From: JoAnn Medrano Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 18:59:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Fox and Dana XXIII: The Field of Life Source: revision Title: Fox and Dana XXIII: The Field Of Life Author: Jo Ann Medrano Address: agentsinlove@yahoo.com Rated: G Category: S Spoilers: None Keyword: Mulder/Scully Romance Summary: Four souls wait for their births... Archive: Please don't archive on any site without permission from the author. Disclaimer: The characters of the X-Files do not belong to me. They are the property of Chris Carter, 1013 Productions and Fox Broadcasting. No copyright infringement is intended. My many thanks to Chris Carter, Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny and all who work on the X-Files. http://www.agentsinlove.com/ Fox And Dana: The Field Of Life The souls of Benjamin and Aaron Mulder stood together in the field of Life. Watching a crowd of souls walked by them. Their features were familiar to the brothers. " Who are they? " The soul of Benjamin asked as he turned to his brother's soul. " The souls of our brothers and sisters... " The soul of Aaron spoke. " The products of our mother's stolen ova... Much like you will be, Ben... " " Why do they stay away..? Don't they belong here with us? " " They don't believe themselves to be worthy... " " Not worthy..? Why would they believe that..? " " Except for you, Ben... We three will come from Mother's body... For that reason they don't believe they should stand near us. I don't believe in their nonsense... We are all the children of Dana... No one can convince them otherwise... " " Then I belong with them... A product that was not meant to be... " " Everything is meant to be... Not a life created goes without reasons... but it is your choice, Ben... You walk between two lines... Which will lead to the same path... It does not matter how one comes into the world... we are all brothers and sisters... " The soul of Aaron stepped away, leaving the soul of Benjamin to stand alone... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " Father needs us... " The soul of Aaron Mulder turned to the souls of his siblings. " The past continues to pull on him... We have to show him the right way or he'll be lost forever... " " Do you know what you are asking us to do?! To expose ourselves to him?!! He has seen spirits before... He remembers them... How the hell do you know he'll not remember us?!! " The soul of David Mulder shouted. " David... you are an old soul... but you are a soul that walked too long... To speak with the living, it is our choice whether they will remember or not... The souls that spoke to him knew he would only follow the path if he believed with his own eyes... He needed to see the dead... Father only needs to know the message we'll be giving to him... " " This is bull... You asking us to take a dangerous risk... Both our parents have seen spirits... especially Mother... She has seen God's Angels... " " We will be protected, David... I won't ask any of you to do this if there was the possibility of risking our births... or to even assure them... I want to do it because I love him... and I know that all of us feel the same way... " " He can be frustrating at times... All right, I'll follow your lead... but let's be careful... " " Are you sure this will help him..? " The soul of Ashley Mulder spoke. " He has had so much pain in his life... Will he trust us and accept our words as truth..? " " Yes... but only a child can speak to a child... " The soul of Aaron moved forward as the soul's image changed bearing the features of the child he would be. Following the soul of their brother, both the souls of David and Ashley took their youthful forms as well. The soul of Aaron Mulder stopped and stared upon the soul of his brother, Benjamin. " He needs your help as well, Ben... We need your help... " " What can I do..? You three will be the ones talking to him... " " You being there is all that is needed... You are his son... " " Will I really be any help..? " " Yes, you will be... Come on, Ben, he's starting to dream... " The soul of Benjamin moved forward as his child form took his brother's hand. The four souls moved together into the Dreamland... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Resting under the shade of a large tree, the soul of David Mulder laid on the grass while listening to his two siblings talk. " How many lives have you lived as woman..? " The soul of Aaron Mulder asked his sister's soul as she rested her head on his lap. " Hmm... So many lives I have lived... some are forgettable... I must have lived eight lives as woman... Those lives were never easy... especially at the times I was alive... but you must know this... I can see that you were a woman quite a few times during your stay on Earth... " " Just as many times I was a man... Both sexes are never easy... " The soul of Aaron leaned against the tree truck. " This is my first life with Mother and Father... You had said at the beginning of our journey that you had lived quite a few lives with them both..? " " Yes... Our souls have always met... and I can see there are many lives still to live with them... but in each life they always found each other... It doesn't matter what kind of relationship they are in... There is that bond between them... that all soul mates have... " " Soul mates... " The soul of Ashley let out a sigh. " You two are so fortunate to found each other again... Reunited... While my soul mate burns in Hell at this moment... " " Didn't move quick enough before the demons grabbed him, huh..? " The soul of David turned to his sister. " I have seen innocent souls taken before their journeys on the road began... Sometimes the way one dies is not the best way to enter Heaven... " " No... But souls never stay in Hell for long... there is always a way to escape... " The soul of Aaron added. " The Devil is not as strong as it would like us to believe... " " More show than strength... I had fought off quite a few demons during my long journey on the road... Always a great fight... They never could take me down... " The soul of David bragged. Turning to his sister's soul, the soul of Aaron took her hand. " Don't worry, Ashley... One life, you will be reunited with your soul mate... but not in this one... " " I know... it's just... All this knowledge that we possess but would gladly give up for the short time of life and lessons to be learned over again... Such a cycle we put ourselves in... Will there ever be a day when our souls can rest and no longer desire the joys and sins of the flesh..? " The soul of Ashley looked above the heavens. " Geez, I hope not... " The soul of David sat up. " I have not been as fortunate as you two... The road I walked was too long... I dreamt of the flesh... and the pleasure that came with it... It stays fresh in my mind... I felt it was part of my punishment for my sins... " " What exactly did you do..? " The soul of Ashley looked at her older brother's soul. " Well... had I known he was the Son of God... " xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " I don't like it when he comes here... " The soul of Ashley Mulder turned away. Looking passed his sister, the soul of David Mulder frowned. " If I could crossover for just a moment... " " Then you will let his legacy continue, David... We will not be raised to be that way... " The soul of Aaron Mulder spoke. " Not on our love ones, anyway... I can still scare him... " " Don't waste your time with him... The memories of him... will be my burden... not yours... " " We will not even be of his flesh... but he still comes... Son of bitch doesn't give up... " " That's what happens when you die with many regrets... Seeing the things that could have been... Knowing now that they are gone... I can only hope our Grandfather will learn this... " " I doubt it... He's as big as a fool as that one over there... " The soul of David finally turned away in disgust. The soul of Aaron stared at the soul of Bill Mulder who stood behind the invisible wall that prevented him from crossing over into the field of Life. His gestures begged Aaron's soul to come to him. The loneliness burned in his eyes. The sadness of his pain where he stood on the road that was long and harsh. The soul of Aaron let out a sigh. Turning away he felt great sorrow not for the doomed soul behind him but for another whose road would be much longer and harsher... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The soul of David Mulder walked alone in the field of Life. Without his siblings by his side, it was a quiet time they all needed to themselves. Seeing the many souls who shared the field with them, the soul of David felt great pity. For his generation and ones that would follow, many would die as children. Victims of the holocaust that would end the world they would be born to. Souls of children as they are now, seemed to not care of the faith that life would have for them. How the soul of David Mulder wished, he could feel like them. " It is sad, isn't... " A voice spoke from behind. The soul of David turned and faced a soul of a woman, one who would survive the infection. " ... That so many will die... " She spoke. " Yes... it is sad... but there is nothing we can do about it... " The soul of David answered her. " No... not for this generation... For the future... There is much we can do... " Sensing the soul of the woman, the soul of David felt the pull of a connection. " You will be a part of our lives... mine and my siblings... " " Yes... maybe even more... if our lives are meant to be together... " " Not everything is written down... The roads can still go a different way... " " I hope not... I very much would like to be a part of your life... David Mulder... " " Not fair... I don't know your name... " " I will be called Nicole Kryeck... " The soul of the woman smiled. " Nico for short... " xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " It's a shame. She must lose the baby... " The soul of Ashley Mulder grieved. " It is a shame... a body with no soul... She'll grieve along time for it... " The soul of David Mulder shook his head. " Where is Aaron? She'll be needing him soon... " The soul of Ashley asked as she looked for their brother. Stepping away from the soul of his sister, the soul of David knew where to find his brother's soul. Sitting beneath a large tree, the shade covered the soul of Aaron Mulder's face from his brother's soul. " Aaron..? " " Why does God have to do this to her..? Why does God have to do this to me..?! " The soul of Aaron spoke. " To touch her before my time... I will be in torment until my birth!! " " Only you can reach her pass the heavens, Aaron... It is the gift that God gave you... " " When we helped Father... they were just dreams... no flesh... just dreams... but I will be touching her, David... I will be holding her hand... feeling her warmth... It's not fair!! " " Of course, it's not fair!! Do you think it's fair that body has to die?! It could have been my flesh!! My beginning!! But I have to wait!! " " But you don't have to wait that long... I have to wait longer... With her touch burning in me... How can I go a day without wanting my mother..? " " There is nothing you can do about that, Aaron... One cannot hide from the Angel of Death forever... If you don't help her... she will die... then none of us will be with Mother... " " I don't want her to die... I know I'm not going to want to be without her... She will be my strength... her and Father... I am nothing without them... " " Aaron... " The soul of his sister, Ashley spoke as she approached him. With the soul of their brother, Benjamin by her side, the soul of Ashley touched her twin brother's face. " Please, Aaron..? Mother needs you... " " I will always need her... " The soul of Aaron reached out and held his mother's hand... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " The universe has changed so much since the last time I was alive... " The soul of David Mulder said as he rested near his siblings' souls. " Those beings we will be encountering... I remember one day on the road... I had seen their spirits... Strange creatures... for a moment I thought they were demons... They were more frightened than any spirit I had ever met on my journey... " " Do you know what they were afraid of..? " The soul of Ashley Mulder asked. " God... " xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " Aaron..? " The soul of Benjamin approached his brother's soul. " I want to ask you something..? " " What is it..? " " What was it like... to touch Mother..? " The soul of Benjamin lowered his head so shyly. " I will only meet Mother once as a child... and I remembered my last life being so in love with her... I don't know why I never expressed those feelings to her... It will be along time before I can tell her my love for her as her son... " " Come here, Ben... and take my hand... " Once their hands were together, the soul of Benjamin felt the warmth and love of Dana Scully. The energy of her life-force so strong it brought tears to the soul of her son. " She is so beautiful... " The soul of Benjamin said. " Yes... she is... " The soul of Aaron agreed... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " Oh, my God!! I can feel it!! " The soul of David Mulder shouted. " I am being conceived!! " " Good way of putting it... " The soul of Aaron Mulder laughed. " Laugh all you want, Hot Shot!! I feel it growing... inside of her... " " The connection to your earthly body... It is strong... I can't help but envy you... " " It's been so long... I have forgotten so much... When can the soul enter the body..? " " Exactly..? There is no set time... It is the soul's choice... Some enter the moment of creation... others during the many months of pregnancy... or at the very moment of birth... I know in my last life, I didn't become part of the body until the last moment... I was not looking forward to that life... " " I want to go now... I want to be with her... To feel her all around me... I want to be with Mother... " " Then you should go... " The soul of Aaron spoke, feeling the sadness of losing his soul mate to life. Without hesitant, the soul of David Mulder moved forward. His steps taking him further from the field of Life. Before him stood his parents, their strong loving forms beckon him toward them. Ready to start the life he would share with them. The warmth and care that waited inside of his mother, would be the beginning of his bond with her. The sacrifice she would make for him to allow his mortal body to grow. Turning back to see the souls of his siblings waving to him their good-byes. The soul of David wished he could take the memories of what they shared in the field of Life with him. Yet once the soul and body united all that he knew in Heaven would be forgotten. The long journey he had under the guidance of God now led him here to begin a new. He would be a man. A strong man. An intelligent man, with a sharp wit that would humor and annoy those around him. The soul of David Mulder smiled at his siblings. " I'll see you guys soon... " and moved onto his new life... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Father's Day... ... Moving away from the sea, Dana Scully and Fox Mulder walked beside each other. Their hands firmed in each other's hands. A feeling of protection surrounded them. Turning to look at one another brought a smile to each of their faces. " Oh... " Dana gasped as her free hand went to her stomach. " What's wrong? " Fox stopped them from walking as he brought his own hand over Dana's stomach. " Nothing... It must be gas... " Dana's smile reassured him. " Well, make sure you are aiming in that direction... " Fox pointed to the other side. Sticking her tongue out at him, Dana moved forward to continue their walk, hand in hand... The End... continues in Fox And Dana: Father and Son Feedback is welcome... agentsinlove@yahoo.com