Mulder POV:
I couldn't believe it, Skinner had just spoken to Scully, she was alive!
"What... how... did she sound alright? Is she sick again. What about James?"
"Slow down," Skinner told me, "She didn't say, I'm sorry. It was a brief call but she's been in contact with the gunmen and will be available to tomorrow to testify through video conference... they're setting up lots of relays and it should be secure."
"This is good news right?" Doggett asked.
Yeah I guess it was, a part of me was disappointed she wasn't going to be here in person, I doubted I'd be getting out of here alive and I would have given anything to see her... hold her again. But at least I'd know how she was, that she and my son were safe and away from the bastards that put me in here.
I thought to the truth I learned, December 22, 2012. They were safe for now but I knew that safety had an expiration date, and I cursed myself for finding it, for never being able to un-know it.
And no matter how great her testimony was tomorrow it wasn't going to save me and then I'd be gone, I wouldn't even be here to fight the future with them.
The Next Day, Court:
Mulder walks in and sees the tv screen ready for Scully's call. He's desperate to see her, to hear her voice again. He closes his eyes and thinks back to being in her apartment having her and James in his arms, why the hell did he ever leave? Why wasn't the truth he knew then, the love he felt for them enough, why did he always want more?
Despite super soldiers, assassins, hybrids etc. he was sure of one thing, he was he own worst damn enemy. His mouth quirked a little thinking that as much as it worked against him, it probably pissed of CSM too, for constantly coming in second for that title and at least Mulder was able to get a little joy out of that.
Skinner and Kallenbrunner came in and looked over there notes for the up coming testimony of Dana Scully.
Kersh finally entered and it was time to begin.
Skinner made a call and hung up, 2 minutes later he was called back and a picture of Dana came on the screen.
She wore a navy blue boat neck sweater that really brought out the blue in her eyes, her hair just touched her shoulders and was a deep burnt auburn, almost red but not quite. She was clearly in good healthy and Mulder breathed a huge sigh of relief.
His eyes were locked on hers, hoping she would turn and look at him but her eyes were trained straight ahead and did not look about the room for him much to his disappointment.
"Agent Scully," Skinner began, but Dana interrupted him
"I am no longer an agent with the FBI, Dana or Dr. Scully would be more accurate." She told him coldly.
Skinner seemed surprised by her tone but amended his original approach, "I'm sorry, Dr. Scully, thank you for joining us today."
"Yes, sorry I couldn't be there in person but as you know I was forced to disappear for the sake of my son."
"Indeed, would you mind actually going over that, explaining why you are no longer an FBI agent. There has been some assumptions made towards your disappearance that would be great to clear up," Skinner remarked shooting a look to Kellenbrunner.
"During my time with the X-Files, I was abducted, I don't know if it was by extraterrestrials or those involved in the government conspiracy... the syndicate, either way while I was gone my eggs were all taken from me. I was left barren. Later on I found out I had a daughter through one of my stolen eggs, Emily. You can check the records, before that time I had never given birth or donated my eggs, she was the result of stolen DNA, it is not a theory it is discernible fact. And when I tried to adopt her, I was told NO, apparently my job wasn't conducive to raising a child, despite the fact it was never my choice to give her up or even given the curtesy of learning of her existence before finding I had a 4 year old child myself."
Scully takes a moment to collect herself and calm down,
"I received telephone calls warning me she was in danger, when I went to her I found a mark on the back of her neck, upon further examination it secreted green blood. Mulder and I through testing and further X-File cases determined the blood to be Alien, it was extremely noxious and dangerous to humans. Unsurprisingly it was killing my daughter from the inside out, and I was powerless to save her, I had to just hold her as she died, never being able to properly be her mother for more than a few days and facing the possibility that I might never be a mother again, unless god forbid there were more of my children stolen from me and experimented on. I wasn't even able to burry her properly, she was stolen from me yet again and in her place the syndicate left only sandbags for me to burry in her casket."
Kallenbrunner stood up, "Doctor Scully, I am very sorry for your loss, I can not even imagine your suffering but I fail to see how this has anything to do with you leaving the X-Files or disappearing all together considering you stayed on for another 5 years."
Scully cleared her throat, and seemed to ignore him going on to explain further,
"After Emily I decided to stay because I wanted answers, I wanted to hold the men who did this responsible and keep them from doing it to anyone else. My dedication to justice proved to be futile. I have never gotten justice for Emily, or even an apology. Instead the syndicate seemed to find more ways to rob my life of happiness and dignity. Even going so far as to give me cancer, the only way to keep it at bay and from killing me was to voluntarily place a chip of unknown origin and unknown capabilities in my neck."
She held up a small metal chip to the camera.
"And then last year when I fell pregnant, I thought for sure it had been the result of another experiment, and that even if I was able to bring the child into this world it would not be mine for long. During my pregnancy I was followed, monitored, terrorized... it all came to ahead when I gave birth to my little boy. I was surrounded by those who were convinced my child would be the next wave of their race, 'a human child, with no human frailties...' a super solider who wasn't created but born. And yet the second his first cries entered this world it became clear he wasn't what was promised. He wasn't a more advanced one of them, nor was he like Emily. No my child was something far more dangerous. He was proof that not aliens nor even the syndicate controlled everything because as much as they wanted him he wasn't a product of them but of love."
Scully reached to her chest and pulled out her cross, showing it to the camera.
"My child is proof of God, and that terrifies those that wish to enslave the human race, wether it's for recolonization, or selling out your own kind to live just a little bit longer, I did not just give birth to my son, I gave birth to hope. To the possibility that a power far greater than even corrupt men could get their dirty hands on existed, and being moral/immoral was actually important... monitored, rewarded and punished and it didn't matter how human you were, all would be judged."
Scully got up to leave but then sat down again,
"Oh by they way Kersh, you and your men can stop trying to trace me, you won't find me, I'm not here, this was pre-recorded, it looks like I will get Emily her justice after all, it will be waiting for all of you in Hell."
The camera shut off and the courtroom was left silenced.