From: eblair@sonic.net   
      
   TITLE: On the Road to the Dam   
   AUTHOR: Erin M. Blair   
   E-MAIL: eblair@sonic.net   
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   DISTRIBUTION: OK to Gossamer, Ephemeral,   
   MSRFanfic Cheerleaders Archive, and After the Fact.   
   RATING: PG   
   CATEGORIES: SRA -- Story, Romance, Angst.   
   KEYWORDS: Mulder/Scully UST. Mulder POV.   
   SPOILERS: Patient X.   
   DISCLAIMER: Mulder and Scully belong to Chris   
   Carter.   
   SUMMARY: My heart sank ten floors when I heard the   
   news from Skinner.   
   NOTES: This was written for After the Fact's Patient   
   X's Post Episode Challenge. Thanks to Jen for beta   
   reading this story.   
      
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   My heart sank ten floors when I heard the   
   news from Skinner. He told me that Scully -- *my*   
   Scully -- was at the third immolation site. I couldn't   
   think. I couldn't breathe. I needed to see her. I knew   
   she could be dead, but she couldn't -- I needed to tell her   
   everything that was in my heart.   
      
   I knew that I had to see her, to hope for the best, but I   
   feared for the worst. I wanted to believe that she was alive,   
   but I feared that I would see my nightmare unfolding before   
   my eyes.   
      
   No, I didn't want to go there.   
      
   I'd painted a horrific picture of Ruskin Dam, which I could   
   see in my mind. I could visualize the burns that Scully   
   had possibly endured at the hands of whoever was doing this.   
      
   I was kicking myself for not taking Scully seriously. I was   
   blaming myself for what happened. I didn't know how I knew, but I   
   felt strongly that Scully was led to Ruskin Dam by the chip in her   
   neck. She was possibly led to certain death.   
      
   I hoped she was alive.   
   She had to be.   
      
   She could be dead, I thought to myself. I didn't want to voice my   
   fear into the known sky. How could I be so horribly stupid? I was   
   so into disbelieving everything around me that I didn't see what   
   was happening. I let my newfound skepticism overrule what made   
   me *me* and then I did the unthinkable. I didn't hear her out. I   
   didn't let Scully voice her views.   
      
   And now --   
      
   Don't.   
   Go.   
   There.   
      
   I wanted to hold my own hope in my heart. She'll be fine, I thought   
   to myself.   
      
   I tried to summon up the courage, to keep my eyes on the road. All   
   I wanted was to see her alive once again.   
      
   That was what I wanted... for her to be alive. I had wanted the   
   faith of her beliefs wrapped in a blanket for the both of us.   
      
   ~ ~ ~   
   The End   
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