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Note: I will probably end up adding another chapter tonight in an attempt to procrastinate studying for finals. Enjoy! P.s sorry for the title I couldn't help it.

Acid Washed

Agent Traci Wells was an average woman. She worked with White Collar Crimes in the FBI and had moved up the ladder fast. She went to University of Maryland to get a degree in Criminal Justice and went strait into the Academy. Her father was a powerful businessman in Washington which some did say had to do with how fast she moved up. Others say it was because she was sleeping with her superior, but that was just a rumor.

She had brown hair and eyes. She was of average height and she was pretty in a very normal way. There was nothing particularly interesting or special about her except for the way she met her demise.

She was found on the floor of a hotel public bathroom almost unrecognizable. Her face looked like it had almost melted off and so had her hands and calves.

Agent Scully looked at the scene before her and was baffled.

"She looks almost like the victim of an acid throwing attack but her face seems to be effective in some areas and not in others and that would not necessarily explain her death." Scully said as she leant close to the victim's face.

"What about her hands and legs?" Mulder asked as he lifted the woman's arm off the ground examining it.

Scully took it from him, "It is almost like she just dipped her hands in a tub of acid and then stood in a tub of it up to her knees. Are there any signs of acid in the area?" She asked out loud to the people walking around waiting for someone to reply.

"No ma'am." A man said who was opposite the body taking pictures.

"There are no signs of a struggle. She must not have seen it coming." Scully noted.

"I don't think she was attacked Scully." Mulder said already lost to his own thoughts.

"How else would this have happened to her Mulder?"

"I don't know. Maybe someone poisoned her? Allergy?" Both excuses were somewhat bland coming from the agent known throughout the FBI for his passionate belief in aliens.

"Huh. That sounds surprisingly normal Mulder." Scully said also surprised.

"What? Sometimes things are as they seem." He said shrugging but she knew him well and could tell that the gears in his head were turning.

"Who found her?" Scully asked turning to look at Skinner.

"Her partner Agent Thornton. I sent her to a sitting room down the hall to calm down. There are a couple agents taking her statement right now."

"Has her A.D. been informed?"

"Yes A.D. Cannon has been informed. He is in the same room being interviewed."

Both agents looked at him wondering why he was being questioned.

Skinner sighed, "The two were having an affair. She had excused herself during Kersh's speech saying she needed to go to the bathroom, and maybe she did, but the true reason was to meet him in his hotel room. He excused himself five minutes later to go meet her."

"How long was it from her leaving till now?" Scully asked.

"About forty five minutes."

"And he didn't think it was strange that it was taking her that long to get to his room?" Scully said eyebrow up.

"You'll have to ask him agent."

"Is he admitting to all of this or is it conjecture?" Mulder asked.

"He denied it at first but once he found out she was dead he admitted it all. Keep it quiet for now he has a family."

Mulder's face fell into disgust. "Yeah we wouldn't want to make life hard on him."

Skinner just gave him a look that said follow this order.

"In fact keep all of this low profile for now."

"We wouldn't want to embarrass the FBI by the death of an agent who was going to go sleep with her married boss at a conference."

"Agent Mulder you are already on thin ice as it is I suggest you listen to what I am saying." Skinner said through his teeth.

"When will they be taking her body to the morgue? Will they be sending it back to D.C?" Scully asked ignoring the tension between the two men.

"She will be examined here by you. I expect they will take her body as soon as they finish up here. Do you need to look around more or are you both satisfied?"

Scully looked to Mulder and he nodded. "We're done."

"Alright Agent Scully I think you should head to the morgue and get ready to examine the body and Agent Mulder I think you should stay here and help with getting some statements as well as checking out her, her partner's, and A.D. Cannon."

"Sounds good." Scully said as she made her way out the door.

"Come on Mulder let's go see her room before anyone else makes their way in there." Skinner said leading the way.

"You think someone might try to cover something up?" Mulder asked.

"I don't want to take a chance that someone will."