The Night Shift Series - Part 11 A Walk in the Woods by Mulderslady DISCLAIMER: They don't belong to me, wish they did. RATING: P.G.-13 later stories maybe mild R CLASSIFICATION: S, Alternative Universe, X-file, humor KEYWORDS: UST/MSR, Minor Mulder and Scully angst, AU, humor SPOILERS: From All seasons URL: http:/ /www.geocities.com/Area51/Capsule/5160/Nightshift.html FEEDBACK: Please!!! at damacia@home.com ARCHIVE: Oh yeah, anywhere!! SUMMARY: Off-Kilter veteran Paramedic Fox Mulder meets the new Medical Examiner for Georgetown Medical Center, Dr. Dana Scully. A deep friendship instantly develops as they have numerous X-file like adventures on the night shift. Eleventh part of the Night Shift series. 1 week later "How did we get picked for this conference? We have the best communication out of the whole hospital." Mulder whispered in Scully's ear. Especially after last week, Mulder couldn't believe he had gotten the nerve to kiss her. Her soft lips on his, the way she tasted. He sighed softly remembering the kiss as the driver, John Lane droned on about last year's conference. "It taught me the importance of communication in the work place. That people can't satisfy our needs without communicating them to some one. The tower of furniture exercise was wonderful. When I put that chair on our tower I just knew, I just knew I'd be okay." Scully just sat slackjawed, screaming at herself for not driving. "Scully? Kill me" Scully smiled at him "Mulder we were chosen because we don't interact well with other hospital personnel. We have no problems communicating, except when it comes to your former girlfriends that show up. That's why I'm here and you know why you're here Spooky." "I didn't tell you to go terminator on Bambi, when you saw her." "I was provoked, who names their child Bambi anyway?" "Sure, what about Kristen?" "I was truly provoked there." "What happened?" "She flashed me a few pictures of the two of you in a compromising situation" Mulder's eyes widened and he blushed "Gee that was years ago, I can't believe she kept those." "A few nice butt shots, but not what I needed to see at 3 am after I had just finished three floaters." "So you needed to beat her to a pulp?" "I didn't not beat her to a pulp, I throttled her. It's not my fault I've been taking kickboxing lessons. I had to protect your dignity bud. I knew you'd do the same." "So your punishment is this conference." "Yep." Scully said as she felt two pairs of eyes on them. Missy Star, dietary manager looked at John and then back at Mulder and Scully. "Hey lovebirds, concept of other people. No wonder you were chosen to come, you zone out everyone except each other. Skinner told us about you two." "Oh please kill me Kill me now Scully!" Scully made a finger gun and pulled the trigger, then to Missy. "What did Skinner tell you about us?" "Oh that you two were inseparable. I always wanted to know cause there are rumors up the wazoo, are you engaged?" Mulder looked at Scully, they exchanged thoughts and smiled "We thought everybody knew." Mulder kidded "No way! Everybody knew you were seeing each other, the body language, the looks, the hugs. It was so obvious." Scully closed her eyes and chuckled, jabbing Mulder in the ribs. "What?!" "You know better than to encourage them." Then to Missy" We're just good friends." "Sure, what ever." Missy said, sharing another smirk with John. "Whoa what's going on?" John said stopping the car suddenly. Before he remembered he wasn't on duty, Mulder hopped out to see what was going on. Scully followed quickly "Thank you Jesus!" she muttered under her breath. There was no way I was going to be stuck in the car with the sunshine duo. She caught up with Mulder in the woods. "Hey Mulder, what's up?" "Something attacked a hunter and he's missing, but his son and dog got away. Strange, why wouldn't it attack the boy?" "Hmm that is strange, but we need to, no matter how I hate to, go to this conference." Mulder looked at her, transmitting a message. "You're not going." "See, I have communication skills and you didn't kill Missy in the car. We don't need that conference!" Scully smiled "Well we'll come back once we get to the hotel ok?" Mulder got up and followed her out of the woods. Next afternoon "Mulder, I've been meaning to ask you this for well, years, do you wear any non-work clothes?" Scully said as he zippered up his Dc General EMT jacket over his work uniform. "Yeah, my boxers." He said ,checking to see if his gun was loaded. He looked at Scully, who was also checking to see if her gun was loaded. "Whoa! Where did you get that?" Mulder said, a wary look on his face. "Present from Daddy. Sig Sauer P250 special edition, like it?" "If you're as good a shot as you are a kickboxer, you should be a registered weapon." "I was considering it. Come on Nature Boy, lets find your monsters." "Mothmen." "Moth what?" "Mothmen." "You've been watching the Wasp Woman again, haven't you?" "I'm serious, there was a case in WVA. I looked it up on the inter . . ." "Don't bother Mulder, I'll believe it when I see it." "Well, come on" Mulder said grabbing her hand and leading her into the woods. "Great night for a walk in the woods . . . Oomph!" "Mulder! What in the . . ." Scully said, seeing something attacking Mulder. She aimed and shot. The thing screamed and ran off. Mulder laid very still "Mulder? Mulder?" Scully said checking his wounds. Nasty cut on his shoulder but he must have just fainted. He shifted and groaned. "You are a good shot." "I don't think I killed it though. Come on you need to rest." She helped him up and into a clearing. She propped him against a log and using the first aid kit in his 'utility belt' cleaned and sewed up the wound. "Why didn't you chose to practice again Doc?" "I didn't want to." Mulder just flashed her THE LOOK. "Why didn't you practice Doc?" Scully asked him "I'll tell you mine, if you tell me yours." "Okay, I didn't want to practice because I was not a warm friendly person right off. I don't deal with patients well. I have a short temper. I'm not a team player I prefer to work by myself, pathology offered this." "I think your warm, friendly and a very interesting person." Scully blushed and smiled "Ok, Two words. Phoebe Green. What she did to me in the name of psychology put a sour taste for it in my mouth. Therapists couldn't do anything for me and I wanted to help people instead of just take their money." Scully allowed herself to ran her fingers through his hair. He had let it grow out from the spiky style he had had it in. The natural waves were brought out when it was the length it was now. "She really hurt you, didn't she? Want I should take her out terminator style?" Scully said trying her best impression of a mobster. Mulder laughed "Got a Lighter?" she asked, quickly changing subjects. "Of course. Did you really have to ask?" "I forgot, I have Batman as a best friend." Scully said lighting a fire and sitting next to him. She put her arm around him and tried to pull him into her lap. "I don't want to wrestle." Scully threw him a smirk. "I'm trying to keep you warm." "What about you?" "Trust me, I'll be warm, you're the perfect blanket." Next day Mulder woke up and became immediately aware he was alone. "Scully! Scully!" "Calm down Mulder, I'm over here hunting and gatherinnngggg!" Scully said as she stepped right in a hole. "Scully you ok?" Mulder said coming over to where she was "Yeah I'm in some kind of cave." Then she stopped "Oh my god, I think I see one of your Mothmen." "Huh?" Mulder said, then he whipped around hearing something running towards him. He recognized the thing that attacked him and jumped into the hole with Scully. He fell with a thud on the cave floor. "Don't mind me." He groaned in agony "Mulder are you ok?" Scully said turning to check on him briefly but turning back when the thing charged her. She shot it 3 times and it fell dead. She went up close to examine it, but it instantly turned to dust. "What was that? Are Mothmen supposed to turn to dust when they die?" "I don't know or care I just want to get out of here." "What?! Are you actually taking my usual side Mulder?" "Yes, got your cell phone? Call the sunshine crew to get us out of here." "So much for our little walk in the woods." As the rangers lifted them out of the hole, they were greeted by the sunshine duo, looking at them smugly. "Trying to get a little alone time by skipping the conference?" Missy teased. Mulder looked at Scully, transmitting a message. Scully smiled "Finally!" she said as she punched Missy in the mouth. "We worked on our communication." Mulder said as he put his good arm around Scully and walked to the ambulance.