and Scully had found the day before leaning against his apartment door.
He grabbed it quickly and opened it. "Damn" he said even as he was turning and heading out of the door letting the picture drop to the floor.
It was a shot of him and Scully taken the night before when he had held her in his arms comforting her. Across the picture a message had been written in black ink.
"She's mine all mine Agent Mulder. You won't have her, but I will."
Mulder's Apartment Building
Agent Smith sat on the front stoop enjoying the morning sunshine on his face. He had just finished one cigarette and was considering having another one before heading back into the stuffiness of his car.
"You really shouldn't smoke" a voice said from behind him. "It's bad for your health."
Agent Smith turned to see the source of the voice his eyes widening with recognition. He began to reach for his weapon when suddenly the man spun him around, put his arm around his neck and snapped it like it was a match stick.
The man then picked up the body like it was a sack of rags and walked calmly over to Smith's car. He opened the back door and unceremoniously threw him in.
He smiled then. "Robert was right. The kill is invigorating but the moment before is even better."
He started towards the door of Mulder's building in no great rush. He knew that Agent Mulder had planned to be gone at least another hour.
That was more than enough time to do what he had to with Scully.
Scully slipped on Mulder's robe laughing at her reflection in the mirror as she towel dried her hair. She looked like she was wearing her father's clothes.
Scully carefully folded the towel and was about to walk into the bedroom when she thought she heard a noise at the front door. Mindful of her promise to Mulder, she picked up her service weapon and walked slowly into the living room ears listening for any strange noise.
She walked over to the door and just as her mind was starting to register that it had been tampered with she felt herself being picked up and thrown onto the couch.
Barely able to catch her breath she looked up into the face of Robert Holton. Ryan Holton she quickly corrected herself.
Holton had carelessly tossed her gun away and was looming over her looking at her with pure hate in his eyes.
"I don't think we have been formally introduced Agent Scully" he said sarcastically as he watch her scramble to an upright position.
"No need to - I know who you are." Scully said forcing her voice to remain calm.
"Then you know why I am here." He said smoothly
"You have come to do your brother's dirty work for him I imagine. To finish off what he was unable to do himself." She said flatly.
"I have come to set him free." Holton said seeming bored with the conversation.
"And by doing so you will be sending yourself to prison and depriving your wife of her husband and your children of their father." Scully said desperately trying to buy some time.
"Oh I don't think I will go to prison." Holton said holding up his hands so she could see that they were covered with gloves. "especially since the only fingerprints they will find on your body will belong to Robert."
Scully gulped at this comment but stayed quiet. "And unless I am mistaken it will be very hard to convict a man of murder when he has been sitting the whole time safe and sound behind bars."
"My partner will find you" Scully said defiantly.
"Since when is Mulder your partner again Dr. Scully?" Holton said with a chuckle. "And even if he was still your partner he will be useless after your death. He will be so full of regret and guilt that I doubt he will last more than a month without you."
"What do you mean by that?" Scully demanded.
"Come on Dr. Scully surely you know what I mean. I don't mean to embarrass you but I did 'see' everything that happened here last night. Very touching, very touching indeed."
Scully felt her face turn red from anger not fear - at least not yet.
"When you left Agent Mulder before, I think the only thing that kept him going was the dimmest of hopes that you would return. After I remove that last hope, I can almost assure you that Agent Mulder will be joining you in heaven where you can be together for all eternity."
Holton laughed at this as he turned his attentions to Scully. She was sitting more or less upright now trying desperately to keep Mulder's robe from falling off.
"But enough talk my dear." Holton said as he roughly grabbed her arm and pulled her off the couch. "My brother relayed to me how sweet you were and I can't wait to sample you for myself."
Scully frantically tried to pull her arm away all the while looking around the room for a weapon. Holton followed her gaze and his eyes grew dark with anger.
"You are no match for me Dr. Scully. You have been a supply of constant energy for me these past couple of days."
As if to prove the point he dragged her, like a rag doll, over to Mulder's enormous fish tank. With a mere flick of his finger he sent it toppling over barely missing Scully as it spewed water, fish and broken glass throughout the room.
"I know my brother enjoyed very much knocking you out" he said and he lifted her kicking body easily and carried her into the bedroom. "But I think I will take a different approach."
He held her squirming body with ease as he grabbed a length of rope from this coat pocket and tied her hands above her head.
He lowered her to the ground admiring the view of her breasts that had been exposed when Mulder's robe had dropped open.
"Very lovely indeed" he said running a finger along each breast and watching with fascination as each nipple sprang up at his touch.
"You see Dana, it's alright that I call you Dana, isn't it?" he asked as he carefully shoved a gag into her mouth "I want you fully awake and reacting to my touch. I want you to know how much your body will enjoy my endeavors even as your mind is repulsed by them."
He sat on one leg quieting it while he quickly secured the other. He repeated the process leaving Scully totally open and vulnerable to his every whim.
He smiled at her then almost sweetly and Scully's blood turned to ice. "Shall we begin" he asked lowering his head towards her breasts.
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End of chapter nine. Be warned. The next chapter may be quite graphic as well.
Warning - this chapter contains violent content. Continue at your own risk.
Scully opened her eyes and stretched like a cat feeling truly content for the first time in a long, long time. She sighed deeply when she remembered the task ahead of her and the looming danger of Ryan Holton.
She frowned then wondering when, if ever, she and Mulder would ever get a moments peace.
Scully sat up in bed hearing the sounds of Mulder rustling around in his kitchen and breathing in deeply the heavenly scent of coffee being brewed.
A moment later she padded out to the kitchen where Mulder was making the coffee having already showered and dressed.
"Morning Scully" he said handing her a cup of coffee.
Scully had been wondering if he was going to want to talk about the events of last night but could tell immediately that Mulder was fully focused on the task of solving the case.
"Skinner called this morning. Apparently Holton was acting rather odd during the night last night. His cell is monitored 24/7 so they are shipping over the tape to the Bureau."
Scully nodded "It will only take me a minute to get dressed"
"No rush" Mulder said smiling at her. "It should only take me an hour or so to run over meet with Skinner and pick up the tape. That should give you plenty of time to shower and get your things ready to leave."
"Leave?" Scully said frowning at him. "And just where am I going?"
Mulder looked at her with the type of expression an adult gives a small child who not cooperating. "Scully, I think you will agree that being here is probably not the safest place for you right now. I thought we would go over to the Lone Gunmen's as we had planned and then put you in one of their safe houses."
Scully wanted to argue with him but could find no real holes in his thinking. "Where is the safe house?"
"I have no idea. They wouldn't tell me over the phone and I think we'll be lucky if they don't blindfold us while we are going there."
"We?" Scully asked
"You don't think I am going to stick you in some strange place all alone, do you?" he said suddenly serious. "I plan on telling Skinner this morning that I am sticking with you like glue until we nab Holton."
Scully was about to speak when Mulder's cell phone rang. He answered, spoke in low tones for a moment then hung up turning to Scully.
"That was Agent Smith. He and the building super have checked the entire building and secured all doors except the front one. Smith will be sitting outside watching the door until I return - unless you would rather have him in here with you."
Scully smiled at him "That won't be necessary Mulder. I think between the two of us, we can manage for me not to be kidnapped in the next hour and a half. You go now." She added giving him a small push towards the door as encouragement. "The sooner you leave the sooner you can come back and become my human shadow."
Mulder laughed at this and went to the door to leave. He opened the door and paused looking at her a long time before speaking. "Promise me you will keep your gun with you Scully and that you will shoot first ask questions later."
"I promise" she said smiling. "Now go."
Mulder left shutting the door quietly behind him and waiting until he heard Scully lock it before walking down the hall.
He double-checked with Agent Smith who was sitting on the front stoop smoking a cigarette that everything was in place. Finally feeling that Scully was secure he got into his car and drove off.
Skinner had cleared his morning schedule in anticipation of Mulder's arrival. He knew that Mulder wanted to get the meeting over as soon as possible so he could move Scully to a safer location.
"Good morning Agent Mulder" Skinner said from behind his desk. "Is Dr. Scully going to be joining us this morning?"
"Not she is preparing to move to the safe house." Skinner nodded and then proceeded to tell Mulder about the phone call that he had received early that morning from the prison warden.
During routine monitoring of Holton's cell, the night watchman had noticed that Holton had become rather agitated during the early part of the morning. "I am not exactly sure of the time" Skinner said "but it will be displayed on the tape. It was somewhere around 2:30 though."
Mulder felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. "Did you say 2:30? That is when Scully was having a horrible nightmare."
"You don't think the two could be related, do you?" Skinner asked although he could tell by the look on his face that Mulder did.
"I am not sure Sir" Mulder said flatly getting out of his chair and picking up the tape that sat on the corner of Skinner's desk. "But just in case it does, I would like to get back to Scully as soon as possible."
"Understood" Skinner said rising from his chair and opening the door for Mulder to leave. "Agent Mulder do whatever you must to keep her safe." He said quietly.
Mulder looked at him and smiled. He always knew that Skinner had a soft spot for Scully. "Don't worry Sir I will."
With that he was off down the hall. A quick stop by his office to pick up some reports and he would be on his way back to Scully.
He glanced at his watch - he was running ahead of schedule. "Good" he thought "I don't think I could get her away from here fast enough."
Mulder walked briskly into his office picked up the folders sitting on his desk and then stopped dead in his tracks. Perched against the back of his chair was a large white envelope similar to the one he and Scully had found the day before leaning against his apartment door.
He grabbed it quickly and opened it. "Damn" he said even as he was turning and heading out of the door letting the picture drop to the floor.
It was a shot of him and Scully taken the night before when he had held her in his arms comforting her. Across the picture a message had been written in black ink.
"She's mine all mine Agent Mulder. You won't have her, but I will."
Mulder's Apartment Building
Agent Smith sat on the front stoop enjoying the morning sunshine on his face. He had just finished one cigarette and was considering having another one before heading back into the stuffiness of his car.
"You really shouldn't smoke" a voice said from behind him. "It's bad for your health."
Agent Smith turned to see the source of the voice his eyes widening with recognition. He began to reach for his weapon when suddenly the man spun him around, put his arm around his neck and snapped it like it was a match stick.
The man then picked up the body like it was a sack of rags and walked calmly over to Smith's car. He opened the back door and unceremoniously threw him in.
He smiled then. "Robert was right. The kill is invigorating but the moment before is even better."
He started towards the door of Mulder's building in no great rush. He knew that Agent Mulder had planned to be gone at least another hour.
That was more than enough time to do what he had to with Scully.
Scully slipped on Mulder's robe laughing at her reflection in the mirror as she towel dried her hair. She looked like she was wearing her father's clothes.
Scully carefully folded the towel and was about to walk into the bedroom when she thought she heard a noise at the front door. Mindful of her promise to Mulder, she picked up her service weapon and walked slowly into the living room ears listening for any strange noise.
She walked over to the door and just as her mind was starting to register that it had been tampered with she felt herself being picked up and thrown onto the couch.
Barely able to catch her breath she looked up into the face of Robert Holton. Ryan Holton she quickly corrected herself.
Holton had carelessly tossed her gun away and was looming over her looking at her with pure hate in his eyes.
"I don't think we have been formally introduced Agent Scully" he said sarcastically as he watch her scramble to an upright position.
"No need to - I know who you are." Scully said forcing her voice to remain calm.
"Then you know why I am here." He said smoothly
"You have come to do your brother's dirty work for him I imagine. To finish off what he was unable to do himself." She said flatly.
"I have come to set him free." Holton said seeming bored with the conversation.
"And by doing so you will be sending yourself to prison and depriving your wife of her husband and your children of their father." Scully said desperately trying to buy some time.
"Oh I don't think I will go to prison." Holton said holding up his hands so she could see that they were covered with gloves. "especially since the only fingerprints they will find on your body will belong to Robert."
Scully gulped at this comment but stayed quiet. "And unless I am mistaken it will be very hard to convict a man of murder when he has been sitting the whole time safe and sound behind bars."
"My partner will find you" Scully said defiantly.
"Since when is Mulder your partner again Dr. Scully?" Holton said with a chuckle. "And even if he was still your partner he will be useless after your death. He will be so full of regret and guilt that I doubt he will last more than a month without you."
"What do you mean by that?" Scully demanded.
"Come on Dr. Scully surely you know what I mean. I don't mean to embarrass you but I did 'see' everything that happened here last night. Very touching, very touching indeed."
Scully felt her face turn red from anger not fear - at least not yet.
"When you left Agent Mulder before, I think the only thing that kept him going was the dimmest of hopes that you would return. After I remove that last hope, I can almost assure you that Agent Mulder will be joining you in heaven where you can be together for all eternity."
Holton laughed at this as he turned his attentions to Scully. She was sitting more or less upright now trying desperately to keep Mulder's robe from falling off.
"But enough talk my dear." Holton said as he roughly grabbed her arm and pulled her off the couch. "My brother relayed to me how sweet you were and I can't wait to sample you for myself."
Scully frantically tried to pull her arm away all the while looking around the room for a weapon. Holton followed her gaze and his eyes grew dark with anger.
"You are no match for me Dr. Scully. You have been a supply of constant energy for me these past couple of days."
As if to prove the point he dragged her, like a rag doll, over to Mulder's enormous fish tank. With a mere flick of his finger he sent it toppling over barely missing Scully as it spewed water, fish and broken glass throughout the room.
"I know my brother enjoyed very much knocking you out" he said and he lifted her kicking body easily and carried her into the bedroom. "But I think I will take a different approach."
He held her squirming body with ease as he grabbed a length of rope from this coat pocket and tied her hands above her head.
He lowered her to the ground admiring the view of her breasts that had been exposed when Mulder's robe had dropped open.
"Very lovely indeed" he said running a finger along each breast and watching with fascination as each nipple sprang up at his touch.
"You see Dana, it's alright that I call you Dana, isn't it?" he asked as he carefully shoved a gag into her mouth "I want you fully awake and reacting to my touch. I want you to know how much your body will enjoy my endeavors even as your mind is repulsed by them."
He sat on one leg quieting it while he quickly secured the other. He repeated the process leaving Scully totally open and vulnerable to his every whim.
He smiled at her then almost sweetly and Scully's blood turned to ice. "Shall we begin" he asked lowering his head towards her breasts.
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End of chapter nine. Be warned. The next chapter may be quite graphic as well.