From: kelly1212002@yahoo.com   
      
   Disclaimer in part 1..   
      
      
   In a few moments, Scully opened her eyes, slowly glancing around the   
   hospital room, she closed her eyes once again and her mother came   
   into view, although her vision was blurred she could make out a   
   bodily form.   
      
      
   "Mom, is that you?" she whispered.   
      
      
   "Yeah, Dana. I'm here." Maggie held out her hand giving Dana's hand a   
   quick squeeze.   
      
      
   "Where's Mulder?" she started to get up from the bed but her mother   
   held her in place.   
      
      
   "He's right over there. He's been awake for five minutes, asking   
   about you. The doctor came in the room to monitor his vitals, and   
   then you started to show some sign of improvement."   
      
      
   "Dana, you and your partner, Agent Mulder were knocked unconscious in   
   the automobile accident. Do you remember at all what happened?" Dr.   
   Vercetti asked and then Skinner walked in followed by Agents Reyes   
   and Doggett.   
      
      
   "Well, I'm not sure. I think we were being followed then I believe we   
   got run off the road." Dana closed her eyes and then looked over at   
   Mulder.   
      
      
   "Mulder, what you were doing in Louisiana?" Doggett questioned him.   
      
      
   "It's not your business, Agent Doggett." He winced in pain holding   
   his head, lying back down on the bed.   
      
      
   "John, I don't think this is a good time to question Mulder. Let's   
   leave him rest and maybe in the morning he'll be in a better mood."   
   Monica said and looked back over at Scully's resting form.   
      
      
   "Maybe you're right. We'll stop by tomorrow and see if they remember   
   anything that would help us find out what happened to them?" John   
   walked out the door with Monica and Skinner followed them.   
      
      
   "I'll see you tomorrow, honey. I love you Dana. I knew you two would   
   recover it was a matter of time." Maggie kissed her daughter and   
   squeezed her hand, and wiped the tears out of her eyes.   
      
      
   "I love you Mom," Scully said and glanced over at Mulder.   
      
      
   "Get some rest, honey. I'll be back tomorrow."   
      
      
   XXXXXX   
      
   Friday   
   8:30 a.m.   
   Gateway Hospital   
      
   The nurse reviewed both agents medical report and couldn't believe   
   how well they showed improvement just over a couple of days. Maggie   
   arrived early to check on Dana but when she entered the room, the   
   nurse was checking the vitals on her daughter and then walked over to   
   Mulder.   
      
      
   "How they doing this morning?" Maggie inquired, walking quietly over   
   to Dana's bed.   
      
      
   "They're showing a lot of improvement and healing quite well." The   
   nurse turned her attention back to the monitor and wrote down their   
   vitals before walking out the door.   
      
      
   "Dana, honey?" Maggie whispered.   
      
      
   "Mom?" Scully slowly opened her eyes to see her mother standing   
   before her.   
      
      
   "Honey, can I get you anything?"   
      
      
   "I would like a glass of water though, my mouth is a little dry."   
      
      
   "Sure." Maggie poured the ice water from the pitcher and handed Dana   
   the cup. Her mother smiled as she noticed much more improvement in   
   her daughter from the last couple of days. Mulder awoke shortly after   
   Maggie had arrived, immediately asking her about Dana. Maggie assured   
   him that she was fine and that they both needed some rest. That rest   
   was short lived as the Assistant Director walked into the room with   
   Agent Doggett and Reyes only a few moments later.   
      
      
   "Mrs. Scully?"   
      
      
   "Oh, hello, Mr. Skinner."   
      
      
   "Agent Mulder, how you doing this morning?" Reyes said as Doggett   
   joined her at his bedside.   
      
      
   "I feel like I had too many beers. I've got a hangover that just   
   won't go away."   
      
      
   "Agent Mulder, what were you and Agent Scully doing in Louisiana?"   
   Doggett inquired, skipping to the point.   
      
      
   "I didn't know the X-files were your concern Agent Doggett."   
      
      
   "It is my business though," Assistant Director spoke up, walking over   
   to Mulder's bed.   
      
      
   "I went looking for confidential files. I did actually have the files   
   in hand, but suddenly all I remember was being surrounded by several   
   SUV's. Then I blacked out, and woke up here. I just regret taking   
   Scully with me. If she hadn't come along she wouldn't be here in this   
   condition."   
      
   "Dana, I'll be right back. I'm going to the cafeteria for some   
   breakfast. I'll be back in fifteen minutes." Maggie gave her hand a   
   quick squeeze and left.   
      
      
   "Was it that important enough to risk both your lives?" Skinner asked   
   when Maggie Scully walked out of the room, trying to get some answers.   
      
      
   "No, because it's a losing game." Mulder said trying to get to his   
   feet to go to Scully.   
      
      
   "Mulder, what are you doing? You should be in bed." Skinner put his   
   hand on Mulder's shoulder, but Mulder brushed him off, and walked to   
   Scully's bedside.   
      
      
   "Scully, are you awake?" Mulder grasped her hand, squeezing it and   
   brushing his hand through her hair.   
      
      
   "Mulder?" Scully pushed herself up from the bed, hugging him. He   
   placed a small kiss on her cheek.   
      
      
   "You feeling any better, Scully?"   
      
      
   "Yeah, I'm not in pain like I was yesterday and you?"   
      
      
   "I'll be fine once this damn headache goes away." He gave her a small   
   smile.   
      
      
   "How are you Mr. Mulder?" Just then the doctor walked in with his   
   assistant, noticing his patients were feeling better.   
      
      
   "I've been better. So, when can we get out of here?"   
      
      
   "Mr. Mulder, we'll move you out of the ICU to monitor you for a few   
   more days. I think then you'll be ready to go home if you and Ms.   
   Scully show no signs of permanent damage. Mr. Skinner, your agents   
   will be out for two weeks I suggest you give them some time off." Dr.   
   Vercetti advised and walked out the door toward his office.   
      
      
   "Yes, Doctor."   
      
      
   "I guess this was a waste of time, Agent Reyes. We better get back to   
   Washington."   
      
      
   "So, Mulder what did you find in those files?" Skinner questioned   
   him.   
      
      
   "I glanced through the files but I didn't read all the details. All I   
   remember is that it defiantly was an extraterrestrial life form. The   
   documents described two autopsies of an alien being in 1947 Roswell,   
   New Mexico. Another recent document reports a couple months ago in a   
   small town in Utah. I can't remember the name, it was so vague."   
   Mulder looked down at Scully, knowing that they held the truth so   
   close, just only to slip through their hands once again.   
      
      
   "I tried to figure out who was behind this but I was warned to stay   
   away from the case by Krycek."   
      
      
   "He told you to stay away? The nerve of that rat bastard, he's   
   probably the one that caused all this."   
      
      
   "No, I don't believe so. I had Reyes and Doggett go look for some   
   clues back at your office to see if they found anything suspicious."   
      
      
   "Did they find anything?"   
      
      
   "Yes they did. They found a note written by Diana Fowley that was   
   left behind in your desk drawer. They went to her apartment and found   
   more clues that would lead us to believe that she was the whole   
   mastermind behind all this. Why would you believe anything that she   
   proposed to you even after you knew that she was involved with   
   Spender?"   
      
      
   "I'm not sure why I trusted her. I wanted to find hard evidence of   
   extraterrestrial life." He lowered his head in defeat, looking at   
   Scully then back at Skinner.   
      
      
   "I'm going back to Washington. I expect to see you two in the next   
   two weeks, get some rest."   
      
      
      
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