Chapter Five

When Olivia heard the name, she wasn't sure she heard it right. Ever since Alex mentioned X-Files, Olivia's mind had been thinking about Dana so much that she thought maybe, she just thought of the name, but she realized she was wrong as she saw her walk through the door. She couldn't believe her eyes, it was her and she was talking to Alex. She reminded her head that she was talking to Alex, and to get out of the stance that it had involuntarily entered. She walked over just to catch the last of Alex's sentence.

"... you shouldn't have."

And she stood right next to Alex and that's when Dana saw her.

"This is Detective Benson, she is here for my protection. Detective, this is Agent Scully." Alex was introducing the two women, but stopped as she saw their eyes hadn't left each others.

"You two know each other?" Alex asked.

"No." Olivia lied once again, almost automatically. "Agent Scully." She said extending her hand.

"We were just talking about you, as Agent Reyes asked me if I knew you?" Alex started the conversation as she led her to the living area.

"Your face had seemed familiar when I looked at the photograph. I must have read about you in the paper." Dana covered for Olivia's lie.

"This is Alex?" Dana asked staring at a picture of a stunning blonde in glasses.

"Yes." Olivia answered and took the photograph and tossed it in the box.

"You don't have to hide it from me. Sometimes I wish you would talk about her." Dana said with a little frustration in her voice.

"I don't want to. Now, lets just finish packing. Give me that yellow t-shirt from the shelf." Olivia said completely ignoring Dana's plea.

"You really loved her didn't you." Dana asked as she handed the t-shirt.

Olivia simply put the t-shirt in the suitcase.

"I have some more space here, do you want to keep some of your stuff here, so that yours don't bulk."

"But like I told Agent Reyes, I am not gay." I heard Alex insisting when the phone rang again. Alex listened for a while and walked to the door once more. "You really must be mistaken, if Agent Reyes is back here again."

"Well, you may not be gay but we just believe that it might be you." Dana said a little disappointed at Alex's constant insistence, but she brushed it aside thinking that for someone who wanted to run for DA one day, being in the closet might be more important.

Once Agent Reyes came, the four women separated as Scully and Reyes secluded to the balcony to talk the case and Alex wanted a little alone time with her girlfriend who hadn't seem to be able to take her eyes off the older Agent even though she said that she didn't know her.

"I am sorry I missed it. I thought with the gravity of the danger she wouldn't have lied to me." Monica said once they were alone.

"That is ok."

"So, do you know how to stop AJ?"

"Yes, or at least I think I know."

"You know her." Alex stated joining Olivia in the kitchen where she was making another drink.

"Let me guess, you guys were working on a case together and things got a little out of hand, so why are you lying about it?" Alex asked as she watched Olivia gulp down the drink and start to make the next immediately after.

"Liv!" Alex stopped Olivia's hands and turned her to face her. "Were you in love with her?" She asked a little louder.

"DANA!"

They both heard Agent Reyes' scream at the same time. Olivia rushed to the balcony where Dana was toppled and was hanging on Reyes' hands.

"Dana! Don't let go." Olivia said leaned over to grab her hands. Alex watched in silence as the two women pulled the fallen Agent back to safety.

"How the hell did you fall?" Olivia asked once they were all inside.

"I don't know." Dana said sipping the drink that Alex had given her.

"You almost jumped off, how can you say ..." Monica paused as the realization of what might have happened dawned on her. "You denied it to AJ didn't you?"

"I had to." Dana replied a little ashamed.

"What the hell is going on? Who is AJ?" Olivia demanded, not being the one to remain in the dark.

"AJ is our suspect." Monica took it upon herself to explain. "We believe that she has the capability to be in her victim's body, and that's how she murders. She is going after gay people who are not out, or who deny it."

"You actually do not believe that someone actually has the power to get into another's body?" Alex was the one who asked, when she saw her girlfriend not questioning the explanation.

"X-Flies is a department for paranormal cases." Olivia answered as fear set in her heart.

Alex was contemplating her next comment, being the only one who was unwilling to accept such a outrageous theory, when Monica suddenly got up and walked passed the two women to the other side of the room where, to their shock, a knife was floating in the air, pointing towards Dana.

"Dana, move." Olivia screamed, but the FBI agent sat paralyzed.

Monica tried to grab the knife, but some kind of a force field around it made it impossible even to touch it. Meanwhile Olivia had jumped next to Dana and tried to push her, but it was in vain. Monica panicked and took out her gun and shot at the knife, but the bullet deflected and shot at the wall instead.

Just then Olivia saw the knife move a little, she immediately brought herself in front of Dana and in a desperate attempt kissed Dana.

"That is disgusting." Alex shouted.

As though on a queue, the knife turned its direction and landed inside Alex's gut.