Eternal Punishment: Play the Game by Mulderslady WIP Part 2 of? Part of the What if stories universe DISCLAIMER: They don't belong to me, wish they did. Only Shane Kelly, John Havers, Sebastian Rose, Sebastian True, Lara, Gini, Nickole Buchanan and Mais Cooper do. RATING: P.G.-13 to NC-17 CLASSIFICATION: S, Alternative Universe kinda, A, Mental and Physical MT, MSR, S/O, WIP KEYWORDS: MSR, Mulder angst, AU kinda, Mental and physical Muldertorture, S/O, WIP. SPOILERS: None that I know of. CC couldn't think of anything this slightly coherent. Need proof? See Season 8. :0) URL: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Capsule/5160/whatif.html FEEDBACK: Please!!! at damacia@home.com ARCHIVE: Oh yeah, anywhere!! SUMMARY: What if a serial killer's fantasy is for Mulder to eternally play his game? Part of the What if Universe, a group of stories that ask the ever intriguing question, What if . . . Note: This story is hardcore MT. There you were warned, don't blame me for heart attacks and the like. :0) 10 years later AD Skinner looked at the file in his hand and sighed. This case calls for Fox Mulder to be on it, but do I want to be responsible for sending him back to the psyche ward? One of the best, snapped when a serial killer he profiled targeted him and killed his family, his wife Lara and their 5-year-old son Sebastian. Since then he's been in the basement, screaming about aliens and conspiracies. But he's the best profiler in the bureau and I need him, Skinner thought as he got up, heading down to the basement with the file. Mulder looked at the file Skinner gave him and flinched. "What's wrong?" Reggie asked, must be another alien chase, he thought sighing heavily. I miss the old Mulder, full of life, constantly cracking corny jokes. I miss teasing him about his lovey-dovey phone calls with Lara. Damn John Havers, and he's still at large, the fucker. Without Mulder to track him, he'll stay that way. That's probably why he did it, he knew what losing his family would do to Mulder, Reggie thought as Mulder looked up. He aged over night after they died, gray hair sprouted everywhere, he grew a goatee, bags appeared under his eyes, he can't sleep, constantly having nightmares, he always looks pale, tired, defeated. "Mulder? What's up?" Reggie asked again. "Havers, its Havers." "WHAT?!" "He struck again, Skinner wants us on it so he's put down." "Where?" "He's back home, Baltimore. The corner asked for our help. She recognized the MO." Mulder said running a hand through his hair. "Smart, so?" "We need to go." "Can you do it?" Reggie asked concerned "I have to, I can't rest till I kill him." Baltimore Mulder knocked on the ME's office door, and was greeted with a pleasant female voice. "That you Agent Mulder?" "Yes ma'am." She opened the door and smiled. Mulder double blinked and smiled back, damn she's pretty, he thought looking her up and down. "Hi come on in, Dr. Dana Scully. He got the whole family, father's shot, mothers mutilated and raped, male child shot, two daughters mutilated and raped." "I thank you for your prompt call Dr Scully." "Your welcome. I read up on this case in my Forensics classes. I did my thesis on Havers." "Really?" "Yeah, your profile was dead on." "Yes . . . very." Mulder said quietly "Why has he reappeared? He was dormant for 10 years." "I don't know, that's what I need to find out. Do you have crime scene photos?" "Yes, you'll see a package for you on my desk. Keep me informed." Dr. Scully said with a smile. "Sure." "If you need any of my info . . ." Mulder stopped, quirking an eyebrow at her "I meant for my thesis. I could dig it up for you. It may help with your redevelopment of a working profile." Scully said running hand through her hair. Mulder watched it tumble over her shoulders mesmerized as he nodded dumbly "Sure, I could pick you . . . it up about 7?" "Sure, here's my card, address on the back." Scully said handing him a card quickly "Is that wise?" "I only give those cards to friends, bye." Mulder walked out slowly, turning back their eyes meeting before he headed out. "Damn you still got it." Reggie said with a smile, "I could feel the vibes from outside the door." "What?" Mulder asked confused "She was coming on to you Mulder!" "She was? I thought it was the other way around." Reggie chuckled "You do need to get back into the dating pool Mulder. You're 37 years old, albeit you have a little more gray then most." Reggie said running a finger over Mulder finely sprinkled goatee. "Yeah, and a lot more emotional baggage as well. I have to talk with my therapist about it." Mulder said casually "About what? So you did find her attractive?" Reggie teased "Hell yes! Just cause I haven't dated, doesn't mean I can't appreciate a beautiful woman when I see one." Dr Scully's house 7 p.m. Mulder fixed his tie as he waited for the door to open. "Fox Mulder, Casanova." Reggie teased "Shut up, I'm just getting information." "Uh huh, What time tomorrow do you want me to pick you up from your information gathering?" "Stop it." the door opened and Scully smiled "Hey come on in, have a seat. You hungry? I just finished dinner." "Sure um if you have enough." Mulder said hesitantly "Always, oh hi Agent Perdue." Scully said frowning slightly at Reggie's presence "Hello." Reggie said noticing the look "Here, let me get dinner, you like spaghetti?" "Who doesn't?" Mulder said with a smile "My ex husband hated spaghetti." She said going in to the kitchen "She's divorced, means she available work it Mulder." Reggie said as they sat at the table. "Here, more meatballs?" Scully asked Mulder as she sat his plate in front of him. "No thank you." Mulder said starting to twirl his spaghetti around his fork when he saw a head peek around a corner at him. He double blinked and it was gone. Great, now I'm seeing things. "So how long you been divorced Dr . . ." Mulder started to ask "Just call me Scully or Dana." She said "Ok . . . Dana." "About 4 years. He found a younger, taller, blonder version he fancied more than I." She said dramatically, making Reggie smile. "Your not that old." "Nope only 31, so you can just imagine what the younger blonder version's age is." Mulder smiled, "We were married 7 years so I blame it on the itch thing." "He was stupid to leave." Mulder said softly as Scully disappeared, reappearing with her thesis. "In my thesis, I left out . . . your personal involvement in Havers ring of victims, out of respect." He smiled, taking the paper from her hands, looking over it quickly with a nod. "This will be very helpful, thank you." he said, his eyes lingering on her a second making her blush. He went back to eating, seeing another flash of a head, focusing on it. A little boy . . . a boy just like Sebastian? It can't be. He dropped his fork and Scully turned to see what he was looking at with a frown. "Sebastian, I told you to stay in your room." Mulder gasped "Sorry, excuse me a second." Scully said heading over to the boy. "But mom, I want to see." the little boy whined "No, they just came to pick up some work." "Please." he begged maneuvering past his mom standing in front of Mulder smiling. Mulder looked at the curly headed boy, auburn curls and bright blue eyes just like his Sebastian. "Hi." "Hi." Mulder said his full attention focused on the boy. "Hi, I'm Sebastian Rose and I'm 5. You can call me Bastian." The boy said proudly "Your five?" "Yep. How old are you?" "OH Bastian no." Scully started "I'm 37." Mulder answered quickly "You have gray hair." "Yeah I do." "It looks good on you baby." Bastian said with a giggle, making Mulder smile. "Mom made spaghetti." "Yeah it's good too. I haven't eaten anything this good in a long time." "Can I sit in your lap?" Bastian asked reaching for him. "Yes." Mulder said picking him up. "He's real." Mulder whispered in disbelief, running a gentle hand through Bastian's curly hair, sighing when he leaned back into his chest. "Mulder? You ok?" Reggie asked looking at the boy in his lap. Damn he's Sebastian clone. I know his minds just been totally blown. "Yeah I'm fine, fine. Can I get some more Dana?" Mulder asked handing her his plate. "Sure you can." Dana said loading more spaghetti on it. "Your son?" "Yeah my little buddy, his dad left when he was a year." "Where did you get his name from?" Mulder asked suspiciously "Sebastian was my uncle, he raised me so I named my son after him. I wanted him to have a pretty middle name so I gave him Rose." "My son . . . my son was named Sebastian True. My wife loved the name True. Lara was going to name him True Grace, but I could see the teasing and suggested Sebastian. I watched the Never-ending story too much that year." Scully smiled handing him back his plate when Reggie got a page "Hello? Yeah ok, we'll . . . ok I'll be there in a few minutes, yeah do you need . . . you don't? Ok." Reggie hung up standing "I gotta go." "Just you?" Mulder asked suspiciously "Yeah I think you scare local law enforcement." Mulder chuckled. "I wonder why, pick me back up when you're done." "K later, good night Dr. Scully, thank you for dinner." 10 p.m. Mulder laid Sebastian in his bed, pulling the covers over him running a hand along his face. "Thanks, I'm sorry he usually isn't draw to anyone, especially since his dad left." Scully said watching Mulder put Sebastian to bed. He looks good here, he looks good holding my son, she thought turning away as he looked up. "It's ok I kinda attract kids, I always have. Lara and I were planning on having another when . . . it happened." Mulder said softly following Dana out of the room. "It must have been awful for you." Scully said walking into her bedroom, washing her hands and face in her bathroom. "I really need to get central air in this place. It's always hotter in the bedrooms. It's like punishment for having a window AC unit in the family room and kitchen." Mulder smiled "Yeah, my apartment doesn't have air, don't ask me why. Old brownstones like that just suck in heat." "Why don't you move out?" Scully asked shocked. "Cause if I move somewhere nice, it reminds me of my family. It's been 10 years Dana." He said sitting on her bed. "Ten years and I can't move on, I can't let it go." "You won't till you get justice." Mulder nodded, oblivious to the fact that she had sat next to him. "I know, but it's just . . . when I saw you son, I thought it was a figment of my imagination then I heard his name, and I almost died. I've seen a therapist for 10 years and still when ever I hear that name I freeze." "Maybe you should change therapists." "No she's good. She's the reason I haven't killed myself yet. I called her crisis center with a gun to my head and she talked me out for it. I've slit my wrists and tried to hang myself, and each time she talked me through, found me, helped me. I just didn't want to live without my family." Scully nodded, running a gentle hand over his back as she listened. "Reggie tried so hard to get me back out there. Reggie and Mais my therapist." "After a year and a half I was back at the FBI. I found the X-files, which kept my interest. Reggie came with me I didn't expect him too, but he said I needed someone to have my back. He was with me when I found them. It made him go home and propose to his girlfriend. They named their daughter after me kinda, Jade Fox." "That's nice." "Yeah she's 5 as well." "Five year olds running everywhere." "I could have had a teenager by now, and a few more kids . . .damn I'm sorry." Mulder said wiping his eyes with a frustrated sigh. "It's ok I understand, it's hard for you. You had your family taken from you, there is nothing worse than that." He turned looking at her with hurt hazel eyes. He smiled at her and kissed her gently on the lips. He pulled away, looking confused. "What?" Scully asked concerned "That felt good." He said kissing her again hungrily, using his weight to lean her back on her bed a little, pulling away quickly. "What?" "Oh god I'm sorry! I . . . I haven't been with a woman in . . .I'm sorry." He said standing up quickly, heading to the kitchen, pulling out his cell "Hey, where are you?" "Outside, I was waiting for the lights to go out before I left." Reggie said jokingly "I'm coming out." Scully came up to him slowly "Mulder?" "I'm sorry, thank you for the thesis and dinner." "Your welcome." He hurried out the door and Reggie looked at him strangely when he got into the car. "What happened lover?" Reggie teased, spying Mulder's flushed face and the bulge in his pants "I kissed her. I would have . . . but I couldn't." "Why not?!" "I just met her." Mulder said shocked "So?" "I want to love her." Mulder said softly to himself "Whoa!" "I'm sorry, haven't felt like this in a long time. I kissed her and it was like electricity, then I . . . I just wanted to kiss her again and never stop. I almost jumped her. I wanted to just fuck her in to the mattress and I stopped." "Why? Your two adults, you can handle a little casual sex." "I want more than casual sex." Mulder said urgently "A relationship?" "Yeah." "All that from just one kiss? WOW! Well why don't you tell her that before she thinks she did something wrong?" Reggie suggested "Yeah, yeah 5 mins." Mulder said getting out of the car, running back up to her door "Hi." "Hey, are you ok?" "Yes, I'm sorry about earlier it just . . . when I kissed you, I felt something." Scully smiled softly, "And I stopped cause I wanted it to mean more than just me needing a good fuck, sorry to be crude." "Its ok, I'm glad you did leave. I didn't want to ruin this. Bastian likes you and that's rare. It's obvious you want to settle down again and I want Bastian to have a father." Mulder nodded "Thank you for your help. I want to know, can we . . .can I take you out maybe once this thing is over?" "Well my involvement is over unless you get another body." Scully said matter of factly. "Yeah I guess it is and I'll be in town for a while and . . . would you like to go out with me?" "When?" "Tomorrow?" Mulder suggested "Sure." "7?" "Sure." "I'll pick you up we'll go to dinner and whatever." "Sounds great." Scully said with a smile "I shouldn't be this nervous, but I married Lara when I was 20 and we dated since we were 15, so . . .I'm not really experienced." "That's fine. I think it's sweet." "Can I kiss you good night?" Mulder asked with an innocence that amazed her "Yes you may." He leaned forward, kissing her gently on the lips smiling when he pulled away. "Bye." he said tripping slightly, waving as he ran to the car. Reggie smiled shaking his head "Your nuts, let's go."