Title: Dead Heart - Fight the darkness ( 2/2)

Author: Jessica   ( j_rothen@yahoo.se )

Rating: PG

Category: MSR

Spoiler: None

Summary: Scully is kidnapped. 

Disclaimer: The X-files, Mulder and Scully belong to FOX 
and they are not mine. 

Note: English is not my first language so spelling/ grammar
mistake may occur.

Her voice. Her scream. She was everywhere. He couldn't sleep
anymore. When he actually tried the only thing he saw was her
face. Three weeks had gone by with nothing, not a sign, not
a clue, nothing. It was like she had dropped of the face of
the earth. Then the phone call came. The phone call that made
him hope again.
- Mulder, please help me.
Her voice.
- Scully!
- Mulder, please help me.
- Scully, tell me where you are!
- I can't. I don't know...He...
- Just look around. Tell me what you seee.
- It's so dark. Please help me. I'm scaared.
Then silence.
It had just lasted for a couple of minutes but it had lighten
the fire inside of him that he needed to go on. She was alive.
Scully was alive. She was out there somewhere. Alone and
scared. He didn't want to think about the man that had her. 
He didn't want to think like that. He needed to believe that
she was okay. He would find her.

Broken. Beaten. The darkness of the room didn't scare her 
anymore. She had met the devil today. As a child going
to church she had learned that she had the strength 
inside herself to fight off the dark demons of the night. She
knew now that it wasn't truth. He had entered her and ripped away
a big part of her soul. But she had to fight this. She had to
make it through. She had to be strong.

The man watched her from his special hideout. She was his now.
He owned her. But he knew that he hadn't broken her yet. 
She had this light inside of her that made her stronger than
he had ever believed. But she was his now. He had the time.
All the time in the world.

 Agent John Moss opened the door to the office of the
much talked about Agent Fox Mulder. He had heard many things
about Mulder chasing aliens. Many said he was crazy others
said that he was brilliant. He didn't know what to think. He
wasn't there to like Fox Mulder. He was here to find Agent 
Scully, dead or alive. He didn't care. 

Mulder hated this man from the start. John Moss was a man that
only cared about getting higher up on the ladder to success. 
He lacked the passion that Mulder had for the truth. He wasn't
Scully. Now they would work together to find her. 

Melissa Jones walked quickly to her car with her heart racing.
She hated the dark. She hated the sound of the night. 
The parking place behind the bar she was working was always
dark during this time of night. So she used to park closer to
the backdoor but this time she had been late to work and 
every space was full when she got there. She could feel that 
someone was watching. She could feel eyes on her. 
She stopped in her tracks and reached inside her purse for the
pepper-spray she always carried with her. She would fight him.
Melissa turned around slowly and pulled out her spray with her
heart racing. She would scream. She would run. She had a plan.
There was no one there. Only the sound of her own heartbeat
pierced the silence of the night. She smiled and walked to her
car. She laughed a little when she turned the key and got in
to her car. She told herself:
- You're silly, Melissa.
Then suddenly a hand was placed on her mouth and she was pulled
back against the seat. She felt the cold steal against the 
her throat and her heart stopped for a while. Then a pain that
was so great that she panicked. The last thing she saw was the
blood that painted her hands red.

She had a plan. She would fight him. She wasn't put on this
earth to give up her life just like that. She had survived 
many things and she wasn't prepared to surrender just quite
yet. She knew he was out there, watching and waiting for her
to break. She would win this. 
He opened the door to her room with his heart racing. He could
already smell her. She was so perfect. He could not help but
feel a bit clumsy and shy when he thought about her. He 
wanted her to like him. He wanted to love her. 
He could feel her close and when he turned around she was 
behind her. One blow and he was down on his knees.
Run! Run! Voices inside her head called out to her to run. She
ran out the door as soon as she saw him down. She ran down 
a long corridor with doors at each side. She knew that he was
behind her. She could feel him. Suddenly something hit her on
the back of her head and she saw stars. Then darkness.

It was a raining when he got to the crime scene. Agent Moss 
was already there. He was standing with a cup of coffee in
one hand watching the corner take away the body.
- What have you got?
- Nice to see you too, Agent Mulder.
Mulder said nothing. It was eight in the morning and he hadn't
gotten much sleep last night. 
- Let's see. Melissa Jones, 25, workingg as a waitress at the
bar. Someone used a knife on her. 
- Do we know who this man is?
- No, not much. We have gotten a partiaal fingerprint from the
backseat but I have a feeling it will lead to nothing. This
guy is good. 
- Yeah, he's good. But we're better. Wee'll catch him.
- He seems to like you, Agent Mulder. HHe left this for you.
Agent Moss handed over a photo. The pain that struck his 
heart when saw what it was so great that he had to grasp
for air. The photo showed Scully bound and completely nude. 
Her face was pale and her eyes were hollow. She was so thin, 
so fragile. Mulder wanted to hit someone. He wanted to scream
out load. 
- Where did you find this?
- The killer had left it in the back off the car for us to find.
Mulder starred at the photo and prayed to god that she was
okay.

Darkness all around. She could feel him close. She could hear
him breathing in the dark. She was back where she had started.
Her head hurt and she was cold. She was completely nude and 
she was bound to a chair. 
- You have been a bad girl, Dana.
His voice sent chills down her spine.
- Show yourself, your bastard! 
- Well, well, well, what words you use..
- You think you're such a big man. 
- You have no idea who you're dealing wwith.
- Then show yourself.
- Do you believe in heaven and hell, Daana?
Her heart was racing now. She would not admit it but she
had never been so scared. 
- I'm not telling you.
He was behind her now. She could feel his breath at the back
of her neck. 
- Oh, I think you do. I have seen the ccross you wear.
- So what!?
- You believe in god. Then you have to  know about the devil.
- He's not real.
- Then why is here today?
She could feel his lips on her skin now. She could not avoid
them. She could not move.
- Please, I'm sorry I ran..I...
- Oh, it's not like you, Dana...
She could feel his hands on her now. She knew what was coming.
She could survive this. 
- Please, let me go. I promise I'll nott do it again.
- It's to late now. You're mine now.
She closed her eyes and prayed for strength.

His heart raced in his chest as he drew his gun. Fox Mulder looked
at his new partner and said:
- Let's go.
Agent Moss broke the door down with one simple kick and then he ran
inside with gun blazing.
Arresting Michael White went easier than no one thought. Now Agent 
Mulder was sitting starring into the cold eyes of Michael White. 
- We can link you to the murder of Meliissa Jones. We found your
fingerprints in the car and we have a witness. It's just a matter
of time until we can link you to the other murders.
- I'm not talking to you.
His eyes were so cold. They had no feeling. 
- Just tell me where you have her.
- Who?
- You know who I'm talking about, Agentt Dana Scully.
He was smiling now.
- She's a beauty, that girl.
The anger that rose in Mulder's chest was so great that he hard time
speaking.
- If you have hurt her in anyway I sweaar I'll....
- She taste really nice, like sugar...RReally nice.
Then everything went black and Mulder leaped over the table and 
grabbed Michael White around the throat.
- Tell me where she is or I swear I'll  kill you here and now!
Mulder could hear the door to the room open but he 
didn't care. He wanted to squeeze the life out of this man.
Agent Moss was behind him.
- Let him go, Mulder. Let him go.
He wanted this man to suffer. He wanted him to die. He wanted...
Mulder let go his grip and White fell to the floor.
- Mulder, we have searched his apartmennt but there's no sign of
Scully. It's clean.
- This is just the beginning. We'll finnd her.

Dana Scully refused to cry. She refused to surrender. She had to
be strong. He had left her tied to her bed. She was so cold and she
was so hungry. She wanted to fly away from this world. 
She had learned
along time ago to be strong so she would not give up fighting just
yet. She had no idea how long she had been tied to the bed. The ropes
began to cut into her skin. She was so tired. She closed her eyes 
and fell into darkness.
The killer watched her from the door. She was sleeping now. It felt
so good to see her like that. Broken. Beaten. He had finally gotten
a taste of the lovely Scully. He smiled in the darkness and licked
his lips.

Michael White paced his cell like a caged panther. He was nervous. 
His palms were sweaty and his heart was racing in his chest. He could
still feel Mulder's hands around his throat. It's just part of the 
game, he told himself. But it wasn't supposed to be like this. Not
like this. The plan wasn't finished. There was still stuff to do.
The man would be mad if he didn't do what he had been told. But he
was in jail. They had gotten him. What could he do? 
He looked at his bed and said to himself:
- I'll do what I have been told. 
Then he placed the rope around his neck and the last thing he saw 
before he gave himself to death was the face of his master.

Fox Mulder starred at the body of Michael White. Dead. He had commit
suicide one hour before he was due to be shipped of to county jail.
- It's a pity. He's our last chance to  finding Scully.
Mulder turned around and looked Agent Moss straight into his eyes.
- Don't ever say that. We'll find her.  

The light hurt her eyes. She had no idea how she had gotten out. 
She didn't care. The only thing she knew now was to run, to run 
towards freedom. She had no idea where she was or where she was going
but she had to run. She was free.

George Hill, a farmer on his way to town, found her the next morning.
She was completely nude and so thin. Her face was so pale and her 
feet were bleeding. She was lying by the road. He got out of his car
and he thought she was dead. But as he came closer she opened her
eyes and whispered:
- My name is Dana. Take me home.

They had found her. She was okay. She was coming home. Fox Mulder
walked the halls of the hospital with a smile lingering on his lips. 
He opened the door to her room with his hands trembling.
The doctor told him that she would be okay. She had been badly
beaten and she needed to stay still for some days. 
But she was here: alive. 
She was sitting up when he entered. She was so pale.
- Nice to see you, Scully. 
He walked up to her and took her into his arms. He holds her 
there for a while. He wanted to never let her go.
- He's dead, Scully. He can never hurt  you again.
- I know that, Mulder. I never let him.. I'm stronger than that. 
She looked so sad when he framed her face between his hands.
- I never saw his face. He wore a mask.. 
- He's gone now. Don't think about him.. He's not worth it.
- I know. I know. 
- He'll get through this together.
He kissed her lips and said:
- I'll never let you go, Scully.
She smiled and whisper:
- I'm so tired.
- Then, I'll go.
- No! Stay with me...
He smiled at her and said:
- I'll stay with you. Go to sleep. I sllay the dragons.
She smiled and fell went to sleep.

The killer moved in the shadows like a tiger. He was in mood for 
blood again. He needed the hunt again. The blood in his veins was
burning and his heart were beating for the chase. He watched the girl
from the shadows and licked his lips. She was beautiful. She was 
perfect. He would love her forever and ever.
He smiled and said to himself:
- Oh, you're a bad boy, John.
Agent John Moss smiled at his own joke and grabbed the knife.
It was time for hunting again.

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