Title: Catching a Break
Disclaimer: I am poor. There can be no doubt about it. I am the poorest girl in the world. You can sue me if you want, but you won't get anything. I don't even have a college fund. These characters, settings, etc. are not mine. They belong to Chris Carter, 1013, and some other companies who do not need my money. I'm just borrowing these things for entertainment purposes.
Summary: Mulder and Scully just can't catch a break. Coming back from a small town in the middle of nowhere, they stop to rest a moment in a quiet town just off the interstate. Everything goes wrong and Mulder and Scully are once again in danger. Just another day... Completely shipper.
Author's Note: Psychopaths are really just misunderstood. Trust me, I know a few. There nice people -most of the time. Thanks for the reviews.
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Rick herded all his hostages to a corner of the room and made us sit. Mulder and I had been stripped of our guns, but that's not what I was worried about. Eventually Mulder would do something stupid; it's an invariable in our relationship. He'd try to be the hero and save me, if not someone else. I couldn't take it if I saw him get hurt one more time. My mind rattled off options and plans quickly.
Our captor had proceeded to empty the vault and registers, so I took a cursory evaluation of the hostages. All this stress was not good for the pregnant woman, who looked just about ready to burst. The business man was practically hyperventilating and the teller was crying. The bank president was to busy trying to avoid being shot as he opened the vault. I could see the wheels turning in Mulder's head, trying to figure out the same thing I was: how to take out Rick without injuring a hostage.
About an hour later, the FBI had been called in and Rick was making his demands for a fast car. Obviously he had no accomplice. I decided to speak up.
"Why Rick? Why do this?"
"To be with you, baby. With all this money, we could run away together and start a new life."
"So you rob a bank and hold a pregnant woman and a man with a nervous condition hostage? I can't be with you if this is who you are."
"Well Dana, one way or another, you are coming with me."
"The FBI will find you. You can't hide from the government."
"But you can. And together, we'll escape."
"I have no intention of helping you."
"You don't really have much of a choice. I'll shoot Mulder if you don't."
"You were going to kill me anyway!" Mulder yelled angrily.
"What reason would I have for that?"
"Because you think she's in love with me." Just a little closer to the truth than you know Mulder.
"She is! And that's why she can't be with me. But the moment your out of the way, I'll sweep her off her feet and take her away."
"You really think killing the man you think she loves is going to make her love you? You're more delusional than I thought."
A bullet whizzes past Mulder's face and my heart skipped a beat. I felt like shouting at the top of my lungs that I do love him and I couldn't live with myself if he died. He was going to get himself killed if he didn't stop provoking Rick. Think Dana!!! You're a smart woman; how can you save Mulder and bring Rick to justice at the same time?
It hit me like a train. The only way always had to be the most risky. However before I could put my plan into action, the businessman went into cardiac arrest. As I pulled off his jacket to pump his chest, a palm pilot fell from the breast pocket and clattered on the floor next to me. Once the man was stabilized I started to put my plan in motion. I stood slowly.
"You know what? I'll go with you Rick."
Both Mulder and Rick looked at me with shock. I hoped Mulder caught on soon. I placed my arms around Rick and kissed him. Mulder's jaw dropped a mile. The kiss was getting a bit more heated than I wanted so I broke away. Rick continued kissing my neck as I spoke.
"I'm so tired of my job and Mulder's lack of feelings for me." Another mile on Mulder's jaw. "Plus, what girl can say no to all that money?" I added my last comment rather seductively. I could have dropped dead laughing at the look on Mulder's face if I wasn't trying to save his life.
Rick finally lifted his lips from my body to speak.
"I want you so badly."
"You'll have to wait. I'm a little old fashioned. We should just let these people go. The car will be here soon."
"The rest can go, but Mulder stays until we have the car."
"Alright but let me say goodbye before we kill him; privately."
"Fine, I'll go finish cleaning out the vault."
He released the others and walked towards the safe. Once he was gone I took a deep breath and turned to face Mulder. He was shaking with anger.
"What the hell are you doing?!?"
"Saving your ass! When you get hit, stay down," I instructed as I slipped the palm pilot into his inner pocket. "I'll see you soon." I chastely kissed his forehead for luck.
Rick re-entered the room and saw the kiss.
"A kiss of death Dana?"
"Yes."
"I have a last request." Mulder announced.
"Whatever you want," Rick told him.
I was totally surprised by what happened next. Mulder kissed me!!! A real knee weakening, feel-it-in-your-soul kiss! I couldn't even kiss back. This must have angered Rick because he fired a shot at the ceiling. Mulder broke the kiss but held me close and whispered so softly he breathed it.
"I love you. Be careful."
I was shocked so I did what any person who just had the love of their life confess mutual feelings would do: I smacked him up the side of the head; then kissed him.
I slowly walked over to Rick and took a gun from his hand. I'm sorry I have to do this to you Mulder.
And then I shot the man I loved.
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Author's Note: And the plot thickens! ~dun, dun, dun!~ leave me a message. And visit my journal at Livejournal.com under Fae_de_Luna.
Disclaimer: I am poor. There can be no doubt about it. I am the poorest girl in the world. You can sue me if you want, but you won't get anything. I don't even have a college fund. These characters, settings, etc. are not mine. They belong to Chris Carter, 1013, and some other companies who do not need my money. I'm just borrowing these things for entertainment purposes.
Summary: Mulder and Scully just can't catch a break. Coming back from a small town in the middle of nowhere, they stop to rest a moment in a quiet town just off the interstate. Everything goes wrong and Mulder and Scully are once again in danger. Just another day... Completely shipper.
Author's Note: Psychopaths are really just misunderstood. Trust me, I know a few. There nice people -most of the time. Thanks for the reviews.
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Rick herded all his hostages to a corner of the room and made us sit. Mulder and I had been stripped of our guns, but that's not what I was worried about. Eventually Mulder would do something stupid; it's an invariable in our relationship. He'd try to be the hero and save me, if not someone else. I couldn't take it if I saw him get hurt one more time. My mind rattled off options and plans quickly.
Our captor had proceeded to empty the vault and registers, so I took a cursory evaluation of the hostages. All this stress was not good for the pregnant woman, who looked just about ready to burst. The business man was practically hyperventilating and the teller was crying. The bank president was to busy trying to avoid being shot as he opened the vault. I could see the wheels turning in Mulder's head, trying to figure out the same thing I was: how to take out Rick without injuring a hostage.
About an hour later, the FBI had been called in and Rick was making his demands for a fast car. Obviously he had no accomplice. I decided to speak up.
"Why Rick? Why do this?"
"To be with you, baby. With all this money, we could run away together and start a new life."
"So you rob a bank and hold a pregnant woman and a man with a nervous condition hostage? I can't be with you if this is who you are."
"Well Dana, one way or another, you are coming with me."
"The FBI will find you. You can't hide from the government."
"But you can. And together, we'll escape."
"I have no intention of helping you."
"You don't really have much of a choice. I'll shoot Mulder if you don't."
"You were going to kill me anyway!" Mulder yelled angrily.
"What reason would I have for that?"
"Because you think she's in love with me." Just a little closer to the truth than you know Mulder.
"She is! And that's why she can't be with me. But the moment your out of the way, I'll sweep her off her feet and take her away."
"You really think killing the man you think she loves is going to make her love you? You're more delusional than I thought."
A bullet whizzes past Mulder's face and my heart skipped a beat. I felt like shouting at the top of my lungs that I do love him and I couldn't live with myself if he died. He was going to get himself killed if he didn't stop provoking Rick. Think Dana!!! You're a smart woman; how can you save Mulder and bring Rick to justice at the same time?
It hit me like a train. The only way always had to be the most risky. However before I could put my plan into action, the businessman went into cardiac arrest. As I pulled off his jacket to pump his chest, a palm pilot fell from the breast pocket and clattered on the floor next to me. Once the man was stabilized I started to put my plan in motion. I stood slowly.
"You know what? I'll go with you Rick."
Both Mulder and Rick looked at me with shock. I hoped Mulder caught on soon. I placed my arms around Rick and kissed him. Mulder's jaw dropped a mile. The kiss was getting a bit more heated than I wanted so I broke away. Rick continued kissing my neck as I spoke.
"I'm so tired of my job and Mulder's lack of feelings for me." Another mile on Mulder's jaw. "Plus, what girl can say no to all that money?" I added my last comment rather seductively. I could have dropped dead laughing at the look on Mulder's face if I wasn't trying to save his life.
Rick finally lifted his lips from my body to speak.
"I want you so badly."
"You'll have to wait. I'm a little old fashioned. We should just let these people go. The car will be here soon."
"The rest can go, but Mulder stays until we have the car."
"Alright but let me say goodbye before we kill him; privately."
"Fine, I'll go finish cleaning out the vault."
He released the others and walked towards the safe. Once he was gone I took a deep breath and turned to face Mulder. He was shaking with anger.
"What the hell are you doing?!?"
"Saving your ass! When you get hit, stay down," I instructed as I slipped the palm pilot into his inner pocket. "I'll see you soon." I chastely kissed his forehead for luck.
Rick re-entered the room and saw the kiss.
"A kiss of death Dana?"
"Yes."
"I have a last request." Mulder announced.
"Whatever you want," Rick told him.
I was totally surprised by what happened next. Mulder kissed me!!! A real knee weakening, feel-it-in-your-soul kiss! I couldn't even kiss back. This must have angered Rick because he fired a shot at the ceiling. Mulder broke the kiss but held me close and whispered so softly he breathed it.
"I love you. Be careful."
I was shocked so I did what any person who just had the love of their life confess mutual feelings would do: I smacked him up the side of the head; then kissed him.
I slowly walked over to Rick and took a gun from his hand. I'm sorry I have to do this to you Mulder.
And then I shot the man I loved.
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Author's Note: And the plot thickens! ~dun, dun, dun!~ leave me a message. And visit my journal at Livejournal.com under Fae_de_Luna.