PART 13

As Krycek woke Scully up in the dark room that he'd thrown her in, he was angry with himself for getting so violent with her. He wanted her alive and unharmed so he didn't have to keep her propped up all the time. He didn't need her getting weak and faint on him. He tried to get her up, but she wasn't in good shape at all.

"Damn it Scully! Get up. Gees, come on!"

"What the hell are you yelling for! That's not gonna reverse the fact that you pushed me down a flight of stairs and I can now hardly move."

"I wish it'd been your voice that had been affected! Shut up and get up!"

He lifted her up and finally got her outside. He cuffed her hands behind her back and put her in the passenger seat of the car. He became the designated driver and sped off across the open road that lay before them. Scully tried to keep her eyes open but she was so tired. She didn't know where they were, where they were going, and what the hell was going on.

All she knew was that she wanted to go home. And she wanted to see Mulder. She was afraid and she was certain he'd help her. But she didn't know that as far as he was concerned she was at home with a repairman, she was fine. But in reality, she was far from fine. And time was running out for her to ever be fine again.

"Where are we?"

"Oh, welcome back to the land of the un-dead Agent Scully. You've been sleeping all day."

"What time is it?"

"It's time you stopped asking questions and let me concentrate."

"On what? You have me here you'll have CSM and Diana thinking you're so clever for kidnapping an FBI agent, and you'll have some nice fighting to do when Mulder gets here to kick your ass."

Krycek burst out laughing and pulled over as he tried to calm down. He'd found her comment extremely funny.

"You still don't get it do you? You don't even know where you are how the hell is Mulder going to find you! You won't get your hug and kiss on the cheek this time Agent Scully. Mulder will not find you. And even if he does, he'll be far too late to do anything for you."

"What are you talking about?"

"You'll see."

"Damn it Krycek! What the hell is going on?!"

"There's no need for you to worry about that. You just enjoy the ride. We're almost there and I think you could do with giving that voice a rest after all the moaning you've done. Take in the scenery, it's the last time you'll see the outside world for a long time."

Krycek pulled off and again they spent hours on the road. Scully didn't fall asleep again. She couldn't. She just sat thinking about how she was going to escape this situation alive. She was afraid that Krycek was right and that Mulder wouldn't find her. Little did she know that Krycek was right. Mulder wasn't going to find Scully, but for a host of different reasons.

Mulder had been sitting in his car for almost two hours before he decided to get out and pay Diana a visit. He'd been thinking about what Scully had said to him, to let sleeping dogs lie, leave things to be handled by fate. But fate had a cruel way of working sometimes. He had to finish what had been started all those years ago. This time he had to finish it for good.

"Fox, I was afraid you wouldn't help me anymore."

"Well don't flatter yourself. I can think of a thousand other places I'd rather be right now."

"Well I'm glad you came."

"I didn't really have much of a choice."

"There's always a choice Fox."

"I disagree. I may have driven here intending to see and speak with you, but I didn't choose to spend my day like this. I had to. I can't have this hanging over my head anymore."

"So you're going to help me?"

"I'll do whatever it takes to close down that cigarette smoking son of a bh and to make sure I never have to see you again."

"Fox I..."

"No Diana, I have reasons to believe that you've been lying to me, maybe now, and definitely in the past."

"I'd never lie to you, I'm not lying to you now."

"Well, maybe. But I'm not willing to take that chance anymore."

As Diana began to speak gain, Mulder's cell phone started ringing.

"Mulder."

"Hey Mulder it's me."

"Oh hey Scully (ABH) You ok?"

"I'm not feeling too well, I'm going to take a couple of days to myself with my mom at her place."

"Oh ok. Do you need a hand sorting anything out?"

"No, I'll be fine Fox, I just thought I'd let you know."

"Scully? You just called me Fox."

"Did I? Sorry F...Mulder. I gotta go. Don't try to reach me ok?"

"Sure. Let me know when you're back ok?"

"No problem. Bye F...Mulder."

"See ya Scully."

Mulder hung up his phone and looked into space confused. He was puzzled by Scully's sudden illness and her confusion over his name. Diana looked pd off about something.

"She always has a way of interrupting us doesn't she."

"There is no us Diana. Scully isn't feeling too well. If anybody is with me as an us it's her."

"You're worried about her?"

"I, I just hope she's ok. I'm sure it's nothing serious. I'll call her back if I don't hear

from her in a couple of days."

"So we can carry on with things here."

"We can finish things here."

"Well here we are Agent Scully."

"Where? We're not anywhere. No buildings no people no nothing."

"Exactly this is it. This is the end of the road."

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about the end. Your end."

As Krycek got out of the car, Scully sat quietly and felt a tear run down her cheek. Never before in her life had she been so scared. She was usually so strong. But now she couldn't have been any weaker.