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Part 2

"Knock Knock" Mulder said as he walked through

Scully's office.

"Hey Mulder." Scully said, greeting him from behind a body.

"Getting all the great ones today, huh?

"Oh yeah Mulder."  Scully said sarcastically.  "We got

Mel Gibson this morning."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah." Deidre chimed in, walking in the room with a stack of files in her hand.

"Man did he ever have a nice..."

Scully's eyes widened. "Ooh y-yes indeed he did...."

Mulder laughed. "No fair ladies. I'm out numbered here."

Scully laughed. "Since when did you start playing the wuss role?" Scully asked.

"Since you left me all alone in the basement..." Mulder said, making a puppy dog face.

"Ah, yes." Deidre said. "And I suppose the big bad

Dana saves your ass 90 percent of the time??"

Mulder laughed.

" I shot him once." Scully said

"Yeah?" Deidre asked, filing folders in a file cabinet.

"Yeah." Scully said. " He deserved it too."

"Did not." Mulder said.

"You were going to shoot Krycek as I recall Mulder my dear... with the murder weapon....  you deserved it!

"He what!" Deidre exclaimed. " Yeah, he deserved it."

" I guess that you are lucky that Dana is a good shot I suppose." 

"Yeah, yeah I am." Mulder said giving both Dana and Deidre a toothy grin. 

"So..." Mulder said, leaning his arm on the wall. " What about Ronald Wilkman??"

630pm.

Scully's apartment

The same day

      Scully unlocked the door and stepped inside as the phone rang.  She rushed over to answer it, leaving the door ajar.

"Scully."

"Well, well well, if it isn't Mulder's pretty partner.... Hellloooo."

"Who is this?"

"Oh come on. You should know."

"I was the one who shot your stupid partner a week ago."

"What do you want Hannigan?"  Scully said, getting involved in the conversation, not noticing that Cain had walked inside her apartment. "TELL ME!"

"Alright, alright" Hannigan said. "Damn, you don't have to be so bitchy. Now be a good girl and look out your window."

Scully walked toward her living room window, with the cordless phone in hand and looked out the window.... It was then that she noticed a big blue van in the parking lot of her apartment complex.  Hannigan waved his arms in the air.

"You're watching me." Scully said

"Well good detective work, Agent Scully

Remember that big brother is watching your ~every~ move."

~CLICK!~

"Damn it." Scully said as she hung up the phone and put her hand on her hip in disgust.

"I really hope that was an unpleasant courtesy call." Cain said, surprising Scully

"What are you doing here Cain?"

"Oh." Cain said, putting his hands in his pocket "I was in the neighborhood. Thought that I would stop by."

"Come on Cain...." Scully said... "Lets go get some...chicken...."

Sitting in Cain's car, Scully told Cain what the phone call was about. " I need to talk to Mulder." Scully said. "He has been working on his case for a while now."

"Lets go then."

Scully called Mulder on her cell phone, and explained the situation.

Mulder's apartment

Half hour later

"He didn't hurt you, did he?" Mulder asked, protectively as Cain and Dana walked in the door.  He was surprised to see Cain there, standing next to Scully.

"No..." Scully said. "But I want to know is who the hell is this guy."

"Alright." Mulder said, moving to his desk chair and sitting in it

"About 9 years ago, when I was still with Violent Crimes, we had this big case." Mulder said, leaning in towards Scully, who was sitting on the couch next to Cain. "Hannigan was the suspect. He was a murder... wanted in all 50 states for killing his family, and the next-door neighbor to boot. He was going to kill a little girl, in Mississippi, but I had stopped him.

"And he wants revenge..." Scully said.

"Yeah." Mulder said, "considering that he wants to kill me."

"So what happens now?" Cain jumped in.

"Well," Mulder said, looking at Scully " he implied that your apartment was bugged, right?"

"Yeah."

"Well, lets get guys over there to check it out, and we'll go from there."

"As long as Frohike doesn't look through my underwear drawer." Scully said with a smile.

"Mulder laughed. "I'll shoot him if he does, alright?"

~~~

Thirty-five minutes later, Mulder had called the Gunmen and had them checking Scully's apartment for bugs. Cain stood away, seeing them tear the apartment for the smallest little metal chip, and amazed at all the work that they we doing.  They were doing it together... as a team.  After succeeding at finding one in her living room and bathroom of all places, they all seemed to relax.

"He could still be after you know Scully." Frohike said with concern in his voice.

"I know that." Scully said, sitting on the couch beside Mulder.

"I still don't like the thought of you here alone when someone is out to get you."  Frohike added.

"Why don't I stay the night, just for the tonight." Mulder said. " I know this guy, and he likes to strike in the dead of night.

"Alright then." Scully said.

"Cain and I could do shifts."

It was just past one AM and it was Mulder's shift. He sighed in disgust as he heard Cain's constant snoring at the chair in the corner.  He could hear Scully tossing and turning in her bedroom and it was driving him crazy. Just having to smell her perfume while they were working caused his senses to go haywire... but having to hear her sleeping was even worse. Mulder stood up and stretched his long legs and arms... they were stiff from sitting to long. 

He then heard a noise that put his whole body on alert.  He searched for his gun as he heard it again.

"Mulder" Scully whispered. "Its me."

"Jeeezus Scully." Mulder gasped. "You startled me."

"Sorry Mulder." Scully said, as she walked over to her couch and sat beside him.

"Something the matter?"

"I had a nightmare." Scully said.

"What about this time?" Mulder asked, taking her hand in his.

"My abduction."

"Wanna tell me about it?"

As Mulder listened to her dream, he cursed himself for causing her this pain.  He blamed himself for her abduction. He KNEW what would happen to her, what pain that she had to go through. When she was done, he sat back in the sofa and placed his arm around her. "I'm so sorry," Mulder said as he brought her closer to him and kissed her forehead. "So sorry."

"Its not your fault." Scully said. "Stop blaming yourself. I hate it when you do that. It wasn't your fault that I was taken. It was those men who put that chip in my neck, not you." She looked into his intense hazel eyes as they filled with tears.

"I had thought that I lost you Scully." he said, all too aware of his thigh touching hers. "I was going crazy without you."

Scully smiled. "The thing that we should concentrate on is that I'm here now, sitting right beside you."

"Does Cain know about these dreams?"

"No." Scully said. " I think that he would have a heart attack if I told him."

Mulder and Scully were both quiet for a moment, neither of them not sure of what to say next.  They sat there together, in each other's arms enjoying the comfortable silence that they both share.  Mulder moved her chin up with his finger to look at him.  His gaze was so intense on her face. Oh how he wanted to kiss her. 'So much that it hurts.' Mulder thought to himself as his face came closer to hers.  And with that moment.... he kissed her.

Part 3

Electricity jolted through his body as his lips touched hers. Every part of his body jolted awake as the kiss deepened with intensity. His tongue rolled in her mouth, memorizing the taste of her. It surprised him that she was letting this happen, that she was not pushing him back, but instead kissing him with all the fire within her.

"Scully." he moaned, as he pulled her closer to him to gain better access to that luscious mouth. She had moved her hands up to his head, letting her fingers play with his hair.

"Mulder" she moaned, kissing him harder, letting everything within her out in the open that she has held back for so long. She placed her hands on his face, feeling the warmth of his face upon her hands.

"A-hem!"

Mulder and Scully reluctantly broke the kiss and looked away from each other.

"Am I interrupting?"

"Hannigan." Mulder said angrily.

"Why yes Mulder." Hannigan said. "I'm touched that you remember me."

"Of course I do you bastard! Mulder said. "You shot me last week. How could I forget?"

"What do you want Hannigan?" Scully said sharply, grabbing hold of Mulder's hand.

"Awe, why I want you sweet thing." Hannigan said, moving closer to her. "I have to get revenge somehow, and I see that you are the key to getting what I want."

"Stay away from her!" Mulder growled.

"My my, possessive aren't you Mulder." Hannigan said, laughing evilly. "You have to learn to share."

"Never." Mulder said, bringing Scully closer to him.

"Then I guess that I'll have to force you." Hannigan said, taking a gun out of his jacket pocket.

"Move away from him!" Hannigan yelled pointing the gun at Scully.

Not seeing a gun anywhere in sight, Scully did as she was told.

"Scully, no!"

"That's Mulder's gun." Scully said.

"Exactly sweet pea." Hannigan said. You didn't even notice; you were so caught up in the moment. Come over here, now darlin'"

Scully walked over to him and sat on his lap, like he instructed.

"Now..." Hannigan said. "We need to have a little chat now, don't we?" 

Mulder was breathing hard. This was not how he wanted this night to turnout. She had felt so good, and he wanted more. He wanted to kick Cain out of Scully's apartment and take her in his arms to make love to her. Unfortunately that wasn't going to happen any time soon.

"Hannigan." Mulder said. "If you want to talk, you talk to me. Leave her out of this."

""No Mulder." Hannigan said, petting Scully like she was a puppy. " I see that this is putting you on edge, having me touch her like this."

"And like this..." Hannigan said kissing her lips.

"Son-of-a" Mulder growled.

"See?" Hannigan said. "Now I wonder what it would do if I did this? Hannigan pointed the gun at Scully's head. "After all, if I do shoot her, it will be your bullet from your gun.

"PUT THE FUCKING GUN DOWN NOW!

"Ooh I hit a nerve!" Hannigan yelled excitedly.

Cain started to wake up from his slumber. He silently stretched his arms, wondering what all the fuss was about, that had woke him up.  Turning his head left, he got his answer to his question.

"What the hell is going on here!" Cain yelled, walking towards them

"Stay out of this Cain!

"Could you really live without her Mulder?" Hannigan asked. " What would you do if I shot her, right here and now?

"You asshole!

"Cain back away!" Mulder yelled. "This is FBI business, you have no right to but in

"Dana is my business

"Well, she's my partner and I've known her longer so that makes her mine. Now back away!

"What would you do Mulder?"

   "What would I do if what?"

"What would you do if I shot her here and now?"

"Then I would kill you." Mulder said through gritted teeth.

"Oh I figured that." Hannigan said motioning with his hand..."But what would you do AFTER you killed me? Could you really go on without her in your life?"

Mulder glared at him, with all the anger inside his body. He knew the answer to his question. ... There was no way in hell that he could live without her. She meant too much to him.... She existed in so many parts of his life...

"Cat caught your tongue?" Hannigan asked.  I think that I just figured it out.... This beautiful redhead is the center of your existence... you don't know what you would do without her in your life. Its okay Mul-der. I had a woman like that once."

"Oh yeah?" Scully asked, lifting a brow. "That's hard to believe."

"You better believe it sugar." Hannigan said, moving his hand onto her thigh. "Although she did die a tragic death.."

"Get your hands off me!" Scully said, slapping his hand away.

"Aww, honey." Hannigan said, caressing her cheek. "Don't be so feisty."

"Get your hands off her!" Mulder yelled through gritted teeth as he started to move towards her.

"Ah Ah Ah." Hannigan said, quickly pointing the gun at Mulder.  "Step back or I WILL shoot her.

Mulder stepped back as he looked at Scully sitting on Hannigan's lap.  Her eyes met hers as he sat on a chair

'Are you alright?' he asked, speaking through his eyes

'Yes.' She answered.

'What are we going to do?

'I don't know. Get the damn gun away from him, that's for sure.'

'Ya think?'

Scully decided to make that move.  She let her hands lazily caress his face, his arms... trying to seduce him. She turned around in the chair, so that she would be facing Hannigan. She moved closer to him, letting her full breasts touch his chest, hearing him moan in return. ..."Hi" she said in a husky voice, letting her lips lightly touch his. Hannigan had dropped the gun, as he put his arms around Scully, to bring her even closer to him.

Mulder tiptoed quietly to retrieve the gun safely back into his possession. He then walked back to the chair that he was sitting in and sat down.

"Don't touch her!" Mulder yelled as he pointed the gun at him.   Scully slapped him... hard, leaving a mark on his face before standing up and standing beside Mulder.

"Why you little whore!" Hannigan said," You tricked me!"

"Fucking son-of a bitch!"  Cain yelled.

"Shut up CAIN!" Mulder said, giving Cain the evil eye.

"I'm going to get even you little shit!" Hannigan said, walking towards her.

Mulder looked at Hannigan and shot the gun at him. "The hell you will." Mulder said, as Hannigan's body fell to the floor.

"Cain, call 911!" Mulder said.

      As Cain was talking to the 911 operators, Mulder took Scully hand and led her in the hallway. "Are you alright?" Mulder asked "Yeah, I'm fine. "Scully said.

"Good." Mulder said, lightly brushing his lips on hers before Cain hung up the phone.

He ended, bringing her close to him.

      The ambulance had taken Hannigan's body away, and Cain had left at Mulder's insistence, saying that he would take care of everything. Cain left, but not before he gave Scully a passionate kiss, and getting the satisfaction of seeing the jealousy on Mulder's face. At Mulder's persistence, Scully was spending the night over at his place, being that her apartment was a crime scene. Agreeing that Mulder was right, she quickly packed a fresh pair of clothes for work tomorrow, her gun and make-up bag. A few minutes later they were off to Mulder's apartment to sleep.

A/N:  Sorry about the formatting.  I hope I fixed it for real this time!!

~me~