From: ephemeral@ephemeralfic.org
Date: 19 May 2002 18:09:23 -0000
Subject: Tenth Contact by Romantique
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Title:  Ninth Contact (10/10)
Author: Romantique
Classification: VA - Vignette, Angst.
Rating: PG-14 - Language, Adult situations.
Distribution: Archive anywhere, but e-mail me, 
please. dolph1n@sbcglobal.net
Summary: This story is post-S8, and a sequel 
to "Nautical Mile" and my evolving Contact Series.
Spoilers: How would I know?  I'm not watching S9
and wrote chapters 9 and 10 before the end of the series.


Storage Facility
3:00 p.m.
November 19, 2001

"Scully," Mulder pauses and wraps his other arm around 
Scully's shoulder to steel her for what he is about to say. "It's 
not me.  It's William!"

Scully's jaw drops, as the amazement on her face is mirrored 
in Mulder's.

"What are you talking about?" Doggett asks Mulder.  "You 
expect me to believe your kid is responsible for healing 
Krycek?"

"And me," Mulder adds.

"But how?" Skinner asks.  After everything Krycek has done to 
Skinner, he just can't bring himself to believe him.

Mulder takes in a deep breath while holding his son close to 
his chest.  "Like Jonathan Smith.  He has the ability to heal.  
Have you noticed he never cries or is in distress?  He may 
fuss a little, but this baby has never really cries.  He is 
perfect."

"How can that be?  He's the child of two mortal parents?" 
Reyes joins in the discussion, although she suddenly recalls 
conversations with Scully about how she noticed some 
strange things about her baby . . . little things, but strange 
nevertheless.  And William is a remarkably GOOD baby.

"Mulder," Krycek calls out.  "I knew you would figure it out, 
eventually.  Since your abduction, you too have acquired the 
power to heal, although not at William's level.  As your son, he 
has evolved far beyond your abilities to the Christ level of 
healing.  And that is why he is both wanted and feared by the 
alien rebels.  He has the ability to heal those who are on the 
side of right.  And that is the ultimate threat to those who are 
on the side of wrong."

"You?  On the side of right?" Mulder mocks.  "Then, why were 
you saved?  There is nothing right or noble about you, 
Krycek!"

"That is where you are mistaken.  I am on the side of right.  I 
always have been.  I was inducted into the Resistance just as 
you were, Mulder," Krycek tries to explain.

"No, you are a self serving son of bitch!  You killed my father, 
and you are responsible for the death of Scully's sister!" 
Mulder does not mince words.

"I was a double agent.  It was my job to feed information back 
to the Resistance.  I did not kill your father, Mulder.  I 
protected you.  The night your father died, they had followed 
you into your father's house.  They were there to kill you!  It 
was the same with Scully's sister."   He takes a deep breath. 
"Yes.  It was Scully who was supposed to be killed.  Both Bill 
Mulder and Scully's sister were sacrificed for the cause.  It 
was either them or you," he stares at Mulder and Scully.

"No one has the right to decide who should live and who 
should die," Mulder sneers.

"It wasn't their decision," he answers. "The men who killed 
your father and Scully's sister were only following orders."

"Following orders from whom?" Scully wants to know.

Skinner interjects with an insight of his own, "From C.B. 
Spender."

Krycek nods his head. "That's right.  And I made sure that son 
of bitch would never again be able to fuel the alien contest for 
possession of our planet.  I killed the Smoking Man."

"So, what's your plan now, Krycek?"  Skinner asks in disdain. 
"You want us to believe that William is the Christ child.  Then, 
what?"

"No, he's not the Christ child, but he has evolved to the Christ 
state," Krycek tries to explain. "The entire human race is 
destined to evolve to the Christ state of consciousness.  He is 
the first."

"And they can't allow this evolution to happen," Reyes 
surmises. "If what Krycek says is true, they can't fight an 
enemy who won't die."

"To defeat us, they've tried to evolve to this healing state, but 
haven't succeeded.  They've tried cloning, introducing human 
and other species of alien DNA into their own species, and 
genetically engineering super soldiers . . . who they can make 
to resemble anyone they choose.  The cyber fighters are their 
latest attempt to be invincible. "

John Doggett is shaking his head.  "You know, I've come a 
long way since joining The X Files.  I've witnessed the 
existence of super soldiers, first hand.  I now believe our 
government is involved.  But I'm sorry.  I still can't buy this 
alien crap."

"You don't have to," Scully says as a matter of fact.  "But you 
cannot deny that my son is in danger.  You have never been 
able to give me a plausible reason why."

"Because they're afraid of him," Reyes extemporaneously 
adds.

"Yes, they are," Krycek nods his head.  "William can stop their 
mission to dominate the human race, plus they want what they 
don't have.  They have no choice but to experiment on him 
and destroy him.  And they will further experiment on and 
destroy both of you, too," he continues while looking directly 
and Scully and Mulder, "because you are an equal threat to 
their cause."

Mulder and Scully do not understand.

Krycek answers their silent question.  "The two of you can 
create more children who possess this extraordinary power."

More of the missing pieces to the puzzle are falling into place, 
and it shows on their faces.

"Are you really going to trust what this maniac has to say?" 
Skinner asks the two in utter disbelief.

Krycek interrupts by saying to the group, "Take all the time 
you need to sort this out."  He then walks away to another far 
corner of the room.

Mulder moves to the center of the group.  He holds his 
sleeping son and gently strokes along the baby's soft cheek 
with his finger.  He's always felt he has a kind of telepathy with 
his son, but he thought it was natural.  Maybe it is something 
more.  And something is telling him that Krycek is telling the 
truth, this time.  Could it be he is receiving this confirmation 
from his son?

Mulder raises his eyes to meet A.D. Skinner and flatly says, "I 
believe him."

"How can you say that, Mulder?  After everything he's done to 
you and Scully?  And to Skinner?" Doggett comes to the 
A.D.'s defense.

"I didn't say I trust him.  I said I believe him," Mulder clarifies. 
"There's a difference."

"I'm having a hard time believing that we are some kind of a 
Holy Trinity, but I do know we are a threat to an alien race and 
are in constant danger.  I don't think we have any choice but 
to trust him," Scully adds.  "I know this sounds insane, but in 
order to survive, I also believe Krycek must join forces with 
us."

Skinner and Doggett look at Scully as if she's lost her mind.

"Krycek could have killed me or kidnapped me before I gave 
birth," Scully reminds her friends.  "And he didn't."  She 
pauses.  "Why?"

"Because you're necessary," Reyes answers.  "He needs you 
for something."

Skinner looks at Scully.  "How do you know he's not trying to 
win our trust, so he can use us for his own agenda?"

"Right now, if his agenda is to stay alive, then I'm with him," 
Scully answers, to the surprise of all, except Mulder.

After a time, Krycek approaches the group.

"You want us to trust you," Mulder begins, "but you have our 
weapons.  You threaten us with our own weapons."

"Which are useless, don't you see?" Krycek responds.  "We 
can't die."

And Krycek hands the guns back to Skinner, Doggett, and 
Reyes.

"We can't die," Krycek continues.  "But we must make certain 
that they do."



EPILOGUE

The unlikely ally of Alex Krycek joins Mulder and Scully on 
their long sojourn to protect their son and the planet, with 
Skinner, Reyes, and Doggett rounding out their small, self-
formed unit.  Aliens have infiltrated Earth's general population, 
and their presence is now commonplace, as reported on all 
the world's news wires.  Not even John Doggett would dare to 
deny their existence.

Over the past several weeks, outbreaks of mutant strains of 
the alien retro virus have occurred on every continent.  The 
world's governments and militaries have all been infiltrated by 
the alien agenda. 

Mulder and Scully contacted the Lone Gunmen, as well as 
Scully's family and that of Albert Hostein.  The next phase of 
their mission is to reunite all their loved ones at a nearby 
Canadian destination.  Each trusted member of the party has 
been given a code phrase that must be given to Skinner upon 
arrival.

"Trust in William"

Once they group is all assembled, the next stop will be 
Iceland, as it is where a massive alien craft reportedly lies 
dormant underneath the ice.  Mulder and Skinner have 
commandeered an ice-cutting vessel to make the seaward 
journey.  Once in Iceland, it is their hope to disable the 
dormant alien ship before it can reactivate and complete its 
mission . . . to leave Earth with the infant William Mulder and 
his parents, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.  This small, but 
enlightened group of individuals has sworn never to let that 
happen.  Finally, they have all learned the truth.

The truth is . . . there is no such thing as death.  And so long 
as Mulder, Scully, and William remain together on the Earth, 
the human race will continue to evolve to its destiny of a 
millennium of peace for all.

~fin~