The New Girl Part II
By Jinxd n Cursed
Chapter Eight
Facing the Future
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"Rianna, have you seen Mulder anywhere?" Scully asked after the reception was over.
"No, why?" she replied, frowning slightly.
"He went to the bathroom and I haven't see him since," Scully told her.
"Dana? Rianna?" a voice said.
Rianna looked over into the fading darkness to see Skinner running toward them. He looked tired and out of breath. This concerned them.
"What's wrong?" Rianna asked.
"It's Mulder," he said, panting. "They… they took him."
"They?" Scully asked panicking. "Who's they?"
"He was abducted," he informed them. "By aliens. I saw it. There was…"
By then Scully was no longer listening. An incredible numbness settled over her. Her fiancé and the father of her child was gone.
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"Dana?"
It was Rianna. Everyone else had long since left and Scully sat on a chair in the Heart's home.
She barely glanced over at her sister who had changed from her wedding gown to her pajamas.
"Dana," Rianna said, laying a hand on her shoulder and sitting down next to her. "David and I decided to cancel the honeymoon so we can look for Mulder."
"You shouldn't do that," Dana argued.
"I want to," Rianna replied.
Scully nodded numbly and went back to her thoughts.
"I'm just another unwed mother aren't I?" she thought aloud.
"No you're not," Rianna told her. "You were in love. You didn't even know you could have children."
"Still," Scully replied. "The Bible preaches against this kind of thing."
"So?" Rianna asked. "I didn't exactly obey either now did I?"
Dana shrugged.
"Here's the deal," Rianna told her. "Instead of the conference and the honeymoon, we're all staying down here for two weeks. When we go back to D.C., David and I want you to move in with us. Without Mulder there to take care of you, we don't want you by yourself."
"I'm a grown woman," Dana pointed out. "I can take care of myself."
"True," Rianna replied. "But humor me please?"
Dana nodded, have annoyed, half grateful to be taken care of for once. Rianna rubbed her back.
"Now, try to get some sleep now, please? We've got some rough times ahead."
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"Scully? Help me Scully!" A voice called to her in her dreams. "Please?"
"Mulder?" she shouted.
"Yeah, Scully, it's me!" he replied. "Save me!"
"Mulder, where are you?" she asked.
"I… I don't know!" he answered. "But I'm scared!"
"Mulder I love you," Scully told him. "Be strong for me… for our child."
"A child Scully?" he inquired.
"Yes Mulder. I meant to tell you after the wedding. I'm pregnant!" she told him.
"That's great!"
"Dana? Dana!" an alarmed voice said to her. "Dana, wake up! You're shouting in your sleep. Come on."
Scully's eyes flew open and she began panting, bathed in a cold sweat.
"I heard him," she whispered hoarsely.
"Heard who?" Rianna asked.
"Mulder," she relied. "We've got to save him," she added urgently.
"I know," Rianna said. "We just need to find out how."
"I know how," Scully told her.
"How?" Rianna asked.
Scully shook her head for a second. "What am I saying? Never mind. It was just a dream. That's all."
Rianna was still concerned. "Are you sure you're okay?"
Scully nodded. "I'm fine, just tired and a bit in shock. I'll talk to you in the morning."
"Okay," Rianna said. "Good night Dana."
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Dana woke up screaming again in the morning. Mulder seemed to be haunting her dreams, telling her repeatedly to save him. Dark circles ringed her eyes and she could feel the nausea of morning sickness settling in. She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and found her slippers before heading to the bathroom. After rubbing a cooling gel under her eyes and vomiting into the toilet, she went down stairs for coffee.
Rianna and David were nowhere to be seen but Maggie and Mrs. Heart were at the table drinking coffee and eating crullers while they talked. However, when they saw Dana, they immediately clammed up.
"How are you sweetie?" Maggie asked, patting her daughter's hand as Dana sat down.
"Fine," Dana replied quietly. "It's hard but…" her voice trailed off.
"It's okay sweetheart," Maggie assured her. "You don't have to elaborate. I know you're sad. But you'll find him."
Dana nodded. "I know. I just wish…" She glanced out the window at all the beautiful things leftover from the wedding. "I just wish he'd never left me. Especially now that I am having his child."
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