Title: Inside
Author: Susan Frankovich
E-mail: susanf@ticnet.com
Classification: vignette
Spoilers: Within
Archive: Anywhere, just ask first please.
Disclaimer: This character doesn't belong
to me, but I wish he did so I could bring
him home to Scully.

Summary: Mulder is dreaming...or is he?
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Inside
by Susan Frankovich
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I'm in the water.

No, I'm under the water.

It feels cool against my skin, almost numbing,
yet I like the way it feels.

When I open my eyes, everything I see is blue
and out of focus, yet it doesn't bother me.

In fact, it's rather comforting.

As I begin to look around me, I notice that
there's something floating off in the distance,
something small.

It looks blue too, yet it seems to be glowing.

I try to walk towards it, but being under the
water, I can't, and so I try to swim instead.

The cool water pulls at me from all sides, but
it's not pulling me back.

It's pulling me forward.

The closer I get to the object, the warmer the
water becomes, and the harder it is for me to
breathe, yet I'm not afraid.

I'm excited.

There's something for me to see here, something
I'm meant to see, and so I let the water pull me
closer until finally I'm right in front of it.

I start to gasp for air and my hands begin to
shake, but I want to touch it.

I need to touch it.

Carefully placing both of my hands around its
soft pulsating body, I let its power slowly wash
over me.

And then I know.

I know what I'm holding in my hands.

My life.

~end~

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