The X-Files: Tyvenas

Chapter Four-Decisions

I waited back at the house. About two hours later, I heard the glass breaking. I was sitting in the living room and went to inspect the noise. I found the gray wolf on all fours, shaking its body, trying to get rid of bits of glass that was on its fur. It had jumped through the window beside the front door.

I felt myself smiling.

The white wolf that was Elizabeth was no where to be seen.

The gray wolf stood up on two legs and studied me for a moment.

"Where's Elizabeth? What happened? Oh…wait…you can't talk yet," I said, softly.

The gray wolf studied me. Just then, I heard glass breaking behind me. I turned around. It was the white wolf. She dropped to all fours and snarled at me. I began backing up.

I felt my back hit the gray wolf's chest. My breathing began sawing in and out. The white wolf began loping toward me. I could hear the growls rumbling in the gray wolf's chest.

"Mulder…please help me," I whispered.

As if the gray wolf understood be, it stepped around me and stood in front of me. It laid its ears flat out sideways again and snarled, exposing the white canines and incisors.

The white wolf turned around and jumped back out of the window, disappearing.

Breathing a sigh of relief, I dropped to my knees and just hugged myself shortly.

The next thing I knew, the gray wolf was crouching down in front of me. My hair fell over my face. I felt the gray wolf reach over and gently touch my shoulder.

I looked up. The gray wolf pulled back.

And then, it changed back into Mulder. I quickly ran and got a blanket and wrapped it around him.

"Mulder? What happened?" I asked.

"I remember chasing Elizabeth into the mine…I lost her in there and decided to come back here," Mulder replied.

"It's a good thing you did," I replied. "God knows what she might've done."

"I didn't hurt you, did I?" Mulder asked.

"No. On the contrary, you protected me," I said.

Mulder looked relieved.

"That's good,"

"Could you understand me?" I asked.

"Actually, yeah,"

"Just do me a favor?"

"Sure,"

"Don't tell me to fetch anything,"

"Deal," I grinned.

Mulder grinned back.

"Now, what are we going to do?"

"I don't know. I don't think Elizabeth would come back here if she knows that I sense what she really is," Mulder replied.

"You think she'll stay at the mine?"

"Probably. We should let those Orynix pack members just find her. She's evil, Scully. She lied to us," Mulder replied.

I knew that was a hard decision to come to, especially since he cared about Elizabeth…but she wasn't the Elizabeth he thought she was.

I looked at him sympathetically.

"I know…she did betray us. But are you sure you wouldn't like to hear what she has to say?" I suggested.

"Maybe…if I force it out of her," Mulder replied.

"Well, go take a nap…then we'll decide what to do,"

Mulder nodded and headed up to take a nap.

AGENT MULDER.

About an hour later, I woke up from the nap feeling refreshed and determined.

Scully and I decided to go to the mine and confront Elizabeth.

Scully drove me. I was too angry to drive right.

We arrived at the mine a few minutes later. Elizabeth was luckily standing outside.

Scully put the car in park then shut off the engine. We pushed open our doors and climbed out.

"What are you two doing here?" Elizabeth asked, stunned.

"The question is…who are you really?" I said, narrowing my eyes.

Elizabeth looked at me. An arc of jaundice appeared near her iris.

"So, you've figured it out, huh?" Elizabeth asked, slowly.

"Why would you lie?" Scully asked. "You lied to us."

"I know…and I feel terrible," Elizabeth said, looking at her. "But I had to."

"What are you up to really?" I demanded.

"I'm going to let the Orynix pack attack you," Elizabeth said, smiling. "You still are a werewolf too, Agent Mulder. The only way to end it is to kill the head of the Orynix pack. Then, it all ends."

Scully and I exchanged looks.

"I won't let you kill Mulder," Scully said, narrowing her eyes.

"I'm sorry. It's time for me to go," Elizabeth said, smirking.

"I don't think so," I growled as I looked up at the sky and saw the full moon casting a silver glow over everything. I began changing.

SCULLY.

Mulder changed into the wolf and stood beside me. His entire body was covered with fur and his hands and feet looked more along the lines of hand-like paws with thick nails where the fingernails and toenails should've been. His ears were flattened sideways and he rolled up his top lip, exposing white canines and incisors.

At that, Elizabeth changed as well and 3 other wolves soon joined us.

The Orynix pack! But I thought there were going to be more? I mused.

But I was relieved that there weren't.

Mulder snarled and began fighting with Elizabeth. The other three wolves were just eerily sitting and watching.

They made no movement toward me to harm me or anything.

Elizabeth and Mulder were still snarling and fighting. At one point, either Elizabeth or Mulder bit down on a shoulder and a howl of pain rose up.

Then, Elizabeth's jaundice colored eyes moved onto me.

I froze. She began walking toward me. Mulder snarled and dropped to all fours. He leaped in front of me and turned his head toward Elizabeth snarling.

I realized the only way that this will end is if I pull the trigger on Liz. I reached into my holster and pulled out my 9mm Smith and Wesson. I clicked back the hammer and slowly raised it to Elizabeth. She snarled even more and took several steps toward me. I shut my eyes and pulled the trigger.

I heard the 'pop' go off and slowly opened my eyes. Elizabeth was lying on her side. Her breathing was shallow. Finally, she passed away and her human and naked form reappeared.

I glanced over at the Orynix pack. They just seemed to vanish into thin air.

Mulder changed back into a human. I quickly ran to the car and opened the trunk, pulling out an emergency blanket and I wrapped it around him.

"What happened?" Mulder asked as I led him back to the car.

"It's over," I replied.

"What about the Orynix pack?" Mulder asked as he slid onto the passenger side seat.

"I'm going to tell you what I think happened: Elizabeth was somehow controlling the pack. She was really lying about that too. I think the pack was really dead and she found a way to bring them back because after I shot her, they just simply vanished into thin air. She was using the pack as a fake weapon. Like when a little kid being bullied by an older kid says, "I'm going to get my big brother to beat you up," and all the while he doesn't have a brother. Get my drift?" I asked as Mulder swung his legs into the car.

Mulder nodded.

I closed the door and went around to the driver's side door. I opened it, slid onto the seat and then closed my door. I started the car and we pulled away from the mine.

EPILOGUE.

J. EDGAR HOOVER FBI BUILDING

WASHINGTON, DC

Mulder still seemed upset about Elizabeth because I really think he cared about her like he cared about Samantha. I had to reassure him that Elizabeth wasn't who she said she was and being deceiving wasn't good either. Elizabeth took advantage of Mulder's vulnerability.

But at least the whole thing is over with now and we can go back to our normal lives.

"Hey Scully? Do you think Skinner would mind if I came dressed like a woman on Monday?" Mulder asked, looking up at me.

I smiled and shook my head.

Yeah. This is our normal life.

THE END.