CHAPTER FOUR
Early the following morning, Scully and Mulder received a call from the local police station. Scully watched as her partner shouted at the caller over the phone:
" What do you mean she escaped?"
" She attacked the security guard and made off with his gun and keys," the police officer explained him.
" Let me know when you find her." Mulder said before hanging up. He turned to Scully, " the woman escaped from police custody late last night." He told Scully.
" We must get to the station and talk to the witness," Scully replied.
" I have to call Carly," Mulder said and dialled Carly's number.
" Hello?" Carly answered.
" Carly, it's Mulder. I have some bad news." Mulder paused.
" What is it?"
" The woman escaped from custody last night and is now on the run."
" What?" Carly whispered.
" You should be safe though, she doesn't know where you live."
" Mulder…I think she's heading this way now…she called me last night and threatened me." Carly then told him about the phone call, " so if she has my number, then she must know where I live."
" You're not safe there then." Mulder said, " you can stay with me until the woman is recaptured."
The CSM was sitting on her recliner, listening to Carly's every word intently. He puffed away on his cigarette.
" I don't want to put you out."
" You won't be, its only temporarily until the mad woman is caught." Mulder assured her, " Pack up some clothes and meet me outside the apartment building so I can give you a spare key. I should be there in about five or ten minutes."
" All right." Carly agreed and they hung up. She went back into the living room and told the CSM everything.
" You're staying with Mulder?" the CSM frowned.
" he can protect me from the woman…and she doesn't know where he lives. I'll be quite safe."
" You'll be safer with me. The woman doesn't know me at all…you can stay with me." The CSM decided.
It made more sense. The woman did know Mulder from the interrogation and could find out where he lived just by looking him up in the phone book.
" I'll call him back then," she said and returned to the kitchen.
* * *
On their way to the police station, Mulder sighed, " I don't like the idea of her staying with him…"
" I know you don't Mulder, but if she feels safe with him, then there's not much you can do about it," Scully pointed out reasonably.
Mulder nodded, " Carly is right though, the woman does know me from the interrogation and could easily look me up…I never thought about that."
" Even though the man is the cigarette-smoking man and we've dealt with him for a couple of years, Carly IS safe with him. For some weird reason, she loves him and he actually cares about her. It's a good choice."
" I never thought I'd actually agree with you on that one." Mulder drummed his fingers on the steering wheel as he parked the car.
They made their way inside and the two agents started talking to the security guard, Phillip Olson.
Phillip was sporting a nasty-looking black eye and a gash on his temple, " Mr. Olson, could you tell us what happened last night?" Agent Scully asked him.
Phillip rubbed his forehead, he had a slight concussion, but according to the doctor, he was going to be okay.
" The woman was complaining of stomach aches," he remembered, " so I went into the cell to check on her, she punched me in the eye. The punch was so hard and fast, I didn't have much time to react."
" What happened then?" Scully asked.
" The punch had blinded me, I couldn't see for several seconds. The woman took my gun and bashed me in the head with it. The next thing I knew, it was morning and I found myself handcuffed to the cell."
Phillip grimaced, " When they told me she had escaped, I felt so guilty. I could have done more to stop her, but everything happened so fast…let me tell you, she's strong."
" Has she given you her name?" Mulder asked him.
" Nope," Phillip shook his head and even that slight movement caused his headache to worsen. He groaned and stood up, " if you don't mind, I'd like to go home and have a lie down."
He left the interrogation room and Scully turned to Mulder, " What do you think Mulder?"
" I think we have to find this woman before she finds Carly." Mulder told his partner grimly.
It was around noon when the escaped prisoner entered the apartment after lock picking. The prisoner strode into the living room, " Carly, are you home?" she yelled out and got no answer.
Sandra found Carly's bedroom and noticed several drawers had been left open. She inspected the contents, there were hardly in clothes left and Sandra threw open the wardrobe…some clothes were missing from the hangers too.
Carly must have known she had escaped and figured Sandra would come looking for her and had taken off to hide.
Darn it! Sandra thought, leaving the closet open and going back into the living room.
Sandra knew Carly was not staying with any of the two agents who had been interrogating her because Sandra could easily track them down.
Sandra smiled to herself. Carly could not hide forever for Sandra knew the woman very well…she had gotten a lot of information about Carly from a reliable source-Carly's older sister Madeline who was now in jail after attempting to murder her little sister Carly.
Carly was forty and was a full time author of a few published novels. She had once been an FBI Agent in the nineties for the California field office.
Carly was currently dating a man the agents call 'The Cigarette-Smoking Man'. They obviously did not know his real name and Sandra knew he was Agent Mulder's nemesis.
All I need to is find the address of Carly's boyfriend. Sandra thought and went back into Carly's bedroom and began going through the bedside drawer. Sandra found an address book and looked up the address. She found it easily enough and stuck the book into her pants pocket before leaving the apartment building.
Early the following morning, Scully and Mulder received a call from the local police station. Scully watched as her partner shouted at the caller over the phone:
" What do you mean she escaped?"
" She attacked the security guard and made off with his gun and keys," the police officer explained him.
" Let me know when you find her." Mulder said before hanging up. He turned to Scully, " the woman escaped from police custody late last night." He told Scully.
" We must get to the station and talk to the witness," Scully replied.
" I have to call Carly," Mulder said and dialled Carly's number.
" Hello?" Carly answered.
" Carly, it's Mulder. I have some bad news." Mulder paused.
" What is it?"
" The woman escaped from custody last night and is now on the run."
" What?" Carly whispered.
" You should be safe though, she doesn't know where you live."
" Mulder…I think she's heading this way now…she called me last night and threatened me." Carly then told him about the phone call, " so if she has my number, then she must know where I live."
" You're not safe there then." Mulder said, " you can stay with me until the woman is recaptured."
The CSM was sitting on her recliner, listening to Carly's every word intently. He puffed away on his cigarette.
" I don't want to put you out."
" You won't be, its only temporarily until the mad woman is caught." Mulder assured her, " Pack up some clothes and meet me outside the apartment building so I can give you a spare key. I should be there in about five or ten minutes."
" All right." Carly agreed and they hung up. She went back into the living room and told the CSM everything.
" You're staying with Mulder?" the CSM frowned.
" he can protect me from the woman…and she doesn't know where he lives. I'll be quite safe."
" You'll be safer with me. The woman doesn't know me at all…you can stay with me." The CSM decided.
It made more sense. The woman did know Mulder from the interrogation and could find out where he lived just by looking him up in the phone book.
" I'll call him back then," she said and returned to the kitchen.
* * *
On their way to the police station, Mulder sighed, " I don't like the idea of her staying with him…"
" I know you don't Mulder, but if she feels safe with him, then there's not much you can do about it," Scully pointed out reasonably.
Mulder nodded, " Carly is right though, the woman does know me from the interrogation and could easily look me up…I never thought about that."
" Even though the man is the cigarette-smoking man and we've dealt with him for a couple of years, Carly IS safe with him. For some weird reason, she loves him and he actually cares about her. It's a good choice."
" I never thought I'd actually agree with you on that one." Mulder drummed his fingers on the steering wheel as he parked the car.
They made their way inside and the two agents started talking to the security guard, Phillip Olson.
Phillip was sporting a nasty-looking black eye and a gash on his temple, " Mr. Olson, could you tell us what happened last night?" Agent Scully asked him.
Phillip rubbed his forehead, he had a slight concussion, but according to the doctor, he was going to be okay.
" The woman was complaining of stomach aches," he remembered, " so I went into the cell to check on her, she punched me in the eye. The punch was so hard and fast, I didn't have much time to react."
" What happened then?" Scully asked.
" The punch had blinded me, I couldn't see for several seconds. The woman took my gun and bashed me in the head with it. The next thing I knew, it was morning and I found myself handcuffed to the cell."
Phillip grimaced, " When they told me she had escaped, I felt so guilty. I could have done more to stop her, but everything happened so fast…let me tell you, she's strong."
" Has she given you her name?" Mulder asked him.
" Nope," Phillip shook his head and even that slight movement caused his headache to worsen. He groaned and stood up, " if you don't mind, I'd like to go home and have a lie down."
He left the interrogation room and Scully turned to Mulder, " What do you think Mulder?"
" I think we have to find this woman before she finds Carly." Mulder told his partner grimly.
It was around noon when the escaped prisoner entered the apartment after lock picking. The prisoner strode into the living room, " Carly, are you home?" she yelled out and got no answer.
Sandra found Carly's bedroom and noticed several drawers had been left open. She inspected the contents, there were hardly in clothes left and Sandra threw open the wardrobe…some clothes were missing from the hangers too.
Carly must have known she had escaped and figured Sandra would come looking for her and had taken off to hide.
Darn it! Sandra thought, leaving the closet open and going back into the living room.
Sandra knew Carly was not staying with any of the two agents who had been interrogating her because Sandra could easily track them down.
Sandra smiled to herself. Carly could not hide forever for Sandra knew the woman very well…she had gotten a lot of information about Carly from a reliable source-Carly's older sister Madeline who was now in jail after attempting to murder her little sister Carly.
Carly was forty and was a full time author of a few published novels. She had once been an FBI Agent in the nineties for the California field office.
Carly was currently dating a man the agents call 'The Cigarette-Smoking Man'. They obviously did not know his real name and Sandra knew he was Agent Mulder's nemesis.
All I need to is find the address of Carly's boyfriend. Sandra thought and went back into Carly's bedroom and began going through the bedside drawer. Sandra found an address book and looked up the address. She found it easily enough and stuck the book into her pants pocket before leaving the apartment building.
