Chapter 9
Krycek's anger had begun to envelop him as he had looked at the two figures in the window. Watching Scully embrace Mulder and Mulder moving close to kiss her was more than he could stand. It was obvious that Mulder was not in need of medical attention. He had watched as they had carried a large load to Scully's car. Krycek had been around long enough to know what the outline of a body looked like. The two garbage bags covering the body could not deceive him. From what he could figure out, someone had come into Mulder's apartment and there had been some kind of struggle resulting in a death. He followed behind Scully a safe distance curious to see where she was taking the body. After following her for many miles, she finally came to the city morgue. Parking the car, he glanced at his watch. A couple of hours would determine whether Scully would meet him at the aforementioned place in the note.
He smiled as he thought of the roses that he had sent her. He knew that she would be baffled as to where they had come from. He also knew that the mysterious entreated her especially through her work on the X-Files. His mind flashed back to a time when he had given such a gift to her all those years ago. He had presented it to her and caused the conflict within herself that he knew she was fighting even now.
"Patience." He told himself. "Patience..."
He sat in the shadows and watched as Scully entered the morgue.
City Morgue6:45 p.m.
Scully pulled into the parking lot of the city morgue. Parking the car, she sat motionless. She had told Mulder that it would not be a problem in bringing the dead body to the morgue. The truth was that she didn't know how she was going to do it but she had not wanted to worry Mulder. She had been in worse predicaments than this before. How many times had her and Mulder snuck into top secret facilities and gained access to classified documents? Risking their lives as well as their careers?
"Sneaking in this body should be a piece of cake." She thought.
Taking a deep breath, she turned off the car. "Well, I guess it's now or never." She opened up the door and grabbed her satchel swinging it over her shoulder. As she walked towards the entrance, she hoped that someone who knew her would be on duty, as it would make it much easier.
She walked into the entrance and saw that apparently the clerk had stepped away from his/her desk. Glancing around, she saw a gurney parked in the corner. Creeping towards it, she grabbed it and began wheeling it towards the door. Opening the door she wheeled the gurney to her car. Opening the car door, she pulled the body out and slid it on to the gurney. Strapping it down she pushed the door closed with her side. Pushing the gurney, she looked around for any signs of people around. Nothing but empty cars met her gaze. Breathing a sigh of relief, she pressed on shoving the gurney through the entrance. Again she saw no indications of activity. "So far, so good." She thought as she continued her way down the hallway. She couldn't believe how easy it had been to get the body inside. "Now, all I have to do is leave the body in one of these rooms and..." Her thoughts were interrupted by a voice from behind her.
"Excuse me, what do you think you're doing?"
Scully froze not wanting to turn around. She knew it had been too easy.
"I said, what do you think you're doing?"
"Ok, Scully. This is it." She thought. Taking a deep breath she turned around. Her eyes fell upon the face of a young blonde-haired woman. She held a clipboard in her hand and looked less than amused.
"I'm going to have to see some identification."
Scully smiled. "Yes, of course." She pulled out her FBI Badge. "I'm Special Agent Dana Scully and I work for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I am also a medical doctor."
The woman stared at Scully's ID. "I see, Agent Scully. Would you mind stating your purpose and why you have taken the liberty of bringing a body here?"
"I was out driving and I found this body on the side of the road."
"You found a body on the side of the road and you did not call for an ambulance?"
"Well, once I discovered that the person was dead, I decided it would be easier to just bring the body myself."
The woman studied Scully intently. "You expect me to believe that an FBI Agent who just happens to also be a medical doctor, was driving around at night and just happened upon a body? I'm afraid you will have to discuss this with security."
"Look, I'll just leave the body here with you and..."
"Come with me, Agent Scully. I'm sure security would be more than happy to contact your supervisors regarding this matter."
"That won't be necessary, Ms. Saunders."
Scully breathed a sigh of relief. She recognized the voice that had just spoken. She turned around and saw a middle-aged blonde-haired man standing before her. "Hello, Jeremy."
The man smiled. "Hello, Dana. Nice to see you again."
The blonde-haired woman looked at him. "Dr. Spears, you know this woman?"
"Of course I do. This is Special Agent Dana Scully and we went to medical school together. Is there a problem here?"
"Yes, I'd say there is. I found her wheeling this dead body in here and she had a ridiculous story about how she happened upon it while she was on the road. I mean, have you heard anything so outrageous?"
Jeremy ignored the woman's remark and smiled at Scully. "Any indication as to the cause of death?'
"As a matter of fact, it appears that the victim died of a gunshot wound to the stomach. I'm assuming that this was some kind of gang related incident." Scully said returning a smile and brushing a strand of auburn hair away from her face. She had always liked Jeremy, even though he was a tremendous flirt. She remembered all the times they had worked together on projects and the intelligence that he possessed. He had become one of the most foremost doctors in his field and also worked at the morgue to help at certain times.
The blonde-haired woman was clearly annoyed at Jeremy's attentions toward Scully. "Dr. Spears, she is clearly out of order here! What do you plan on doing about this matter?"
"Nothing."
"Nothing? But Dr. she violated.."
"She did nothing of the kind. I will take care of things from here Ms. Saunders."
"Dr. this is.."
"Ms. Saunders, I am the superior on duty tonight. Therefore you will do what I say or I will be forced to report your behavior to your superiors."
The blonde-haired woman glanced at Jeremy and Scully before walking off in a huff.
"Thanks, Jeremy"
"No problem, Dana. Anything for you. So tell me, are you still working on the X-Files?"
"Yep. Same as always."
"You know, Dana, you and I could have been a great male/female doctor team."
"Now, Jeremy, let's not go down that road again."
"You know I'll never let you forget that, Dana." He said smiling and looking into her eyes.
"I know." Scully replied trying to avert her eyes. "So, will you take care of this body for me, Jeremy?"
"Well, I was hoping that maybe we could do that together." He said grabbing Scully's hand.
"I'm sorry, Jeremy but I really need to be going. I.....have some place I need to be." Scully said dropping his hand.
"You mean a date?"
"Possibly."
"Not with that spooky partner of yours? What's his name, Moldy?"
"Mulder." Scully said correcting him. "His name is Mulder. And for your information, he is not the one I am meeting with."
"Come on, Dana. Why didn't you ever go out on a date with me?"
"If I remember correctly, you were too busy trying to impress all the professors and doctors and I did not want to compete."
"What can I say, Dana? I was young and stupid." He grabbed her hand again and moved closer. "Too stupid to realize what I had in front of me. Can't we just start over?"
"Jeremy, please..."
"You know I never told you how much I envied that partner of yours." He leaned closer to her. "How he got to see that beautiful face and smile every day. How he could sit next to you just barely touching that soft delicate skin of yours."
"Let go of me, Jeremy."
"If I were your partner I would have made a move on you a long time ago. He doesn't deserve you, Dana.." The next thing Jeremy knew he was met with an elbow in the stomach. He instantly let go of Scully's hand.
"Don't you EVER say anything like that again do you understand me? You don't know a thing about Mulder or about what we do."
He looked at Scully with a surprised look on his face. "You actually like him don't you? You would not have re-acted the way you did if you didn't."
"I...I have to go now. Good night Jeremy." Scully rushed down the hallway and out the doors as fast as she could.
Jeremy looked after her as she left. He was still nursing his side when Ms. Saunders returned. "Is everything all right Dr.?"
"Yes, everything is just fine. Ms. Saunders if you don't mind, I would appreciate you taking this body to room number "16." I will be in to autopsy it later."
"But Dr. I was just on my way to sign out for the night."
"Ms. Saunders who is the superior again here? You will take this body down to room "16" and prep it for an autopsy is that understood?"
"Yes, Dr. Spears." Ms. Saunders said with a grimace. Mumbling she pushed the gurney down the hallway.
Jeremy smiled. He loved having authority over people. He knew that Scully had been upset with him but he did not care. He was determined not to give up on her yet and now he thought he had found her weak link.