The Watchdog

	                                 by Pepper
	
	                            (peppe1951@yahoo.com)


	The story begins at Maggie's house, where Dana is visiting her mother and
	brother, Bill. Bill is in the den watching a ball game. Maggie and Dana are
	in the kitchen spending some quality time with each other. They are having
	a quiet cup of coffee and discussing their favorite topic: Fox Mulder. Dana
	is filling her mom in on some of Fox's latest exploits.

	"Mom, Fox has really improved since Skinner has taken an active role in
	disciplining him," said Dana.

	"What form of discipline does Walter use on him," inquired Maggie.

	"Oh, he usually takes a paddle or strap to his backside," replied Dana
	innocently.

	"He does what?" exclaimed Maggie. "Just how long as that been going on? I
	want details, Dana!"

	Dana begins her story. "It all began in an effort to keep Fox from being
	kicked out of the Bureau. Fox had gotten so many 'black' marks against his
	record and Skinner was at wits-end in handling it. He was talking to his
	father one day and mentioned the trouble Fox is always in, and he didn't
	know what to do to curb it. His father told him that if Fox was *his*
	responsibility, they would be on their way to the wood shed for some old
	fashioned punishment. He put the idea in Walter's head and since nothing
	else was working, he decided to give it a try."

	Maggie interrupted. "I bet Fox just welcomed that idea with open arms."

	"Oh, yes, he was not happy with the way things were going," Dana said as
	she continued her story.

	"Walter told him that it was either his plan or Fox would eventually lose
	the X- Files going in the direction he was headed. Fox finally realized
	that the only way he could keep the X-Files was to give Skinner permission
	to discipline him in the manner Skinner laid out. So he agreed -
	reluctantly."

	"If Skinner hears of some of the things that Fox is doing to 'find the
	truth', he will blister his backside for sure, " remarked Dana.

	"What has that boy, been up to lately," inquired Maggie.

	"Well last night he broke into a Department of Defense operation and got
	shot. He only got nicked in the thigh. He was so lucky that it wasn't
	worse. It could be worse though, if Skinner hears of it," Dana said
	angrily.

	"Maybe Walter should hear of it, if it will keep Fox safe," Maggie replied
	worriedly.

	"Please don't Mom, Fox promised that he would be more careful in the future
	and he is scared of what Skinner will do, if he hears about it."

	"O.K." replied Maggie.

	They soon moved on to more pleasant topics like where the best place to
	shop is.

                                  

	What neither lady knew was that Bill had been listening at the door. He had
	been coming by early in the conversation to get something to drink and
	heard the whole story on how Fox was now being disciplined. A *big* smile
	came to his face as he realized he now had a way to get back at Fox and
	cause him some real pain at the same time. All he needed to do is visit his
	sister soon and find some e-mail addresses to certain people in the FBI.

	He especially wanted Skinner's.

	After that he could go by a hobby shop and pick up the materials for a mini
	micro-phone and just wait for Dana to tell him about Fox.

	Two days later Bill dropped by to surprise his sister with an invitation to
	dinner. She was delighted to see her big brother, only she had to run down
	to the laundry room and get her clothes out of the dryer. She would only be
	a minute.

	Bill used the time accordingly to find the addresses he needed. They had a
	wonderful dinner and Bill let her out at her apartment and went home.

                                  

	The next day, Walter Skinner found an interesting piece of e-mail on his
	computer screen.

	"Fox Mulder was seen leaving a certain address, said to house a DOD
	operation. He was sighted by security, but was lucky enough to get away
	without being apprehended. They did shoot at him, and he was wounded in the
	thigh.

	Agent Mulder needs to be reined in and this is just the first notice I will
	give you as to his exploits.

	The Watchdog"

	Skinner checked the story out and found there was indeed a break in at that
	particular DOD operation three days ago. That the suspect that security
	shot at did fit Mulder's description and they were sure that they nicked
	him in the leg. Unfortunately for them, he got away. Well, Skinner knew
	that once he got a good look at Mulder's leg, he would know for sure if he
	was the suspect.

                                  

	The telephone rang in the basement office. Dana answered with a "Hello,
	sir"..."Yes, sir...at 6:00...Yes, sir." Looking at her partner she said,
	"That was Skinner, he wants us at 6:00 on our way out."

	"I wonder what that is all about," mused Mulder. They got back to work
	waiting for the end of the day to arrive and their meeting with Skinner.

	Scully and Mulder found themselves outside of Skinner's office at 6:00.
	They noticed on the way up that most of the staff had already left for
	home. Kim, Skinner's secretary was just leaving. She said, "Just knock,
	he's expecting you." With that she left. They knocked and were greeted with
	a "Come In."

	"Agents, please be seated, while one of you can comfortable," said Skinner.
	Fox was beginning to look scared at that remark. "Agents, I called you up
	here after my secretary and staff to afford you some privacy while we have
	our 'discussion'. Agent Mulder, I want you to stand up and come over to my
	desk and drop your pants." Fox knew that Skinner now knew about the
	break-in and he was in *big* trouble.

	He did as he was told and Skinner asked, "What's this? Agent Mulder, it
	wouldn't happen to be a gunshot wound, would it?"

	Fox was having a hard time answering him but finally blurted out, "Yes, how
	did you find out?"

	"I have my sources," returned Skinner.

	"Agent Scully, I want you to wait for Agent Mulder outside my office. And
	under no circumstances are you to come back in until I come for you. Is
	this clear?"

	"Yes, sir," replied Scully with a puzzled look on her face. "I asked you
	here for one reason only, and that is to take Agent Mulder home. After our
	'discussion' he will be in no condition to drive comfortable. Scully just
	nodded and left the room.

	Skinner looked at Mulder and said, "Shall we begin? Agent Mulder I want you
	to remove both your boxers and pants and bend over my desk."

	Mulder complied, trembling as he did what he was told. Skinner returned to
	his desk and removed a paddle from the top drawer and returned to stand
	behind Mulder. He lifted the shirttail and after placing his left hand on
	Mulder's back, began to lay the licks on.

	Smack... smack... smack... smack... smack... "Ow, owww!"... smack...
	smack... smack. Skinner was catching Mulder low on his buttocks, with
	enough force to almost lift him upwards. After a particular powerful blow
	Mulder let out a mighty yell "Owwwww!" and began to sob. Skinner paused to
	look at the damage he was doing to Fox's backside and asked Mulder "Do you
	understand why you are getting this paddling?"

	After a moment to get his voice under some control, Mulder answered. "Yes,
	for endangering my life..."

	"And- " prompted Skinner...

	"And, for breaking and entering," whimpered Fox.

	"Good boy, Skinner said, as he ruffled his hair, also saying, "You know
	that this punishment isn't over, don't you?"

	"Yes, sir," said Mulder as he began to cry, knowing what was coming.
	Skinner began again, this time concentrating on the back of Mulder's thighs
	as well as his backside.

	Smack... smack... "Ow, owww!"... smack... smack... "Please stop!"...
	smack... smack... "I'm sorry!", blubbered Fox.

	Skinner gave him an additional two powerful blows to his backside, which
	had Fox howling before finally stopping. He left Fox still bent over the
	desk while he went and let Scully back in the office. She went to Fox's
	side immediately and began to help him get dressed. As they were leaving
	the office, Skinner told them, "Take tomorrow off, but I want to see the
	both of you back the day after."

	As they were leaving Scully told him that they could be reached at her
	apartment. Mulder would be staying in her spare bedroom.

	They slowly made their way to Dana's car, where Mulder was deposited in the
	back seat. Once there, he immediately turned on his side. Dana drove to
	Fox's apartment, staying only long enough to collect some clothes and feed
	his fish. They then went on to Dana's place.

	After arriving at Dana's apartment, she helped him get to the spare
	bedroom. With Dana's help he was able to strip down to his boxers. Before
	getting into bed, she was able to check the condition of his backside. It
	was bruised but fortunately was not bleeding. He was going to find sitting
	very uncomfortable for the next few days. She left to find him some aspirin
	to help ease the pain and stayed with him until he fell asleep.

	Mulder fell into a deep sleep and didn't wake up until the next morning.
	Fox could never understand how he always had such a restful sleep after
	being punished. He took it easy for the rest of the day and was found back
	at work the following day with Scully.

                               

	A few days later saw Mulder back in Skinner's office for more chastisement.
	This time it was a spanking he was enduring. He had tears in his eyes as he
	left Skinner's office. He was still rubbing his backside as he walked into
	his office.

	Scully looked up in sympathy and said, "Not again! How did Skinner punish
	you this time?"

	"He spanked me," replied Fox angrily.

	"What did you do this time?" asked Scully.

	"I only stepped on some toes during an interrogation," Fox admitted.

	"How does Skinner find so quickly," wondered Scully aloud.

	"Oh, this time he mentioned someone sending him updates on my exploits.
	Someone who signs the messages 'The Watchdog'" replied Mulder.

                                 

	Later in the week, Dana was once again talking to her mother about Fox.

	"Mom, if this keeps up, Fox will be unable to sit comfortable for months.
	He has been paddle or spanked three times in the last week. Whoever this
	'watchdog' is, he's keeping such a close tab on Fox that he can't sneeze
	without Skinner finding out about it.

	"Fox can always turn into the model agent and not cause Walter anymore
	problems," Maggie said with a grin.

	"Not likely," replied Dana in kind. "He has a meeting tonight with a
	trusted informer. The meeting is something about government cover-up,
	Skinner would hit the roof if he found out."

	"Are you going with him," asked Maggie.

	"No", replied Dana. "Mulder has assured me that everything will be
	alright."

	"He will be all right only if Walter doesn't find out," remarked Maggie.

	"Well, if this keeps up I will be forced to buy him the softest and
	fluffiest pillow for his chair," Dana said with a laugh.

                                 

	The next morning Mulder and Scully walked in their office together to find
	Skinner waiting for them. He had a leather strap in his hand. Mulder
	stopped so quickly that Scully almost ran into him. She then saw Skinner
	and the strap in his hand and glanced over at Mulder. He was eyeing that
	strap with trepidation.

	"What does it take to get it in your head to follow procedures," Skinner
	roared at Mulder. Turning to Scully he continued with, "You are to
	accompany him whenever he goes to meet with informers, you are to be his
	back-up. You are to watch over him so he won't get into these messes."

	"I have decided to punish the both of you for this latest incident. I am
	going to give Mulder a strapping he won't ever forget. Your punishment will
	be watching it, Agent Scully. Mulder, I want you to strip down to your
	shirt and boxers and then bend yourself over your desk," instructed
	Skinner.

	Fox hesitated, glancing at Scully. Skinner shouted at him, "You don't want
	to keep me waiting, unless you like having extra licks applied to your
	backside." Fox immediately began stripping and soon was in position over
	his desk. Skinner once again stood behind him and yanked down his boxers
	and lifted his shirttail and began laying the licks on hard. Crack...
	crack... "Ow!", "Owww!"... crack ... crack... "Ouch, owww!"... crack...
	crack... And on it went with Skinner bringing the strap down hard against
	his backside, thighs and even tender upper thighs. Fox cried, sobbed and
	promised Skinner the world if only he would stop. Crack... crack...
	crack... crack... "No more, please!" Tears were running down Fox's face and
	with two more powerful blows to his backside Skinner stopped.

	He looked up, not surprised to see the tears on Scully's face. "I hope that
	after seeing Mulder being punished, you will be more diligent in trying to
	keep him out of trouble. If we can keep him out of trouble, then we can
	keep him in the Bureau for a long time." He continued. "Now on a lighter
	note, where is that soft pillow you were going to bring for Agent Mulder?
	He is really going to need it this time." Skinner laughed as he left.

	Scully went to a still sobbing Mulder and help him to redress, pausing to
	check his backside for any lasting damage. It was skinned in places,
	bruised and hot to the touch. He would feel this strapping for a long time.
	"Come on Mulder, I'm taking you home with me. You are in no condition to
	work, I'll clear it with Skinner."

	They made their way slowly to Dana's car, with Fox whimpering at every
	step. They finally arrived at the car without much notice and carefully Fox
	got into the back, so he could lie down on his side. Dana drove slowly back
	to her apartment in deep thought.

	The comment that Skinner had made about the pillow for Fox had got her
	thinking. She knew that the only person she mentioned it to was her mom.
	She knew that Maggie would not let that get out, for Fox's sake. The only
	way Skinner could have found out was through his informer who must have
	heard somehow by way of her conversations with her mother.

	Fox's sobbing from the back seat brought her out of her thinking mode and
	she turned to see what was the problem. It seems that every little motion
	brought waves of pain to Fox. "I know it hurts Fox, we will be home in no
	time, try and hold on," Dana said tenderly.

	After a few minutes they were there. It only took a moment to get to Dana's
	door and then she tenderly helped Fox lie down, while she went to check her
	phones for "bugs". When she didn't find any, she called her mom and asked
	her if they and Fox could come over for a few days. Fox needed some tender
	loving care from his surrogate mother.

	Maggie immediately said, "Of course, you and Fox are always welcome, I'll
	be on the look out for you."

	Dana gave him some aspirin for pain, packed a bag for herself and Fox and
	left. During the drive over, Dana kept half an eye on Fox. It seemed that
	the aspirin helped with the pain in his backside.

	They arrived at Maggie's in record time and with Dana's help, Fox was able
	to get out of the car and to the front door. Maggie opened the door at
	their first knock and called for Bill to help.

	At Dana's look, she said that Bill had been visiting her off and on these
	last couple of weeks. Bill came out of the den with a beer in one hand and
	was volunteered to help Fox get up the stairs. Maggie told him, "Please
	help Fox, he is hurting and needs some help getting to his room. I decided
	to put him in your brother Charlie's old room."

	"Yes, mom," Bill replied. He had a good idea on where Fox was hurting and
	was going to do everything in his power to increase the pain. He put his
	hand around his waist and 'accidentally' brushed Fox's backside against the
	wall. Fox screamed in pain. "I'm sorry, it was an accident," Bill cried,
	hiding a smile behind his hand.

	After a slow journey up the stairs and down the hall to Charlie's room with
	Fox wincing at every step. They finally arrived and Bill offered to get Fox
	undressed and into bed. With a grateful look, Dana nodded and stepped out
	the room to talk to her mom. Bill got Fox stripped down to his t-shirt and
	boxers and sneaked a peak at his backside. It was all he had hoped for and
	more. Bill clumsily dropped Fox on his backside on the bed and when Maggie
	ran in to investigate at Mulder's cry, Bill's explanation was he had lost
	his grip when he was getting him into bed.

	Dana came back and asked Bill, "Would you mind going out to the car and
	getting our luggage? We are staying a few days."

	"Sure sis," replied Bill.

	When Bill returned with the luggage, he found both his mom and sister in
	Fox's room trying to clean him up.

	"Mom, sis, I can do that for you," said Bill.

	Dana told him "Be careful, his backside is really torn up. Can you please
	help him with a clean pair of boxers."

	With that she left the room with her mother. They went downstairs to talk
	leaving Fox with Bill. After they have left the room, Bill said to himself
	"Let's see just how hurt you really are." With that thought, he yanked the
	boxers off. Mulder gave a yelp of pain. Bill then thought of putting lotion
	on Fox's backside and went into the bathroom to find one that would cause
	Fox the most pain.

	In the mean time Dana and Maggie were talking about when Fox started
	getting punished for his exploits and were they talking on the phone or
	face to face. Dana showed her mother what she had found situated around the
	house... mini microphones. When it came to them that the only other person
	that was in the house that first day that could have overheard, they heard
	a mighty scream coming from upstairs. Bill was the 'watchdog' and he was
	hurting Fox.

	They came into Fox's room to find Bill with a tube of lotion in his hand.
	Bill looked up and told them, "I don't know what happened. I only thought
	to help by putting some soothing lotion on his backside, when he began to
	howl."

	Maggie snatched the lotion and began to read the ingredients. She cried out
	to Dana, "Get him into the shower fast, this stuff is for sore muscles! It
	is burning him up."

	Fox was still screaming as Dana and Maggie rushed him to the shower and
	turn on the cold water. When his shorts were saturated, Dana removed them
	and began to soap and wash his backside and thighs with a soft washcloth.
	No matter how gentle she was, it was still causing him pain. Dana washed
	his backside and thighs several times in the cold water before being
	satisfied that the lotion had been washed off.

	With Fox out of immediate danger, Maggie grabbed her son's ear a marched
	him out of the room. A few minutes' later cries of pain could be heard from
	downstairs. At Mulder's look, Dana explained. "Bill is the one sending all
	that information to Skinner. He is the 'Watchdog'. All the 'accidents' that
	Bill has done to you today were done on purpose just to cause you pain.
	What you are hearing is Mom's way of correcting her son. The old fashioned
	way, with a leather strap."

	Dana went and got her doctor's bag and gave Fox an injection for pain and
	sat with him until the medicine began to work. She then went downstairs to
	watch Bill get his just reward. She found her brother over the kitchen
	table, with his pants and boxers at his ankles and getting his backside
	worked on by his mother's strap.

	His backside was beginning to look just like Fox's. Crack... crack...
	crack... crack... "Ow, ow!"... crack... crack... "Ouch"... crack...
	crack... CRACK... "Mom... please!"... crack... crack... and on it went.
	Maggie was also addressing the back of Bill's thighs and his tender upper
	thighs. She soon had him squirming and squalling like a baby. She began to
	speak and whip at the same time. "I can't believe"... crack... crack...
	"that a son of mine"... crack... crack... "would stoop so low as to"...
	crack... crack... "cause another person so much pain"... crack... crack...
	"and someone like Fox"... crack... crack.... "a man your sister loves"...
	crack... crack... "a man I love like a SON!"... crack... crack. She didn't
	stop until she had him sobbing.

	Dana had watched the whole proceeding without shedding a tear. Dana asked
	him, "Why?"

	He told her, "Because he's responsible for everything bad that happened to
	this family from the time you were assigned to be his partner."

	Maggie turned to her son. "Go to your room and reflect on what you have
	done and why you were punished. You severely tested your mother's love and
	you nearly lost your sister's love. What I want to know is, was it worth
	it? After you have recovered enough, I want you out of my house. I need
	time to forgive you."

                               

	The next few days were heaven for Fox, he was cared for with all the love a
	mother can give, after all he was an 'adopted' son of Maggie's. When Fox
	was able to return to work, it was with the knowledge that the 'watchdog'
	would never return.

	The End