From: r xp Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 06:03:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: Fantasy [1/1] by RXP Source: direct TITLE: FANTASY AUTHOR: RXP EMAIL: rxp_on_line@yahoo.com HOMEPAGE: http://rxp_on_line.tripod.com/index.html KEYWORDS: Vignette, Scully POV, UST. SPOILERS: Pilot. GHOST IN THE MACHINE (1X07). RATING: G. SUMMARY: Set during 1X07, M/S elevator scene. Scully takes a minute to reflect on her relationship with Mulder. NOTE: This is my first piece of fan fiction. It is set during the first season episode "GHOST IN THE MACHINE" and was inspired by a still picture (the one used in my book cover) from the that episode (the elevator scene). DISCLAIMER: All X-FILES, names, characters and all related indicia are the property of Chris Carter, 1013 Productions and Fox Network. All rights reserved. The use of X-FILES names, characters, ect., is not intended to be an infringement to the rights of the legal owners, and they have been used without their permission. No money or profit will be made of this tale. Use and distribution of my story is for non- commercial entertainment purposes only. ARCHIVE: I will keep FanFiction.net (http://www.fanfiction.net/), as well as my own site updated. Feel free to do archive my fiction on your own server but I would prefer you to link directly to http://rxp_on_line.tripod.com/index.html - just in case I decide to alter/edit my stories (or re-organise the entire site structure or even move). I would prefer to have the latest versions available only. Either way, please let me know. FEEDBACK: yes, please! ************* We, well, it was Mulder actually, were requested to assist on a murder case by Jerry Lamana, who, it turned out, was Mulder's partner in the past. Apparently, Lamana's star is no longer rising in the Bureau ladder, since he misplaced some important evidence. Now he desperately needs Mulder's help. And being the man that he is, Mulder agreed to help. We had just entered the Eurisko World Headquarters where the murder of Benjamin Drake took place. We entered the elevator and I hit the 29th floor button, where we were about to start our investigation of the murder of the owner of Eurisko. We shared the same usual small talk we often share. Then something happened. The elevator slammed to stop, which caught me off guard. I fell, and Mulder helped me up again. This only took a split second, but as it happened, a million thoughts managed to go through my head. I'm not really sure of what started it. Maybe it was the sudden physical touch or maybe it was his distinct scent, but whatever it was, in that second, I realized how attracted I was, and still am, by this man. My partner. I remember, that way back at the academy all my fellow agents-to-be, who knew about his work, called him "Spooky", due to his ... well ... spooky theories and the nature of his assignment. Today, long after my academy days, they are even beginning to call me Spooky, Mrs. Spooky that is. Mr. and Mrs Spooky. That's what they call us. At the Bureau I've heard the other female agents talking when they don't think I can hear them. They have given him another nickname. Sexy Mulder, that's what they really are calling him. I wonder if he's aware of that. They even gossip about us and about what we "really" are are doing in our basement office. How ridiculous. It wouldn't be professional. It would be incredibly.... Stop it Dana. Stop it now! You cannot allow yourself to think of him that way. The case. Think of the case, silly woman. The case. Ah yes. The Eurisko building. A murder. We are heading to the crime scene. Elevator. We are in a elevator, surely monitored. Yes, I can see the discreet security monitor just above Mulder's head. And I can't help looking at it. The eyes. Those thoughtful hazel eyes. He doesn't even notice me. Why do I keep doing this to myself? Get a grip Dana. You are just his partner. Nothing more. On March 1992 my life changed. 19 months have now passed. That is how long I have been assigned to the X-Files so far. I still don't think that he trusts me at this point, he is still very sceptic towards me. I can't blame him. After all, I was assigned to the X-files to debunk his work, not help him. But after all we've been trough lately, he must be beginning to realize that I'm on his side, I'm his partner, for better or worse. I know where my loyalty lie. He should know it too by now. 19 months. That's the time I have been hiding my true emotions from him, even for myself. I cannot let him know this. Besides, he's not interested. Sure, he jokes around, throws innuendoes at me in every opportunity that he gets. But he doesn't mean it. Not the way I want him to mean it. He's trying to have fun and live a little. And who can blain him, with the type of cases we usually are on. I really need to get my mind on other things, so I pick up the elevator's security phone. "Hello?" "Security. Who's this?" "This is Agent Dana Scully." "Agent Scully, do you have a problem?" "Uh, actually, I think everything's okay." The elevator began to go up again as I spoke, so I hung up the phone. We finally reached the 29th floor and stepped out side. He lets me go in front of him. We meet with Lamana just outside Drake's bathroom were he supposedly got killed. How nice... I'm no longer alone with Mulder. Now, I can finally concentrate on the task at hand. THE END