CHAPTER EIGHT
" Hannah!" Scully yelled again. She listened for the background noise. She couldn't hear anything…until she heard the sound of something being dragged. Then someone picked up Hannah's phone and slammed down into the cradle, making Scully jump.
Scully dropped her phone and raced to get dressed. She grabbed her weapon and headed out the door.
Mulder entered Hannah's apartment about half an hour later. He found his partner standing near the crime scene, staring into space.
Mulder surveyed the crime scene. There were the obvious signs of a struggle. Glass had littered the carpet and blood had turned the white carpet crimson. Nothing else had been disturbed.
Forensics were dusting the area for fingerprints and taking blood samples from the carpet. Mulder noticed there were bloodstains on the windowsill also.
He put a hand on Scully's shoulder, " Scully? What happened?" he asked softly.
Scully faced him, her face looked tired, " She's gone Mulder." She said simply.
" Abducted?" he queried and she nodded.
" I heard it-over the phone. She called me and said there was an intruder on her fire escape. Then she screamed and then..nothing." Scully looked over at the broken window, " I should have been here Mulder. I could have stopped it."
" You couldn't have known this was going to happen." Mulder pointed out.
Scully shook her head, " We have to find her Mulder. I don't know wether she's still alive or…" she trailed off.
" Scully…I knew you and Hannah were friends, but I never knew you two were actually close."
Mulder, you have no idea. She told him silently.
Rebecca Sands looked up from the book she was reading as her front door flew open. She gasped, standing up quickly, the book falling to the floor.
" What are you doing here?" she demanded.
" I need a place to stay for the night." her brother Trevor replied, " I have nowhere else to go." Trevor's eyes were wild and she could see blood on his hands and clothes.
" Trevor, what have you done?" she whispered, her face going white.
" It's no business of yours. I'm staying here for the night and if the cops come, tell them nothing." Trevor gripped her arm tightly, his watery blue eyes staring into her own, " Got that?"
" Y-yes," she stammered." How can she say no with that knife in his hand?
" The first we have to do is to run a background check on Hannah." Mulder said as the forensics left the apartment. There was now a 'Crime Scene, Do Not Enter' tape across the doorway.
Scully nodded in agreement, " She worked as a freelancer. Maybe her profile will come up in the government files."
" I'll get the Lone Gunmen to hack into them." Mulder said, " Meanwhile, you ring Skinner and tell him. Since she was his friend, he has a right to know." Mulder ducked under the tape, " You coming?"
" No…I'll meet you back at the office."
Mulder nodded and disappeared. Scully turned in a circle, surveying the crime scene again. She could not believe that only an hour before, she was in Hannah's arms and kissing her.
God Hannah…what happened to you?