From ashke@unforgettable.com Tue Apr 01 17:37:03 1997 Subject: Love Lasts an Eternity (1/1) From: "Teresa Horne" -------- This is an answer to "The Letter" challenge. Disclaimer: Fox Mulder and Dana Scully belong to Chris Carter, 1013 Productions, and Fox Broadcasting. No infringement is intended. Classification: V, R, A Rating: PG Summary: After reading a letter that Scully wrote to him when she was about to die, Mulder rushes to the hospital to hear her last words for him. -------------------- Love Lasts An Eternity (1/1) By: Teresa Horne (ashke@unforgettable.com) His soul was being torn apart, like it had been once before, but this time had a more final ring to it. The other part of his soul was dying. He had been living in a daze of denial for weeks now, but as the days slowly passed, he realized that she was leaving him -- forever. It was only when he realized that that he allowed himself to cry. His tears were not for her, or even for him. It was for all that had been lost and never found. The innocence they once had and the love they never shared. It was always there, but hidden, and now, it was never to be. He had always believed her to be the strong one, at least until this all began, then she showed him that she wasn't as strong as he believed her to be. But that was before he got the letter. It was short, simple and honest, like Scully herself. Although he could practically hear her in the back of his mind proclaiming that she was "petite", not "short". He sat down and he unfolded the last thing she ever wrote. Mulder, It's me. Even now, it seems more appropiate to start it off this way. You were right, you know. Souls *do* mate eternal, and I will be waiting on you. I sense that my time with you is not yet done, and I will be watching over you after my spirit flees. Yes, I sound like Missy, and I know it, but I realized that she was right in some things. We never got things right between us, for something always stood in the way. Whether it was the Bureau, Samantha, the Quest for Truth, or the Walls we wrapped around ourselves, I guess we'll never know. You'd think that after all we've been through, we would have learned.... guess not, huh? Continue our Quest, Mulder, for I know as well as you do that this has been *our* quest for a long time now. Find Samantha and find your peace. Mulder, there is one thing I ask of you; do not follow me into the abyss, for there is work that needs to be done here. Remember that, and remember me always... Oh, and I'm glad to say this one thing... sorry for ditching you, Mulder. Love always, Scully Setting the letter down on the table, he grabbed his keys, and raced to the hospital. Entering her hospital room for the last time, he looked upon her dying form. As if sensing his presence, her blue eyes opened, weak but with a peace that he hoped to feel one day. She smiled, and grasped his hand. With her dying breath, she whispered the words that he had once told her. "Souls mate eternal..." As he fought back the tears once again, he felt her spirit flood his soul with light, and seem to settle there. She was right; she would always be with him. And he would carry on with the knowledge that love like theirs lasts an eternity. ***** The End From ashke@thepentagon.com Mon Mar 31 14:40:52 1997 Subject: Love Lasts An Eternity (1/1) From: "Teresa Horne" -------- This is an answer to "The Letter" challenge. Disclaimer: Fox Mulder and Dana Scully belong to Chris Carter, 1013 Productions, and Fox Broadcasting. No infringement is intended. Classification: V, R, A Rating: PG Summary: After reading a letter that Scully wrote to him when she was about to die, Mulder rushes to the hospital to hear her last words for him. -------------------- Love Lasts An Eternity (1/1) By: Teresa Horne (spooky76@csra.net) His soul was being torn apart, like it had been once before, but this time had a more final ring to it. The other part of his soul was dying. He had been living in a daze of denial for weeks now, but as the days slowly passed, he realized that she was leaving him -- forever. It was only when he realized that that he allowed himself to cry. His tears were not for her, or even for him. It was for all that had been lost and never found. The innocence they once had and the love they never shared. It was always there, but hidden, and now, it was never to be. He had always believed her to be the strong one, at least until this all began, then she showed him that she wasn't as strong as he believed her to be. But that was before he got the letter. It was short, simple and honest, like Scully herself. Although he could practically hear her in the back of his mind proclaiming that she was "petite", not "short". He sat down and he unfolded the last thing she ever wrote. Mulder, It's me. Even now, it seems more appropiate to start it off this way. You were right, you know. Souls *do* mate eternal, and I will be waiting on you. I sense that my time with you is not yet done, and I will be watching over you after my spirit flees. Yes, I sound like Missy, and I know it, but I realized that she was right in some things. We never got things right between us, for something always stood in the way. Whether it was the Bureau, Samantha, the Quest for Truth, or the Walls we wrapped around ourselves, I guess we'll never know. You'd think that after all we've been through, we would have learned.... guess not, huh? Continue our Quest, Mulder, for I know as well as you do that this has been *our* quest for a long time now. Find Samantha and find your peace. Mulder, there is one thing I ask of you; do not follow me into the abyss, for there is work that needs to be done here. Remember that, and remember me always... Oh, and I'm glad to say this one thing... sorry for ditching you, Mulder. Love always, Scully Setting the letter down on the table, he grabbed his keys, and raced to the hospital. Entering her hospital room for the last time, he looked upon her dying form. As if sensing his presence, her blue eyes opened, weak but with a peace that he hoped to feel one day. She smiled, and grasped his hand. With her dying breath, she whispered the words that he had once told her. "Souls mate eternal..." As he fought back the tears once again, he felt her spirit flood his soul with light, and seem to settle there. She was right; she would always be with him. And he would carry on with the knowledge that love like theirs lasts an eternity. -----