A/N: Sorry for the wait! I've been working on ideas for this, so I hope that a good enough excuse. Plus, I've had tonnes of exams, assignments, homework and a little writer's block. Anyway, I hope you like it and please review!
"So…what were we talking about?" Mulder asked Scully. He knew perfectly well what it was, but thought it might cut the tension that had filled the room. He looked up at his partner expectantly.
Scully's cheeks still flamed a shade of red and she seemed to be avoiding his gaze, which was good, considering that Mulder found himself quite unable to hide the smile that remained on his face from Marissa's comment about them dating.
"What?" she asked, slowly glancing up to meet his eyes. She didn't react in any way to his obvious amusement and Mulder was sure that she hadn't even picked it up.
"The case," Mulder prompted, grinning wider at her discomfort. "What was I saying?"
"Oh…uh…Thomas Wall. Cardiac arrest," Scully muttered, grateful for the change of subject. A newfound interest on the topic suddenly overcame her, pushing away the embarrassment and she jumped back into the conversation they'd been having as if nothing had happened with the nurse.
"So how is it that he had 8 heart attacks, Mulder? It's a medical impossibility! That much strain on his heart should have killed him!" She ran her fingers through her hair and stared at him sceptically, her brow furrowed as she attempted to run through the possibilities in her mind.
Coming up with nothing, she sighed and waited for the inevitable, far-fetched theory that Mulder was sure to come out with. Sure enough, the contemplative spark that was customary to her partner glinted in his eyes and he nodded slowly in agreement before speaking.
"Well, I've had a lot of time to think about this," Mulder started, "and I definitely think there's a connection between Wall and our case. In fact, I think our killer may be Wall himself."
"I'm not sure about that, Mulder. Unless you think that Wall can astral project? He has an alibi for the first two murders. If this is a serial killer that we're dealing with as all the details say it is, it just doesn't fit," Scully reasoned. "And there's no evidence that suggests that he had anything to do with it either."
"I know that. And no, I don't think Wall can astral project. Maybe he has an accomplice working with him. I just know he's in on it somehow." Mulder sighed, knowing that Scully had a point. They didn't have enough to go on.
He couldn't push the theory out of his mind though. His gut told him to follow up on it, so that's what he was going to do. Even if it meant going against his partner's wishes and moving into something blindly.
"Do you have any other ideas?" Scully asked, knowing not to push Mulder's theory out of the water any more than she already had. His instincts had often led them to the truth and there was nothing to prove that he wasn't right this time as well.
"That's it," Mulder replied reluctantly. "Chances are it was just a coincidence that Wall shot me. Wrong place, wrong time, I guess."
"Maybe." Scully watched her partner, taking in the seriousness of his nature. He truly seemed to believe that Wall was somehow involved in their murder case. She really wanted to accept his claim but without the evidence, they had nothing.
Sighing, she sat back in her seat and the two agents fell silent as they tried to work out what had happened.
