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Chapter 6. The past
Seeing Scully like this, next to Will's bed makes me think of all the occasions we've been in a hospital before, when will the darkness stop chasing us?, it's my fault, it's my obsession with the X files, I put everyone in danger, I really hope the vaccine works, or I don't know what I'm gonna do, I have many more questions now.
Doggett comes to where I am. - Mulder, I just talked to Skinner, he's coming over here, it looks like you and Agent Scully have left a mess behind you that he can't cover-
What? What does that mean?-
I do not know, he'll explain it to us when he arrives.
Scully leaves the room, I hug her and she also hugs me tightly, then looks at John and thank him for taking care of our son while we were not with him, Doggett just nods and withdraws, Scully looks at me still hugging me.
Mulder, why isn't he awake yet, what is happening? I don't know what is doing that vaccine to our son at this moment, he has not recovered the knowledge, and if those doctors were wrong, I need answers
I know, don't worry, Scully, we just have to wait
Scully pulls away and looks at me with sadness - Mulder, stop acting like this
I look at her in disbelief - How Scully?
As if nothing mattered to you, William is right there in that bed and you have not even come in to see him, is like if you don't even care about our son
I'm silent for a moment, what am I supposed to say?, I'm not good with my feelings, I've never told Scully that I love her even though I feel she's my whole life, how can I tell her that I don't know how to do this
Scully, I care about William, how can you say I don't, I've been here all this time after all, haven't I? what do you expect me to do then
to behave like a father
I don't know how to do it, I've only been with him the first 48 hours of his life, don't ask me to act otherwise Scully
She starts to cry, she covers her face with her hands and turns her back on me, I lean in to hug her from behind but she pulls me away
No Mulder, I see what's happening, you're more concerned about your endless questions about the paranormal than about Will
S: That really hurt him, I know, by the way he looks at me, he starts to answer almost screaming.
No Scully, and you know it's not true, you're just annoyed because I don't act the same as you do, don't do what you did when you left me
Oh god, he can't be blaming me again for leaving, I don't want to go back there, that's the past, he is just trying to change the subject, suddenly I don't want to argue anymore or we'll end up hurting each other after the progress we just made this few days, things can go back to normal. Skinner interrupts us, grabs Mulder by the collar of his shirt and put him against the wall.
No Mulder, this is a hospital and you're right outside your son's room, do you think this is the right way to act right now?
Mulder is furious - Let me go Walter, this is between Scully and me
Skinner will not let go - I'm still your boss, so calm down or I will not let you go
Mulder relaxes a little and Skinner loosens him, then he talks to us. -
As Agent Doggett has informed you, I said that you had left a disaster behind you, and although it may be a little true, there's something else why I needed to come - he makes a pause that seems like an eternity and goes on - the smoker has intercepted all the lines in the bureau and we think we already know where he is
At that moment a nurse leaves William's room to say that he is awake, I run to see him, he is almost sit in the bed, when I walk in he turns to see me with a smile.
Mulder is outside the door watching us, I can't help it and I go to open the door and hold him by the hand to bring him next to our son, he squeezes my hand and kiss my forehead. William looks at us, he seems well, the vaccine worked after all, they really helped us, thanks God. I have so many questions for him and I know Mulder has too, but right now, we just wanna be like this, together, as a family.
M: Scully is not annoyed, we hurt each other with that conversation, but she really doesn't want to go back there, to the day we said goodbye, or maybe she does understand my feelings, I don't know, I'm just glad it didn't go farther. She takes my hand and looks at me with such love through those blue eyes that drive me crazy, I would have kissed her, but not in front of William, what could I say to that teenager I never was a Father for?, he looks so much like me, but he has his mother's eyes, that same brightness and expression, he even raises his eyebrow like her, there's no doubt he is our son. Before we can tell him anything, he speaks
I know that you have many questions and I won't answer them now, but I want to tell you that I am very happy to be here with you, to see you and to know you, since the smoker went for me, what I most wanted was to finally meet you both - Scully tries to talk but he continues
Don't worry mom, I know you want to know what happened, how did he find me, the first thing you should know is that the vaccine Jeffrey provided me when I was just a baby stopped my skills for 13 years, after that time I began to notice that I could do things that no one else could and I only saw in superhero movies, I didn't tell my parents because I was afraid, but at night I had strange dreams, in places I had never seen and which don't belong to the Earth. A few months ago my parents began to suspect, I was acting weird and they tried to understand me but, I wasn't able to explain them, those days two men came to the house claiming they will fix the cable, but I knew that wasn't true so I kicked them out, that made my parents be angry with me, so that night the smoker came for me and I haven't seen my parents since. He does all this because he's jealous, he is jealous of you dad, he wants what you have, even you have lost a lot, you still have my mom, she loves you no matter what, and he had nothing, he thought he could have me, but I hate him as much as you do.
S: Mulder looks at William like those two days after he was born, with so much love, makes me want to kiss him, I still feel bad for having reminded him of our separation, but I can't help it when he gets like this, when the world revolves around the paranormal, it will be better if I forget it , I don't want to lose him again, not after rediscovering what it feels like to be in his arms and love him. William stops my thoughts when he continues talking
He knows that you will go for him, and that he will get away with it again, of course he didn't expect you to save me like when you saved my mother in Antarctica, that's why he hates you, because you also manage to save yourself again and again with the betrayal of his so call friends - Mulder talks now
All right, if he wants us to go for him we'll go, but, are you going to be fine, son? I mean, did the vaccine really work? did you recover your skills or only your health? - William smiles and touch his father's arm
I'm fine dad, and about my skills I still don't know, but I think I still have them
I look at him with concern, what do those skills mean? Why put them in him, when will our life end up being part of an x file, we must go for that bastard and end it once and for all.
Skinner knocks on the door and enters the room, his face is dismayed, we hear shots outside.
AUTHOR NOTE:
Thanks for the reviews guys, I really appreciate your support, the last chapter was longer, and this shorter, but I'm changing the end, making it longer so I can explain everything that is coming. I really hope you like it, we can talk later about a second part to this fanfic.I'm in process of another one that I hope will be able to share with you soon. Thanks again! Enjoy!