Maggie and Scully followed the ambulance all the way to the hospital, Scully constantly telling her mom to drive faster and Maggie repeatedly refusing to drive above the speed limit. They pulled up to the hospital minutes after the ambulance did and Scully jumped out of the car to go find him whilst Maggie parked the car. Scully rushed through the automatic doors and went straight to the admitting desk to ask the nurse who was sat there where Mulder had been taken.

"Excuse me...I'm looking for a Fox Mulder. He was brought in by ambulance a few minutes ago. He has suspected pneumonia and..."

"Hold on a second...are you Miss Scully?"

"Yes, it's Dr Scully, but that's me."

"Okay, right this way please."

The nurse swiftly came round from behind the desk and ushered Scully forcefully through the set of swing doors. Usually visitors were not allowed through these swing doors unless they were family members and even then it was discouraged. Scully was slightly bewildered at the rapidity of their movement and was just about to question it when she heard the reason for it. They were approaching the section where they obviously had taken Mulder and she could hear screaming and yelling from behind the curtain. At first her mind could not understand what she was hearing but then the words became clearer and she picked up her pace even more. Brushing the curtain aside, she found two doctors and three nurses all trying to calm him down. When they saw her enter the cubicle one of them started to protest that she wasn't allowed to be there. The nurse that had brought her through from the admitting area explained that she was the 'Scully' that Mulder was calling for and they immediately cleared a path so that she could stand beside Mulder's bed.

"SCULLY...SCULLY. NO! NO! SCULLY...DON'T HURT SCULLY. I NEED HER!!"

"Mulder ssshh. It's okay. I'm here; I'm right beside you. Calm down, I've got you."

The doctors and nurses attending to Mulder were struck dumb at the speed at which Scully got Mulder calmed down. The paramedics had told them that he had begun to get distressed as soon as they had pulled away from his apartment in the ambulance and had continued to become more and more worked up as time went on. He had been screaming Scully's name as he was rolled in through the ambulance bay doors and the nurse at admitting had been told that, as soon as Scully arrived, she was to be brought straight back to him. Within seconds of her arriving he had stopped yelling and his tears had stopped, his face showing his immense relief at having her with him. Awestruck at the amazing connection between the two, the doctors allowed Scully to remain with Mulder even though it was not proper procedure. Scully stroked Mulder's forehead and continued her soothing reassurances whilst the doctors ran tests and did their exam.

"His temp's 104.

"Okay, let's get a cooling blanket in here. We need to get his temp down."

"We need to get fluids into him - hang a litre of saline on the rapid infuser."

"Pulse ox is only 92 - we need to get an oxygen mask on him now."

"His breathing is shallow and rapid - evidence of pain also. Distinct breath sounds on both sides - looks like Mr Mulder here has indeed got a bad case of bacterial pneumonia."

Hearing all the medical talk around him and understanding none of it, Mulder began to panic again. He reached out wildly to try and grab Scully's hand and, not finding it, he called out for her.

"Scu...lly."

"It's okay Mulder - don't try to speak. Just concentrate on taking deep breaths. I'm not going anywhere, just relax."

Scully had moved back form the bed slightly to allow the doctors to do their job but had still kept her hand on Mulder's cheek. Seeing his frantic search and hearing the fear in his voice, she stepped forward into his line of sight and grasped his hand in hers. Mulder immediately calmed, the nurses marvelling at the incredible effect a simple touch and reassuring look from Scully could have on him. Having done all they could for Mulder's present condition, unable to do any more until his tests and sputum cultures came back, the doctors left the cubicle.

The nurses left shortly after, one of them coming back with a chair for Scully to sit on and the news that her mother was sitting out in the waiting room. Not wanting to leave Mulder, Scully asked the nurse to tell her mom what was wrong with Mulder and to let her know that she was going to be staying with him. The nurse nodded in understanding and, as she reached the edge of the cubicle, she turned back to look at the pair of them for a moment. Scully had already forgotten about her and was now bent over in the chair with her chin resting on her hands level with his head on the pillow. Mulder had turned onto his side so that he could see her better and their faces were separated only by the oxygen mask and a few centimetres. Shaking her head in amazement, the nurse left them on their own and returned to the waiting area to fill Mrs Scully in on the details.

"Mrs Scully, my name is Susan. I'm one of Fox Mulder's nurses."

"Hello...how's he doing? Is my daughter with him?"

"He's doing not bad. We suspect he has contracted bacterial pneumonia but that has yet to be confirmed. The test results haven't come back yet. We have given him something for his pain and he has a cooling blanket on to bring down the fever.

"Is he going to be okay? ...how serious is it?"

"Bacterial pneumonia on it's own is usually nothing to worry about - there is however the chance that it develops into one of the more serious types but he's on antibiotics to try and prevent that from happening."

"And Dana? ...where is she?"

"Your daughter is sitting with him now. She asked me to let you know that she would be staying in with him."

"Is that allowed?"

"Not usually but Mr Mulder became extremely agitated on his way in and calmed immediately when your daughter entered his cubicle. The doctors feel that it is best that he remains calm and it appears that the only way of doing so is for him to have Dana with him."

Mrs Scully opened her mouth to tell Susan that her daughter was also not feeling great and had had a temperature and a bad cough since the previous day. Before she could start her sentence though, Susan was called for by one of the other nurses and excused herself hurriedly. Maggie closed her mouth and sat down on the small sofa provided for waiting relatives, hoping that Scully was taking care of herself as well as Mulder.