Alex Krycek, Diana Fowley, The Alien Bounty Hunter and Smoking Man. All
back for an attack. All with a different plan, each thinking their own is
going to work best. And all of them underestimating the powers that be, Fox
Mulder and Dana Scully.
As Krycek had left Mulder's apartment, he went to his own place of residence and weighed up his work so far, Diana was in a state of shock about Mulder saying he'd had enough of her, Smoking man thought everything was going his way. And the Bounty Hunter was under strict orders from his own superiors to finish off what should have been finished for fifty years.
None of them were staying loyal to each other despite what they may have said to each other. It was every man for himself, but nobody was afraid to cause loss of lives. They'd do whatever they had to do, no matter what the costs.
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"Mulder?"
"Yeah Scully. I'm out here."
Scully awoke on Mulder's bed in the dark. It was late, and she'd been asleep since she collapsed. Mulder was sitting on his couch, apparently thinking.
"What the hell happened? How long have I been sleeping?"
"A while. A few hours I guess."
"Mulder, are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. How are you feeling?"
"Fine, I guess. A little confused, but I don't feel at all bad."
"Well that's something I guess."
"Mulder what is it? What's wrong?"
She sat down beside him and he turned to face her. Not taking his eyes off her once, he began to explain what was going through his mind.
"I've been thinking, that's all."
"About?"
"Hundreds of things. But mostly you."
"Me?"
"Yeah, you. I was thinking about what you said, about people changing, Diana, that I was blind to her true nature, her true colours. I think you were right."
"Mulder I..."
"No, hear me out Scully. I got involved in something that may have provided me with every answer I've ever wanted, all the proof and truths I've ever seeked may have just conveniently landed in my lap. But I realised that it doesn't matter if you've got no one to share the reality with. When I couldn't find you I felt like half of me had gone with you, that if I didn't find you nothing would matter to me ever again. I needed you, I tried to keep you in the dark because I feared that if you got involved you'd get hurt or you'd get in the way."
"In the way..."
"I don't mean that you'd have been a burden, I mean you'd have stopped things happening that needed to happen, things that you don't believe in or have any interest in ever believing in. I wanted to protect you, but I know that the only way I can do that is if I have you by me, helping me, my equal, my partner, my friend."
Scully looked at Mulder and was intimidated by him as he still gazed at her as if he felt she'd disappear from him if he took his eyes off her for even a second. She opened her arms to him and they hugged. It was the one way that they could reassure each other; confirm to each other that they would always be there for each other.
It was comforting; with that hug they expressed feelings and emotions that a married couple could express in many other physical ways. They didn't need that. They were equals, they were best friends.
"Mulder, I believe in you, I believe that the answers you search for will find you, they'll meet you half way, and maybe the time is now. Maybe you were right to go on without me. Maybe the ending has come."
Scully wiped a tear away from her cheek.
"I better go."
"Scully, I should...I want to explain. I want to tell you what's happening. What I was doing with Diana. I don't want to be alone Scully. I need you here."
"I don't want to be alone either Mulder."
She took Mulder's hand and held it with her own. They looked at each other and Scully sat back down with him. He made them both a drink and rejoined her to explain everything. From start to finish, with no gaps and no lies. He owed her that much at least.
As Krycek had left Mulder's apartment, he went to his own place of residence and weighed up his work so far, Diana was in a state of shock about Mulder saying he'd had enough of her, Smoking man thought everything was going his way. And the Bounty Hunter was under strict orders from his own superiors to finish off what should have been finished for fifty years.
None of them were staying loyal to each other despite what they may have said to each other. It was every man for himself, but nobody was afraid to cause loss of lives. They'd do whatever they had to do, no matter what the costs.
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"Mulder?"
"Yeah Scully. I'm out here."
Scully awoke on Mulder's bed in the dark. It was late, and she'd been asleep since she collapsed. Mulder was sitting on his couch, apparently thinking.
"What the hell happened? How long have I been sleeping?"
"A while. A few hours I guess."
"Mulder, are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. How are you feeling?"
"Fine, I guess. A little confused, but I don't feel at all bad."
"Well that's something I guess."
"Mulder what is it? What's wrong?"
She sat down beside him and he turned to face her. Not taking his eyes off her once, he began to explain what was going through his mind.
"I've been thinking, that's all."
"About?"
"Hundreds of things. But mostly you."
"Me?"
"Yeah, you. I was thinking about what you said, about people changing, Diana, that I was blind to her true nature, her true colours. I think you were right."
"Mulder I..."
"No, hear me out Scully. I got involved in something that may have provided me with every answer I've ever wanted, all the proof and truths I've ever seeked may have just conveniently landed in my lap. But I realised that it doesn't matter if you've got no one to share the reality with. When I couldn't find you I felt like half of me had gone with you, that if I didn't find you nothing would matter to me ever again. I needed you, I tried to keep you in the dark because I feared that if you got involved you'd get hurt or you'd get in the way."
"In the way..."
"I don't mean that you'd have been a burden, I mean you'd have stopped things happening that needed to happen, things that you don't believe in or have any interest in ever believing in. I wanted to protect you, but I know that the only way I can do that is if I have you by me, helping me, my equal, my partner, my friend."
Scully looked at Mulder and was intimidated by him as he still gazed at her as if he felt she'd disappear from him if he took his eyes off her for even a second. She opened her arms to him and they hugged. It was the one way that they could reassure each other; confirm to each other that they would always be there for each other.
It was comforting; with that hug they expressed feelings and emotions that a married couple could express in many other physical ways. They didn't need that. They were equals, they were best friends.
"Mulder, I believe in you, I believe that the answers you search for will find you, they'll meet you half way, and maybe the time is now. Maybe you were right to go on without me. Maybe the ending has come."
Scully wiped a tear away from her cheek.
"I better go."
"Scully, I should...I want to explain. I want to tell you what's happening. What I was doing with Diana. I don't want to be alone Scully. I need you here."
"I don't want to be alone either Mulder."
She took Mulder's hand and held it with her own. They looked at each other and Scully sat back down with him. He made them both a drink and rejoined her to explain everything. From start to finish, with no gaps and no lies. He owed her that much at least.