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Sorry for the long update. I've been on vaca and I had writer's block for a long while. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
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Five's A Crowd
Chapter Four
Lady Sanna

7:03 AM
OUTSIDE SCULLY'S APARTMENT

Krycek pulled up behind the white van that was parked on the side of a narrow street near Scully's apartment. Looking around to see if there was anyone around, he got out of his black Chevy and knocked on the back doors of the van. One side swung open, revealing the face of his accomplice, Diana Fowley.

"Krycek."

"Fowley," he said almost with a tone of disgust.

He never really liked this woman. There was something about her that made his stomach churn uneasily. Maybe it was the fact that she almost took his position as Cancer Man's trustee while he was incarcerated or that she looked like the mom in Austin Powers. He chuckled to himself.

Angela, now with patches of brown hair, and Phoebe gave him a slight nod of acknowledgment as he climbed into the compact area filled with electrical equipment. Eyeing the area for a place to sit, he found a suitable corner and rested there.

"So, what's the plan? I waited at the cafe' for two hours waiting for you and you never showed."

"Sorry, we had a bit of an accident at the restaurant," she replied as she glanced at Angela who was clearly upset about her hair.

"The plan is to get Mulder away from Scully and that's why we're going to stage this fake government conspiracy. We all well know that he's not going to take her with him, since she's, um, in a delicate situation herself," she stated through clenched teeth.

Krycek's eyebrow raised at the word 'delicate'. "What situation exactly is she in?" he inquired.

"...She's pregnant," she hissed.

He was not expecting to hear this. He knew that she was barren, so how could she have gotten pregnant, he wondered. Now was the time, he decided, to have a meeting with Cancer Man.

Before more precious seconds were wasted, Diana interrupted his thoughts. "Look, we don't have much more time to talk about this right now. What we need to do is get Mulder away for as much time as possible."

"Wait, one more thing that I need to know," he began, "Why is this so important? What's the reason behind this whole deal?"

The three women looked at each other, unsure of what to say. They knew that he would get up and leave if they told him the truth, but they needed him. He played a key role in their little scheme.

"That's strictly confidential," Diana blurted out. "Besides, all you need to do is distract Mulder for awhile, meet us at our rendezvous point, and we'll take over from there. While you do that, we'll be handling the situation with Agent Scully."

He considered this for a moment. Could he trust them? Three women from Mulder's past out to get him... Why?

"Well?" she asked impatiently.

His eyes connected with hers. Shivers from his cold stare traveled up and down her spine. She knew that Krycek was a dangerous man and one not to be fooled around with. Everything that she had heard from an acquaintance of hers by the name of Marita Covorrubias was true.

After a few moments of silence, he answered. "Fine, but this better be for a good cause." And with that he got up from his uncomfortable position and left the van.

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Scully awoke to a small, buzzing noise in which she later found out was emitting from her partner. She found herself in his arms, with her head resting on his bare chest, and her hand entangled in his hair. Everything else was quiet, except for the toggle that was rhythmically beating against the side of the window from the steady flow of the wind that was coming in.

She didn't want to move at all, but instead stay there for as long as she could. They never had these kinds of moments often and she savored every passing second. When her thoughts wandered back to the baby, she could feel a wave of mixed emotions wash over her all at once. Then, she felt a strong, sickening feeling in the pit of her stomach. Quickly, she flung the sheets aside and hurried to the bathroom, closing the door so that Mulder wouldn't see.

Heaving into the toilet, she loathed the fact that she was going to have to go through morning sickness for at least three, long months. After, she flushed and turned on the faucet, splashing cold water on her face and cleaning herself up.

Mulder rubbed his eyes and stretched a bit. The slam of the bathroom door woke him suddenly and as soon as he heard the flush of the toilet, he instantly knew what was going on. Putting on his boxers, he went over to the door and knocked lightly.

"Scully? Are you okay in there?"

She turned off the faucet and dried her face with the towel that was resting on the side of the sink. "Yeah, I'm fine," came her usual reply. "I just, um, felt a little sick is all."

She took her robe off the hook and wrapped it around her. Then, she opened the door and found Mulder standing there with a concerned look on his face.

"Is there something wrong, Mulder?" she asked.

He shook his head, "No, no. I was just thinking...," he began. "How are we supposed to tell Skinner?"

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They watched them intently with the volume turned up and the camera positioned so that they could see them both. Listening to every word that they were saying and watching their every move made them want to get this whole thing over and done with as quickly as possible. Looking at the clock, they knew that Mulder would have to go soon, since they did have work that morning.

Once Mulder and Scully's conversation about revealing the news to Skinner was over, they focused their attention on getting ready to give their own little congratulatory gift to the expectant FBI agent.

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Mulder picked up all of his clothes and dressed quickly, since he had to go home and change for work. With tie in hand and his shirt untucked, he gave Scully a sweet kiss and left, telling her that he would see her later. She nodded and also hurried to get ready for the day ahead.

After making sure that everything was in order, she grabbed her badge and gun off of her dresser and headed for the door. As soon as she was about to turn the door knob, a knock came from the other side. Figuring that it was just Mulder coming back because he forgot something, she opened it, but found someone totally different.

Diana greeted her first. "Hello, Agent Scully."

At first, Scully thought that she was just seeing things, but she knew that this was a reality. "Diana Fowley?" Her eyes then traveled to her two companions standing beside her. "...Phoebe Green and Detective White." She crossed her arms. This was a very awkward situation. "Okay, what's going on here?" she asked angrily. "And why aren't you dead?"

"We're here, because we have a proposition for you," she started, ignoring her second question. "May we come inside to discuss it?"

Scully didn't move. "What kind of a proposition?"

Angela spoke this time. "It's about Agent Mulder-"

"I don't have time for this," she checked her watch then closed and locked the door behind her.

"Look, either we do this the hard way or the easy way. You choose, Agent," White called out as she was walking down the hall to the elevator.

Scully ignored her and pressed the down button. A proposition about Mulder? What could they possibly want with him, she wondered. Phoebe looked at her partners.

"Well, I guess she's choosing the hard way." Diana nodded. "All right. Go get her, girls," she commanded.

Out of the corner of her eye, Scully could see two of them coming towards her and it didn't look like their intentions were friendly. Her heart started to beat a little faster as she was trying to figure out what to do. The elevator was out of question, since it was taking so long to get up to her floor. A resident must be holding it up or something, she thought.

A hand grabbed her shoulder and turned her around forcefully. Angela took out her gun from her holster and pointed it right in Scully's face, threatening to shoot if she did anything stupid.

Scully became enraged. "What do you think you're-"

Phoebe cut her off. "Don't say another word, Agent Scully."

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10:59 AM
X-FILES OFFICE

Mulder checked his watch, wondering where his partner could be. He was pretty sure that she was coming in, especially because they had a mandatory meeting with Skinner in a few minutes. He looked around to see if there was any sign that she was or had been in there. After checking around a bit, he decided to just wait for her upstairs. It would be worse if they were both late. Besides, he would be able to buy her some time.

He grabbed his jacket that was laying on the chair and some files that were waiting for him in the gray cabinet near the desk, but before he could leave, someone stopped him.

"Mulder," Krycek appeared almost out of nowhere and walked toward him from the shadows of the office.

Mulder recognized the voice. He turned to see his enemy and squinted his eyes slightly. "What are you doing here?"

Krycek looked him in the eye and said, "Honestly, I'm not exactly sure why, but I've been given a job and you're the subject of the matter."

"Yeah?" he said not entirely surprised. "From who?"

"Three women from your past, who I believe, are still in love with you," he smirked.

Mulder couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Are you expecting me to take this seriously?"

"I thought the same way when they came to me and asked for my help," he began. "You see, they wanted me to take you away for awhile. However, they never really gave me a good reason why I should be their little pawn, but I later realized why they didn't tell me the truth."

"And that would be?"

"They didn't want me to leave, because if they didn't have me, they wouldn't be able to get to you. It's all about you. And as for me, they were probably planning to just kick me off to the sidelines."

Mulder gave him a questioning look and didn't exactly know how to respond to what he was saying. This could be a hoax, but then again, why would Krycek come up with an idea about three women from his past? "Wait, before we go on. Who is 'they'?"

"Phoebe Green, Detective Angela White, and a former FBI agent, Diana Fowley."

He cringed when he heard all three names. They were nothing to him but faces with names. They are the past and now they have come back to dig up their relationship with him, hoping to start anew. "Where are they now?" he asked. "I want to end this whole thing before it gets out of hand."

"Oh, I think it's already gotten out of hand," Krycek added. "They're after Scully and I have no doubt in my mind that they already have her tied up in her apartment right now."

Panic arose in Mulder. Within a heartbeat, Mulder was about to run out the door, but Krycek put his hand on his arm to stop him.

"You're not going to be able to rescue Scully by just barging in there with a gun in your hand," he began. "I have a plan."

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SCULLY'S APARTMENT
11:27 AM

They tied Scully's hands and feet with rope and tied her down to one of her dining chairs. It was an easy task, considering that it was one against three. They were amused to see her in such an uncomfortable state. It was like going to the movies for them.

"Let me go!" She shouted, trying to writhe her hands out of the rope.

The three women helped themselves to some refreshments as they tried to figure out what to do with her. Torture was always an option, but they didn't want to spend too much time and they didn't exactly want to kill her... yet. When they heard her cry out, they just looked at her like she was a dirty dog out in the rain.

"What do you want from me?" she asked again, ready to just take her gun and shoot them all in the heads if she could.

Diana put down her coffee mug and walked calmly towards Scully with a small smile on her face.

"Okay, I'll tell you, Agent Scully," she started. "You took Mulder away from us and we want him back. You were always the one who was always on his mind. He always held back from us, because he loved you, and we want all of that to change."

Scully looked at her with a mixture of disbelief and disgust. "You mean that this is all because of some lust for Mulder? That this whole thing is because he chose me over you?" She closed her eyes and tried to put everything back together. "I can't believe this is happening... You are all grown women!" She raised her voice, "What were you thinking? That he was just going to end our relationship like that?"

All of them were taken aback from her remarks. They were not exactly expecting to hear this kind of a response. It sounded like she was the only adult there and that they were being scolded for something bad that they did. Scully was about to continue, but was interrupted by Angela who had walked into the room and stood by Diana.

"Enough talk. Now, you will agree to our proposition or we will be forced to take something very precious to you," she declared.

"What do you mean?" Scully asked, suddenly getting very concerned.

"We know about your baby, Agent Scully," Phoebe also joined the group, with a hand resting on her hip.

Scully's eyes became wide with shock. "How did you know?" She demanded an answer, but later realized what they had been up to before this. "You were following us, weren't you? Yeah, you were the one who ran out of the restaurant the night before," she said, just noticing Angela's hair. "Why, you filthy rats-"

The detective's temper rose and blood rushed to her cheeks from embarrassment. "I said enough, Agent Scully!" She shouted, her hand ready to strike, but lowered it quickly when Diana ordered her to stop.

Just then, Diana's cell phone rang. She pulled it out of her inside coat pocket and answered. It was Krycek.

"I have him, Fowley."

"Where should I meet you?" He gave her a location a few miles away from a city that was located within the Amazon forest. It was secluded and exactly what they needed. She wrote it down on a piece of paper, with her back toward Scully.

"He'll be waiting for you in an abandoned building. You'll know it when you see it."

She ended the call and turned her attention back to the uncomfortable agent. "Well, Agent Scully, I guess this is the end of the line."

-TO BE CONTINUED-