From: "Leek, Janelle" Subject: REPOST(?) Denial (1/1) by leekj@hsd.k12.or.us Date sent: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 07:46:36 -0700 Disclaimer: Fox Mulder doesn't belong to me. He belongs to CC and Fox. I believe Area 51 belongs to the US government. Rating: PG-13 Distribution: Just keep my name on it. Classification: Ummm...I'm not sure. Spoilers: None. Summary: Mulder stumbles upon the legendary Area 51. Author note: This is an indirect prequel to "A Believer's Assimilation." Denial I knew it. I knew all those stories had to be true. I knew it had to exist. I knew I could find it. Fox Mulder was standing on a bluff overlooking the hot Nevada desert. In the sandy expanse below stood a wire fence, the barbed loops at the top defying any who wished to enter. The main road into the compound was blocked by two armed guards, and a sign demanding that no one gain entry. Now all I need to do is get in, and I'll know all the secrets. As the sandy wind pulled his clothes tight around his body, he felt for his government-issue FBI identification, hoping it would get him past the guards and into compound. He slid down the hill, dusted off his pants, and proceeded to confront the two men. To his surprise, it worked, and he walked down the road, his amber-brown eyes shielded against the blowing debris. Pulling open the door to the first building, he found... Nothing. Is this supposed to be some kind of joke? Why would the government guard an empty building? Of course! As a decoy in case an intelligent creature like me got past the idiots at the front gate. But as he ran from building to building, he found them all empty. His skin split to reveal a creature not of this Earth, which shimmered and disappeared, leaving the lifeless shell of Special Agent Fox Mulder spread on the sand to be covered by the wind. ***** Ok, I know it didn't make any sense, but I was in a weird mood. Not to mention the pressure my friends have been putting me under to write a companion story to "Assimilation."!