A/N: I'm sorry I disappeared off the face of the earth for a while, but I
forgot about this story completely!
...And the Plot Thickens
Scully lay in the cot in the attic of the Dunsmay house. Ro apparently kept her room there when she was younger. Mulder was in a room with three of the boys. She couldn't get to sleep. The house wasn't quiet. What with all the boys snoring, and someone talking in his sleep, it was downright loud. Suddenly, Ro sat up. Scully watched her for a second. Ro pointed at the wall.
"Go to jail." She said at it, and went back to sleep. Scully was thoroughly unnerved by this. She got up.
"Ro. Ro." She whispered, shaking the woman's shoulder.
"Mmm? Wha-? Oh. What's up?" She asked.
"What just happened?"
"What?" Ro asked raising one eyebrow.
"That whole sitting up and 'go to jail' thing."
"Um... oh. That. I apparently talk in my sleep, according to my last partner." She smiled. "Don't worry. It's usually just insane stuff or whatever." She said and rolled over. Scully was a bit at ease about that much. But something else was about to happen. Then there was a shout. Scully jumped. Footsteps clattered up the stairs, and someone pounded on the door.
"Ro! Ro! Open up! Something's wrong with Agent Mulder!" Kendall was shouting. Ro was out of bed in an instant, throwing on her robe. Scully was right behind her. Sure enough, in the room, Mulder was convulsing.
"Quick, I need something to hold his tongue down with!" One of the boys ran out of the room.
"What's goin' on?" Ro asked.
"He'll choke on his tongue if I don't hold it down, and it's not safe to use your hand." The boy, now identified as Mick, handed Scully a spoon. She forced it into his mouth, holding him still for what seemed like ages. Then he calmed. Scully looked at the clock: Only a minute had passed. Scully took out the spoon, and brushed her hand over his head. Mamma and Mr. Dunsmay were on the edge of the room.
"Will he be alright?" Mamma asked. Scully nodded. "I'll go make us all some tea and we can go back to bed, okay?"
"That'd be nice, Mamma." Ro said. Everyone was a bit subdued. Mulder started opening his eyes.
"Mmmf. What's going on?" He asked.
"You had another seizure. You'll be all right, now. Mamma's making some tea." Scully said, gently.
"She's getting tired. She can't hold on much longer, Scully." Mulder said, seriously.
"The girl? Avery?" Mulder nodded. "Did you take your medicine before bed?" Scully asked." Mulder rolled his eyes and nodded. Scully smiled. He was already back to his usual self.
"Here- oh! Y'all are awake now. That's all good. Here. Drink this." Mamma entered the room with tea. She handed a cup to Mulder. He drank, and soon fell back asleep. Everyone had a cup, and went back to their respective rooms.
"If he has another, call a hospital." Scully instructed the boys in the room.
~~
Back up in Ro's bedroom, Scully noticed Ro's hair for the first time.
"My word. It's long." Long, thick hair flowed down to her ankles. Ro also seemed taller.
"Yeah, I quit cutting it after I graduated high-school. It was shoulder length, then."
"You're also taller."
"Huh? Oh! I forgot about that! Normally indoors, I have to hunch so I don't hit ceilings. Here, Daddy built the house to accommodate tall folks. I'm seven feet, two inches."
"That has to get confusing."
"You should see my profile. They had to alter it for me. 'Indoors: 6' 11". Outdoors: 7' 2"'. " Scully snorted.
"Ro, you are a character." Scully finally slept that night.
~~
Mulder found himself very quickly whisked away to Avery's side, once again. Avery was huddled on the ground.
"Avery? Are you alright?" Mulder asked.
"I don't know. I'm disappearing." Mulder raised one eyebrow.
"What do you mean?" She stood up. Parts of her hands were fading. She also was looking a tad more translucent.
"I'm scared. What if I fade completely?" She sat back down. Mulder started thinking.
"I have a hunch. I doubt you'll totally disappear, but I think this is a metaphor. The wolf creatures, maybe those are supposed to be hostility and aggression, since they're attacking us. And the strange women, I saw pictures like that in a book once. I thing those are called Dire Women. Usually they have the same interpretation as death, which can mean influence of negative people.
"Avery, I think we're in your mind, and you're somewhere. We just need to see what's going on."
"What about the tree? And the grave? And my disappearing?" Avery was getting quickly agitated.
"Hey, it's okay. Calm down. Um, first, I think we have to see what kind of tree it is."
"We used to have a tree like that at our old house. It looks like a dead Yew tree."
"That's easy then. Yew symbolizes mourning and death. Let's see... the grave. I think that was needing to look into your soul, or that you have to stand up for your beliefs. What else was there?" Mulder was so absorbed in the interpretation of the dream, he didn't hear someone come up behind him. He was alerted by Avery's scream. Mulder spun around. A large man was looming behind him. "Avery, who is that?"
"I don't know!" She shrieked again.
"It's a stranger... this all fits. Avery, it's nothing! Just a dream!" The man disappeared. "A stranger is pretty common. It represents part of yourself repressed and hidden."
"Like a hidden talent, maybe?"
"Yeah! Just like that! Something else, hmm."
"Why am I disappearing?"
"Um, hmm. I'm not totally sure, but I think that one was anxiety over inadequacies. Like you need more self-esteem. I think the storm has meanings, too, but mostly that's related to feelings, like anger, rage, fear and the like."
"So how do I get out? I just wake up?" Mulder thought about that.
"Probably not. Ro's looking for you." Mulder said.
"Ro! Big Ro from the farm nearby? She's the best!" Mulder smiled.
"She'll like hearing that, and I'm glad you're getting your memory back." Avery hadn't even noticed it was there. "But see, you're missing. Ro was assigned to your case. No one is quite sure if you've run away, or been kidnapped, or killed, or what." Avery started crying.
"I don't remember why I'm gone." She said mournfully. "I wish I could help."
~~
Mulder sat straight up in the cot. He suddenly knew where Avery was.
~~
A/N: Ro's "Go to jail" bit is something one of my sister's friends did. I thought it would be funny.
...And the Plot Thickens
Scully lay in the cot in the attic of the Dunsmay house. Ro apparently kept her room there when she was younger. Mulder was in a room with three of the boys. She couldn't get to sleep. The house wasn't quiet. What with all the boys snoring, and someone talking in his sleep, it was downright loud. Suddenly, Ro sat up. Scully watched her for a second. Ro pointed at the wall.
"Go to jail." She said at it, and went back to sleep. Scully was thoroughly unnerved by this. She got up.
"Ro. Ro." She whispered, shaking the woman's shoulder.
"Mmm? Wha-? Oh. What's up?" She asked.
"What just happened?"
"What?" Ro asked raising one eyebrow.
"That whole sitting up and 'go to jail' thing."
"Um... oh. That. I apparently talk in my sleep, according to my last partner." She smiled. "Don't worry. It's usually just insane stuff or whatever." She said and rolled over. Scully was a bit at ease about that much. But something else was about to happen. Then there was a shout. Scully jumped. Footsteps clattered up the stairs, and someone pounded on the door.
"Ro! Ro! Open up! Something's wrong with Agent Mulder!" Kendall was shouting. Ro was out of bed in an instant, throwing on her robe. Scully was right behind her. Sure enough, in the room, Mulder was convulsing.
"Quick, I need something to hold his tongue down with!" One of the boys ran out of the room.
"What's goin' on?" Ro asked.
"He'll choke on his tongue if I don't hold it down, and it's not safe to use your hand." The boy, now identified as Mick, handed Scully a spoon. She forced it into his mouth, holding him still for what seemed like ages. Then he calmed. Scully looked at the clock: Only a minute had passed. Scully took out the spoon, and brushed her hand over his head. Mamma and Mr. Dunsmay were on the edge of the room.
"Will he be alright?" Mamma asked. Scully nodded. "I'll go make us all some tea and we can go back to bed, okay?"
"That'd be nice, Mamma." Ro said. Everyone was a bit subdued. Mulder started opening his eyes.
"Mmmf. What's going on?" He asked.
"You had another seizure. You'll be all right, now. Mamma's making some tea." Scully said, gently.
"She's getting tired. She can't hold on much longer, Scully." Mulder said, seriously.
"The girl? Avery?" Mulder nodded. "Did you take your medicine before bed?" Scully asked." Mulder rolled his eyes and nodded. Scully smiled. He was already back to his usual self.
"Here- oh! Y'all are awake now. That's all good. Here. Drink this." Mamma entered the room with tea. She handed a cup to Mulder. He drank, and soon fell back asleep. Everyone had a cup, and went back to their respective rooms.
"If he has another, call a hospital." Scully instructed the boys in the room.
~~
Back up in Ro's bedroom, Scully noticed Ro's hair for the first time.
"My word. It's long." Long, thick hair flowed down to her ankles. Ro also seemed taller.
"Yeah, I quit cutting it after I graduated high-school. It was shoulder length, then."
"You're also taller."
"Huh? Oh! I forgot about that! Normally indoors, I have to hunch so I don't hit ceilings. Here, Daddy built the house to accommodate tall folks. I'm seven feet, two inches."
"That has to get confusing."
"You should see my profile. They had to alter it for me. 'Indoors: 6' 11". Outdoors: 7' 2"'. " Scully snorted.
"Ro, you are a character." Scully finally slept that night.
~~
Mulder found himself very quickly whisked away to Avery's side, once again. Avery was huddled on the ground.
"Avery? Are you alright?" Mulder asked.
"I don't know. I'm disappearing." Mulder raised one eyebrow.
"What do you mean?" She stood up. Parts of her hands were fading. She also was looking a tad more translucent.
"I'm scared. What if I fade completely?" She sat back down. Mulder started thinking.
"I have a hunch. I doubt you'll totally disappear, but I think this is a metaphor. The wolf creatures, maybe those are supposed to be hostility and aggression, since they're attacking us. And the strange women, I saw pictures like that in a book once. I thing those are called Dire Women. Usually they have the same interpretation as death, which can mean influence of negative people.
"Avery, I think we're in your mind, and you're somewhere. We just need to see what's going on."
"What about the tree? And the grave? And my disappearing?" Avery was getting quickly agitated.
"Hey, it's okay. Calm down. Um, first, I think we have to see what kind of tree it is."
"We used to have a tree like that at our old house. It looks like a dead Yew tree."
"That's easy then. Yew symbolizes mourning and death. Let's see... the grave. I think that was needing to look into your soul, or that you have to stand up for your beliefs. What else was there?" Mulder was so absorbed in the interpretation of the dream, he didn't hear someone come up behind him. He was alerted by Avery's scream. Mulder spun around. A large man was looming behind him. "Avery, who is that?"
"I don't know!" She shrieked again.
"It's a stranger... this all fits. Avery, it's nothing! Just a dream!" The man disappeared. "A stranger is pretty common. It represents part of yourself repressed and hidden."
"Like a hidden talent, maybe?"
"Yeah! Just like that! Something else, hmm."
"Why am I disappearing?"
"Um, hmm. I'm not totally sure, but I think that one was anxiety over inadequacies. Like you need more self-esteem. I think the storm has meanings, too, but mostly that's related to feelings, like anger, rage, fear and the like."
"So how do I get out? I just wake up?" Mulder thought about that.
"Probably not. Ro's looking for you." Mulder said.
"Ro! Big Ro from the farm nearby? She's the best!" Mulder smiled.
"She'll like hearing that, and I'm glad you're getting your memory back." Avery hadn't even noticed it was there. "But see, you're missing. Ro was assigned to your case. No one is quite sure if you've run away, or been kidnapped, or killed, or what." Avery started crying.
"I don't remember why I'm gone." She said mournfully. "I wish I could help."
~~
Mulder sat straight up in the cot. He suddenly knew where Avery was.
~~
A/N: Ro's "Go to jail" bit is something one of my sister's friends did. I thought it would be funny.