The Night Shift Series - Part 2 Friends in the Night by Mulderslady DISCLAIMER: They don't belong to me, wish they did. RATING: P.G.-13 later stories maybe P.G.-13 to mild R CLASSIFICATION: S, Alternative Universe, X-file KEYWORDS: UST/MSR, Minor Mulder and Scully angst, AU 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. Second part of the Night Shift series. Quick side note: M.E.'s don't make 300,000 dollars a year, I can dream can't I? *********************************************************** *********************************************************** Next Night The shift went by swiftly as per Mr. Skinner everything was very cut and dry. Gunshot wounds, knifings, heart attacks, strokes. Nothing strange, it could get boring but for $300,000 a year and unparalleled benefits, Scully could take the boredom. That's what her computer was for. She popped Doom in and started to play when there was a tap at her door. She looked up to see the ever pleasant face of Fox Mulder. Mulder, call him Mulder, Scully repeated to herself as she waved him in. "Doom?!" Mulder said, a mixture of shock and amusement in his voice. "Yeah, almost at the last level. I got another joystick want to play or did you bring me another stiff?" "No, I just wanted to come down and talk with you some more Scully." Scully blushed slightly and smiled a secret smile. Was he as taken with her as she was with him? "Sure Mulder, just what you have in mind?" she said weaving with the joystick, dodging the bullets, demons and fireballs. "So where you from, how'd you end up here in the basement of GUMC talking with me and playing Doom?" "Well my dad was a Navy man, mom a homemaker. I got 2 brothers Bill and Charlie and an older sister Melissa. My parents live in Annapolis, I live over in Georgetown. I got my MD degree at John Hopkins and decided on pathology. My dad wanted me to practice but, I'm not a real people person. I don't know, I'm really kind of reserve." "Ice Queen, Doc Ice?" Scully looked at Mulder, how'd he know her taunting nicknames? "I have some friends who find out things for me." "Oh really? What else do you know about me?" "Well for your senior thesis you rewrote Einstein. Physics and pathology, I don't see a connection. Oh and your shoe size is 6 and a half." Scully smiled "Enough 20 Questions on Scully. What about you Mulder? I can tell by your eyes you're more than you've become." She said in her best Mufasa voice. "Ah how right you are. My parents divorced when I was twelve. I had a sister, she was abducted by aliens that same year, that really broke up the family. I muddled through High school and got an academic scholarship to Oxford, got my AB in Psychology and a bad oral fixation with sunflower seeds. I decided against practicing, much to my mom's dismay, my dad could have cared less. I took an EMT course, got certified, wrote a couple of textbooks on Behaviors and Criminal profiling. I kind of picture myself as a modern day Sherlock Holmes." "Without a Watson?" "No Watson's would stay long enough. They usually bolt after the sister thing." "Are you sure it was aliens and not just some kidnapper?" "Yeah I went through regressive hypnotherapy a few years back cause I was having nightmares and I had a breakthrough." Scully giggled then asked "Don't you need to be out riding around or something?" "No they'll yell if they need me. This is my usual beat so they know if they need to call me or not." Scully pulled open her desk drawer and fished out another joystick. "Well plug in and let's see how good you are." She was good at this game. Wonder what else she's good at? There you go again already trying to ruin a budding friendship with romance. When was the last time you had a friend, someone who'll listen to your life story and not bat an eye or criticize you, call you crazy or spooky. Mulder put down the joystick. "What?" Scully asked pausing the game " I keep getting killed off." "Well don't give up, I'll help you out. You watch my back, I'll watch yours and as long as we don't shoot each other, we may beat this game before 6 am." Mulder smiled and Scully basked in it's glow. The first true smile since we met and what a beauty it is. Perfect pearly white teeth, slight gap between the two front teeth, but attractive not disfiguring, she thought as she restarted the game. 6 am "Dang time to go. Lets finish this floor and save it. You'll be here tomorrow right?" "Of course, Monday-Friday 10-6." "That's a pretty plum schedule for a EMT, all your weekends off, how?" "I'm the best EMT in town, hands down. They give me what I want so I'll stay with the department." "Everything except respect." Oh, there's that smile again, Scully thought as Mulder said "Yeah, well at least the pays good and the benefits aren't too shabby either." As Scully locked down her office, Mulder lingered for a moment then asked "You got plans for breakfast Scully?" "Yeah going to my parents. There having a Congratulations breakfast party for me. See you tomorrow night Mulder, you can take me to breakfast then. I've never worked these hours before, I'll need all the help I can get to stay alert, till I get used to them." Mulder flashed her a lopsided grin and waved goodbye as he walked out of the morgue.