Part three!
Scully's personality here is taken from the times we see her in giddy, childish mode (the end of The Ghosts Who Stole Christmas and lots of Sunshine Days). Hope you're all enjoying it!
As Mulder leant against the railing, feeling the last rays of the day's sun beating down on him, he felt lighter than he had in weeks. He smiled inwardly at the thought that only a few hours ago, he had been worrying himself sick over Scully's reaction to his surprise vacation; as it had turned out, all that worrying had been for nothing. He laughed as the teacup Scully was currently spinning around inside came past once again, she was giggling like a small child, her hair whipped across her face making her look less than graceful. Mulder hated spinning rides; they made him feel queasy and so he had sat this one out, choosing instead to watch his partner enjoy herself while he relaxed.
On their arrival at the Magic Kingdom Park several hours previously, Scully's whole persona had changed. As they had rounded the corner, bringing the infamous castle into full view for the first time, she had squealed and almost ran down the street towards it, literally dragging Mulder along behind her as he recovered from the shock. Soon after, she had vanished inside a shop, reappearing with a pair of Mickey Mouse ears on her head. Mulder had fallen about laughing until she had produced a second pair from behind her back and insisted he wear them. It was an unfair fight; she had her big eyes and pouty bottom lip on her side whenever she needed them.
They had spent one of the happiest days he could remember together. They'd watched a parade, sailed with pirates and watched ghosts dance. For lunch, they'd eaten greasy hamburgers and drank Cokes; then almost brought them straight back up by riding rollercoasters and a log flume. Scully had barely stopped smiling. She had allowed the excitement she was honestly feeling to float right to the surface, the years of pent up childhood longing overtaking any sense of decorum learnt in adulthood. She'd bought them both Mickey shaped ice cream sticks and laughed for the camera when Mulder took a photo of her, despite knowing she had chocolate on her face. Mulder had even pulled out his phone camera and taken a picture of them both wearing their silly ears and grinning like school children in front of the castle – sending the photo on to Skinner who had responded with "Am sending medics immediately, you are both clearly unwell" with a smiley face. Scully had been shocked Skinner even knew how to make his phone create a smiley face.
Now, as twilight fell and the Park's lights had begun to switch on, Scully came running from the far side of the teacups ride to find him, still grinning. She flung herself against the railings, laughing
"I'm dizzy!"
"I'm not surprised," Mulder replied, "I feel nauseous and I was only watching you. Do you want to sit down?"
"Yeah, actually do you want to get some dinner, then we can make our way down to Main Street to watch the fireworks later?" Scully suggested, her breathing slowing down. Mulder nodded and they headed off to find some food.
At the Park's entrance, the woman passed easily through the security checks and looked around. She'd been told where she needed to be; only a few hours remained before she would need to be in position. The man had been in contact again, Mulder and Scully were heading towards Tomorrowland to eat; she would be safe if she didn't stray far from the Main Street shops. The smell of cookies from the bakery enticed her and she headed inside and vanished into the crowd.
As Mulder and Scully sat of the formica chairs, eating their dinner of more fast food, Scully found herself looking around and trying to imagine a scene quite different from the one she was currently experiencing. The distance on her face must have attracted Mulder's attention because he brushed his thumb on her hand to bring her back to reality.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing!" she laughed "I was just thinking, you came here as a child didn't you?"
"Yeah" Mulder replied, smiling at the memories, "it opened a couple of weeks before my 10th birthday, my parents surprised me by bringing me and Samantha. We were the envy of our schools! We came again the following summer, then again a few weeks before…" he stumbled over the last words but Scully knew what they were anyway. "We never came again. I don't think my parents could take it, so many memories locked up in this one place. I came once during my time at Oxford, brought some buddies from England who'd never been to the States to experience spring break. It was different though, drinking and lying on the beach chatting about girls more than riding rollercoasters. This is my first time back at the parks really since I was 12." Scully smiled sadly, it was her time to take his hands.
"I hope you're not regretting coming back here, it must be quite hard, stirring up all those old memories."
"Scully, you've given me the best day I could have hoped for." Mulder laughed, grinning at her wildly. "I could never have dreamed that you'd be this happy to be here."
"I don't think you realise how much I've wanted to come here" she replied. "It was a childhood fantasy. Me, Missy and Charlie would sit glued to the TV watching any shows that would show us the parks, not Bill of course, he wasn't interested like us. We watched all the Disney movies, knew the songs, but we never got to come. We just moved about so often, dad was home so rarely when we were young and mom couldn't manage taking four of us on vacation by herself. The years just passed by and eventually we realised we'd never be going to Disney. I thought about coming here on spring break too, but I wanted to focus on grades, to please my parents you know?"
"Shame" Mulder interrupted, "Our paths may have crossed on that spring break, our eyes met across a crowded beach, me in my sexy red speedos, you in a non existent bikini…" He grinned as Scully shot him one of her characteristic looks but failed to hold it and returned the grin.
"I have never owned a non existent bikini Mulder" she retorted, "and there is no such thing as a sexy red speedo."
"There is once it has me in it" Mulder whispered, putting on what he believed to be his sexiest voice. Scully just giggled madly. While she composed herself, Mulder checked his watch. "We'd better get going" he announced "we want a good spot for the fireworks yeah?"
"Oooh yes!" Scully replied, standing up so quickly she had to hold onto the table as a head rush hit her. Mulder stood up too and together they headed out of the doors and down towards Main Street.
The woman had taken her position on the balcony of Main Street station, overlooking the whole of Main Street. Her bag was by her feet, containing the equipment the man had given her packed safely away. She shifted her weight around, keeping close watch on the street below for any hint of the Agents she was there to find. Eventually she spotted them, Mulder had led Scully to a spot near some railings and they were stood facing the castle, their backs to the station. Her position couldn't have been more perfect, the man's instructions had been exactly right as usual. She checked her watch; the fireworks would start in 15 minutes, causing the lights to dim. She reached into the bag and began putting the equipment together carefully, following the instructions she had memorised. She knew that pulling it out would create a lot of attention so she had practised in the hotel room so it wouldn't need to leave the bag before the lights went down. When the last part clicked into place, she crouched down and checked the gap between the railings; it was plenty wide enough to see the Agents through. She sat on the floor with the bag on her lap and waited for the lights to go down.