Author's Note: In this timeline, Mulder was never abducted. This is the story of Mulder, Scully, and Emily. What would have happened if Emily had survived, unbeknownst to Dana? Would Dana be able to find her again, or was her daughter lost to her forever? With her partner, Mulder, at her side, nothing was impossible.

Disclaimer: I do not own any part of the X-Files or any of the original characters. I hope those who read this like it and review. Co-written with AnakinPadmeSkywalker.

Can you feel me? I'm here.

8 weeks 1 day
11:00 AM

Scully woke to find her Mother Maggie shaking her left shoulder. "Dana? Honey, how did you end up in the tub?" Scully sat up, raising her hand to try to work a kink out of her neck.

"I woke up from a terrible dream and needed to think, so I guess I decided to sleep in the tub."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Maggie asked as she helped Scully stand up.

"Actually, Mom, I do." Scully stepped out of the tub and hugged her mom.

"Okay, then….I will make us some lunch, and you can freshen up?" Maggie stepped out of the hug and put both of her hands on either side of Scully's face.

Scully nodded to her mother. Maggie left the bathroom, then headed to the kitchen.

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Scully sat on the edge of her bed, hoping that she would be able to open up to her mother about the miscarriage, as well as her night terrors. First thing, though, she needed to call Mulder. She wanted to make sure he was OK, but also ease the stress for her as well; she'd increasingly become concerned for his well-being.

Picking up her phone from the bedside table, Scully dialed Mulder's number; it rang twice before Mulder picked up.

"Mulder. It's me." Scully sat back down on the bed.

"Well hi, it's me!" Mulder laughed.

"Mulder? Are you busy? Where have you been? We haven't talked in four days, I wouldn't have called if I knew that you were ok, and-"

"Hey, slow down! I am fine, I was going to call you in a bit. Scully, how are you feeling?"

"I'm OK, the dreams are back though. And I still have the feeling that something is off."

Mulder knew all about her night terrors; they had started after Scully was abducted and continued even today.

"When was the last one?"

"Last night. I woke up in the tub about fifteen minutes ago."

"Do you remember what it was about?" Mulder asked this of Scully because of the dream he had experienced.

"Mulder, it was bad, that's it." Scully didn't want to talk about it on the phone, and she also wanted to talk to her mom about it first.

"Scully, promise me that you will talk to Maggie about it?" Mulder rubbed his forehead tiredly.

"I was actually just going to have lunch with her to talk about it."

"Tell her whatever you need to Scully. You definitely need this time with your mom; when I get home, we will have a movie night and relax."

"Mulder….promise me that you will call again soon?"

"I will try, Scully, I promise…but I have to go."

"Mulder, I-" and the phone clicked before she could finish her sentence.

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Scully left her bedroom and walked over to the living room window. Looking down to the bottom floor of the apartment building across from hers, Scully looked straight at the window where the little girl had been the night before. There was nothing but black curtains now. Scully hadn't noticed when they were put up, as the unit had looked empty for some time. Now these thoughts inexplicably consumed her.

"Mom?" Scully called out, not taking her eye off the window.

"I am right here, honey." Maggie walked over to the living room, sitting on the couch with two plates of peanut butter and jam sandwiches with fresh apples on the side. This had been Scully's favorite lunch when she was a kid.

"I miss her."

"Miss who?" Maggie asked, unsure of who Scully was referring to.

"Emily."

"Dana, come sit."

Scully walked over to the couch and sat down beside her mom.

"Mom, I need to talk to you about something….ten weeks ago, I…. I lost my baby." Scully stared at the floor.

"Oh, my sweet girl!" Maggie grabbed her daughter and held her close.

"I loved my baby, I wanted my baby." Scully held her mom tighter. "It was my last chance."

"Dana sweetheart, I know you did…I know." Maggie gently rubbed circles on Scully's back.

"I didn't want to call you, to make you come out here for nothing." Scully continued to cry in her mother's arms.

"Was Mulder with you after it happened?"

"I came here after the hospital….I was on my way to my doctor to get the test results when it happened. When I got home, Mulder was waiting on the couch for me. Mom, it was so hard to tell him." Scully sat up, wiping the tears from her eyes and cheeks.

"My darling, I know that you would have called me if Mulder had not been here, and I am so happy that you have him. You having a miscarriage is not nothing my love, when it comes to you I will always drop everything to be here in a heartbeat. Please do not feel you are burdening me."

"Mulder found some of my eggs that were taken, he found them when I had cancer." Maggie held both of Scully's hands as she listened. "When he told me, Mom, I felt like I was dreaming. I knew three weeks after my appointment, I knew I was pregnant." Scully began to cry harder.

"Hey, shhhhh….. you don't have to keep going. It's OK." Maggie pulled her daughter back into a hug.

Scully took a deep breath, "When it started, I knew right away that I was losing my baby. Mom, I was so scared, but I just couldn't tell him. I was so ashamed, and it hurt so much." Scully broke down in her mom's arms, now crying uncontrollably.

"Before I got pregnant with you, I too lost a baby. Dana, I know that this is not it for you, somehow, someway, you will be a mother; I feel it deep in my core. You will be a great mother." Maggie rubbed her daughters back.

"Why couldn't I just have Emily? I fell in love with her so fast Mom, I could feel that she was somehow connected to me." Scully took a deep breath breaking her embrace with Maggie. "I was sitting in the chair last night, and I swear that I had seen her in a window across the street. And just like that, she was gone like someone had grabbed her up."

"How did you feel after that?" Maggie looked sadly at her daughter, certain that her grief over the miscarriage was causing her to hallucinate.

"Like my heart was ripped out of my chest, and I couldn't breathe properly." Scully absently picked up a piece of apple. "I know she is gone, and sometimes I don't feel like I have the right to mourn her. I barely knew her. When I lost the baby, I felt like I was losing her all over again. I wasn't strong enough to fight for Emily and I wasn't strong enough to help my baby grow."

"Dana, you have every right to mourn that little girl. She may not have been born from you, but she absolutely was your daughter." Maggie placed her right hand under Scully's chin to look her in the eyes. "You are every bit her mother, as much as her adopted mom. Half of that child came from your DNA. After everything you have been through, you think that you weren't strong enough? Dana, you are amazing, and your body knows what it can handle and what it can't…for Emily that was a fight that you were thrown into when it was too late, and that was not your fault." Maggie kissed Scully's forehead.

"Thanks, Mom, that means a lot to me."

Maggie and Scully stayed on the couch for several minutes, talking and laughing. Everything Scully needed to talk about with her mom-and more-was finally off her chest.

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12:00 pm
Emily and Melissa

"Auntie?" Emily looked over to Melissa, who was sitting at the table eating lunch with her.

"Yes, little bug?"

"Mommy still doesn't know yet. Her heart hurts too much." Emily put a spoonful of ravioli in her mouth.

"Grandma will catch it soon, she knows everything about your mommy and I. So, don't worry about anything."

"Grandma is back early." Emily continued eating.

"Emily, can you hear the baby?"

"Sometimes, but it's not like us talking, I can hear his heartbeat. I think its only because I can hear Mommy's thoughts and her heartbeat." Emily took a sip of her milk. "When the baby was big enough, I could hear two hearts, and I know what Mommy's sound like so I could separate them."

"Your abilities are getting stronger, little bug."

"I know." Emily got off the chair and took her bowl over to the sink. "Sometimes I hear too much, and sometimes it gets really loud in my head, and it hurts." Emily sat back down at the table.

"Emily, when did this start?"

"It started when Mommy was pregnant the first time."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I don't know. I thought that it was OK."

"Emily, it is OK, I'm not mad at all. I love you little bug." Melissa stood up, kissed Emily's head, then took her own bowl to the kitchen sink.

"Auntie, there's a man outside. He's looking for Mommy."

Alarmed, Melissa ran over to the table as Emily concentrated more on the man's thoughts. "He knows, Auntie, he knows about the baby!"

Melissa grabbed her runner's shoes and sat back down at the table, putting them on as fast as she could. "Emily, stay right here, do NOT leave."

Melissa ran to the door and stopped for a moment. "Emily, call your Auntie Sam, I might need help." She left the apartment in a rush. Soon after, Emily grabbed the phone and dialed Samantha's number, walking to the door to lock it. Samantha picked up right away.

"Em….what's going on?"

"Aunt Missy had to go to Mommy's apartment. There's a man, he wants to hurt Mommy and the baby."

"Emily, stay in the house." Samantha hung up.

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