Scully stood in the office doorway with Mulder, arms crossed. The office was full of jars containing bugs. The man behind the desk observed them for a moment before saying,
"Yes I'm Gil Grissom."
"We've been sent to help you out on the abduction case your currently working on" Mulder continued.
"It's not an abduction case Agent Mulder, it's a disappearance, and I can assure you that my team and I are perfectly fine working this alone."
Scully silently watched Mr. Grissom as he talked with Mulder. He seemed like an intelligent man, after all, he was the night supervisor of the top CSI lab in the states. He didn't act like he wanted their help.
"Not an abduction case? I've read the case file, and the markings on the body would suggest otherwise."
"I am saying that the case is that of disappearances connected to a possible serial killer. The markings are as of now, the killer's MO. I don't know what type of abduction you are referring to. What exactly do you specialize in Agent Mulder?"
Scully dreaded the next words Mulder would speak. She guessed what the reaction of this man would be.
"The paranormal. The markings on your victims bodies are ones similar to those we've seen on previous cases."
Scully watched as her prediction came true, Grissom's face going from confusion to shock as he realized their purpose of standing in his office.
"The paranormal?" Grissom repeated, and Scully wanted to flee the office.
"My partner and I work with cases that are deemed unexplainable, and we classify them as X-files. We've been doing this for about six years now. You'd be surprised how many cases we actually get" Mulder continued.
"Agent Mulder, I can assure you there is nothing supernatural about this case. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I don't think we'll be needing your help."
Scully knew that this man was a scientist, and that he wasn't going to accept what Mulder was telling him. Grissom reminded Scully of how she had felt when she had first started on the X-files. She never thought that she would ever come close to accepting any of the theories and things that she and Mulder had seen and convincing this man of anything would certainly take time.
"I'm sorry you don't think you need us, but if you don't mind, as we do have permission to be here, my partner and I will still be taking a look at this case."
Mulder was not helping their case right now, and Scully knew that if he kept talking this supervisor was going to call their supervisor. It was time for her to do some damage control.
"Mr. Grissom, we're sorry to drop in on you unexpectedly and I assure you we're not here to take over. All we want is to help develop some insight into this case before someone else goes missing. We will try to stay out of the way of your team, and if we don't find anything that we can help you with in the next twenty four hours, I can guarantee you that we will leave."
She hoped that her offer would be accepted. She saw Mulder shoot her a look, and realized that he was not pleased by her offer. She would deal with him later. Scully waited for a few tension filled moments until Grissom responded.
"Alright."
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