Communication Breakdown
2
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1 week later
Mulder and Scully pulled to a stop outside a large building in the middle no-where. Scully looked at the terrain. There were trees all around and slight forestry. Scully groaned as Mulder popped the boot.
"Mulder, why are we here?" Mulder looked out the windscreen
"Because they like torturing us" he replied pointing out the glass at a group of Agents. Scully followed his gaze to see Myers and friends standing watching their car.
"Kill me now, please I beg you" Mulder laugh at her tone
"Come on Scully, this could be fun this year." He said getting out of the car. "We might even see moth men again" Scully smirked as she pulled down her sunglasses and inhaled
'Here goes' She thought as she opened the car door and got out. She didn't even make it 3 steps before Agent Myers pinpointed her.
"Well, well, well, Agent Scully…" He started but Scully put her hand up
"Not another word…" Myers and his group laughed as she walked straight past them and up the steps. Myers smiled as Mulder walked over to him
"She doesn't want to be here does she?" Mulder stopped and pursed his lips
"Do you want to build a tower out of furniture?" He asked knowingly. Myers thought for a moment
"Good point" he replied as Mulder walked away behind him. Turning around he called out at his back. "Tell her if she gets sick of building with you, I'm available!" Mulder just put up a hand and walked up the stairs and into the building through the crowd of agents. Myers turned back to his friends
"Why don't you give up George?" Greg Moore said placing his hands in his pocket. "She's way out of your league"
"Yeah George, the Ice Queen will freeze you in a second" Max Norton added. Myers just looked at both of them
"Guys, since when do you know me to give up?" Myers said smiling. Chris Ryans laughed
"Never" Myers nodded
"Exactly! Now if anyone can melt the Ice Queen it will be me…" Suddenly his voice trailed off. They all looked at him strangely.
"Myers are you ok?" Fuller asked. But Myers didn't respond.
"George?" Moore asked. They all looked at him as he stared off in a different direction. They all followed his gaze to see Agent Michelle Harp walking up the stairs then disappeared into the building. All his friends smiled
"Ooh, I think someone has a crush on the Harpsichord" Ryans noted, this brought Myers back to reality.
"Wha?… no, I don't!" They all looked at each other curiously. Myers picked up on it. "Sure she's nice looking but nothing like Agent Scully… plus she's not my type of woman…" Max winked at the others
"Sure she's not…" They all laughed as they walked towards the building. Myers was left behind
"Hey! Wait up!… Guys come on, she's not my type!"
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Once everyone was inside, they all waited for the speaker to start.
"Hello and welcome to this years Team Building Seminar. I am Karen Swan and I will be your adviser for the next few weeks…" Myers groaned as he sat behind Mulder and Scully, while Harp sat off to one side. Myers looked at the back of Scully's head. Noting her red hair was straighter than usual. Then he saw as Mulder leaned across and whispered something in her ear. Myers thought for a moment and smiled, then with his leg, he gently brought it up under Mulders chair and bumped it. Mulder felt it and Myers knew he did as Mulder looked back over his shoulder angrily. Myers just shrugged
"Sorry, accident" Mulder grunted softly as he turned back around. Myers looked across at Dean who was shaking his head slightly
'Don't' he mouthed
'What?' Myers mouthed back then he brought his foot up under Mulders chair again a bit harder. Mulder's eyes lowered as he turned back around. Myers tried not to smile
"What?" Myers shrugged. Mulder glared at him
"Don't do it" he whispered. This time Scully picked up on it.
"Mulder just ignore him and he'll go away" Mulder gave him one last stare before turning around. Some of the other Agents were watching the little scenario unfold, some laughing slightly. Myers sighed and looked at the speaker. He hoped she hadn't said anything interesting because he wasn't really listening. Myers looked across at the other Agents then his eyes fell on Harp for a minute. Her hair had grown somewhat longer and she had still kept it red. Myers kept looking at her for a long moment. Not noticing his surroundings.
'She looks really…'
"What's your name Agent?!" Miss Swan asked abruptly to George
"Myers?!" Dean elbowed him in the ribs
"Pretty!" Myers blurted out. Mulder and Scully both rubbed their faces trying not to laugh. There were giggles in the back ground.
"Agent pretty? Well could you please pay attention?" Karen asked sternly. Myers nodded straightening his tie
"Sorry Miss Swan" Mulder leaned back and whispered over his shoulder.
"Yeah pay attention, Agent pretty" Myers smiled then kicked Mulders chair again.
"Call me what you want, but remember we'll be sitting here for another hour…" He replied hitting the bottom of Mulders chair again. Mulder groaned
"Scully, how long has it been?" Scully looked at her watch
"Ten minutes" Mulder sighed and leaned back as the banging continued.
"If he doesn't stop in 10 minutes I'm going to rip his leg off"
"Not unless I do it first" Mulder and Scully looked at each other and smiled as the banging continued.
"Alright G-woman, I'll hold you to that" Mulder said. Just then out of the corner of his eye he noticed a large spider crawling up the back of a chair in front of him. He elbowed Scully slightly. "Hey look" Scully looked across and smiled
"Pick it up" Mulder looked at her.
"Me?" Scully rolled her eyes and leaned forward.
"God, let me do it" Scully picked up the spider in her hands, it was the size of her palm.
"…We are here to learn how to communicate better…" Karen's voice echoed. Just then Mulder felt a bump under his chair again.
"Damn him, I'll communicate with him and it won't be talking" Mulder said through clenched teeth. Scully smiled
"Oh don't worry, I think he'll stop it in a minute. You see Agent Mulder the first rule to communicating is to find something to communicate about" Scully replied. Myers bumped the chair again. Most of the agents were now glancing at them, intrigued. Suddenly Scully turned around
"Hey Myers…" Myers stopped and looked at her, just then she threw the spider at him. Myers jumped up and started to shake his body.
"Get it off me!!" just then the spider fell off Myers and onto Dean's lap. Dean flew out of his seat and tripped on the person next to him and fell on the floor. Laughter erupted throughout the room as Myers stopped jumping up and down. The Speaker just rolled her eyes.
"Gentlemen…" She started
"Is it off?" Myers asked, then he realised Dean was on the floor. "What are you doing down there?" he asked as Dean lifted himself off the floor.
"You threw a spider at me!" Dean turned on him. Everybody laughed harder.
"I did not! Agent Scully threw it at me!" They both stopped and looked at her.
"What are you looking at me for? It's still over your side somewhere" Myers and Dean both looked down wide eyed
"Gentlemen, could you please have a seat!" the speaker ordered. But they weren't listening and neither was anyone else.
"Do you see it?" Dean asked. Myers shook his head
"No, but I'm going to get out of here before it comes back" Myers said as he turned and slid out and into the aisle. Dean followed him and looked back as he went. Then they both walked side by side out the back door. Scully and Mulder watched them go and smiled as they saw the spider crawling back up Myers's trousers and onto his back
"Should we tell him?" Scully asked "We're supposed to learn how to communicate with each other." Mulder shook his head and turned back at the now angry speaker
"No, he'll find out soon enough" Mulder replied. Suddenly a scream could be heard from outside
"Get it off! Get it off!" Everyone laughed
"See, I told you he would find out…" Mulder laughed
"Alright now that everyone has had their fun, can we please get back to it?…" Miss Swan cleared her throat "And so to read your partner's mind you must make them understand what you are saying" Scully rolled her eyes.
'I bet no-one is having as much fun as I am right now…' Scully thought sarcastically, then she smiled 'Except the spider maybe…'
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