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Chapter 5-My Dog…Mulder?

Just a few more miles…I hope Mulder thought. He had been walking forever along the interstate. He did his best to keep a low profile. Seeing a dog walk along the highway wasn't something you would see everyday. All he wanted was some family to see him, pick him up, take him home, and make him the family pet giving him a ridiculous name. No he didn't need that at all. Or those stupid guards from Alpha finding him.

So he would stay behind the guard rails. Sometimes even crawl in the grass if it was tall enough. He felt like he was in Russia all over again. That was one hell of an experience. It was about 11:00 he guessed. How long had he been walking?

He had no problem seeing. His sight wasn't as good as his hearing but hey at least he could still see color. And they said dogs could only see in black and white. Well he proved that theory wrong. I need a break. All this walking is wiping me out Mulder thought. How he longed for his sofa back home…

Yes! He thought. Up ahead there was a gas station. Maybe I could snag a ride or bite to eat Mulder thought hopefully. He ran not caring if anyone saw him. If he could find someone who was heading to DC he could hitch an easy ride. He was in luck.

Sneaking in and out of cars he overheard a conversation. The guy who was pumping gas was talking to a guy in his car. "So Ed where are you heading to this time?" asked the gas pumper. The trucker, Ed Holts, came here when ever he was in the area. Gas was cheap and he could catch up with his old friend, Joe, who worked at the gas station. Another good thing about this place was it wasn't a do-it-yourself. He could just stay in his truck and someone would pump gas for him.

"I'm headed out to Washington DC. Got me a load of TVs to deliver." Ed boasted as if was an honor. Joe rolled his eyes. Ed was always the boasting type. It seemed typical of him to brag over something like delivering TVs to some store in the nation's capital. But hey if it kept him happy sure whatever.

"Well your about 10 miles from there. Shouldn't take you too long to get there now." Joe informed him. Ed nodded, happy to know bed rest wasn't too far away. The two men continued their conversation never noticing a huge, dark brown, German Shepard sneaking around the vehicle.

Luckily for Mulder Ed had to get out and use the little trucker's room giving Mulder enough time to hop in the truck unnoticed. He squeezed himself as far under of the passengers' seat as possible. It was a tad difficult since he was so big but hopefully he was hidden enough so that the trucker wouldn't see him. He waited for 15 minutes before the trucker came back, paid Joe, said his goodbyes and stuff, and then finally started up the truck and headed back out into the night. Hopefully this will take me home Mulder thought.

Next day 2:00 PM- in a near by park

It was a beautiful summer day in Washington. The temperature had reached a tolerable 70 degrees. It was the perfect day for walks, picnics (if you weren't busy working of course which was what most people were doing) anything that involved outdoor fun. But for one lonely red-headed women sitting on a park bench by herself this was nothing important to enjoy.

Her partner had been missing for 3 days now and they had not heard a word from his captors. Not a ransom note, no threatening calls or tapes or emails nothing! They had no evidence to go on expect a few smudge fingerprints lifted from Scully's apartment. But they seemed as useless as dust bunnies. The agents on the Mulder case working at their hardest but nothing was getting accomplished. Some even said that it was a waste of time. Maybe Spooky really did get abducted by his little green men and Mrs. Spooky just went off the deep end.

Of course when Scully heard this the agents left the room slightly bruised. Theirs faces stinging from the Ice Queens slap. Scully refused to give up so easily. All she wanted was Mulder back and to know that he was ok. The whole damn thing was so puzzling. Scully held her head in her hands. What did they want with Mulder?

She sighed. Sitting here obviously wasn't going to get him back. So many questions and emotions were running though her head. Mulder had tried to kiss her. What was that about? Did he really have feelings for her to? These questions seemed to bug her more then the others. She groaned in frustration. If people weren't around she would have just screamed and cursed at the sky.

She glanced at her watch. She should head back to work. But decided against it. Right now a bubble bath with ice cream sounded really nice. Scully stood up and stretched. She heard a dog bark somewhere. It sounded close. In fact it sounded like it was behind her…Scully turned around, curious. What she saw was a huge, German Shepard bounding towards her. (AN-I'm sure we can all guess who the dog is ;) )

"No, no. Stay dog stay. Don't get any closer! Wait, stay, no!" Scully cried as the dog jumped on top of her causing her to fall. The dog slobbered her with kisses.

"Scully! Man Scully if you only knew how glad I am to see you! Thank God you are ok. If you knew what I went though to get here. I mean look what they did to me! I'm my own X-File! Did you know that there is actually more than one conspiracy? Apparently there is." Mulder said excitedly.

Scully on the other hand was not so happy to see this strange animal. She pushed it off and stood up again, this time she hoped she would stay on her feet. The dog continued to jump up and down happily barking. She couldn't help but smile. Something about this dog made her think of Mulder… She bent down and cautiously reached out to pet it. She didn't want to get bitten.

"Hey there big fella. Who do you belong to?" Scully smiled at the thought that she would get an answer. She began to scratch behind its ears. This dog sure was friendly. Mulder's ears drooped and his tail stopped wagging. She doesn't recognize or understand me. Well duh stupid you're a dog. Said a voice in his head. Mulder tried to ignore the disappointment that came crashing down on him He should have expected this for crying out loud!

"Hey what's wrong buddy?" Scully noticed the dog's sudden mood change. It was obviously upset. "Oh crap umm…woof!" Mulder began to bark happily again. He didn't want her to be afraid of him or anything. I got to keep her busy. Make it so that she wants to take me home with her Mulder thought. I know! He quickly ran off.

"Now where is he…?" Scully trailed off. The dog or Mulder came back carrying a stick. "Oh I can't stay here and play fetch. I uh need to get home. And you can't come with me." She said sternly. Scully looked around hoping to see the dog's owners coming to get it. But there was no one in the park except for a few kids playing football. She didn't remember any of them coming with a dog.

She checked for an ID of some sort. It didn't even have a flea collar. Figures, it was a stray. It looked at her with big puppy eyes. Just like Mulder…No stop it! Why does this animal keep making think of him? Scully wondered. "I have to go now. You stay here alright?" Scully felt guilty about leaving it out here. But she was sure that it would go over to the kids to play and they would maybe to it home or something.

"Scully!" The dog whined. "No I'm sorry I can't take you with me." Scully felt like she was talking to a child. She turned around and briskly walked away. Mulder, determined, followed stubbornly after her. He probably would have been able to follow her all the way to the car except she heard his claws clicking on the sidewalk.

Scully turned around not very surprised to see that the animal had followed her. She sighed. This was not going to be so easy. "No you have to stay here. She emphasized here. The dog gave her a loud bark in response. "I don't think so Scully."

"Stay!" She ordered. Mulder found this increasingly amusing and sat down. "Good now stay." As soon her she turned around and continued walking to her parked car he got up and followed her again. By the time Scully had reached her car she was about ready to kick the dog to next Monday. Every time she turned around and started walking after telling it to stay it just followed her!

"This is the last time! Stay!" Scully practically screamed. One last time to give her the Mulder charm Mulder thought. First he just whimpered and gave her his puppy dog eyes like before. When she wasn't falling for it he tilted his head back and let out a long remorseful howl. "Arroll!" He howled. Scully panicked. "No stop its ok. No please stop it!" Scully begged. People passing gave her funny looks as she tried to stop the howling creature.

"Alright! You can come with me! Just stop howling already!" Scully shouted above the noise. Like that Mulder stopped. "I knew you still had a soft spot for dogs Scully." Mulder joked. Damn what am I going to do? Does the landlord accept dogs this large? Scully wondered. She was kind of curious why this animal wanted to go with her so badly. Maybe it's just lonely She guessed.

She opened the back door and Mulder hopped in. When she wasn't looking though he jumped into the passenger seat. When Scully got in she was surprised to see him next to her. "Ok so you want to sit up here instead." The ride home was uneventful. Mulder was happy that he found Scully. The night before wasn't the greatest. As soon as the driver had entered DC he discovered Mulder and practically threw him out. After that Mulder crashed in an ally somewhere behind a restaurant. The rest of the day he had searched for Scully. He looked every where. It wasn't until he managed to pick up her scent that the search became easy.

He stared at her. It looked like she hadn't gotten much sleep. Probably because she is worried about me he thought. Scully caught the dog staring at her. She stared back. What beautiful hazel eyes She thought. This was unusual. Most dogs had brown eyes. Even a rare few had blue. But hazel? This was a strange colored German Shepard. It didn't even have darker markings on its body like normal German Shepard's. It was just a solid dark brown. Just like Mulder…

In a few minutes they had reached Georgetown. Scully parked her car and got out. She hoped that the dog didn't run out into the street. But surprisingly when she opened the door it calmly hopped out and followed her up the stairs. Well at least it's well behaved. Maybe it will be housebroken too. Soon Mulder found himself in the familiar place called Scully's home.

Scully too was glad to be back. The forensic team finished up yesterday allowing her to move out of Mulder's apartment into her own. Mulder jumped onto the sofa. Finally, something soft to sleep on Mulder thought. "No bad dog! Off the furniture!" Scully scolded. Or not. "Come on we need to clean you up." Scully told him. "What do you mean by clean up Scully?" Mulder asked regretting the answer. Scully gently grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and dragged him into the bathroom.

"You need a bath. I don't know where you came from but you stink!" Scully accused. Mulder sighed. "Do I have too? Oh wait I don't get much of a say in it do I?" Mulder gave her his best glare. Scully just smiled and pushed him into the tub.

'Bath time' actually turned out to be a lot of fun for Mulder. He made sure to get Scully covered in bubbles and water. Twice he even escaped and forced her to chase him all around the apartment. By the time they were done Mulder was the only clean thing in there! As Scully dried Mulder off with a towel she couldn't help but admire how pretty this dog was. Its coat was sleek and shiny, a dark brown like Mulder's hair. It had beautiful hazel eyes, like Mulder, (AN-I wonder why?). It was a huge dog, well built. Though it was thin it wasn't like it was starving. It was more slender. Muscle instead of fat or bones.

It was spooky at how much this dog made her think of Mulder. "Well since it looks like you are going to stay here awhile I am going to have to name you. Do you know how much you look like my partner Mulder?" Scully smiled at the thought. "Maybe that's because I am Mulder!" He mumbled. Maybe I should name him after Mulder. It would be funny to see the look on Mulder's face when he finds out I named a dog after him. Scully frowned. Would she ever see him again? Scully sighed deeply as the feeling of sorrow and loneliness swept though her.

Mulder cocked his head at her. Why was she frowning? He barked, trying to get her attention. She jerked her head in his direction. "Oh sorry. Now back to names… I would call you Mulder but that would be confusing. I know how much he hated his first name so I don't think I will call you Fox…I know! I will call you…Spooky!" Mulder nearly fell over. "Spooky! Please tell me that you are kidding Scully! Spooky? What kind of name is that anyway? God why Spooky?" Mulder couldn't believe this. It was down right humiliating.

Scully mistook his barking for a joyous yes. "Spooky it is then!" She smiled. Mulder would kill her for this probably. After cleaning up she was surprised to see the time. It was almost five. Damn where did the afternoon go? Scully thought. For the rest of the evening she spent watching TV and reading with Spooky, I mean Mulder. She was instantly becoming attached to him.

At 9:00 she decided to hit the hay. Mulder watched her from the bed as she pulled out a comfy pair of flannel pajamas. It wasn't until she started to undress that he bolted out of there. I can't sit there and watch her undress! That would be like taking advantage of her somehow Mulder felt guilty after that. "Spooky! Come here Spooky!" Scully called.

He trotted into the bedroom. Do you want to sleep with me tonight?" She asked patting the spot next to her. "If you only knew how long I have waited for you to ask me that Scully." Mulder said mischievously. He jumped up next to her and began doze off. "Goodnight Spooky." Scully whispered. "Why couldn't have you named me something else Scully?" Mulder whined.

Alpha labs

Professor Green nervously stood in front of the oak desk of a very pissed off Dr. Manson. He shifted from his left to right foot. Somehow he knew this would be the last time he would ever be in this room. "Why did you let it go Green?" Manson angry demanded.

"First off he isn't an it. He is, was, a human. This madness has to stop Manson. How many innocent people are you going to use in this experiment. You aren't doing anything but ruining lives! I had to let him go. It was the right thing to do." Green fiercely held his ground.

"This is science Professor! Not some pity party! I will not tolerate this!" Manson spoke as if he was talking to a young child. "You let go a dangerous animal! Who knows what he could do! How many people will he attack if not trained?"

"This isn't about a wild animal hurting people. To you this is getting him back so you can continue the project! You can't get away with this forever Manson!"

"I have been getting away with this for 12 years and will not be stopping any time soon!" He pulled a gun out of his desk. "You will regret ever betraying me Green." He slowly pulled the trigger.

"I think you will be the one regretting in the end doctor." Green said solemnly.

A gunshot rang out in the building. Every one who heard it knew what had happened. They also knew it could be them next if they didn't find the specimen soon. The search grew faster. And soon they had about 20 men out in DC looking for Mulder.

AN-Ok ok I know. I had promised to update as soon I came back but that didn't work out now did it? Sorry about the long wait. I have been really lazy this week.

Alani- I'll work on getting Skinner into the story more. He should be in the next chapter!

Lady Pyrefly-I agree with you about Mulder being a German Shepard. I thought about a golden retriever for a while but decided to go with the German Shepard.

Originally the chapter was supposed to be called My Dog Spooky but I wanted the name Scully would give Mulder a surprise and was afraid that the chapter title would give it away. Once again sorry it took me so long. I'll work on updating again soon. Hopefully. You know the drill from here. Review!

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