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Summery: Mulder & Scully investigate a series of deaths & attacks involving children in a small town outside of Vancouver Canada. As always, please R & R.
"Mulder, this is a case for local homicide, so why are we wasting our time with it?" Scully said as they pulled up to a large, colonial style house which sat at the end of a long, winding private road. "Because, we were asked to." Mulder replied as he exited the car. "Agents, I'm glad that you could make it out here." A woman of about thirty or so said as she graciously waved them in. "Please." She said, gesturing for them to take a seat on the couch as she bustled off to the kitchen. "Thank you… Mrs. …?" "Harper, Janet Harper." She said as she took a nervous sip of her coffee. "I'm sorry to drag you all the way out here, but I haven't had any luck getting the police to listen to me. They just pegged Brian's death as 'accidental' & left it at that." She said, frustration was evident in her voice as her grip on her coffee cup tightened. "Mrs. Harper, I know this is going to be difficult, but do you think you could describe the events leading up to your son's death?" Mulder asked gently.
"It was a normal day, he went to school, & everything was fine. He came home, did his homework, & watched some television. We ate dinner together & I put him to bed, he was so excited because his last tooth had come out at school & he couldn't wait for the tooth fairy to come. When I went in the next morning to wake him…" Mrs. Harper trailed off as she blotted at her eyes with a Kleenex from the box Mulder had fetched for her. "Thank you very much, Mrs. Harper." Mulder said as he & Scully let them selves out. "Scully, I want you to take a look at the boy's body."
"Well?" Mulder said as he joined Scully in the autopsy lab. "I don't know, Mulder, there isn't a mark on him, externally or internally. I can't say from an official stand point what killed him, the best I can give you is my educated guess." Scully said as she pulled off her mask & goggles. "Well, what are you waiting for, Scully? Lay it on me." Mulder said as he shot her a playful grin, Scully rolled her eyes at him as she replied. "It seems as though that this boy died of extreme fright." Mulder gave her a surprised look. "I said it was my best educated guess, didn't I?" She replied with a wry smile.