She was going to die. Her medical mind told her so. The blood flowed freely from her wounds and nothing could be done to stop or even to slow the flow. Her own strength was not strong enough to apply the needed pressure.
It was time to come to peace, Scully resolved.
God, please take care of mom, Bill, Charlie, and, most of all, Mulder.
She waited for the darkness to take over her. But it did not come. She felt faint. She knew the life-force was flowing out of her.
"Randy?"
She felt a pressure that should not be there. Invisible hands upon her wound, extending her life.
She could see him and yet she could not. Blink. Blink. Blink again. It was as if he was fading away, his duty almost done.
"He's coming."
No. Eddie, just leave me to die.
"He's coming."
Why did he repeat this? There was nothing more Scully could do to protect herself from the madman outside. Maybe it meant something else.
"Mulder …"
Randy nodded. Why didn't she think of it before? Was she losing hope? No. She was afraid and her fear lead her to believe that Eddie was coming back to finish her off.
"Mulder."
Now she had to hang on. He would be here soon. He would make all thepain go away. Was he just outside? She could feel him near.
Randy became fainter. Scully could still feel his hands on her but she could see right through him.
"Don't go."
Scully tried to reach out for him, but her strength would not prevail. She could see sadness on his face. It was the same look on her own.
How many years had it been since Randy had died? It was too far away for her to remember and yet she could never forget. This was the man she was going to spend the rest of her life with. She could have been a different person …
But then, she would never have met Mulder. Scully knew her love for Mulder was something entirely different. She could have lived without Randy – she has lived without Randy, but life without Mulder was imaginable. He was her rock and she was his.
"I love you."
She read the words from his lips. He was going away. The pressure was lighter on her wound and the darkness was calling, but before she could succumb to it, the door burst open.