Three Hours Later – Georgetown Memorial Hospital

Mulder sat on the hospital seats and held his head in his hands. They had just finished operating on Scully, and they told him that they would come and see him to tell him when to go and see her. Mulder waited tentatively, he was so nervous. He took a deep breath and looked down at the floor of the hospital which looked sparkling clean. The bright lights were stinging his tired eyes. He needed sleep desperately, but he needed to see Scully first, to make sure she was all right. He knew that she would do the same for him, so he was determined to wait, though he was sure that she would ask him why he was still there when she saw him.

Mulder let out a small laugh as he thought about Scully's attitude to things. She was always concerned but always sensible. That's what he loved about her, she kept him in line. Well, most of the time. Mulder was so anxious to see her, he felt partly responsible for what happened, if only he had gone down to get the man himself, then this wouldn't have happened.

A nurse was walking towards him and he turned to look at her. He took a deep breath and rose to his feet. The nurse gave him a small smile.

'Mr Mulder, Miss Scully is awake now and she is resting. You're allowed to see her but only for a few minutes, she needs to rest.' The nurse said, and Mulder nodded.

'Thank you. Is she going to be all right?' He asked.

'She's going to need a lot of bed rest, she obviously lost a lot of blood and she is still coping with the shock of it all, but she will be all right.' The nurse said with a smile, and let Mulder to the doorway. Mulder watched as the nurse walked away and he put his hand on the door knob. He could see Scully's small frame lying under a blanket on the bed through the window in the door. He took a deep breath and opened the door slowly.

As he entered he heard the beeping of the monitors. Mulder sighed sadly as the situation brought back horrible memories of coming to see Scully in hospital before. He closed the door softly and turned to look at her.

Her face was pale and she had a blood drip coming into her arm. She also had more drips coming into her other arm, Mulder guessed it was morphine or something. He frowned with concern as he walked towards her and pulled up a chair next to her. Mulder looked down at her face and she looked like she was asleep though he wasn't sure. Her red hair was harsh against the white pillow case. He gently took hold of her hand.

Scully flinched and he saw her frown. Mulder waited for her to come round to him, to see him sitting beside her. She moved her head slowly over to the side and her eyelids flickered.

'Scully?' Mulder said softly. Scully's eyes flickered open and her head turned to face him. Mulder saw her swallow and take a deep breath. He smiled with happiness to see her safe.

'How are you feeling?' He asked softly and he felt her squeeze his hand.

'Sleepy.' She whispered, and Mulder let out a small laugh.

'The doctor says you're going to be fine. I was really worried, you know that don't you?' Mulder asked gently and kissed her hand. He saw a small smile escape her lips and she blinked slowly.

'Did you kill him?' Scully asked. Mulder sighed.

'Yes, I had to. But none of that matters now Scully what matters now is your health…'

'What about the case?' Scully said, still interested in what was happening. Mulder looked at her with questioning eyes.

'I'll do a report, don't worry you don't have to do one. I think it would be best if you forgot about it and got it out of the way as soon as you can after what he did to you.' Mulder said softly, and felt his heart call out to her. He raised his other hand and stroke the side of her face gently. Scully's eyes closed slowly as he touched her.

'Mulder…' Scully whispered. Mulder waited for her to carry on. 'Thank you, for saving me.'
Mulder watched as she went back to sleep slowly. Her chest rising and falling peacefully. He was so happy she was safe. The nurse opened the door behind him.

'Mr Mulder, it's time you left now, Dana needs her rest. You can come back in the morning.' The nurse said and Mulder nodded. He kissed Scully's hand.

'Sleep well.' He said softly, and then placed her hand down gently. Mulder got up slowly and walked to the door. The nurse looked at him with a smile.

'I think you should go home and get some rest too.' She said, and Mulder let out a small laugh.

'I definetely agree with that.' He said, and with one last look at Scully, he walked out of the room and closed the door, his mind could now be put to rest now that they were both safe.

THE END