pain in the heart

Zach yanked the IV out of his arm, knowing his hands were going to hurt like hell. He sneaked past the people who were guarding his room, and walked to the elevator. Moving fast through the hospital, he headed for the Hoover building. He had to find them. He had to find Scully and Mulder. He knew that they had worked with them. So he got through security and asked where Fox Mulder was. He was surprised that he gotten to the office. He entered it. Scully and Mulder were sitting there, watching him.

"Excuse me." he said, "Please don't call the FBI on me, he has them. He has Booth and Brennan. You have got to help me, they are with Melinda. Do you know how they found her?"

"It was tips, they said something about the vault. The next tip was in the vault or something." Scully said, "Let's head there, we'll go with you. We have to find them. If we don't, all three will be history."

"Yeah, and soon. A guy said they were going to die." Zach said, "We have to find them!"

They left with Mulder's car. They entered the vault, and looked all over. Pretty soon Scully saw the vent that was open.

"It's time to take a swim in the pool near the obelisk. A president is watching it" Scully read. "Well that does not make sense."

"The Lincoln Statue!" Zach yelled, "There is a pond, and the obelisk is nearby."

Scully and Mulder followed him; Scully walked quickly. She still felt tired, but not willing to slow down, She kept walking. Arriving at the Lincoln statue, Mulder saw a stone that was placed different.

"I got it," Mulder read what was on it, "The secret you don't know, is known by someone you call mother."

"My mother?" Scully said while looking weird. "My mother lives in the outskirts of town."

"My mother is dead," Mulder replied, "Maybe something to do with her tombstone."

"These tips were meant for Booth and Brennan not for the two of you. Brennan's mother. Christine Brennan's grave, I know where that is," Zach walked toward the car.

"He's one smart kid." Scully said, "It kind of turns me on."

"Don't be like that Scully. Don't be like that." Mulder laughed.

They got in the car and drove, while Zach gave them directions to the graveyard. Mulder immediately read what was on the tombstone: "The neighbor knows where I am, he's visiting my place. And I am there."

"Maybe he means we have to go to the house of the neighbor. But where does that Gorm-dude live?" Mulder asked, "We're loosing precious time. The house next to his house, is..."

"The house next to the house Gormogan took me." Zach said, "I know where that is. I'll give you directions; we've got to save Melinda and Dr. Brennan and Booth. We've got to go."

Scully walked behind them, keeping a small distance between Mulder and Zach. Mulder who noticed that Scully got behind grabbed her hand, and pulled her towards him, embracing her. Zach stepped in the car, sitting on the backseat of the car. Slowly they started the car, driving towards the house.

Booth, Brennan, and Melinda were standing on the bank, the water was reaching until their hips, filling faster and faster.

"So, what's the plan?" Bones asked, "I mean what do we do if the tank keeps filling? I mean Melinda will be the first one to die."

"Nice time to be so damn small" Melinda said who only was five feet four. "I guess you've got a lot more luck. You're bigger. Technically I count for the most, cause I'm pregnant, so I count for three persons, which does not matter."

"Just keep calm, Melinda!" Brennan yelled, "I'm cold and bored to death, but do you hear me complain? They are going to make it here in time; they are going to save us. I don't know who or how, but they will."

"Brennan, they don't know we're missing." Melinda said, "They will notice tomorrow that we're missing, and by then this tank will be filled. We're going to die, we're all going to die."

"Great Booth, just Great!" Brennan said.

"I know who Gormogan is," Melinda said.

"Yes, we all know who Gormogan is," Booth replied, "He's a sick man who eats people."

"No, I mean I know who Gormogan is," Melinda replied, "His name is actually Derek Woodbine, I convicted his son for first degree murder of several children, he was put on death row. He killed my husband, and later became Gormogan. The man is a monster. He's killing you to get back at me for taking his son."

"Derek Woodbine," Booth said, "That is not really helping. He killed Evan, and he killed so much other people, ate them. The guy is crazy. He used Zach, and he kidnapped you. He knew what was going to happen. This was a trap all along."

Zach was sitting in Mulder's strange car, driving at dangerous speeds. Mulder turned the wheel very fast, Scully who was sitting next to him, started panicking. About what was going to happen. She was to afraid to tell Mulder to drive faster, but she was to scared to get there, to find something they did not want to be finding. To find that Gormogan had finished the lives of her dear friends.

Zach was sitting on the backseat, he swung from the one sight to the other. Hardly loosing control, but loosing control. The car stopped brutally. Zach slammed against the driver's seat bruising his eye. They got out of the car. In front of them, there was a house. Zach got in front, walking in the house. When they entered they walked on, walking further in the house. Scully detected the tank first. Seeing how Melinda was standing on her toes, to keep reaching out above the water. She was standing on Brennan's toes, who obviously did not enjoy it. Booth was keeping her straight up.

"Just a great luck, they didn't put me in there." Scully joked.

"We got to stop the tank from filling, or get it to empty." Mulder said "And shooting the glass won't work. I saw that movie "the cell" with Jennifer Lopez."

"What has that to do with this situation?" Zach said panicked

"Well, oh well doesn't matter," Mulder said "There must be a way to get this thing opened. They got in there, Right? There must be a door… somewhere."

"Yeah, but where?" Scully asked behind him.

"Hurry," Zach yelled who saw that Melinda was swimming to keep above the water surface keeping, taking a hold of some pipes. "They are not gonna last very long."

"Scully, take a chair, try something, while I look for the fucking door." Mulder said "You, Zach, try the panel, maybe there is a button or something."

Scully took a chair, slamming it against the massive glass. Seeing it didn't work. She putted it back down and started smashing the glass with her hands. Zach was looking at the buttons, pushing the red one. Melinda started slamming against the window trying to tell him the water was going faster. Zach froze. Now Booth and Brennan where also swimming to keep their head above the surface. Holding on to each other.

Zach continued pushing buttons. After the red, the yellow one followed. Which turned one damn light outside. Zach continued pushing another three buttons. Nothing worked. He arrived with the last button, the white one, hoping it would save his wife, who had left a little place to breathe. He pressed the bottom. The room stopped filling with water. But there was only a centimeter left. All of the sudden the water became drained. The glass had broken.

Scully stood in front of the window with her gun, she had shot several times on the same place, not hitting them. Booth and Brennan were standing on the bench. But Melinda was lying on the ground, unmoving. Zach sat down next to her, putting his hand on her enlarged stomach. He felt that both babies were still kicking.

"I'm so sorry," He said while lifting Melinda in his arms.

"Well, well, well." A man appeared out of nowhere, "Did not see that coming, the rescue from two unknown agents and Zachie. What a surprise, you're just in time for my big finish. Too bad you won't be able to tell anyone," He got the controller to a bomb out of his jacket. "If I push this button, the entire place blows up."

"Well, this won't be like the time the bank exploded will it Scully?" Mulder said, "I don't think we'll get another try. So,"

Mulder stood up, walked to the man, and punched him in the face, giving the others a chance to run out of the building. Scully was looking behind her for Mulder to follow her, but she did not see him. She ran out of the building. Then there was a large explosion, a big fire was created behind them.

Scully sank to her knees crying. Zach had Melinda in his arms, who had regained consciousness. He looked at Booth and Brennan who were hugging each other tight.

"He saved our lives," Brennan said, "He was a real hero."

"How am I going to do this?" Scully asked, "How am I going to be a single mom?"

"It's not easy, but we'll help." Brennan replied, "You're part of our family, after all."

"I lost my fiancée," Scully said, "I can't handle loosing Mulder."

A figure came from the burning building. It was Mulder with a man on his shoulder, later to be known as Gormogan. He came and stood in front of them, smiling at Scully.

"I'm okay," He said, "I don't know how I got out here, but he wanted to get away. So I took him, this guy should be punished for what he has done to Melinda's husband, all these people that he killed and what he almost did to you guys."

"We've got to get Melinda to a hospital," Zach yelled, "She is starting to be very cold. I'm afraid she's not going to make it." He looked at her for a while. He cheeks were a little blue. An ambulance arrived at the crime scene. Some guys took Melinda and put her on the hospital bed. They drove her away to another room. Zach sat there, not feeling the pain in his hands.

Caroline entered the hospital, furious.

"Mr. Addy, you sneaked out of the hospital, while you were in custody, into the FBI building, kidnapped two of our best FBI agents. And you saved their lives," she said, "You are still in custody by the FBI, and you have confessed a murder. We could have you arrested right now, but we are not going to. You saved Dr. Brennan and Agent Booth, and you saved that little Melinda."

"I killed that guy, but not for the reason that I told you." Zach said "I killed him because Gormogan threatened to kill Melinda, Prue and the whole team. I killed him, to protect my family."

"Mr. Addy, why didn't you say so?" Caroline sat down, "That makes you just as much a victim as the others. It is honorable to protect your family. And I think the judge will agree with that." She left as the doctor walked toward Zach.

"Mr. Addy, Dr. Brennan and Mr. Booth are all right, they just caught a cold. They'll be alright. We want to keep them overnight though. Melinda, your girlfriend is anther story, she has some water in her lungs, and the cold has some bad consequences for her pregnancy. She is starting to dilate, although we can stop that by bed rest. We'll keep her in the hospital. We're going to have to do an ultrasound right away, we think one of the babies might not have made it. I'm sorry, sir. You can see your wife now, I'll prepare her for the bad news. If we're in luck, one child could have survived the events. Sir."

Zach walked in the room, Melinda was laying on the bed. She was very awake and shaking.

"What did he say Zach?" Melinda asked "I can handle it."

Zach looked at her, knowing she would not be able to handle this bad news. "The doctor said that we should do an ultrasound right away, he thinks we lost the babies."

Melinda started crying. "That can't be true, Zach, Tell me it's not true. Tell me that Selina and Ruben are still alive. Tell me they are all right. I felt them kick. This is all my fault, I killed our baby, it was my fault. Zach it was my fault!"

"Sweetie, no it was not your fault," Zach said, "You have nothing to do with it, I should have protected you better. I should have told you when Gormogan came to me. We'll try again. We'll have another baby."

"No, Zach." Melinda yelled "I want them back. Is there any chance, they survived? I felt them kick, when you carried me outside. I swear."

"They said that there is a possibility, that one survived the events." Zach replied.

"I can't do this Zach." Melinda cried in his shirt. "I can't!"