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Chapter 8-More Surprises

Alpha labs 1:27 A.M.

Doc. John Manson was NOT a happy man. A few minutes ago he received another phone call from one of his men confirming that Mike had failed. Not only was K9-7 still not back in his custody but one of his best people had been arrested. No he was far from being happy. He concluded that Dana Scully was the problem, a problem that needed to be eliminated immediately.

But then he received another phone call from his secretary who stated that he was needed in Lab C. Apparently there was a problem. He sighed irritated at the fact that NOBODY around here could do ANYTHING right. He was a very pissed off man, and he became even more pissed off when he arrived at Lab C.

"Doctor Manson its good you're here, I think we may have a problem." Stated the annoying voice of Doc. Shrew.

"Of course there is a problem Doc. Shrew, I wouldn't be down here if there wasn't one!" He snapped at her. He rubbed his temples. This women better have a good reason for dragging me down here he thought.

"Right of course, um, if you would follow me." She made a waving hand motion to indicate she wanted him to follow her. She quickly strode over to a large observation kennel where K9-5 and 6 were held.

"What am I looking at Doc. Shrew?" Manson asked.

"Both K9-5 and K96 were failed subjects due to partial loss of their human side correct? Before K9-5 simply spent most of his time sleeping, and never showed interest in anything. K9-6 acted like a puppy, even though before hand the test subject was a 39 year-old male who was, how should I put it? Who acted like his age. Both subjects should not have displayed either of those traits."

"I know this already Shrew! What are you getting at?"

"How about I show you?" She pressed a button that lifted a special shield away from the glass. Inside were two dogs, one was a Dalmatian and the other a husky. Their side of the large kennel was separated by a see though wall, one that was supposed to be bullet proof but now had a large crack. The dogs were snarling at each other and slamming into the wall as they tried to get to each other. Drops of foam from their mouths drip on the floor. Their eyes were glassy and vacant; the only thing they were interested in was ripping each other apart. For once in his life Manson was actually speechless.

"Why is this happening?" K9-5 and K9-6 weren't acting like the stupid creatures he had seen two weeks ago.

"We aren't quiet sure actually." Shrew shifted nervously from foot to foot. "But I think I may have come up with something." She hurried over to her desk and began to sort though some paperwork that had been lying on her cluttered desk. "As you can see these are CAT scans of the two specimens' brains, we took them after the experiment. (AN-I'm not sure if you can take a CT scan on an animal but if you cant, well in this story you can ok!) As you can see there is the human part of the brain-red-and the animals part-blue- they aren't 50/50 like they were supposed to be but they weren't 10/50 either. We took these last night." She showed him the other to CT scans. "From what we see here the dog part has been taking over the human part, which may be why the dogs are acting more violent and should I say, primitive."

Manson studied the charts in his hands while trying to not show his dismay. "I don't know why this is happening but I am pretty sure the same thing will happen to K9-7 if we don't find it soon."

"No I don't think this will happen."

"Sir, either way I think we should give him the vaccine and try again. If we don't we may have to put him down like we are going to have to do with the other two. With their added strength and hostile attitudes I'm afraid the only choice would be to kill them. They are just too dangerous. We fix K9-7 before he reaches 20/50. If we don't-"

"Enough! I will not tolerate this. I want you to fix this problem right away. I can assure you that K9-7 is perfectly fine."

"How do you know that it is fine? He escaped before we could conduct any irrefutable scientific testing of are own." Shrew challenged him.

"Don't challenge me Doc. Shrew, not if you want to keep your precious daughter safe." He threatened her. Shrew's eyes narrowed.

"If you lay one hand on her…"

"Your threats are empty Shrew. Now I suggest you get back to work." He turned around and walked out of the lab ending the argument. She made a small huff and turned her attention back to the CT scans.

"Stupid All-Knowing-Dictator-of-Everything." She mumbled.

XXXXX

Scully's Apartment 1:27 A.M.

Asitdent Director Skinner stood in Scully's apartment watching medics rush the intruder off to the hospital. "Sir?" Scully called out his name. Skinner turned towards her, noticing that Spooky was in tow.

"Is something wrong Scully?" he asked. He also noticed the anxious and worried look on her face.

"Sir may I talk to you in private." Scully asked.

"Sure." He followed her to the kitchen. He couldn't help but smile when Spooky hastily followed her. "So what is it?" Skinner asked again.

"Sir I have found Mulder." Scully said slowly.

"You found him? Where is he?" Skinner asked incredulous.

"Right beside you." Scully said biting her lip.

"Long time no see Skinman." Mulder said. Skinner stared at Mulder in bewilderment.

"Agent are you telling me that the dog sitting next to me is Mulder?" Skinner asked. "This has gotta be a joke."

"I wish I could say April Fools and walk into the room furless too." Mulder sighed.

"I know that what I am saying is completely insane but I know how to prove it." Scully declared.

"I'm not gonna like this am I?" Mulder complained.

"And what is this proof?" Skinner questioned.

"First we need to go to the Gunmen's." Scully told him as she went to grab her coat.

"You're not thinking what I thing you're thinking are you Scully?" Mulder whined as he followed them out the door.

XXXXX

Lone Gunmen's office 2:06 A.M.

"Langley, Byers, Frohike open up!" Scully pounded on the door. "It's me Scully! I'm with Skinner!"

"And Mulder." He added. Scully just gave him a look, unable to understand what he just said. "Never mind." A groggy Frohike finally opened the door.

"Agent Scully! What brings you to my doorstep at- he glanced at his wrist watch-2:07 in the morning?" He yawned.

"Sorry Frohike but its urgent. It's about Mulder." Scully said hurriedly as she pushed past him. Skinner silently followed her in with Mulder in tow.

"Since when did one of you get a dog?" Byers commented as he stepped out into the room.

"Agent Scully believes that dog is Mulder." Skinner said.

"You're kidding right?" Byers asked, now wide awake.

"I wish. Listen the reason why we are here is to see if this dog really is Mulder." Scully explained.

"And you think we can determine that how?" Langley joined them.

"You want us to use the collar." Frohike caught on. Scully nodded.

"But we can't. I mean we haven't done anything to it since the, the cat incident." Byers cried.

"Well we need to try this." Scully said determinedly. The three men looked at each other and then back at Scully and Skinner to Mulder.

"Well I guess we could give it another go." Langley said hesitantly.

"What? No way am I going to try that thing on! Doesn't anybody remember what happened to the cat? I don't want to be deep-fried Mulder! NO WAY!" Mulder dashed under a table.

"How do you know that thing is going to work?" Skinner eyed the collar suspiciously.

"We don't." Frohike said as he carefully held it."

"Well that's comforting." Mulder sarcastically.

"Come on Mulder." Skinner unsuccessfully tried to pull him out from under the nearby table.

"There is no way in hell I am leaving this spot." Mulder said stubbornly.

"Mulder quit being a pain and get over here." Scully ordered.

"Sorry Scully. Like I said, I don't want to be your next barbeque." She sighed. Why won't he listen? Well actually could understand why he wouldn't want to be electrocuted but this could be for his own good. Then she had another thought. Maybe the human part of him won't listen but maybe there is a dog part of him that will! Scully felt guilty that she would have to use that against him but it matter so much to her to know if he was here and ok. Well as ok as you can be when a dog.

"Spooky come." Scully ordered again. Mulder's ears perked up. He had to obey. Slowly he crawled out and trotted over to her. Now this scared the shit out of him. Big time. Why was he willing to listen to her every command all of a sudden?

"Spooky?" the three Gunmen asked in unison.

"That was what I could him before." Scully explained.

"Are sure this is Mulder Scully? I mean he responded to Spooky instead of his real name." Skinner pointed out.

"Sir how many dogs have hazel eyes?" Skinner simply shrugged. Scully unclipped Mulder's blue collar she had bought for him and replaced it with the Gunmen's red one. After a few minutes of adjusting the remote Byers confirmed a go.

"It's all set Scully." Langly said.

"Mulder talk to me." Scully stared him in the eyes. "Spooky?" For a minute Mulder just stared at her and then Scully heard the best thing. Mulder's voice.

"Scully why in God's name did you name me Spooky?" All of them (even Skinner) fainted. "Well it's nice talking to you too." Mulder commented.

AN-Alright I got up another chapter! Let's party! Yea right. Ok I know this one is kind-of short but I figured it would keep you guys satisfied for a little longer. Let's see how long it will take me to update this time. But remember, the more reviews, the more fuel to the fire.

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