Title: Home
Author: Gabiabi
Timeline - set during season 9, AU after Trust No1
Authors notes: I wrote this at like half two in the morning so it might be crap, there is more to come if anybody wants it so please let me know.
Agents Dana Scully and Monica Reyes sat beside each other on the flight out to their newest case that they were to investigate. The file sat out on Scully's tray table as she went through it page by page to familiarise herself with the details before they landed. As she turned the last page over and finished reading the notes written by Monica, her brow furrowed in confusion. She closed the file over, tucking all of the sheets back inside it neatly and then turned to speak to Monica.
"Monica...why are we flying all the way out here?"
"It's a case Dana...an X-file."
"From what little details I gathered from your notes Monica...and believe me, I'm hoping that either I've missed something big or you've mislaid a whole section of the file...this case involves a missing cat."
"Not just one Dana...no less than five cats have mysteriously vanished from inside their locked houses whilst their owners were either out or asleep. It's an X-file."
"Monica...this wouldn't even warrant investigation by the local PD - why on earth do you think it worthy of not one, not even two but three federal agents?"
Scully looked across the aisle and to the row in front of them where she could just see the profile of Agent John Doggett. He looked as bored as she with the case his paperwork long since been abandoned in favour of sleep. Monica followed her gaze and her eyes softened as she watched him turn in his sleep and burrow into the provided pillow in an effort to get more comfortable. Scully let out an exasperated sigh as she realised that Monica was now too occupied with watching her partner to pay her any attention when she tried to resume their conversation. She gently eased Monica back into an upright position since she had been leaning across her lap in an effort to see Doggett better. Monica shook herself out of her trance and turned to face Scully once more.
"I just don't see what is so important about the case that made you book us on the next flight out without giving us any time to study the case for ourselves."
"It's important Dana...I promise you that."
"Monica...what's going you please just trust me when I say that we need to be out here - we need to be on this airplane now."
"I trust you Monica...you know that but I'm just curious to know what is so important about a few missing house pets."
"You'll find out Dana...soon."
"Okay Monica, if you say so. I'm warning you now though - if these cats turn up and decide to attack me - you are going to be sorry, very sorry."
"What?!"
"Oh...just an old case. We..."
Scully was interrupted in her story of the killer cats by the flight attendant informing them that they were going to be landing shortly and, by the time they had both checked that their seatbelts were fastened, Monica had forgotten all about it. Scully sighed as she waited for the plane to land, wondering what on earth Monica was hiding from her. Her gaze wandered back over to Doggett who had now woken up and was desperately trying to look as if he was wide-awake and a thought sprung to mind. Looking at Monica again, whose gaze was firmly fixed on the little she could see of Doggett from her position, she wondered whether all the secrecy was little more than Monica wanting to spend more time with Doggett. She started to get annoyed as she thought how the case could just be an excuse and that she had been invited along to allay any suspicions both of their superiors and of Doggett himself. She had known for some time that Monica had more than partnerly feelings for Doggett but she also knew that he was completely clueless as to their existence. Knowing first hand the feelings that arose from being in that position, she felt her annoyance slip away and be replaced with sympathy for her friend. Sighing, she said nothing about her thoughts to Monica, knowing that she would find out the actual reason, if indeed it was not as she thought at the moment, all in due time as Monica had told her before. The flight landed without further conversation between the two agents and, since they met up with Doggett as soon as they were told that they could leave the plane. Scully was reluctant to bring it up in case it was to do with him. She resigned herself to waiting until they were alone once more before discussing it again and followed the two of them to the rental car.
