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chapter 3

Hello again folks! First of all, let me apologize concerning the look of chapter 2. I did not have time to post it properly so for that; sorry.

You have no idea how glad I was (and still am) to see how many of you subscribed to that fanfiction. It makes me so happy! As I said when I first posted it, it was not supposed to be a long story so that is why this chapter is the last one. Also, you'll see that this ending is a very "open one" so I hope it won't disappoint anyone who started reading the story.

Thank you for sharing that short ride with me. Who knows, I might try to write another one soon.

Take care of you all and never stop reading!

Sincerely, Sophie

Never have I ran so fast in her entire life. Well, maybe I have but I could not perfectly remember when.

"William!" I shout as if my life depends on it.

There is no way this is happening. No again. I cannot go through any of this ever again.

I can hear Mulder shouting my own name behind me but I ignore him. I have to. First of all, I need to find our son.

"William!" I shout over and over again.

The people I pass by look at me sadly. Why would they ever look at me sadly ? There was no reason for any of this to happen, seriously. We had found Mulder and we were a whole family again. For what I have seen a few minutes prior, the Invaders were finally leaving Earth. That meant we can live a normal life from now on, right ?

Right ?

[...]

"Dana..."

It is only when Mulder grabs my hand that I understand what is going on here. I am in front of William's bed but our son is nowhere to be found.

"No- No!" I cry.

My legs cannot support me any longer, I am falling. My entire existence is now falling apart, again. I had lost Mulder three years before and now I was losing my son. My only child.

"Where is he? Mulder tell me where is my son!"

I do not give a damn about calling him Mulder or anything else, all I want is my son. Our son. I need to find him, to hold him, and to tell him how much I love him. That is all that matters right now.

"Dana I-"

"Stop calling me Dana for fuck sake!"

"You know we-"

"Fuck that, Mulder! Where is Will?"

He looks down and sighs. Even him does not know. Mister I know everything fucking thing has not a clue of where our son is.

"Mulder," says a sad voice behind us. It is Skinner. I have no trouble recognizing his voice.

"Walt-"

Mulder does not finish his sentence. I look up and then realise what is going on here. The look they both exchange is the worst thing I have ever seen in my whole life and I cannot bare it. I simply cannot.

"No. No! NO!"

I run again, well decided on going outside of the bunker to find my son again. I can feel my lungs burning inside my chest but I do not give a damn about it. All I need is William. Everybody let me through, like they knew what was going on here. Why am I the only one not understand, then? Why would the world be so cruel to me again?

It is only once I arrive outside of the bunker that it gets into me. The feeling. The same one I had the day Mulder disappeared. The lack of air in my lungs freezes me. I fall on my knees, now ready to pray any entity who would be able to hear my request.

Give me my son back.

[…]

"Mum?"

The voice behind me feels like the electric shock of a defibrillator. I finally find the strength to turn my head and it is when I actually see him.

"Will?" I almost whisper. I hardly believe he is here.

"Mum I cannot hear you-"

"What do you mean, sweetheart? I am just hear."

I slowly get up and walk to him. It is only when both my arms get around him that I feel like I can breathe again. One of my hands gets into his hair that I stroke gently. I almost lost him, I know that.

"Oh my baby-"

"Mum I-"

"What? What is it, my darling?"

The way he looks at me let me know that something is wrong. Even if I would love to deny that, I know that something went wrong here. My son would not simply disappear to reappear a few minutes later meanwhile a fucking spaceship was above our heads.

"I cannot hear you."

"William, I don't understand what that means. I- You can obviously hear me but-"

"No. Not here," he says, putting two fingers on my lips. "Here," he adds, now putting his fingers on my head.

I instantly freeze. Does that mean what I actually think it means?

"William you- You cannot read my mind anymore?"

The way he shakes his head makes me understand how lost he feels right now. He had always lived with that capacity so now was certainly just a weird feeling for him not to be able to read people's minds.

I hug him tightly and kiss the his cheek, even though he is so taller than I that I have to go tiptoeing to do so.

"Everything is going to be alright, my love. I promise you that."

"It is so- silent."

"I know."

"Scully?" says a voice who is definitely not my son's.

I pull away and turn to see Mulder and Walter coming to us. I smile to them and take William's hand. I found him. I manage to bring him home even though I know I certainly did not do anything really. But it is so important for me to have my men with me. We have been through so much already. I am done giving away my happiness because some decided that I should.

"Dad I don't have them anymore," Will says to his father who gets closer to him.

"What do you mean, son?"

"My powers..."

Mulder holds his son tightly against him and looks at me. He does not understand and neither do I but right now, I do not care. I have them back, the two of them.

Finally.