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The Final Chapter (Requiem 2)
Written by: Nicole Buckles
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                               Skinner stands motionless in Scully’s hospital room shocked by what she has just told him. He looks at her incredulously.
“How is this possible? How can you be pregnant? I thought because of the abduction you were.” He pauses reluctant to finish. Scully finishes for him.
“Barren?” Skinner nods his head yes.
“I thought I was,” Scully says through tears, unable to hold them back. “I mean I was, it was confirmed I went to three different doctors because I just couldn’t accept the fact that I could never have children, but they all told me the same thing. I was barren and I would never be able to have children.”
“Then how? I mean are you sure that you are?” Skinner asks her and sits down on the side of the bed.
Scully quickly wipes the tears from her eyes and tries to gain her composure.
“Yes, I know for sure that I am pregnant the doctors confirmed it to me no more then twenty minutes ago. None of them believed me when I told them that up until now I was barren. They said that it wasn’t possible, but here I am pregnant. It’s a miracle, that is the only explanation I have.”
“Who is the father?” Skinner asks, although her already knows the answer.
Tears start to flood down Scully’s face when he says this. She opens her mouth to speak but is unable to get any words out. Feeling a little uncomfortable Skinner reaches over and grabs a tissue from the nightstand and hands it to her. “We don’t have to talk about this now Agent Scully. I can see it is upsetting you, and that is the last thing I want to do.”
Scully takes the tissue from his hand and wipes her face. Skinner gets up to walk out of the room but Scully grabs onto his hands before he can walk away from her.
“No, I want you to stay and I need to talk to someone about this.”
“Agent Scully I don’t know if I’m the person you should be talking to about this right now.”
“I need to tell someone. Do you understand?”
Skinner sits back down on the bed. “It’s Mulder isn’t it? He’s the father.”
Scully looks at him shocked. “Sir…how…”
“How did I know?  He loves you Scully. He’s loved you for a long time. I knew it was only a matter of time.”
Scully looks at him confused. “What do you mean he loves me…how do you know that?”
“Because he’s told me. On many occasions.”
 Scully breath catches in her chest and she has trouble getting out what she needs to say.
“When did he tell you this? Recently?” She asks.
“The first time he told me he loved you was after your abduction. He was so determined to find you and when I asked him if it was worth risking his life to find you, he said he would die for you because he loved you. He told me he had never felt such strong love for a woman before.
 Scully smiles at hearing this and tears start to roll down her face. “he loved me then…” she says in a whisper.
“What did you say?” Skinner asks her.
“Nothing, please just tell me what else he has told you.” She brings her hand up and places it on her heart as if it will stop the aching.
“The second time he expressed his feelings to me about you was when you were in the final stages of your cancer and nobody thought you were going to make it. He came to me in tears and told me that he felt so guilty, that you were dying because of him. He said that if he could take your place he would. He was wrecked with grief and I told him that it wasn’t his fault that you willingly chose to stay by his side and help him pursue the x-files. But he wouldn’t listen, he said that he was going to go see you at the hospital and tell you that he was sorry and that he loved you.”
Scully looks at Skinner with astonishment and more tears start to roll down her race.
“What? He never told you that night?” Skinner asks surprised.
“No, well he came to my room one night when I was in and out of conciseness. I could feel him crying on my arm but I was just too weak to open my eyes. I suppose that if I would have he might have told me.”
 Skinner inches his way closer to Scully. “But, he has told you recently right? I mean…” He looks down at Scully’s stomach.
“Yes, he’s told me,” Scully says trying to hold back the tears. Skinner sits patiently waiting to hear the details. Scully takes a deep breath and then begins to speak.
 “It happened about three weeks ago. I was at his apartment, it was late and we were just talking about any thing and everything. I was opening up to him, something I never do. We talked for hours and then suddenly out of the blue he said that he loved me. He started to get teary eyed and told me he was sorry for never telling me before. I was so moved by his candid remark that I leaned in and kissed him and told him that I loved him too. Then one thing led to another and…..”
Skinner nods his head letting her know he understands and she doesn’t have to explain further.
“Afterwards we talked for a very long time and decided that until the X-files were closed we could never be together. Not that way anyway, so we promised never talk about this night again.” Scully places her hand on her heart and starts to cry. “But now I know that was a mistake. We let our job get in the way of our love and now I understand more then ever that the most important thing in life are the people who love you. That’s what matters. Without him I’m nothing. I feel as if a part of me is missing.  We should have found a way to be together. Now it’s too late, I’m carrying his baby and I may never be able to tell him that I love him again.” She leans forward and buries her head into Skinner’s chest and starts to cry.”
He wraps his arms around her and tries to comfort her. “You will find him Scully, I will help you. I give you my word.”

   One Day Later…….

    Scully sits on the edge of her hospital bed dressed and ready for the doctor to discharge her. All she wants to do is go home and sleep and then she will figure out what she is going to do and how she is going to find Mulder. All she knows is that she must find him, not only for herself but for her unborn child as well.
  Suddenly she hears familiar voices coming from the hallway. She looks up and sees Langley, Byers and Frohike walking into the room.
“What are you guys doing here?” She says smiling. Frohike walks and hands her a bouquet of flowers.
“We are going to take you home,” He replies.
“Guys that sweet but I’m fine. I was just about to call a cab.”
“So you have a clean bill of health then Scully?” Byers asks her. “Because you scared us all fainting like that. What did the doctors say it was?”
Scully is silent for awhile wanting to tell them the news but decides to wait for a better time.
“Scully?” Langley says and waves his hand across her face.
Scully quickly snaps out of her thoughts and looks up. “Huh? What?”
“What did the doctor say was wrong?”
“Oh it’s nothing, just stress and the shock of Mulder’s disappearance.”
“Well, that is part of the reason we have come down here today,” Frohike replies.
“Yeah we have a plan, a plan to find Mulder,” Langley says.
A glimmer of hope shimmers in Scully’s eyes and a small smile appears on her face.
“But we don’t want to talk about it here. Can we go to your apartment and talk?” Byers asks.
“Yeah of course. Let’s get out of here.”

        Langley, Frohike and Byers are all sitting around Scully’s kitchen table as she makes some coffee for them. She brings over three cups and sits down.
“Don’t you want some?” Byers asks.
“No, caffeine is the last thing I need right now. So anyway tell me this plan of yours.”
“Well, lets start with the obvious,” Byers says. “Krycek and Marita are evolved, that’s a given.”
“So the key to finding Mulder is to find out what they know,” Langley cuts in.
“What are you suggesting?” Scully asks intrigued.
“We are going to tap their phones place bugs in their hotel rooms. Pretty much every where and any where they are,” Frohike says.
“Yeah, that is if you can find them,” Scully says with negativity in her voice. “If there is one thing those people know how to do well, it’s how to disappear.”
“Yeah, well we found them.” Langley says with a big smile on his face.
Scully looks at him surprised. “What? How?”
“Actually we never lost track of them,” Byers says.
“Yeah we knew that there was something fishy going on from the very beginning so we slipped a tracking device into Krycek’s wallet and one into Marita’s purse,” Frohike adds. “We’ve got’em!”
Scully’s eyes tear up as she begins to talk,”Guys thank you so much. You’ve actually given me some hope now.”
“Yeah well if they know where Mulder is so will we. All we have to do now is get those bugs into their apartment,” Langley says.
“There is only one slight problem,” Byers adds.
“What’s that?” Scully asks.
“They are in Russia and you are going to have to go there with us. That’s the only way we can think of to get those bugs into their apartment.”
“What do you need me to do?” Scully asks.
“It’s perfect. Just listen,” Byers says. “You go to Russia, get Krycek and Marita to meet you somewhere out side of their apartment, that way while you are meeting them we can slip in and plant the bugs.”
“But how do you know that they will even agree to meet with me?” Scully asks.
“Because you will tell them how distraught you are and that you are not going to give up until you find Mulder and you won’t leave Russia until they at least agree to talk to you,” Byers says.
“Okay I guess it’s worth a try because right now I don’t see that we have any other options.”
Langley claps his hands together excited. “Great lets do it. We leave tomorrow afternoon for Russia, Scully we’ve already got your ticket.”

       As soon Byers, Langley and Frohike leave Scully picks up the phone and calls her mother. In case something happens to her in Russia she needs to see her Mother and Bill one last time and tell them how much she loves them. She also needs to tell them about her pregnancy because she knows how much joy the news will bring them especially her mother. After the third ring her mother picks up the phone. “Hello,” her mother says in a pleasant tone. The sound of her mother’s voice almost makes Scully cry but she chokes it back. “Hi Mom, it’s me.”
“Dana? What’s wrong? You’re voice sounds a little shaken.”
“I’m fine mom I just have some news that I’d like to share with you. Can I come over?”
“Now? It’s almost 11PM. Why don’t you come tomorrow morning for breakfast. Your brother will be here then and you can tell him your news too. Oh and why don’t you bring that partner of yours along with you. We can all have a nice time.”
At the mention of Mulder’s name Scully begins to cry but tries to hide it from her mom. “I don’t think he will be able to make it mom.”
“That’s too bad…well we will have him over next time you come.”
“Okay mom listen I have to go but I’ll see you tomorrow morning okay? Bye.” Before her mom even has a chance to respond Scully hangs up the phone and starts to sob into her bed pillow. Actually it wasn’t her pillow it was Mulder’s. It was the pillow she slept on that beautiful night when they had told each other that they loved each other and then consummated their love. She knew it was silly taking that pillow and Mulder didn’t even know she had it, but she wanted something to remind her of that night.  She presses her head deeper into the pillow and realizes that it smells just like Mulder and his apartment, this gives her some comfort and she hugs the pillow trying to imagine that Mulder is laying right beside her. This thought eases her pain and she falls into a deep sleep.
 

The Next Morning

      Scully rings the doorbell to her mother’s house and waits impatiently for her mother to open the door. As soon as her mother opens the door Scully throws herself into her mother’s arms and hugs her tight.
“It’s good to see you too honey.” Scully doesn’t answer and continues to keep her arms wrapped tightly around her mother.
“Dana are you okay?” Scully releases her hold on her mother and steps back.
“Yeah I’m fine mom. I’m just happy to see you. Is Bill here yet?”
“Yeah he is in the kitchen cooking the eggs. Come on in,” She says and gestures for her daughter to come in. Scully walks in and into the kitchen to see her brother making the eggs. She walks up behind him. “Hey are these the famous eggs Alla Billy you used to make?” She wraps her arms around Bill before he even has a chance to turn around. Bill laughs at her affectionate hug.
“Hey Dana at least give me a chance to turn around so I can give you a proper hug.” Scully releases her grip and lets Bill turn around and then immediately resumes her position.
“You missed us huh?”
“Yeah I haven’t seen you guys in awhile and I’m sorry for that.”
“Don’t worry about it Dana, we know you’re busy.”
“So where is Tara and your son?”
“Oh she is upstairs getting him dressed.”
“Good I can’t wait to see them.”
“Little Matthew will be happy to see you.”
“God, it seems like I haven’t seem him in forever. How old is he now?”
“Almost three,” Bill replies.
“Wow, how time flies.”
Suddenly little Matthew comes running into the kitchen calling out Scully’s name with excitement.
“Auntie Dana! Auntie Dana!” Scully reaches down and scoops him up into her arms. At that moment it suddenly hits her that she is going to be a mother soon and not to long down the line she will have a son or daughter his age. The thought brings tears of joy to her eyes. Matthew notices her tears and touches her face with his little hands. “Auntie Dana’s crying.” Bill, Tara and Mrs. Scully all turn around and look at Scully.
“Dana are you okay?” Bill asks her.
Scully quickly wipes the tears from her eyes. “Yes, I’m just so happy to see you guys.”
Mrs. Scully walks up to her daughter, “No I think it’s more then that. What’s wrong?”
Scully hands Matthew to Tara.
“Well, I was going to wait to tell you this until after breakfast but I guess now is a good time.”  Scully walks over and sits down on a chair.
They all stand completely still waiting for her to speak.
“Well?” Bill says getting impatient.
Scully looks right into her mother’s eyes. “Mom you’re not going to believe this but…I’m…I’m pregnant.”
“You’re what?!” Mrs. Scully says with excitement in her voice.
“Wait Dana I thought you couldn’t have children?” Bill interrupts.
“I can’t, that’s why this has come as such a shock to me. The doctors told me I’d never be able to conceive a child.”
“Well, then it’s a miracle,” Tara says.
Scully’s mom rushes up and hugs her. “You don’t know how happy I am for you baby.”
“Wait is this a good thing Dana? Are you planning on keeping the baby?”Bill remarks. Tara hits her husband in the arm for ruining the moment. Scully gets up and walks over to Bill.
“Of course it’s good thing and the thought of not keeping this baby has never entered my mind. Don’t you understand it’s a miracle that I’m even pregnant. I’m meant to have this baby especially since….” She pauses not sure if she is ready to tell them who the father is.
“Especially since what Dana?” Mrs. Scully asks.
“It’s Mulder’s baby Mom. I’m going to have his child,” She says and smiles.
“Oh Dana, I’m glad it’s his. That man loves you and will make a wonderful father. Does he know yet?”
Scully’s eyes well up with tears. “He’s gone mom, no one can find him.”
Bill gets up from his chair enraged. “What do you mean he’s gone!? You told him you were pregnant and he got scared and he left you didn’t he? He couldn’t face up to his responsibilities could he? And you always told me he was such a great man.”
Scully stands up really mad now at the accusations Bill has made. “He didn’t leave me he would never do that! He was taken before I even knew I was pregnant! So don’t you dare make assumptions about things you know nothing about!”
“Dana calm down,” Mrs. Scully says and places her hand on her daughters shoulder.
Bill looks down a little ashamed by what he just said.
“Dana I’m sorry, but what do you mean he was taken? You’re not making any sense. Taken by whom?”
“I don’t know who, but I’m going to find out. I’m going to find him. I’m going to Russia this afternoon.”
“RUSSIA!” Scully’s mom blurts out. “What’s in Russia?”
“Dana in your condition? You’re insane,” Bill adds.
“There is someone there that might know where Mulder is so I have to go there. I have to do everything I can to find him. Not only for myself but for our child.” Mrs. Scully walks up to her daughter and places her hands on Scully’s face. “Baby, I know that you love him but please don’t do this. I don’t want something to happen to you. You’re my only daughter now.”
A tear runs down Scully’s face and onto her mother’s thumb. “Mom, you don’t understand, I can’t live without him…….”
 

  Four Days Later….Tunguska Russia
 

      Scully paces nervously back and forth in her hotel room in Russia.
“Scully calm down,” Byers says.”It’s all going to go perfectly as planned. You are going simply going to show up at their hotel room door and they will have no choice but to let you in.”
“Yeah or they can just slam the door in my face,” Scully says as she continues to pace around the room.”Can’t we just wait for them to leave their room?”
“No, because we’ve been here for two days and you know that they never leave together from their room for more then five ten minutes at a time. They are being careful.”
“Very careful,” Langley adds. “We need you to distract them for at least twenty minuets so we can insert the bugs.”
“Okay, okay I’m ready,”Scully says. “Let’s do it.”

    Scully stands out side Marita and Krycek’s hotel room door trying to work up the courage to knock. She thinks of Mulder and her unborn child and suddenly finds the courage. For a moment she hears nothing and then she hears footsteps walking to the door and then the chain is slide from the door and it opens. Marita Covurrubias is standing behind the door. She looks at Scully shocked. “Agent Scully you shouldn’t be here. Leave now.” She starts to close the door and Scully shoves it open knocking Marita back. “No I’m not leaving until you guys give me some answers.”
Krycek walks out of the bathroom and pulls his gun out on Scully as soon as he sees her.
“Woah Krycek just put that down, I’m only here to talk,” Scully says with her hands out in front of her.
“I know why you’re here,” Krycek says, “You want to know how you can find Mulder. Well, guess what I don’t know and neither does Marita! So you can just get the hell out of her before I have to use this gun on you.
“Well just the same I’d still like to talk to you. Then I will leave and you’ll never see me again.”
“Okay talk and make it fast,” Krycek says and lowers his gun.
“No, not here I don’t trust this place I want to go to a crowded place it could be rigged with bugs. People could be listening right now.”
“No we have been very careful about that,” Marita says.
“I’m sure you have but I’d just feel better if we went to a crowed place. Please I won’t take up too much of your time.”
Krycek looks over at Marita and she nods her head yes.
“Okay ten minutes Scully then you leave this country. I never want to see your face again. When I see you I think of Mulder and that makes me sick,” Krycek says and walks past her and out the door. Scully follows behind with Marita.

      Thirty minutes later…..
 

    Scully walks back into her hotel room to see Byers, Langley and Frohike huddled over a small screen watching and listening to Marita and Krycek.
“Wow you guys work fast,” Scully says impressed.
“We were in and out in 15 minutes,” Langley says. “It would have been less if Doohike over here would have remembered to turn on the camera and we didn’t have to go back.” He leans over and lightly hits Frohike on the head.
“Hey it all worked out so why are you wining?” Frohike says and rubs his head.
Scully pulls a chair up to the monitor. “Any luck so far? Have they said any thing since I left their room?”
“No, it’s weird Marita has been sitting in the corner in that chair over there,”  Byers points to where she is on the monitor. And Krycek has been sitting on the bed. I think Marita is mad about something she keeps giving him and evil stare.”
“Well, sooner or later one of them will have to say something,” Scully says.
“Yeah, lets just hope it’s about where Mulder is,” Byers says.

   4 hours later…..

  Frohike yawns and looks at his watch. “Man how long are they going to give us the silent treatment. It’s two in the morning and they are still sitting in the same place.”
“This is weird guys,” Langley replies.
“Do you think they know?” Scully asks.
“I don’t see how they could,” Byers says.
“Well, you guys go to your rooms and get some sleep. I will stay up the rest of the night and listen just in case. Then you can relieve me in the morning,” Scully says and yawns.
“Are you sure?” I could stay up and keep you company,” Frohike says and winks.
This brings a small smile to Scully’s face. “Thanks Frohike but I think I can manage.”
“Okay men you heard the lady lets hit the hay,” Langley says while yawning.
“If you need anything or are getting too tired don’t hesitate to wake one of us, I’ll happily come take your place later tonight if you need me to,” Byers says.
“Okay, thanks guys. I’ll see you in the morning.”
     As soon as they leave Scully walks over to her suite case and pulls out Mulder’s pillow and breathes in his scent. This stirs up her emotions and she begins to cry into the pillow. Lately she’s been crying three four times a day. What’s wrong with me she thinks, I’m a strong person I rarely cry. It must be because I’m pregnant and my hormones are going crazy. She gains her composure and sits her self down in front of the monitor while hugging the pillow.
     An hour later she places the pillow on the table and then lays her head down upon it. I’m just going to lay my head down for a moment she thinks. Before she knows it she awakens to the sound of someone knocking on the door. She sits up with a jolt and then looks at her watch. It reads 8:00 AM. “Shit!” She curses to her self and gets up and walks over to the door and opens it. Langley, Byers and Frohike parade in .
They all look over at Scully. Her face is puffy from crying all night.
“Are you okay?” Byers asks. “You look like you’ve been crying.”
“I’m fine I’m just tired. I stayed up as long as I could and then I guess I just drifted off...” She sits on the edge of the bed and places her head in her hands. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me.”
“It’s okay we can just rewind the tape,” Langley says. “But did they say anything before you fell asleep?”
“No,” Scully says, her head still buried in hands.”
“Scully why don’t you go lie down. You seem stressed out,” Byers says. “We will come get you if we hear anything.”
“Here you can take my room,” Frohike says and hold out his keys.
Tears start flowing out of Scully’s eyes so she keeps her head buried in hands so they won’t know.
“Scully?” Frohike touches her gently on the shoulder. After a few moments she looks up, tears are still running down her face. She grabs the keys from Frohike and then walks over and takes the pillow from the table. “I’m sorry guys, but I have to get out of here for awhile,” She says, but it’s barely audible through her tears. Before any of them can respond she walks out the door.
“Wow, I’ve never seen Scully so emotional before,” Byers says. “I mean she has every right to be but usually she can hold it together under any circumstances.”
“I think there is more going on with her then she is telling us,” Frohike says.
“Yeah I think you’re right.”

     Scully reaches Frohike’s hotel room and throws herself down on the bed. She curls up with Mulder’s pillow and begins to sob. She places her hand on her stomach where she thinks the baby might be, this gives her some comfort because she knows part of Mulder is in this baby.
I have to focus here, she thinks, or I’m going to loose my mind. She takes a few deep breaths and finally her tears start to subside. I have to be strong she affirms to herself. All I need is a good night sleep and then I’ll be fine. Scully hugs the pillow tightly and drifts off to sleep.
    When she awakes it is 5 AM the next morning. She sits up feeling alive and rejuvenated, for she just slept for twenty hours straight. She jumps in the shower, gets dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a T-shirt and then pulls her hair back into a tight ponytail. Her hair is starting to get a little on the long side, well, long for her anyway. It is almost at her shoulders, and she usually always cuts it before it gets beyond that length. Mulder had told her once that she should grow her hair long, but she didn’t want to because she felt that she looked more professional with her short style. A smile appears on her face and she thinks, I’m going to let it grow long for Mulder.
  She throws on a little makeup and then runs next door to where the Lone GunMen are.
 Byers opens the door and smiles at her. “Well, look who’s awake.”
“I’m sorry, I don’t know what’s wrong with me, I guess I just really needed to sleep. You should have come over and woke me up,” Scully says as she walks into the room. “So, any news?”
“Well, they have been talking all right but it’s all been in Russian,” Frohike says.
“We are going to have to get an interrupter,” Langley says.
“Don’t bother, we are wasting time,” Scully says and walks out the door. Byers runs after her.
“Scully stop! Where are you going?!”
“I’m going to go see Marita!” She yells back from the end of the long hallway. Before Byers can follow she is gone.

    She reaches their hotel room five minutes later, she makes sure her gun is in place and then pounds on the door. Her adrenaline is pumping so fast that she doesn’t feel an ounce of fear.
Krycek opens the door and she pulls her gun out on him before he even has a chance to peek his head all the way out.
“What the F…”
“Out now!” Scully screams at him. “I need to talk to Marita alone!”
“No way! You promised to leave so get the hell out of my face!” Krycek screams back.
“Well, there have been a change of plans and I suggest that you get the hell out of this hotel room unless you want to get your fucking head blown off!” She cocks her gun and steps closer to Krycek.
“Okay, okay I heard you the first time,” he says and steps outside of the door. “Where do you want me to go?”
“Hell,” Scully says and steps inside the hotel room and slams the door in his face.

      Marita sits on the edge of the bed not at all surprised to see Scully.
“I knew you’d be back,” She says calmly. Scully puts her gun back in its holster and sits down next to Marita. “Then you must know why I’m hear?”
“Of course, you want to know the truth about your partner. You know we lied to you yesterday about not knowing where he is and you want the truth and I feel for you, I really do. But you have to understand that I can’t tell you. It would put an end to everything.”
“Put an end to what? The project? But I thought that was all over with?”
“No, not the project Agent Scully. Krycek and I put an end to the project when we killed the Cancer man. Now there is no one left to interfere with the aliens plans.”
“What are you talking about?!” Scully asks starting to get upset. “Are you telling me that you want aliens to colonize this planet, that you want to be a slave race!”
“It’s the only way to live. Don’t you understand what possibilities this will open for us?”
“Snap out of it Marita! There will be no possibilities! We will be drones, having no minds for ourselves!”
“No you don’t understand Scully it’s the only way for our species to survive. In the years to come a natural disaster is going to wipe out our whole species unless of course we colonize with the alien force.”
“Okay well just answer me this, why do they need Mulder to carry out their plan!” Scully asks getting frustrated.
“Because, they see him as a great leader and with the anomalous brain activity he has shown in the past they can communicate with him. And if he hadn’t of joined them they would have had to kill him.”
“But why?” Scully asks getting very confused and frustrated now.
“Because they knew that he would put a stop to colonization, that he would continue in his father’s footsteps with the project.”
“What about everyone else that disappeared from Oregon? Did they take them too?”
“Yes, because they all showed the same anomalous brain activity that Agent Mulder showed. Don’t you understand they needed people that they could communicate with. People they could give orders too.”
  Scully takes Marita’s hands in hers, “Marita you have to listen to me. Colonization is not the only way. We can get Mulder back and we can stop this! All you have to do is tell me how to find him before it’s too late.”
“No I can’t.”
“Yes, you can, you have been brained washed into thinking that this is a good thing when it’s not! There are men that spent their whole lives trying to stop this from happening, men that are all now dead. If we get Mulder back he can stop this. He can find good men to help him end this once and for all.”
“You don’t fool me Agent Scully, you don’t care about the project. All you care about is Mulder, you love him and you want him back.”
“You’re right I do love him and I do want him back, but there is something else as well,” Scully says and places her hand on her stomach. “I’m carrying his baby.”
Marita’s heart melts when she hears this but she tries not to show the emotion she feels. Scully squeezes Marita’s hand. “Please from a woman to a woman, please help me find this babies father. We can stop this Marita, we don’t have to let them win.”

   Langley, Byers and Frohike are all sitting around the monitor shocked by what Scully has just told Marita. “Scully is pregnant?” Langley says still unable to believe it.
“Yeah with Mulder’s baby,” Frohike adds with a little disappointment in his voice.”
“Give up the fantasy man,” Langley says. “You knew Agent Scully and you would never get together.”
“I still can’t believe it,” Byers says. “ I guess this would explain why she has been acting so emotional lately.”
“Wow, pregnant…” Frohike says again, still in shock.

     Scully and Marita sit silently on the bed for a few moments. Then Marita gets up and starts to pace around the room. “Please Marita,” Scully says on the verge of tears. “If you can save us…” Scully pauses unable to finish. Before Marita has a chance to reply Krycek kicks in the door and pulls out his gun.
“You bitch! You traitor!” He yells at Marita.
“I didn’t tell her anything Krycek!”
“Yeah but you were going to!”
“You don’t know that!”
“Yes, I do Marita! You’re weak! You were about to crack!”
Scully tries reaching for her gun, but Krycek sees her and pushes her down on the bed and holds the gun to her head.
“Krycek, please I’m pregnant, “ Scully says.
“Do you think I care?!” Krycek yells and moves the gun from her head to her stomach.
“I think that you would,” Scully says.
“Not, when it’s Mulder’s baby. That makes me all the more want to kill it!”
“Krycek stop!” Marita yells.
“Shut up! You betrayed me! I’m not listening to a word you have to say! In fact you’re going to be next!”
Krycek pushes the gun deep into Scully’s stomach and she cries out in pain.
“Are you ready to die Dana?!”
Suddenly Scully hears a gun shot and Krycek falls on top of her and blood starts to ooze from his head. She quickly pushes the body off of her and sees that Frohike is standing in the doorway with a gun. He quickly runs over to her. “Are you all right?!”
“You saved my life,” Scully says stunned. Suddenly Byers and Langley come running into the room asking if she is all right. Scully wraps her arms around Frohike and doesn’t let go.
Frohike blushes and hugs her back. Marita walks over to where Krycek lays and kneels down beside him. Scully releases from her embrace with Frohike and places her hand on Marita’s shoulder. “You don’t feel bad for him do you? He was going to kill you too.”
Marita looks up at Scully. Scully can see the tears in her eyes ready to fall.
“I know it’s just hard to see him this way,” She says as a tear rolls down her face.
“I know,” Scully says sympathetically.  “But you are better off now that he is gone. We all are. Come on get up, let’s get out of here.”
“We can’t just leave him here we have to call the police,” Marita says.
“No, we can’t we are in foreign country and they may not believe  that this was self defense. We can’t take the chance that they would jail us for this. We might never get home.”
“You’re right,” Marita says, “Lets get out of here.”

      One Hour Later On The Plane……

Marita and Scully are sitting next to each other on the plane. Scully watches Marita as she looks out the plane window. She hasn’t said a word since they left the hotel. Scully wants desperately to talk to Marita and make her tell her where Mulder is but she doesn’t want to pressure her. She knows she will tell her it’s just a matter of time.
    Marita turns her head from the plane window and looks over at Scully. “Thank You Agent Scully.”
Scully looks at her confused. “What are you thanking me for?”
“For making me realize that what I was doing was all wrong. Just a moment ago I was thinking about how I could have possibly gotten mixed up in all this. I could have prevented all of this. I guess that just shows what you’ll do for love.” Scully places her hand on Marita’s shoulder.
“I know you loved him. But you have to understand that he didn’t love you back. He was just using you. He was going to kill you because you didn’t do what he wanted you to do. But I also know exactly how you feel. Love is a miracles thing, it will you make you do crazy things, and know you have a chance to make things right. You just need to tell me how to find Mulder.”
“They will be bringing him back in four months to begin the transformation on him and the others,” Marita says with almost no emotion in her voice.
“Transformation?” Scully asks confused.
“They are going to create alien human hybrids of their own kind.”
“Well, we have to get to them before they start this process.” Scully says alarmed.
“We will,” Marita says. “I know the date, the place and the time. We will get them all out.”
 

   Four Months Later……

     Scully sits impatiently in the front seat of the van. Marita is driving and the Lone Gunmen along with Skinner are sitting in the back. They are in a dark secluded area of the Maryland woods.
“I still don’t know why you guys are making me wait in this van! I want to be there when you get Mulder.”
“Scully, something might go wrong and in your condition I just don’t want to take the chance,” Skinner says.
“I’m five months pregnant I’m not sick. I will be fine out there. You know something could just as easily happen to me in this van.”
“That is why I’m going to stay with you,” Byers replies.
Scully breathes out a frustrated sigh and slumps down in her seat defeated.
“Now, I want to warn you Agent Scully Mulder probably won’t remember any thing that has happen to him. To him it will be like no time has elapsed at all,” Marita says. “He may even be a little disoriented.
“But he will be coherent? Right?” Scully asks worried.
“Yes, he should be,” Marita says.
 Scully starts to fidget around in her seat. She has waited for this moment for four long months and she can’t believe it is finally here, but she has a sickening feeling in her stomach that something is going to go wrong and she will never see Mulder again. She pushes that thought out of her mind and tries to take a few deep breaths to calm herself down.
“How much longer?” She asks nervously.
Marita looks down at her watch. “Shouldn’t be long now.” As soon as she says this a big flash of light comes from the sky blinding them, then a minute later it is gone. Scully looks excitedly over at Marita that was them right?” She asks excitedly like a five-year-old kid asking about Santa Clause.
“Yeah, Marita replies,” She looks over in the back seat. Are you guys ready?”
“Let’s do it!” Langley says anxiously.
They all step out of the car and Byers moves to the front seat to sit next to Scully. The rest of them start to walk out into the deep woods with their flashlights held out in front of them. Before they get to far Scully calls out Skinner’s name and he quickly turns around.
“What is it Scully?” Scully gets out of the car and starts to walk towards him.
“What are you doing get back in that car!” He runs over to her and notices that she has tears in her eyes and her face is white with terror.
“What is it?” He asks her tenderly.
“You have to bring him back to me. If you don’t I…I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’m so afraid that something is going to happen. Please let me come with you.”
“No you stay here. I will bring him back.”
“Promise me,” She says and a single tear rolls down her face.
“I’ll find him,” Skinner Says and runs quickly off into the darkness to join the others.
   Scully jumps quickly back into the van, for it’s mid September and it’s a little chilly out.
“Are you okay?” Byers asks her.
She looks over at him and he can see the terror in her eyes. “I’m just so afraid that they aren’t going to bring him back,” she says and brakes down into tears.
Byers leans over and hugs her. “They will find him. Don’t worry.”

    Skinner, Langley and Frohike all follow behind Marita.
“Are you sure you know where you are going?” Skinner whispers to her.
“Yes, now keep up,” Marita whispers back.
 After ten minutes of walking they reach a big huge red wood tree. The trunk is covered in vines and Marita starts to tear at them. “Guys help me out.”
They all start tearing at the vines and suddenly a big huge opening is revealed to them. The trunk of the tree is hollowed out and there is a ladder leading down to an underground compartment.
“We have to go down there?” Skinner says.
“This is where they are,” Marita says and starts to descend down the ladder. Skinner sighs and follows after her, along with Langley and Frohike. They descend fifty feet and then the ladder stops and the room opens up into a huge underground chamber. They all quickly turn on their flashlights and are startled by the thousands of bodies that they see strapped to odd shaped beds.
“Holy shit,” Langley says. “How the hell are we going to find Mulder in this sea of people?!” “Come on this way!” Marita says and starts to walk. She leads them into a dark tunnel.
“Where are we going?” Skinner asks.
“If I’m correct Mulder will be in the next room,” Marita replies.
“And how do you know that?” Frohike asks.
“Because that other room was where they are keeping all their drones. Mulder is the most important one to them. They’re human leader. He will be in a room all of his own.”
“Oh yeah because it would just be so rude of them if he wasn’t,” Langley says sarcastically.
They reach the end of the tunnel, which opens up into a big room. Mulder is laying on a large table with restraints on his arms and legs. “See what did I tell you,” Marita says. Langley and Frohike run up to Mulder excitedly. He is wearing the same clothing that he wore the night he was abducted except he is pale and much skinnier. Skinner walks up to Mulder and pats him on the arm in hopes of waking him. “Hey Mulder wake up! It’s us,” Langley says.
Marita stands in the corner amused. “You’re not going to be able to wake him that way.”
“Okay what do you suggest then?” Langley says annoyed with her.
“Maybe you should try this,” Marita says and pulls out a syringe. Langley runs over and yanks it out of her hand.
“Don’t you want to know where to insert it,” Marita asks. Langley turns around and nods his head.
“Upper arm always seems to do the trick,” she replies.  Langley turns around and presses the needle up against Mulder’s arm and then hesitates.
“Come on man do it,” Frohike says impatiently.
“I can’t Langley says and hands the needle over to Skinner.”  Skinner takes the needle from Langley’s shaky hand and quickly injects it into Mulder’s upper arm. They all wait patiently for a response. A few minutes go by and suddenly Mulder’s eyes lids flutter and he opens his eyes. He looks up at them and yawns.
“Where am I?” Mulder asks extremely confused.
“We will explain later, now get up,” Marita says. Mulder looks over at her confused. “Marita what are you doing here?”
“Mulder we have to get out of here. Can you sit up?”
“I could if someone got these restraints off me,” Mulder says sarcastically.
“Of course,” Langley says and starts to undo the restraints. “Come on guys!”
They all rush over and undo Mulder restraints and then help him sit up. He edges his way off the table and then attempts to stand but he is too weak and collapses.
“Woah easy Mulder,” Skinner says and rushes over to help him.
“Come on guys help me, you get the other side.” Mulder leans against them and they start walking. Suddenly the image of his and Scully’s last conversation together pops into his head and he suddenly blurts out her name. “Where’s Scully! Is she okay! She didn’t come with you guys did she? I told her not to come.”
“Mulder she is fine. She is waiting for you outside in the car,” Skinner says.
“What?! I told her not to come!”
“There is a lot that has happened to you that you don’t know. We will explain it to you all later.”
“Langley maybe you could explain to me how you and Frohike suddenly showed up here along with Marita when Skinner and I were the only ones here.”
“All in good time,” Frohike says and smiles. They walk through the tunnel and into the room with the rows and rows of people.
“Shit,” Mulder says. “Where the heck are we?!” This way Marita says and leads them quickly to the ladder.
“What? We are just going to leave all these people here?!” Mulder asks shocked.
“We have no time for them now. We will have to come back later! Come on we are wasting time,” Marita yells at them and starts to make her way up the ladder.

     Back in the car Scully starts to become more and more uneasy as more time passes.
“Where are they,” She says, “Something’s wrong, something’s happened. I’m going to go out there.”
“No your not,” Byers says. “It’s not safe.”
“Screw safe Scully says and opens the door to the van. She is about to get out of the van when she sees some people in the distance walking towards the van. Is that Mulder she thinks, and her breath catches in her chest. She sits there unable to move and watches as the figures move towards her. Finally they are close enough to where she can make out their features and Mulder’s as well. She is so shocked at seeing him alive that she starts trembling and she can’t seem to get herself to move from her seat. She wants to get up and run to Mulder and through her arms around him, but instead she sits there trembling unsure if he is real and if this is really happening.
   Mulder is close enough now to see that Scully is sitting in the van. He exhales with relief that she is okay. Skinner and Marita had filled him in on what had happen to him on the walk over here. He is still having trouble believing that he has been gone for four months. What Scully must have gone through, he thinks. The closer he gets to Scully the more his heart aches to hold her. He brakes free from Skinner and Langley’s grasp and walks as quickly as he can over to Scully.
Tears start to stream down Scully’s face as Mulder walks up to her. “Mulder, is that really you?” She says in a shaky voice. He walks up closer to her and he can tell that she is shaking. His heart breaks seeing her in this much turmoil and he extends his hand to hers. “Come here,” He says tenderly. He takes her shaking hand and pulls her towards him. She places her trembling hands on his face, “You came back to me,” She says in a whisper.
Mulder’s eyes start to water. “Come here,” He says and pulls her into him. “Scully,You’re shaking.”
“Mulder, I was so afraid I was never going to see you again.”
“Shhhh it’s okay I’m here now. I’m never going to leave you again.” He gently kisses her on the head.
   Marita walks over to Mulder and Scully and taps Mulder on the shoulder. “I really hate to break this up, but we really have to get out of here.”  Scully pulls away from Mulder and wipes the tears from her eyes. She grabs tightly onto his hand. “Come on let’s sit in the back,” She says and leads him over to the back door of the van. He is still weak and she helps him climb in.
Marita turns around from the driver’s seat. “Everyone ready?”
“Let’s get out of here,” Scully says.
 Marita pushes her foot down on the gas peddle and they drive quickly out of the forest.

        An hour later Marita pulls up at Scully’s apartment. Scully gets out and Mulder stays sitting in the back seat. She gestures for him to get out.
“What? You want me to come with you?” Mulder asks surprised.
“I haven’t seen you in almost five months of course you’re coming with me.” He smiles and slowly makes his way out of the van. Scully walks over to Marita, “How can I thank you?” She asks. “You don’t know how much this means to me,” Scully says.
“Yes I do, Agent Scully and that is enough,” She says and smiles. Now you go home and get him well.”
“I will Scully says and Thank you Again.” Scully’s eyes tear up and she walks away from Marita and over towards Mulder. She grabs onto his hand come on I have a lot to tell you.
   Mulder and Scully walk down the lighted hallway of her apartment building. Mulder looks over at Scully and notices that her hair is long. It’s about an inch below her shoulder.
“Scully, you grew your hair,” He says pleased.
“You always told me I should,” She says and smiles.
     There is something else different about her that he can’t put his finger on. Maybe it’s just because it seems like I just saw her yesterday when I really haven’t seen her in four months, he thinks. Suddenly for no reason at all he looks down at her stomach and notices it has a little bulge. He noticed it when he hugged earlier but he didn’t give it much thought until now. Is she pregnant? He thinks, no that’s impossible. He looks back up at her and gives her a perplexed look. Scully smiles knowing exactly what he is thinking. “I will tell you everything when we get inside,” She says and squeezes his hand tightly. She takes her keys out from her pocket and unlocks the front door. They both walk in together and she leads him over to the couch.
“Come sit,” She says. They both sit down on the couch and Mulder pulls a bed pillow out from under him. “Hey, isn’t this mine?” He asks and smiles.
“Yeah, I took it from your house that night, when we..…” She suddenly starts to cry again. “I’m sorry Mulder I don’t know why, I just can’t stop crying.”
He pulls her into his arms. “It’s okay Dana, I’m hear now and I’m not going anywhere. What is this stuff you needed to tell me? And before you say anything I have to ask you this because it’s driving me crazy.”
“Okay,” Scully says.
“Are you pregnant?” Mulder asks, “I really hope you are because if you aren’t I just put my foot in my mouth.”
Scully’s whole face lights up and this makes Mulder smile. “Well…..”he says getting impatient.
“Yes, Mulder I’m pregnant.”
“Is this a good thing? Wait how is it possible? I thought you couldn’t have children.”
“That’s what makes it a miracle…. even more so that it’s yours.” Mulder looks up at her shocked.
“What did you just say?”
“Mulder, I’m pregnant with your baby, she’s yours.” A huge smile appears on Mulder’s face.
“She? It’s a girl you know?”
“Yeah we are going to have a daughter.” Mulder’s eyes start to water and he extends his hand out and lowers it to Scully’s stomach and then hesitates.
“It’s okay go ahead, maybe you can feel her kick. I felt it for the first time today. Maybe she knew you were coming home to us today and she wanted to let me know she knew.”
Mulder lowers his hand and lets it rest on Scully’s stomach. He is so overcome with joy that he can’t utter a single word.
“Mulder, say something. You are happy about this right?” She says in a shaky voice.
Mulder looks up into her eyes.
“Of course I’m happy about this, we are meant to have this baby together. There is no denying it. That you even got pregnant is a miracle and that it’s mine is even more miraculous. I just wish I could have been with you these past months to help you. Instead I put you through months of agony.”
“You are here now that is all that matters,” Scully says.
Mulder places both of his hands on Scully’s stomach. “How far along are you?” He asks.
“Five months, I’m due January 21st.
“Well we have to pick out a name!” Mulder says excitedly.
   I’ve never seen him this excited before she thinks, and smiles.
“Sure Mulder we’ll pick out a great name.” Mulder lowers his head and lays it on Scully’s stomach.
Scully gigles. “Mulder what are you doing?”
“Sorry, Scully I’m still just so amazed by this. I want to see if I can hear her heart beat.”
   A few minutes later Mulder’s head is still resting on Scully’s stomach.
“Any luck?” Scully says with a huge grin on her face.
“No, I can’t hear anything.” He lifts his head up and looks straight into Scully’s eyes.
“I love you, and I’m so sorry for leaving you.” His eyes start to water.
“Awe, Mulder it wasn’t you’re fault.”
“No, but it was. I knew you didn’t want me to go out there. I didn’t even want to go out there. I had this really bad feeling that I wouldn’t be coming back to you. I should have listen to my gut.”
“Mulder, I don’t want to talk about what ifs right now. I just want to hold you. For so many nights I’ve been hugging that damn pillow because it smelled like you. Now I have the real thing sitting right next to me and I’m going to take advantage of it.”
  Her words touches Mulder’s heart and he leans into kiss her, “I want to hold you too,” He says and kisses her gently on the lips. She kisses him back and it turns into a passionate kiss.
Mulder pulls away and gets up from the couch. “Don’t get up,” He says and bends down to pick her up.
“Mulder, no…I’m pregnant. I way a ton. I don’t want you to hurt your back.”
“You’re not that pregnant yet, I can handle it.” He bends down and picks her up. He looses his balance when he stands all the way up and they almost fall back onto the couch. Scully starts to laugh hysterically. “Hey, it’s not funny. I gottcha he says and catches himself on the armchair. He stands up straight and steadies himself. “Okay to the bedroom?” He asks her and then plants another kiss on her lips.
“Yeah,” Scully says.
    He continues to kiss her as he carries her to the bedroom. He isn’t looking where he is going and bumps into the side of her door. Scully starts to giggle again. “Why don’t you just put me down.
“No, I’m going to carry this mission through.”
This makes Scully laugh even more and she is still laughing when he places her on the bed. Mulder sits on the side of the bed out of breath.
“You okay?” Scully says and rests her chin on his shoulder. He turns around and playfully pushes her down on the bed. “I’m just fine,” He says. He reaches over and dims the lights and they begin to consummate his homecoming.

    The Next Morning…….

     Scully awakes to seeing Mulder sitting on the side of the bed talking to someone on the phone.
“Yeah, uhuh, Yeah I understand, Thanks” He says and hangs up the phone.
Scully yawns to get his attention. Mulder turns and smiles at her.
“Who was that?” She asks.
  Mulder scoots closer to her on the bed, “Dana, there a few very important things I need to talk to you about. I was lying awake all night thinking about this and I know this is the right thing. So please just hear me out before you make any judgments.
“Okay Mulder,” Scully says a little alarmed. She sits up in bed and wraps the sheets around her.
“I just got off the phone with Marita,” Mulder says. “She told me that she went back to the underground chamber to see what she could do to help those other people that were all laying down there like guinea pigs. But they were all gone when she got there. That means the Aliens are going to continue out their plan for colonization without me. It may be a long way off from now but I need to put a stop to that, follow in my fathers foot steps.
“And I’ll help you,” Scully says and squeezes his hand tightly.
“No, Dana that is what I needed to talk to you about. Remember before I left I said that it had to stop somewhere?”
“You meant that? You don’t want to work together any more?” Scully asks trying to hold back her tears.
“No, it’s not that I don’t want to work together anymore it’s just….It’s  just everything has changed now. I’m no longer looking for my sister, we have uncovered the governments conspiracies to stop the alien race from colonizing the earth. There is nothing left to be done except for me to continue on with the project except I won’t conduct tests on innocent people. I will find my own way to fight the future, just like my father had planned for me all along.”
“But Mulder we can do that together,” Scully says starting to get upset.
“Dana, I want you to quit the FBI and go be a doctor. You will be a wonderful doctor and I know it’s what you love and that way I won’t have to be worrying everyday that our baby might loose it’s mother and most of all I might loose you. It’s too dangerous a job. It might have been worth it in the past, but things have changed now and it’s not worth it any more.”
Tears start to stream down Scully’s face. “Mulder…” She says hurt.
He pulls her into his arms. “Don’t you understand? I love you too much to let you work with me anymore.”
“I love you too Mulder but I don’t know if I can do this. You can’t ask me to do this!”
Mulder pulls away from her and looks her straight in the eyes. “Dana, I want to marry you. I want us to be a family. We will by a big house in the suburbs, you’ll get a job doing what you love and I’ll continue to fight the Future for our baby. Dana, if you aren’t going to do this for yourself at least do it for our baby and for me. You know it’s the right thing to do.” He puts his hand on her stomach and Scully places her hand upon his. “Okay, Mulder.” He leans in and kisses her lips, which our salty with tears. “Please don’t cry, I promise you every thing will work out fine.”

     “Are you sure your Brother is okay with me coming? He knows every thing right?” Mulder asks nervously as they stand on the porch of Mrs. Scully’s house waiting for her to answer the door.
“Mulder, calm down. They all know everything.”
 Scully’s mom comes to the door. “You’re here!” She says excitedly and rushes over to hug her daughter. “Come here Fox I want to give you a hug too. I’m just so happy for the two of you!” Mulder walks over and give’s Mrs. Scully a hug.
“Please come in,” She says and grabs onto Scully’s hand. Mulder follows them into the living room where he sees Bill waiting. Bill walks graciously up to Mulder and shakes his hand.
“Congratulations,” He says with almost no emotion in his voice.
“Thank you,” Mulder replies back.
         Scully and her mom sit on the couch laughing and smiling.
“You look like you’ve gotten a lot bigger since last week when I saw you.”
“Well, today makes six months.” Suddenly Scully feels the baby kick and she jumps a little surprised.”Woah!” Mulder looks over alarmed. “Are you okay?”
“Mulder, hurry quick, she’s kicking.” Mulder stops talking to Bill and rushes over to the couch and sits down next to Scully. She grabs his hand and places it on her stomach where the baby is kicking. “I don’t feel anything,” Mulder says disappointed. “She always stops by the time I put my hand down.”
“Just be patient maybe she will do it again.”  As soon as Scully finishes saying this the baby kicks exactly where Mulder’s hand is placed. A big smile appears on his face and he begins to laugh. “I felt her! That’s the first time I’ve felt her kick,” He says to Mrs. Scully. The baby kicks again and Mulder laughs. “This is so amazing. Scully doesn’t that hurt you?”
Scully and her mom start to laugh. “No it doesn’t hurt Mulder. It feels…it’s….it’s well it’s hard to explain Mulder. But don’t worry it does hurt.”
Bill walks over wanting to feel the baby kick too. Mulder gets up and let’s Bill sit down next to Scully. “Is she still kicking? He asks. “Yeah,” Scully says and grabs his hand and places it on her stomach. “Did you feel that?” Scully asks. “Yeah I did,” Bill says with a big grin on his face.  “Mom, you want to feel?” Bill asks and lifts his hand from Scully’s stomach.
“Yeah,” Mrs. Scully says and scoots next to her daughter. “Where should I put my hand?” She asks. “Right here,” Scully says and moves her moms hand to her lower stomach. “You feel her?” Scully’s whole face lights up when she says this. Mulder loves it when her face lights up like that. He has never in his whole life seen her this happy.
   Mrs. Scully looks up at Mulder and sees the way he is looking at her daughter. She can tell by the way he is looking her that he just adores her. It makes her so happy that her daughter has found someone that loves her so much. Her eyes tear up and she looks up at Mulder. “Fox I’m so happy for you two, and I’m sure you are going to make a wonderful father.”
Mulder blushes. “Well, I hope so.” He looks over at Bill, “I may need to ask your advice from time to time.”
Bill gives him a half smile. “Sure anytime.”
   Mulder is very surprised that Bill is actually trying to be nice to him. I guess he has no choice now Mulder thinks. Maybe he will like me even more once he finds out that Scully will no longer be working at the FBI with me. That is the reason he hated me so much---for putting her life in danger, and maybe I shouldn’t blame him for that.
  Scully says his name and he leaves his thoughts. “Huh?”
“Where were you just then? You seemed a million miles away.”
“I was just thinking,” Mulder says and sits back down on the couch next to Scully and gives her a kiss her on the cheek.
“Have you guys thought up any names yet?” Mrs. Scully asks.
“No, but Dana actually came up with a good Idea the other day,” Mulder says.
“What’s that?” Mrs. Scully asks.
“She said we should each make a list of names we like and then we will read them to each other and decides which names we both like.”
“We are going to do that tonight,” Scully says and smiles.
“Oh well let me know what you decide?”
“Sure mom. Oh by the way, Bill where is Tara and Matthew?”
  “Oh they can’t make it tonight. Matthew had some play date with one of his friends.”
“Oh that’s too bad.”
“Well, we can do this again soon,” Mrs. Scully says.

    After dinner they are all sitting around the table laughing and Bill and Mrs. Scully are sharing stories with Mulder about things Scully did in her childhood. Mulder bursts out laughing when Bill tells him that once Dana got many mothers upset in her 1st grade class because she went around telling every kid that there was no Santa Clause.
“Sounds like Scully,” Mulder says laughing.
“Yeah she even had all these reasons for why Santa Clause didn’t exists. She had it all written down on a piece of paper,” Bill says laughing hysterically.
 “I think you have all had too much to drink. I don’t see why this story is so funny,” Scully says.
“Because, it’s so you and that it started at such a young age makes it even funnier,” Mulder says laughing. Scully glares back at him, not at all amused.
“I think it’s cute,” Mulder says and leans in and kisses her on the cheek.
“Okay, Okay I think we have heard enough stories for one night,” Scully says.
“Okay,” Mrs. Scully says. “Would you all like me to serve desert now?”
“Can we wait on that for a few minutes,” Mulder says. “I have something I need to ask Dana and I want all of you to be here.”
 Scully’s breath catches in her chest and she knows exactly what he is planning.
“Sure Fox,” Mrs. Scully says and sits down.
Mulder pulls out a ring box from his pocket and then gets down on his knees. Mrs. Scully can’t help it and she cries out in excitement. Scully’s eyes start to tear up and her hands start to tremble as Mulder opens the ring box. He slowly takes out the ring and holds it in front of Scully. It is a beautiful antique 2K-diamond ring with two small sapphires on the side.
“Dana, will you marry me?”
For a few moments Scully is too emotional to talk. She takes a deep breath and is able to get out the word yes. Tears stream down her face as he slides the ring on her delicate finger.
  Bill smiles and finally realizes how much this man means to his sister and how much she means to him. At this moment he is finally able to except Mulder in his sister's life. After they finish hugging he stands up and gives Mulder a hug. "You’re a good man Mulder.”
“Call me Fox,” He says and smiles.
 

       Back at the apartment…..

 Mulder is siting on the couch and Scully runs over with her list of baby names.
“I’m done with my list. You got yours?”
“Yeah it’s right here,” Mulder says and waves it in the air.
Scully smiles and scurries over to the couch like a little kid.
“Okay how does this work?” Mulder asks.
“We each take turns reading a name off our list and the other can either hate it, in which we have to scratch the name off our list completely, or they can love it, then we will put a star by it.…Or it could just be so, so,  in which we would just write maybe by the name.” Mulder looks at her and starts to laugh.
“What?” Scully asked confused at why he is laughing.
“You’re just so cute, making this into a little game.”
“Well, it makes it more fun this way,” Scully says a little hurt that he is laughing at her.
“I love you,” Mulder says and leans in and kisses her lightly on the lips.
“Okay you go first,” He says.
“All right, my first name is Sarah,” Scully says hoping he’ll like it.
“Ugh, Scully that’s way to common.”
“Okay so you want me to scratch it?”
“Yeah,” Mulder says.
“Okay well let’s here one of yours.”
“Okay the first one on my list is Capri.”
“Capri! Scully starts to giggle. What do you want to name her after pants? Or is it the juice you are thinking of.”
“What? I think that it is a nice first name for a girl!”
“Scratch it Mulder.”
“Fine,” Mulder says and scratches the name off the list. “Okay your turn Scully.”
“All right how about Jessica?”
“Ick another common name. Scully I want to give our baby a name that not every kid in America has.”
“Okay fine,” Scully says and scratches the name off her list.
“All right I think you might like this one Scully.”
“What is it?” Scully says with a worried look on her face.
“Brillian,” Mulder says proudly.
Scully looks at him perplexed. “What did you make that one up your self?”
“No,” Mulder says defensively. I happen to like it. It’s like brilliant but without the T.”
“Oh so that’s why you picked it,” Scully says trying to stay serious.
“Yeah our kid is going to be brilliant just like her mom and so this would be a perfect name.”
“Mulder the flattery isn’t going to work, scratch it.”
Mulder exhales frustrated and crosses the name off the list.
“Okay what’s your next name?”
“Jennifer,” Scully says.
“Ooohh how original.”
Scully scratches the name off the list. “Dare I ask what name is next on your list?” She says and worriedly furrows her brow
“Hey don’t diss my name until you hear it woman.”
“Mulder, shut up and just give me the name.”
“Okay how does the name Yashmini grab you Scully?”
Scully falls into his lap laughing. “That’s your best one yet,” Scully says through bursts of laughter. “I want to know where the heck you came up with these names Mulder?!”
“Okay I guess I’ll just scratch this one too,” Mulder says trying to ignore her laughter.
“You’re turn Scully.” Scully sits up and wipes the tears of laughter from the corners of her eyes.
“No, I want to hear some more of the names you picked out.”
“You’re getting a kick out this aren’t you?” Mulder asks.
“Yeah,” Scully says and giggles.
“If you’re going to laugh I’m not going to read any more of them.”
“I promise I won’t laugh any more,” Scully says trying to surpress the laughter that is dying to come out of her.
“Look your smiling.” Mulder says.
“What I can’t smile!”
“Okay,okay I’ll read my other names. Okay this one is really pretty and I’m sure you have heard it.”
“Go, on I’m listening,” Scully says amused.
“How about Fiona,” Mulder says hesitantly.
“As in Apple?” Scully says.
“Huh?” Mulder says confused.
“Fiona Apple, you know the singer.” Scully says sarcastically.
“Oh yeah well I wasn’t thinking of her when I thought up the name.”
“What were you thinking of?”
“Do you want me to finish or not Scully?”
“Sorry continue Mulder,” Scully says on the verge of laughter.
“Okay, I’m just going to read them off fast so you won’t have any time to make sarcastic remarks about them. Before she can reply he starts to run down his list. Saffron
Destiny, Novalee, Summer Raine, Naydia.”
“Woah, woah, what was that?”
“Naydia,” Mulder says.
“No not that one the one before it? Did you say Summer Raine?!”
“Yeah what’s wrong with it?”
“Nothing..... nothing,” Scully says and puts her hand over her mouth so he can’t see the big smile on her face.
“May I continue?” Mulder asks.
Scully nods her head yes because she knows if she opens her mouth she will just start laughing and won’t be able to stop.
“Okay I only have about seven left so you better at least like one of them. How about Danica
Porsha, Ilana, Melia, Juliet.”
“As in Romeo and Juliet,” Scully says interrupting him.
He gives her annoyed look back.
“Okay, okay I’m sorry go on.”
“Anastasia, Dominique,  and Willow.”
“Is that it?” Scully asks
“Yeah, and let me guess you didn’t like any of them.”
“Well, a few of them were okay. I thought Melia was kinda pretty and Dominique, but Anastasia Mulder? What were you thinking?”
“I guess this is going to be harder then I thought,” Mulder says.
Suddenly Scully knows exactly what she wants to name the baby.
“Mulder, I’ve got. I just thought of the perfect name!”
Mulder looks at her dubiously.
“How about Faith? Mulder those months that you were gone faith is what got me through, faith that you’d come back to me. If I hadn’t of had that faith I would have never made it through.”
Mulder is quite for a few moments, and then moves closer to Scully. “I think that is the perfect name for our baby. Faith he says to himself. Yeah that just sounds right doesn’t it?”
“Yeah, Scully says and that is something that we all need more in our lives and our baby can help remind us of that.”

Three Months Later……

        Scully awakens to a sharp stabbing pain in her stomach, she knows immediately what this means and sits up straight in bed. She holds her stomach in pain until the contractions subside and then she leans over and starts to shake Mulder.
“Mulder, wake up. It’s time,” She whispers in his ear.
“Huh! What?! Mulder says as he sits up. Scully turns on the lamp near the bed and Mulder squints his eyes. “What’s going on?” Mulder says still half asleep.
Scully suddenly cries out in pain and grabs her stomach.
“Oh Shit!” Mulder says and jumps out of bed. “It’s time isn’t it?” Mulder says excitedly.
Scully is in too much pain to answer him and bends her head down into her knees. Mulder runs quickly over to her and puts his hand on her shoulder. “Just take deep breaths, I’m going to get dressed really fast and then we will get you to the hospital.”
“And call my mother,” Scully says through clenched teeth.
“Okay,” Mulder says hopping around on one foot trying to get his jeans on. He finally gets them on and throws on a T-shirt and some sneakers. “I’ll go call your mom,” Mulder says running out of the room and into the kitchen.
Scully slowly makes it out of bed and throws on some clothes before the next contraction starts. She takes a small suitcase from under the bed and throws a few things in it.
  A few minutes later Mulder comes running back into the room. “Let’s go come on I called your mom we are all set!” He rushes over to Scully and takes the small suitcase from her hand.
“I’ll carry this come on!”
 Suddenly Scully is seized by another contraction and she doubles over in pain. She feels something wet start to trickle down her legs and she realizes that her water just broke.
“Mulder, my water just broke!” She says frightened. “You have to get me there fast!”
“Shit! Okay come on!” He grabs onto Scully’s hand and helps her walk to the door. Mulder runs out in the hallway and presses the button for the elevator and then runs back to Scully.
“Can you make it to the car?” He asks.
Scully nods her head yes.

    He gets her into the car and takes off as fast as he can.
“Did you call my mom?” Scully asks. A look of fear appears in her eyes.
Mulder takes his right and off the steering wheeling and places it on Scully’s shoulder.
“Yes, I called her and don’t worry everything is going to be fine. You are going to do great.”
Suddenly as he says this another contractions starts and Scully screams out.
“Just hang on Dana we are almost there.”
“Mulder, this one’s bad,” She says through tears.
“I  know just breath Scully, remember just like they taught us in malaz class. You can do it.”
“No I can’t,” Scully screams. “You don’t know what this feels like! If you did you wouldn’t be saying that I could do it!”
“Hey, look Scully we are here,” He says changing the subject.  He parks the car half hazardly, jumps out  and runs over to the passenger side. He is so thankful that her contraction is over so he can get her to the door.
They both walk quickly up to the front desk of the Maternity ward.
“My fiancé is in labor,” Mulder says practically yelling into the receptionist’s face.
“Woah calm down Daddy, who’s your OB?”
“Dr. Lewis,” Scully says for him.
“Okay I’ll call her right down. In the mean time I’ll have a nurse come take you to your room.” As soon as she says this a nurse comes over with a wheel chair and Scully sits quickly in it.
Mulder follows the nurse as she quickly wheels Scully to her room. Scully gets out of the wheel chair and Mulder helps her get dressed into a hospital gown.
“You need help getting on the bed?” Mulder asks.
“No I can do it,” Scully says and then suddenly doubles over in pain.
“What? Another one?”
“Yeah,” Scully says clenching her teeth.
“Come on lets get you on that bed.” He gets her on the bed and then pulls a chair up to the side of the bed so he can sit with her and hold her hand.
“Where’s the doctor!” Scully says.
“I’m right here,” Dr. Lewis says and walks through the doorway.
“Is she doing okay?” Mulder asks worried.
“Well let me check her out but I’m sure she is doing just great,” Dr. Lewis says. She pulls up a chair and places it at the foot of the bed.
“Okay Dana if I could just get you to slide a little bit towards me and spread your legs so I can see how dilated you are.”
“Okay,” Scully says.
The doctor bends over and starts to examine her. “Woah looks like we are getting close here. Dana do you want any thing for the pain? I’m asking you now because in a few more minutes it’s going to be to late.”
“No, I want to do this naturally,” Scully says although she wants an epidural badly.
“Are you sure,” The doctor says.
“Yes!” Scully snaps back.
“Okay, just making sure.”
Scully turns her head and looks at Mulder. “Mulder, where is my mom? You called her right?”
“Yes, I called her.”
“Then where is she? Mulder why isn’t she hear?” Scully asks starting to cry. Mulder leans over the hospital bed and kisses her salty, tear stained cheeks and then moves down to her lips.
“She will be here Dana don’t worry.”
“Hold my hand Mulder I’m scared.”
“Sure,” He says and grabs onto her hand.
Another contraction starts and Scully screams out and squeezes Mulder’s hand tightly. Mulder cries out in pain with her. “Scully my hand! Oww! Could you loosen your grip a little bit?!”
Scully ignores him and continues screaming. Mulder forgets about the painful grip she has on his hand and tries to comfort her. “You’re doing great just breath.”
“I am breathing! And it’s not working! Mulder I can’t do this!”
“Yes, you can.” He leans over and wipes her hair away from her sweaty brow. Suddenly Scully’s mom runs into the room and Scully releases the death grip on Mulder’s hand. Mulder stands up and shakes his hand in relief. The doctor sees this and starts to laugh. “I’m sorry I should have warned you not to give her your hand,” The doctor says laughing.
Mulder smiles back not amused.
Scully extends her arms out to hug her Mother. “Mom! I didn’t think you were going to make it.”
“I’m here baby,” Mrs. Scully says and bends down to hug her daughter.
“Mom, I can’t do this.”
“Yes, you can Dana. I did it four times and you are much stronger then me. If I could do it you can.”
 Dr. Lewis walks over to Scully. “Dana, we are just about there. So you have to get ready to push okay?”
Scully nods her head nervously. Dr. Lewis walks over to Mulder and hands him some hospital scrubs. “Dad, if you could put these on we are getting really close here.” She walks over to Mrs. Scully next. “Are you going to stay for the delivery?”
“Yes, of course.”
“Then you’ll need to put theses on,” She says and hands her some scrubs and then resumes her position at the foot of the bed. “Okay Dana get ready to push. Just a few more seconds. Okay now push.”
Scully digs her hand into Mulder’s forearm and screams.
“Push Dana,” The doctor says to her.
“ I am pushing!”
“Okay good just a little harder.”
“You can do it,” Mulder says and wipes the beads of sweat from her face with a washcloth.
“Okay are you ready Dana? Push!” The Dr. says.
Scully screams and grabs on to her mothers and Mulder’s hand. Mulder and Mrs. Scully both look at each other amazed at the powerful grip she has. Scully stops pushing and releases her grip on their hands. Mulder and Mrs. Scully both painfully shake out their hand to try and relieve the pain.
“Okay I can see the head,” Dr. Lewis says.
“You can?!” Mulder says and runs over to look. “Oh my god, Scully! I can see our babies head.” He stands there in amazement.
“Mulder, please come back over here. I need you over here,” Scully says crying hysterically.
Geez she’s emotional Mulder thinks and runs back over to Scully. “I’m here, don’t worry.” He bends down and kisses her cheek. “You’re almost there.”
“Okay one more push and we can get the head out,” The doctor says.
“No I can’t…..I can’t push anymore.”
“Dana you have to try,” The doctor replies.
“Didn’t you hear me I can’t!” Scully says crying.
Mulder leans down and starts to whisper in her ear. “Scully I know you can do this, with all we have been through in the past seven years this is nothing.  Now push and think of the great future that lies ahead for us. Now I know you can do this, right?” Scully looks him in the eyes and shakes her head yes.
“Okay push Dana,” The doctors says.
“Come on baby you can do it,” Mrs. Scully says encouragingly.
Scully screams and pushes with all the strength she has left in her.
“Okay great!” The doctor exclaims. “We’ve got the head out. Just one more push and your done!”
“Just one more Scully!” Mulder says and grabs onto her hand.
Scully squeezes his hand and pushes, suddenly the pain subsides and she hears her baby crying. She is overwhelmed with so much happiness that she bursts out crying and laughing at the same time.
“You’ve got yourself a healthy baby girl,” The doctor says holding the crying baby. Mulder runs over quickly to see.
“Would you like to cut the cord Daddy?” The doctor asks him.
“Sure,” Mulder says hesitantly and takes the cutters from the doctor.
“It’s okay  just snip it right here.”
“Here?” Mulder says moving the cutters over to where the doctor had her finger.
“Yeah go ahead it’s not going to hurt her.”
Mulder cut the cord and then the doctor wraps the baby up in a blanket and brings her over to Scully. Scully starts crying even harder when the baby is placeed on her chest.
“Hi, Faith,” Scully says through tears. “I’m your mommy.” She turns her head and looks over at Mulder. His eyes are watery and he has a huge grin on his face. “This is your daddy,” Scully says with pride in her voice. “Mulder you want to hold her?” Mulder nods his head yes. He is too overwhelmed with emotions to speak. Mrs. Scully walks over and helps Scully hand the baby to Mulder.
   Mulder holds the baby in his arms and gently rocks her. “You did it Dana.”
“No we did it Mulder.”
 

    A few days later…..
Mulder and Scully are sitting in the car and Scully is looking in the back seat at Faith. “Ugh I just want to hold her now Mulder, she looks so precious when she sleeps.”
“Hold your horses we will be home before you know it.”
Scully turns around and looks out the window. “Mulder! We aren’t going home! Where are you taking me?” She wines. “I just want to go home.”
“We are going home Scully. You’ll see.”
A few minutes later they pull up at a gorgeous two-story Victorian style house with ivy leaves covering portions of the house.
“Mulder, what are we doing? Whose house is this?”
“Surprise!” Mulder says with a big grin on his face. “This our new house Scully and it’s really close to that hospital that you wanted to do your residency at.”
“This is our house? You’re not putting me on?”
“No Scully this is our house I bought it a month ago, and I’ve been waiting until after the baby was born to surprise you with it.”
“Mulder, it’s beautiful! God I love you!” She leans over and gives him a big hug.
Suddenly she realizes that there are a ton of cars parked outside and a few catering vans.
“Mulder what are all these cars doing here?”
“You’ll see,” Mulder says and gets out of the car. He walks over to the back seat and gets Faith out of her car seat. “Come on Dana!”
“Mulder, you’re scaring me why are you suddenly so excited?”
“Just come on!” He says. He is already half way up the driveway and Scully has to run to catch up to him. “Do you want me to take her?” She asks Mulder.
“No, I got her. I want you to be the first one to open the door to our new house. Here,” He says and hands her the keys.
“Scully opens the door and then jumps back in surprise when she sees all her friends and family sitting in the huge living room. They are all sitting in white chairs and there is a small path of rose petals leading up to a make-shift altar. Suddenly music starts to play and she notices that there is a little orchestra playing in the corner of the living room. Scully looks back at Mulder with watery eyes. “Is this what It think it is?”
“Yeah, we are getting married today. Everyone one’s here even your younger brother Charles is here.”
“Charles! I haven’t seen him in seven years! But, wait Mulder I don’t have a dress.”
“Yes you do,” Scully’s mom says and walks up with a dress in her hand. “Come on honey lets go get you ready. Fox, Tara said she would take care of Faith while you go get ready.”

      Scully follows her mom into a big bed room. She sits down on the bed and suddenly starts to cry. Mrs. Scully rushes over to her. “Honey what’s wrong?”
“Nothing wrong mom, I’m just so happy. This is a dream come true. I have everything I’ve ever wanted. A wonderful man, a beautiful child and a great big house. All the things I thought I’d never have. I guess it’s all just sinking in and I can’t believe it’s actually happening. I keep expecting that I’m going to wake up from a dream and this will be all be gone. I guess I just feel like I don’t deserve all this.”
“Dana, honey if there is anyone that deserves this more it’s you and Fox. You two have been through so much tragedy in the past seven years. Now it’s your turn to be happy baby.” She leans over and kisses Scully on the cheek. “Okay come on let’s get you all fixed up in this beautiful dress.”
“Thanks Mom.”

     Scully walks down the stairs in her beautiful wedding gown and Bill and Charles meet her at the bottom of the stairs.
“Hey sis,” Charles says and wraps his arms around here.
“I can’t believe you made it. I haven’t seen you in years.”
“I wouldn’t miss my big sister’s wedding.”
Bill leans over and kisses Scully on the cheek. “You look beautiful Dana. Charles and I are going to walk you down the the isle okay?”
“Okay great.”
   They both take one of her arms and begin to escort her down the isle of red rose pedals. As she walks down the isle she looks around and sees everyone is there: Walter Skinner, Byers, Langly and Frohike, even Marita and some of her old college buddies. Then she looks up at Mulder and sees the extreme love he has for her in his eyes. She then looks over at Tara holding Faith. She smiles and tears gleam in her eyes. She walks up to the altar and the start of her new life begins.

The End……

Copyright: June 7th, 2000