From: Snark <snark_911@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 15:01:10 -0800 (PST)
Subject: xfc: NEW:  "For I Have Felt Evil" by Snark. post-Orison vignette.
Source: xfc

From: Snark <snark_911@yahoo.com>


TITLE: For I Have Felt Evil
FORMAT: 155-Words

AUTHOR: Snark
E-MAIL: snark_911@yahoo.com
DATE COMPLETED: January 10, 1999

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SUMMARY: Scully looks a bit further into her thoughts.

SPOILERS: Orison. Big spoiler for Orison. If you haven't 
seen Orison yet and want to remain spoiler-free, please
do *not* read this.

CLASSIFICATION: Vignette, 155-word format, Scully POV.

RATING: PG

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DISTRIBUTION: OK to forward to ATXC newsgroup, Gossamer
Xemplary and the Spookys. Please ask permission before 
archiving anywhere else. If you already have one of my 
stories, permission is granted, but still let me know 
you are grabbing this one as well.

DISCLAIMER: Not mine, yadda yadda.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Complete notes at the end.

FEEDBACK: Mail comments to snark_911@yahoo.com.

HOMEPAGE: http://members.tripod.com/~koosn/index.html


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I killed Donnie Pfaster.

Not as God's hand, not as the devil's tool, not as a 'temporarily 
insane' or 'hypnotically influenced' woman.

*I* killed him.

Me. Dana Katherine Scully. I walked into that room, I saw him 
standing there, and when he turned those eyes to look at me, 
I pulled the trigger in one sure motion.

I didn't even blink.

Should I feel remorse for my actions?

Of course. I took the life of an unarmed man who was in no way 
immediately threatening my life or that of my partner.

*Do* I feel remorse?

Yes. I have always thought of myself as a righteous person, and 
yet I killed. Regardless of the benefit given to society by my 
actions, I cannot deny the fact I committed a sin. 

And if I had to repeat those moments, is there anything which 
would stop me from killing him again?

Just one...

An empty gun. 



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AUTHOR'S NOTES:  The ending scenes of Orison have already, in 
less than one day's time, been more highly debated than I've 
seen in a very long time. Religiously, morally, ethically, 
legally--all the possible angles of interpretation have 
weighed in with their justifications or remonstrations of 
Scully's actions. 

And while I did not intend to write this vignette in a 155-word 
format story, I realized what I had to say was actually rather
focused and succinct. So I simply thought "Hey, try something 
new while you're at it," LOL--and here we are.

I know not everyone will agree with how I've interpreted 
Scully's actions here, and thank god for that--debating the 
questions posed by The X-Files is half the fun of watching 
the show... 

At least it is for me. 

~Snark

snark_911@yahoo.com