PART 39
Mulder eventually fell asleep that night. He was exhausted, and the pain he was in was getting to him, he'd been able to push it to the back of his mind for the majority of the time, but it was getting worse. He needed proper medical attention. As he lay asleep riddled with pain, Scully was lying asleep with another pain. Still on Mulder's couch, she tossed and turned unable to rest easily with all the thoughts running through her mind. She was dreaming about Mulder and what they'd been through together over seven years, the good times and the bad.
And as if like a bolt of lightening had struck the building, she sat up in a cold sweat after becoming so restless it was impossible for her to stay asleep. But as she woke, she imagined Mulder in front of her, telling her where he was. She stood up and got herself a drink of water. As she went back to sit on the couch she saw him again, sitting beside her, again telling her something. She was afraid, but she suddenly realised what he was telling her. And before she knew what she was doing, she grabbed her car keys and was out in the car driving to find him, to bring him home.
Mulder woke up and tried to sit up on the table that he'd been laid on. He couldn't hold himself up for long and just fell onto his back where it was almost impossible for him to keep his eyes open. It was getting harder and harder for him to stay conscious of where he was and what was going off around him. He could hear things, people, moving around. But when it went quiet he presumed that everyone else was now sleeping. He couldn't cope any longer and gave in to his bodies needs. He fell asleep, and only when he thought he heard the voice of an angel calling him from heaven did he open his eyes again.
"Mulder, Mulder can you hear me? Mulder please, wake up."
"Sc... Scully...You found me..."
"Of course I did. I wasn't just going to wait around and wait for news that I was never going to see you again."
"We, we have to stop him, them. We have to Scully."
"Mulder, I don't care, we have to get you out of here. Look at you, what happened?"
"I had a small car accident."
"A small accident? You look like you took the worst of it!"
"I did, Diana escaped fairly unharmed."
"Diana? Is she, er, is she ok?"
"That depends what you mean. She's ok physically, but mentally she's not, she's not exactly your biggest fan."
"Well I'll try not to lose any sleep over that."
"Because you have what she wants."
"What?"
"You have me, and as long as I live you'll have me. She doesn't like that."
"Oh Mulder. You pick the most awkward times to go all romantic on me. Lets get out of here."
"We still have to stop them Scully, we can't let him win."
"Can you stand up?"
"I'll try." He stood up and held onto Scully for support. He looked up and saw it just in time; he fell back down and shouted out to Scully.
"Watch out Scully!" Scully turned around and spotted her just in time, she took out her gun and shot Diana who had crept up behind her with her own gun at the ready to shoot Scully. Diana fell to the ground with one shot. Scully ran over to feel for a pulse. There was nothing there.
"Scully?"
"I can't, I can't find a pulse Mulder."
"It doesn't matter, lets go."
"But Mulder I...I can't, we can't leave her."
"I said lets go Scully!"
"I'll call for an EMT."
"No! Look, you don't understand we don't have time for that. Come on."
He got up slowly and again held onto Scully for support until he got his balance and a little energy back. They went into some kind of office and completely wiped all of CSM's data from his files on the computer, and he took all of the discs and hardware he'd been using. It was game over. And neither Mulder nor Scully said a word as she drove them back to DC. The journey was made in silence, with Diana lay down in the back of the car. Alive, but in much danger of dying. Again.