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DOGGETT POV
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We arrived in less than half an hour. But we couldn't get to close. Frohike opened the window and looked at the building through binoculars.
Abandoned my cute ass.
What is it? Dana asked.
Guards, fences, security codes to enter.
How many guards? I asked him.
Not many, if they stay where they are standing now we should be able to get by them without them even noticing.
What about cameras?
See that power box that we are conveniently parked next to. Langly can hack into the system and screw with the cameras.
Mulder asked.
Ever seen the film Speed? He can d it just like that, make the same recording go over and over again.
What about codes to get in? Dana asked.
I can hack into the security system and get you in.
So we go in, find Monica and get the hell out of there as fast as possible before Skinner shows up with the task force. Simple. I couldn't help but state. Mulder, Dana and I quickly jump out of the van and make our way to the fence. Mulder pulls out a pair of pliers and starts cutting the wire. We try to keep as low as we can to the ground. Mulder pulls back the wire and ne at a time we crawl through. Slowly we make our way to the front door. Keeping out of site of the guards. Mulder whispers into the little wire he has.
Front door guys.
A second later it buzzes us in. We walk through the empty corridors. Everything is white. We look up and see a camera pointing right at us. Mulder listens in his ear for a second.
Frohike says they cant see us, he says Monica is in the room at the end of the corridor. But there is also someone else in there with her. He whispers and we continue to walk down the corridor. We get to the door that leads to the room Monica is in. Mulder and Dana are on one side and I'm on the other. I slowly turn my head and look inside. I have to bite my tongue so I don't yell out.
What is it? Dana mouths.
Knowle Rohrer. I mouth back to her. The last time I had seen him was when Shannon had put her hand literally through him and they both went into the water. That was over a year ago.
I quickly turn around as I hear my name being whispered.
I cant believe my eyes. You're apart of this?
Yes. Here. She hands me a syringe filled with a blue substance.
What the hell is this?
Something that will kill Knowle once and for all. She starts to leave.
Wait! What is he doing to Monica? Shannon turns back around.
Get in there quick, he's nearly got her. And then she turns around for a final time, this time none of us stop her.
So what's the plan now? Mulder whispers.
Get in, kill Rohrer, grab Monica and get the hell out of here. I hand him the syringe. You take Rohrer down, I'll grab Monica. He nods and takes the syringe.
On 3. I whisper. And with my fingers I count. 1. 2. 3. We force the door open and charge a Knowle. I'm in front and he quickly pushes me down. He then grabs Dana by the neck and smiles as he holds her there. Mulder quickly injects the syringe into his arm when he isn't look. Knowle drops Dana to the floor and pushes Mulder to the ground hard.
Its to late. I've nearly got what I need from her. He begins to laugh evilly, but stops suddenly. He looks at his arm and sees it turning grey. He looks at his other arm and sees the same thing. We all watch as his whole body turns grey and then he dissolve into a pile of dust on the floor. Once we get over the shock of watching him die. I turn my attention to Monica. She's laying on the floor. Not moving. She has some sort of blind over her eyes and ears. I reach down and feel for a pulse. I let out a breathe I didn't know I had been holding when I felt it.
I shake her shoulder. She seems to jump and look around the room even though she still has the blind on. I can see tears start to come down her cheeks through the material. Monica! Come back! I practically yell. When she doesn't come out of it I quickly remove the blind from her eyes.
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REYES POV
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Okay Monica. I want you to listen to me carefully. Dr Spender is now kneeling on the floor next to me with a notepad in his hands. I'm laying down on my back with my eyes closed. I want you to remember when you were a little girl. Its night and you have just awoken from a nightmare. You make your way to your parents room. The memory of this flashes before my eyes. But you stop at the stair railing. You can hear your Daddy talking to someone. You listen to what is being said. You watch as your Daddy places something the other man gave him into a secret place. What happened afterwards?
He whispers questions to me as I remember the events of that night. Where was the safe. What was the combination? I saw everything. I remembered the nightmare that had woken me up. I remember the smell of cigarette smoke. I remember everything about that night. I'm about to tell him where the safe was when I felt a hand on my shoulder and my name being whispered. I jumped.
What the hell was that?
What was what?
A hand was on my shoulder. I didn't tell him about hearing my name being whispered. I knew the voice but I couldn't recognise it
It was just an hallucination. Now back to that night. Where was the safe. I hear my name being whispered again. John. It was John. He was telling me to come back. Dr Spender looked at me in anger and grabbed me by the shoulders and held me down to the floor.
WHERE WAS THE SAFE? He squeezes my shoulder and I yell out in pain. Then a light flashes before my eyes and I have to close them tightly at the brightness. When I open them I see John leaning over me.
What the hell was going on. Where the hell am I?
Its okay Monica. You're safe.
I was hallucinating again. I pulled away from him. And went as far into the corner as I could go.
Monica what's the matter? John asked worried.
This isn't real. None of this is real.
What are you talking about? Its then that I see Mulder and Dana in the room as well.
You're not here. You're in my head. Nothing was ever real. It was all in my mind. I close my eyes tightly trying to make the hallucination go away.
Monica we ARE real. We're here to take you home. Lana is waiting for you when you get home. John said firmly.
I whisper.
That's right. We can raise her together. Monica we can be a family but you have to let us get you out of here.
I look at him and realise that it was truly John. I had been tricked. This was the real world. They had tricked me. Making me think I was insane. Making me think that everything I believed, everything I was, was a lie. When that was a lie.
I practically fall into his arms and cry against his shoulder. He gently strokes my hair and hold me tight.
Its okay. You're safe. We're gonna take you home. Just then there is a huge crash outside. Mulder and Dana look outside and smile.
Skinner just got here with the task force. Mulder tells us. I look up at John and cant help but give him a sweet and passionate kiss. I pull back and look into his eyes.
Take me home. I whisper. He nods his head with a smile and picks me up in his arms. I place my arms around his neck and he lifts me off the floor and carries me outside to the waiting ambulance. Where I am quickly load and rushed to the hospital.
