TITLE: "Aide En Ami"
AUTHOR: Dana Hale
RATING: T
KEYWORDS: Mulder/Scully UST. Angst. Alternate Ending.
SPOILERS: En Ami, Redux II, The Red and the Black, Fight the Future
SUMMARY: What would happen in "En Ami" if Mulder did receive the wire tapes Scully sent to him by mail. Story picks up at the point where and Mulder and the Lone Gunmen enter Skinner's office. Scully has gone off with Smoking Man. Who's aiding who?
DISCLAIMER: The X-Files television show and characters belong to Chris Carter, 1013 Productions, and the Fox Corporation.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: After years of being an avid reader of X-Files fan fiction I decided to take the plunge and try my hand at being a writer. I watched all nine seasons of the show when it aired and now I have all nine seasons on DVD so I can still get my Mulder/Scully fix. So, here it is; my first fanfic. Don't know where I'll go from here, but thanks to all who help keep the show alive over the world wide web.
"Are you aware of a federal fugitive, code name Cobra?" Mulder didn't wait for Skinner's response and continued to speak. "For the past six months Cobra's been e-mailing Scully from the Department of Defense where he works on a shadow project for advanced research."
The Lone Gunmen pulled up Scully's email account to show Skinner.
"She has a relationship with him?" Skinner replied.
"No. Somebody posing as Scully hacked into her computer and has been capturing all her e-mail. Passing themselves off as Scully in order to win Cobra's trust. The last five exchanges hint at a meeting where they're going to exchange information on the project Cobra's working on."
"Who's been in her computer?" Skinner questioned Mulder.
"Smoking Man. Or someone working for him. You got to get to him now," Mulder quickly replied.
"You of all people should know that you just don't get to him."
"Well, if you don't get to him it may be the last time we see Scully alive."
Skinner stared blankly at Mulder and then sighed heavily. He looked at the Lone Gunman and then back at Mulder. "Could we have some privacy here?" Skinner whispered to Mulder.
Byers, sensing that they were no longer welcomed, started to shut down Scully's laptop. "Uh, Mulder, we'll see if we can pull up a few more of these emails. You know where to find us. Keep us posted, okay?" Mulder nodded and the Gunmen exited the room.
Mulder turned his attention back to Skinner. "Sir, if you can do anything..."
"There might be a way. Give me a couple of hours. I'll get back with you."
"Your package arrived, sir," the Black-Haired Man said.
"Thank you. Any word from Cobra?"
"No. But I expect that we'll find out more when we see him at dinner tomorrow. He's very anxious to meet Scully."
"I'm sure he is," CGB Spender replied with a sly grin, as he opened the package and admired the silky black dress contained inside. "Too bad you're going to have to kill him once he gives Scully what we need."
To: dscully fbi.gov
From: cobra dod.gov
Subject: Meeting
I can't wait to finally meet you, Dana, to see your beautiful face. I am so grateful for your discretion and trust. We have to be very careful now...there are those that would kill for this information. You have no idea how long I've been waiting to find someone like you to share this with. We have the same dreams, you and I. To have you join me in this endeavor means so much to me. See you at dinner. Wear something nice, okay? I'm planning a special evening for the both of us.
Mulder stared at the email, reading it over for the hundredth time in his dark apartment, trying to glean any clues. The more he read it, the more worried he became. What was Smoking Man up to? Why would she lie to me about this, he thought. Was she taken by force? She wouldn't willingly go with him, would she? Did she know the danger she was getting into? A soft knock on his door interrupted his thoughts. Closing the laptop, Mulder realized that his headache had grown worse. He got up to open the door.
Skinner walked in. "I have some new information," he said. "You told me that Scully was out investigating Jason McPeck's miraculous recovery from cancer. I decided to go out there myself to talk with him and his parents. Jason said he was healed by angels who looked like men. They came from out of the sky in a ball of light. Turns out he has the same scar on the base of his neck that Scully does."
"The chip," Mulder stated simply, seemingly unsurprised. "Scully never did tell me what she found out about Jason. She must have suspected that it was the chip that saved him. So you think Smoking Man was there?"
"Mrs. McPeck told me she saw a man waiting for Scully in her car. She remembered seeing him use the car lighter to light his cigarette. He talked with Scully for a few minutes and then he got out of the car and left."
"What if this 'Cobra' is the one who originally developed the chip?" Mulder put his hands on his hips and paused to think. "Smoking Man probably lured Scully into thinking that he could provide her with more information about the chip's technology. And now he's using her to get that information for himself- to keep the project going."
"There's more," Skinner said. "I had dispatch run some traces on phone numbers last called from your office phone. One of the calls was made just a few minutes before Scully requisitioned the fleet sedan. The number turned out to be for a D.C. area office building rented out to none other than CGB Spender, the Smoking Man. I had some agents check out the office building."
"And?"
"And, it's empty now. Cleaned out. Whatever he's doing, he's gone to great lengths to set her up. And since she didn't tell you about this, it makes me wonder what he's got over her head to keep her quiet. It's obvious he's intentionally splitting you two apart, since your email from DARPA didn't pan out. You could be in danger, Mulder."
"Not as much as she is."