Fox Hunt
Chapter 2
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"You're telling me that after three weeks of working on this case, this is all you have managed to come up with? I have superiors, not to mention families of the deceased that would like to know what happened to their loved ones!" Skinner said to Mulder & Scully in his office. "We're trying our best, sir. But everything points to a suicide, there's no evidence of foul play at the crime scenes or on the bodies." Scully said in their defense. "Are you sure that you haven't missed anything?" Skinner asked through his hands as he rubbed them over his face wearily.
"We've double & triple-checkedthe evidence as well as the crime scenes & our notes." "Basically, what's in front of you is all the case you're probably going to get." Mulder interjected, Skinner sat back in his chair instead & rubbed his forehead as one with a headache does. "You're probably right." He said placidly as he waved them out."
"Mulder, I want to share something with you that I didn't mention to Skinner. Something has been bothering me about this case since we were assigned to it." "What? That it's not an obvious X-File?" Mulder asked. "That, & the nature of the crimes, they are just too 'clean'. People that commit suicide are usually leave a trail of emotional 'dust' behind them, before they commit the act; they usually slack at their job & withdraw from friends & loved ones but I haven't seen any of that with these men." "Are you thinking that we have someone really talented on our hands that somehow murdered these men?" Mulder offered. "Yes & no; I think that a 'pusher' might be responsible. You have to admit, the MO fits." Mulder shook his head stubbornly. "Both of them are dead… unless you're implying that they are killing people from beyond the grave, in that case it would be an X-file." He said humorously, Scully shook her head annoyingly at him as she continued. "What if one of them had a child?" "There's no evidence, but if you want to take it that way, I can provide you with some excellent reading material." Mulder said as he began thumbing through his filing cabinet.