Communication Breakdown

7

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"Right! Move! Move! Move!"

"Get out of my way Myers!"

"Not on your life Spooks this one's mine!" Suddenly Myers managed to run in front of Mulder and push him sideways into a mud hole, Myers laughed hysterically as he pushed on through the obstacle course. "Victory!!"

"Myers! I'm going to kill you and when I'm done you're going to wish you were dead!" Just then Harp ran past him

"Better luck next time Agent Mulder!" she yelled as she went past. Mulder's eyes went wide

"No way! They can't win!" Mulder scrambled through the mud hole when Scully came round the corner. She stopped at him

"Mulder?…" She started.

"What the hell took you so long?!" He said managing to stand up. "They're winning!" Scully grabbed his arm

"Well I would have gotten here quicker but Agent Harp did a little sneaky move back at the monkey bars. Apparently sand doesn't go so well on metal!" she said angrily turning around and showing him the mud on her butt. His eyes went wide.

"She's as sneaky as the paper pusher!" Mulder managed to get out of the mud, he pulled at his shirt. "We can't let them win!" Mulder and Scully raced after Myers and Harp. They had been put into groups to compete against each other and Mulder was getting more and more annoyed because Agent Myers was winning against him. Mulder and Scully ran like they had never run before. They saw Myers and Harp on the home stretch now and were gaining on them. The crowd cheered as Mulder and Scully came up beside them.

"I'm going to win!" Myers said through clenched teeth his face red. Mulder squinted pushing hard

"Not on your life paper pusher!" They were nearly to the finishing line when Mulder tripped on the grass and fell in front of Myers who went toppling over and over. Scully and Harp ran over the finishing line.

"I think I broke something!" Wailed Myers unable to move, winded by the sudden thud on the ground. Mulder also rolled over.

"I think I broke everything" he wined back. Myers looked over to him.

"If I can't walk, I'm suing!" Mulder waved a hand as he lay on the ground as Myers moved towards him.

"Are you kidding? I could have internal bleeding from the mark that your lump of a foot made when it jumped on me! If anyone is suing it's me!" Mulder said putting up his legs ready to warn of him. Scully and Harp both shook their heads

"We better help them" Harp said moving forward but Scully grabbed her arm.

"No wait, haven't you ever seen a pair of slugs fight?" Harp looked at her and saw her grinning, she gestured to the two men sliding towards each other

"…You want a fight? I'll take you on!" Myers slid towards Mulder again.

"Come on then, take your best shot!" Scully smiled.

"I bet on the mud slug…" she said to Harp.

"I bet on the…" Suddenly a whistle blew

"Alright everyone! Get back to the orientation building! Looks like we need to go over a few things." everyone groaned. "NOW!" Miss Swan pointed to the building. "Agent Scully, Agent Harp take these two Agents to the doctor!"

"Yes miss" they both said in unison.

"NO! Not the doctor! I'm ok! See I'm fine!" Myers said jumping up suddenly then collapsing again. Scully rolled her eyes as the girls helped them up. Soon enough they reached the Doctor, who smiled at them

"What have we here?" he asked as Mulder and Myers sat on his table. Myers edged closer to Mulder so they were pretty well joined at the hip. Mulder rolled his eyes.

"Obstacle course" Harp stated before they left the room. The doctor laughed

"Oh yes, that is the most common cause of injury every year" He said strapping on a latex glove. Myers's eyes went wide, he gulped

"You're just going to check our bones aren't you?" He asked kind of nervous. Mulder tried to hold back a laugh as he winked at the doctor. The doctor smiled and received the wink, time for some fun.

"Yes pretty much…" Myers heaved a sigh of relief.

"Phew, thank God"

"Although you do look a little flushed…" Myers eyes went wide

"Flushed? I'm not flushed am I agent Mulder?" he said nudging him. Mulder looked at him

"Oh I don't know, you do look like you're running a temperature…"

"What? I feel fine! I'm not running anything…"

"You're right Agent Mulder, I think I will take his temperature…" Myers's head was spinning.

"What? I…" suddenly he fainted and fell back on the bed. Mulder looked at the doctor and held out a hand.

"Pay up…" The doctor pursed his lips

"Oh, alright you win" he said pulling out some money as he gazed across the unconscious Myers. "I really thought I would have to use the injection" Mulder took the money and poked it.

"It was close though I didn't think he would do it" The doctor laughed

"Alright let's look at your leg" The doctor looked at his leg. Mulder laughed as Myers started to stir.

"Hey how about we take a bet to see if we can make him faint again." Mulder held up his hand and the doctor clasped it.

"Alright… now where's my thermometer?"

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It was a short time later when they reached back at the Oriantation building to see all the Agents in their groups making towers out of furniture. Mulder looked around for a moment until he saw Scully and Harp making a tower also. Myers leaned across to Mulder.

"Maybe we should back away slowly before someone sees us" He muttered. Now even though Mulder didn't really like Agent Myers, he did kind of like his idea. Mulder stepped back a step.

"Yeah, I think I might" he said. Just then someone called out

"Ah finally!" Mulder and Myers looked to see Miss Swan coming towards them. Myers leaned over

"We should have run" Mulder nodded slowly

"Yes, we should have" He replied as Miss Swan came in front of them.

"So you have finally joined us" She turned around to the rest of the group "Ok people listen up! Agent Mulder and Agent Myers here, are going to show you how to build a tower together out of furniture quickly and using communication skills that I'm sure the have learn't since they have been here" She finished. Mulder and Myers both looked at her in shock

"We are going to do what together?" Myers said raising an eyebrow.

"I'm not building a tower with him" Mulder grumbled. Miss Swan smiled

"I'm not giving you a choice" she replied. "Now Agents, make us a tower!"

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A/N

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