Chapter 3- The Car Ride
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After receiving the letter Scully and Mulder told A.D. Skinner that it was a case and they needed to get assigned to it. With nothing important for them to do he obliged to it and let them go. They went straight home to go pack and head straight for Virginia. It was a sunny, clear, day. After 15 minutes on the road Scully asked Mulder if he could drop of at a gas station so they could get some food for the trip, she promised to buy him sunflower seeds. She grabbed a few drinks and 2 bags of sunflower seeds. After all that, they went on ward on there trip.
"Mulder I'm so nervous!" She kept twiddling her thumbs.
"Calm down Scully, your going to have a nervous break down"
"What am I going to say when I see him? He's five! I think he will want to go back to his old family."
"Scully, you're forgetting something, you're his biological mother, and you have every right to take him back."
"He has a right to choose too." She murmured
"He's five" He argued. After that she chose to close her mouth and keep quit. It wasn't until 2 hours later when they finally made it to Virginia, when Mulder finally broke the silence.
"Where exactly are we headed Scully?"
"I don't know the letter just said Virginia."
"Well why don't we just head into this bar and see what we can find out? You know ask some questions." She asked.
"I guess so. Well I am a bit hungry, come on Scully." He said already half way there.
It was a small little bar with some music in the background. In the bar were some nasty looking men who look as if they have been sitting here for days. Scully kept very close to Mulder as all the male's eyes kept following her around. She looked down, and cursed herself for wearing that short skirt today; she didn't want to look stupid in front of Mulder if she buttoned up more of her buttons. Mulder stopped abruptly making her bump into him and fall into a man behind her.
"Oh sorry" She whispered. She pushed herself away from him and put herself back in her place next to Mulder.
"Not to worry pretty lady." He put his hand on hers. She pulled her hand away form him. She looked at Mulder to see if he noticed at all, he hadn't, he was to busy talking to the bar tender. She began to walk away from the man's prying eyes just as Mulder began to walk away, until he followed her and grabbed her wrist.
"Sir, I'm really busy right now." She tried to pull herself from his grasp.
"I just want to know if I can have your number that's all I don't mean ya' know harm."
"I, I'm not interested in you." She desperately looked around to find her partner.
"Come on what can it hurt for you to give me your number." He held her wrist tighter.
"Please, you're hurting me." She began tugging her hand harder knowing there will be a bruise there later. Just then Mulder came up behind her.
"Hey, what the hell are you doing to her, let her go!" He yelled.
"Alright sir, I'm sorry I didn't know she was taken." He said walking away.
"What the hell took you so long, you left me!"
"I thought you were behind me."
"Well I wasn't" She moped.
"Come on let's just get something to eat then leave." He decided changing the subject was best.
"Fine"
As they walked to a booth Mulder went to bathroom really quick, he told her to have her gun incase someone decides to come near her. But Scully was not paying attention; she was to busy thinking back to the time with Krycek. The song 'We Are All Made of Stars' by Moby came on, she knew that song! She went to a bar with a few friends to just get plain drunk, her friends found some guys to make-out with but Scully was one to never just 'make out' with some unknown guy. Until she saw him, Alex krycek, he was standing there drinking whiskey malt. She knew she was over reacting by thinking he was the hottest guy she had ever seen, but she couldn't help it.
She walked up to him and asked him if he wanted to dance, he took one glance at her and knew she was beautiful even in this dim light. He took her hand and began to dance against her hips making her giggle and laugh. They had danced through the whole night, after telling each other's names and giving their numbers out she had left.
Her thoughts were interrupted by Mulder sitting down and asking her what was wrong. "I'm fine Mulder" He sighed at her famous words.
"Alright well I ordered us some food and drinks when I got back from the bathroom."
She didn't answer. He knew looked at her eyes and noticed she was far away from here.
Once the food came they both fell silent. Then after the finished he paid for the food and led her out to the car. He started the engine then pulled out, he handed Scully a map.
"Where should we go, Scully?"
"Well, why don't we go to the closet hotel then check in, then we can ask around see if they've seen his man." She suggested.
"That sounds good to me." So off they went to the nearest hotel. They checked in, got settled in, talked a bit about what they should do then walked around a bit trying to find out if anyone has seen Alex Krycek. With out much luck they decided to hit the showers and then bed.
Scully had been lying in bed for hours and still hadn't been able to fall asleep. She felt like Mulder and his insomnia, only this time, she could hear him next door snoring softly. Giving she got up and threw some sweats and a t-shirt. She put her tennis on, than put her hair up in a pony tail, as much as she could. She needed some fresh air that's all she thought. She opened her door to her room and closed it behind her.
She walked around bit hoping to clear her mind. It didn't help much just made her cold. She should have brought a jacket. She put her hands in her pocket and felt a paper. She put it up to the light and examined it. It was just the picture of, Krycek. She saw a man on the corner and decided to pester him.
"Sir" She called. "Sir, have you seen this man before?" She showed him the picture.
"Well yes I have, I work at that store right there at the corner and he came in buying some food. He had a little boy with him too." He finished.
"Oh, do you know where he gone to?" She asked desperately.
"Well he told me he was planning to head out of here soon. He just wanted to have enough food for the trip."
"Did he tell you where he was heading? Please I need to know!"
"He said he was staying in a hotel called the Swatters House Inn. That's all I know mam I'm sorry." With that he began to walk away.
Scully was so excited she ran back to her room. She pulled her clothes off and threw and put on one of Mulder's old t-shits. She couldn't wait to tell Mulder what she had just heard. She soon fell asleep with the thoughts of getting her son back and everything being back to normal.
******************* End Of Chapter 3, Did you like it? Review please and Comments please and suggestions as to where this story should go!!
After receiving the letter Scully and Mulder told A.D. Skinner that it was a case and they needed to get assigned to it. With nothing important for them to do he obliged to it and let them go. They went straight home to go pack and head straight for Virginia. It was a sunny, clear, day. After 15 minutes on the road Scully asked Mulder if he could drop of at a gas station so they could get some food for the trip, she promised to buy him sunflower seeds. She grabbed a few drinks and 2 bags of sunflower seeds. After all that, they went on ward on there trip.
"Mulder I'm so nervous!" She kept twiddling her thumbs.
"Calm down Scully, your going to have a nervous break down"
"What am I going to say when I see him? He's five! I think he will want to go back to his old family."
"Scully, you're forgetting something, you're his biological mother, and you have every right to take him back."
"He has a right to choose too." She murmured
"He's five" He argued. After that she chose to close her mouth and keep quit. It wasn't until 2 hours later when they finally made it to Virginia, when Mulder finally broke the silence.
"Where exactly are we headed Scully?"
"I don't know the letter just said Virginia."
"Well why don't we just head into this bar and see what we can find out? You know ask some questions." She asked.
"I guess so. Well I am a bit hungry, come on Scully." He said already half way there.
It was a small little bar with some music in the background. In the bar were some nasty looking men who look as if they have been sitting here for days. Scully kept very close to Mulder as all the male's eyes kept following her around. She looked down, and cursed herself for wearing that short skirt today; she didn't want to look stupid in front of Mulder if she buttoned up more of her buttons. Mulder stopped abruptly making her bump into him and fall into a man behind her.
"Oh sorry" She whispered. She pushed herself away from him and put herself back in her place next to Mulder.
"Not to worry pretty lady." He put his hand on hers. She pulled her hand away form him. She looked at Mulder to see if he noticed at all, he hadn't, he was to busy talking to the bar tender. She began to walk away from the man's prying eyes just as Mulder began to walk away, until he followed her and grabbed her wrist.
"Sir, I'm really busy right now." She tried to pull herself from his grasp.
"I just want to know if I can have your number that's all I don't mean ya' know harm."
"I, I'm not interested in you." She desperately looked around to find her partner.
"Come on what can it hurt for you to give me your number." He held her wrist tighter.
"Please, you're hurting me." She began tugging her hand harder knowing there will be a bruise there later. Just then Mulder came up behind her.
"Hey, what the hell are you doing to her, let her go!" He yelled.
"Alright sir, I'm sorry I didn't know she was taken." He said walking away.
"What the hell took you so long, you left me!"
"I thought you were behind me."
"Well I wasn't" She moped.
"Come on let's just get something to eat then leave." He decided changing the subject was best.
"Fine"
As they walked to a booth Mulder went to bathroom really quick, he told her to have her gun incase someone decides to come near her. But Scully was not paying attention; she was to busy thinking back to the time with Krycek. The song 'We Are All Made of Stars' by Moby came on, she knew that song! She went to a bar with a few friends to just get plain drunk, her friends found some guys to make-out with but Scully was one to never just 'make out' with some unknown guy. Until she saw him, Alex krycek, he was standing there drinking whiskey malt. She knew she was over reacting by thinking he was the hottest guy she had ever seen, but she couldn't help it.
She walked up to him and asked him if he wanted to dance, he took one glance at her and knew she was beautiful even in this dim light. He took her hand and began to dance against her hips making her giggle and laugh. They had danced through the whole night, after telling each other's names and giving their numbers out she had left.
Her thoughts were interrupted by Mulder sitting down and asking her what was wrong. "I'm fine Mulder" He sighed at her famous words.
"Alright well I ordered us some food and drinks when I got back from the bathroom."
She didn't answer. He knew looked at her eyes and noticed she was far away from here.
Once the food came they both fell silent. Then after the finished he paid for the food and led her out to the car. He started the engine then pulled out, he handed Scully a map.
"Where should we go, Scully?"
"Well, why don't we go to the closet hotel then check in, then we can ask around see if they've seen his man." She suggested.
"That sounds good to me." So off they went to the nearest hotel. They checked in, got settled in, talked a bit about what they should do then walked around a bit trying to find out if anyone has seen Alex Krycek. With out much luck they decided to hit the showers and then bed.
Scully had been lying in bed for hours and still hadn't been able to fall asleep. She felt like Mulder and his insomnia, only this time, she could hear him next door snoring softly. Giving she got up and threw some sweats and a t-shirt. She put her tennis on, than put her hair up in a pony tail, as much as she could. She needed some fresh air that's all she thought. She opened her door to her room and closed it behind her.
She walked around bit hoping to clear her mind. It didn't help much just made her cold. She should have brought a jacket. She put her hands in her pocket and felt a paper. She put it up to the light and examined it. It was just the picture of, Krycek. She saw a man on the corner and decided to pester him.
"Sir" She called. "Sir, have you seen this man before?" She showed him the picture.
"Well yes I have, I work at that store right there at the corner and he came in buying some food. He had a little boy with him too." He finished.
"Oh, do you know where he gone to?" She asked desperately.
"Well he told me he was planning to head out of here soon. He just wanted to have enough food for the trip."
"Did he tell you where he was heading? Please I need to know!"
"He said he was staying in a hotel called the Swatters House Inn. That's all I know mam I'm sorry." With that he began to walk away.
Scully was so excited she ran back to her room. She pulled her clothes off and threw and put on one of Mulder's old t-shits. She couldn't wait to tell Mulder what she had just heard. She soon fell asleep with the thoughts of getting her son back and everything being back to normal.
******************* End Of Chapter 3, Did you like it? Review please and Comments please and suggestions as to where this story should go!!