One Hour Later
Scully felt like she was in a dream. She looked around from where she was sitting and saw herself back at the office at the FBI. She frowned in confusion and saw that she was holding her gun in her hand and that she was sitting on the chair backwards so that the back of the chair was in front of her. Scully pulled back from the chair and slowly stood up in surprise. She was uncertain of her surroundings. Scully saw that her gun was clicked into the ready position and the saftey was off. She looked down at its strong metal frame as it shone in a sun beam from the window near the ceiling. Scully let out a small relieved laugh as she remembered standing on a chair to close that window and how Mulder had just…
Mulder.
Scully suddenly jumped up and gasped in surpise. Mulder was in danger. He needed her help. She was supposed to be in Brazil, where the hell was she? What had happened?
Scully touched the desk and felt that it felt very real and she flinched back at the touch of the wood on her hands. She frowned in great confusion and felt tears sting her eyes at the uncertainty of the moment. She shook her head in disbelief when suddenly someone opened the office door.
Scully heard the door and grabbed her gun and pointed it towards the door ready to shoot. But she suddenly lowered it in fear as she realised that it was Mulder.
Scully dropped her gun and her mouth was open wide with shock. She blinked a hot tear away from her eye.
'Scully?' Mulder asked in shock and put his hands up in surrender. Scully swallowed hard. 'What's wrong?'
'Mu- Mulder?' She whimpered. Mulder frowned at her in concern and put his hands down slowly as Scully lowered her gun to the desk. 'Mulder!' She cried out in emotion and ran towards him. Mulder looked at her with surprise and she ran into his embrace, like a frightened little child. Mulder put his arms around her tightly and stroked her hair with confusion. Scully smelt his scent and dreamily felt herself melt into his arms. She felt so safe there.
'Agent Scully?' A voice called from behind her. Scully frowned in confusion. It wasn't Mulder. 'HEY! MISS SCULLY!' The rough voice said again, louder this time. Scully jumped out of her skin and opened her eyes. The musky house and the hot air seeped back into her vision and senses and she jumped up out of her seat and grabbed her gun and clicked it into place in delirious fear. Scully suddenly felt the extreme pain in her arm come back and the reality of the situation hit her. She was back in Brazil, she hadn't left. She had fallen asleep.
'Get back! Get back!' Scully shouted desperately as her vision swayed. Slowly it settled and she saw that Alexander and the man were still in front of her, secured tightly. They were smiling at her.
'You fell asleep.' The man said, laughing. 'We thought we would have some fun and scare you.' Alexander joined in with the laughing. Scully gritted her teeth and started to advance towards them to knock the man unconcious when she heard the high pitched ringing of the phone. She stopped dead in her tracks and blinked back sleepy tears. This was it. The news.
Scully took a deep breath and Alexander and the man were silent again. She kept her eyes on them as she reached for the phone. Scully picked it up with a trembling hand.
'Yes?' She asked in a wavering voice. There was a silence on the other end. Scully fought back terrified tears and carried the phone away from the men. She took a deep breath. 'Hello?' She asked in a high pitched voice.
'Hello Dana.' It was Skinner. Scully froze and swallowed deeply. She took a deep breath to try and calm herself and she felt a tear roll down her cheek in annoyance.
'Hello Sir, tell me the results, please.' She said desperately. Skinner paused on the phone for a few seconds, but they felt like minutes to Scully.
'Mulder has been given the vaccine. He was given it about twenty minutes ago and since then he has started to get some of his strength back and he seems to be improving in health…' Skinner said to Scully and Scully took a deep sigh of relief. If she wasn't keeping two men hostage she would have jumped in the air in happiness.
'Oh thank god. Thank god!' Scully said desperately and happy tears fell down her cheeks. Scully felt her whole body shaking.
'Dana, the plane should be with you in the next hour. Are you all right?' Skinner asked her, worry in his voice. Scully nodded.
'Yes I'm fine Sir, I'll be all right.' She said happily and knew that she wasn't really, her sugar levels were down and she was in desperate need for some water and a sling for her arm, but she didn't care.
'All right, get the antidote, and get back here.' Skinner said, and Scully bit her lip in anticipation. Skinner put down the phone and Scully heard the dial tone in her ear. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes for a second as she took in the information. Mulder was ok for now, she could get over that hurdle and get on with the next task, getting the antidote.
Scully turned around to face Alexander and the man with a look that could kill. Alexander looked at her with surprise as she slowly advanced towards him.
'He is better, yes?' He asked in a thick Russian accent. Scully didn't answer but grabbed her chair and pulled it in front of Alexander. She felt anger flow through her body.
'He's all right for now. I need the real cure now.' She said in a low voice. Alexander shifted uncomfortably. Scully sensed his unwillingness to help and reacted to it. 'No, none of that.' She said threateningly, and rose to her feet and stood in front of him. 'Tell me where it is. I know that it is in this house, so tell me where I can find it.' She said simply. There was a long pause.
'I don't think that I can tell you…' Alexander started, but Scully wasn't having it. As soon as he started she brought her gun up and then smacked it across his face violently. Alexander cried out in pain and spat out blood from his mouth. Scully glared at him menacingly.
'I'll ask you again. Where is it?' She said, and sat down on her chair making herself comfortable.
'I don't know.' Alexander said in a low voice and glared at Scully with evil eyes. She frowned and shook her head.
'That's not the right answer.' She said, and pointed her gun to his foot. Alexander flinched and Scully raised an eyebrow.
'Yes?' She asked, powerful and confident. Alexander frowned angrily.
'It's… it's in the back room.' He said with difficulty. 'But you need to unlock the box it is in, I was going to pass it onto one of my buyers tomorrow so I am keeping it safe.'
'Yes, I can see that, living out here in Brazil of all places in this pathetic hide out.' Scully said with a sneer. She stood up and made her way behind the two men and into the back area of the house. She felt fear in her blood as she didn't know whether to trust him or not. She felt herself trembling as she reached for a silver container which was locked.
'Is it this one?' She said, entering the room where the men were again, and Alexander flinched.
'Careful!' He said desperately, and Scully felt terror run through her. She slowly put the silver box down on the floor in front of the men. There was a code on the box. Scully grabbed her gun out of her trouser belt again and clicked it up to Alexander's head. She glared at him.
'What's the code.' She snarled. Alexander didn't answer. 'WHAT IS IT!' She shouted and grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him angrily. Alexander took a deep breath of annoyance.
'56, 89, 10.' He said slowly and regretfully. Scully frowned in concentration and went back to the box. She knelt down and put the code into the lock. Grabbing onto the latch she closed her eyes and said a silent prayer. She took a deep breath and she could feel her body shaking. What if this was a trap?
'If you're lying to me, you're going to be in a hell of a lot of trouble.' She said angrily, and Alexander didn't answer but glared at her. Scully looked down at the box again, and on the count of three, she flipped the latch.
The lid of the box slowly rose up to show the contents inside. Scully looked at it in wonder as she saw how protected the vaccine was inside it. There was thick glass all about the bottle which was inside, and the bottle of vaccine was so small. Scully took a deep breath and frowned in concentration as she studied it.
'You need to give him a small dose, or too much could kill him.' Alexander said in a low voice. Then to Scully's surprise he muttered something in Russian. Scully stood up with rage and looked across at Alexander's man to see that he was nodding as if he was agreeing with Alexander. She clicked her gun towards his head again and walked towards them.
'TELL ME WHAT YOU JUST SAID!' Scully screamed. Alexander lowered his head. 'TELL ME!' She said angrily. Alexander looked up at her with a slight smile. 'What the hell are you smiling about?' She shouted, tears stinging her eyes. She had to admit it, she was afraid.
'It's too late now anyway.' Alexander said in a low voice. Scully's head was spinning.
'What?' She asked incredulously.
'It's too late. You won't be able to take us back to America with you, my men are coming to ambush your plane.' Alexander said in a calm voice. Scully's mouth dropped open in shock and she started to perspire. She felt dizzy.
'What did you just say?' She said in disbelief. Her legs were weak under her.
'You heard me, when your plane arrives your team will find you dead.' Alexander said in an angry voice. Scully felt a stab of terror run through her.
'Listen to me you son of a bitch, you're going to be dead before they get here-' She started, but was stopped by the sound of a plane overhead. Scully opened her eyes wide with fear and turned towards the sound of the plane. She realised that she was shaking. The force of the plane was starting to make the house shake. Suddenly she heard people screaming and running around outside. She knew that the people here were simple and that they weren't used to planes. Scully couldn't help feeling the fear that was in her stomach. She turned to face Alexander with rage.
'How dare you do this you bastard!' She shouted, and lunged for him, but before she could grab him she was grabbed from behind by someone.
Scully screamed and scrambled for release but the hold on her was too strong. Her arm was being bent back by the man and she screamed in agony, stars filling her eyes. She felt the cold metal barrel of a gun hit her back and she gasped in surprise.
'Drop the gun.' The man said who was holding her. He had a thick Russian accent and his voice was low and military like. Scully closed her eyes and tried to imagine this wasn't happening. She bit back a defeated tear and saw the vaccine on the floor in front of her.
'No.' She muttered under her breath. The man grabbed her tighter and reached over and grabbed her gun from her, but as he grabbed it Scully shouted out angrily and shot the gun towards Alexander as fast as she could.
Scully felt like her world was moving in slow motion and she heard the plane touch down outside. She was flung towards the floor and slowly she raised her head to look at Alexander and saw that he had been shot in the shoulder. Scully felt a sense of triumph inside her and she knelt down in front of the vaccine. There were noises from behind her, gun shots and screaming. Scully closed her eyes and picked up the vaccine box and pulled it towards her, holding it tight. She bent over and started to sob heavy tears as she prepared herself to die.