Rolling thunder, pouring rain

I'm coming on like a hurricane

White lightening flashing across the sky

You're only young but you're gonna die

Won't take no prisoners,

Won't spare no lives

Nobody's putting up a fight

Oh I got the ride I'm gonna take you to Hell

I'm gonna get you, Satan'll get you

Hells Bells

You got me ringing

Hells Bells

ACDC

They had hit an impasse in the case, and just when they were ready to start banging their heads against the cinderblock wall of the basement office, a break came, actually two.

Starrling had spent most of that week in the office of the X-Files, finding the chaotic mess there almost comforting, and Mulder really did have a stellar library down there. They were searching for Howard Bearse, trying to find where he could have holed up at, until Agent Scully, always the nitpicker and mathematician of the two figured out a key that the other two agents had missed.

She had to admit it felt good to show them up on the field of battle, the two of them were so alike, so similar in the way they hunted, that she began to feel out numbered. "I don't think the girls gave us the whole picture."

Mulder and Starrling glanced over at her from their maps anxiously awaiting her to finish her statement. "What's that Scully?" Starrling asked finally

"There is one more girl somewhere, "she announced after reading and reading the case files. "Or one more body we haven't found yet."

"Come again?" Mulder asked confused.

"When we interviewed the girls a week ago, they told us that sixteen girls showed up for the first meeting, not including Jordana, the leader." She was thoroughly enjoying this.

Scully watched as the two literally each did the simple math in their heads; they glanced over at Scully as deer caught in headlights. "And if this girl did not come with them, and Reessa and Frannie did not mention her then I am assuming they are protecting her for some reason."

The two agents exchanged wordless glances with one another, surprised that they had been shown up by the science geek. "You're right Scully." Mulder leapt for the phone as Starrling began to gather things together for the ride over to the safe house where the two girls were being baby sat.

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The smug look on Scully's face spoke volumes, she had finally scored one on the geeks, and she was feeling pretty damn good as they parked in the lot of the safe house.

"Quit smiling Scully," Mulder whispered into her ear, as he placed his hand in the gentle small of her back. "You're giving me ideas…"

The girls jumped at the three entered the small apartment, the two agents on watch grinned fixedly at the trio, the three oddest agents in the Bureau, all in the same room it was too much. They excused themselves and went for a coffee run.

"We have a few more questions for you ladies." Mulder sat in the wooden chair opposite the two girls who had huddled up against each other.

"We told you all we know." Frannie's lip quivered as she spoke, reminding Scully of her nephew upon being busted with the cookie jar for the millionth time.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Starrling offered "Now you can tell us the rest of it." She had unconsciously began to advance towards the pair, which was all it took for Reesa to remember her introduction to Clarice Starrling's dark side.

"If I tell we are dead." Frannie blubbered.

"Tell anyway." Starrling clipped.

The two exchanged looks on the couch. Frannie mouthed something to Reesa that neither of the agents could catch, but the look of horror on their faces was unmistakable. The girl's faces twisted as if in some horrible gut wrenching pain from within. "She is with Him." Frannie uttered in a disturbingly sing song chanting sort of voice.

"She who?" Mulder asked coming in closer to examine the odd looks that had taken over the girls' faces.

"She who is, she who will always be." Reesa interjected in the same voice, a little too similar.

Mulder looked at Scully and then over to Starrling who looked ready to go for the throat again, a stiff head shake from Mulder stopped her from continuing in her plan.

Mulder realized the two girls were in some sort of state, self induced or otherwise he intended on getting out of them what he could. "Reesa, who is she?"

Reesa's eyes had noticeably gone form a shade of fawn brown to a bright blue, "She is us, she is who has lead us." Reesa's recently blue eyes began to tear. "She is the one that will lead us into the New Millennium."

Frannie had taken on a different color herself, her face had become an ashen hue of bronze and Mulder could swear she had a fire behind her eyes. "You are not to know, and you will never know until it has come to fruition.

Starrling briefly contemplated grabbing the two girls and introducing them to the wall here, but she knew Mulder well enough to know when he was working, and here this was his field of glory. "What in the Hell is going on here?" Starrling hissed to Scully instead. Scully offered her a hell if I know shrug and both women turned to watch the festivities unfold.

"We need to know where the other girl is, she could be in serious danger…" Mulder insisted

"The only danger," the girls sang together in a voice that did not seem to be human. "Is for humanity, when the time comes, She will rule on all tables." As the girls finished speaking, every door and window in the apartment opened and slammed shut simultaneously, Scully and Mulder jumped at the sound, and yet Starrling did not even flinch.

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"That was different." Starrling mused from the back seat as she popped two Tylenol to kill the headache that was working its way across from one temple to the next.

Mulder turned from his position in the passenger seat to eye the woman. "You all right Starrling?" He asked with a boyish grin.

"Mulder, tell me again why this is an X-File?" she asked sarcastically.

"We need to find this other girl, there is something really freaky going on with this." Scully offered as she drove.

"Gee, ya think?" Mulder snipped humorously. "I know we have to go back and hit those web sites now that we know which one maybe we can find a list of names."

Scully flashed Mulder a quick look of sardonic glee. "Are we taking her to-"

"Yeah Scully, we have no choice."

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"Melvin Frohike get over here you man-stud and let me get a look at you." Clarice Starrling had a smile on her face that neither one of the agents would have believed she was capable of.

"Clarice Starrling, as I live and breathe what are you doing hanging around with these two? "He eyed Scully briefly before going on. "Scully, this is the only woman I'll leave you for."

Scully returned an exasperated look before turning to Langley to discuss the search.

"How do you two know each other?" Mulder asked his curiosity piqued.

The two glanced at each other still grinning. "Frohike was the biggest party animal on campus back at UVA." Starrling grinned. "And he held the record for the longest freshman year ever there."

Frohike smiled at Starrling, "Man, you are still hot…"

"Down Boy," Mulder warned.

Starrling ruffled what little hair was left on top of the man's head. "I see you never got those hair plugs you were saving for." She teased.

"I found out once you've had bald…"Frohike waggled his eyebrows at Starrling suggestively, which she dismissed with a humorous shake of her head. "I read about all that stuff with Evelda Drumgo, I'm sorry they are putting you through all of that. You know, I run a little publication here, if you want to get your side of things out in the open…"

"Sorry Frohike, but if I ever get abducted by aliens, or held over at Dreamland, trust me you will be the first call I make."

"Ah, so you are familiar with our work?" Frohike grinned again.

"I hate to break up this reunion," Scully called from the other room. "But I think we may have found something here."

Mulder stood over Scully's shoulder as they viewed the website and began to verify names with the list of victims. One name did not cross reference.

"It's her." Starrling breathed, gearing herself up for the hunt. There was no other info on the girl on the website, not even where she went to school like the others were listed. Starrling made a call to the Bureau and requested a search for every person in the fifty states matching the name and approximate age.

"So, we have to just wait until they have a list for us," Mulder blew impatiently, he was ready to get to the bottom of this case, the occult nature of it was more than just a little disconcerting. "Then we are going to have to go and do a search of each one in this area, and that's if she is still in the area."

"Or if she is still alive." Starrling interjected.

"I have a hunch..." He smiled over to Starrling as if to say he knew what a hunch was too. "That she is very much alive Starrling, and if anything I think she is the key to finding the bottom of this rabbit hole."

"We could divvy up the search, each take a few names and go down the list. "Scully offered from her seat in front of the computer.

"Hey Starrling," Frohike came around the corner into the computer room, carrying a plate piled high with something that wafted a heavenly odor. "I whipped up a batch of something in your honor." His face lit up as he watched her sniff the air impatiently.

"MMM, Frohike, what is that?" Scully asked grabbing for one of the delectables off of the platter.

"Buffalo Bill Wings. " He smiled offering them to Starrling. "They're skinned."

Scully frowned. "Ugh, Frohike that is in bad taste…"

"But they don't taste bad." Starrling smiled taking a second one. "You always were a good cook Melvin, especially omelets…"

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Sorry about the delay on both stories, but i have been soo freaking busy lately and plus on top of school i am working full time, but bear with me the semster is almost over and then we can do this thing the right way! LOL

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