Ring!

A sudden, loud noise shattered the silence, fllowed by a gasp, a groan and then some ruffling noise as a hand searched for the phone that was hidden somewhere beneath the blankets.

Ring! Ring!

" Yeah, dammit. Just hold on." A hand reached for the lightswitch and turned it on, revealing the very tired and very drawn face of John Fitzgerald Byers. It took him some time to adjust his eyes to his surroundings and bit longer to actually find his wireless phone.

A look at his clock told him it was just 3am. Who had the guts to call that early?

" Hello?" He stiffled a yawn.

Nothing but a weird buzzing, maybe static, maybe wind.

" Hello?" He tried again.

Still nothing. Just as he decided to hang up, he heard a similar tired and slightly trembling voice.

" Byers? It's Scully."

Well, now he was awake.

" Agent Scully, are you alright? Is something wrong?"

Again silence and ruffling. He tried to prick his ears and finally heard Scully's angry voice shouting at someone or something. He wasn't sure.

" Byers, are you still there?" She sounded out of breath, scared and utterly confused.

" What is going on, Scully?"

" I can't tell you on the phone. Actually I don't even know if I can tell you at all, but there's something wrong with Mulder!"

" Is he hurt?" Byers was fully alert now. Mulder had sometimes called the Gunmen during the night, but Scully never did that. Well, she never called them at all. So something had to be wrong.

" He - Byers, I don't know. I really can't tell you. Will you please help me?"

" Of course, I'll wake the guys. Where shall we meet you?"

He could here the faint barking of a dog and the restless whipping of the wind.

" We're at a rest stop somewhere in the South of Gaithersburg."

" No problem, Agent Scully. Just hold on, we'll track you down."

Byers jumped out of the bed, put on his slippers and rushed out of the room, the phone stuck between his shoulder and cheek.

- TBC-

Okay, sorry, but just a very short chapter, hope it won't take me too long to write the next one, I have it all in my head, just need to write it down. Sorry it took me so long, but I've been really busy with work and university :P But I didn't forget this baby here ;)