5.
Mulder felt sick.
He'd never felt so upset in his life.
Scully lay on her back, with her eyes closed, in a pool of blood. Her bandage was untied and her wound was bleeding heavily. Mulder felt hot angry tears rise to his eyes and he felt himself nearly sob. Was she dead?
Mulder stared at her desperately, he waited for some movement of any kind, anything. Suddenly he saw her fingers twitch and she moved her head slightly. Mulder saw her grimace in pain and she groaned. Mulder took a deep breath and blinked away angry tears.
Mulder saw the man standing over her, with blood on his hands. He opened his eyes wide with anger and felt his heart skip a beat. He tightened his grip on his gun and aimed it at the man's head. The man didn't even seem to notice he was there.
'STEP AWAY FROM HER YOU BASTARD!' Mulder shouted. The man didn't even move. Mulder felt anger rage inside of him. He ran towards the man and without thinking, he lifted his gun and swung it over the man's head hard, causing him to fall to the ground. Mulder watched as the man fell and Mulder then turned and hit him again clean across the face.
'What the hell did you do to her!' He shouted desperately. The man didn't answer. Mulder grabbed hold of him by his clothes and looked into his eyes. 'Talk to me you asshole!' Mulder shouted, and the man glared at him. Mulder frowned in confusion as he suddenly felt his grip loosen on the man. He heard a noise from behind him. It was Scully.
'M- Mulder… don't, don't look into his… his.. eyes. Mulder… it's him…' She rasped. Mulder took a deep breath and his eyes widened in shock. This was the murderer.
As everything suddenly clicked into place in Mulder's mind, he pushed the man away from him onto the ground and grabbed his gun. Mulder closed his eyes and tried to get himself back to normal, the power of that man's eyes had made him feel weak. Mulder clicked his gun into place and turned to face the man. He knew what he had to do. The man was now sitting up and staring at him. Mulder closed his eyes and felt anger and fear run inside of him.
'You're not going to control me you bastard!' Mulder shouted and aimed his gun. He waited a few moments as he got his bearings, and then, he fired.
Skinner assembled the Agents to go with him to find Mulder and Scully. They waited outside for orders.
'Right, theres one objective to this mission. Get Mulder and Scully out of that place ALIVE. You understand?' Skinner asked. The agents agreed and Skinner nodded.
'All right, lets get going!' He said, and ran to his own car. Skinner put his FBI vest into the boot and climbed into the front. He started up the engine and followed the other cars to the location.
Mulder ran towards Scully. He grabbed her hand and she turned her head slowly to look up at him. He looked down her body to see her wound bleeding. He shook his head with disbelief and squeezed her hand gently. Scully tried to speak to him but he told her to stop.
'Scully, don't. Save your energy.' He said softly. Tear were stinging his eyes. He couldn't believe this. 'Scully, we have to get out of here, right now.' He said gently, and Scully looked like she was going to cry. She groaned in pain and Mulder saw her chest rising and falling fast. 'Come on Scully, we have to go.' He said gently, and felt tears coating his throat. Part of him knew that she wasn't well enough to move. He kissed her hand and racked his brain to think of something to do to help her. Suddenly he remembered the bandages and he grabbed them and pushed them against her wound to try and slow the breathing. Scully shouted out in agony and Mulder grabbed her hand and let her squeeze it. He looked down at her sadly and with great worry.
'Hey Scully, did I ever tell you about the time I fell over my own shoe?' He said with a forced smile to try and take her mind off things. Scully let out a small laugh but it soon turned into tears. She closed her eyes and Mulder felt his heart skip a beat. 'No! No Scully please, don't close your eyes. Stay with me Scully, stay with me.' He said desperately, and she frowned and opened them again slowly. Mulder felt his lower lip tremble with threatening tears. Scully saw his sadness and she grabbed his hand tighter.
'Mulder…' She whispered, tears rolling down her cheeks. Mulder shook his head and told her to be quiet but she didn't listen. 'No, Mulder… I… I have to tell you… I have to tell you something…' She said between breaths. Mulder waited anxiously for what she was about to say.
'Mulder, I want you know that… that if anything happens to me, I want you to keep going on your own, because, because you have to find the truth… you… you have to find…' Scully started weakly, but couldn't carry on. Mulder felt a tear fall from his eye as he saw Scully close her eyes again.
'Scully no! Don't say that! You are going to be fine! Now open your eyes and come back to me, I cant do this without you Scully I'll never forgive myself if you leave me, please Scully…' He was begging desperately for her to open her eyes, but she didn't. Mulder lowered his head in sorrow and felt his heart break in two. 'Scully?' He asked desperately, but she didn't answer. Mulder felt heavy sobs threaten to come. 'Scully… please. We'll find the truth with each other. We'll be together when we find it. I can't do this without you, please Scully I can't, I cant live without you…' He said desperately and let tears fall from his eyes heavily now. He looked down at her still frame and pushed some hair away from her eyes. He didn't know if she was alive or not. Mulder felt a chill and felt his body shake.
Suddenly there was a crash from the stairs and the door crashed open again. Mulder closed his eyes and waited to be killed. He would prefer to die now anyway, he felt ready to die now, now Scully was gone.
'Agent Mulder!'
An FBI agent had entered the room and ran towards him. Mulder opened his eyes suddenly and turned to face about five armed agents who were looking at him. He took a deep breath and turned back to Scully suddenly. Mulder then felt pressure on his hand. He gasped in shock and relief.
'AGENT SCULLY NEEDS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE NOW! GET A MEDICAL TEAM DOWN HERE!' Mulder shouted, and the Agents quickly got to work. Mulder kissed Scully's hands and looked down at her, she was still, but Mulder felt her hold on his hand.
'Scully, it's ok, it's ok you're going to be fine now.' He said to her softly. The medical agents came rushing into the room and told Mulder to move out of the way. Mulder got to his feet slowly and watched as they worked on Scully furiously. He listened to them speaking.
'She's in shock… she's critical… be careful with her now… we've got to get her to a hospital extremely fast… on the count of three…'
The voices of the medical agents filled his head and he closed his eyes. He was so tired, and now it was all over. Mulder felt a hand on his shoulder. He jumped and looked up to see Skinner.
'Sir…' Mulder started but Skinner lifted a hand to stop him.
'Thank god we found you, if it hadn't been for Scully's blood that we found at the scene, god knows when we would have found you two.' Skinner said in a low voice as Scully was quickly taken upstairs. Mulder watched her go. 'She's going to have to be strong but I think we got here quick enough.' Skinner said in a low voice and Mulder nodded.
'Sir, the murderer, he did this to Scully. I shot him.' Mulder said with his head held low. Skinner nodded and moved over to where the other Agents were packing up the murderer into a body bag. Mulder took a deep breath and looked down at his hands. He realised they were shaking.