Hello! Okay, this is a story I wrote about 2 years ago with 2 other girls. It was really rough then, but I'm goin back through and revamping the whole thing. It takes place back in the good old days, when Mulder and Scully were just partners crammed into a little basement office with all the sexual tension you could want..........

Disclaimer: I own nothing but Josie and the major plot of this story. Jamie and Faith belong to two other wonderful friends of mine, and the rest belongs to Fox and all those people, whoever they are.

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Fox Mulder and Dana Scully were sitting in their dark basement office being quite bored when they were called to the office of Assistant Director Skinner. They headed slowly up to his office, and Scully couldn't help but wonder what wild goose chase awaited them.

"I have a new case for the two of you," Skinner said as the agents seated themselves in front of him. "About three years ago there were four disappearances in a prominent New York City suburb housing addition. It was heavily rumored that these were actually abductions. There has been recent odd activity in the same area that may be related to these cases."

"Who were the abductees?" Mulder asked.

"We do not know that they were abductees, Agent Mulder. The missing persons were two couples, both sets parents," Skinner said. "One couple, the Jennings, left behind two daughters, the other couple, the Flanks, left behind one daughter. Your job is to take these three girls and go under cover as their new parents. You will stay in the same area that these families came from and you will attempt to get to the root of all this before there are anymore disappearances.

"Won't this be a bit hard on these girls?" Scully asked, concerned.

"All three girls have agreed to go through with this. But watch the Flank girl, she has quite a record," Skinner replied.

"Your undercover names are David and Gillian Anderson. Your flight leaves at 8:00 P.M. tonight. I suggest that you start packing," Skinner finished.

"Alright, thank you sir," Scully said, getting up and walking out with her partner.

They both left Skinner's office with those words of encouragement. As they

walked out, they thought of the horrible mistake they had probably just made by agreeing, and the challenge that very likely awaited them.

'What if these kids are punks, and are going to make our lives a living Hell...?' Mulder thought.

On the other hand, Scully had an entirely different perspective. 'This might be interesting, being parents for a few days. Maybe as interesting as being married to Mulder in Arcadia Falls,' she thought, smiling to herself.

They approached the elevator, and Scully stretched her arm out, pressing the button that read "Down." The doors opened, and considering the elevator was always filled with people, Mulder and Scully were relieved that it was, surprisingly, empty. They entered and Scully pressed the button for the ground floor, as the elevator started to move downwards.

"So Scully, or should I call you Gillian?" She rolled her eyes, at his wisecracking joke. "Your in for a treat. When we get there..." he said, winking at her, but she just ignored him. "We can make our honeymoon video," he finished.

"Mulder, How about..." she paused before continuing, "No. And Mulder, you behave or I'll have to kick your as..."

"Now Scully," he said, cutting her off, "don't go there. I will be good, don't worry about me. I always behave when asked." He smiled like a little boy and she ruffled his hair playfully.

"Come pick me up at 7:00 okay? Can you handle that Mulder?" she asked, knowing he'd be late anyway.

"Sure, 7 it is Scully. I'll see you then," he said, and the elevator suddenly stopped.

They stepped out of the elevator, suddenly engulfed by the many people surrounding them. They received the usual strange looks. Everyone just had to whisper about what 'Spooky' Mulder was up to now. Locked up in that basement with an intelligent promising woman who had no reason to be there.

This also caused some rumors, and lately everyone had been saying it. People thought they

were involved. Scully had no doubt that this rumor would spread further due to this little trip, this little escapade to the orphanage.

But all that mattered was their job, and each other. They were best friends as well as partners, they kept each other safe, and stood up for one another when necessary.

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Mulder arrived at Scully's apartment at the expected time, half an hour late. They loaded up her things and drove to the airport where they promptly boarded the plane.

Once they were comfortable, Scully pulled out the three files she had picked up upon leaving work. She handed Mulder one and took another for herself. She opened it and began reading.

"Faith Love Jennings," Scully read aloud. "Seventeen-years-old." She looked at the picture in the file and saw a smiling girl with brown hair and hazel eyes.

"Jamie Lauren Jennings," Mulder read. "Fifteen, sister of Faith Love." Mulder looked at the picture of Jamie, who also seemed to be smiling quite contentedly. "It looks like they had a happy life. Nice parents, nice house, lots of money, and all that happily ever after stuff....until their parents disappeared three years ago," Mulder said. He then opened the third, last, and largest file.

"Josie Lynn Flank, seventeen," Mulder said thumbing through the file. "Wow."

"What?" Scully asked.

"Not exactly the angel we saw in the other two pictures," Mulder said handing Scully the picture. Mulder was right. This was an angry looking girl with a nose ring, a lip ring, and short, spiked, black hair.

"Wow," Scully said.

"She ran into a lot of legal trouble it looks like," Mulder said. "There are medical reports in here too."

"For what?"

"Apparently there were several concerns that she was being abused when she was little," Mulder said, reading through the papers. "Her father denied the accusations, the investigation was dropped later on.."

Scully shook her head. Some people just made her sick.

"Apparently her parents went missing the day after she was sent to a juvenal detention center. She stayed there for a year before they released her and sent her to the orphanage where she met the Jennings girls."

"How did she get into the detention center?"

"Assault with a deadly weapon, and two other former crimes...... assault and theft."

"Three strikes, you're out," Scully said.

"Exactly."

"Well this is going to be one hell of a case," Scully said.

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