"Stop what you're doing!"
The door flew open and in the entrance stood one breathless and sweating Billy Miles. Behind him was an equally breathless nurse.
"I'm so...I'm sorry doctor, I couldn't stop him," the nurse stammered.
"Billy?" Scully gasped.
"Who is this man?" demanded Doctor McQuade.
"A fellow abductee," replied Skinner. "You're too late Billy"
"Maybe not," he retorted. "You have to let me help him."
Billy advanced towards the bed, his eyes fixed on Mulder. There was a momentary confusion amongst the assembled group until Scully stood back allowing Billy access to Mulder's side. He looked at her pleadingly.
"Let me do this, please."
Scully simply nodded. Billy placed his left hand over Mulder's forehead and his right hand hovered over his heart. He closed his eyes, bowed his head and began breathing slowly and deeply.
"What does he think he's doing?" McQuade asked Scully.
"Sshh!" she replied.
"This is ridiculous. Nurse Reid, call security!"
But his order was cut short by Langly as he pointed towards Mulder's rising chest.
"Look!"
Scully walked slowly round the bed, open-mouthed.
"Oh my God..."
She came round to his right side and leaned in close.
"Mulder?"
She whispered, as she noticed the movement beneath his taped eyes.
"Doctor, give me a hand here."
The stunned doctor stood for a moment unable to move. "Doctor!" she repeated, louder this time.
Scully gently peeled the tape from Mulder's eyes and McQuade moved in to detach the hose from the mouth piece of the ventilator, his hands visibly shaking as he did so.
"How is this possible?"
He asked quietly. Billy staggered back from the bed, a little unsteady on his feet. He paused for moment, surveying the scene before him and slipped out of the room unnoticed. He made his way down the corridor and took a sharp left at the end through an emergency exit. As he emerged in the stairwell, he looked around him ensuring he was alone and out of sight. In the time it took him to exhale he was no longer Billy Miles. His face and body shifted effortlessly to that of an altogether different man...
They could only stand and stare at the miracle that lay before them and The perpetrator of this miracle was long gone before Skinner had even noticed his absence.
"Where did he go?"
He asked as he looked around the room. Frohike, Langly, and Byers barely registered his question and Skinner was half way out the door when Frohike added his:
"Who?"
Once in the corridor Skinner headed for the nurses station at the far end. Nurse Bell was behind the desk.
"That man that you tried to stop, did you see him leave?"
"No sir, I'm sorry. Only one person has passed this desk in the last half hour and it certainly wasn't that man," she replied.
"What did that person look like?"
"He was a very large chap, tall and thick set. He had blond hair, slicked back, kinda mean looking face. Never even looked at me as he passed,"
She added.
Skinner simply nodded and walked back the way he came.
"Sir!"
She called after him.
"Sir, what should I tell security?"
Her answer was given with a dismissive wave of his hand.
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The door flew open and in the entrance stood one breathless and sweating Billy Miles. Behind him was an equally breathless nurse.
"I'm so...I'm sorry doctor, I couldn't stop him," the nurse stammered.
"Billy?" Scully gasped.
"Who is this man?" demanded Doctor McQuade.
"A fellow abductee," replied Skinner. "You're too late Billy"
"Maybe not," he retorted. "You have to let me help him."
Billy advanced towards the bed, his eyes fixed on Mulder. There was a momentary confusion amongst the assembled group until Scully stood back allowing Billy access to Mulder's side. He looked at her pleadingly.
"Let me do this, please."
Scully simply nodded. Billy placed his left hand over Mulder's forehead and his right hand hovered over his heart. He closed his eyes, bowed his head and began breathing slowly and deeply.
"What does he think he's doing?" McQuade asked Scully.
"Sshh!" she replied.
"This is ridiculous. Nurse Reid, call security!"
But his order was cut short by Langly as he pointed towards Mulder's rising chest.
"Look!"
Scully walked slowly round the bed, open-mouthed.
"Oh my God..."
She came round to his right side and leaned in close.
"Mulder?"
She whispered, as she noticed the movement beneath his taped eyes.
"Doctor, give me a hand here."
The stunned doctor stood for a moment unable to move. "Doctor!" she repeated, louder this time.
Scully gently peeled the tape from Mulder's eyes and McQuade moved in to detach the hose from the mouth piece of the ventilator, his hands visibly shaking as he did so.
"How is this possible?"
He asked quietly. Billy staggered back from the bed, a little unsteady on his feet. He paused for moment, surveying the scene before him and slipped out of the room unnoticed. He made his way down the corridor and took a sharp left at the end through an emergency exit. As he emerged in the stairwell, he looked around him ensuring he was alone and out of sight. In the time it took him to exhale he was no longer Billy Miles. His face and body shifted effortlessly to that of an altogether different man...
They could only stand and stare at the miracle that lay before them and The perpetrator of this miracle was long gone before Skinner had even noticed his absence.
"Where did he go?"
He asked as he looked around the room. Frohike, Langly, and Byers barely registered his question and Skinner was half way out the door when Frohike added his:
"Who?"
Once in the corridor Skinner headed for the nurses station at the far end. Nurse Bell was behind the desk.
"That man that you tried to stop, did you see him leave?"
"No sir, I'm sorry. Only one person has passed this desk in the last half hour and it certainly wasn't that man," she replied.
"What did that person look like?"
"He was a very large chap, tall and thick set. He had blond hair, slicked back, kinda mean looking face. Never even looked at me as he passed,"
She added.
Skinner simply nodded and walked back the way he came.
"Sir!"
She called after him.
"Sir, what should I tell security?"
Her answer was given with a dismissive wave of his hand.
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