Visiting
hours are 9 to 5 and if I show up at half past six
Well I already
know that you'd find some way to sneak me in.
-Alanis
Morissette
:Not the Doctor
Scully rushed through the hospital doors up to the second floor. As soon as the elevator doors opened, she pulled out her ID and had it in-hand by the time she reached the nurse. "Fox Mulder, please." The nurse looked confused, but directed Scully to room 203. She opened the door, and Scully found herself hugging Mulder.
Mulder
looked at Scully, and was both confused and happy. "Whoa, hey
Scully. It's been a while."
Looking at Mulder, she simply wanted
to start crying. Instead, she let go and cleared her throat as she
straightened up. "Yeah, yeah it has been Mulder. I rushed here as
soon as I found out. What happened?"
Mulder smiled at her softly, and held her hand in a firm, but loving grip. "We were on a case and I was shot. It was just my leg and my shoulder, a little above where you shot me." Mulder, now grinning, was about to say more when the door opened again and a young woman walked in. Scully looked at Mulder, whose hand had left hers and was now simply lying limply at his side.
"Hey partner." The woman smiled widely at Mulder and then nodded to Scully. She made her way across the room and kissed Mulder lightly on the lips. "Hey. Skinner says you'll be getting a gift basket from the mayor soon." Scully took a minute to look the woman over. Brunette with straight hair until it hit the bottom in a cascade of light curls, late twenties or early thirties, about 5'7'' and simply stunning. Scully cleared her throat again and said the most sensable thing that came to mind, "I'm going to ask the doctor when you can leave." She smiled at the woman and turned around, but before she even took a step the woman spoke.
"His
vitals are stable and he should be out as soon as that fruit basket
gets to us in about 2 hours, Dr. Scully."
Scully turned around,
trying her hardest to smile and not slap this woman for taking the
only thing she could do at the moment. She wasn't sure whether to be
angry that this woman knew Mulder's vitals, or if she was happy that
the woman cared. Mulder, sensing her discomfort, suddenly remembered
his manners and sat up on the bed. "Scully this is Lilly, Lilly
this is Scully." Scully stood there smiling at the woman while
Lilly walked around the bed and shook Scully's hand. "I think it's
best I introduce myself, thank you though Fox. I'm Agent Lillian
Rensselaer, it's a pleasure to finally meet you Dr. Scully." Scully
continued willing herself to smile and shake Lillian's hand. Scully
suddenly realized she could call her mother, or a cab. Anything to
get her out of this hospital room would work.
"There is a phone call I need to make, I'll be right back." she turned around, and rushed out the door the best she could, without running. While she was outside she walked to the nurses station and smiled at the nurse she had previously confused. "Hi, um, Agent Mulder, I'm his emergency call and should have gotten the call about his hospitalization, I wanted to know why I didn't recieve that call." the nurse smiled and asked her to wait while she took out his file. Once she had the file out Scully assured the nurse she was a doctor and was handed the file. She read through his file, double checking his health, and when she reached the emergency contact she turned pale white. No longer was there "Special Agent Dr. Dana Katherine Scully", but "Special Agent Dr. Lillian Rensselaer."
