From: Dr_DanaScully@webtv.net (Lexie)
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 22:15:41 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Family Secrets II:  The Meeting

Title: Family Secrets II: The Meeting
Author: Lexie
Spoilers: There are a few lines from the pilot and one from the movie,
but if you haven't
seen them you'll be fine.
Feedback: Please, I'm begging you at Dr_DanaScully@webtv.net
Disclaimer: Mulder and Scully are not mine (sob) but Danielle Riley is
all mine (smile).
Summary: Mulder and Scully meet their new partner for the first time.
Note: This is the second part in the series Family Secrets. If anyone
wants the first part,
Announcement, just let me know.

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J. Edgar Hover Building
 X-files office
 10:37

Mulder was really nervous about meeting their new partner. He glanced over
at Scully. To the average onlooker she looked calm and collect, but he
knew that something was bothering her. 

"She's probably just nervous about meeting Agent Riley" he said to
himself. He opened his mouth to say something, but was stopped by the
knocking on the door. 

"Here we go." he whispered, then louder he said "Nobody down here but the
FBI's most unwanted" 

He was so interested in the door that he didn't see Scully quickly turning
her head to look at him. 

"Agent Mulder, Agent Scully" he heard as the door opened all the way to
show a young woman ,with hair the color of fire, who stood proud and tall.
She took a few more steps into the room and said. "I'm Danielle Riley,
I've been assigned to work with you." 


"Yes, Agent Riley we know why you're here." Scully said and the harsh tone
in her voice almost knocked Mulder out of his chair. He rarely heard
Scully talk like that, but he had to hand it to the younger agent.  She
barely flinched. Mulder know he better do something quick before he had a
fight on his hands. 

"Agent Riley, do you know why you've been assigned to us?" he asked. 

"I believe it was because the X-files department was understaffed," she
answered, walking farther into the room. As she got closer, Mulder got a
good look at her.  She was tall, probably about 5'6, her hair was a deep
red, not the fire he originally thought, her eyes were a deep hazel color,
her face youthful, but showed all the tragedy she had endured. 

**Mulder laughed to himself about the irony of having two red head on his
hands.** He opened his mouth to say something when Scully interrupted him. 

"You're probably here to do the work I didn't, " she said, her voice deep
and harsh as she looked the younger agent in the eyes. 

"Agent Scully. I assure you, I have no idea what you are talking about." 
she said looking Scully right back in the eyes. 

"To debunk the X-files, to rein us in, to shut us down." Scully replied. 

"I have no plan or desire to do any harm to the X-files. I am here for one
purpose, to investigate the case that this department handles," Agent
Riley told them, her voice never wavering under the stareof the older
agent. Scully was silent for a long period of time and Agent Riley
continued. 

"Agent Scully, I may be inexperienced and young, but I know what this job
requires, and I am more than willing to give it all that I have got in
me." 

"Do you really know what this job requires? The time, the danger, the
horror, the lost."  Scully said almost screaming, her voice wavering at
the last part as if remembering her own loss during her years at the FBI. 

Mulder, who had keep quiet during this fight, had finally had enough. He
couldn't understand why Scully was treating the newer agent this way.
"Scully, outside. Now."  He demanded. 

"I have a meeting with AD Skinner, so I'll leave."  Agent Riley said as
she started to walk out the door. When she got there she turned and looked
at Scully.  "I know the risk and the consequences that come with this job,
but I also know that there are rewards, too.  That is what I am here for,
to have the reward of saving someone's life." She spoke softly as she
glanced at both Agents and then left the basement office. They watched her
go in silence. 

"What the hell was that about?" Mulder blunted out breaking the silence. 

"What was what about?" Scully asked knowing full well what he was talking
about. 

"The way you where treating Agent Riley." he pointed to the door for
emphasis. 

"I thought you didn't want another partner." 

"I don't, but in the beginning I didn't want you for a partner either, and
you turned out to be the best thing that every happened to me," he told
her. Mulder studied her for a second.  her eyes were filled with tears,
her face looked troubled, and her hands were twisted behind her back. 

"Scully, is something wrong?" his voice softened as he got up from his
chair, but before he could reach her she said "I'm fine".  Mulder doubted
it and his face showed it.  She then continued, "Well, actually I'm not
feeling very well. I think I'll go home."  Scully quickly grabbed her coat
and made a beeline to the door. 

"Okay, Scully. But...." she left before he could finish. 

"..Call me to let me know everything is all right." he whispered to
himself. Mulder sat back down in his chair and laid his head in his hands.
He took a long deep breath, just knowing that this situation was gong to
be hard to get through. 

End of The Meeting