Part 27.

She missed him.  Terribly.  She stood at the nurses' station, signing papers, although not really knowing what she was signing. Now, it seemed, she only thought about him.   The memory of his kisses invaded her now, the feel of his touch on her skin, feeling safe, feeling complete.  She had always hated being separated from him, even before this whole mess started, before the mess in Dallas. She had always taken cold showers when they were on the road; she was very aware of his closeness, his scent….

Oh god how she missed him….

"Dana!" Rainey yelled at her.  "Where are you; dreamland?  With him I bet."

Scully nodded. "I miss him Rain."

"I know." Rainey said, walking closer to Scully to comfort her.  "I can see it in your eyes."

"It's only been three weeks."  Scully said softly so only Rainey could hear. "I think I made the second biggest mistake in my life."

"Then what are you still doing here?"  Rainy asked, her hands on her hips now.

"I don't know."

All of a sudden a swarm of paramedics, came into the hospital yelling "cold blue."  Putting their conversation on hold, Rainy and Scully ran to the side of the gurney to help out. 

" I got a Heather Kingman here." One paramedic said. "25, FBI agent. Gunshot wound to the lower abdomen.  She's lost a lot of blood."

Scully and Rainy followed the group of paramedics, putting pressure on Heather's wound, while Rainy put more fluids into the IV.

"Danes, you know her, don't you?" Rainy asked.

"Yes."  Scully said.  "Does anyone know how she was shot?"

" I guess there is some hostage situation that is going on across the street." Gary, the paramedic said. " He let us take her because she was shot."

"oh god…" Scully said a loud. "Mulder…."

Rainey sighed.

"Danes." Jason said, running to her side.  " I take it you have heard about the hostage situation across the street."
Scully nodded.

"They want more medics over there. Now!"  Jason said. "Come with me."

"What?"

"You are an ex-g-woman." Jason quickly explained.  "You have more experience with these type of things."

Two other nurses relieved Scully and Rainy so they could help Jason with the hostage across the street at the AtoZ Rentals Company.

Scully's heart was pounding quickly.  She prayed that Mulder was not hurt; and the ones that were… were just minor injuries. Scully paused in front of the door to the Rental place and said a silent prayer before going inside.  "You two." Scully whispered to Rainy and Jason. "Follow my lead."

Inside she saw many people tied up against the wall with their arms extended above them. She counted at least a dozen people, but she didn't see Mulder anywhere.

"Medics here."  Scully said as she carried the case with everything she would need to minorly treat something such as a gunshot wound. "Who's hurt?"

"I don't want you treating anyone now."  The man, she's heard someone call him Daryl.

"Daryl, that is your name isn't it?" Scully asked as she placed her case down.

"yes…" Daryl said. "How did…."

"Don't you hear the people that are calling your name?"

Daryl nodded. " It's hard to concentrate with them yelling at me."  Then out of the blue he yelled "SHUT UP" and then the whole room was silent.

"Why don't you want us to treat anyone, Daryl?"  Scully asked quietly.

"Because I want you to watch."

"Watch what?"

"Watch me kill him."  It was then that Daryl pointed toward an unconscious Mulder leaning against the wall.

"Well let me see if he's still breathing at least."  Scully said as she motioned Rainy to come to her side. "If you want to kill him properly that is."

"Fine." Daryl said, his .38 still in his hand.

Scully fought the urge to run to him, but to walk casually with her medic bag to look at him. "Check his pulse." Scully whispered to Rainy as she checked his forehead.  She figured that his gun had been taken away, but she hoped that the one that he carried on his ankle was still there. As Rainy checked Mulder's pulse in his wrists, she felt him blow her hair on her forehead.

"Hey baby." He whispered.

"Not me." Rainey said softly and discreetly. "Try the redhead."

It was then that Scully looked up and smiled, hiding his ankle gun in her hands.

"Hey you."  She said as she brought a finger to her lips. "Shhh."

Scully motioned Rainy to stand up and announce to the room that he was stll alive.  While she did that, Scully intended to hide the gun in her scrubs.

"Come over here ladies." Daryl ordered. 

Scully and Rainy did as they were told.

"You!" Daryl said pointing toward Jason.  "Drag the man over here."

Jason walked over to Mulder, untied him from the wall. "Sorry Mulder." He whispered as he dragged him by his feet to over where Daryl was.

"On the count of three…" Daryl said, pointing the gun at Mulder's head.

"One… two… "

"Three" Scully said as she shot Daryl in the back, thus making him collapse on the floor.

After making sure he was actually down, Scully ran to Mulder's side while Jason and Rainy ushered the police inside. 

"C'mon love, wake up for me."  Scully said, urging him to wake up.  She noticed that the police, Rainy and Jason were untying hostages. " C'mon…."

A few minutes later, she noticed that Mulder was indeed waking up. "Ow, my head." Mulder said, grimacing as he stood up, slowly, turning to Scully.

"You have no idea how much I have missed you, baby. "Mulder said, putting his arm around her and giving her a quick kiss on the forehead.

"I believe I do…."

End part 27

A/N :  Thank you all for waiting patiently.  You have no idea what issues I have been having with computers lately. Urg!  Anyway, not I have a little more time to update.  Epilogue coming up next.  Hopefully within an hour or so. I WANT TO FINNISH THIS TODAY.  Welpers, leave comments or feel free to email me.  Either way is peachy.

Happy Halloween. ;)

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~Jamie