Subject: New: Fate 9/16
From: rkacat@aol.com (Rkacat)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.x-files.creative


Adam and Jason were still on the second class balcony, watching as Mulder
returned to the third class deck and put his gun
back in it's holster. Jason looked at Adam, "What the hell just happened?" The
other boy merely shrugged.

Just then, the two heard their names being called. Turning around, they realize
the voice was coming from Trini, who was
running up to them. Reaching their position, she took a minute to catch her
breath. "Is it true Mulder took out his gun and
pursued four people in third class?"

Adam nodded, "He just came back out. I don't like this, you guys."

"Did you see that African American girl running from Mulder down there?" Jason
asked.

"Yeah, I saw her. Why?"

Jason sighed, "That was Tanya, the girl I was telling you about. Yesterday I
spent the whole afternoon with those four."

"All I know is that if what you said is true, Adam, Mulder is supposed to be
undercover. He wouldn't have drawn his gun
unless he found it necessary," Trini commented.

Jason glanced at her before returning his gaze to Adam, "I'm going to try and
catch him so that I can find out what
happened."

"This is going to sound weird, Jason, but be careful around him," Adam said.

"Yeah," Trini agreed, "You can never be too careful around someone with a gun."

Jason merely smirked, "I'll be able to kick him in the groin faster than he'll
be able to pull out his gun. Believe me, I'll be all
right." The two watched as Jason left them alone.

Trini smiled, "This is way off topic, but I had a great time last night with
you, Adam."

"I had a great time, too," Adam said, "too bad there isn't another dance
tonight."

"Too bad there isn't another one every night from now until the end of the
trip," Trini added, gazing lovingly into Adam's
eyes.

He stared at her, longingly, "Too bad there isn't another one every night from
now until the end of time."

That was when they both realized it. It was the third day on board the
resurrected Titanic that Adam Park and Trini Kwan
realized they weren't going to be able to leave each other at the end of this
trip. They couldn't, because they had fallen in
love. Slowly, they inched closer to each other, lustfully gazing into their
eyes. 

As they got closer, Trini heard Adam whisper softly in her ear. Giggling
lightly, she closed her eyes and waited for the
inevitable. Their lips met slowly, starting as a gentle, harmless kiss. It was
cautious at first, like a couple kissing after their first
date; unsure of what to expect. This, however, quickly changed to a stronger
kiss. Cradling Trini in his arms, Adam slowly
backed away, cutting off her protests with a simple "shhhhh".

"Not here," He breathed. Motioning towards the stairs, Adam grinned, faintly,
"I want you, Trini Kwan. Please say you want
me."

Hair blowing in the gentle breeze, Trini nodded, answering him in three simple
words, "I want you."

Holding each other's hands, the two made their way into the second class
hallways, and entered Adam's room. Locking the
door, they sat on Adam's cot, and, unable to hold back, they began kissing
again, this time intensely. Slowly, Adam pulled
his black sweater over his head as Trini shrugged off her yellow cardigan. Adam
put his hands on Trini's smooth, silk bra,
gradually unfastening it and letting it drop to the floor. From then on, there
was no more talking as the room grew hotter.
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Krycek awoke in his room with a pounding headache. Slowly raising himself to a
sitting position he looked around the
cubicle to see Tommy sitting on his cot reading a magazine. Noticing that
Krycek was awake, he glanced at him and smiled,
"How are you feeling?"

"A little confused, actually," Krycek admitted rubbing his temple.

Tommy frowned, "About what?"

Krycek laughed wryly at himself, "Everything. Mulder, this whole trip, all of
you. It's amazing how fate works."

"What do you mean?" Tommy asked, moving across the room and sitting next to
Krycek.

The older man sighed, "There's a lot of things that I haven't done...right.
Most of it I could never tell you, and the stuff I can
will, um, definitely give you a new light on me. I don't know if I want to do
that."

"There was a man chasing you with a gun," Tommy persisted, "I was given a new
light on you just by that. You don't have to
tell me who he was or why he would possibly want to kill you, but I'd hope that
you'd trust me."

"I do trust you," Krycek said, and it was at that moment that he realized what
he said was truth. Closing his eyes, he leaned
back against the wall, chuckling lightly, "I trust you. This is the first time
in awhile I've been able to trust anyone." Tommy
remained quiet as he looked at Krycek, willing to listen. Krycek sighed, "I was
engaged to a beautiful woman named Gina.
She was my whole life, but I lost her."

"How?" Tommy inquired.

"She was shot. Gina gave her life for me. A man pointed a gun at me and fired,
but she stepped in the way and saved my life.
That's why when all of you stepped in front of me I couldn't help but think
`great, now I'm killing three other people'.
Sometimes I think I should just kill myself."

Tommy put his hand on Krycek's shoulder, "We did what we did because we knew we
were doing the right thing."

Krycek laughed at this, "No, you don't. You don't know you did the right thing
because you didn't do the right thing." He
glanced down at his wooden left arm, looking back up at Tommy, "Do you really
want to know how I got this?"

"Yes," Tommy confessed, "I do want to know."

"It was cut off by Russian natives who wanted to save me from being a test
subject. The Russian government performs tests
on innocent civilians using a black oil known as the black cancer because they
want to test a vaccine that will supposedly
repel the oil." Suddenly Krycek burst into laughter, turning a bright shade of
red, "I bet you didn't expect that."

Tommy was in shock. Black cancer? Tests? Russians? What the hell was he talking
about? "Do you work for the
government, Alex?"

Krycek just laughed harder at this, "Russian, American, Hong Kong, and French
government. I'm a small part of them all.
They all hate me, though. That's why I'm trying to settle down. I don't really
want to die. I deserve it, but that doesn't mean I
particularly want to die, though I've always wondered how it feels to."

"Why was that Mulder guy chasing you?"

"I killed his father," Krycek stated, tersely. "I also was a part of killing
his partner's sister, Melissa. Plus, I've double-crossed
him more times than I'd like to remember. Oh, Tommy, if I could tell you all
the horrible things I've done. Believe me, I want
to stop, but he always pops up, and I can't let him catch me. No, so I kill
more people. I'm going to hell. Wait, I'm in hell
already. Earth is hell for me, and I can't imagine anything worse than this."

Krycek looked at Tommy to see his reaction only to see that the boy had grown
deathly pale. Finally, the younger man stood
up and backed away from him, "You're a murderer. How come...before you seemed
so...I--"

"You don't know how to react to me," Krycek finished for him. "No one does. Go
ahead, Tommy. Tell Mulder where I am.
Go tell the authorities. I don't deserve any of you. I don't deserve these
luxuries. They were meant for the innocent. I'm not
innocent. Go ahead and tell everyone where I am. Believe me, I won't leave."

Tommy stood up to do just what Krycek had said, until he heard the older man
begin to sob. Cringing, he walked over to the
cot and sat back down next to him. Krycek looked up at him, puffy-eyed, "Go! I
told you to go, Tommy. Why won't you
just let me enjoy my last minutes of freedom in peace?"

"How does it feel to kill someone?" Tommy questioned, ignoring him, "Does it
make you feel powerful? Do you get some
sort of satisfaction from doing it?"

Krycek, still tearing, finally replied. "No! It feels awful! At the time I may
feel powerful, but afterwards you just want to kill
yourself. I feel so insignificant. Sometimes I yearn so much for death that I
put a gun to my temple and try to force myself to
shoot. I can never do it. That's what I've always tried to figure out. Why is
it I can kill someone without a second thought
and I can't kill myself?"

Tommy didn't answer this. Instead, he looked intently at Krycek, "I'm not going
to Mulder or the authorities. In fact, I'm not
even going to tell Kat and Tanya."

Krycek looked up at him, clearly stunned, "What!? But I--"

"I'm not going to do it," Tommy said. "I can't do it. These past few days
you've been like a best friend. I really don't care
what you've done, but if I hear of you pulling your gun again I seriously will
turn you in."

"I don't plan on running into Mulder again," Krycek voiced, "You have my word."
Realizing that this may not be enough, he
tried again, "I swear to you on the soul of my lost love, Gina, that I won't
wear my gun again on this trip." Tommy nodded,
and the two sat in silence, wondering what would happen over the next few days.
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Kat and Tanya were wandering aimlessly on the third class deck. Kat sighed, "I
don't know if we should have left Tommy
alone with Alex. Something about him doesn't seem right, especially after what
happened today."

"Alex is a really sweet guy," Tanya argued, "Sure, he may have done something
wrong in his life, but all people deserve a
second chance. Besides, if he does try anything I have faith that Tommy could
whoop his ass in a second. Especially since
Alex has that fake arm."

"True," Kat said. Looking up at second class deck she spotted Jason coming down
the steps, "Hey, Tanya. Look who's
come from second class."

Tanya spotted Jason and blushed, "If you say anything to him I will kill you."

Kat laughed, "I would never dream of it."

Jason walked up to the two, smiling, "Hello ladies. Are you watching the sun
set?"

"It's beautiful," Tanya said, "I'd never realized how magical the ocean was
until getting on this ship. Now it seems like a
endless mass of wonders, just like this ship."

Jason nodded and cleared his throat, "I, um, was just wondering if you two
would care to join me for dinner. It shouldn't be
too hard to get you two lovely ladies onto the second class deck."

Kat shook her head, "You two go ahead. I think I want to be alone for awhile."

"You sure, Kat?" Tanya questioned.

Kat grinned, "Believe me. I'm sure."

Tanya nodded, and she and Jason left, hand in hand. Kat returned her gaze to
the ocean, breathing in more of the sea air.
The multi-colored sky beautifully magnified Kat's soft, pink, flowing dress. It
had been given to her by her late aunt, who had
been a middle class woman. Kat treasured the dress greatly, fully appreciating
the way in hugged her body and accented her
rosy cheeks. Her blue eyes shimmered in the light of the setting sun, and her
shining blond hair rolled over her shoulders like a
calm rivulet.

Her serenity was broken as two warm hands touched her bare shoulders. She spun
around to find herself facing Billy
Cranston, who was looking quite handsome in his black and white suit. She
smiled and let out a nervous giggle, "I'm sorry,
Billy, I didn't hear you."

"I saw you looking over the ocean and I couldn't help but come down to see
you."

"It's an amazing site," Kat breathed, "Never in my life have I seen nature's
beauty like this."

"You yourself are looking quite beautiful," Billy acknowledged. "There is a
full dinner up in the first class section of the ship,
and I would be honored by your presence, Katherine."

"First class!?" Kat exclaimed, "I couldn't! I mean, I would, but it's...I'm a
third class passenger, Billy. I would never be
allowed!"

"Your beauty surpasses any class," Billy told her, "As I said, it is I who
would be honored if you came to the dinner with
me."

Kat smiled, "In that case I would love to, Billy. You are sure no one will
mind, right?"

Billy chuckled, "The ladies will be envious of you, Katherine. Believe me, you
will be the star of the evening." He put his arm
around Kat and guided her to the steps of third class, leading her further than
she could have imagined. Soon, she was on the
first class deck. Looking over, she nearly squealed with delight as she saw how
high she had come. 

Walking through a doorway Katherine found herself in the most beautiful room
she had ever seen. Gold coated accessories
were everywhere. Fancy paintings were hanging from the walls, and a full length
mirror with a golden frame stood at the far
end of the room. Sitting atop the heavy-quilted bed was Kimberly, who smiled at
her, "I'm glad Billy convinced you to come
up. This will be wonderful."

"I thank you both for the invitation," Kat said, still overwhelmed by
everything.

Kim grinned, "I have the perfect thing to match that dress, which is lovely by
the way. Is it yours?"

"It was my aunt's before she died. When she passed on the dress was left to
me."

Kim nodded and handed Kat a silver necklace with a small pink diamond shaped
like a heart at the end. Kat gasped in awe,
"It's amazing! You don't mind, Kimberly?"

"Of course not," Kim laughed, "I've had that forever. You can keep it if you
want."

"Honestly?" Kat asked. When Kim nodded she grinned thankfully. 

Before she could fasten the necklace herself Billy intervened, "Allow me."

Kat handed him the necklace which he unfastened and slowly placed over her
neck. As she felt his warm, soothing hands on
her neck she closed her eyes, doing her best to imprint the moment to memory.
As she felt Billy's hands draw away she
opened her eyes and turned to face him, "Thanks."

"The pleasure was all mine," Billy said, and he meant it. <She is so beautiful>
He thought to himself <I wonder how such an
amazing woman ended up in the hellhole of third class.>

Km, dressed in a silk white gown grabbed her matching white purse and stood. A
string of pearls hung from her neck, and
her hair was elegantly put up in a twist, "Shall we go?"

"Lets," Billy said. He offered Kat his elbow which she took. The three began
out like a trio of royalty.
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Subject: New: Fate 10/16
From: rkacat@aol.com (Rkacat)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.x-files.creative


In the second class dining hall Jason and Tanya were eating...something that
resembled pasta. The two looked over and saw
Mulder sitting in a far corner of the room with no one else. Tanya turned to
Jason, "You know him, don't you."

"He's one of my roommates," Jason said. "Look, I know you want to know about
what happened today, but I really don't
know." When Tanya looked at him, puzzled, Jason smiled, "I saw that you were
one of the people running away from him
today."

"Mulder said that Krycek had killed his father, and Krycek seemed to admit that
he did," Tanya explained. "I don't know
what's going on. Both of them seemed crazy, and now Tommy's bunking with a
murderer! This is all so messed up.
Everything was fine before this, and Krycek never did or said anything that
made him seem dangerous."

"Adam, Trini, and I are all being cautious around Mulder. You, Kat, and Tommy
should do the same concerning Krycek."

"We will," Tanya assured him. "I just feel that, you know, maybe Alex has
turned over a new leaf since this whole incident.
Right now I still don't think Alex is a threat." 

Jason frowned, "Better safe than sorry. That goes for both of us."

Wanting to get on a new topic, Tanya smiled, "I see your food isn't much better
than ours."

"At least it's better than the weird stuff we had this morning," Jason
commented. He grinned, "So, are you enjoying this trip
on the resurrected `Titanic'?"

"Aside from today it's been wonderful," Tanya said, "The whole trip has been
fantastic. I've met great people and had a
wonderful time."

"Same here," Jason said. He paused for a moment to look Tanya over. Her dark
brown curly hair was pulled back. Her
yellow tank top hung loosely from her chest, and her black shorts matched her
black shoes. Jason, on the other hand, was
wearing a black silk shirt and blue jeans. His hair was just barely spiked up,
and now looked darker than usual. He took in a
deep breath, "Tanya, I don't know how to say this to you."

"What is it?" Tanya asked, looking concerned, "Whatever it is I want you to
tell me. I can be trusted."

"When I first saw you," Jason began. "I didn't know how I felt. That was why I
came up to your group yesterday. You
caught my eye." Tanya blushed at this, but said nothing. Jason continued,
"Then, when we were talking yesterday with the
others, I realized that my attraction to you was not just physical. We have a
lot in common."

"We do," Tanya agreed, softly.

Jason rubbed the bridge of his nose, "I'm really sorry, it's just...I'm not
good with feelings, especially since my last girlfriend
left me."

Tanya touched his arm lightly, "I'm sorry, Jason, but I want you to know that
you can tell me anything."

"I-I really like you, Tanya," Jason stuttered. 

Tanya smiled, "I like you too, Jason. You're charming, handsome, interesting,
and you appreciate the same things I do."

Jason sighed, "That's not exactly what I mean. What I'm saying is...after this
trip...well, it's been so long since I've cared so
much about someone, maybe I've never cared about anyone as much as you. When
Mulder was running after you and
everyone else, and I realized that you were in danger I figured out something.
After this boat reaches the harbor...I won't be
able to leave you."

"What do you mean?" Tanya asked.

"I mean that this can't be the only time we meet, Tanya," Jason said, "I think
I'm in love with you, and I won't be able to
leave you after this is over."

Tanya stared at him in awe. Did he really just say that he was in love with
her? This was her wildest dream come true, "I
think I love you too, Jason. I never realized until this moment how I felt
about you. What can we do, Jason? I don't want to
leave you either." She stopped abruptly as she heard how frantic she had
become, "I'm sorry, Jason, it's that I'm so
confused, I--"

"Don't apologize," Jason pleaded. "We will get through this. I promise that
I'll never leave you. We'll be together if I have to
spend every dime I have to do it."

"I promise never to leave you either, Jason," Tanya said. At that moment she
couldn't hold back the tears that had formed in
her eyes. As a lone drop slid down her cheek Jason gently brushed it away. They
sat that way, gazing into each other's eyes
for what seemed like an eternity.
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After the big first class dinner Kimberly had decided to leave Billy and
Katherine to their own so that she wouldn't get in the
way. At the dinner she realized that Billy really liked Katherine, and she
didn't want to interfere with that. She leaned over the
railing of the first class deck in her white gown and looked over the ocean.
The sky was now a deep shade of blue, and stars
shined through the misty clouds, making the sea look like little diamonds were
floating atop it. Taking her hair out of it's twist
she ran her fingers through it and let her mind wander to Tommy Oliver.

The man both excited and terrified her. He was exciting because he seemed so
easygoing; so free. However, it was terrifying
for her to admit to herself that she liked him, because she had never been
interested in a third class passenger before. Tommy
was like a flame. He amazed her; being so fiery and so passionate, and yet she
felt if she reached out to touch him she would
get burned. "I guess there's only one way to find out," she thought to herself.

Walking down the steps leading to the third class rooms, she quickly noticed
the differences between herself and third class.
Everyone in third class seemed to be in cheap clothes and were mainly unhappy.
Looking in a rooms listing found in one of
the staff's office she found Tommy's room number and walked to it.

Reaching the room, she knocked on it lightly, hearing his voice call, "Who is
it?"

"Kimberly Hart," she said. 

She had to wait a few moments before the door was opened. Tommy stood there in
a red sweatshirt and blue jeans. His hair
was tied up in a ponytail, and she watched, amused, as he regarded her with
surprise, "Kimberly? What are you doing down
here?"

"I wanted to see you," Kim admitted. "Can I come in."

Tommy, clearly shaken, motioned for her to enter, "P-please do."

Once she walked in the small room she couldn't stop herself from gasping. It
was horrible. The walls were all white, and the
two cots in the room had thin mattresses and only one flimsy sheet. On one of
the cots was Alex Krycek, who was looking
at her, smiling, "It's nice to see you again, Miss Hart."

"Same here," Kim said. Looking at Tommy, she leaned closer to him, "I wanted to
talk to you."

Krycek, getting the message, picked up his leather jacket and slung it over his
shoulder, "I'll leave you two alone for a little
bit."

Tommy looked at him, unable to help his suspicion, "Where are you going?"

"I'm just going to wander around for a little bit. Maybe I'll stop at the soup
kitchen and get some slop." Tommy smiled and
nodded. Krycek nodded to Kim and left the room, leaving the two alone.

Tommy returned his focus to Kim, "Well, what did you want to talk to me about?"

"First of all, how can you stand these rooms!?" Kim exclaimed, "Their so cold
and your beds are so inadequate!"

"After being poor most of my life I get used to it, as do the other third class
passengers," Tommy explained.

Kim flushed, suddenly embarrassed, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to put you down in
any way."

"I'm not offended," Tommy said, "It's expected."

"Also," Kim continued, "Yesterday, I didn't mean to make you nervous. It was my
first time on the third class deck, and I
wasn't sure how to act, so I apologize."

"Please don't," Tommy told her, "Believe me, I wasn't affected in any way."

Kim sighed, "That doesn't make it right."

Tommy smiled, "Look, Kimberly, I appreciate the apologies, but I don't think
this was the reason you came all the way
down here. Am I right?"

"I was thinking about you," Kim professed, "I couldn't get you off my mind, so
I came  down to see you. That's why I'm
here."

Tommy stared at her, grinning to himself <miracles really _can_ happen. Krycek
was right> Kim looked at him, blushing
under his gaze, "Um, there's something going on in first class that I don't
want to get involved in. Would you mind if I stayed
the night?"

"I wouldn't mind at all, and I doubt Krycek will either," Tommy said. Kim
smiled brightly, and the two sat down on
Tommy's cot, continuing in conversation.
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About a half hour later Krycek was still wandering around the third class
hallways aimlessly. As he rounded a corner he
nearly bumped into Kat who was walking in the other direction. Krycek smiled,
"Sorry, I wasn't watching where I was
going."

"It was my fault," Kat said, "Sorry."

Krycek's smile fell from his face as he heard Kat's tone of voice, "You sound
upset. Are you OK?"

Kat tried to grin assuringly, "Yes, I'm fine, Alex. Thank you." The grin,
however, failed, and she turned her head away so
that he would not see her cry.

Krycek, caught off guard, pulled her into a corner, "What happened, Kat?"

"This day has been one big disaster!" She cried.

"Why?" Krycek questioned, "What's wrong?"

"I went up to first class with Billy and we had dinner there, and he told me
that he had his eye on me, but I couldn't return the
gesture, and I don't know what to do. Then, there was everything that happened
in the stairwell, and...and, I don't know
what's going on!? Why did that guy, Mulder, hold a gun up to you? He could have
killed you, and now you're acting like
nothing happened, but I can't do that!" 

Krycek dropped his head in shame. He wanted so much to tell her as he had told
Tommy, but he knew he couldn't. She
wouldn't understand just as he didn't understand, "I'm not acting like nothing
happened, Kat. It's just that Mulder freaked
me out and I'm doing my best to forget it."

"Did you kill his father?" Kat asked softly.

"Yes, I killed him," Krycek admitted, "It happened a little more than two years
ago."

Kat continued to sob, "Why did you kill him?"

"My boss ordered me to," Krycek told her, "I had to do it."

"No, you didn't," Kat  said, "You could have told your boss that you couldn't
kill him."

Krycek sighed, "I don't expect you to understand my job...my former job, but my
boss had me in a tough position, and so,
literally, it was his life or my life. I was selfish back then, so I put my
life before his." He put a finger on Kat's chin, forcing her
to look at him.

Kat gazed into his eyes and saw truthfulness in what he was saying. She wiped
her tears, "No, I probably will never
understand your job or you, Alex Krycek, but I do know that you are a sweet
man, and that you don't deserve to die."

"Yes, I do," Krycek said, putting his head down again. He turned away, shamed,
as he felt tears threaten to spill from his
eyes. 

This time, it was Kat who forced Krycek to look at her. He could no longer stop
his tears, and one was able to slide down
his cheek freely. Kat wiped it away, her clear blue eyes shimmering with unshed
tears. "Tonight, Billy said that he was
interested. I told him I had to think about it. He's a nice man, but I don't
know how I feel about him. All of me is confused. If
you asked me right now how I felt about Billy I probably couldn't tell you
anything."

"What you're feeling right now will become clearer in time," Krycek assured
her, "I know it will."

"How do you know?"

Krycek took in a shaky breath, "I know because I've been there. Just give it
time."

"I'm afraid that Billy won't give me enough time. I don't want to do something
that I'll regret in the future."

"You are an intelligent, beautiful woman. I have faith in you," Krycek
commented, looking into Kat's sparkling eyes.

She gazed up at him, her crying all but stopped. "I have faith in you," she
echoed.

Krycek and Kat slowly leaned towards each other breathing heavily, and before
the two could stop themselves they were
involved in a passionate kiss. Kat pulled away first and smiled, putting a hand
on Krycek's matted down hair, "Alex, I've
figured out my feelings."

Krycek returned the grin, "I've figured mine out, too."
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Subject: New: Fate 11/16
From: rkacat@aol.com (Rkacat)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.x-files.creative


The next morning Krycek walked through the halls of third class, whistling
brightly. Opening the door to his room, he walked
through the doorway, smiling brightly. Closing the door, he begins to talk,
"Hey, Tommy, I just had a really weird thing
happen last night, and--" Turning towards the cot he is almost alarmed to
discover that not only Tommy but Kim are in the
cot, sleeping peacefully. Tommy had his arms around Kim who is embedded against
Tommy's chest. Krycek chuckled,
"Well, I guess miracles can happen. I was right." 

Hearing Krycek, Tommy opened his eyes, looking around. Seeing that Kim was
still in the cot next to him, Tommy nearly
jumped to his feet. This startled Kim who also noticed Krycek. The two turned a
deep shade of red. Kim forced a smile,
"This can all be explained, Alex. See, I needed a place to stay, so I--"

"Don't bother," Krycek laughed, "Congratulations."

"Thanks, um, I think," Tommy stuttered.

Kim turned to Tommy, "Thanks for letting me stay the night."

Tommy smiled, "No problem. I'll see you later?"

Kim grinned, "Count on it." With that, she waved goodbye to the two and left
the room.

Krycek chuckled, "Well, it looks like you had a good time in my absence,
Tommy."

Tommy smirked, "We didn't do anything, Alex. She just needed a place to stay
the night." Deciding to change the subject,
he grinned, "What about you? Where were you last night?"

Krycek flushed, "Um, in Katherine's room."

"What were you doing in Katherine's room?" Tommy asked, nosily.

Krycek was silent for a moment. Finally he sighed, "We realized that our
feelings are stronger for each other than we
thought."

Tommy grinned, "I guess you had a good time in your absence too, Alex." He
paused. "What about Billy Cranston? Didn't
he have a thing for Katherine?"

"Much stronger than we thought," Krycek admitted, "She was up in first class
last night with Billy. He invited her to the big
first class dinner."

"First class!?" Tommy exclaimed, "Damn!"

Krycek sighed, "That's what I was thinking. Tommy, I don't think I can compare
with first class. Should I let her go?"

"No," Tommy said, tersely. "Don't let her go. If she admitted that she had
feelings for you last night, then she has feelings for
you. However, you shouldn't force her. If it seems like she's veering more
towards Billy, then let her go." Krycek nodded
and sat down on his cot, looking through his luggage for something he hadn't
worn already. Tommy took in a deep breath
before doing the same.
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Billy sat back on his bed in his blue sweater and jeans doing his best to
ignore his parent's tirade. Others had told his parents
that he had invited a third class passenger to the first class dinner, and now
they were furious. His father, at the moment, was
carrying the lecture, "...you have no idea what those rats in third class are
like, Billy! How dare you bring one of those filthy
peasants into first class, to the dinner of all places! Why would you do that!?
Tell me!"

"I met her two days ago, Dad..."

"Where?" Mr. Cranston demanded.

Billy sighed, "Kimberly and I went down to the third class deck. We were
bored."

Now, Mrs. Cranston got into it, "You went to the third class deck!? Are you out
of your mind!? How dare you! You could
have been killed!"

"By who?" Billy asked, "Who would kill me?"

"They're jealous of us," Mrs. Cranston yelled, "Don't you understand anything,
Billy? We don't talk to them and they don't
talk to us. Did that Hart girl drag you into it?"

Billy shook his head, "I wanted to go."

"Who was that poor girl you brought in last night? What's her name?" Mr.
Cranston asked.

"Her name is Katherine Hilliard."

Mr. Cranston scoffed, "I bet she begged you to let her come up here. Don't
mingle with third class passengers, I always--"

Billy, now, was in a rage, "She didn't beg to come up here! I ASKED her to come
up here! I think I'm in love with her!"

All three fell silent and Billy wished more than anything he could take back
what he said last. Finally, Mrs. Cranston stepped
right in front of her son and leaned down so her face was right in front of
her, "You cannot love a person of another class.
What's wrong with Kimberly Hart? She would be a fine mate!"

"You can't force me to love someone just because their my equal economically!"
Billy shouted.

"That was a warning, Billy. If I ever see you with Katherine Hilliard again, I
will personally see that she is unable to love you,"
Mrs. Cranston hissed. She slapped her son's cheek, making it turn a dull red
before leaving the room. Mr. Cranston quickly
followed. Billy watched them leave, unsure of what to do. He loved Katherine,
but was love worth all this hardship?
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Mulder leaned against the railing of the second class deck as the sun continued
to rise in the sky. He, however, was not
breathtaken by the beauty of the ocean as he had been before. Instead, he was
confronting all the questions in his mind and
heart. The most important of all questions was: how was fate always able to
shock the hell out of him.

If coincidences are coincidences why do they feel so contrived? Mulder has
asked Scully this one time when they were on a
case, and now he wondered it again. Alex Krycek, his sworn enemy, was here on
Titanic. That seemed so amazing to him.
Of all the places Krycek could have been he was on this very ship. Did Krycek
follow him on Titanic? Who knew? From the
look of shock on Krycek's face the other afternoon Mulder didn't think that was
the case.

What was with those teenagers standing up for Krycek? New associates? They
didn't look like Consortium members. Plus,
Krycek was telling them to move out of the path of his gun. Interesting. Very
interesting.

Then there was how he felt for Scully. Did he love her? Did she love him? She
acted like maybe she had changed her mind
about him, but then she left him. Inside, all Mulder really wanted was a
straight answer. Did she love him, or did she just think
of him as a partner? He didn't want to continue going from lover friend to
partner to lover to partner...it had gone on too
long.

Still deep in thought he was unaware of the person who came up behind him until
he felt fingers on his back. Startled, he spun
around only to find himself staring at the face of his partner. Her face was
glowing, and her sky blue eyes complemented her
light blue business attire. Mulder opened his mouth to speak, but she cut him
off, smiling, "I changed my mind, Mulder."

Mulder grinned, feeling light headed, "You did?"

"I realized how much you meant to me, Mulder," Scully confessed, "I don't want
to lose you."

"You don't know how long I've been waiting to hear those words, Scully," Mulder
murmured, embracing his partner gently.
She hugged him back, lightly squeezing him.

Breaking the embrace, Scully leaned closer to Mulder, "There are some seats
over in the third class deck. Shall we?"

"I'd love to," Mulder agreed, taking Scully's hand. The two smiled at each
other before beginning down the steps to the
lower deck.

As they were going down the stairs they didn't notice someone in first class
watching them spitefully. From the upper deck of
first class Walter Skinner's teeth clenched together as he fought to hold back
his anger at this whole situation. Suddenly he
felt himself slip into a state of insanity. How dare Scully betray him! How
dare Mulder allow her betrayal. In fact, how dare
Mulder cause Scully's withdrawal from him. Skinner knew one thing for sure: Fox
Mulder was going to pay for his crime.
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Tanya walked out onto the second class deck with Jason right behind her.
Sitting down on a wooden beach chair propped
against the wall of the ship, she motioned for Jason to do so as well. Jason,
in his black sweatshirt and blue jeans, took a seat
next to the girl clad in yellow, looking out over the ocean. He sighed, "I
can't help but be nervous about the fact that this
Titanic doesn't have enough lifeboats for all the passengers like the last
one."

Tanya laughed, "Jason, we're not going to hit and iceberg. That would be
impossible. These are warm waters. We're
nowhere near an ice field!"

"I know, but I still have a bad feeling," Jason said.

Tanya smiled, taking in a breath of sea air, "It's so beautiful out here. I
can't believe the ship will be reaching harbor in two
days. This has been so remarkable!"

"Tell me about it," Jason agreed, "I don't know how I'll be able to leave it."
Softly, he added, "I don't know how I'll be able
to leave you."

"I just won't leave you, then," Tanya said.

Jason shook his head, "It's not that easy, Tanya. We both have different plans
for our lives. I guess we could make some
sacrifices so that we could be together, but it's not going to be--"

Tanya cut him off, "You're such a spoilsport, Jason. Let fate run it's course.
If we are to be together we'll be together." With
that, she leaned forward and gently kissed his cheek.

Jason grinned, "You are so amazing."

"I know," Tanya said. They leaned forward and locked lips once again, letting
themselves ignore everything else going on
around them.
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On the third class deck Mulder and Scully shared a seat, talking about what had
happened the prior day. Scully gasped,
"Krycek is here!? Where?"

"Third class, I'm guessing," Mulder replied. "I haven't seen him in second
class, and he doesn't seem like the first class
type."

"You said he had a bunch of teenagers around him?"

Mulder nodded, "One guy and two girls. I tell you, they either all loved him or
he had them brainwashed, because they all
stepped in front of my gun so that I didn't have a clear at Krycek. Finally I
just withdrew."

"That's unreal," Scully breathed, "I wonder who they are."

"The guy's name is Tommy," Mulder told her. "That's all I know, though. The
funny thing is that I wasn't going to shoot
Krycek anyway."

Scully looked at him, puzzled, "You drew your gun but you weren't going to
fire?"

"I wanted information, and sticking a gun in Krycek's face is about the only
way to get it. Believe me, Scully, I didn't mean
to cause a scene."

Scully smirked, "How many times have I heard that?"

Mulder smiled, "Don't count. Anyway, I want to know what Krycek is up to on
here. I don't believe that he's here just to
lounge back and check out the scenery. Do you think he followed us?"

"For what possible reason would he have to follow us?" Scully wondered aloud,
"We haven't had a really big case in a few
months! What could he want?"

Mulder shrugged, "I have no clue, but if I see him at all in the next couple of
days I intend to find out."

Scully grinned and leaned over, kissing Mulder softly on the lips. Once she
pulled away he stared at her, flippantly, "What
was _that_ for, Agent Scully?"

"For a good five years' work, Agent Mulder," Scully replied.

Mulder nodded, flashing Scully his most charming smile, "I guess, Scully, that
I ought to repay you for a good five years'
work." He leaned towards her, kissing her more passionately than the first
kiss.

Breaking away, Scully took in a deep breath, "Wow. That _was_ a good five
years."

"How about one more...for the future's sake?" Mulder suggested. Scully had
leaned toward him already, and as he finished
talking they immediately kissed. This one lasted for a small eternity. When
they finally broke the kiss, Mulder closed his eyes
contentedly, "I love you, Scully."

"I love you, too, Mulder." The two leaned back on the seat in each other's
arms, eyes closed.
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Subject: New: Fate 12/16
From: rkacat@aol.com (Rkacat)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.x-files.creative


Just as Tanya and Jason broke their kiss Adam and Trini walked out onto the
second class deck. Adam, in his green T-shirt
and black jeans, waved to Jason and Tanya, who invited to duo to sit with them.
Trini was practically lustrous in her yellow
midriff shirt and plaid pants. Her hair was tied up in a waterfall, and her
face, blemishless, seemed to glow along with the
bright sun. She took a seat across from Jason and Tanya and next to Adam,
smiling, "Have you been enjoying the trip?"

"I can't believe it's almost over," Tanya exclaimed, "This whole period of time
has gone so fast!"

"I know," Adam agreed, "I can't believe we'll be leaving each other so soon."

"What are you two going to do when we get to the harbor?" Jason asked.

Trini sighed, "We're going to do whatever possible to stay together. I refuse
to let Adam go."

Tanya nodded, "We're the same way. I can't lose Jason, but I think everyone
who's gotten together over this time is just
relying on fate. I know I am."

"That's a good idea," Adam commented, "Although I have a strong feeling that
Trini and I are meant to be together forever."

Jason grinned, "That's how I feel about Tanya and me. I love her, and not even
death can end true love." The four young
adults turned towards the ocean, once again getting their breath taken away.

"It's amazing how insignificant you feel when you look at the ocean," Tanya
commented.

"It's amazes me how being on one ship for a small amount of time can determine
your whole life," Adam said.

Trini closed her eyes, letting the breeze run though her shiny black hair,
"Fate is amazing."
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Krycek knocked on the door of Kat's room, startled to realize that it was
unlocked. Walking inside, he found Kat sitting on
her cot bawling. Quickly running to her side, Krycek kneeled in front of her,
and touched her arms which were covering her
face, "Katherine, what's going on? What's wrong?"

"Leave me alone," Kat moaned, trying to turn away from him.

He wouldn't allow her to, "I can't leave if your upset, Katherine. Please, talk
to me. You know I'll always listen."

Kat raised her head, exposing her reddened face. "Do you really want to hear?"
She seethed, "OK, I'm in love with two
men. You and Billy. One minute I'll remember Billy's kindness, and then I'll
remember your roguish passion. I'm confused!
Billy's gentleness, intellect, and delicate nature will warm me, while your
truthfulness, dark mysteriousness, and handsome
features excite me. You tell me, Alex. Tell me who I should choose! Tell me!"

Krycek swallowed hard, surprised by this prior unseen side of Kat, "You should
choose Billy over me."

"Why?"

"I love you, Katherine, but Billy can provide for you. He'll treat you well.
While I could try to provide, I don't have the
money or resources to support you. You can trust me not to feel any anger
towards you or Billy if you were to choose him,"
Krycek said, softly.

Kat rubbed the tears from her eyes, extending her arms to Krycek, who eagerly
embraced her. She took a sharp intake of
breath, "I hate this confusion, Alex, and I hate to do this to you."

"I'll do whatever you want me to do."

Kat sighed, closing her eyes, "Hold me, and stay with me, Alex. That's all I
ask."

Krycek nodded, chuckling lightly, "Unfortunately, I can only embrace with one
arm."

"That one arm is just as strong as ten others," Kat informed him, nuzzling her
head into his chest. She looked up at Krycek,
"There's something you should know about me, Alex. I'm a virgin, and plan to be
until I'm married. If we were to get
together, I wouldn't go all the way without a wedding band on my finger."

"It's good that you're waiting," Krycek said. "Everyone chooses there own, and
I have a lot of respect for those who were
able to hold out till marriage."

"What about you?" Kat questioned, "Are you pure?"

Krycek laughed, "I lost my virginity the day before I graduated high school
with a girl named Gina, who was shot a few years
later."

Kat pulled away from Krycek for a second, gazing at him in horror, "Who killed
her?"

"A man in an alleyway," Krycek told her, "She gave her life so that I could
live. The man shot at me, but she jumped in the
way of the bullet before it reached me. Gina saved my life."

"That's horrible," Kat whispered, "Were you still going out with her then?"

Krycek let out a breath before continuing, "Gina, at that time, was my fianc‚e.
We were going to be married in a few months.
Then, that one night came--" His voice trailed off.

Kat leaned forward and kissed him lightly, "You still love her."

"She was my first real love. I'll always love her and yearn for her, but I
learned long ago that it's pointless to shut down your
life just because of a loss. You have to keep trying...and that's what I've
been doing. Trying to survive, and waiting for that
moment when I can feel the warmth of love again. I did feel it again,
Katherine," Krycek said.

Kat looked at him, puzzled, "When?"

Krycek sighed, "I felt it with you. Katherine, I love you, but I don't want to
stand in the way of love for you. If you don't
truly love me, then I want you to tell me to leave right now. I won't be
offended. In fact, I'll love you more for it. Please, I
beg that you wouldn't tease my heart."

There was an uncomfortable silence as Krycek watched Kat intently. After five
minutes, she took in a shaky breath, "I love
you, Alex Krycek. All the riches in the world couldn't compare with you. I've
realized that what I felt for Billy was nothing
more than gratitude, and that I shouldn't love money. What I need to do is
listen to fate, and fate has smiled on us, Alex.
Promise me that you'll stay with me when we get off Titanic."

"No one will be able to pry me from you," Krycek assured her. He kissed her,
cherishing the feel of her soft lips on his and
her delicate rose scent. <It's a wonder how such a vile man such as myself can
experience these moments of pleasure. Gina,
forgive me, but I have found another>
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Time passed quickly on the Titanic's fourth day, and soon sunset had come
again. A cool breeze rushed over the decks,
chilling all who were on them. Kim walked onto the third class deck in a white
sweater with a pink and blue design over the
chest area. Blue flares hugged her hips, and her feet were covered by white
sneakers. She inched forward slowly, taking in a
deep breath as she saw Tommy leaning against the railing of the ship.

Tommy turned around to face her, motioning for her to come next to him. He was
wearing a white wind breaker and blue
jeans, and his hair, which was in a ponytail, whipped back and forth in the
wind. She grinned, surprised by how nervous she
felt, "You wanted to meet me here."

"I need to know where I stand," Tommy said calmly, "How do I rank with you?"

"I don't understand," Kim declared. "What do you mean?"

Tommy sighed, "I think you know what I mean. How do you feel about me?"

"You're a very kind, handsome, passionate man, Tommy," Kim said, still not
getting the point.

Tommy turned and looked at the sea again, "When we get to the harbor, what will
become of us, Kimberly?"

"You make it sound like we'll be no more," Kim confessed. "What do you want me
to say?"

"I need to know if you feel...anything towards me."

Kim shook her head, "Tommy, it's not that simple! For you, it may be, but I
have to think about whether I'm willing to give
up my family for this relationship. It may be a price that's too big!"

Tommy frowned, "Your family thinks I'm trash. That was expected."
 
"My father thinks anything that comes from third class is trash, which is why
this situation is so delicate. My mom, who's still
at home, doesn't care if a person is poor. She would give you a chance, but my
parents are divorced, and I legally belong to
my dad. He's the one we'll have to deal with, and he feels like anyone from
third class with give him a bad reputation. It's
like Billy's family towards Katherine!"

"I need to tell you something abut Billy and Katherine, Kim, but you can't tell
anyone."

Kim tilted her head in confusion, "What is it?"

Tommy licked his lips, "Katherine doesn't love Billy. She loves someone else."

Kim's eyes widened in surprise, "What!? Who!?"

"Alex Krycek, my roommate."

Kim shut her eyes, "Damn. Billy is going to be heartbroken."

"I want Katherine to tell him herself, so please don't say anything."

Kim nodded, "You know I won't."

Tommy sighed, "I don't know how I feel about you, Kimberly. One minute I love
you and the next minute, I don't know
what I was thinking."

"That's the way I feel about you," Kim admitted. "You fascinate me, Tommy. I
don't want to leave you on that harbor, but
what other choice do we have?"

Tommy shrugged, "Follow our hearts. If my heart says to stay with you, I'll
stay with you, and I'd hope you would do the
same thing."

Kim nodded. There was a long pause between the two as the sun disappeared
behind the sea. Tommy leaned towards Kim,
and the two kissed each other. Both realized at that moment that they could not
leave each other at the harbor when they
reached it. Breaking the kiss, Kim smiled, "I'll follow my heart, and my heart
goes to you, Tommy Oliver."
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Deep within the interior of the ship Harold Smith was putting the finishing
touches on a remote control network designed to
set off a series of explosives in the engine rooms of Titanic. As he worked, he
talked maniacally to himself, "They wouldn't
appreciate me. I'll teach them to appreciate me. As this ship sinks right along
with the other Titanic, they'll see that I'm not a
wimp who's to scared to do anything big. I bet they've never blown up a ship.
Finished connecting wires on his remote
system, Harold laughed, "Lets get ready to rumble!" He pushed the red button on
the system and ran to the stairway as fast
as he could.

Five minutes later, the first set of explosives went off, shaking the huge
ship. Every class felt the shaking. The ship's quaking
was so violent that some people fell to the ground, crying out as things flew
every which way.

Tommy and Kim, on the third class deck, clung to the railing tightly to keep
from falling over. Kim clutched Tommy's arm,
frightened, "What the hell is that?"

"I don't know," Tommy yelled, "Whatever it is, I have a bad feeling about."

Tanya, Trini, Adam, and Jason, on the second class deck, nearly toppled over
each other as they crashed to the deck floor.
"Ow!" Trini yelled, being stuck on the bottom of the human pile.

"I wonder what's going on," Adam yelled.

In first class, Billy flew back onto his bed, dazed. He looked around, doing
his best not to become dizzy.

A few rooms down, Skinner, who had just finished showering, fell to the
carpeted floor in only his briefs. "What the hell?"

Mulder and Scully, who were in Mulder's room, fell into each other's arms as
the shaking of the ship continued. Scully
looked up at Mulder, "What is that?"

"I don't know," Mulder answered, holding her tight.

Kat, who was in her room alone, trembled along with the quaking of the ship. "I
don't like this," she murmured to no one.

Krycek, who had been on the way back to his room, crashed against the walls of
the hallway, finally flinging himself to the
ground to keep from becoming a human pinball. <I wonder what's going on> he
thought. Then, it struck him. The
conversation he'd heard between his neighboring passengers that day. One had
said something like "Tomorrow will be the
day, Harold." and Harold had replied, "How devastating it will be for this
Titanic to experience the same misfortune as the
first one." Then, it hit him <Titanic's taking on water. It's going to sink,
and this man, Harold, is responsible>
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Subject: New: Fate 13/16
From: rkacat@aol.com (Rkacat)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.x-files.creative


Tommy raced down the steps to his room, wanting to make sure that Krycek was
OK. He found the older man lying on the
floor of the hallway by their room with a small cut on his brow. He shook
Krycek a little, "Hey, Alex, you OK?"

"The ship is sinking," Krycek murmured.

Tommy looked at his friend, shocked, "What!?"

Krycek extended his hand to Tommy who helped him to his feet. Krycek nodded his
thanks and reached his hand towards
his head, feeling the blood that was trickling down his face, "Titanic is going
to sink just like the first one."

"I think you may have hit your head a little bit too hard on the wall, buddy,"
Tommy said, chuckling, "There's no way this
ship can sink!"

Krycek frowned, "That's what everyone said about the first Titanic, and look
what happened."

Tommy sighed, "Well, how do you know?"

"First of all, that was a pretty big quake, and secondly, I heard these two men
yesterday saying that what had happened to
the first Titanic was going to happen to the second one."

"What are you saying? Titanic hit an iceberg?"

Krycek shook his head, "No, what I'm saying is that this man, Harold, put
explosives or something else that would blow up
in the interior of the ship and set it off, causing the edging of the ship to
break away and water to come in."

"Shit!" Tommy exclaimed, "Well, what do we do?"

"We get in a very long line, my friend, because this Titanic doesn't have
enough lifeboats either."

Tommy's eyes widened, "What!?"

Krycek nodded, "I checked. There's enough for half the ship's passengers. Just
like the first Titanic." He felt his
blood-moistened brow again, "I'm going to cover this in the room really quick.
Tommy, I want you to go get Katherine and
bring her up to the decks. Get her on a lifeboat, and then see if they'll let
you on."

"What about you?" Tommy asked.

Krycek sighed, "I'll do what I can. There are some people I have to warn."

Tommy rubbed the bridge of his nose, "Look, Alex, I need to say something...if
what you're saying is true, and the ship sinks
with both of us still on board, I want you to know that it's been a good trip,
and even though you messed up some of your
life, that you're one of the best guys I've ever known."

Krycek chuckled, "It seems weird to say our good-byes so early."

The two embraced. As they broke away from each other, Tommy smiled, "Get off if
you can, Alex. Don't look at this as
self-punishment."

"I'll try," Krycek said, "Get off even if I'm not around." Tommy nodded, and
the two began off in different directions. 

From the stairwell in the corner of the hallway, Harold appeared, watching as
Krycek walked down the hallway. "You want
to expose me, do you? We'll see about that."
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From his room, Krycek pulled a Band-Aid out of his suitcase and put it over the
cut on his head. Sighing, he looked at the
gun which was laying on the floor. He was about to pick it up when he
remembered his oath to Tommy. <I sweared on Gina.
That's a promise I can't break>

He was about to leave the room when a thought crossed his mind: if Mulder and
Scully don't find out about the ship sinking
soon enough they'll die. Sure, at first this made him jump for joy, but as he
thought about it more he realized that he didn't
want them to die. He shrugged, "If I live, I guess they should, too."

Picking up the phone he dialed up to a controller, asking for Fox Mulder's
room. He crossed his fingers as the phone began
to ring. Soon, a voice came over the line, "Hello?"

"Mulder?" Krycek tried.

Mulder, in his room, turned to Scully, "Who is this?"

"You know who this is," Krycek said.

Mulder groaned, "What do you want, Krycek."

"Look," Krycek began. "I know you have no reason to believe me, but you have to
hear this. Titanic is going to sink."

Mulder laughed at this, "Sink!? Krycek, this ship is unsinkable! That means
that it can't sink!"

"That's what they said about the first Titanic," Krycek persisted, "Mulder, you
have to believe me. This guy, Harold, told this
other guy that he was going to repeat what happened to the first Titanic."

Mulder looked at Scully again, his eyes widening, "Did you say Harold, as in
Harold Smith."

"I don't know his last name, Mulder, just listen!" Krycek yelled, "He's set off
explosives in the lower section of the ship,
which is what that shaking was. It's going to sink. Get off while you can!" He
had just said this when something hard struck
him in the back of the head. Crying out in pain, he dropped the phone and fell
to the ground.

From the other end of the line, Mulder heard Krycek's cries and tried to find
the reason for them, "Krycek? What's going
on? Krycek, talk to me! What's happening!? Krycek!" No answer. Soon, he heard a
click as the line went dead.

Scully looked at Mulder, "What happened?"

"Krycek told me that the ship was sinking," Mulder explained, tersely. "Then,
all of a sudden I heard him cry out in pain right
before the line went dead."

"Do you believe him?" Scully asked.

Mulder didn't say anything. Instead, he looked in a drawer in the room and
pulled out two life jackets, handing one to Scully.
She smirked, "I guess that's a yes." 

"Let's go," Mulder said, "I want to find Jason and Adam, and maybe we can find
out what happened to Krycek." He pulled
Scully out the door before she could protest.
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Tommy was almost at Kat's room when he realized he couldn't leave Krycek
behind. He had a gnawing sense of guilt in his
stomach that was making him nauseated. Turning around, he sprinted as fast as
he could back to his room, hoping that
Krycek hadn't already left.

When he entered the room, what he found almost made him scream. Krycek was tied
to the leg of his cot, and was
unconscious as an older man held a gun that was pointed at him. "Leave him
alone," Tommy yelled.

Harold, seeing the newcomer, put the gun up against Krycek's temple and pushed
it in as hard as he could, relishing
Krycek's anguished expression, "Go over and sit by that cot or I'll blow your
buddy's brains out."

Tommy hesitated for a moment before doing as he was told. Harold bound Tommy to
the leg of his cot and laughed, "Well, I
guess that takes care of the tattletales. Enjoy the cold bath you're sure to
get in about an hour or so, gentlemen." With that,
he left.

Tommy called out to Krycek, but the older man wouldn't respond. The younger man
noticed that Krycek had many red
blotches on his face, and fresh blood trickled from a cut on his left cheek.
Tommy felt a tear trickle down his cheek, "Alex,
that is the last time I ever do what you tell me to." Shouting for help, Tommy
tugged at the rope binding his hands, trying
everything he could think of to try and free himself.

Meanwhile, Kat was still trembling from the ship's tremor. She prayed for
Krycek to come and comfort her and tell her
everything was going to be all right. Suddenly, she heard a weak calling coming
from down the hall. Sensing that someone
was in trouble, she jumped to her feet and ran out of her room, stopping again
to listen for the voice. "Is that Tommy?" she
thought aloud. Deciding to try his room, Kat ran down the hallway all the way
to Tommy and Krycek's room.

Once getting there, she felt faint as she saw the predicament the two were in.
Tommy looked up at her, "Kat, thank God!
You need to untie us!"

Kat studied the rope by which the two were bound, looking at Tommy, "The knot's
two tight. I won't be able to untie that."

"Damn," Tommy cursed. Using his head to point to his suitcase, he said, "Look
in my luggage. There should be scissors in
the small pocket."

Fishing through the luggage, Kat found the scissors and cut the rope that Tommy
was tied by, quickly doing the same for
Krycek. She looked over the cut on his cheek, "What happened here?"

"This guy, Harold, attacked him and knocked him out. I got here too late, and
the guy put a gun up to Krycek's head." Sure
enough, when she checked Krycek's temple, there was a bright red circle mark
present.

"We have to get him out of here," Kat said. "Is there any way we can carry
him?"

"I guess that we could both manage him," Tommy commented. "Put one of his arms
over your shoulder and I'll put the other
one over mine. Hopefully he'll come to soon." 

Kat did as told, and the two began out the door slowly with the unconscious
Krycek. She couldn't help but look him over,
realizing that his face looked so innocent. Seeing the open wound on his face,
Kat was sure that her decision to love Krycek
was the right one. She could never love Billy in the same way. It was that
simple.

Making there way over to a stairwell, the duo carefully carried Krycek up,
doing there best to ignore his pain-filled groans.
Seeing that one of the rooms there was unoccupied, Tommy set Krycek against the
wall of a hallway and went inside,
grabbing the three life jackets he found inside a drawer. Walking back out to
the hallway, he handed one to Kat, "Put this on.
Harold did something to the bottom of the ship. It's going to sink."

Kat stared at him, completely shocked, "Are you sure?"

"You felt the shaking yourself. It's going to sink."

Kat, needing no other explanation, put the life jacket on, helping Tommy to put
Krycek's on. After they had done this, the
two picked up Krycek again and walked towards the third class deck.
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Scully and Mulder, in life jackets, ran down the hallway in search of Jason and
Adam. A whole crowd of people ran by them
as they continued towards the desk. As Mulder continued on Scully stopped and
turned around, awed. Mulder stopped after
a minute and ran back to her, "Scully, what's wrong?"

"In that group of people, Mulder," Scully said, pointing towards the group that
was still running down the hallway. "The last
person in the group looked just like Harold Smith. I swear it, Mulder. It was
him."

Mulder, not feeling the need to question his partner's judgment, ran after the
group, gun drawn. "Harold Smith," he called,
"Turn around with your hands up. We know that's you!"

The last man in the group stopped and turned. His face showed his fear, "W-who
are you?"

"FBI," Mulder said, curtly. "Now, stay right there."

Mulder began to walk towards Harold, when, suddenly, he aimed a gun right at
Mulder and fired. It seemed to go in slow
motion. The bullet barely missed Mulder as Scully pushed him out of the way
with all her might. Aiming her gun, she fired at
Harold, hitting him right in the chest. Harold let out one final breath and
fell to the ground, blood staining his shirt. Mulder,
regaining his composure, looked at Scully, startled. Scully shrugged, "Quick
reflexes."
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The captain of the second Titanic sat in the steerage room, not believing what
he was hearing, "What do you mean the ship is
sinking!?"

"Um, we mean that it's sinking, Sir," one man said, "We're seeing massive
flooding in the lower compartments of the ship,
and the first four compartments have been filled. The ship can support four
compartments, but not five, and the fifth
compartment in the front of the ship has just been filled. It's sinking, Sir,
and there's nothing we can do to stop it."

The captain stared at the readouts, shocked, "What does this mean? How much
time do we have?"

Another man cleared his throat, "I don't mean this to be funny, Sir, but I'm
giving us the same amount of time as the original
Titanic which was an hour or two. They got two hours, and that's what we've
got."

"We've got to begin evacuations!" the captain exclaimed, "First class first,
and we'll go from there. Fill those lifeboats, men.
What happened on Titanic #1 will not happen here. Do you understand!?"

"Yes, Sir!" The group of officers yelled. They ran out of the room and took
their posts. 

The captain buried his face in his hands, "I've always been curious how Captain
Smith felt when this happened to his Titanic.
Now I know."
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Billy, in his life jacket, looked around deck for Kat. <I can't leave her> he
told himself. Mrs. Cranston grabbed her son's
arm, "What are you doing, Billy? We have to get out of here before we're forced
to mix with the lower class!"

"I need to bring Katherine," Billy told her, bluntly.

Mrs. Cranston sighed, "I warned you that I wouldn't tolerate that girl. Leave
her be and save yourself."

"No!" Billy cried, "I won't leave her! If you won't wait, I'll go find her
myself."

Mrs. Cranston shook her head, "What can I do to stop you, Billy? Either way,
you get the girl, only one way I lose you. Find
this Katherine and bring her. I won't lose my son just because I don't' agree
with what you think."

Billy nearly whooped for joy as he kissed his mother and ran towards the stairs
leading down to the different level decks. As
he reached the second one, he found Katherine and Tommy looking at an
unconscious Krycek. Running over to them, Billy
grabbed Kat's arm, "Katherine, my mother has agreed to take you on a lifeboat!
Come, quickly!" Seeing Tommy looking at
him, Billy sighed, "There's only room for one more, Tommy. I apologize."

Kat leaned closer to Tommy, "I can't leave Alex!"

"Go, Katherine," Tommy said, "Krycek would have wanted you to go. I promise you
that I'll stay with him."

Kat kissed his cheek, "You will both be in my prayers. Please, get off this
ship." Kneeling down near Krycek, she kissed him
as well, forgetting for a moment that he couldn't feel her. Finding herself
close to tears, Kat leaned towards Krycek's ear and
whispered in it, "Live, or I won't be able to."

Standing up again, she looked at Billy, who was waiting patiently for her. She
forced herself to grin, "Thank you for your
generosity. I don't think I would have gotten off otherwise."

Billy nodded, "Let's go before they decide to leave without us." The two
sprinted off, and Tommy watched as Kat turned to
face them one last time as she ran.

He rubbed the back of his neck and looked down at Krycek, "You have to live,
man. If you don't you'll be giving up a great
girl."

Just then, Jason ran over to them, gasping for breath, "I thought I saw you!"
"Guys!" He called, "I found them!"

From around a corner came Adam, Trini, and Tanya. Tanya ran up to Tommy,
hugging him, "I thought the worse for you
guys." Looking down at Krycek, she gasped, "What happened?"

"He knows who was responsible for the sinking of the ship, and the guy who set
off the explosives didn't want anyone else to
know."

"Is he alive?" Jason asked, cautiously.

Tommy nodded, "Yeah. I'm hoping he'll wake up once he gets a whiff of this air.
Either that, or I'll just shake him till he
either wakes up or dies."

Adam cleared his throat, "Um, I guess this isn't the best time for
introductions, but I'm Adam and this is Trini."

Tommy grinned weakly, "Better time than any. I'm Tommy, and the unconscious guy
is Alex."

As if on cue, Krycek began to stir. Slowly, he opened his eyes, wincing as he
felt burning all over his head. Tommy leaned
over him, noticing that he was awake, "Hey, Alex, you OK?"

"My head hurts like hell, but I guess that's OK for me. What happened?"

Tommy frowned, "Harold hit you over the head with a wooden board and then cut
your cheek and roughed you up."

"That's embarrassing," Krycek murmured. Suddenly, he perked up, "Where's
Katherine?"

"Billy took her on his lifeboat," Tommy told him, "I know that isn't the best
thing in the world, but at least she's safe."

Krycek nodded, "I guess so. So, what's the possibility of us getting on a
lifeboat?"

Jason answered this, "Trini has a good chance of getting off. Even Tanya has a
pretty good chance, but we guys don't really.
Not unless there are very few first class passengers."

Adam looked at Trini seriously, "Trini, I want you to get on a lifeboat and be
saved."

Trini looked at him fiercely, "No."

"That's my dying wish. I want you to live!"

Trini glared at him, "Without you I'm dead anyway! Besides, I'd rather die by
your side than sit in some little boat wondering
what had happened to you. No, I'm staying. That's the end of that."
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Subject: New: Fate 14/16
From: rkacat@aol.com (Rkacat)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.x-files.creative


In the lifeboat docking area Kim was looking around the deck wondering where
Tommy was, and desperately praying that
he was doing something to save himself. Mr. Hart grabbed her and pulled her
towards a boat, "Let's go, Darling. We get to
be saved."

"I don't want to leave Tommy. Maybe I could save him."

Mr. Hart smirked, "That boy you were with last night? Honey, I know he showed
you a good time, but I won't have him
toying with your mind."

"He's not toying with my mind!" Kim exclaimed, "I won't leave him!"

"You will and are," Mr. Hart said. "Listen, he doesn't care for you. Guys in
third class are rude, filthy, and, most of all,
uncaring. They don't give a damn about anything, Darling."

"He loves me," Kim seethed, "and I love him."

Mr. Hart slapped his daughter in the face, "You dare give your love to a poor
rat!? Get in the boat while you still have partial
sanity!" Before Kim could protest her father had pushed her into the lifeboat,
and it was already being lowered. 

Kim looked back up at the deck, seeing hundreds of people scurrying around for
dear life. She felt a tear run down her
cheek as her mind pictured Tommy being on the boat as it sank to it's watery
grave. "Get off it," she whispered, "I'm with
you."

On another side of the docking area Mulder pulled Scully into a clearing. He
grinned, "You're going to live, Scully."

Scully, tears rolling down her cheeks, hugged her partner, friend, and lover,
"I don't want to leave you. I don't want you to
die."

Mulder shook his head, "I'm not going to die. I'll wait up here until they call
second class passengers, and then I'll board a
boat. You'll just go first." Scully merely shook her head.

One of the officers grabbed Scully's arm, "Miss, are you boarding?"

Scully looked at Mulder and saw him nod slightly. She frowned, "Yes, I'm
boarding." The officer nodded and led her to a
lifeboat where she was gently helped in by two other officers. As soon as the
boat was filled it was lowered down to the sea. 

As the boat was being lowered Scully looked back up at Mulder who was watching
from the railing. SOS flares shined
behind him in the pitch black sky. The flares matched his creme shirt, which
accented his hazel eyes. They shimmered in the
light of the flares, and Scully could have sworn that her partner was closed to
tears. Unable to help herself, she yelled, "I love
you!"

From the railing, she saw Mulder grin faintly. He mouthed `I love you' and blew
her a kiss. A tear rolled down his cheek, but
he quickly wiped it away. Scully, herself, was crying as she prayed to God for
his safety.

Soon, the boat touched the water, and the officers began rowing away from the
ship. From this angle Scully now had a clear
picture of how far the ship had sank already. The front of the ship was almost
completely in the water, and the back end was
beginning to pop out of it. 

After a few minutes, the ship became smaller and smaller, but Scully continued
to watch it. Titanic was an amazing sight. The
ship was still fully illuminated, and, even from a distance, you could hear the
panicked screams and cries of the people still on
board. At this point everyone on the lifeboat was in tears, including the
officers who were murmuring prayers. The first one
covered his eyes for a moment, "Please God, do not bring your wrath upon this
ship as you did the first one. Let these
people live."

Scully, still crying, muttered a prayer of her own, "Lord, watch over Mulder.
Let him live so that I can give him the love that
he's deserved for five years. God, I'm so ashamed of the fact that I was blind
to my love for him for so long. Please, let him
live."
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Mulder, tears still streaming from his eyes, turned away from Scully's lifeboat
as he saw it become clouded by the mist of the
cool night air. <At least Scully will live on> he told himself <unfortunately,
that probably won't be the case with you> It was
at this time that Mulder realized that he was going to die. Death was no longer
just a possibility. It was a fact. <Why did you
wait so long to love her?>

Wiping his eyes with his sleeve, Mulder looked around with an enlightened
sense. Around him little children were crying as
they were forced to leave their fathers, and grown men were hurling themselves
into the lifeboats, hoping to be saved.
Women screamed as they were torn away from their loved ones, and teenage girls
pulled away from the ratty third class men
who tried to pull them back. 

Some officers, at this point, had drawn their guns and were shooting them off
into the sky as a warning to the unruly
passengers. A few of the officers had even shot at the third class men, killing
a few of them instantly. Mulder backed away
from the docking area against the wall, deciding that if he was going to die
he'd rather do it with dignity.

Closing his eyes, Mulder did his best to ignore all the screaming and anguished
cries of the passengers, wanting nothing more
than to have some sense of serenity. His eyes quickly opened as he felt someone
touch his shoulder. It was Skinner, who had
a strange look of wildness in his eyes. His shirt was torn, and his pants were
covered in some kind of dirt. Mulder gaped at
him, "Sir, why didn't you get on a lifeboat? They're still boarding first class
males."

"I was looking for you and Scully," Skinner replied icily. He was breathing
heavily, and it was at that point that Mulder
realized his AD's gun was drawn.

Mulder forced a weak smile, "Scully was put on a lifeboat. I suggest you get on
one, too, Sir."

Skinner glared at him, "I saw you and her today, Mulder. I saw you hold her;
caress her body."

"Sir?"

"I know you love her, Fox," Skinner yelled, "I know everything. You stole her
from me!"

Mulder just stared at him in shock, "Sir, I didn't steal Scully from you. She
came to me willingly. I love her."

Skinner smirked, "You love her physical body, Fox. You love her hair, her
breasts, her diminutive body. Do you love HER,
Mulder? I don't think you do."

"I love Scully, Sir! Dana is a strong, passionate, beautiful woman, and I love
her more than I love myself!"

Skinner laughed and put his gun up to Mulder's forehead, "I love her, too,
Mulder."

Mulder's eyes widened as he stared at the gun. Seeing Skinner put his finger on
the trigger, he bolted away for dear life,
turning around to see where his AD was. Skinner shot at Mulder, missing him and
hitting a pole instead. Mulder continued to
run, not stopping for anything or anyone. Skinner shot again, this time
striking an old man in the chest. The man groaned and
fell to the ground, and immediately a whole group of people where around him.
Skinner didn't stop there, however. He shot
again, hitting a young Asian man. Suddenly, he stopped and glanced around. A
young Asian woman was kneeling by the
man, trying to revive him. By the old man a young girl was crying softly.

Sensing that the chase was over, Mulder stopped and faced Skinner, seeing that
the older man was looking at the gun in his
hand and glancing at the two innocent people he had shot. Everything happened
so slowly after that. Skinner, in a moment of
complete guilt and confusion, raised the gun in his hand to his own head.
Mulder ran to him, trying his best to stop his
superior from shooting himself. "You were the best, Fox," Skinner cried, "I'm
sorry." With that, he pulled the trigger, killing
himself instantly.

Mulder was quickly by his side looking at the bullet hole in his skull. Soon,
the AD was in a pool of his own blood, and
Mulder couldn't help but shed a tear for the man that he had admired for so
many years. "I always trusted you," he
whispered, "up to the last minute."

Looking to where the young Asian man laid he watched as the Asian woman hugged
his dead body, sobbing. An African
American woman was standing by her side, crying softly, and a white boy was
hugging her, also tearing. Another boy with
long brown hair was rubbing the bridge of his nose, and an older man was
looking directly at him. Instantly, Mulder
recognized the man as Alex Krycek, and he was surprised to see that his enemy
was close to tears.
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As soon as he heard Trini scream Krycek knew that something was terribly wrong.
Sprinting as fast as he could to her
location, he gasped as he saw Adam lying on the floor of the ship struggling to
breath. Trini was kneeling by him, sobbing and
inspecting the bloody hole right in the middle of his chest.

Jason, who was now standing right behind Trini, was watching the whole thing
with some kind of strange fascination. Krycek
saw that he was turning pale, and yet he never took his eyes off Adam. Tanya,
however, was already crying, burying her face
into Jason's chest. He held on to her, and Krycek silently thanked Billy for
stopping Kat from seeing this.

At that moment, Krycek noticed that Tommy was standing next to him. The younger
man was cradling his head in his hands,
and Krycek couldn't stop himself from touching his arm. Tommy looked at him,
almost angrily, "You don't understand how
this feels, do you? You see this everyday."

Krycek just turned away from him and sat down on the beach chair that was
directly behind him. Tommy was right, and he
knew it. How many times had he seen young people Adam's age be shot? How many
times had he seen people younger
than Adam shot? Feeling tears threaten to spill from his eyes, he focused his
attention on something else. Anything else, and
that was when he noticed Walter Skinner.

The older man was holding a gun up to his head, yelling out something, and
Krycek watched as Mulder's boss shot himself.
Krycek was dumbfounded. Had Skinner done this? Why? He watched as Mulder ran to
him and knelt down next to the
head AD, looking at the man's temple. Krycek shook his head. Skinner had been a
good man. Always moral...always
wanting nothing more than to do things properly. It was a quality that had
always pissed Krycek off, and yet it had made him
admire the man all the more.

Krycek watched as Mulder turned towards him, staring right into his eyes. Not
wanting to look into his piercing glare,
Krycek turned back towards Trini and Adam. Just by looking at Adam's face
Krycek knew that the younger man was dead,
as did Trini, who was bawling. Tanya's crying had increased, and Jason held her
tightly. 

He looked up as Tommy sat down next to him. Krycek rubbed his eyes as he felt a
tear escape them, "Do you want to
reprimand me some more?"

"I want to apologize," Tommy said. He sighed, "Yes, I know you've seen this a
lot, but I've never experienced the death of
a true love. Adam wasn't even a very close friend of mine, though I think we
would have been if he hadn't been shot. Losing
Gina must have been hard for you."

Krycek smiled weakly, "Adam seemed like a great guy. He had a lot to live
for...Trini is going to miss him a lot."

Tommy rubbed his eyes before continuing, "I stepped in front of you that day in
the stairwell because I don't want to
experience the death of a friend, Alex. If that guy would have killed you, I
would have found some way to blame myself for
it."

Krycek chuckled, feeling a tear roll down his cheek, "When you all did that for
me I saw flashbacks of Gina. I thought
Mulder was going to kill you all, and I would be responsible. I couldn't live
with that."

"Well, who would have known at that moment that we were going to die anyway?"

"It's no different," Krycek stated, "We're still going to die side by side."

Tommy grinned faintly, "There's no way I'd rather go, Man."

At that moment, Krycek felt a hand on his shoulder and he looked up to find
himself gazing into the eyes of Fox Mulder. The
older man shook his head, "It's a pleasure seeing you again, Krycek."

"Are you going to beat me up and kill me, Mulder, because if you are you can do
it now. We're all going to die anyway."

Mulder pointed towards the cut of Krycek's face, "It seems like someone beat
you up already, and it's no fun if you're
already messed up." Looking down at Adam, he sighed, "I don't know what Skinner
was thinking."

Krycek looked at him, incredulous, "Skinner shot Adam? Why!?"

"He was trying to hit me," Mulder said, guiltily, "He was in love with Scully,
but I--"

"She loved you," Krycek finished. He smiled, "I knew it was just a matter of
time." Suddenly becoming serious, Krycek
looked at Mulder, "Mulder, you may not believe me when I say this, but I need
to say it."

Mulder frowned, "What?"

"My original assignment for this trip was to kill you," Krycek said, "That's
what I was ordered to do by my employer."

"Why didn't you?" Mulder asked, "God knows you had plenty of opportunities."

Krycek sighed, "I couldn't."

Mulder tilted his head in confusion, "What do you mean `you couldn't'?" 

"I couldn't kill you because I didn't want to," Krycek said cautiously. "You
don't have to believe me when I say this, but it's
the truth. I had to kill your father because I had outwardly refused to kill
you. That had been my objective from the beginning.
Kill you, but I couldn't kill you because ever since I joined the FBI I was
interested in your work; interested in your theories.
Finally, I believed them. I believed you, which is why I'm telling you this,
Mulder. You're going to live and prove to everyone
that has ever doubted you that there are little green men. I know there are,
and all you have to do is prove it."

Mulder laughed wryly, "There are no such things as aliens, Krycek. A man from
the DOD proved to me that they aren't
real."

Krycek raised his eyebrows, "You know he was telling the truth?"

"I know what I saw. It's all an elaborate hoax created by the military."

Tommy, who had been listening to the conversation intently, decided to put in
his two-cents, "What about the Power
Rangers?"

Mulder looked at him, confused, "Who?"

"Power Rangers," Tommy repeated, "They're from Angel Grove, California, and
they fight alien beings that attack the
Earth."

Alex looked at Tommy, suddenly becoming as excited as a young child, "Part of
the resistance!" He turned back to Mulder,
"Oh, Mulder, how much you have to learn! That is, if you're willing to."

Mulder's eyes narrowed, "You killed my father, Krycek. How do I know this is
for real?"

Krycek grinned, "Look at fate. Out of all the places on this boat you ran here
while Skinner was chasing you, and you
happened to look over here and see me. I had to arrive at the perfect time just
for this to be possible, and Adam had to be in
a specific spot so that the bullet that came from Skinner's gun would hit him.
This is fate, Mulder. If we do live, it'll be your
choice whether you want to believe me or not, but I'd hope that if these are
our last minutes, that we could live them
peacefully. What do you say?" He held out his hand.

Mulder looked at it for a second before taking hold of it, "Deal. Besides, I'll
need your arm to hold me above water."
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The next day came, but no one noticed it's arrival. It was exactly 12:00am of
the fifth day, and people were becoming more
frantic than ever. All the lifeboats were gone, and the hull of the ship was
sinking fast. Mulder, Krycek, and Tommy were
sitting on a beach chair wordlessly, as Jason knelt by Adam's corpse. Tanya was
sitting next to Trini on another chair, doing
her best to comfort the mourning girl. Tommy gazed down at Adam's body, almost
smiling as he saw the lights from the
flares shine off his pale face. <At least Adam died dry, unlike the rest of us
will> he thought.

Mulder looked at the very back of the ship. It was already popping a bit out of
the water, and a few people were jumping off
it, hoping to swim to the last lifeboats that had just rowed away.

Suddenly, there was a horrible shrieking as a distant woman cried, "Water! The
hull is under and all the lifeboats are gone!
Water is consuming the ship!"

The group watched in fascination as a crowd of people ran to the end of the
boat and jumped off. Krycek's eyes widened as
he looked over the group. They were rich, poor, middle class, and ranged
anywhere from old men and women to infants. He
grimaced, "Finally, society comes together in a mass suicide."

"We'll all die anyway," Mulder murmured, "More power to them if they're trying
to still save their lives."

"The water is freezing cold," Tommy said, "All they're doing is participating
in mob stupidity."

Another group of people ran to the back end of the ship with a bunch of
officers holding their guns and shouting curses. A
few of them shot their guns, killing some of the people waiting to jump off the
boat. Jason looked up at the others from where
he was kneeling, "Guys, I refuse to jump. I'm staying on till the very end."

"If you stay, then I'm staying with you," Tanya said, "We go down together."

Krycek sighed, "I'm not in a hurry to freeze. Either way equals death, and I'd
rather be sucked under than float in freezing
water until I die."

Everyone was silent as they heard a sickening creak. Mulder looked around,
trying to find a source of the noise, and it was at
that moment that the group realized that one of the smoke stacks atop the ship
and faltered under the weight of the water and
had bent, crushing anyone who had been in the water of that area. Tanya turned
her head away as she heard a few pained
screams ring through the whole ship, "May God have mercy on our souls."
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Subject: New: Fate 15/16
From: rkacat@aol.com (Rkacat)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.x-files.creative

Subj:	Fate 15/16
Date:	98-03-23 18:46:24 EST
From:	Rkacat
To:	GudaSaga

From her lifeboat, all Kat could do was watch in utter helplessness as one of
the smoke stacks on top of the ship fell under
the weight of the water. Billy sensing that she was upset, put his arm around
her, "Everything will be OK. You know that,
right? We're safe."

Kat didn't hear him. All she could think was that Krycek had been under that
smoke stack as it fell and he was now dead.
Even more horrifying was the thought that he had jumped off the ship along with
those others. "Alex," she whispered.

Billy looked at her, "What? What did you say?"

"Billy," she whispered, "I cannot keep telling you lies. I love another."

Billy stared at her in complete shock, "You love another? Who?"

Kat felt a tear run down her cheek, "I'm in love with Alex Krycek. I can't love
you, though I thank you for regarding me with
such respect and passion."

"You love another," Billy said again, his eyes closed in agony.

Kat was sobbing now, "Billy, I'm sorry. You know that I am. You are a wonderful
person, and I'm sure that many women
would beg for the chance to love you and feel the gentle caring you gave me."

Billy looked at her, eyes pleading, "Please say that you will at least pretend
to love me. Give me at least some sense of joy."

"I can't," Kat whispered softly, "I'm sorry."

"You were everything to me!" Billy cried, "I loved you more than life...I love
you more than life, Katherine! You wouldn't
know this, but I thought of committing suicide before I met you. You,
Katherine, were a reason for me to go on, but now that
I don't have you." He paused, "I don't have anything." In one swift motion,
Billy tore off his life jacket and dove into the
freezing water.

Kat cried out and looked over the edge along with many of the passengers on the
boat. He didn't come up. Mrs. Cranston
stared at Kat angrily, "What did you say? What happened?"

"Billy told me that he was going to commit suicide," Kat sobbed, "Why would
he?"

Mrs. Cranston tugged her forward, "It was you, witch! Die along with him!" She
pushed her with all her might, but before
Kat could fall into the freezing water a strong hand grabbed her and pulled her
back.

The officer who had done this turned to Mrs. Cranston icily, "If you dare to do
that again, Miss, it will be you joining your
son." Mrs. Cranston looked at Kat once again, before allowing herself to cry.
Mr. Cranston held her close, turning away
from Kat.

Kim, who had watched everything, grabbed Kat's hand, "I heard what you told
Billy."

"I'm sorry," Kat cried, "I couldn't continue to lead him towards thinking I
loved him."

"You love Alex Krycek?"

Kat nodded, "I do love him, and I'm praying at this moment for his safety."

Kim sighed, "I've been praying for Tommy's safety, as well. It's hard to love
someone that is forbidden to you."

"It's hard to love someone even when another offers you more money than you
could dream of," Kat told her, shakily.

The two turned and looked at the ship again, gasping as they saw the back of
the ship was fully out of the water. The whole
ship was on a slant, and they watched in horror as people, looking like little
dots, jumped from the back of the ship to the
water. The other smoke stack had also bent under the weight of the water.
Though the sight was the most devastating they
had ever seen, neither woman could tear their eyes from it. Titanic was
beautiful with it's sparkling lights, and yet it was like
looking into hell, hearing the cries from young and old as the from of the ship
sunk deeper and deeper into the freezing water.
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"...and God shall wipe all the tears from their eyes, and there shall be no
more death..." Mulder heard the distant minister say.
<If there is a God, why would he do this...again?> he wondered. Even though a
large part of him still thought believing in
God meant that you were ignorant and unwise, a small part of him couldn't stop
but wonder if there was a faceless God that
controlled fate. Was it God that made him be right on Titanic at the moment it
sank? Did God really control who lived and
died? Was it God who brought him together with these people? Was `fate' just
another word for `God'? He was so
confused about all his feelings. Nothing seemed to add up right. 

He looked at Krycek, who had closed his eyes and was leaning against the back
of the beach chair. <Funny time to sleep>
Mulder thought.

As if reading his mind, Krycek turned towards him, "I'm not asleep. Part of me
just wants to get away from this hell."

Tommy, who was sitting next to Krycek, looked around, "Where did Jason go?"

Tanya leaned forward, "Jason wanted to hear the minister. He said that if he
was going to die he wanted to be right with God
before he did."

Trini, who had been quiet since Adam's death, spoke up, "What's the point? This
is hell. Even if we all go to hell, it won't be
any worse than this."

"I'm sorry about Adam," Tommy whispered, "We all are."

She stood suddenly and marched right in front of Tommy, "How can you be sorry!?
He's DEAD! You didn't know him!
You don't know how I feel! You've never lost someone close to you!"

Krycek gazed at her, "I have. My fianc‚e was shot a few months before we were
supposed to get married." 

Trini just stared at him. "How did she die?" She asked, finally.

"Gina took a bullet for me in an alleyway," Krycek said, still seeing the night
in his mind, "I've never gotten over it, but it's
important for you to live for him."

Trini smirked, "For the next few minutes?"

"Picture Adam being with you for the next few minutes," Krycek said softly, "He
would have wanted you to go on for him."

At that moment, Jason returned. Not saying a word, he sat next to Tanya and
hugged her. Tanya hugged him back before
returning her eyes to Trini. The Asian girl shook her head, "If you live you'll
have Katherine. If Mulder lives he'll have Scully.
If Tommy lives he'll have Kimberly, and if both Tanya and Jason live, they'll
have each other. Who will I have!?"

"You'll have all of us," Tanya whispered. "We'll be there for you, even in
death."

Trini was about to say something, but she closed her mouth as the ship seemed
to tilt. The group held on to each other to
keep their balance. There was a chorus of screaming as a large crowd ran to the
back of the ship. Some of them jumped off,
and some just grabbed the railing for dear life. 

Trini turned back to the others. "Do you expect me to be able to live after
losing Adam and any of you!? I refuse to live!"
With that, she took off her life jacket, and before anyone could stop her, she
had run to the back of the ship and jumped off.
Everyone just stared after her in stunned silence. 

There was an eerie creaking that echoed through the ships as more people ran to
the railing for support. Mulder looked at
the others, "Guys, this is it." Suddenly, there was a jolt and the ship's
lights flashed off. All anyone could see was an awful
blackness.

From the lifeboats Kim and Kat turned away from the ship as all the power shut
off. "She's goin under," one of the rowing
officers murmured, "Jus like the first one."

On Scully's lifeboat, everyone sat in stunned silence as the lights of the ship
died away. Titanic was now just a shadow in the
dark night. Scully grimaced as she heard the screams of terror and confusion
coming from the remaining people on Titanic.
Suddenly, the ship rose even more out of the water, until even Titanic's
propellers were fully out of the water. That's when
Scully heard it. A sickening crack. She gasped, "The ship is going to
split...just like the first one."
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Getting his eyes adjusted to the darkness, Jason felt around for Tanya, finally
finding her. She took in a deep breath, "Jason?
Is that you?"

"It's me," he breathed. "Mulder? Alex? Tommy?"

"I'm still here," Krycek called.

Mulder nodded, "Me too."

"I'm shaken up, but besides that I'm all here," Tommy said.

Jason grabbed on to Tanya for support as the ship's back rose even higher,
sending them all sliding backwards. Some, who
had been hanging from the railings, slid backwards. A few fell off the ship
intirely, falling to the water below. Many people by
the edge of the ship muttered up prayers or cursed fate before jumping off,
falling freely for almost a minute before hitting the
water.

All of a sudden the group heard an awful cracking sound. Tanya looked around,
"What the hell was that?"

Krycek swallowed hard before answering, "Titanic is following her mother's
footsteps. It's going to break in half."

"It's going to break in half!?" Tommy questioned, panicked.

Krycek nodded, looking around for any signs that he was right, "I'm almost sure
of it."

"What do we do?" Tanya asked. "We can't just sit here!"

Before anyone could respond there was a loud snap followed by a horrible
shrieking as the back of the ship crashed back
down to sea level, killing anyone who was floating underneath. People by the
railing went flying off the ship in every direction,
as more people decided that now was the best time to jump off.

Jason and Tanya went tumbling to the ground, finding themselves buried
underneath a large group of people. Mulder fell off
the seat where he had been sitting, crying out as his head struck the deck.
Krycek and Tommy both flew off the chairs,
slamming against the railing of the ship.

Jason and Tanya finally were able to get out from under the crowd of people.
They inspected each other. Jason sighed, "You
OK?"

"I'm fine," Tanya assured him, "How about you."

"OK," Jason said. Looking around, he was alarmed to find that he couldn't find
Mulder, Tommy, or Krycek anywhere.
"Tanya, do you see the others?"

Tanya glanced around, not catching a glimpse of her friends, "No, I don't see
them. Where could they be?"

From the railing of the ship, Tommy slowly moved away from it, feeling the
tender spot on his head that had slammed into the
hard metal. Seeing Krycek, he shook him, "Hey, are you all right?"

Krycek stirred slowly, "Never felt better." He groaned as he realized the spot
where he'd hit his head was the same place
where his band aid was. Tearing it off, he sighed, "It's not helping much
anyway." Looking around, he rose to his feet,
"Where are the others?"

Tommy looked to where they had been sitting, "I don't know!"

From underneath one of the chairs Mulder rose slowly, "I'm right here."

Krycek sighed with relief before running over to Mulder and inspecting the
nasty looking gash on his forehead, "Damn, that
looks painful."

"I assure you that it is," Mulder said, "Thanks for your concern."

"Were Tanya and Jason over there?" Tommy asked.

Mulder shook his head, "No. I haven't seen them."

Suddenly, Krycek grabbed both Mulder and Tommy and began dragging them towards
the back railing of the ship. Mulder
tugged backwards in protest, "What the hell are you doing!?"

"This ship is going to spring back up, and I, personally, don't feel like
getting off so soon."

Tommy, understanding, detached his arm from Krycek's hand and sprinted to the
railing. No sooner had the three men
grabbed hold of the railing did the ship begin to rise again. This time,
instead of partially rising, the ship became totally vertical
in the water, and it stayed that way. People holding the railing began to
slowly fall off, slamming into metal poles, hitting the
tables that were positioned around the decks, or just crashing into the water.

Mulder looked down from where he was hanging, becoming dizzy as he saw how high
they were. The sea looked miles
away, and he grabbed the railing even tighter, not wanting to experience the
painful consequences. Krycek had draped his
wooden arm over the railing, and was using the grip of his fake arm to hold his
real arm in place. Tommy, counting on his arm
strength, looked up at the sky, for a moment forgetting the present danger he
was in. The sky looked so much closer than
usual, he noted. It was purely black with only a few stars present. He almost
laughed at the irony. <Those stars symbolize the
number of us that are going to survive this>

Scully continued to stare at Titanic in awe. Never before had she seen such a
breathtaking sight as this once grand ship now
totally vertical in the water. Seeing the people fall from the top railing and
fall to the sea made her pray again for Mulder's
safety. Her eyes widened at what she saw next. The ship bobbed a little bit and
began to sink. This was it.
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Jason held on to Tanya tightly as the ship began it's final plunge towards the
freezing ocean. They were on top of the railing,
looking down at all the people still hanging from the railings. Though both
wanted to see if Mulder, Krycek, and Tommy
were still holding on, they dared not move for fear of falling to their deaths.
Tanya looked at Jason, "This is it. We're going to
die."

"We're not going to die," Jason said, seriously, "We're going to live and go on
together."

Tanya laughed, "How can you say that!?"

Jason looked back down at the ocean, seeing how close they were to entering it,
"When we hit the water, begin kicking with
all your might. Hopefully we can overpower the pull of the ship as it goes
under. Do not let go of my hand."

Tanya kissed Jason, wondering if it would be the last time, "Jason, if I die,
promise that you'll live for me."

"Only if you promise to live for me," Jason said.

Tanya nodded, "You know I will."

Looking back down at the water, Jason looked at Tanya, "When I say `now' take
in the deepest breath you can and begin
to kick." He watched the water approaching, "Ready...now!" The two took in a
deep breath and began to kick as the whole
ship was taken under. 

Kicking as hard as they could, Tanya swam for the top, doing her best to let
the air out of her mouth slowly. Suddenly, there
was a giant pull, and she found herself out of the water. Looking around, she
saw a horde of people floating the water with
their life jackets. It was at that point that she realized Jason's hand was no
longer in hers.

Frantically searching around her, all she could see were strangers. Jason was
not among them. He hadn't made it.
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Subject: New: Fate 16/16
From: rkacat@aol.com (Rkacat)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.x-files.creative


"We have to go back!" Kim cried, "There are way over one hundred people out
there! You can't let them die if we can save
them!"

One of the officers in the boat sighed, "Miss, I've already told you that we
are going to board the people in this boat to
another boat so that we can have room to fit the people."

As if on cue another lifeboat, half-filled, appeared. The two boats rowed up to
each other, and the officers began helping the
people from one boat onto another boat. Once Kim and Kat got on the second
boat, they huddled together to keep warm
along with the other passengers. Mr. and Mrs. Cranston sat as far from them as
possible. 

Scully, who had been doing her best to ignore the shouts coming from those in
the water, turned to the two young women
who had sat in front of her. She grinned weakly at them, "Do you know anyone
out there?"

Kim looked at her cautiously, "Do you?"

Scully sighed, "Someone who it's taken me five years to realize I loved. I
don't want to lose him, and I'm hoping it's all right.
I've got to trust God...trust fate."

"It's amazing how fate works," Kat agreed, "how, less than a week ago we were
all at home in our beds, never realizing that
we'd be here now, praying for men that we would love more than we loved
ourselves." The three got closer to each other as
a cool wind rushed by. They looked out at the lifeboat that was returning back
to the floating people, hoping that it wouldn't
be too late.

By the time the lifeboat reached the site of the sinking it had taken them
nearly forty-five minutes to row there. Once getting
to the people, the officers nearly fainted as they saw all the bodies floating
in the water. "Are they alive?" the first one asked.

"They don't look alive," the second one said.

"Can anyone hear me!?" The first called. There was no reply, and he looked at
the people floating nearby, seeing that they
were all nearly blue with coldness.
 
The second continued looking through the crowds of people for survivors.
Picking up one of the men, he was surprised to
see his lips moving. "I've got a live one!" he yelled.

The first examined him, "What's he saying?"

Raising the man closer to his ear, he could barely make out, "We're
alive...we're alive..."

"He's saying there's more alive!"

"Check the people close to him!" the first commanded, looking around the other
side.

The second pulled a few other men out of the water, checking them. Two of the
ones he checked were dead but, raising the
third, he yelled, "Another live one! I'm pulling him in!...wait, this one's
alive too! Barely, but he'll make it!"

Checking all of the people they could, the officers raised a few more people
into the boat and, with no more room, they sadly
rowed away. From that day on, the two officers would never forget that horrible
spot in the water that became a grave for so
many.
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At about 7:00am the next morning the people in the lifeboats were put on board
another liner heading in the same direction as
Titanic had been. When the officers of this boat, the Falcon, learned what had
happened, they were shocked, saying how it
seemed like a bad dream how bad luck followed Titanic anywhere.

The sea was calm, and it was a beautiful morning. The ocean sparkled under the
light of the rising sun. Scully looked out over
the railing of the Falcon, thinking of how horrible the night had been. She was
almost angry at the sea for being so calm after
such a tragedy. After checking the roster lists from those on the lifeboats she
knew that Mulder wasn't listed, but a part of
her was still certain that he had to be alive.

Next to her stood Kim and Kat, who had literally become best friends overnight,
realizing that they had so much in common.
Both, right now, were in tears after hearing that Krycek and Tommy had not been
recorded in the roster. Scully turned to
them, deciding to give them a little hope, "That lifeboat that went to those
people in the water last night hasn't returned yet.
There's still a chance that they were on that."

"That water was freezing," Kat sobbed, "There's no chance that they lived."

Kim sighed, "It's amazing how quickly you can feel on top of the world, and
then you lose everything."

"You haven't lost everything," Scully argued, "You still have your father, your
wealth--"

Kim intervened, "My father is a cold-hearted animal who's selfish, biased, and
uncaring. Tommy meant more to me than him
or any of my wealth!"

At that moment an officer walked over to them, "Um, the two boats that went out
last night have returned with survivors.
They're unloading, and I know you three said you wanted to be present when they
did."

Kat and Kim sprinted for the docking area, while Scully smiled faintly, "Thank
you." With that, she ran to catch up with the
others.

By the time she reached the area where the boats were unloading Kim and Kat
were already there looking for their loves. As
the first boat emptied they watched as Tanya wandered off, looking dazed and
upset. Kat ran over to her and they
embraced, "Tanya, I thought you would have died."

"Jason didn't make it," Tanya cried, "I was holding his hand as the boat sank,
and when I reached the surface he wasn't
there. The force of the boat pulled him down!" With that she began sobbing once
again.

Kim and Scully, not knowing Tanya, simply listened to her, not able to imagine
the pain she must feel of knowing that her
love was dead. After the first boat had unloaded, none of the three had come
off. Now was the moment of truth. The last
boat began to empty.

"I don't see him," Kim exclaimed, crying once again.

She had no sooner said this than she heard someone say, "You can see me now,
Beautiful."

Looking up, she almost screamed for joy at the sight of Tommy...her Tommy
walking up to her with the biggest smile on his
face. To her, he looked like an angel that had come to Earth. His soft brown
eyes were gleaming with happiness as he ran up
to her and hugged her, swinging her around. She laughed happily, "I thought you
were dead."

"You pulled me through," Tommy whispered, "Without your strength I couldn't
have made it."

Scully watched the reunion without fully paying attention, knowing that the
worst had happened: Mulder was really dead. The
crowd getting off the boat had thinned, and now only a few people remained, and
out of them she couldn't see Mulder.
"Why did I wait so long?" she cried aloud.

Then, she heard something which made her heart stop, "Scully?"

Looking up, Scully saw a weary looking Fox Mulder walking towards her. <Who
cares if he looks tired?> Scully asked
herself. <It's Mulder. He's alive> Running up to him Scully literally flung
herself into Mulder's extended arms, kissing him
passionately on the lips. As she pulled away, she rubbed his arms, "You're
freezing."

"Don't worry. I promise not to go swimming in icy water anymore," Mulder
chuckled.

Scully smiled, kissing him again, "I knew you were alive. Somehow I felt you."

"That's what you get for being partners with me for five years," Mulder
remarked.

Before the two could continue their conversation an officer tapped Mulder on
the back. Mulder turned around, but before he
could inquire what he wanted, the officer answered for him, "Sir, could you
help us with this last man? I don't think he can
walk yet. His legs are still pretty frozen."

Without any more instruction Mulder walked over to the boat and, seeing who the
man was, he laughed, "You do you
always end up getting the worse of everything!"

Kat, giving up hope, turned and began to walk away with tears in her eyes, when
Scully ran over to her, putting her arm on
her shoulder, "Don't leave yet."

Turning around, Kat looked over towards the boat, watched as Mulder and an
officer carried someone out of the lifeboat.
Getting a better look at him, Kat knew exactly who it was, and she began to
weep even harder as she ran over to the three.
Mulder smiled, "Mr. Unlucky needs to get his legs thawed out."

Kat paid him no mind. Instead, she put her arms around Alex Krycek, letting her
tears seep onto his already soaking shirt.
Faintly she could hear him repeat her name over and over, and she kissed him
gently, "Don't you ever scare me like that
again, Alex. Never."

Krycek smiled, forcing his frozen body to let his right arm embrace her. "I
don't plan to, Katherine," he stuttered, shivering.

Kissing him again, Kat told the officer to let him go, putting his arm around
her shoulders. Mouthing her thanks to Mulder, the
two helped Krycek over to where Scully, Tommy, Kim, and Tanya were standing.
Scully looked at Mulder and then at
Krycek, shocked, "Should I know about something here?"

Mulder laughed at this, "I'll explain later...if ever."

Kim grabbed Tommy's arm, "This is so amazing."

Tanya shook her head, "How can I live without Jason? I can't--"

Kat silenced her, "We are here for you, Tanya. Always. You have to go on. Jason
would have wanted it. He would have
wanted you to live your life. Let him live in you."

"How can I do that?"

Tommy frowned, "Keep him in your heart."

"You'll never forget him," Krycek whispered, "but that can be a good thing."

Smiling genuinely for the first time since Jason's death, Tanya felt a tear
roll down her cheek, "Will you all promise to help
me?"

Kat nodded, "We'll be with you just like you'll be with us...just like Jason
will always be with us."

Tanya grinned, and the group walked calmly up to the main deck of the ship.
Reaching it, they looked over the railing at the
peaceful ocean wordlessly letting their thoughts overtake them. As the sun
shined brighter on the sea, they took in the sea air.
None of them knew what would become of them, and how they would manage to stay
together, but they all knew that if it
was meant to be fate would find a way.
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The end. Was it intense or...just dumb? You tell me...I'm waiting for E-mails,
people! My address is Rkacat@aol.com. Believe me, after the time it took me to
write this, if I don't get some kind of *creative* criticism or any comments
I'll just throw something at my computer so I won't be able to write fanfic
anymore....s-stop cheering, that's not the point of this end note! Oh, and
about the E-mails, please don't write me asking me why I killed off
Adam/Trini/Jason/Skinner/Billy. I just DID, not because I don't like the
characters! Believe me, anyone who knows me can say that Adam is one of my all
time favorites, as are Jason and Billy. As for Skinner...no comment, but I
killed them off because it fit into the story, not because I wanted them dead.
Well,  thanks for reading :-)