Chapter 7

Mulder wakes up at the sound of Scully running into the bathroom. He hears the door being slam shut. He gets out of bed quickly and rushes to the bathroom.

"Scully?" He says, knocking at the door. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I just need a moment to myself..."

Shortly after Mulder hears the shower being turned on. He walks back into the bedroom, sitting down on the bed. The alarmclock says it's 6:37 AM. He leans his head back against the headboard and a few minutes later he's asleep. At 7:03 AM the shower is being turned off but Mulder sleeps through it. He doesn't hear Scully's sobs either or the sound of her collapsing to the ground.

At 7:26 he finally awakes. He notices that the shower has being turned off. He turns his head to look at the alarmclock. "Scully?" He shouts, sounding worried. No answer. "Scully!" He shouts again running to the bathroom. "Scully, are you all right? Scully?" But he doesn't get an answer. He kicks in the door and enters the bathroom to find Scully lying on the floor with a towel draped over her, unconscious. "Oh no...Scully. No.." He mutters, kneeling beside her. He shakes her. "Scully, wake up. Come on, Scully!" Tears well up in his eyes. "Scully?" He says quietly as she moves slightly. By now tears were running down his cheeks. "Scully." He repeats. He smiles through tears as Scully slowly opens her eyes. His hands came up to caress her cheeks. "Mulder?" Scully whispers, weakly. "Yeah, it's me...I'm here." He tells her, softly. "You found me...I knew you would find me, Mulder. These men hurt me so bad but I knew you would come to rescue me before it's too late." She whispers. Mulder gulps back a sob, know knowing that his theory had to be true and it breaks his heart.

"Let's get you off of the floor." He says, quietly.

"I can't...I just want to lie here."

"Come on, Scully. Let me help you." He says, wrapping the towel tightly around her body.

"Wrap your arms around my neck, Scully." He says to her. She wraps her arms around his neck holding onto him, firmly. Mulder gets up bringing her with him. He carries her all the way to the bedroom and puts her down into bed. Every other person would have called the doctor by now but Mulder knows better...there's no doctor who could help Scully. They would probably send her to the psychiatry. Mulder wonders if he should tell her about his theory and if she would understand him at all in her current condition.

He sits down beside her on the bed, watching her. She stares at the ceiling, smiling weakly.

"Do you know what just happened?" He asks her, gently.

"What do you mean?" She asks.

"Do you remember anything?"

"Of couse I do... I was tied to a chair in a very dark room. Now and then some men would come and ask me questions, sometimes they hurt me and-"

"Scully." He cuts off.

"Yeah?"

"It's okay...I now that you're confused and everything but what you just told me didn't happen...at least not yet."

"What are you talking about?" She asks.

"I know it sounds completely insane but everything you just told me didn't happen yet." He says.

"Yet? What does that mean?" She asks, confused.

"It's going to happen...but it didn't happen yet."

"No...Mulder, stop. That's impossible."

"It's a x-file Scully...I-"

"Shut up, Mulder! I don't want to hear it!" She says, trembling. Mulder frowns at the sight of Scully shaking. She turns her head away from Mulder as tears well up in her eyes.

"I'm so sorry, Scully." He says, getting up, ready to leave the room.

"I don't want this." He hears her say, shakily. He walks towards the bed again and climbes into bed beside her, sitting against the headboard.

"Come here." He says, quietly but Scully shakes her head. "I'm fine, Mulder."

Mulder pulls her into his lap, knowing she's not fine at all. He holds her close to his body and strokes her hair. "I don't want this." She says again. Mulder nods. "I know...everything is going to be all right." He whispers.

"How can you be so sure?" She asks him.

"Scully, I'm doing everything I can to protect you...we'll find a way to stop this. You'll have to tell me everything about those men, Scully. They want you...they're probably planning on kidnapping you right now."

"Mulder, please stop saying that."

"Okay. I'm sorry, Scully....I'm sorry."

"I don't remember what they look like...I don't remember anything about them." She tells him.

"Try. Just try, Scully." He says, softly.

"Okay... I've seen two men. One of them always wore a mask, a black one. The other had dark hair and he was tall, taller than you." She tells him.

"Okay, good. Do you remember anything else, Scully?"

"No, I don't..."

"Okay. It's okay. If something else comes to your mind tell me, okay?" Mulder says.

"Yeah, of course."

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A/N: Okay...tell me what you think! Please review! Tomorrow is my birthday and getting reviews would be a very good present ;)