Journey from Midnight--- Part 9--- Daylight beckons

12 hours later

Mulder was mentally kicking himself.  I shot her, I killed her.  She will never
trust me again, if she even lives to even think about it.  Skinner watched
Mulder while waiting for Mrs. Scully to arrive. Maybe she could comfort him. 
He was temporarily insane that could be easily proven.  There would be no
judicial action against him.  She had her fun, her revenge.  She knew Mulder
would never forgive himself.  The bullet grazed his temple, knocking him out. 
Agitated, he didn't position the gun right, if he had, I wouldn't be standing her
but in the morgue.   Mrs. Scully touched Skinner's bulky arm.
     " How is he?"  
     " He's ok, but blaming himself for everything."
     "How's Dana?"
     " She got out of surgery about 6 hours ago, and she's doing fine, alert,
trying to get out of bed and play doctor. It wasn't a bad wound, I think most of
it was just shock.  She wants to see Mulder, but I think he's scared of what
she'll say."  Mrs. Scully smiled.  She could imagine the pissed off Dana look,
lips tight, eyes narrowed, brow furrowed.  The controlled voice tinged with
ice.  Choosing her words carefully as not to betray the pure rage she felt.  She
walked into Mulder's room.  She lightly ran her fingertips over his face,
caressing ever feature.  He opened his eyes quickly
     "Scully?"  He flinched when he saw Mrs. Scully.  She knew, she's going to
kill me.
     " Fox, how are you feeling?"
     " Awful.  I shot her."
     " I know, you couldn't help it.  She's alright.  She wants to see you." 
Mulder's eyes went from happy to devastated.
      " I can't , I can't . ." Tears forming in his eyes
     " When you're ready."  Mulder smiled and sighed, as he fell into a
nightmarish rest.





The next morning






Mulder was in a different place, isolated, he couldn't move.  Tied down, he
screamed.  Get away!!!  Her long black hair brushed his cheek as she laughed
in his face.  Then she disappeared, being replaced by a large woman screaming
for assistance.  Three big orderlies and Skinner ran in to hold Mulder down
     " Calm Down Agent Mulder no one's going to hurt you."  Skinner said
struggling to keep him still.  Mulder relaxed and the nurse finished giving him
his shots and left saying
     " He needs to be on the psycho ward."
Skinner smirked, he needed to be on the Psycho ward years ago.  Then a sight
he didn't expect to see startled him.  Scully was walking up the hall towards
Mulder's room, IV stand in tow.
     " Agent Scully, your supposed to , your not supposed to be up"
     " It wasn't that serious a gunshot, he just winged me.  It was mostly shock. 
I heard that Mulder was admitted, what happened?"  Skinner debated telling
her, but those imploring blue eyes won out.
     " He tried to kill himself at the scene"
     " What?!?"  Scully staggered sitting in a chair out side Mulder's room.
     "From what I could gather at the scene, he thought he had killed you, and
tried to kill himself."
     " Bastard!  Is he okay?"
     " Yes, he missed, grazed his temple, they're keeping him for observation."
     " Does he know I'm okay?"
     " Yes I had your mother tell him."
     " Then why won't he see me?"
     "Guilt, shame, fear you'd kill him."  That got a sad chuckle from Scully then
she stood up.
     " Well I can't have him blame himself for ever, plus I need to see him for
myself, make sure he's okay."  Sculy opened the door to Mulder's room and
walked in.
Mulder looked up expecting to see another exasperated nurse, instead he saw a
goddess.  Pale, with fiery hair, piercing blue eyes and she looked strangely
familiar.
     " Mulder, hey, how do you feel?"  Scully asked running her fingers over his
face.  The electric touch sent waves through his body.  Really familiar.
Noticing the strange look on his face, she asked,
     " Mulder, do you know who I am?"
     " Venus?"  Scully smiled trying not to laugh.  She looked up at his
IV drip.  Sedated, heavily, must be giving them some trouble.  She petted his
hair, it was damp around the edges.  Nightmares.  She looked down and saw
he was tied down.  Really bad nightmares.
     "Mulder, I . ."
     "Do you want me to call you by your Greek or Roman name." 
Scully confused said
     " Excuse me?"
     "Venus or Aphrodite?"  Scully smiled
     " Venus is fine, you know Scully would be even better."  Mulder shook his
head and innocently said
     " No, that's my wife.  I don't want to confuse you too."  
     " Confuse us?"
     " Yeah, you look a lot a like."  Scully giggled a bit, if only he knew, if only I
had a video camera,
" Oh okay, where is this Scully any way."  Scully said playing along, hey it's
not every day you're the  goddess of love.
     "She's in the hospital, I shot her by accident, but I know she'll be pissed at
me."
     " No, she's not"
     " Oh yes she is, you don't know her, she'll get this look and you know she's
pissed."  Don't laugh, Don't laugh, Scully keep repeating to herself.
     " Really, if it was an accident, why would she be mad?"
     "Because I tried to kill myself, she'll never forgive me for that, I feel
so guilty."
     "Guilty?"
     "' I shot her, I could have killed her.  I love her so much, I need her so
much.  I'm so weak without her, and I shot her. Then to make matters worse,
I tried to take the coward's way out and shot myself."
     "Well, she understands.  She still loves you, I know and she really
needs to see you, talk to you, know you're okay.  Just think about it. " Mulder
nodded and grabbed her hand as she started to walk away.  
     "Stay, Stay with me till I go back to sleep?"  Scully smiled and nodded,
running her fingers through his hair, she squeezed his hand and sat there
watching over him till he fell asleep.  






Skinner came in two hours later, gently rousing a dozing Scully.  He
held the autopsy report on D.J. and Scully gulped hard.  He wanted to know
why D.J. had 9 bullets in her.  
     " Agent Scully, she wasn't armed"
     " With a physical weapon, but she had convince Mulder to severely injure
two guards, release her, and almost kill himself.  I think I was justified in
shooting her."
     "Yes, but so many times?"
     " I feel the only way to fully break the hold she had over Mulder
was to either, kill him or her."
     " But 9 times?"
     " I wanted to be sure she was dead."
     " You took it personally, you shot her like that after the kiss."  Scully
snapped up, how did he know about that?
     " I saw the videotape from your dashboard cam." Dang it I forgot
about that, dag basted technology Scully thought. "It clears up all the other
actions except yours. If you can't remain balanced, and unbiased, I may need to
separate you two.  I can't have you blowing away suspects because you get
jealous."
     " But sir . ."
     " No buts, don't let something like that happen again or its' back to
Quantico."
     " Yes sir" Scully said upset and disappointed that Skinner didn't understand.
The Skinner turned and said,
     " Look, I understand why you did it Agent Scully, and I agree with you, I
would have done the same thing, but I am the one who will have to explain it
to my superiors.  I need a plausible explanation."  He patted her shoulder
before leaving. Scully looked back at Mulder his eyes opened and a smile
crossed his lips
     " You're in trouble" he said with a teasing voice.  She lightly rubbed
his face with the tips of her fingers, letting her hand rest on his chest as she
sighed.  It could only get better from here, she thought as she settled in for
another night in the hospital.







That's all folks


If you want to know what else I can get these two into, you can continue the
saga with series two---- Journey into Daylight, coming soon to The X-Files
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