PART 32

"Mulder, did you hear that?"

"Hear what?"

"That! What is it?"

"I don't know, I'll check it out."

"Mulder, be careful..."

"Scully I never knew you cared."

"I'm serious, you're still hurt from last night, don't try anything stupid."

"I'll be extra careful."

He walked off and Scully stood up and looked around her. The noise had stopped, but she felt a chill down her spine and went back to where everyone else was. Everyone else was sleeping, she stood quietly and then she heard it again. Louder, closer. She felt as if she was being watched. She called out for Mulder, but there was no reply. She began to worry and kept shouting out for him, finally she heard a reply.

"Scully! Over here!"

"Mulder, what happened?" He was lying on the floor and looked shaken.

"I don't know, I just fell, I must have passed out. There was no one here."

"Come here let me give you a hand."

"Thanks."

They both walked off and Scully went to sleep. Mulder watched over her for a while, but as time ran out he went back into the bushes where he'd fallen. There he met with CSM, Krycek, Diana, and the real Mulder. The Mulder Scully had helped turned into the ABH and grinned at Mulder who'd been tied up and gagged so he couldn't shout for help or to warn Scully.

"Have you done as we planned?"

"I injected Scully with the knock out drugs, and everyone else is arousing. We must act before they wake and find things, out of place."

"Of course. Diana, stay with Mulder. Alex, come with me. I will watch the two of you proceed, and clean up."

CSM, ABH and Alex disappeared out of sight and Diana avoided eye contact with Mulder. She tried to talk to him, but he was so angry with her he ignored everything she said.

"Fox, I'm sorry. I had to do this, you know that Smoking Man was threatening me; he was going to kill me. I'm sorry; I didn't want people to die. I didn't want anyone to get hurt. Especially you. I love you Fox, and no matter how much you try to forget that I do, it won't change facts. I'll always love you, and one day we WILL be together. I know we will."

Mulder tried to wriggle free and get rid of his gag, but it was no use, he couldn't get away from her, he couldn't save anyone. After a few more minutes, he could hear screaming and cries for help, he heard people shouting for Fox and Dana, but no reply from either could be heard.

There were gunshots fired, people shouting still for help. But after about ten minutes it was silent. Not one thing could be heard. Not an insect, a bird, nothing. Definitely no other humans. As Mulder focused his eyes on CSM, ABH, and Krycek, he prayed that they hadn't gone near Scully, that they'd left her alone. As they got to him Diana moved in.

"Have you...Have you done as you said?"

"Yes. We have succeeded."

"We have won."

And with that Mulder was knocked out and injected as Scully had been. He was then lay down and left in the forest as they made their way back out into the open. Back to their safe hide out, to celebrate their new found victory. As others suffered.

When Mulder came to, his first conscience thought was Scully. He got up and began to try and find his bearings to find her. He couldn't remember where he'd fallen, or where he'd left her.

He went back to the area the huts had been put up in, and he couldn't believe his eyes. Everywhere he looked dead bodies surrounded him, everyone was dead, all of the people from the underground area had been killed, either shot or cut so that they bled to death. The worst thought was that none of them would have died straight away, they would all have been in tremendous amounts of pain for a very long time.

He went inside and had to come straight out again because of the terrible sights he faced in there. He sat down and buried his head in his hands. He didn't know what to do, he still hadn't found Scully, but maybe that was a good thing. If he hadn't found her amongst the dead, maybe she was alive, he hoped she was anyway.

He stood up again and heard a noise coming from the bush. He went over and had never felt so much relief as he found Scully lying on the floor. Alive, but drowsy.

"Scully, Scully can you hear me?"

"Mulder? What happened?"

"Lets get out of here."

"What are you talking about? What time is it?"

"Lets go Scully!"

"Mulder! What the hell is going on? What happened?! We have to get everyone out."

"No Scully, come on. There's nothing else you can do."

"What are you talking about?"

She stood up and pushed past Mulder she went out into the opening and gasped with horror as she saw everyone.

"Oh my god Mulder. Mulder?"

"Yeh, I'm here."

"Everyone?"

"Yeh."

She turned around to him and he walked over to her. He held her in his arms as she cried, and although she didn't see it he was crying too. They sat down and comforted each other. Neither of them knew what to do. Where did they go now? What did they do to get some justice? This was the final straw. They'd get them for this; they'd finally make them pay.