PART 37

"Just stop right there Diana, you're not going anywhere. Let her go."

"Who? Nacelles? The girl that you were so sure you didn't know? The girl that just called out for you?"

"Just let her go Diana. I said let her go!"

Mulder edged closer to Diana, just one quick minute and he could get Nacelles out of the car and safely back with Scully. But Diana watched his every move; she knew what he was trying to do. As he got about two feet away from her he heard Scully calling him, she came up behind Diana who turned to see her and saw her moment. She grabbed Scully and held her gun to her head. Mulder watched in agony, he couldn't harm Scully. He was stuck.

"Not so quick to be making the demands now are you."

"Let them go Diana! Or I swear to god I'll kill you myself."

"You expect me to give away so much, but what do I get? Why should I do as you say?"

Mulder looked at Scully and she looked back at him as if to say don't do anything stupid.

"Take me instead."

"Mulder no!"

"Wait Scully. Diana, does your offer still stand?"

"I could take it up again I suppose."

"Mulder no, I will not let you do this!"

"Scully I lost you your chance for children once before I'm not going to do it again."

"Mulder all I want is you."

"And you'll always have me Scully. Always." Mulder looked at Diana and she nodded to him. He got Nacelles out of the car and took her away from Diana. He crouched down to her height.

"Will you take care of Scu...Dana for me?"

"Are you going away?"

"Yeh, I'm going away."

"Are you coming back?"

"I hope so...Yeh, I'll be back. You promise to take care of Dana for me?"

"I will." He went back top the car and looked at Scully and the tears that fell silently down her cheek. He got into the car and Diana threw Scully to the ground. She got in the car with Mulder and they speed off. Scully watched as the car got further away and became a dot in the horizon. Nacelles came over to Scully and took her hand.

"Fox has gone."

"Yeh."

"He'll be back."

"I hope so sweetie, I really do." Once Scully made sure that Nacelles was ok, she drove them back to her apartment and called Skinner. She couldn't handle this alone anymore, she needed his help.

Diana drove for miles; Mulder had no idea where she was taking them. He didn't speak to her or even look at her, which really pd her off. He ignored her constantly, he was fed up of her and her attitude, he still couldn't believe she was the same woman he'd been in love with before. As she got more wound up she decided to tell him a little story about what she'd been up to that morning.

"I think there's something I should tell you about what's just happened."

"What?"

"I bet you feel like such a hero now, the man of the moment, the man that sacrificed his own happiness for someone else's."

"Diana, I'm here, you have me here for whatever the hell your purpose is, I don't want to hear anymore of your crap."

"Well this isn't so crap. You see I made a phone call to an AD Skinner this morning, telling him about the little girl, Nacelles, that you had and were going to bring to him to find a home for. He said he'd get straight onto it and may even find her biological parents. It's amazing how many people have reported missing children and never found them, maybe she's one of them."

Mulder looked at her and then looked dead ahead out of the window. How could he have been so stupid, he should have known that she was up to something to give in to him so easily when she let her go. He was furious with himself for falling into her trap. He had to get to Scully, he had to help her. But he was stuck in the middle of nowhere with the wicked witch of the west. As Diana was feeling very happy with herself, Mulder grabbed hold of the steering wheel and turned it so the car began to spin. The more it spun the more he turned, all the way until the car fell down a bank and landed harshly on it's side.

As Scully came out of the bedroom where she'd left Nacelles lying down for a while, there was a knock at her door. It was Skinner.

"Sir, thank you for coming."

"That's quite alright Agent Scully, actually I was glad to get your call, I was quite worried about you."

"Well I'm fine, it's Mulder that needs our help, Diana Fowley has taken him god knows where for who knows what and it's all linked with whatever was going off at the beginning of this whole mess, we have to find him."

"Ok, I can see your worried, I'll have every one I've got looking for him."

"Thank you." As Scully carried on speaking Nacelles ran out and hid behind her. She held Scully's hand.

"Is that her?"

"I'm sorry sir who?"

"The young girl...Nacelles?"

"Yes, how did you...?"

"I received a phone call saying that you were bringing her to my attention to find a suitable home for her."

"I see. May I ask who made the call?"

"I wish I could tell you, but they left no name. So is this her?" Scully tried to stand strong and professional, but the truth of losing her had finally hit home.

"Yes. Yes it is."

"Well I have her parents waiting at the bureau."

"Her parents?"

"Yes, they reported her missing several years ago."

"I see."

"You should be proud Agent Scully, you both did a good job in finding her."

"Well it's amazing what you find when your not looking for it." Skinner smiled sympathetically and walked away to make a phone call. Scully sat on the couch with Nacelles and held her tightly. She didn't want this to be, she didn't want this to happen, but now yet again she had nothing left to lose. She had only Mulder to gain, she was more determined than ever to find him, and she prayed that she would.