From: dmcintoshtx@yahoo.com   
      
   Title:  RAINY NIGHTS   
   Author:  dmcintoshtx@yahoo.com   
   Fandom:  X-Files   
   Pairing:  Skinner and Krycek   
   Rating:  NC-17   (FRAO)   
   Warning:  Explicit M/M sex scenes   
   Disclaimer:  These characters belong to Chris Carter.   
   Summary:  Skinner is held captive in a whorehouse in Hong Kong.  His   
   first `client'?  Alex Krycek!   
      
   RAINY NGHTS   
      
   Walter Skinner stepped off the plane in Hong Kong and   
   was immediately assailed by the heat and smells.  He   
   hated this city but it did have some interesting   
   places to visit; places that if you were seen visiting   
   them in the US it could mean  your job; your   
   reputation.   
      
   Madam Soo Lei's was such a place.  He had called from   
   San Francisco and had made reservations for the next   
   three nights.  He didn't indulge very often, but when   
   he did, he did so with all the enthusiasm and tenacity   
   that he put into his work at the bureau.  He was going   
   to get laid and he was looking forward to it.   
      
   He retrieved his bag and made his way out front to the   
   line of taxi cabs waiting.  He hailed one and climbed   
   in, tossing his bag in before him. He showed the   
   driver a piece of paper with the address on it then   
   sat back, loosened his tie and relaxed.  He rolled his   
   neck until it popped, rolled his shoulders to ease the   
   taut muscles from hours of sitting on the plane.  He   
   glanced casually out the window from time to time and   
   it occurred to him, things looked different from the   
   last time he was there six months prior.  Things   
   change, he thought to himself.  He looked at his watch   
   and realized they had been driving a lot longer than   
   it usually takes to get to his destination.  Must be   
   taking a different route.     
      
   Another ten minutes passed and they still were no   
   where near the neighborhood of Madam Soo Lei's.    
   Walter tapped the driver on the shoulder and tried to   
   speak to him but the driver clearly didn't understand   
   English.  Walter held up a piece of paper with the   
   correct address on it and the driver jabbered   
   something and shook his head yes.   
      
   The next turn the driver made took them into an alley   
   between buildings and stopped half-way in.  Before   
   Walter knew what was happening, both side doors opened   
   and a man got in on each side and started pulling on   
   Walter.  Next thing he felt was a sting on the side of   
   his neck, then oblivion.   
      
   He awoke to find himself hurting all over; the side of   
   his neck felt like a bee sting.  He struggled and   
   found himself, face down; arms and legs each tied to a   
   corner of a bed; tape over his mouth.  He pulled on   
   his bonds but he was helpless.  He was also nude.    
   Panic gripped him.  He looked around the semi-dark   
   room as much as he could see and his heart sank.  The   
   room was plain; a bed, a table with a lamp, and a   
   chair in the corner.  An open doorway leading into a   
   tiny bathroom, and another door closed, with a chain   
   lock dangling.  This was NOT Madam Soo Lei's.  Her   
   rooms were all  beautifully decorated in the classic   
   Chinese style.     
      
   He struggled against his bonds again; twisting and   
   turning and pulling until his burning wrists and   
   ankles were scraped raw and dripping blood.  He heard   
   voices then, footsteps that stopped outside his door.    
   Panic notched up to terror.  He thrashed back and   
   forth on the bed trying to turn it over but only   
   succeeded in rocking it some.     
      
   The door opened and he heard the voices clearer, he   
   did not speak the language but it sounded to him like   
   one was trying to coax the other into the room and the   
   other was.....familiar!  That voice!  He had heard it   
   before.  It was speaking Chinese but he knew the   
   voice.  It belonged to Alex Krycek!     
      
   His fears were upped another notch by anger.  Alex God   
   Damned Krycek!  He thought!  He'd gut him for this!    
   If he thought he could get away with something like   
   this he was sadly mistaken!   
      
   A hand came into the room and switched the light on,   
   then the man belonging to the Chinese voice came into   
   the room pulling on Krycek's arm and pointing to   
   Walter on the bed.  Krycek came in reluctantly,   
   shaking his head no, until he saw Walter.  He froze.    
   The Chinaman was jabbering away, big grin on his face   
   and gesturing towards Walter.     
      
   Krycek cleared his throat and said something to the   
   man in Chinese.  The man shook his head and left the   
   room, still grinning that shit-eating grin of his.    
   Krycek walked to the door and slid the chain lock into   
   place.  He turned and walked over to the bed and sat   
   down.  He pulled the tape off Walter's mouth.   
      
   "YOU LAY ONE HAND ON ME AND I'LL RIP YOUR GUTS OUT!"    
   He screamed at Krycek.   
      
   Krycek chuckled and put the tape back on.  "Will you   
   just shut up and listen?  I'll get you out of here.    
   Just hold on a minute.  I told him I'd try you out and   
   see if I liked you.  He'll be back in 15 minutes.  I   
   can get you out then.  If you can keep from screaming,   
   I'll take the tape off and get you some water.  We got   
   a deal?"   
      
   Walter shook his head and Alex removed the tape.    
   "Untie me!"  Walter demanded.   
      
   "I can't do that."  Alex answered holding a glass of   
   water for him to drink.  He drank greedily.  "I can   
   get you out, but we have to do it my way.  How long   
   did they have you?  You going to need a doctor?"   
      
   "No.  No doctor.  I don't know how long I've been   
   here.  A matter of hours, I would guess."   
      
   "Your wrists look bad.  Quit struggling."   
      
   "You've sunk to a new low, Krycek, dealing with these   
   kinds of people."  Walter sneered.   
      
   "I don't deal with these people, Skinner, the old man   
   does.  I'm just here delivering a disc with   
   information someone here in Hong Kong needs.  The meet   
   was set up for a backroom here.  I've finished with my   
   business and just want to get on a plane for home   
   before the rains start."   
      
   "Supposed to be another few weeks before they start."    
   Walter answered, breathing a little easier now.  He   
   didn't know why, but something in him made him feel   
   like Krycek was telling the truth.   
      
   "Yeah, that's what I thought but I heard on the radio   
   on the way here that it was going to start earlier,   
   within the next day or so and it's already raining."   
      
   "Shit!"  Was all Walter had to say to that.  He   
   thought sure he would have time to get his business   
   taken care of and back home long before the rains   
   started and closed the city to all but those who lived   
   and worked in the massive tunnel system under the city   
   where even he wouldn't go unless absolutely necessary.   
      
   Before either had a chance to speak again a knock came   
   at the door.  Krycek came back over to Walter and   
   replaced the tape on his mouth.  "Turn your head the   
   other way or keep your eyes down.  Don't let them see   
   you looking hopeful.  You're in enemy hands now; act   
   like it!"   
      
   He walked over to the door and undid the chain.  The   
   grinning Chinaman came in patty caking his hands   
   together.  They jabbered in Chinese for a few minutes,   
   obviously haggling over something; him, Walter   
   realized.  An agreement was finally reached and they   
   bowed; Krycek once, the Chinaman several times as he   
      
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