From: K Thomson Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 02:21:20 GMT Subject: NEW Between Two Truths (1/1, short) Between Two Truths By Ellie ellie_xphile@hotmail.com Category: V, UST Classification: PG Spoilers: The End, Fight The Future Disclaimer: All together now: They're not mine. The characters of Mulder and Scully belong to Fox/1013/Chris Charter. I have no money, a mortgage, and a huge phone bill will arrive soon. Please don't sue me. There's not much plot here, just Scully's thoughts whilst on a car journey with Mulder. It's set after The End, and after the movie. The X-Files characters are American. I'm not! Please excuse any British phrases that have slipped into Scully's thoughts. I have tried to be careful, but I'm sure there will be some errors. This is my first attempt at fanfic (hence the short length). All feedback will be hugely appreciated, but please be gentle! It'll be nice to know if anyone reads this. Archives. Gossamer fine, anyone else please e-mail me first. *~*~*~* The quest for the truth is no longer Mulder's alone. It is part of me now. Our work together has shaped me, changing the person I was then into the person I am now. The Dana Scully of five years ago is a stranger to me. A woman who carried out her daily work knowing that she was achieving something, knwoing that her work helped prevent further crimes. A woman trusting the belief that with the sword of science she could right all wrongs. Dissection had fascinated me throughout med school, seeing the intricate design of the human body we never see in our daily lives. I know the scientific explanation of how a body grows using the DNA instruction book that we carry in almost every cell. This knowledge never stopped me marvelling at the wonder of it. It angers me to know that a government-sponsered project has spent the latter half of this century tinkering with our DNA. I once heard that the best way to hide a lie was between two truths. Mulder believes they hide a truth between two lies. Mulder. I can sense him in the darkness, inches from me within the car. The sound of his fingers drumming on the steering wheel. The rustle of the sunflower seed packet. The smell of his aftershave. The smell that brings back memories of what I always think of as That Night. The night when I told him I was quitting the FBI. The night which took us both to Antarctic. I still cannot recall how I got there. I know the facts from Mulder's explanation, but the gap in my memory exists. It is a time that I cannot recall and will never live again. A time that was stolen from me. A time I want back. I can recall the moments up to when I collapsed perfectly. "And if I quit now they win" Mulder's words struck a chord with me. I was raised to believe that there was no greater democracy that American, but my work on the X-Files has challenged this belief. I now know this government keeps secrets from their people. And they do not do it alone. These secrets are the truth we seek. So now I have a new faith, a determination to expose the truth between the lies. Mulder has told me what happened in Antarctica. I believe this is his truth, but the scientist in me longs for evidence. I need to know more. They have taken the X-Files division from us, but it is part of us now. We will never stop looking for the truth between the lies. And we will find it. Together. *~*~*~* Well, let me know what you thought. All feedback to ellie_xphile@hotmail.com