Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 21:11:10 -0400 From: Christine To: requests@x-philes.com Subject: Change Title: Dreamworld Author: X-Gals (G-girl and CJSweet) E-Mail address: csquared@boris.davis.uri.edu Rating: G Category: Story Spoilers: Keywords: Humor/MSR Summary: A Big white whale, a love note, a costume party, surprises around every corner in this story, and I must mention the evil clown man...read...if you dare Disclaimer:Mulder and Scully and most of the other characters in this story do not belong to me, they belong to Chris Carter, Ten-thirteen Productions, 20th Century Fox,etc. ect. GA and DD give the characters of Mulder and Scully life..yada..yada... Feedback: YES! YES! WE (my friend and I) would looove feedback! This was our first story so I will accept any coments, because basically, this story is just plain silly. But PLEASE nooo nasty comments, just polite "tips" no flaming criticisms. Thank you ;o) Authors note: This story does have a few crossovers, but I decided not to classify it as that, although in the story we have scenes that infer to Moby Dick by Herman Melville and Cinderella. My friend and I also made up a character by the name of the Evil Clown Man, but now that I think of it, I believe that that character was inspired or was supposed to be that strange clown from one of those "Are you afraid of the Dark" episodes, but I thought I would just clear that up. This is the first x-files story that my friend and I ever wrote together it took us a while to finish,and we would be honored to have it put into and archive. (Especially Gossamer...hint...hint) but please notify me by e-mail, so I know where it is. It is pretty strange and after reading it over again I realize how silly it is but we were just enjoying ourselves when writing it and we were extremely new at the fanfic stuff so don't take anything you read real seriously, except maybe the end. so just go very, very easy on us. It is supposed to be pretty much a humorous story although there is some romance(if that's what you would call it) in this story, in other words,if people aren't into Mulder and Scully "together" meaning more than friends, they proabably will not enjoy this as much as those who are into "MSR" :) ******************* Washington D.C. 6:30am As the sun set, Mulder took Scully's hand and led her to the beach where they gazed into each others eyes longingly. Mulder then said," Scully, I have loved you for a long time and I want this feeling to last forever. Will you marry me?" and she replied,"I....". Suddenly, there was a loud noise and Mulder woke up. "Uh..what a weird dream!" Then he thought," Maybe it's a sign. I mean I do have feelings for Scully but I don't believe that they're that strong!" Mulder dressed for work and was off. FBI Headquarters 7:15am When he reached the FBI Headquarters, he decided to have a little "Spooky fun". His dream inspired this thought and he was eager to observe Scully's reaction to what he was going to do. He quickly grabbed a pen and paper and jotted down a quick "love" note. To My Dearest Dana, I love you with all my heart, with all my soul, and with all my mind. I have been crazy for you ever since I met you and I can not live without you one more day. You are my joy, my happiness in times of disspair for you are the only right one for me, you were put on this earth for me and I for you. Please meet me at the door of the FBI headquarters at midnight for I must see you one last time. Your secret admirer P.S. Don't worry I'm a good-looking guy. He smiled, satisfied with his "master piece". He quickly folded the paper and made a little heart on one side of it (just for fun). Suddenly he burst into laughter but didn't notice Scully walking in. "What's so funny?" She asked. Mulder jumped at the sound of her voice and quickly handed her the note. Actually, this was working out perfectly he thought. "Well, I found this on my desk, and I'm assuming it isn't for me." Mulder let out a small chuckle as he finished explaining himself. "Let me see that," Scully said as she grabbed the folded note out of his hand. She read it through and as soon as she finished she looked up at Mulder. Uh oh, he thought, I hope she doesn't suspect me. "You didn't read this, did you Mulder?" Silence. "Mulder?" He just shrugged and smiled an evil smile. Then to the surprise of all Scully started to cry and she hugged Mulder and said,"Whoever wrote that note sounds like one of the sweetest guys. He must be so considerate, he sounds extremely romantic, don't you think Mulder?" "Uh..yeah," Mulder replied. He then thought for a second and said to himself, she obviously likes the guy who wrote the letter so what if she knew that that guy was me?" Again he smiled. While he was thinking this interesting thought, Scully had a few thoughts of her own. She thought, I know that he wrote the note, I could easily recognize the handwriting, but why? Does he really feel that way?? I have had feelings for him for a long time, ever since we had started to work together but never this strong. She was still hugging him and she started to cry, thinking about the note and how wonderful it seemed, that Mulder might really feel that way. But as she thought these things she suddenly realized how ridiculous she felt. It was a little unusual for Mulder to write something like that to her and it was either a practical joke or from some other loser that she had once worked with. She doubted it was from someone else.Scully began to gather all this information in a matter of seconds and then decided to play along, so she began to cry harder. She would get Mulder back for his little prank. Just then, Skinner walked in. "Ahem," was all he could manage. Mulder and Scully backed away from each other. "Uh, sir, you see sir, uh..." Mulder just couldn't think of anything. "Sir, if you must know..." Scully began. Oh shoot, Mulder thought, she's gonna tell him. No Scully! Please, no! "... we were told by our counselors to express our feelings to others and talk with those who understand what we are feeling. Today is the anniversary of my father's death." "I see," Skinner replied. Genius, thought Mulder. Pure genius, and he bought it too! "Well, I was hoping you could take a look at these," Skinner said as he handed them a large manila folder full of papers. "Sure thing," Mulder replied. Skinner left their office, looked back only once, and then shut the door. Mulder let out a gigantic sigh. "Good thinking Scully." "Thanks." They stood uncomfortably in silence for a few minutes. "Well," Scully said trying to break the silence. "Lets get down to business," Mulder said handing the large manila envelope to Scully. "Right," she replied. Scully layed the folder on the desk, and slowly opened it and looked the materials inside. She saw a few blurred pictures and one strange picture of a clown. Weird, she thought. She read the report that went with the picture and found that the clown had murdered four people that month. No one knew his real identity, and some said that he didn't have a true identity, that he really was a possessed clown. Sounds like a Mulder case, she thought to herself. Then Mulder turned down the lights to look over some of the slides that were included and Scully decided it was pay-back time and she would play her own little prank so she pushed Mulder onto the desk breaking lamps and overturning chairs. "Come here cutesy boy," Scully said grabbing his tie. "Scully, are you feeling all right?" Then she jumped on top of him and they both slid off the desk and onto the ground. Then they heard a loud "ouch" come from under the desk but it wasn't from either one of them. It was Spender spying on them! He told them that he got a raise from Skinner if spied on them. He also said that Skinner had said that they were acting strange lately so he wanted to make sure that everything was all right. Apparently, the agents were acting strange. "Would you like to explain yourselves agents?" Spender asked with an evil tone in his voice. "Uh, no," was Mulder's reply. "It was not a question Agent Mulder, " Spender replied. "I don't think it is any of your business," came Scully's voice. "Maybe not mine, but it is the business of your boss," Spender snickered. "Weasel," Scully muttered under her breath. "Spender, friend," Mulder said, his voice rising, "How bout a little innocent bribe?" "What kind of bribe?" Spender questioned, his voice also rising a bit. Scully then said, "Ok, if you don't tell anyone about this little incident, then we won't kill you." Spender shot Scully an irritated look. "Nope, that's not gonna work for me. I need something more." Spender said. Then Mulder implied,"All right. How about we give you 20% of our life savings so you will keep that big trap of yours shut?" Spender thought for a moment, then grinned. "Thirty percent," Spender replied. "Twenty five," Mulder shot back. "Fine," said Spender satisfied. Then Mulder said to Scully privately,"Don't worry Scully. I don't have any life savings so it won't be a problem unless you do." Scully stared at him with frightened and slightly annoyed eyes. "Mulder, I do," was all she replied. "Oops," was all that could come out of Mulder's mouth. "Well, I'll pay you back the amount that you loose ok, honey?", Mulder said sweeetly. Scully glared at Mulder. "Sure you will, and don't ever call me honey again," she said with an irritated voice. Mulder laughed to himself. "Right, Scully," he replied. He had no idea how he would pay Scully back. Maybe he would win the lottery. They went to their cars, ready to leave for a lunch break and then found that Scully's convertible had been stolen! Mulder rushed to the police station but they couldn't do anything about it. Scully was devistated. She noticed a small note on the car next to her that read: WATCH OUT, I'M AFTER YOU, AGENT SCULLY. -ECM Mulder offered to let her stay at his place for the night. Scully questioned Mulder's offer and he explained to her that you can never predict what people will do next. Scully scowled and said she didn't need protection, that she could take care of herself, but Mulder persisted until Scully had the sudden urge to kill Mulder or stay at his apartment, and she decided looking to violence wouldn't be right. ********************** Mulder's Apartment 7:00pm Mulder made sure that Scully was comfortable in his bed ,that he never slept on, and then he himself went to bed on his beloved couch. During the night while Mulder was sleeping, Scully heard a noise outside of her open window. It was a man's voice but she couldn't make out what it was saying. She thought,"Probably just some drunk kids", but then the noise turned into a howl such as a wolf would make. She was so frightened that she slammed the window shut and closed the curtains. She didn't know why, but that horrible screech made her shake, she didn't know what had become of her, she wasn't like this. There was just something about that noise that made her body tremble. Mulder heard Scully slamming things and ran into the room she was in. "Scully, are you ok?" She didn't respond. "Scully?" Mulder said. "Yeah?" Scully said, her voice shaking. "You okay?" "Yeah, I must have had a nightmare or something," Scully said lying. "What was all that slamming?" Mulder questioned. "What slamming?" Scully asked. "Oh, never mind then, " Mulder said, and he went back to bed and so did Scully. When she turned the lights out, she saw red eyes in the corner of the room and she started to scream. Mulder ran in and tried to calm her down for what she saw was not a pair of red eyes but the reflections of a red car lights that passed by. "Scully, maybe you should sleep on the couch," Mulder said. "Why?" "There are probably less distractions." "Probably? Maybe I should just give it another try." "No, really Scully, go on my beloved couch, I insist." "Why do you insist?" "I need my beauty sleep," Mulder replied with a grin. "You sure do," Scully replied. When Scully got to the couch, she closed her eyes. Actually, this is rather comfortable, Scully thought to herself. Suddenly "out of the blue" there was a knock at the window. It was Mulder, he was trapped outside. "Scully," he said banging on the window, "I was lying in my bed, just trying to go to sleep, when a bright light shone through my window and when I opened my eyes, I was out here." "Hold on Mulder," Scully said. She opened the glass window with the X on it. Suddenly, out of nowhere, water rushed in on both sides of Mulder. He yelped and before Scully could grab his hand, he fell beneath the cold rushing waters. Scully jumped out the window, landing on a small row boat. "What the..?" Scully couldn't believe it. In the distance, a massive white object flew in the air, then fell down, sending dangerous waves crashing uncontrollably. Scully looked to the front of the boat to see a man with one leg laughing evily into the air. Oh my, thought Scully, that's M-Mulder! Captain Mulder Ahab saw Scully Ishmeal and invited her to stay on his ship, the Pequod. Ishmael agreed. She met up with Quequag, an Indidog, which is a dog with the head of an Indian. Queuag just happened to have a miniature chow-chow body and a tattooed face. Scully Ishmael got along with this dog-man instantly, for he was a very sensible person-dog, unlike Captain Ahab who was obsessed with chasing his dreams, definitely sounded like Mulder, Scully thought. Captain Mulder Ahab suddenly shouted, sending Scully Ishmael and and Quequag practically jumping 5ft into the air with bewilderment. "Thar she blows!" Captain Mulder Ahab shouted with excitement. The boat began to tilt, and then all went quiet. No one said a word. Then, the row boat split in half and everyone on it went flying into the depths of the mysterious ocean. Scully Ishmael quickly searched for Quequag but she saw that a spear was through his "furry" chest. Tears began to swell in her eyes. Then she remembered Mulder, or Ahab. She swam over to where she had last seen Captain Mulder Ahab. "Oh, no," Scully said to herself," I know what happens now," Scully saw the white whale pass her, and Mulder hanging helplessly onto it. "Mulder!" Scully shouted, her voice cracking. She grabbed his limp body and pulled as hard as she could. Captain Mulder Ahab came loose from the whale and Ishmael Scully stared blankly at him. He was dead. She suddenly began to weep, and then cried out," NOOO!" "What?" Scully awoke to here Mulder's voice. "What is it?" "Mulder!" Scully practically shrieked. She grabbed his neck and hugged him tightly. "Maybe you should stay here more often," Mulder said smiling. "Okay, I think I will," Scully answered jokingly. ********** The next day, Mulder and Scully were invited to an FBI costume party that was going to be held at Skinner's house as a fun social event for present and past FBI agents. Adults have to have a little nutty fun too, Skinner had decided. Mulder offered to be Scully's date and she agreed, glad he hadn't asked Miss Fowley. ******************* Scully's Apartment 6:35pm Mulder knocked on Scully's apartment door. "Coming!" Scully said. First she checked the peep hole. A strange bearded face stood in the doorway. Scully opened the door. "Mulder?" Scully questioned. "Sorry me lady, the name's Captain Ahab," the man replied. Scully suddenly burst into uncontrollable laughter. "Sorry, I didn't recognize you for a second," Scully said smiling. "Yeah, well I almost thought I was at the wrong apartment when you opened the door," Mulder said. Scully's face flushed to bright pink. "Maybe I shouldn't have been Cinderella," Scully said. "Nonsense, yee can be whatever yee would like, besides, yee make me look like I'm worth something," Mulder said with his best Captain Ahab voice. Scully smiled. Skinner's Basement 6:52pm "Why hullo!" Skinner yelled in his best Goofy voice as he opened the door for Cinderella and Captain Ahab. Then Mulder (or Ahab) spotted Cigarette Smoking Man trapped in a Mickey Mouse costume (he knew it was Cancer Man because of the cigarette Mickey held in his hand and the pack hanging out of his pocket) for he had secretly snuck into the party with his girlfriend Minnie (trapped inside the Minnie costume was Diana Fowley because she was desperate for a date and Cancer Man was the only one left since Mulder was already taken by Scully.). When Scully spotted Minnie, Diana's face was easy to recognize, for she only wore a stupid headband with ears on her head. Diana had taken the eral mask off so she could talk to Mulder. Scully's face set into a glare. Diana turned to see Mulder and smiled. "Ar, if it isn't me old partner," Mulder said, his artificial beard bobbing up and down on his chin. "Hi Fox," came the rather seductive reply. Scully did not enjoy hearing Diana call Mulder Fox. She felt a little anger builing up inside of her. "Well if it isn't the..." Scully said mumbling a little too loudly. "Scully, or should me say Cinderella, why don't we head over to the punch bowl," Mulder said with an embarrased tone of voice. "Okay Ahab," Scully replied happy to draw Ahab away from Minnie. When they reached the punch bowl, they ran into the Lone Gunman who Mulder had invited. Surprisingly, they had dressed up too. Langly, Byers, and Frohike were the three stooges. Byers was Moe, Langly was Larry, and Frohike was Curly. "Hey Cinderella, lookin good," Frohike said practically drooling. "Control yourself," Mulder said to Frohike. All of a sudden, there was a bullet shot and Mickey fell to the ground, lying motionlees on the hard cold floor. Minnie ran over and screamed,"Mickey! Oh somebody help my Mickey! Do something Goofey, I mean Mr. Skinner!" "This is turning into Goof Troop or something," added Ahab. "What are we going to do?" cried Cinderella as one of her glass slippers slipped off her foot. "I'll get that," said Ahab picking up the slipper. "Thanks Prince Charming," Cinderella replied smiling. Just then Captain Ahab saw, out of the corner of his eye, a dark figure running. "Cinderella, er, Scully, come with me," Mulder said grabbing Scully's hand and dragging her out of Skinner's basement and to his backyard. It was dark outside, and it was difficult to see objects clearly. "What is it Mulder?" Scully asked. Mulder did not reply but "limped" as fast as he could chasing after a figure. "Ahab, why don't you give your peg-leg a break," Scully said running ahead of Mulder, now seeing the same mysterious figure he had seen. "Stop! Put your hands where I can see them!" Scully shouted authoritatively. The man put his hands up and began to chuckle. It was the evil Clown Man! He cackled and grabbed Scully and said," Ha ha! I've got you now, Cinderella!", but she turned and kicked him in the (hello!) While the clown was bent over, Ahab and Cinderella ran away, Ahab limping on his fake leg. "It was you that left the note on that car, wasn't it?" Mulder shouted to the Clown Man. "Yes, Agent Mulder, you are correct. Would you like you prize now or later?" The Evil Clown Man replied. "Later would be fine," Mulder muttered. The evil Clown started screaming at them and yelled," I'll get you my pretty's, and your little LEG too!" That was the last that they saw of the Evil Clown Man...until one day... ***************************** Washington D.C. FBI Headquaters 8:33 PM Mulder and Scully tiddied up the office before heading home. Both had decided to get out of work a little earlier than usual that evening, thinking they needed somewhat of a small break, even if it was only a few hours after work. They both said their good-byes and then left. When Scully arrived at her apartment she sighed and fell raggedly on her couch. "What a week," she mumbled to herself. She decided to hit the sack early for once and she headed toward the bathroom. After brushing her teeth, she reached toward the sslideable mirror that held various items. Yet, to her surprise, instead of finding the usual mouthwash or make-up remover she was face to face with the evil Clown Man! She opened her mouth to scream but no sound came out. The evil Clown Man jumped at her, now his whole body flying out. "I must say, I find it rather appealing that we both have similiar hair color, what kind of shampoo do you happen to use?" the evil Clown Man questioned slowly moving his red hair side to side. Scully only stood, dumb-founded at this strange "thing's" "interesting" question. "Come here deary..BUHAHAH!!!" shouted the evil Clown Man. Scully then ran to the phone grabbing it and quickly dialing Mulder's home number. No one picked up after 2 rings but on the third ring, she heard a . She thought that the phone had gone dead and, in fact, there in her midst when she turned around was the Evil Clown Man grinning while holding the cord to her phone. She lunged at him in fury but he had just brought his pet elephant, Stinky, in from the local circus to drive her away. "No wonder they call you Stinky!" said Scully sleepily while she held her breath to save her life. Soon the elephant let out a large cry. "What is it my precious Stinky?" the Clown Man asked. Scully quickly grabbed a bottle of perfume and sprayed the horrible-smelling animal. "NO!" shouted the Evil Clown Man as he feel to the ground in agony. The Evil Clown Man began to melt. It was the perfume. Scully, not even knowing it, had destroyed the Evil Clown Man, while his elephant disappeared and was never seen again. Scully smiled, proud of her destruction of such a, well to be honest, very strange man, or uh, thing. **************************** Two days later Mulder's Apartment 10:31pm Mulder lied restlessly on his couch watching some old black and white show. He was thinking, thinking very hard. Suddenly the phone rang. Mulder picked it up slowly. "Hello," he said sleepily. "Agent Mulder, its Skinner, Scully has been shot. She was studying a crime scene when...oh there is no time to explain. Mulder, she is now in the emergency room at the local hospital. The doctors say the gun-shot wound could become fatal, they believe that she is hemraging, Mulder. I..." "WHAT? What happened to her? Who did this?" "Mulder, come down. I think you should come down here before its too late." At that Mulder hung up the phone and grabbed his coat. He threw open the door in anger and hurry. Quickly, he ran to his car and jumped in. Before it's too late, what did Skinner mean by that? Mulder's heart began to beat faster. Faster. He stepped on the pedal harder. Finally he arrived at the hospital. Mulder pushed open the door and ran in. "Exuse me sir, you are not allowed to access any of these rooms without proper permission and reason," a woman shouted to Mulder. "I don't care." "Sir, you can't do that. You can not go into that room!" "Can you tell me where I can find Dana Scully?" Mulder asked the man he had ran into on his way down the large corridor. "Uh, I believe you can find her at the third door on the left." "Thank you," Mulder said as he jogged faster. Soon he reached the room and peered into the window. There she was, doctors huddled around her. Mulder reached to open the door when a man grabbed his arm. "I'm sorry sir, only doctors are allowed in that room at the moment, I'm afraid you'll have to wait." Mulder sighed. He felt his whole body tremble. This was the end. His partner would die and he wouldn't even get to say good-bye. He knew it was going to happen, when he least expected it. So many things he was never able to tell Scully. He always thought, I'll always have another day. But he didn't think of when the end came and that then it would be too late. There it was again. Those words, too late. Tears began to roll slowly down Mulder's cheeks. BANG. The room's door swung open and a gurney rolled out with half a dozen doctors rolling it. Mulder caught a glimpse of Scully. She lay motionless with blood around her. They were taking her to another room. Mulder followed. Yet, again, they would not allow him to see her. Hours later, Mulder was finally given permission to see Scully. As he walked into the room she was in he saw her family and Skinner. He didn't want it to end like this. He walked to Scully's bedside and held her hand. Her eyes were closed and her skin pale. "How is she doing?" Mulder asked Skinner. "They said that she may not live much longer, she is loosing too much blood." Skinner replied. Mrs. Scully burst into tears, falling to the ground with her hands over her face. Mulder bent down hugging Mrs. Scully, crying with her. Suddenly the heart monitor began to beep. It went up and down, out of control, then stopped. "Folks, I'm afraid you are going to have to leave the room," one of the paramedics said. ************ 3:13 am Mulder sat staring at the door of the room he had been in. Hoping, wishing she would be all right. On the ground something glistened in the light. Mulder looked at it. It was Scully's golden cross she wore around her neck. He slowly got up and reached for it holding it tightly. God, if you can hear me, I don't think I have ever found myself praying and for that matter I don't really know how, but all I ask is that you let this woman live. Mulder said this in his head, confused and frightened. **** 3:30am "Mulder," Skinner said as he ran down the hall. Mulder stood up. "What is it?" "Scully, she has suddenly stopped bleeding. She no longer has a fever and amazingly the wound has begun to heal on its own!" Mulder could not breath. He couldn't believe it. "Like, a miracle?" "Yes, I suppose you could call it that," Skinner said smiling and out of breath. Mulder rushed down the hallway and as he ran, glanced at the cross. His smile grew wider. He (God) had listened. FBI Headquaters 8:45am Mulder sat in his chair spinning around. He held a small object in his hand, smiling everytime he looked at it, although his heart also raced,he felt like he would pass out any second and he became extremely frightened. He knew he had to do this, too many times he and Scully had come close to death, and this time Mulder was taking a stand preparing so that it would never really have to be too late. Scully then walked in, Mulder's heart now beating faster than he could have ever imagined. He took in a huge breath. "Scully," Mulder said. "Yeah?" "Good morning." Scully looked questionably at Mulder and then replied, a little confused, "Uh, good morning." Scully set down the folders and papers she had been carrying. "So, what's our latest case?" Scully asked. "Any UFO's, aliens, strange evil clowns,?" She continued sarcastically. Suddenly Mulder grabbed Scully's hand and knelt down on one knee. Scully froze. "Scully," long pause, "will you marry me?" Scully stood, wide-eyed staring at Mulder. She couldn't move, heck, she couldn't even think. Finally her senses returned to her and she looked Mulder in the eye. "You're kidding." "No, Scully, I'm not." Silence. Then, "I...I'm sorry Mulder, I don't think it would ever work out," Scully now looked at the ground," I...I...no." Mulder's heart sank. He felt humiliated, but not only that, he felt hurt. "Wh...what?" Mulder questioned. "No, Mulder." She saw the embarrasment and hurt in Mulder's eyes. "I had you." "What?" Mulder said looking up at Scully. "Had you big time," Scully said smiling now. Mulder was still in a state of shock. "Well, will you then?" Mulder asked. He felt like a little pushy kid at this point. Scully nodded. Agents Mulder and Scully stood uncomfortably yet happily smiling in that small office where it all began. Neither of them ever really imagining this scene to occur, especially where they were at the moment. And finally, for the first time in history, without any interruptions from rude bee's, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully kissed. "Hey Scully, this could be an X-File." Scully laughed, happy Mulder had broken the silence. "Come on Spooky," Scully said," let's get out of here." Case closed.