From: ephemeral@ephemeralfic.org
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 14:54:05 -0500
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"Let me start from the time that Scully meant with Spender." She said then waited for Mulder's gesture for her to continue. He slightly nodded his head with his eyes fixed on the road up ahead. "Spender felt his impending mortality closing in on him. He felt that by giving Scully her right to bear children he would some how be righting some of the wrong he had done. When things all came right back to Oregon he felt he could start all over again. He thought he could breathe life back into the project. He knew you had to go. He felt threatened by you. As long as you were around there was no way the project could get back on its feet without being interrupted. He knew you would feel as though Scully was in jeopardy and leave her behind. That left you vulnerable. That's when you were taken, they knew it was your weakest moment. However Krycek, wanted revenge on Spender for putting him in prison. Krycek killed Spender and made an alliance with the aliens that took you. They wanted him to deliver your child as soon as he or she was born. They were scared of the implications the child posed. You and Scully both had received the vaccine. That means that your daughter was born with immunity. That has been the whole idea of the project. Create a new chapter in human evolution by introducing the vaccine to the majority of the public and then pass it onto our offspring. That is what they have tried so hard to stop us from achieving. Once we accomplish that we are no longer their creations. The birth of your daughter marked a turning point for humanity. Now it's only a matter of time before our fates fall out of their hands and into our own. With natural immunity we will never have a reason to ever fear them again." Marita said with a powerful depth and meaning in her voice as she stared out her window at the scenery.
"And where does your innocence come into play?" Mulder asked as he illegally bypassed another car.
"If I hadn't stopped Krycek he would have given your daughter over to them. They would have killed her. They would have never have returned you. By putting my life on the line I saved you and your daughter from colonization." Marita stated as she watched a phone poll whiz by.
"I don't know if I can trust you, but if you would tell me where my daughter is I might just let you live to see another day." Mulder growled.
"Is that some kind of threat?" Marita asked ruefully. "If you kill me I'll make sure you never find her." She threatened.
"Just tell me where she is. I'll never ask another thing of you. If what you are saying is true I owe you everything. I will always be in debt to you, but if I find out otherwise I truly hope you can run faster than I can aim." Mulder countered.
"After Krycek and I got away from the hospital she was born at we drove all the way to Trenton. I took advantage and knocked him out. I took the baby and went to the nearest hospital. I took advantage of a new law in New Jersey. It states that a mother that dose not want her newborn can leave it at any hospital no questions asked. That is just what I did. I dropped her off and left. I thought they would have killed Krycek, but I was sorely mistaken. I have been in hiding ever since I had a run in with him where he nearly killed me." Marita stated as she stared dully at the road.
"That was back in December. She could be anywhere now." Mulder added worried, but at the same time grateful he was getting somewhere.
"I have been keeping tabs on her. If you would kindly turn the car around I would be able to take you there. Mulder made an illegal u turn without hesitation.
They had been driving for what seemed to Marita days. Mulder for the most part seemed overly calm for the situation. They had reached Trenton and Marita was giving Mulder directions to the adoption center that Maya was at.
"You know that you will need some kind of proof when you get their don't you?" Marita stated simply.
"Do you have a Cell phone?" He asked as he made yet another illegal pass.
"I got rid of mine back in February."
"I'll call the FBI when I get there."
"Turn right." Marita said. As they turned the first building they saw was the adoption building. Mulder pulled into the first parking space he saw then got out and ran across the street to the building with Marita close behind him, but before they could get to the steps the heard shots from inside the building. Mulder instinctively drew his gun out. He tried the doorknob but it was locked. He ran around and found an open window. He and Marita climbed inside. They were in a small room where a large supply of baby items was being kept. They headed for the door. As they reached it they heard more gun shots from an upper story of the building. Once they hurried out of the room they came to what looked like a lobby. They heard yet another round of shots. The stairs were to their right. They ran as fast as they could. Once they were at the top of the stairs they found who was the cause of the problem.
"Krycek!" Mulder yelled at the figure that was approaching them. Krycek was carrying a baby covered completely in a pink blanket. There were five bodies of nurses scattered across the narrow hallway. "Put her down Krycek!" Mulder screamed desperately. Krycek's response was to raise his gun and fire. Mulder was hit in the left side of his chest. Maria heard his body fall down the stairs. Marita did not turn to look. She kept her eyes on Krycek.
"Please Krycek! Think about what you're doing!" He stopped and smiled at Marita.
"I have to hand it to you Marita. You had me thrown off course their, but not to worry all is well. Now if you excuse me I need hand the fucking brat over to them." Krycek said savagely.
"You will have to kill me first!" Marita yelled at him.
"I'm trying to spare your life! I should kill you for betraying me, but I will not." Krycek stated as he trying to pass her. Marita pushed herself in front of him. She a hold of the hand Krycek was holding his gun with. She raised to her chest. She slid his pointer onto the trigger and forced his grip to tighten with her own.
"You will have to kill me first." She ordered him once more. "This child dose not have to be sacrificed. She can save all of us. Why can you not see that?" She asked tearfully.
"I told you that I will not kill you. Why must you push every thing to the limit?" He asked.
"Because I love you. And I all ready know you could never kill me." Marita said strongly and Krycek's murderous expression softened as she brought her free hand up to cup his face. Her pointer finger found its way onto the trigger with his and her entire grip tightened. "And I know you love me. All I ask is that you leave her live in peace. She will save all of us." Marita said as a tear slid down Krycek's face. Before Krycek knew what was going on Marita tightened her grip and pulled the trigger. Krycek stared in horror as she fell backward and landed a few feet away from Mulder. Krycek hurried down the stairs with a wailing baby. He desperately checked for Marita's pulse, but none was to be found. He let out a desperate primal scream and slumped down to the floor. Her last words burned through his brain. He looked over at Mulder. He was loosing a great deal of blood, but his chest was still moving up in down with the effort of breathing. He looked down at the baby. He looked into her green eyes and back over to Marita's body.
"Your right. I will save her, for you." Krycek said as he got up. There was a phone at a desk a few feet away from where he was standing. He walked over to the desk and placed Maya on it. He picked up the phone and proceeded to dial 911. The voice of a young man filled his ear asking what the emergency was.
"There is a man dying of a gun shot wound to the chest his name is Fox Mulder." Krycek said and hung up. He didn't want to talk longer than he had to. He knew that they would just trace the call and have someone come as soon as possible. He lifted the gun to his temple and fired it.
Trenton Hospital July 10 2001
Mulder awoke to find that his chest felt like it was on fire. He turned to his right side and saw Skinner standing beside him. He took a few moments to search his memory for the events that got him here. It took him a few seconds, but he was able to recall being with Marita, going to the adoption center, shots, and Krycek.
"Krycek had her!" Mulder yelled as he remembered that Krycek was holding her. Skinner put a reassuring hand on Mulder's shoulder to calm him down.
"We found her on a desk in the adoption center. They wouldn't give her over without a legal guardian. And since she had no birth records they would only give her over to on of Scully's relatives. Her brother Bill took full custody of her." Skinner said in a sad voice.
"When do I get custody of her?" Mulder asked.
"Bill said that he wouldn't give you custody." Skinner said shaking his head. Mulder looked up at him as if he couldn't believe what he had just heard.
"But I'm her father!" Mulder said outraged.
"Do you really think he'll let you have her without a fight? He blames you for the deaths of both his sisters. Do you really think he'll let you have his only niece?" Skinner said sadly.
"I'll get her back. You can count on that." Mulder stated strongly.
Court house August 13, 2001
Today the judge would give her final verdict on who was Maya's legal guardian. Bill had not only asked to have Full custody, but to give Mulder no visitation rights. He had used every thing against Mulder. Every thing from his believes in little green men to the fact that he was in a high-risk job to his questionable psychological record. Mulder looked across the room at Bill. He had his usual smug look on his face. A lady asked them to rise as the judge entered the room. After the judge was seated the same lady told them that they may take their seats. Mulder watched as the judge shuffled through some last minute notes. She looked up at the people seated in her courtroom before she made her decision.
"After careful consideration I have decided to grant full custody to Mr. Bill Scully. On the basis that Agent Mulder is in a high-risk job that expires most of his time leaving him no time for a child. I am also granting Mr. Scully's request that Agent Mulder have no visitation rights. Due to his questionable psychological record and believes." With that the judge slammed her mallet on her desk and proceeded to get up. Bill got up excitedly and walked to the back where his wife was holding Maya who was crying loudly. Mulder could not believe what had just happened. He was to stunned to move. He heard crying coming from the back of the room. He turned his head to see that Bill was holding Maya as he and his wife left the building. Once again Maya was completely covered in a blanket. Mulder could only guess what her face looked like. Mulder looked up to see Skinner had came and was walking towards him. Mulder stood up once Skinner reached him. Skinner looked up at him sadly.
"I am truly sorry." He said in a sympathetic tone. Mulder just stared out the window and watched the Scully's leave in their rental car.
"Some things just were not meant to be."
~Finish~
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"Let me start from the time that Scully meant with Spender." She said then waited for Mulder's gesture for her to continue. He slightly nodded his head with his eyes fixed on the road up ahead. "Spender felt his impending mortality closing in on him. He felt that by giving Scully her right to bear children he would some how be righting some of the wrong he had done. When things all came right back to Oregon he felt he could start all over again. He thought he could breathe life back into the project. He knew you had to go. He felt threatened by you. As long as you were around there was no way the project could get back on its feet without being interrupted. He knew you would feel as though Scully was in jeopardy and leave her behind. That left you vulnerable. That's when you were taken, they knew it was your weakest moment. However Krycek, wanted revenge on Spender for putting him in prison. Krycek killed Spender and made an alliance with the aliens that took you. They wanted him to deliver your child as soon as he or she was born. They were scared of the implications the child posed. You and Scully both had received the vaccine. That means that your daughter was born with immunity. That has been the whole idea of the project. Create a new chapter in human evolution by introducing the vaccine to the majority of the public and then pass it onto our offspring. That is what they have tried so hard to stop us from achieving. Once we accomplish that we are no longer their creations. The birth of your daughter marked a turning point for humanity. Now it's only a matter of time before our fates fall out of their hands and into our own. With natural immunity we will never have a reason to ever fear them again." Marita said with a powerful depth and meaning in her voice as she stared out her window at the scenery.
"And where does your innocence come into play?" Mulder asked as he illegally bypassed another car.
"If I hadn't stopped Krycek he would have given your daughter over to them. They would have killed her. They would have never have returned you. By putting my life on the line I saved you and your daughter from colonization." Marita stated as she watched a phone poll whiz by.
"I don't know if I can trust you, but if you would tell me where my daughter is I might just let you live to see another day." Mulder growled.
"Is that some kind of threat?" Marita asked ruefully. "If you kill me I'll make sure you never find her." She threatened.
"Just tell me where she is. I'll never ask another thing of you. If what you are saying is true I owe you everything. I will always be in debt to you, but if I find out otherwise I truly hope you can run faster than I can aim." Mulder countered.
"After Krycek and I got away from the hospital she was born at we drove all the way to Trenton. I took advantage and knocked him out. I took the baby and went to the nearest hospital. I took advantage of a new law in New Jersey. It states that a mother that dose not want her newborn can leave it at any hospital no questions asked. That is just what I did. I dropped her off and left. I thought they would have killed Krycek, but I was sorely mistaken. I have been in hiding ever since I had a run in with him where he nearly killed me." Marita stated as she stared dully at the road.
"That was back in December. She could be anywhere now." Mulder added worried, but at the same time grateful he was getting somewhere.
"I have been keeping tabs on her. If you would kindly turn the car around I would be able to take you there. Mulder made an illegal u turn without hesitation.
They had been driving for what seemed to Marita days. Mulder for the most part seemed overly calm for the situation. They had reached Trenton and Marita was giving Mulder directions to the adoption center that Maya was at.
"You know that you will need some kind of proof when you get their don't you?" Marita stated simply.
"Do you have a Cell phone?" He asked as he made yet another illegal pass.
"I got rid of mine back in February."
"I'll call the FBI when I get there."
"Turn right." Marita said. As they turned the first building they saw was the adoption building. Mulder pulled into the first parking space he saw then got out and ran across the street to the building with Marita close behind him, but before they could get to the steps the heard shots from inside the building. Mulder instinctively drew his gun out. He tried the doorknob but it was locked. He ran around and found an open window. He and Marita climbed inside. They were in a small room where a large supply of baby items was being kept. They headed for the door. As they reached it they heard more gun shots from an upper story of the building. Once they hurried out of the room they came to what looked like a lobby. They heard yet another round of shots. The stairs were to their right. They ran as fast as they could. Once they were at the top of the stairs they found who was the cause of the problem.
"Krycek!" Mulder yelled at the figure that was approaching them. Krycek was carrying a baby covered completely in a pink blanket. There were five bodies of nurses scattered across the narrow hallway. "Put her down Krycek!" Mulder screamed desperately. Krycek's response was to raise his gun and fire. Mulder was hit in the left side of his chest. Maria heard his body fall down the stairs. Marita did not turn to look. She kept her eyes on Krycek.
"Please Krycek! Think about what you're doing!" He stopped and smiled at Marita.
"I have to hand it to you Marita. You had me thrown off course their, but not to worry all is well. Now if you excuse me I need hand the fucking brat over to them." Krycek said savagely.
"You will have to kill me first!" Marita yelled at him.
"I'm trying to spare your life! I should kill you for betraying me, but I will not." Krycek stated as he trying to pass her. Marita pushed herself in front of him. She a hold of the hand Krycek was holding his gun with. She raised to her chest. She slid his pointer onto the trigger and forced his grip to tighten with her own.
"You will have to kill me first." She ordered him once more. "This child dose not have to be sacrificed. She can save all of us. Why can you not see that?" She asked tearfully.
"I told you that I will not kill you. Why must you push every thing to the limit?" He asked.
"Because I love you. And I all ready know you could never kill me." Marita said strongly and Krycek's murderous expression softened as she brought her free hand up to cup his face. Her pointer finger found its way onto the trigger with his and her entire grip tightened. "And I know you love me. All I ask is that you leave her live in peace. She will save all of us." Marita said as a tear slid down Krycek's face. Before Krycek knew what was going on Marita tightened her grip and pulled the trigger. Krycek stared in horror as she fell backward and landed a few feet away from Mulder. Krycek hurried down the stairs with a wailing baby. He desperately checked for Marita's pulse, but none was to be found. He let out a desperate primal scream and slumped down to the floor. Her last words burned through his brain. He looked over at Mulder. He was loosing a great deal of blood, but his chest was still moving up in down with the effort of breathing. He looked down at the baby. He looked into her green eyes and back over to Marita's body.
"Your right. I will save her, for you." Krycek said as he got up. There was a phone at a desk a few feet away from where he was standing. He walked over to the desk and placed Maya on it. He picked up the phone and proceeded to dial 911. The voice of a young man filled his ear asking what the emergency was.
"There is a man dying of a gun shot wound to the chest his name is Fox Mulder." Krycek said and hung up. He didn't want to talk longer than he had to. He knew that they would just trace the call and have someone come as soon as possible. He lifted the gun to his temple and fired it.
Trenton Hospital July 10 2001
Mulder awoke to find that his chest felt like it was on fire. He turned to his right side and saw Skinner standing beside him. He took a few moments to search his memory for the events that got him here. It took him a few seconds, but he was able to recall being with Marita, going to the adoption center, shots, and Krycek.
"Krycek had her!" Mulder yelled as he remembered that Krycek was holding her. Skinner put a reassuring hand on Mulder's shoulder to calm him down.
"We found her on a desk in the adoption center. They wouldn't give her over without a legal guardian. And since she had no birth records they would only give her over to on of Scully's relatives. Her brother Bill took full custody of her." Skinner said in a sad voice.
"When do I get custody of her?" Mulder asked.
"Bill said that he wouldn't give you custody." Skinner said shaking his head. Mulder looked up at him as if he couldn't believe what he had just heard.
"But I'm her father!" Mulder said outraged.
"Do you really think he'll let you have her without a fight? He blames you for the deaths of both his sisters. Do you really think he'll let you have his only niece?" Skinner said sadly.
"I'll get her back. You can count on that." Mulder stated strongly.
Court house August 13, 2001
Today the judge would give her final verdict on who was Maya's legal guardian. Bill had not only asked to have Full custody, but to give Mulder no visitation rights. He had used every thing against Mulder. Every thing from his believes in little green men to the fact that he was in a high-risk job to his questionable psychological record. Mulder looked across the room at Bill. He had his usual smug look on his face. A lady asked them to rise as the judge entered the room. After the judge was seated the same lady told them that they may take their seats. Mulder watched as the judge shuffled through some last minute notes. She looked up at the people seated in her courtroom before she made her decision.
"After careful consideration I have decided to grant full custody to Mr. Bill Scully. On the basis that Agent Mulder is in a high-risk job that expires most of his time leaving him no time for a child. I am also granting Mr. Scully's request that Agent Mulder have no visitation rights. Due to his questionable psychological record and believes." With that the judge slammed her mallet on her desk and proceeded to get up. Bill got up excitedly and walked to the back where his wife was holding Maya who was crying loudly. Mulder could not believe what had just happened. He was to stunned to move. He heard crying coming from the back of the room. He turned his head to see that Bill was holding Maya as he and his wife left the building. Once again Maya was completely covered in a blanket. Mulder could only guess what her face looked like. Mulder looked up to see Skinner had came and was walking towards him. Mulder stood up once Skinner reached him. Skinner looked up at him sadly.
"I am truly sorry." He said in a sympathetic tone. Mulder just stared out the window and watched the Scully's leave in their rental car.
"Some things just were not meant to be."
~Finish~