A/N: I've changed the two chapters around a bit. This will not be a MSR...you have been warned!
THREE MONTHS LATER
" Are you sure you don't want to come?" Special Agent Fox Mulder asked his partner Dana Scully over the phone.
" Why waste my money on a movie I've already seen about a hundred times?" Scully replied.
" But you get a chance to see it on the big screen again," Mulder reminded her.
" I know, but it's not really my type of film. You and Carly can go," Scully said. Mulder said goodbye and pocketed his cell phone.
" She's not budging," he told his friend and neighbour Carly Garrett.
Carly smiled wryly, " It figures." She put on her jacket, " I have about three hours before he arrives home." She was referring to her lover the CSM and Mulder's nemesis.
Mulder nodded silently. He loathed the fact his enemy was sleeping with the woman Mulder was attracted to and Mulder never forgot about their forbidden kiss three months ago.
If Carly had forgotten about it, then you should too. Mulder told himself as they walked out of her apartment and down the stairs. Mulder drove them to the movie theatre which was showing the Ghostbusters.
They paid for their popcorn and drinks and chose to sit in the middle. The lights went dim and the previews began to roll.
Carly glanced over at Mulder and wondered if he ever thought about their kiss? She often did and was angry at herself for doing so because she was with the CSM and loved him.
Didn't she?
" Mulder" she whispered, " I have to ask you something."
" What is it?" he whispered back, his eyes never leaving the screen.
" It's about what happened between us…the kiss."
Mulder glanced down at her, " I thought you had forgotten about it." He replied.
" No…I keep thinking about it and I wish…" she paused, " I wish it never happened."
Mulder stared down at her with those puppy-dog brown eyes of his, " I never regretted kissing you." He told her and he leaned down to kiss her.
Their almost kiss was interrupted when a gunshot rang out through the movie theatre. The theatre was filled screams and nine more gunshots was heard.
Mulder and Carly hid behind their seats to avoid getting shot at. When there were no more gunshots, Mulder peered over his seat.
Nine people lay dead in their seats or in the aisle, blood pouring from their gunshot wounds. The killer was walking down the aisle, oblivious to everything. Her eyes had a dark, haunted look to them and Mulder knew she was drugged.
" Stay down," he told Carly before diving into the aisle and tackling the woman to the ground. The woman screamed and struggled in Mulder's arms.
" Let go of me!" she ordered Mulder, " I have to kill her!" she struggled violently but Mulder held her wrists in a vice-like grip.
" Kill who?" Mulder demanded, " You've already killed nine people…isn't that enough?"
The mad woman stared right at Carly, her wild eyes boring into Carly's, " Her. I need to kill her."
The bodies were taken away, the woman apprehended by the police-but the blood remained, staining the dark green carpet.
Mulder had tried to interrogate her after when she claimed she needed to kill Carly, but the woman was refusing to speak now. The cops took her away and Mulder went over to Carly who was still in her seat. She had given her statement and watched as the last body was put into a body bag.
" Why does that woman need to kill me?" Carly asked Mulder, " I've never seen her before in my life."
" She's not telling me anything." Mulder said, " and it's pretty obvious she was on drugs when she killed those people."
" Nine people died right in front of me," Carly said, " I'll never forget that image when she shoot those poor people."
" Neither will I." Mulder took her arm and helped her to her feet, " It's lucky that we survived." When he lead Carly out of the movie theatre, his partner Dana Scully was waiting for them.
" I just heard…are you two okay?" Scully asked them.
" I think Carly's in shock," Mulder told her, " she's looking too white for my liking."
" No, I'm okay," Carly assured them, " I just realised something, those people died because of me…that woman did say she needed to kill me."
" You can't blame yourself Carly," Scully said, " you didn't shoot those people. That woman killed them at her own free will."
Carly's cell phone went off then and she answered it, " Carly speaking."
" Carly, I just heard the news…are you all right?" it was her lover, C.G.B. Spender, or as the two agents called him, the Cigarette-Smoking Man.
" I'm fine." Carly said, " the woman is with the police. Agent Mulder and I are the only survivors."
There was a pause, " You were with Agent Mulder?" Her lover was Agent Mulder's nemesis
" Yes, you know I was going to the movies with him." Carly reminded him.
" Oh, forgive me, I have forgotten." The CSM lied which wasn't true. He didn't like his girlfriend hanging around Agent Mulder, but there wasn't much he could do about it.
They said goodbye and hung up. Carly turned to the agents, " If you don't need me anymore, I'd like to get home."
" I'll drop you off." Mulder said opening the door to his car, " then Scully and I can go to the police station and interrogate the woman. I'll make sure the investigation is handed over to us."
Mulder and Scully dropped Carly off at the apartment before they headed off towards the police station.
Carly let herself in and locked the door firmly behind her. She put her coat on the coat rack before going into the kitchen to make herself a strong cup of coffee.
After making herself a cup, she shuffled into the living room and jumped when she saw her lover sitting in her favourite recliner…smoking as usual.
" You scared me." Carly greeted him. She'd forgotten she had given him a key to her apartment.
The CSM stood up and put a hand on her shoulder, " Are you sure you're all right?"
" I'm fine…just a bit shaken up." Carly smiled at him and sat down on the couch. Three months ago she had become pregnant with his child, but had a miscarriage. He's been protective of her ever since, always worried about her health.
" The shooting spree will probably be on the news," Carly mused.
The CSM didn't smile, " Did anything happen with you and Agent Mulder?" he hadn't forgotten about that passionate kiss Carly and Mulder had shared three months ago. He might have forgiven her, but he'd never forgotten it.
" No, of course not." Her brow furrowed, " Don't you trust me?"
The CSM sat down beside her, " I trust you, it's Agent Mulder I don't trust."
THREE MONTHS LATER
" Are you sure you don't want to come?" Special Agent Fox Mulder asked his partner Dana Scully over the phone.
" Why waste my money on a movie I've already seen about a hundred times?" Scully replied.
" But you get a chance to see it on the big screen again," Mulder reminded her.
" I know, but it's not really my type of film. You and Carly can go," Scully said. Mulder said goodbye and pocketed his cell phone.
" She's not budging," he told his friend and neighbour Carly Garrett.
Carly smiled wryly, " It figures." She put on her jacket, " I have about three hours before he arrives home." She was referring to her lover the CSM and Mulder's nemesis.
Mulder nodded silently. He loathed the fact his enemy was sleeping with the woman Mulder was attracted to and Mulder never forgot about their forbidden kiss three months ago.
If Carly had forgotten about it, then you should too. Mulder told himself as they walked out of her apartment and down the stairs. Mulder drove them to the movie theatre which was showing the Ghostbusters.
They paid for their popcorn and drinks and chose to sit in the middle. The lights went dim and the previews began to roll.
Carly glanced over at Mulder and wondered if he ever thought about their kiss? She often did and was angry at herself for doing so because she was with the CSM and loved him.
Didn't she?
" Mulder" she whispered, " I have to ask you something."
" What is it?" he whispered back, his eyes never leaving the screen.
" It's about what happened between us…the kiss."
Mulder glanced down at her, " I thought you had forgotten about it." He replied.
" No…I keep thinking about it and I wish…" she paused, " I wish it never happened."
Mulder stared down at her with those puppy-dog brown eyes of his, " I never regretted kissing you." He told her and he leaned down to kiss her.
Their almost kiss was interrupted when a gunshot rang out through the movie theatre. The theatre was filled screams and nine more gunshots was heard.
Mulder and Carly hid behind their seats to avoid getting shot at. When there were no more gunshots, Mulder peered over his seat.
Nine people lay dead in their seats or in the aisle, blood pouring from their gunshot wounds. The killer was walking down the aisle, oblivious to everything. Her eyes had a dark, haunted look to them and Mulder knew she was drugged.
" Stay down," he told Carly before diving into the aisle and tackling the woman to the ground. The woman screamed and struggled in Mulder's arms.
" Let go of me!" she ordered Mulder, " I have to kill her!" she struggled violently but Mulder held her wrists in a vice-like grip.
" Kill who?" Mulder demanded, " You've already killed nine people…isn't that enough?"
The mad woman stared right at Carly, her wild eyes boring into Carly's, " Her. I need to kill her."
The bodies were taken away, the woman apprehended by the police-but the blood remained, staining the dark green carpet.
Mulder had tried to interrogate her after when she claimed she needed to kill Carly, but the woman was refusing to speak now. The cops took her away and Mulder went over to Carly who was still in her seat. She had given her statement and watched as the last body was put into a body bag.
" Why does that woman need to kill me?" Carly asked Mulder, " I've never seen her before in my life."
" She's not telling me anything." Mulder said, " and it's pretty obvious she was on drugs when she killed those people."
" Nine people died right in front of me," Carly said, " I'll never forget that image when she shoot those poor people."
" Neither will I." Mulder took her arm and helped her to her feet, " It's lucky that we survived." When he lead Carly out of the movie theatre, his partner Dana Scully was waiting for them.
" I just heard…are you two okay?" Scully asked them.
" I think Carly's in shock," Mulder told her, " she's looking too white for my liking."
" No, I'm okay," Carly assured them, " I just realised something, those people died because of me…that woman did say she needed to kill me."
" You can't blame yourself Carly," Scully said, " you didn't shoot those people. That woman killed them at her own free will."
Carly's cell phone went off then and she answered it, " Carly speaking."
" Carly, I just heard the news…are you all right?" it was her lover, C.G.B. Spender, or as the two agents called him, the Cigarette-Smoking Man.
" I'm fine." Carly said, " the woman is with the police. Agent Mulder and I are the only survivors."
There was a pause, " You were with Agent Mulder?" Her lover was Agent Mulder's nemesis
" Yes, you know I was going to the movies with him." Carly reminded him.
" Oh, forgive me, I have forgotten." The CSM lied which wasn't true. He didn't like his girlfriend hanging around Agent Mulder, but there wasn't much he could do about it.
They said goodbye and hung up. Carly turned to the agents, " If you don't need me anymore, I'd like to get home."
" I'll drop you off." Mulder said opening the door to his car, " then Scully and I can go to the police station and interrogate the woman. I'll make sure the investigation is handed over to us."
Mulder and Scully dropped Carly off at the apartment before they headed off towards the police station.
Carly let herself in and locked the door firmly behind her. She put her coat on the coat rack before going into the kitchen to make herself a strong cup of coffee.
After making herself a cup, she shuffled into the living room and jumped when she saw her lover sitting in her favourite recliner…smoking as usual.
" You scared me." Carly greeted him. She'd forgotten she had given him a key to her apartment.
The CSM stood up and put a hand on her shoulder, " Are you sure you're all right?"
" I'm fine…just a bit shaken up." Carly smiled at him and sat down on the couch. Three months ago she had become pregnant with his child, but had a miscarriage. He's been protective of her ever since, always worried about her health.
" The shooting spree will probably be on the news," Carly mused.
The CSM didn't smile, " Did anything happen with you and Agent Mulder?" he hadn't forgotten about that passionate kiss Carly and Mulder had shared three months ago. He might have forgiven her, but he'd never forgotten it.
" No, of course not." Her brow furrowed, " Don't you trust me?"
The CSM sat down beside her, " I trust you, it's Agent Mulder I don't trust."
