From: Skubadivr Date sent: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 12:17:24 EST Subject: Christmas Day I-Skinner (1/1) by L. Barone Christmas Day I- Skinner By Lindsay Barone Rating-PG (maybe PG-13) Spoilers- Anything up to Redux II Classification- V, A Disclaimer- Now who are you going to believe owns them? Me or FOX? Archive Info- Anywhere and everywhere, just as long as my name & email are attached. Oh, and please forward to ATXC Summary- This is the first in a line of "Christmas Day" stories.it's basically a glimpse inside each character's head.the first victim being Skinner. Authors Note- I'm not quite sure what happened to Sharon Skinner, so we're going to play a little game of LET'S PRETEND..now, everyone, imagine that Sharon is dead.no more Sharon..(I'm sorry) (<>..<>)(<>..<>)(<>..<>)(<>..<>)(<>..<>)(<>..<>)(<>..<>)(<>..<>)(<>..<>)(<>..< >) Sometimes I honestly have to wonder why I haven't gone off the deep end yet. Why I'm not playing without a full deck. Why I don't have a few screws loose. I mean, you would look at me, and say `Wow, that's the Assistant Director of the FBI'(assuming you knew who I was) You would think I was a strong, brave, faithful man. Well, I must be strong, after all I've put up with in the past five years. I know it's not fair, but I blame Agent Scully for this. It's not her fault that Mulder is a paranoid, yet gifted, agent. It's not her fault that Samantha Mulder was taken when she was 8, and set Mulder off on this so-called *journey*. But it is her fault, however, that Mulder continues his quest. In fact, it isn't even HIS quest anymore, it's THEIR quest. I imagine that the *idiot*(God rest his soul) that assigned Scully to debunk his work is rolling over in his grave right about now. I'll bet he counted on Scully being there for two or three cases, at max, and then *poof* she'd be outta there, Mulder's work would be shut down, and the FBI's best damn profiler would be back at work. THAT was a major miscalculation on his part. He never counted on her skepticism helping him, not hurting him. Now, the two of them together are a ticking time bomb. They've come so close to exposing what they've wanted, and then it was all snatched away from them. They'll continue their work until, well until they've got all of the answers. They're both too damn stubborn to be content until they know. Until they KNOW what the government is working so diligently to cover up. Until they KNOW who killed Melissa, and who took Sam 24 years ago. Sometimes, I wish it would just stop. I don't have the energy anymore. I'm thinking about retiring in a couple years, although it probably won't happen. I'd have nothing to do, what with Sharon gone and all. God, I miss her. I never really realized how much I loved her until she was gone. And that was what hurt most of all. (<>..<>)(<>..<>)(<>..<>)(<>..<>)(<>..<>)(<>..<>)(<>..<>)(<>..<>)(<>..<>)(<>..< >) The End... I know, not much to it, but I felt like sending it Feedback? Flames? Send em! Skubadivr@aol.com <-that's me!