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Part 4
Quantico autopsy lab
830 AM
The next day
Scully rushed into the autopsy lab an half hour later than usual. She and Mulder had overslept, being that his alarm did not go off this morning. She entered the lab quietly, seeing that Deidre was in the middle of an autopsy. She hung her overcoat on the coat rack, beside the desk and went to change into her hospital scrubs.
"Dana?" Deidre asked, stopping the tape recorder.
"Yeah." Scully said emerging from the other room.
"I heard what happened last night." Deidre said. "Are you alright?"
"How did you know?"
"Hell, its all over this place Dana."
"News travels fast, huh?"
Deidre smiled. "So are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Scully said with a wave of her hand. "These kind of things happen all the time working in the field."
"I image so." Deidre said. "So anything else happen?"
"Mulder kissed me." Scully said, a smile peaking at the corner of her mouth, remembering his mouth on hers.
"Really?" Deidre said, with excitement in her voice.
"Yes, really." Scully said, smiling.
"So.... " Deidre said, lifting her brow. "Is he a good kisser?"
"God, yes... " Scully said, slightly turning red at the confession.
"Better than Cain, huh?"
Scully nodded.
"Wow."
"Yeah." Scully said, smiling at the thought
" I take it took you both by surprise." Deidre said, covering the body with a tarp.
"Yes, it did." Scully said, folding her arms beneath her chest as she leaned against the wall. "I had woken up because I had a nightmare. I walked out into the kitchen to get a drink, and Mulder was on my couch awake. I walked over to the couch to talk to him, because talking to Mulder always makes me feel better, even though he could be a pain in the ass sometimes. We were talking about the things that had happened to us in the past. Our eyes had met for a brief moment and then he kissed me. It felt like that he had held back kissing me for so long, that he was waiting for the perfect moment... god. It was intense!"
"I imagine so." Deidre said, slightly jealous of what Scully had experienced.
" It was nothing that I had ever experienced." Scully said. "To feel such fire, intensity in a kiss."
"You're lucky Dana." Deidre said. "To have a man like that in your life... who is incredibly handsome... and is willing to protect you till the ends of the earth."
Scully laughed, completely agreeing with what Deidre had said.
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Hours had passed in the autopsy lab... examining body after body, filing paperwork after paper work. Both Scully and Deidre were exhausted by the time lunch rolled around. They both had decided to take a longer lunch break, being that they autopsied 7 bodies that morning, and felt that they deserved a longer break.
"Let me just get my keys and we'll go get some food." Scully said, as she walked into the office where her keys lay. Deidre stood there, waiting for her, thinking of how she wanted a man like Mulder in her life. The phone rung, startling her from her thoughts.
"I'll get it Dana." Deidre said, rushing over to answer the phone. "Deidre Cummins."
"Deidre this is Mulder." Mulder said in a weary voice. "Scully there?"
"Just a minute Mulder." Deidre said, as she placed the receiver against her chest and yelled for Scully.
"Dana, phone!"
Holding her keys in hand, Scully walked into the lab and took the receiver from Deidre.
"Hi Mulder."
"Hey Scully." Mulder said, trying to hide the worry in his voice.
Scully could feel that something wasn't right. "What's wrong Mulder?" Scully asked, feeling the knot form in her throat.
"I'm in jail Scully." Mulder said. "For the Murder of Robert Hannigan."
End, part 4
Part 5
Scully could feel her heart beating faster. "What?" Scully said, not believing her ears. "But. But how Mulder?"
"The police said that I left my badge in your apartment." Mulder said, letting the frustration show in his voice.
"Where did they find it?" Scully asked, pushing a strand of auburn behind her ear.
"On your kitchen counter."
"I heard that they could be charging me with murder one Scully." Mulder said, his voice cracking.
"Why, that's insane!" Scully exclaimed. "You shot him to protect me."
"I know, I know." Mulder said. " I don't know what to do Scully.... I need you."
"I'll be there." Scully said. "We'll figure something out Mulder, we always do."
Washington DC Prison
1230pm
"What do you MEAN that you automatically assumed that you had caught his killer?" Scully shouted at Officer Wilson sitting behind the desk. "Didn't you read the file on Robert Hannigan? Then you would have noticed that he and my partner have crossed paths before."
Seeing Officer Wilson scratch his head drove Scully to no end. " I'm dealing with idiots here." Scully murmured to herself as she drummed her fingers on the desk, waiting for a reply from the policeman.
"Well, Miss Scully." Officer Wilson said slowly. " I did read the file on Robert Hannigan."
"But-" Scully said impatiently.
"We believe that your partner there is the guilty one, Miss Scully." Officer Wilson said, leaning in closer to Scully's face. " We have all the evidence for us to believe that he is guilty.
"Did it ever cross your mind that he was with me last night." Scully said, her tone getting annoyed." Scully said. " I saw him shoot Hannigan, but it was clearly in self-defense."
"Are you sure that your pretty head is not mistaken Miss Scully." Officer Wilson said, placing a finger under her chin.
"Are you forgetting that I'm armed, officer?" Scully said, giving him the evil eye. " I suggest you take your finger off me right now before I shoot you.
Scully could hear Mulder swear underneath his breath he was locked in a cell right behind the officer's desk, allowing him to eavesdrop on their conversation. He wanted to scream. This police officer was driving him nuts, and worst of all he was trying to hit on Scully. Thank god, that his Scully was armed and wasn't afraid to use it. No Sirrie. His Scully wasn't about to take any bullshit from anybody.
"I'm warning you." Scully said, once the officer removed his hand from her chin. " If you hurt one hair on his head, I will come after you and kill you." Scully said. "I know for a fact that this man is innocent of these charges against him."
" Are you threatening me Miss Scully?" Officer Wilson said, lifting his brow.
"Consider it a warning." Scully said in an angry tone.
Before Scully stormed out of the door, she looked in the direction of Mulder's cell. She could see him there, leaning on the bars, and looking at her.
"Don't worry Mulder." Scully said with her eyes. "I'll get you out of here."
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Quantico Autopsy Lab
3 pm
When Scully arrived at the lab, Deidre was waiting for her by the door. "Is he alright?" Deidre asked the minute that she saw Scully enter the room. "Well, he's alright." Scully said. "But the police are certain that Mulder killed Hannigan, and they won't release him."
"Why?" Deidre asked.
"I don't know!" Scully said, waving her hands up in the air. "The police department in this town is just plain stupid!!"
"And you just figured that out, hun?" Deidre said, lifting a brow.
Somewhere in Washington D.C.
"So did you do it?" he asked, leaning against the wall of his bedroom wall.
"Its all taken care of boss."
"Good, good" he said. "Go forward with the rest of the plan then."
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Washington D. C Police Station
Three days later
6:30 am
Mulder was pacing on the floor of his cell, with his arms behind his back. This is the second time in his life that he had to spend the night in a jail cell, and he wasn't too happy. "Damn it" Mulder muttered to himself. "I got to get out of here." Mulder stopped pacing and sat back down on the lumpy bed in the cell. He must have repeated this process a hundred times that night. He placed his head in his hands and closed his eyes, as he fought the urge to let himself cry. He sat there impatiently, waiting for Scully to come take him to his court hearing.
"Mulder." Scully said, leaning against a desk. Mulder jerked his head up, surprised to hear Scully's voice.
"Hi." Mulder said as he put his hand on his unshaven face.
"Hey yourself." Scully said. "Are you alright Mulder?"
"As good as I can be, considering."
"You have nothing to worry about." Scully said, in a softer tone so only he could hear. "You and I both know that you are innocent."
"Heh..." Mulder said. " If only we could prove that to a jury. Things don't look good for me Scully."
" I know, I know." Scully said. " But that gives me more reason to prove you innocent."
Roosevelt Courthouse
7 am
"And how do you plead Mr. Mulder?" Judge Reitman asked.
"Not guilty, your honor." Mulder said.
"And who is the one who is posting bail for you?"
"We are your honor." The gunmen said, at the same time.
"Alright then." Judge Reitman said, pounding his gavel. "Bail approved, but I'm putting you in custody of your partner, Dana Scully. You're court date is in another four weeks."
Case dismissed.
Apartment 42
12 noon
"Mulder shut up." Scully said, in a teasing tone, as she stood outside Mulder's apartment door. " I don't know if I can deal with you for four weeks."
"Very funny, Scully." Mulder said unlocking his door, and then opening it. " I don't know how I put up with YOU.... You keep pickin' on me."
"Well what can I say, you are an easy target." Scully said, following Mulder into his apartment.
"Ha Ha Scully."
"We can't stay here very long because you and I have to go to the autopsy lab." Scully said.
"WE?" Mulder said as he turned around and made a face at her.
"Yes WE." Scully said. "I'm afraid that you are stuck with me for four weeks Mulder. Think you can handle it?"
Mulder wasn't sure that he could.
A/N: I have been having some formatting issues. Please be patient with me. LOL. More to come I promise
~Me~