DISCLAIMER: I don´t own them, none of them, wish I did, but, I don´t.
A/N: OK so this took a bit longer than expected...but I promise I will try to keep a decent pace and all that from now on. Thanks for sticking with it and for the patience and all.
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Whatever lead they´d found with Dr. Pierce was decidedly gone. Eames had gotten the distinct impression the doctor was lying, but she couldn´t prove it, and it wasn´t really a very good excuse to go storming his appartment in the middle of the night. Still, it was a big disappointment and Eames started feeling a little desperate at this case, again. She still didn´t really believe there was enough evidence of a crime, but she knew better than to say that to her partner, besides, she chose to take his side, and the more she thought about it, the more it made sense something was done to the boy by someone not something.
A few more hours had passed since the phone calls to Dr. Pierce and with Agent Mulder. Life had almost settled back to normal, Goren was calmly looking through all the information available on Dr. Pierce, trying to get a sense of what it could be that he was hiding. Eames was still looking for information on the girl, but so far nothing new had turned up. She was about to give up when she suddenly remembered something. She straightened up and began typing, and within a few minutes she had found something else. She turned to her partner who was engrossed in the doctor´s file.
"Hey I found something." It was all that was needed. Goren, while he may look distant and more than a bit aloof, was actually quite aware of what his partner was doing. As soon as she spoke, she had his undivided attention. She smiled and continued, "A brother. Earlier in the cell, she mentioned a little brother. Turns out the Sonns came up one more time to adopt a little boy a couple of years after Katya. His name is Elija Sonns."
Something in Goren´s head at that moment clicked. He picked up the file on Dr. Pierce and began searching, it only took a couple of seconds before he found what he was looking for. He looked back up at Eames, who was expecting an explanation.
"Elija, no last name, ...Dr. Pierce saw him fifteen times over the last four years, he was his most recurrent patient...it doesn´t say what he treated him for but...it has to be something serious I mean when was the last time you saw the doctor fifteen times?"
"Not in my entire life."
"Exactly...besides it is a little odd, before four years ago, he didn´t show up once...it´s only right about the time Katya says she left..." He stopped. He was thinking. He had to put things together in his head. He did not like the conclusion he was coming too, it couldn´t possibly be true. He finally decided there was no other way, he dropped the file on his desk and leaned back on his chair, "It´s only after Katya left that he started showing up. According to Katya, he was physically abused as a child, there´s no guarantee it stopped after she left.. What if..what if Agent Mulder´s theory is right?" He looked at Eames, disbelief edged all over her face. Before she could argue, Goren decided to continue, he leaned forward, leaning on his desk, "I´m not saying he´s right...I don´t think it matters, I think what matters is that the Sonns believe it, wether it´s true or not."
Eames understood where he was going with this, "So if they bought into this whole cult thing..they´d be needing outside help after Katya left. They all knew Dr. Pierce so it was the logical choice for the Sonns, and for Katya but...what if they found out?"
Goren´s mind was reeling, "Well Katya said she was hiding from her family right?...What if the Sonns found out about Katya taking her daughter to see Dr. Pierce during one of their visits?..Maybe they´re looking for her again?"
Eames hated to start poking holes in this new theory, "Maybe...but that has nothing to do with Sean Hovens lying in a hospital bed."
Goren thought about that for a second, "Maybe it does...if she was running...she needed no conexions to her past, if they were close to finding her...she might have thought she needed to leave all together, sever all conexions...maybe she decided she should take her daughter and run, but that would still leave the father..."
Eames was already getting up, "Or maybe Sean Hovens didn´t want to leave and she felt she needed to get rid of him." It felt like they finally had something, a crime, a suspect and a theory. In a second, the entire case started to fall into place for both detectives. Now they knew which way they needed to be heading, they needed a warrant, and this time they had more than the claim of the paranormal to justify it.
All this happened just in time, it was already late in the afternoon and Katya had been locked in a cell without being charged for several hours, it was just about time to let her go. The theory Goren and Eames presented to their boss was enough to buy them a few more hours without Katya being released. They did have one problem, ADA Carver still wasn´t back from trying to get a warrant by Agent Mulder´s request, apparently he´d been at it for quite a while. In the end it was decided that Katya would be held for further questioning, but they would have to ask for the warrant the next morning. It wasn´t exactly what they were looking for, but it was better than nothing.
Since they´d bought some time they decided it was a good idea to call Agent Scully and let her know about their progress, then they needed to go back and ask Katya some more questions. Eames was more than a bit reluctant to go back with the girl, both times Goren had talked to her that day had ended up badly, and she wasn´t too sure this time would be any different.
Her partner was thinking something similar, and so wanted to make sure he had the upper hand. He did believe Katya was responsible for harming Sean Hovens, but he had also believed her when she told them about being abused as a child. He intended to play that card, a lot of times the threat of the past coming back was enough to send a suspect spiraling out of control, and into a confession. He´d pulled this more than once, he was confident it would work, but he was still going to be careful. The first thing he did was take control of the interrogation, he couldn´t be the silent presence he usually was, he needed to pressure this girl.
She was brought into an interrogation room. She was handcuffed and did not look very pleased. She met Goren´s gaze defiantly, she wasn´t even blinking. Eames thought she could of cut through the hostility with a knife. She was starting to wonder if her partner was ever going to talk when he began.
"We found Dr. Pierce. We know he´s involved in all of this."
Katya smiled, but didn´t look away, "Is this all you dragged me here for?"
Goren accepted the challenge, he smiled too, "No. We also know about your brother...Elija. See we found out because he´s been in to see Dr. Pierce over a dozen times since you left...your parents know don´t they? Know about Dr. Pierce being your daughter´s doctor...if what you say is true, they´ll be coming for you soon right?"
Katya was surpirsed. She thought her parents had no contact with Dr. Pierce anymore, he´d swore to her they didn´t. She didn´t look down and she didn´t let any of her feelings show, she was done playing nice, they wanted the truth they were going to have to pull it out of her by force. She was comforted by knowing they hadn´t figured Dr. Pierce had taken Kaia. She didn´t answer Goren´s question, instead she decided to poke inside his head for a bit. Her smile became wider as she learned all that was inside the detective´s head.
"You know, you might be right about Dr. Pierce. Then again you might not be. How did you come to this brilliant conclusion that he´s involved? You got a "feeling" from the phone?...maybe it´s because he´s leaving for two whole weeks right? I mean what kind of doctor leaves for two whole weeks?"
Both detectives were surprised even though they didn´t show it. Katya shook her head and looked down at the table, they were so stubborn! She didn´t care about them believing her or not about being a healer, what she cared about was that she could find no other way to get them to understand she had done nothing wrong to Sean! Still, she knew she had the advantage at this point, and she was going to press it.
"Yes I am afraid. Dr. Pierce swore to me he hadn´t seen my brother or parents. He lied to me, I know. I am afraid of being found, but that doesn´t mean I did anything wrong!"
Eames decided that was just about enough, she came as close to Katya as she dared, "Like hell you didn´t! You attacked a detective!"
"You were the ones who wanted to see!" She looked up at Eames, and held her eyes, "I told you, I told you that you wouldn´t believe me...I said I could show you and you wanted to see! You were so full of curiousity, you were wondering what I could possibly mean...now you´re pissed because you can´t figure out what I did and Bob here", she pointed at Goren without taking her eyes of Eames, "is pissed because he can´t figure me out." She breathed deeply. Both detectives were now not only confused, but severly angry, Katya could fell it being directed towards her, it was like being slammed into a brick wall. Goren was about to speak, when Katya looked up at the mirror behind him and said, "Agents Mulder and Scully are back, but they don´t have much to say really..."
Goren was about to confront Katya when she said this. He turned his head a little towards the mirror behind him then looked back at the girl, "We´re not...done...Tell me something, where is your daughter? We know she´s not with Sean´s grandparents...not with you...where is she?" He suddenly began connecting all the dots, he smiled at her, he had her, "Dr. Pierce is he...did he take her? He´s a good man, right?"
Katya was amazed. The idea had just suddenly formed in his head, he wasn´t even thinking about it. She looked back at him, "I´m impressed...maybe you are the great detective everyone thinks you are. You might just be right, but I don´t know where she is, believe me if I did, I might have of let you know about it, despite it all, you are still "the good guys"...but you´re still wrong about me."
"Really?...Convince us then. Cut the bullshit and make us believe we´re wrong." Katya turned to look at Eames but said nothing. She couldn´t tell them what had happened because they wouldn´t believe her. She felt trapped. She still wasn´t giving into them. She leaned back on the chair and stared into space.
Whenever a suspect or anyone being questioned leaned back on the chair and stared into space, it usually meant that the interview was over, there was nothing else this person was going to say. Goren and Eames, being the cause of many reactions such as this, knew they were done. They had learned nothing that they couldn´t have of figured out on their own. Goren was the first to stand and walk towards the door, Eames followed a few moments later. Another officer escorted Katya back to "her" cell. They were both thinking about how to find Katya´s daughter when out of the room behind the mirror in the interrogation room, walked Mulder and Scully. Both detectives were a little surprised to see them, but quickly put the issue aside.
They quickly learned that the agents hadn´t gotten very far either, even though they had looked at the old case file the FBI had and had found most of the suspects had come into the Unites States a few months after the kidnapping. Goren and Eames filled them in on what little they´d managed to find. Much to their surprise, both agents agreed that the most logical course of action would be to to follow up on Katya´s family. The four of them wanted to keep going but it was getting late, any hope of getting and serving a warrant was long gone by now and they had exhausted any other lead they could think of. In the end, they decided it was best to just call it a day, the detectives went back to their desks, back to their apparently never ending piles of paperwork, the agents were on their way out when Goren´s phone rang. On the other end of the line, was none other than the agents boss, AD Skinner. He sounded upset, more upset than Cap. Deakens had ever been towards Goren, he quickly went to get the agents.
Scully reached the phone first, beating Mulder by a second. She gave her partner an annoyed look and he simply shrugged innocently, then looked down to examine his shoes. Goren watched the entire scene, fascinated. From the phone a voice could be heard, none too subtle and none too quiet, Goren could make out most of what was being said, and it was not pleasant. Agent Scully´s face revealed no emotion, and she set out on what seemed like and endless string of "no sir" and "yes sir". Goren was almost bored with it when something happened, Agent Scully´s eyes opened wide, then she narrowed her eyes down at her partner, who seemed to be making his best effort to be swallowed by the floor. Agent Scully went silent for a while before finally speaking again, this time it was two sentences.
"No sir, he didn´t. I´m sure he had his reasons." The voice on the other side boomed louder and Goren heard several phrases including, -you better get your asses back here- and -I expect a very thourough report and explanation about this in my office by tomorrow afternoon-, the rest was just a repetition of what he´d already said. It was clear the two agents were in a lot of trouble. Eames was completely absorbed in her paperwork and missed the entire thing, Goren really wished she hadn´t.
Agent Scully did finally put the phone down. She took a step forward and stood very, very close to her partner. Goren didn´t miss this either, she spoke in a low voice.
"Mulder, why didn´t you tell me you´d already been told to back off this case?"
Agent Mulder bit his lower lip and met his partner´s eyes, "I wasn´t ordered to back off. Skinner didn´t think this case was worth out attention."
"Mulder he told you not to pursue this! He told you not to leave Washington!" Her voice was getting louder, even Eames was pulled out of her work and forced to look up. Scully took a deep breath and lowered her voice again, "Look whatever he said Mulder, now he is ordering both of us to get back to Washington. He expects to see us in his office tomorrow afternoon."
Mulder half nodded and straightened up, "You wanna go back?", he finally asked. Goren couldn´t believe it. How could Agent Scully put up with him? One thing was being weird, another to believe in weird things, but it was quite another to put your partner´s job on the line! Scully took a deep breath and looked down, by the time she looked back up she was calmer, but still angry.
"Other than the fact that we´ve both been ordered back home, I don´t see any reason to stay Mulder. I gotta be honest with you, I still don´t see a crime, let alone one that would justify our presence here."
Mulder wasn´t about to let it go so easily, "Scully you´ve seen the file. You know this isn´t the first time this happens. We have a chance to stop these people Scully, don´t you think that´s worth taking the risk?"
"Mulder listen to me, you have no proof of a crime, no proof of an x- file, we´ve just been told to drop this and go home. Prove to me that someone did something to Sean Hovens, Mulder. Prove it and I´ll stay."
Mulder knew he´d lost. He couldn´t prove it, not in the way Scully wanted it to be proven, scientifically. He didn´t say anything and Scully took it as a sign that she´d won. She took a step back, "If we leave now we might still catch and early flight back to D.C., we can fill out the paperwork tomorrow morning, finish our reports and hand them in to Skinner in the afternoon." Her partner didn´t move a muscle, she put a hand on his arm, this time Eames noticed and turned to Goren and gave him a look, he returned it. Scully finally spoke, this time all anger gone, "Look Mulder I´m sorry but there is no x-file. We can keep up with the investigation by phone." She pulled her hand back and turned to the detectives, who quickly disguised their both amazed and confused looks. Agent Scully smiled and shook hands, then promised they would be in touch soon and turned to leave. She looked back at Mulder, it was only when he caught her eyes that he moved. He shook hands with Eames and nodded at Goren, then he turned and followed his partner. Goren went back to his desk, Eames to her paperwork, and in a few minutes, life seemd to have of returned to normal.
A/N: OK so this took a bit longer than expected...but I promise I will try to keep a decent pace and all that from now on. Thanks for sticking with it and for the patience and all.
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Whatever lead they´d found with Dr. Pierce was decidedly gone. Eames had gotten the distinct impression the doctor was lying, but she couldn´t prove it, and it wasn´t really a very good excuse to go storming his appartment in the middle of the night. Still, it was a big disappointment and Eames started feeling a little desperate at this case, again. She still didn´t really believe there was enough evidence of a crime, but she knew better than to say that to her partner, besides, she chose to take his side, and the more she thought about it, the more it made sense something was done to the boy by someone not something.
A few more hours had passed since the phone calls to Dr. Pierce and with Agent Mulder. Life had almost settled back to normal, Goren was calmly looking through all the information available on Dr. Pierce, trying to get a sense of what it could be that he was hiding. Eames was still looking for information on the girl, but so far nothing new had turned up. She was about to give up when she suddenly remembered something. She straightened up and began typing, and within a few minutes she had found something else. She turned to her partner who was engrossed in the doctor´s file.
"Hey I found something." It was all that was needed. Goren, while he may look distant and more than a bit aloof, was actually quite aware of what his partner was doing. As soon as she spoke, she had his undivided attention. She smiled and continued, "A brother. Earlier in the cell, she mentioned a little brother. Turns out the Sonns came up one more time to adopt a little boy a couple of years after Katya. His name is Elija Sonns."
Something in Goren´s head at that moment clicked. He picked up the file on Dr. Pierce and began searching, it only took a couple of seconds before he found what he was looking for. He looked back up at Eames, who was expecting an explanation.
"Elija, no last name, ...Dr. Pierce saw him fifteen times over the last four years, he was his most recurrent patient...it doesn´t say what he treated him for but...it has to be something serious I mean when was the last time you saw the doctor fifteen times?"
"Not in my entire life."
"Exactly...besides it is a little odd, before four years ago, he didn´t show up once...it´s only right about the time Katya says she left..." He stopped. He was thinking. He had to put things together in his head. He did not like the conclusion he was coming too, it couldn´t possibly be true. He finally decided there was no other way, he dropped the file on his desk and leaned back on his chair, "It´s only after Katya left that he started showing up. According to Katya, he was physically abused as a child, there´s no guarantee it stopped after she left.. What if..what if Agent Mulder´s theory is right?" He looked at Eames, disbelief edged all over her face. Before she could argue, Goren decided to continue, he leaned forward, leaning on his desk, "I´m not saying he´s right...I don´t think it matters, I think what matters is that the Sonns believe it, wether it´s true or not."
Eames understood where he was going with this, "So if they bought into this whole cult thing..they´d be needing outside help after Katya left. They all knew Dr. Pierce so it was the logical choice for the Sonns, and for Katya but...what if they found out?"
Goren´s mind was reeling, "Well Katya said she was hiding from her family right?...What if the Sonns found out about Katya taking her daughter to see Dr. Pierce during one of their visits?..Maybe they´re looking for her again?"
Eames hated to start poking holes in this new theory, "Maybe...but that has nothing to do with Sean Hovens lying in a hospital bed."
Goren thought about that for a second, "Maybe it does...if she was running...she needed no conexions to her past, if they were close to finding her...she might have thought she needed to leave all together, sever all conexions...maybe she decided she should take her daughter and run, but that would still leave the father..."
Eames was already getting up, "Or maybe Sean Hovens didn´t want to leave and she felt she needed to get rid of him." It felt like they finally had something, a crime, a suspect and a theory. In a second, the entire case started to fall into place for both detectives. Now they knew which way they needed to be heading, they needed a warrant, and this time they had more than the claim of the paranormal to justify it.
All this happened just in time, it was already late in the afternoon and Katya had been locked in a cell without being charged for several hours, it was just about time to let her go. The theory Goren and Eames presented to their boss was enough to buy them a few more hours without Katya being released. They did have one problem, ADA Carver still wasn´t back from trying to get a warrant by Agent Mulder´s request, apparently he´d been at it for quite a while. In the end it was decided that Katya would be held for further questioning, but they would have to ask for the warrant the next morning. It wasn´t exactly what they were looking for, but it was better than nothing.
Since they´d bought some time they decided it was a good idea to call Agent Scully and let her know about their progress, then they needed to go back and ask Katya some more questions. Eames was more than a bit reluctant to go back with the girl, both times Goren had talked to her that day had ended up badly, and she wasn´t too sure this time would be any different.
Her partner was thinking something similar, and so wanted to make sure he had the upper hand. He did believe Katya was responsible for harming Sean Hovens, but he had also believed her when she told them about being abused as a child. He intended to play that card, a lot of times the threat of the past coming back was enough to send a suspect spiraling out of control, and into a confession. He´d pulled this more than once, he was confident it would work, but he was still going to be careful. The first thing he did was take control of the interrogation, he couldn´t be the silent presence he usually was, he needed to pressure this girl.
She was brought into an interrogation room. She was handcuffed and did not look very pleased. She met Goren´s gaze defiantly, she wasn´t even blinking. Eames thought she could of cut through the hostility with a knife. She was starting to wonder if her partner was ever going to talk when he began.
"We found Dr. Pierce. We know he´s involved in all of this."
Katya smiled, but didn´t look away, "Is this all you dragged me here for?"
Goren accepted the challenge, he smiled too, "No. We also know about your brother...Elija. See we found out because he´s been in to see Dr. Pierce over a dozen times since you left...your parents know don´t they? Know about Dr. Pierce being your daughter´s doctor...if what you say is true, they´ll be coming for you soon right?"
Katya was surpirsed. She thought her parents had no contact with Dr. Pierce anymore, he´d swore to her they didn´t. She didn´t look down and she didn´t let any of her feelings show, she was done playing nice, they wanted the truth they were going to have to pull it out of her by force. She was comforted by knowing they hadn´t figured Dr. Pierce had taken Kaia. She didn´t answer Goren´s question, instead she decided to poke inside his head for a bit. Her smile became wider as she learned all that was inside the detective´s head.
"You know, you might be right about Dr. Pierce. Then again you might not be. How did you come to this brilliant conclusion that he´s involved? You got a "feeling" from the phone?...maybe it´s because he´s leaving for two whole weeks right? I mean what kind of doctor leaves for two whole weeks?"
Both detectives were surprised even though they didn´t show it. Katya shook her head and looked down at the table, they were so stubborn! She didn´t care about them believing her or not about being a healer, what she cared about was that she could find no other way to get them to understand she had done nothing wrong to Sean! Still, she knew she had the advantage at this point, and she was going to press it.
"Yes I am afraid. Dr. Pierce swore to me he hadn´t seen my brother or parents. He lied to me, I know. I am afraid of being found, but that doesn´t mean I did anything wrong!"
Eames decided that was just about enough, she came as close to Katya as she dared, "Like hell you didn´t! You attacked a detective!"
"You were the ones who wanted to see!" She looked up at Eames, and held her eyes, "I told you, I told you that you wouldn´t believe me...I said I could show you and you wanted to see! You were so full of curiousity, you were wondering what I could possibly mean...now you´re pissed because you can´t figure out what I did and Bob here", she pointed at Goren without taking her eyes of Eames, "is pissed because he can´t figure me out." She breathed deeply. Both detectives were now not only confused, but severly angry, Katya could fell it being directed towards her, it was like being slammed into a brick wall. Goren was about to speak, when Katya looked up at the mirror behind him and said, "Agents Mulder and Scully are back, but they don´t have much to say really..."
Goren was about to confront Katya when she said this. He turned his head a little towards the mirror behind him then looked back at the girl, "We´re not...done...Tell me something, where is your daughter? We know she´s not with Sean´s grandparents...not with you...where is she?" He suddenly began connecting all the dots, he smiled at her, he had her, "Dr. Pierce is he...did he take her? He´s a good man, right?"
Katya was amazed. The idea had just suddenly formed in his head, he wasn´t even thinking about it. She looked back at him, "I´m impressed...maybe you are the great detective everyone thinks you are. You might just be right, but I don´t know where she is, believe me if I did, I might have of let you know about it, despite it all, you are still "the good guys"...but you´re still wrong about me."
"Really?...Convince us then. Cut the bullshit and make us believe we´re wrong." Katya turned to look at Eames but said nothing. She couldn´t tell them what had happened because they wouldn´t believe her. She felt trapped. She still wasn´t giving into them. She leaned back on the chair and stared into space.
Whenever a suspect or anyone being questioned leaned back on the chair and stared into space, it usually meant that the interview was over, there was nothing else this person was going to say. Goren and Eames, being the cause of many reactions such as this, knew they were done. They had learned nothing that they couldn´t have of figured out on their own. Goren was the first to stand and walk towards the door, Eames followed a few moments later. Another officer escorted Katya back to "her" cell. They were both thinking about how to find Katya´s daughter when out of the room behind the mirror in the interrogation room, walked Mulder and Scully. Both detectives were a little surprised to see them, but quickly put the issue aside.
They quickly learned that the agents hadn´t gotten very far either, even though they had looked at the old case file the FBI had and had found most of the suspects had come into the Unites States a few months after the kidnapping. Goren and Eames filled them in on what little they´d managed to find. Much to their surprise, both agents agreed that the most logical course of action would be to to follow up on Katya´s family. The four of them wanted to keep going but it was getting late, any hope of getting and serving a warrant was long gone by now and they had exhausted any other lead they could think of. In the end, they decided it was best to just call it a day, the detectives went back to their desks, back to their apparently never ending piles of paperwork, the agents were on their way out when Goren´s phone rang. On the other end of the line, was none other than the agents boss, AD Skinner. He sounded upset, more upset than Cap. Deakens had ever been towards Goren, he quickly went to get the agents.
Scully reached the phone first, beating Mulder by a second. She gave her partner an annoyed look and he simply shrugged innocently, then looked down to examine his shoes. Goren watched the entire scene, fascinated. From the phone a voice could be heard, none too subtle and none too quiet, Goren could make out most of what was being said, and it was not pleasant. Agent Scully´s face revealed no emotion, and she set out on what seemed like and endless string of "no sir" and "yes sir". Goren was almost bored with it when something happened, Agent Scully´s eyes opened wide, then she narrowed her eyes down at her partner, who seemed to be making his best effort to be swallowed by the floor. Agent Scully went silent for a while before finally speaking again, this time it was two sentences.
"No sir, he didn´t. I´m sure he had his reasons." The voice on the other side boomed louder and Goren heard several phrases including, -you better get your asses back here- and -I expect a very thourough report and explanation about this in my office by tomorrow afternoon-, the rest was just a repetition of what he´d already said. It was clear the two agents were in a lot of trouble. Eames was completely absorbed in her paperwork and missed the entire thing, Goren really wished she hadn´t.
Agent Scully did finally put the phone down. She took a step forward and stood very, very close to her partner. Goren didn´t miss this either, she spoke in a low voice.
"Mulder, why didn´t you tell me you´d already been told to back off this case?"
Agent Mulder bit his lower lip and met his partner´s eyes, "I wasn´t ordered to back off. Skinner didn´t think this case was worth out attention."
"Mulder he told you not to pursue this! He told you not to leave Washington!" Her voice was getting louder, even Eames was pulled out of her work and forced to look up. Scully took a deep breath and lowered her voice again, "Look whatever he said Mulder, now he is ordering both of us to get back to Washington. He expects to see us in his office tomorrow afternoon."
Mulder half nodded and straightened up, "You wanna go back?", he finally asked. Goren couldn´t believe it. How could Agent Scully put up with him? One thing was being weird, another to believe in weird things, but it was quite another to put your partner´s job on the line! Scully took a deep breath and looked down, by the time she looked back up she was calmer, but still angry.
"Other than the fact that we´ve both been ordered back home, I don´t see any reason to stay Mulder. I gotta be honest with you, I still don´t see a crime, let alone one that would justify our presence here."
Mulder wasn´t about to let it go so easily, "Scully you´ve seen the file. You know this isn´t the first time this happens. We have a chance to stop these people Scully, don´t you think that´s worth taking the risk?"
"Mulder listen to me, you have no proof of a crime, no proof of an x- file, we´ve just been told to drop this and go home. Prove to me that someone did something to Sean Hovens, Mulder. Prove it and I´ll stay."
Mulder knew he´d lost. He couldn´t prove it, not in the way Scully wanted it to be proven, scientifically. He didn´t say anything and Scully took it as a sign that she´d won. She took a step back, "If we leave now we might still catch and early flight back to D.C., we can fill out the paperwork tomorrow morning, finish our reports and hand them in to Skinner in the afternoon." Her partner didn´t move a muscle, she put a hand on his arm, this time Eames noticed and turned to Goren and gave him a look, he returned it. Scully finally spoke, this time all anger gone, "Look Mulder I´m sorry but there is no x-file. We can keep up with the investigation by phone." She pulled her hand back and turned to the detectives, who quickly disguised their both amazed and confused looks. Agent Scully smiled and shook hands, then promised they would be in touch soon and turned to leave. She looked back at Mulder, it was only when he caught her eyes that he moved. He shook hands with Eames and nodded at Goren, then he turned and followed his partner. Goren went back to his desk, Eames to her paperwork, and in a few minutes, life seemd to have of returned to normal.