Chapter Seventeen

Fox Mulder: "How did this child come to be? What set its heart beating? Is it the product of a union? Or the work of a divine hand? An answered prayer? A true miracle? Or is it a wonder of technology- the intervention of other hands? What do I tell this child about to be born? What do I tell Scully? And what do I tell myself?"

Fox stared at Dana as a look of great shock overtook his face. PREGNANT? Scully had just told him she was pregnant. It was their dream come true! But HOW had it happened? The IVF apparently wasn't successful and the medical report had said that Scully had been extracted of all of her ova after her abduction. How then did this pregnancy occur?!

He just shook his head, trying to clear it all of the doubts and the insanity. Scully was pregnant! He was believer in things unseen and unknown. His facial expression turned to one of extreme happiness. "What did I tell you, Scully? All our dreams ARE gonna come true," he said as he leaned forward and gently kissed her lips.

"Emily's going to get her little sister or brother." he told her after the kiss. "And you and I are getting our much longed for miracle."

"But Mulder, we don't know if..."

"I know everything I need to know. You're carrying my child, Scully. A child very much loved and wanted. We are gonna have one incredible kid. I know that without a doubt."

Scully once again lightly touched her flat abdomen as she thought of the tiny life she carried within. She didn't understand how it could have happened, but she was thrilled with the excitement and happiness she saw sparkling in Mulder's eyes.

"Do you think it'll be a boy or a girl?" he asked. "Hey, maybe it will be one of each."

She couldn't help it. She let out a little laugh as she smiled. "Emily is going to be so happy."

"Should I bring her in?" Mulder asked, eager to tell little Emily their joyous news.

Scully couldn't say 'no.' "Sure, bring her in," she replied.

Mulder brought Emily in a few minutes later. "Mommy!" said Emily as she ran to Scully's side. "Are you okay? You're not gonna die, are you?!"

"No, honey. I'll be just fine," Scully said as she pulled Emily onto the bed next to her and caressed her strawberry-blond hair.

"Then why did you get so sick... and why are you in the hospital?"

"I am not sick, Emily. I - I am having a baby," Scully said.

Emily let out a loud shout of happiness. "A baby?!" she said. "I am gonna be the big sister!"

Mulder picked up Emily and cuddled her. "Everything is going to be just fine... and you're going to be an amazing big sister."

"Will it be a boy or a girl?" asked Emily.

"We don't know yet, Em. Right now it's a surprise," Mulder stated.

*A really BIG surprise,* Scully was thinking as she couldn't make sense of HOW this had happened. She wouldn't believe it - not entirely - and she wouldn't until she saw proof of the pregnancy through an ultrasound. Always the sceptic, she was worried that the implant might have dire consequences on the unborn child.

"Mommy, are you as happy as me and Daddy?" Emily asked.

"I am just surprised," Scully answered as there was no way she could explain to Emily about missing ova, embryos, IVF, and an unexplained conception.

Mulder grinned. "We got our first surprise when we found Emily," he said. "I guess we are about to get another one."