Eternal Punishment: Play the Game by Mulderslady WIP Part 4 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) Mulder laid in bed running the events of last night over in his mind. She felt so good. I forgot how good it felt to be inside a woman, the sounds they make. "Hey lover." Reggie said with a smile handing him a coffee. "Black the way you like it after you get laid. Thought I forgot?" "Huh?" "You know when you and Lara were married and you got laid, you'd come in wanting black coffee . . . nevermind." "What are you talking about Reggie?" Mulder said with a smile. "I thought you were jerking off kinda hard last night and came to check on you, kinda peeked you and Dana going at it. Sorry. So?" "So what?" "How you feel?" Reggie said with a smile. "Better." Mulder said with a sigh. "I'll bet." "It's like a loads been lifted off me. I just wanted to hold her all night, but she had to go." "You know tonight's our last night." "Yeah, I'm staying over her place tonight were going to talk all this out, how it's going to work. Do you know how good it felt to make love to her Reggie? I feel like myself again. I . . ." "You sleep last night?" "Like a baby." "Then its love, come on lets get to work." Police station Mulder fixed his tie as he walked into the police station. Reggie waved him over where he was talking with the local police. "Hey finished?" Mulder asked "Almost, we'll have the full report on the message scrawled into the body in the morgue in a few. Dr. Scully is going over her one more time." "Thanks, lets go then." "She called she's running it down her self. We're just hanging till she gets here lover." Reggie teased. Mulder nodded, smacking him on the arm, prepping himself to see her again. She breezed in the door file in hand. "This is totally freaky. Not only did he crave the message, he's left-handed and it's was done with a butter knife. It's to smooth for anything else." She said opening the file pointing to the marks and the butter knife on the floor in the crime scene photo. "I was wondering why it was there, any print?" "Nope, wiped clean." Dana said leaning into him a tad as she pointed it out, moving away quickly when she was finished. Mulder's eyes never left her as he stood back, letting the other officer's look at the file. "He's got some hand strength to pierce her with a butter knife." Mulder said softly, prying his eyes from her when he felt the sheriff looking at them. "Definitely, need me for anything else?" Dana asked casually. "No thank you Dr. Scully." "Later guys, nice working with you Agent Perdue, Agent Mulder." She said with a smile, shaking Reggie's hand then Mulder's, her hand lingering in his. "See you tonight," she mouthed as she waved walking out the door. That night The man watched them with his infrared binoculars, a smile creeping across his face. Get comfortable again Fox, you want to settle down, she's perfect for you too. Not tall and leggy like Lara was and her son, that's what's attracted you the most, he looks like your Sebastian doesn't he? Those auburn curls, I know you wondered where those came from when he popped out, didn't you? You dismissed it saying Lara's father was a red head, it skipped a generation. You dismissed her little affair, didn't think twice Sebastian was yours. You must have thought I'd forgotten you, I wouldn't remember. I remember you Foxy, so young fresh faced, and innocent. That's why I liked you, that's why I picked you. John Havers knows what's good for his Fox, he thought with a smile as he drove away. Mulder moved to slip his hand under her shirt when Sebastian came into the room, cocking his head. "Mommy, what's he taste like?" Scully pulled away blushing. "He must taste good." Sebastian said with a smile. "Bastian! Sorry, he slipped away from me." Nick said with a smile. "No, I want him to put me to bed." Sebastian said reaching for Mulder. "Mr. Mulder can't . . ." "Please!" Mulder sighed, standing up grabbing Sebastian. "It's ok I got him Nick." Sebastian smiled happily, clutching Mulder tightly laying his head on his shoulder as he took him to his room. "I thought you were kidding about Bastian liking him." Nick said in amazement "Nope, how was he?" "Ok, kept asking if you were going to marry Mr. Mulder cause he liked him." Scully sighed "Too much too soon Nick. You going to stay over?" "And listen to the muffled sounds of sex and headboards smacking the wall? No thank you. I was staying till Bastian went to bed. I want full details tomorrow." Nick said heading out the door. "Always thanks a bunch Nick." Scully turned, heading back to Sebastian's room smiling when she saw Mulder next to his bed, petting his hair gently lulling him into a sleep. "You're going to spoil him Fox." Dana said "That's fine." "Not unless you're going to come up here every night and tuck him in." He smiled at her, kissing Sebastian gently on the forehead before heading out of his room. "Only if I get to tuck you in too." He said linking his fingers with hers as she led him to her bedroom. Mulder cuddled into her, holding her close moving a lock of her hair from her face "I love how your hair curls up when it's wet." Dana said running a hand through his sweat soaked hair. "Thanks, so did Lara. My sister's hair is a curly mess. She has them all the way down her back. " Scully kissed him gently, running a hand along him. "You're so handsome." Mulder blushed. "Thanks." "You are. I admit your nose is a tad large but . . ." Mulder laughed, smiling at her. "You are beautiful Dana. You look sculptured when you're like this." "I wish Shane thought that." Dana said turning, leaning back into Mulder's chest. "Shane Kelly nice name. Sebastian Rose Kelly." "Same initials as his dad. Shane Ryan Kelly." "Shark!" Mulder said making Scully giggle, "I never thought of it that way." She rolled on her back, just avoiding a belly flopping Sebastian as he came crashing down between them. "Gotcha! Are you going to marry my mommy now?" He asked Mulder with a hopeful smile. "What?!" Mulder asked with a smile. "Are you going to marry my mommy now, simple question." Sebastian repeated "Me? Not yet, we just met. I like you and your mom though so I'll be around more." "Your mommy's boyfriend then?" "Yeah." "I like you." Sebastian said cuddling into him. "Well good . . ." Mulder said confused "Can I call you daddy?" "Bastian no, you refer to him as Mulder honey." Sebastian pouted. "Mulder. You don't call him that, you call him Fox." "Yes but you don't refer to adults by their first names, it's disrespectful." Sebastian nodded cuddling into Mulder more. "Your wet." "Yeah, I'm not used to the heat." "Mom has a fan she uses. I like it. I come and sleep in her room with her when mines too hot." "Well that's good." Mulder said holding Bastian to him gently, smiling at Dana air kissing her good night. Next morning "NO!" Sebastian said clinging to Mulder's leg. "Bastian stop. He'll be back on Friday. He has to go home now." "Why?" "Sebastian Rose let go now." Dana said sternly. Reggie muffled a laugh, smiling at Mulder, who bent down making eye contact with Bastian. "I have to go home, I have to go to work. I'm not leaving cause I don't like you anymore. I'm leaving cause I have to, but I'll be back this Friday and every Friday ok?" "Then you have to leave when?" "Sunday." "Ok bye." Bastian said hugging Mulder tightly, kissing him on the cheek running inside. "Sorry about that call me when you get in k?" "Sure . . . " He looked at Reggie who turned around. "Go ahead and kiss her, but make it quick." Mulder kissed her hungrily, sighing when he pulled away. "Call you when I get home." 6 months later Mulder looked at his watch frowning. "I'm going to be late." He muttered to the paper work on his desk. "You're going to be late." Reggie said with a smile "Yeah after 11, and tired too. Why now of all times does he want us to do a self audit?" "Cause AD Skinner said so that's why and he doesn't care if you're horny." Mulder smiled picking up his phone quickly. "Mulder." "Hey cutie, stuck at work?" "Yeah sorry, I'll be late about 11." "Sure, I'll leave a light on for you." He smiled sighing "I miss you. I want to hold you." "Someone sounds horny. Soon enough, go back to work. Love you bye." "Bye Dana." He said hanging up the phone. "Go, I'll finish up." Reggie offered. "No, it's not fair to you." "You two sound like you're getting serious." "Kinda I'm really . . . I . . ." "You love her." "Yeah I do, but I still find it hard to say to her face. I don't know why I think it's . . . I don't know I just feel like I'm cheating on Lara sometimes." "She's dead Mulder." "I know . . . but she's was the only woman I'd ever been with . . . nevermind I'll save it for Mais next week." "Please do, I'm not a therapist. Its' natural to be commitment shy Mulder don't sweat it, you'll tell her how you feel when the times right." 1:30 a.m. Mulder walked into her house and sighed. He enjoyed being here every weekend. It felt like a vacation from life. Things were going well with them, she understands my need for this to go slow and not to pressure me about marriage. I'm not ready to get remarried, I need to get back into being with someone then mentally adjust to being with someone besides Lara. That was 12 years of my life . . . ok 22 years of my life. It's hard to change in 6 months. That's what Mais keeps telling me, she's just happy I'm dating again. I didn't tell her I gave Dana a commitment ring though, not sure how she'll take that. It seems to be all Dana needed to know was that I was committed. "Fox?" Dana said peeking around the corner. "Yeah, what are you doing up?" he said kissing her gently on the lips. "I couldn't sleep till you came in. Come on, you need shower." John Havers smiled as he watched Mulder undressing. Time to resume the game, he thought sharpening his knife. 7 a.m. Scully pulled from Mulder's arms and answered the phone. "Hello?" "Dr. Scully morning Sheriff Carter um . . . do you know that FBI agents number, you know from a few months back, the Jewish looking one . . . Mulder?" "Yes, Fox Mulder. You need his number?" "Yeah I just assumed . . . I mean he was kinda checking you out and . . . he was a nice looking guy and I just thought maybe he . . ." "That he gave me his number? Yes I do have his number and if you'd like, I could wake him up for you so you two can talk." She could hear Sheriff blush. "OH, well um yeah that would be good thank you." "No problem sheriff hold on, Fox." She said softly, running hand over his face. He groaned batting her hand away. "Too early." "I know but it's Sheriff Carter." "Ok." He said reaching for the phone, "Hello?" "Agent Mulder? Hi Sheriff Carter um I hope you remember me." "Yeah can't forget a face, half my problem. Havers case, what's up?" "He's at it again. I'm at a crime scene now. Maid found the family dead and looks like the same MO, only his family had no daughters." "So no sexual assault?" "Of the daughters, though the mother . . . I think he . . ." "Substituted her for the daughters k, I'll be there in 20 minutes." "Ok thank you Agent Mulder. Oh agent Mulder?" "Yeah?" "Good luck, Dr. Scully's a nice girl." "Thank you Sheriff, I know she is." Mulder handing the phone back to Scully, heading to the bathroom. "Havers?" "Yeah, he's holding the scene for me." "Ok let me get dressed and round up my crew. I put your underwear and stuff in the top dresser drawer." She said as she came out of the bathroom. "Really?" "Yeah, I decided since you're here every week you might as well have a drawer." "Thank you Dana." He said pulling out a fresh pair of boxers. Crime Scene "I hate doing kids." Nick said taking pictures of everything before Scully bagged the body. "I mean it it's not the fact it's a kid, it's the family they hate it when we cut 'em open." Scully giggled, zipping up the bag her eyes straying to Mulder. "I didn't hear any squeals of the bed springs last night, you two mad at each other?" Nick asked concerned "I can't wait till your apartments rebuilt and you can mind your own business." "Hey, not my fault my complex caught fire. So are you two fighting?" "No, he got in late 1:30. He was exhausted, we just talked and he fell asleep. I was restless so I unpacked his clothes." Nick nodded, looking at Mulder "He looks sick." "He's probably remembering." "That's got to be hard to forget. I mean finding your wife hacked up, your baby hanging . . . I can't imagine how he survived it." Dana shrugged, bagging another body as Nick snapped more pictures. "I would have killed myself for sure Danes." "He tried to, but he has a good therapist who stopped him. Could I get some help here, she's a big momma." "Agent Mulder you ok?" the sheriff asked, looking at Mulder's pale features. "He's here." "Who?" "Havers. He likes to watch." He said walking out of the house, quickly holding his head as flashes of Lara and Sebastian came to him. He shook his head hard, looking out over the crowd that had formed outside. "He's here somewhere, I can feel him. Where's Dr. Scully?" "Inside, she should be . . ." "Thank you." Mulder said heading back in the house. "Hey whatcha need Mulder?" Nick asked when she saw him rush in. "I want you to check the boys for sexual assault, I have a theory." "K no problem, need anything else honey?" Dana asked softly, touching his arm gently as he swayed a bit. "No I . . . I need to go." He said distractedly, pulling from her wandering off. "Sounds like the start of a long weekend." Nick said snapping a final picture, helping Dana take the last body to the van. 6 p.m. "Here you go." Dana said handing him reports and scene photos, "Hungry? I can make you some dinner?" "Yes . . . I ordered pizza." Mulder said in a daze as he looked at the photos. "Something's different." "Yeah, no girls." "No, he's had cases like this where he'd pick a family with no girls. Havers is gay, he'd usually rape the boys while they were still alive unlike the girls. There is something different about the placement of the family, it's just off." Scully ran a hand through his hair "There, he broke the 16 year olds neck while he had sex with him. He didn't shoot him. He usually did." "Oh this is interesting, the boys name was William." "WHAT?!" "William, the 16 year old . . . what's wrong?" "Look at that boy and tell me there is no resemblance to some one you know." Dana looked at the picture, brown hair, hazel eyes, mole on the right cheek . . . oh my. "Mulder, you're taking this . . ." "He looked like me Dana! He fucked a little boy named William to simulate fucking me! Can't you see that?!" "I'm sorry . . ." Dana said going to the door, smiling at the pizza boy. "Hi." "Hey Lee, thanks." Dana came back with the pizza, opening the top smelling it. Pulling out a piece putting on the plate, she placed it in front of Mulder picking off a sausage. He didn't notice, his head in his hands as he looked at the pictures. "Fox talk to me." "No." he said picking up the slice of pizza, taking a bite. "Sebastian pizza's here." Mulder said followed by Sebastian's fast footfalls. He reached for a slice of pizza "Sebastian Rose, go wash your hands." Scully said sternly, he ran back to the bathroom washing his hands, running back when Mulder swooped him up in his arms sitting him in his lap. Mulder sighed happily, kissing the boy on the forehead standing, bringing the pizza box to the table, grabbing another slice as he sat back down, closing the file in front of him. Next week Tuesday morning "Are you telling me John Havers is active again?" AD Skinner said in amazement "Yes sir." Mulder said gravely "Jesus, what's he want?" Me, Mulder thought. "Not sure yet sir." "I want you and Perdue on this, you know him the best. I'll patch it through. I want you to catch him ASAP." Thursday "What do you mean you can't come up this weekend?" Dana said angrily into the phone. "I can't, I'm busy with work." Mulder said sighing heavily as Dana argued with him. "Fox, this is the only time we spend together." "I know and I'm sorry. "You sure are, is this the commitment you promised me Fox?" "No, but if I don't work this weekend, we'll never form a workable plan and . . ." "Whatever, just say you don't want to come up this weekend, don't use work as an excuse." Mulder sighed "That's not the reason Dana. This is something I have to do!" "Whatever Fox." Mulder growled in frustration. "Why can't you fucking listen to me huh?! This is important Dana. Damn it, something's are just more important than running up there to fuck you and play daddy!" Reggie looked up at that outburst. "Mulder, that was cold man." He said with a frown. Mulder sighed again "Dana, I'm stressed out and upset I didn't mean to say that . . ." "But you did." "I know . . . we'll talk later." "No, we'll talk now Fox or we won't talk at all." "Fuck you I don't have time for this." He said slamming the phone on the hook, running a hand through his hair in frustration. "What the hell was that Mulder??" Reggie asked concerned "She was on my case about not coming up this weekend. I have a serial killer here, he's fixating on me, and I don't know what's next, ya know? I don't have time for this shit, I don't have the patience!" "Yeah, but you were kinda mean about it." "I know, I'm going to have a lot to make up for if she doesn't dump my ass first." Reggie chuckled, shaking his head when the phone rang again. "Mulder. Dana? I'm sorry honey, I didn't mean what I said." "I know, I pushed you and I'm sorry. How about this idea, how about me and Bastian come up there?" "Yeah that sounds great. I'll . . ." "I'll see you tomorrow, get back to work k?" "Ok sorry . . . Dana?" "What Fox?" "I love you." Reggie looked up quickly, quirking an eyebrow at him amused. "I love you too even when your mean. Call me when you get home." "Ok bye." Mulder hung up slowly "What was that?" Reggie said with a smile "She's coming down for the weekend." "Means you need to clean." "OH crap!" "And I'm not helping, come on back to work." Friday "There's a pattern Reggie, his last kills, his recent ones, it's a shape." Mulder said putting pushpins in a map on the wall. "I don't see it." Mulder rolled his eyes "I don't know why I even asked, you can't even find Waldo." "Nope, I've decided only schizos can find him." Reggie looked at Mulder suspiciously "You do exhibit symptoms." Mulder punched him playfully on the arm. "I'm on my medication, you'll never know. It's right here, see eyes, ears if we finish the picture, we can see where he's headed. "Ok now your making sense, so what's it a picture of?" "It kinda looks like a . . ." "Fox!" Mulder turned seeing a bouncing redhead attach itself to his leg. "Bastian hey, where's your momma?" "Right here, Bastian I told you call him Mulder." She said leaning up kissing him quickly in the lips. "I like Fox, pick me up, pick me up!" Mulder picked him up, turning back to the picture. "Fox." Bastian said point the to map. "What?" "A fox." Mulder tilted his head smiling "Your right little man. Reggie last crime scene what was scrawled into the victims chest?" "Fox hunt . . . jeez your good." "Thanks I know. These four areas right here, I want surveillance." "He needs whiskers." Bastian said "What?" "Foxes have whiskers." Bastian said drawing them on the picture on the map. "And you have whiskers too, Fox." Dana said running a hand over his goatee. "Whiskers . . . right here Reggie, surveillance in this area." He said circling the area around the chin. "No problem." Reggie said picking up the phone. "You're here early baby." Mulder said smiling at Dana "I was going to take you to lunch if you're not busy." "Sure I'm starved. Lunch Reggie." Reggie nodded, waving him away. Chik fila Little Foxy at play, John Havers thought as he watched Mulder enter the restaurant with Dana and Sebastian. "Daddy watch." Sebastian said as he slid down the slide. "Se . . ." Dana said starting to correct him. "Don't correct him." "But Mulder . . . You're not his father." "His father's not around Dana, I'm all he has." "Yes but you . . . " "Look yesterday on the phone I was upset. I was having a bad day, I didn't mean it." "But you still said it Mulder." "I was upset. I'm sorry, I said I was sorry." "It hurt me." "I know, I know I did." "I love you so much Fox." "I love you too, if you want I can take the afternoon off, we can spend it . . ." "No you need to get back to work." He nodded, feeling somebody watching them. He looked around seeing a man with a baseball cap pulled down shading his face. The man smiled as he seemed to be looking at them. He waved at Mulder vanishing into a crowd. "Fox? You ok?" "Yeah, just thought I saw someone I knew." His cell phone went off "Mulder." "Hello Foxy." Mulder froze "Havers? What do you want from me?" "To play. You challenge me." "You murdered my wife and child." "I had to punish you." "Why?" "You weren't paying enough attention to the puzzle pieces I left for you. And unless you start doing that, you'll lose your new family too." "This isn't a game Havers, this is my life!" "I can give you another one like I did before. You like Dana? How about her son? I knew you'd love that little touch. Now play the game or you'll be punished again." "I won't let you take them from me again Havers." "You don't have to let me do anything Foxy. I didn't ask your permission with your Lara or your Sebastian. He was a brave little boy, I had to kill him first cause he kept trying to protect his mother." Mulder sniffed, wiping his eyes. Dana mouthed for him to hang up, he nodded no. "When I moved to shoot him she fought me. They were both fighters, but once I shot your boy she just crumpled. Didn't put up a fight even when I cut off her hands. Just sat there and cried like a baby, saying she loved you, that she loved your little Sebastian. The sound of her choking on her own blood was magical." Mulder hung up quickly, storming out of the restaurant. "Where are you? WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU, YOU COWARD! Show your self. Stop mindfucking me and just kill me damn it!" Mulder screamed, crumpling into a ball bursting into tears.