Title: Heat

Author: Mandy McLean a.k.a. Flirtatiouspriss

Rating: PG-13

Spoilers: Anything is fair game, you have been warned…

Disclaimer: Anything belonging to Chris Carter and or Fox and yadda…still belong to them and not me…tear

Summary: A/U A strange case causes Scully toum... show her feelings to Mulder in a very un-Scully way. Set somewhere in season 7.

Heat

By Mandy McLean

En Route to Aliceville, AL

Scully carefully flipped page after page of the files in front of her.

"Mulder, this is not an x-file. It's nothing more than three dead pregnant women. This is something for VCU to handle."

She looked up at him furrowing her eyebrows together. Mulder kept his eyes on the road, "That's what I thought at first too, Scully."

She pursed her lips together, bracing herself for the worst, "What did you find?"

"Scully did you know that the population of this small town is only 2,567and in 1999, no homicides were reported. And did you also know that 987 of that population is females between the ages of 16-44."

"And your point being?"

"Scully, of these 987 females, 576 women have reported being pregnant in the last 21 months. That's a bit high, don't you think?"

"Mulder, that proves nothing…"

Mulder interrupted, "And now three pregnant women are dead. I think it is more then just coincidence." He popped another sunflower seed in his mouth.

Scully closed the file and sat back in her seat. She thought to herself, it's going to a really long day.

Aliceville, AL

"Thank you, Detective Greer. I'll give you a call tomorrow in order to set up the autopsy."

Mulder turned back to Scully, "Did you hear that Scully? They think there suspect is a pregnant woman. Coincidence; I think not?"

"Honestly Mulder, where do you get these theories?" Scully rolled her eyes at him and walked away towards the car, "Come on, lets get some dinner before we head towards the motel, I'm starving."

"Can I get you' alls some fixins' tonight?" The blonde teen tightened her lips into a forced smile; a fake blonde to be noted by Scully.

Scully made a face at Mulder before ordering, "Yes, what is your special tonight?"

The woman scrunched her face into a scowl as she searched her brain for the answer, "Fish."

"And?" Scully asked noting the blonde's lack of a brain.

"Fish.." The girl replied again.

Mulder made a grimaced face back at Scully. She smiled and nodded to the waitress. Mulder went on to order a burger and some fries.

"Really the fish?" Mulder asked inquisitively.

Ignoring his comment, Scully spoke, "So honestly Mulder, what do you expect to find here?"

"I'm not sure yet. Maybe you'll find it in the autopsy tomorrow." He grinned at her. Scully raised her eyebrow in her usual skeptical way.

36 hours later

Washington D.C.

Mulder sat in Skinners office twiddling his thumbs. It was 8:37am. Scully wouldn't be in until at least nine.

"Now according to your report there was no x-file?"

"None that I could find, our suspect confessed to the murders. I am still none the wiser on the percentage of pregnant women in Aliceville." Mulder was a bit displeased with his own findings. Scully had autopsied the body and found no evidence of anything out the ordinary. Mulder was sure there was something in this town but couldn't find anything to suggest otherwise. It was bit disappointing to say the least. But as far as he could tell, this was nothing more than the town of love.

Skinner nodded and sent Mulder on his way with another case in tow.

Mulder looked over his new case as he plodded his feet down on the desk. Popping another seed in his mouth he rummaged over the pages. As he read on he heard the clicking of heels coming down the hall. Only one guess as to who it was.

Mulder looked up from the file just as Scully made her way through the door. What he saw before him made his jaw drop to the floor.

TBC…….

A/N: Ah, nothing like good old suspense. Please read and review. I will updating my other two stories this week as well. Thanks so much!

Mandy