The X-files II:
The Future is Here
Act I: Scene IV

Upon viewer request...he shaves...LOL.

7:34am Michael Dalton, M.D., Private Clinic April 1st, 2004

Mulder stared deeply into his reflection in the mirror. He glanced down into the sink and rinsed his razor. He hadn't had a spare moment for nearly two years, and now all he had was time, time to think about all that happened. But all that he saw in his mind was her necklace swinging gently in the breeze hanging from the car.

"How could I have been so stupid!" he screamed at the mirror.

"The crash caused serious damage to her internal organs...with today's modern medicine they're almost sure they can save her...but they can't do anything in time to save the unborn baby." Mulder could still hear Monica's voice echoing in his head. "I'm sorry Mulder..."

"Why didn't she tell me!" he screamed again as he threw the razor to the floor.

"I...didn't know what to say..." Mulder could hear Scully's weak voice behind him.

He twirled around and there in the door way was Scully in a wheel chair. "Scully?..." he said uneasily "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I couldn't believe it myself for the longest time..."she said as she looked up with tears in her eyes.

"Oh Scully..." Mulder said as he kneeled down and put his arms around her. "I thought I lost you...you can't imagine the thoughts that went through my head when I woke up in that car."

She put her arms around him and held him tight "It's not your fault Mulder... and I should have told you, but you know how impossible it is. I'm barren...but I missed my period three times! Now I know for sure. I just was waiting for the right moment...but you know what our life's been like."

Mulder kneeled back and looked into her beautiful eyes, "I'm just disappointed that you felt you couldn't trust me. With all we've been through Scully I'd think you would have told me something so important."

Looking into his eyes only filled her with more guilt and the tears fell freely from her eyes, "I just...I kept thinking about William...I couldn't go through that all over again. I don't want to give up another child."

"I know I miss him too, but it was for his own safety Scully. ...But how can you ever forgive me for what I've done now." He said as he looked down at her belly.

"Mulder..." Scully said as she grabbed him again, "You've done nothing."

"Is that A.D. Skinner?" John said to Monica as he looked down the hallway, they were just outside Mulder's room.

"Who is he with?" Monica said as she left him to walk down the hall in that direction.

"Assistant Director Skinner? What are you doing here? What are you doing here with Gibson Praise?"

"Are Mulder and Scully here?" he said insistently. "We've got to get them out of here NOW!"

"Wait a second..." John said as he held him back "Neither of them are in the condition to travel, besides we're in a private clinic here...there's no way anyone could have found their location so quickly."

"Agent Dogget it's not who's after them but what. We've got to get them out of here!" Skinner said as he shoved him out of the way.

But John persisted "Just wait one second here and explain."

"John there's no time—"Skinner yelled.

"Mrs. Scully's pregnant... that's why they don't want her to travel... it could kill the baby. She's in there talking to Mulder, when she should be in a bed resting." Gibson said while he looked at Monica.

"What?!" Mulder said in astonishment.

"Yes..." Scully said with the light back in her eyes and a smile like no other on her face "We're going to have a baby!"

"Holy shit!" he said trying to hold back his excitement unsuccessfully.

He kissed her without another thought. And for one moment both their worries slipped away into pure happiness. And for one perfect moment, the end of the world was nonexistent.

*TO BE CONTINUED*