A/N: I should have posted this note at the start of the previous chapter, but anyway…All Italics are spoken thoughts, psychic communication, whatever you want to call it. This chapter was recovered from an old copy and revised quickly, so please let me know how it worked out.


She is your sister. The blood is the same, from the same two parents. I mapped her while I was taking her pulse. I'm not sure she's Samantha, though. I'd need something of Samantha's to confirm it.

What was the rest of that; all the interference? It felt like there was a connection, but I couldn't tell to whom. Was it just the kids?

I don't think so. The kids are in the nexus, I'm pretty sure of that, but the husband isn't, which would make the interference from the kids less profound. I think. Maybe their powers amplify it? No, I think it was coming from someone else.

Krycek? How?

Could also be the wife; we don't know. Maybe one of them has powers, and tapped in to our connection somehow? Maybe the wife is a distant cousin of…someone.

You said the house was 'Mulder flavored' before we arrived?

With three kids, all of whom have her blood, your blood, living in that house? That's probably what caused it. It's hard to say. When I'm around my family, I don't feel them as part of me, I feel them as individuals, the way I feel you. I asked Mom, and she said she was never able to feel Dad's siblings, or Aunt Rose's husband, although she felt my cousins. It could be that our connection is stronger, or that we're more adept at using it, or it could be other people imprinting onto the connection. That interference; it felt like there was something pushing on us.

Wait; how can you be sure that Kayla and the kids are in the nexus if you can't feel them?

Mulder, I said my mother can't do it, I never said I couldn't. I've felt Charlie's wife inside the nexus, linked to me through him. Maybe it's because I can map, or Kayla's close relationship to you, but as soon as I found solid DNA evidence linking the two of you, I reached out and I could feel her with the connection. Then I found the kids. I'm not sure we could communicate with Kayla, but we can probably triangulate her location. This is really an unusual situation, Mulder; my mother didn't go out looking for lost family members because neither she nor my dad had any. I'm not sure I ever could have connected us to her without the mapping, but it did seem like it decreased the interference…

Uncle Fox, Aunt Dana, I have to pee.

Mulder almost ran the car off the road when he 'heard' the little voice of Marissa Davis in his head. He looked around for a rest area, and after a moment recognized the blue sign telling them to exit left in 1.5 miles. He opened his mouth to respond, only to be interrupted by Scully's soothing thoughts.

It's okay, Rizzo. We'll be getting off soon. Are you hungry?

Little. I miss Mommy.

I know, sweetheart. We'll see her soon.

The bad men from Daddy's work stole my Teddy Bear. Mulder and Scully exchanged bewilderment, until the girl opened her mind to them. They could clearly see the Davis home, men ransacking it, looking for clues to how they had gotten away, packing items away in bags and boxes.

"They're from your Daddy's work?" Mulder asked tentatively.

Uncle Fox, you're gonna wake up Mikey.

Sorry, sweetheart. How do you know where they came from, where the bad men work?

I can hear them talking, they said things about hurrying back to the General, and about how bad this is for Davis. Davis is my Daddy, and the General is his boss.

Scully carefully focused her thoughts until she was shielded from everyone but Mulder. Mulder, we need to get the kids to their mother, make sure she's okay, and get back to DC

You want me to abandon them while they're being hunted by the consortium? Scully…

No, it's not abandoning them. We need to be able to do our job; if they're trying to kill us, how are we supposed to keep everyone safe. As long as you and Kayla aren't together, she has a better shot at living. At least until they stop looking for her. Scully sighed, a whisper of breath, but still somehow startling in the silence of the car. When we stop I'm going to try to reschedule our flight.

Don't reschedule, just cancel it. Mulder pulled off the highway with a sigh of his own, considering Scully's words and the situation, and coming to a completely different conclusion. See, I think you're wrong. I think we can keep her and the kids safe as long as we stick together. I think the best thing to do is meet up with Krycek, take Kayla, and run. Put them in protective custody or something. He pulled into a parking space and cut the engine. I vote we table this discussion until later. Now, how do we do the whole bathroom thing with two kids.


I like her more than I expected to. Anya smiled at her husband, reaching out to brush a fingertip up his thigh. I mean, I figured she'd be special, based on what I've heard from you and everybody else. I was worried that I'd hate her just on principal, what with the whole looking alike thing, but she gave off really good vibes. She's very strong psychically.

Krycek frowned. She is? The testing done on her when she was abducted indicated latent ability, but they didn't find anything usable. They were pretty certain that whatever she had was dormant.

Well, she was using it today. I'm not sure, but I think they were communicating. There was definitely something going on there; couldn't you feel the power?

I felt it on Mulder, but no more than I usually do.

Maybe they've found a way to share his powers.

That'd be a neat trick, especially since the Board doesn't know they can do it. It could be helpful. Alex drummed his fingers on the steering wheel, checking in the rearview mirror that Kayla was still asleep. Do you think they know she's Samantha? I mean, do you think they'll trust us.

Anya called to mind everything that had happened that night. Especially, she recalled seeing Scully taking Kayla's pulse, holding her wrist with unfocused eyes. She'd felt a push of power; it had been masked pretty well, but standing so close by, being so focused on trying to wake Kayla from her faint, she'd felt it. I don't think they'll trust us, but I think they recognize her. Or they feel a connection towards her. I don't know, I'm running on impulse here. Scully was distrusting and unwilling to accept Kayla's story one minute, then she was right there with me trying to help her. There has to be a reason for that.

She's a doctor, she was helping a patient.

No, it was more than that. It was like she suddenly felt protective towards Kayla. Like she was pulling her closer, in her mind…

A noise from the back seat got their attention. "Missy." Kayla murmured. Her eyes blinked open. "Get on Route 105 and take exit 17A, for the rest stop. We're meeting up."

"And the hits just keep on coming…" Alex muttered.