From: Shang Date: 22 Aug 2003 01:23:13 -0700 Subject: Mess series - part 5 Source: atxc MESS series--part 5 by Shang (shang@morley-web.com) Website: http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/slashingx/ Story link: http://slashingx.s22.xrea.com/fic/authors/mess/5.html Rating: NC-17 Warning: Rape, Violence Category: AU, Story, Hurt. Summary: Unfortunately, Alex was captured by Hank; Skinner was only got his son back. DISCLAIMER: Walter Skinner, Fox Mulder, Alex Krycek and all the other X-Files characters belong to Chris Carter, 1013 Productions and FOX Broadcasting. The others belong to me. Archive: 2003 Spooky Awards, Slashing Mulder, the Basement... Beta: I rewrote this chapter several times, deleted about 10K nonsense to finish it. I think Bertina was really doing a hard job on beta-reading this chapter. Note: You should have read Name Your Price and all the Mess series to understand the final chapter. The sequel Butterfly will come next, but not too soon since I'm working on another new series What If, so please be patient with me. Feedback: I'm a Japan-Taiwanese, so you can write me in English, Chinese or Japanese. .............................................................. Part 5: Earth's New Age Laurentian Mountains, Canada Chief Richy White's cabin Alex cut his hair using the scissors he found behind the knife block in the kitchen. Seeing those hairs being washed away in the shower, he took a deep breath and closed his eyes to calm himself. 'You're Krycek again, stupid haircut.' Alex laughed at himself in the mirror. He had left a few bangs to cover his forehead, hiding the jade. Except for that, his hair was a mess but that left him looking wild. Vic was awake, crying for his milk and the comfort of his daddy. Alex dried himself quickly, he didn't have time to grieve the loss of his long hair which he had grown for Walter. The logs in the fireplace had burned out minutes ago. So Alex closed the bedroom door to keep in the warmth from the heater, he sat in the bed with his legs folded, feeding his son. Then he fell asleep in a sitting position. Vic was kicking and grabbing in his lap. Aside from his milk and diaper change, Vic was wide awake though remained quiet for a while. Richy came back two days later. He was exhausted from lack of sleep. The officers in the ranger station and the rescue team spent two days helping all the dying people and the rest off the mountain. Before they all left, Richy taped the notice which came from the government announcing this area was closed until the government could guarantee it's safety. Laurentian Mountain was not the only area in Canada that closed for public safety. In fact, most parts of the country had shut down certain areas including mass traffic systems. Except the occasional cars on the street, the whole country was very quiet. "Alex..." Richy touched Alex on the cheek who startled fully awake. Vic, slept in his crib on the wing chair, awoke by the voice and cooed a few seconds but soon fell asleep again. "Shit, I didn't hear you entering..." Alex whispered, then he slid out of the bed gingerly. Even if his body self-healed faster than the normal human, he was still tired and didn't sleep well since his son was still on the two-hour feeding. Richy grabbed him roughly and pulled him into a tight embrace. "Alex, Alex." Alex felt the trembling coming from the bigger man, Alex could tell Richy was crying. Though he once considered leave here or killing him if Richy ever dared touch him again, Alex understood that Richy was in shock from witnessing the results of the slaughters causing by the alien virus. He hugged him back mercifully. Later, Richy told him what happened the last two days. Alex told him he had heard of the situation from the radio. For a moment, Alex just was dying to contact his lovers. He even had planned returning to the U.S., to go back to them, regardless if Hank would find him or not. But the border was closed, too. There was no way he could sneak crossing it with a baby needing to be tended constantly. Richy sensed his worry. But love was selfish; he didn't want to let Alex go. He struggled with his conscience, and said reluctantly, "Don't worry, tomorrow I'll go to the ranger station and contact DD Kersh. That man Hank, he's not as powerful as the Consortium, he won't be lucky to wiretap every phone call to the DD, right ?" As he knew Alex was a calm and reasonable person, Richy already guessed the answer. "No. Don't do anything, I'll settle down here for a while. Can't risk the Consortium, too." "You're welcome here for as long as you like, Alex. You can stay with me forever..." "DON'T; don't even talk about it anymore," Alex backed up a little and stood very straight, he whispered harshly, "Don't make me do things we both would regret." Human Clone R&P Center Lab January 10, 2004 A week after the virus was released, John Doggett woke up. He smelled a fresh scent in the air, and soon his eyes opened wildly when he became aware of who was wiping him clean. "Sir !" His eyes moved to where Skinner's hand stopped, he was as startled as Doggett. "I...I can do it myself now." Skinner left the warm wet-cloth on Doggett's groin, "I wouldn't doubt it, John." He grinned at his ex-agent warmly, not embarrassed at all. Doggett sat up, Simply wiped his chest and armpits then dumped the cloth into the basin Skinner had put on the night stand. "Where's Dana ?" He moved his limbs to ease his body's soreness, not caring about his nudity until both Mulder and Skinner surprised him. "She's cleaning the apartment you'll move in to." Mulder entered the room and exchanged a kiss with Walter nonchalantly in front of Doggett, "How are you feeling ?" "Fine-" Doggett dragged the sheet to wrap his groin. Everything was coming back, he remembered Mulder's confession about Skinner then he was flushing red-necked when the thought Skinner just wiped him there jumped into his mind, "Uh...congratulations! I mean you two..." "Thanks, John. But not only the two of us." Mulder smiled mysteriously. Doggett put on the clothes Skinner handed to him, "Don't tell me that Dana...the three of you..." he said heart-brokenly. Skinner chuckled, "Come on, we'll show you." They led Doggett to the cylinder container. "Krycek !" Doggett's eyes looked swiftly between them and the clones. Mulder bumped Walter on the hip, "They were married, sort of, before I found Walter. And they now have a son Vic." Doggett laughed, "Oh, man. You got me for a moment. Don't make fun of me. Married I can believe, but a son ? Come on, I'm starving. Let's find something to eat." Both of them smiled at Doggett's stubbornness - that's their John Doggett. They introduced John to the scientists working in the basement lab. Then went up to the kitchen where they greeted Anne . She said Scully had called and would join them for lunch soon. "John !" William slid down his chair, threw himself into John's embrace happily. John kissed his blond hair dearly. Walter coughed, "I'm not jealous, but Will, let John have something to eat first." "Okay, Daddy." William answered loudly then climbed on to Walter like a baby monkey. "'Daddy'? Did I hear something wrong ?" "No, you didn't." Mulder pulled John to sit by the table, "Let's have lunch first." As they all sat down, several kids rushed into the kitchen following by another two young ladies who John learned were the children's teacher and their nurse. The kids sat around the dining table looking at Doggett curiously. Doggett immediately recognized those familiar faces he just saw down in the basement. He wondered what would be the next surprise. Scully came back a few minutes later along with Jeffery Spender who helped her clean the apartment. Doggett arched his brows but said nothing. They nodded to each other. His eyes stayed on Scully who sat across from the table beside Mulder, they shared a look briefly. All the people sitting here witnessed her slight flush, two of the kids giggled knowing she was shy. "I'm glad Kersh kept that apartment you'd planned to move in to. It's in good condition and beautiful." She finally found words to hide her embarrassment. She stole a glance at John while talking to both men. "Yeah, F- Mulder was very fond of it. We planned to start a family life there," Walter said his lover's name carefully; he had sensed Scully's discomfort the first day she arrived here. "Hope you don't mind, we still plan to move there once Alex returns with our son." "No, not at all. Besides, there's plenty of rooms." Scully said awkwardly. In fact, Skinner was one of his son's father genetically. She wouldn't refuse him getting along with Will. On the other hand, she hadn't get over with the bitterness that her beloved Mulder was with her ex-boss. But at the same time, John Doggett was standing in a sweet corner in her heart. One Month Later Human Clone R&P Center Lab February 10, 2004 It was a quiet midmorning and all the kids stayed upstairs with their teacher in the study. Anne was not ready to do the lunch yet. Mulder was sitting by the table in the kitchen and had been there for a couple of hours, tossing the shells of his sunflower seeds over his shoulder into the sink while staring at his laptop checking for the last time the essay he had written. "Old habit die hard." Walter spoke behind Mulder. He had peered it on the laptop screen for a while. Mulder jumped a little, "What ?" He was too deep in his thoughts to be aware of his lover's presence. Walter nodded at the screen, "Haven't read your reports in a long time, I guess I miss it. It's so much fun to read but also caused me headache." Now, he was sitting by Mulder, "Mind I read it ?" Mulder shook his head. They read it together. In fact, the second wave of alien virus had released three days ago. Rumors about the end of the world scared people. The Consortium created a new religion named Earth's New Age and began to build their churches around the world. They were not a shadow government anymore. In the meantime, people in the FBI and among the UFO members began to remember Fox Mulder. Several kind of medias invited him to write their columns and endless TV shows were waiting for him. But the whole situation was sadly different. Mulder was not the target that the Consortium had tried to destroy anymore. They regarded Fox Mulder as a little bug crying out weakly. No matter how his reports or shows were going to infect the audience couldn't change the fact that only the Earth's New Age could save their life. "You kiss the enemy's foot by hating him, yet there is nothing you can do." Walter read the end of the essay Mulder wrote, he repeated the final with doubt, "Nothing you can do ?" Walter stood and kissed Mulder on his head, "Write something encouraging, my suggestion." Then he turn to leave. He had decided to seek for Alex and their son by himself. "Can't you wait ? I'll go with you after finishing the last two speeches in New York tomorrow." Fox was nearly begging his lover not to leave alone. "Can't wait anymore. Besides, people need you here, Fox. Tell them the truth, that the Consortium, the God damned Earth's New Age is the original sin for this mess!" "Don't you think it doesn't matter anymore ? It's too late, we had all gone to hell like Alex said." Walter sighed, "I'm leaving." He brushed off Fox. "No way you can cross the border." "I'll find a way. In fact, the central coastlines haven't been able to expand its radar coverage. I'll chance the vessel." "Walter, we already knew where Alex must be. You don't have to worry, he's safe with the Chief." "Really? Then why haven't we heard from him? Why didn't he call? It's been one month, Fox. The Chief lied to us, the hell he hasn't seen Alex." Walter grabbed his backpack and threw it into the back seat of his car, "I'll bring both my son and Alex back. Dead or alive." He kissed Mulder again, then got in the car. One of the Alex clones, Juno who was named by Mulder, would drive him to the boarder. They took off. "Don't get yourself shot." Mulder said worriedly, though he wasn't sure if Walter had heard him. Quietly, Doggett walked to him, "He'll be fine. And...why don't we go back to the FBI, back to the X-Files? Kersh needs us, there're so many aductees retaken these days. Don't you want to find out where they disappeared to ?" Laurentian Mountains, Canada Chief Richy White's cabin February 13, 2004 "I've lost one-third of my officers in the second wave of the virus." Richy said tiredly, though the dinner was good but he had no appetite. Alex was feeding Vic, he only gave Richy an glance guessing when the bigger man would break down. "With more to range and the hours of every officer will spend in the field, my private time with you is shortened." He sighed. 'That somehow benefited me.' Alex thought, he gave Richy a smile. Richy brushed the bangs on Alex's forehead, the small jade was glittering by the fire, he murmured, "You're a true beauty." "Vic was able to sleep through at least four to five hours a day by now." Alex changed the subject, he didn't want to give Richy any chance to go further. "Well, that means you also slept a few more hours per day than the last month. You look good now...no, you've always look good to me." Richy tried to make Alex happy, the beautiful man was seldom smiling to him. "A few more hours is enough for me. I eat well and sleep well, and had more time to practice my muscles." Alex put down the milk bottle and Richy took Vic over to burp him for Alex. "You looked healthy and full of energy." Richy admired Alex's body, a slash of lust in his eyes. Alex frowned, immediately he left his seat to put away the milk bottle and the rest of their dishes. "I've heard Mulder's speeches twice on the radio, judging from the situation that the Consortium haven't made any move to take him down, I think the Consortium...or should I say the Earth's New Age, wouldn't still be interested in me also." "What about Hank ?" Richy didn't tell Alex about Hank. The crazy man and his followers broke into the ranger station yesterday. They weren't successful in finding Alex's whereabouts--they were surrounded by more armed rangers, but Hank left a business card for him. "That old nuts must be dead by now. At least I hope so." Alex thought the only problem was the Chief. Richy was very greedy in their relationship, he wanted more than Alex's companionship, he desired his body and soul. He lied to the FBI's DD Kersh when asked if he'd seen Alex. For the past month, Richy hadn't made any phone call to try to contact Alex's lovers. He used the excuse that the Consortium was still out there to brush off Alex's inquiry. "I'll turn in earlier tonight," Alex took Vic from Richy, "I'm tired, 'Night!" He planned to leave. "Sleep tight," Richy grinned, and said after Alex closed the bedroom door, "...my love." With nothing to do in the early evening, Richy took a black business card from his wallet, he turned it in his hand to see both sides, "What the fuck ?" It's the card that Hank gave him. Richy didn't think he would ever betray Alex, so he never gave it a look. But he didn't drop it also, instead automatically he hid it in his wallet - it was the only place Alex wouldn't search since he was doing all cleaning up. Until now, he wanted to see what was on it but found there was only a cell phone number printed with golden ink on it. 'Walter Skinner is on his way to collect his PROPERTIES.' Hank's evilly chuckle sounded in his head, annoyingly. "No." It was around dawn before Richy left for work. "What are you doing ?" Richy saw Alex polishing the rifle and one of his handy pistols at the living room table. "Nothing. Just a habit." Alex shrugged. "You are leaving. Right ?" Richy left the front door ajar, returning to the living room. "Shh...you'll wake Vic." Alex left his guns on the table and went to close the bedroom door. It was made of thick wood, very good in keeping out sounds. "No, nonono...don't leave me, Alex." Richy began to pace, eyes watering. He had thought Walter Skinner must have to fight him to take Alex from him, he didn't predict Alex would leave here so soon. "Everything was going to end..." He sobbed. "Listen to me, Richy..." Alex sighed, he patted Richy on the upper arm to comfort him. "No !" Richy shouted frantically. He swept the guns away which slid under the heavy wooden bench by the window. He grabbed Alex powerfully like an eagle catching its hunt, "Stay, stay, Alex." He shook the smaller man violently, "I love you...love you...don't you see ?" Then Richy began to kiss Alex everywhere madly, "Mine, you're mine...no one's going to take you from me." Alex struggled in his arms, and managed to kick Richy's groin. It didn't work. The man was clearly mad, he only flinched a little at the pain. Now Alex seriously considered killing Richy when it was necessary to defend himself. He hit Richy's ribs and heard a crack. Richy bent over with a grunt but soon he tackled Alex before he got the pistol from under the bench. He knocked Alex out. Richy hauled him to the fireplace and layed him on the bear fur. He tore off Alex's clothes within seconds and turned him over. "No !" Alex awoke and screamed from the pain as Richy raped him, "I'll kill you ! I'll kill you, Richy White !" "No, you won't. I'm loving you, Alex..." Heavy like a rock, Richy knelt on the back of Alex's thighs, crying when he thrust, "...feel it...feel it..." Trapped on his belly with his arm bent behind his back, Alex was totally disarmed. Richy released himself in the squirming man beneath him. Then he sat back and was stunned at seeing the blood and his own semen smeared on Alex's thighs and pooled on the fur. Alex scrambled towards the bench the instance he got the chance that Richy left his body. He found the pistol and pointed it at Richy White. "Go to hell, you bastard !" But his arm was too numb from being bent behind him. He trembled badly, and tried again to pull the trigger. His fingers just didn't listen. "I'm sorry, Alex." Richy grimaced, crying, "I love you so much, I'm begging you, please stay..." "Get out...get out !" Since he couldn't fire, Alex stabbed the pistol to his own temple. "No! Don't hurt yourself. I'm leaving, okay ?" Shakily, Richy left the cabin. He wasn't aware of Alex's blood soaking his uniform. Walking on the frozen snow, Hank's words began to sink in. 'Walter Skinner...coming here...his properties.' "No, Alex, if I can't have you then Walter Skinner certainly won't." He took out Hank's card and dialed the number. Richy White, his greed and jealousy was going to invite his own death. Hank and his men showed up in no time taking the chopper after Richy made his fatal phone call. They broke into the cabin and easily caught Alex before he could get his son in the bedroom. Richy paced on the drive way, " No !" He regretted immediately when he saw Alex tied up in the nude. "Let him go !" He shouted and pulled out his gun. Hank shot him twice, in his arm and his belly. "I'm sorry, Alex." He climbed a few inches towards his only love then heaved his last breath, getting a last look at Alex. In the meantime, the officers in the ranger station, including Walter Skinner who just arrived here a few minutes ago, all heard the gunshots. "Lexei !" Skinner pulled out the hidden gun in his boots then rushed out of the ranger station. "This way, Sir !" Some of the officers remembered Skinner was the ex-DD with the FBI, they trusted him enough to lead him to the Chief's cabin. They found the Chief's body on the road not too far from the cabin. The snow was covered with his blood and lots of footprints spread all over the drive way. "No !" Skinner hissed. He rushed into the cabin and saw the pieces of torn clothing in front of the fireplace. And he felt his heart squeezed painfully on seeing the almost dried blood and semen on the fur mat. He knew his lover had been taken and was suffering now, not sure if their son Vic was also gone. Skinner looked for the only room in the cabin. His pulse quickened on opening the bedroom door. Vic was awake and cooing on the bed, his little hands were grabbing and feet were kicking in the air. Skinner walked to kneel by the bed. Vic fluttered his eyelashes looking at his dad with a pair of beautiful big eyes. "My son. " Skinner sobbed, gathering Vic into his arms, murmuring, "My baby." The officers were contacting the RCMP on the radio in the living room. "Sir," One of the officers came to the bedroom, he knocked on the opened door softly, "You have to leave, we're going to evacuate this place." Skinner composed himself, "Give me ten minutes." The officer nodded and left them there quietly. Skinner began to gather things in the room that belonged to his baby and a few clothes which looked like Alex's. He found the bond on the night stand which was the one he tied on Alex's hair that day Hank attacked their house. His eyes were watering again, Skinner kissed it and put it on his wrist. Glancing around the bedroom to make sure he didn't miss anything, Skinner took Vic and left. Outside, the officers were dealing with the crime scene. One of the officers accompanied Skinner back to the ranger station. He arranged a jeep to take Skinner and his son to the airport. This was the second time Skinner was found sneaking in Canada, but lucky to him was that the RCMP contacted Kersh to let the DD took care of the rest. Hank's Base February 13,2004 Hank lost one of his men on the way flying back to his hideout. Alex kicked that thug off the chopper when he tried to molest him in the back seat. That stupid ass was not gay, Hank despised gay people, the jerk just wanted to bully their captive. But Hank hated the fact that even in his bad condition, Alex still was capable of taking down his people, and that meant he was the leader of a pack of wimps. "Get him !" Three men jumped to press Alex firmly on the freezing metal floor of the chopper. "Damn you, little faggot !" Hank stroked the electric shock stick heavily and hatefully on the spine of Alex's nude torso. After the chopper landed, Alex was dumped into a cell. "Well, our collection is done for now." Hank kicked Alex with his boots who was still unconscious. Since last year the FBI rescued Monica Reyes from Hank's lab, he had moved his hideout. Now, Hank's base was located at an abandoned fast food chain factory. So they had plenty of rooms for a kitchen, lab, offices, cells and garages to hide their choppers and vehicles. Hank even had two tanks parked in the west wing's warehouse. It was not difficult to get the tanks, Hank had his own relationship with some military officials. Aside from the fact that the Consortium began to become a main power symbol around the world, he fantasized building up his own kingdom when the new age came. Hank had kidnapped the female alien abductees for trade later on. He intended to lend them for breeding, whoring them out or selling them. And he used his money-making schemes to absorb his investors and manpower from the military and prisoners. He dreamed he would become one of the richest and most effective members, compared to the aliens and the Consortium heads, in the new age. Those women were now held in the offices which being used as their cells. All the glass windows of the offices had being exchanged with metal rails. Each cell had a thin mattress and a light blanket. Except the freedom, they were well fed and taken care for the future use. "Alex? Alex, wake up." A woman tossed a roll of tissue to Alex and it hit right on his bare hip. Alex moaned, then jumped up quickly when the second roll hit him. He hissed at the pain in his anus which had been treated with medicine but still hurt. Then he panicked remembering what happened and worried for his son. "Hank, you old asshole, let me out!" He screamed on his lungs. "Alex, here!" The woman kept calling him and finally got his attention. Alex turned to the right side of his cell and was stunned at who he saw. "Kimberly ?" He rushed towards her and shook the rail between them, "Fuck! You alright? Why did they take you ?" "I don't know." Kimberly frowned, "Agent Reyes was here, too. But they transferred her to the other cell again I guess." "Again? What for ?" "Breeding," Her voice trembled, "They use us to breed and for many other purposes..." Kim trailed off and lost in her nightmares. "Kim ?" Alex reached out to pat her face, bringing her back to reality. He wiped off her tears with his thumb. Kim continued, "They took my eggs...made me an immortal-" "Immortal ? That's impossible, only the aliens and the Consortium have the vaccine. Hank, that fool, can't get his hands on it." Alex knew that was why Hank took him, he had lost his left arm trying to get the vaccine. "They must have captured an immortal here, so the immortal would immunize you. Does anyone know if there is an alien abductee here?" "Jenny is," Kim nodded to the opposite side of the cells. Alex followed her eyes, he saw Jenny then looked around all the cells in this room. From his cell to the end of this room were five females, each in one cell. Then to the other end were three. The opposite side of the room were the same number of cells, but three of the nine rooms were empty. This room had at least fourteen females. And now they were all looking his way, it was the first time they had a male in their cell. The woman, Jenny, looked him over from head to toe, her eyes lingered at Alex's groin, she purred, "Are you an immortal like me? I won't mind fucking you." "Ignore her, she's a slut." Kim whispered. "You had sex with her ?" Alex asked. Kim blushed in shame, "No, only with a Asia man, he's not here. They kept him in another place, more comfortable. He seemed to enjoy...fucking us." "Hey, I can immunize you, handsome. Come, fuck me," Jenny said seductively. "You should put something on, Alex," Kim whispered, blushing. "Yeah, take mine." A black woman, Rosa, who's room was opposite to Alex's, tossed her T-shirt to him. She was big, almost as tall as Alex. "If you don't mind, you can take mine, too." A seven-month pregnant woman Maggy gave another pair of oversized sweat pants to Alex. "Lunch time !" Said a man loudly outside the room, then two men brought them each plenty of food, including Alex's. Alex dressed, then wolfed down his food. He hadn't had any since that morning and he had fought with all his energy against Richy White and Hank's men. He had noticed there were two cameras on the ceiling in this room, escaping was out of consideration for now. He decided to take a nap first, he would need his strength to fight Hank. Alex soon drifted into a light sleep. Kimberly paced in her cell, she knew Alex was a tough guy who would think of a way to help her escape. Even if he wouldn't succeed, her boss Walter Skinner would come to rescue them. Kim had attended her boss's funeral, but she knew it was false right after Hank kidnapped her. When Kersh led the SWAT strike on Hank's lab and rescued Monica, Kim lost her chance to escape - Hank had taken her and some other women on the run. Now, it was her second chance. On instinct, from working for Skinner long enough, Kim had suspected her boss was taking care of Alex Krycek the last several months in the Bureau. It was probably why he seemed so different. One time she had accidently overheard her boss talking to a doctor about Alex, She couldn't be sure what kind of relationship they had, but one thing for sure was that Walter Skinner was a very responsible man who was also tough and reliable. He would find Alex sooner or later. Human Clone R&P Center Lab Feb.13, 2004 Skinner had left home three days ago, and he hadn't called back to check with Mulder. During his absence, Mulder had taken Doggett's suggestion and returned to the FBI. Kersh reopened the X-Files for him. And this time, Mulder was greeted with open arms from his colleagues. He was not Spooky anymore, people respected him and were ashamed of how they had laughed at their hero. Skinner arrived home with his son that afternoon, both Mulder and Doggett were still working in the Bureau. Skinner felt a little relief, he hadn't decided whether to tell Mulder the rape Alex had endured as well as having been taken. But Mulder was coming home earlier before the end of his working hour. "Why didn't you call me, Walt ?" He seemed angry and anxious at the same time. "Kersh told me Alex was kidnapped by Hank." "Hank? How could he know? We didn't have a clue on the mountain when I left there." "The RCMP informed the Bureau that they searched the Chief's body and found Hank's business card in his wallet." "Business card? What business? " "Don't know, but he got his cell phone number, we may find out his location soon." Slowly, Mulder walked to Walter and hugged his lover securely. "He...he was raped," Walter's voice quivered, he finally said it. "Those bastards-" "No, not them," Mulder reluctantly pulled apart from his lover, he said cautiously, "The semen belonged to Richy White-" Walter was furious immediately, "I knew it! I knew it! I should've prevented it if I had gone there sooner...earlier...faster..." "What's wrong ?" Scully who had begun working in the lab asked behind them. She just finished her job down in the basement and wanted to go outside to have a break for coffee. Then she heard them, "I'm glad you're home, Sir. Where's Krycek ?" "Hank took him." Walter was too angry to say anything more, so Mulder answered her question. "I'm sorry," Alex was also one of William's fathers genetically, Scully was truely worrying about him for the first time since she met Krycek from the very beginning. She realized that the past involving her sister Mellisa's murder wasn't disturbing as much anymore. "But we'll find him. I want to help, Sir. And we'll find Monica along with the others who were kidnapped by Hank," She said confidently. "Walter, call me Walter, Dana. I'm no longer your supervisor." "Well..." Dana hesitated, "Walter then...if you prefer." She was embarrassed remembering her past attitude. "Fox," Walter pulled Mulder against him with one arm and opened his other arm for her. Dana Scully, hugged them. She finally decided to let the past go. Hank's base Feb.13, 2004 Nighttime The cell's dinner time was at nine o'clock and they would gather the women to the bathroom to take showers and use the toilet. The bedtime was at ten, and the lights would be turned off at the same time. Alex didn't get a shower tonight, a man gave him a quick wipe while three others pinned him against the wall. Then that man tossed a tube of ointment to him and told him to pee in the trash can before they left. He laughed bitterly, throwing that tube away. He didn't need it. His little rest this afternoon gave his body enough time to self-heal there. As an immune, though he couldn't immunize people, he still had the ability to self-heal and stop aging. Twenty minutes later, the women had finished showering and were sent back to their cells. "Bedtime! Lights out!" The room fell in darkness. Two red-light spots twinkled on the ceiling came from the cameras, they still functioned in the dark--escape seemed impossible. Women began to chat with each other in whispers. Kim leaned on the rail to talk with Alex who sat on his mattress with his back leaning against the wall. This afternoon, they didn't have too much time to talk with each other, Alex was hurt, tired and needed his rest at that time. But right now it was only 10:00PM, none of them wanted to sleep. "Why did they kidnap you, Kim ?" Alex's eyes were closed. "To teach me a lesson, for revenge or whatever. That old man came to Skinner's office frequently, and I knew Skinner hated him..." "I got it, you weren't nice to that bastard. I'm sorry." Alex felt he was responsible for Kim's suffering somehow. He turned to look at her profile in the dark. "What for ?" Kim sighed sadly, "I heard the news, the world has changed, people are going crazy like Hank, you couldn't prevent them hurting you for nothing-" "Not for nothing..." All the women stopped what they were doing to listen. "What do you mean ?" "You know the virus killed people except the alien abductees who had mutated to immortals by the alien vaccine. Immortals can self-heal, keep youthful and immunize people. But the women must be barren to hold the vaccine in their system. So...how many females would survive after the invasion ended ? I guess these females will bring Hank lots of money in trading for smuggling and baby producing. You are aware of the fact that he already impregnated some of the women here, didn't he ?" "God..." Kim's voice, shuddered in horror. "There's no God." A cold voice came from the dark. It was Jenny. "Shut up, Jenny." The black woman Rosa spat at her. A few women started to whimper. Alex sighed. "Kim, you said they transferred Monica to the another place, when ?" "Two days ago. I heard those men say her cell was going to be available for another special guest. Now I know they meant you." "How could they know where I was ?" Alex muttered. In fact, Hank had kept watching them after that New Year Eve's attack. So when Skinner left the house, they followed him to the border and saw him sneaking into Canada by car. Hank bet he was heading to that mountain. Skinner spent two days on the road. And Hank had already been there by the helicopter the first day. "I don't know. How's Skinner ?" Kim tried to broach the subject carefully. Skinner was her last hope for escape. "He was fine before Hank attacked us, after that? I don't know. Walter asked me to run-" "I hope he's not dead." If her boss died, she didn't think they had a chance to escape. "He won't," Alex smiled, "He was immunized, me too." "By whom ?" Alex hesitated to say the name, "Mulder." Thanks to the darkness that Kim couldn't see him blush. "M-Mulder ?...Oh." Kim blushed, too. She knew how women were immunized, she had been forced to do it. But how would three men get together? "But I thought Mulder was with Scully, and...and Skinner-" "Married ?" Alex snorted, laughing. "No. Mulder came to Skinner, but Walter and I had already been together." "So...you're lovers? I knew it! Skinner seemed so happy, he always finished his job earlier to go home. And he was so anxious to get everything done." Rosa whistled. "Hey, why did they take you ?" Jenny asked in cold voice unfriendly, "To get you pregnant, too ?" Some women giggled. "I said shut up, Jenny." Rosa spat at her again, "What's your problem ?" Alex waited for them to quiet down. "They want to get the vaccine or the spaceship." The vaccine was the key to riches and power. Alex had played with the Consortium for so long, Hank thought he knew where the Consortium produced it. Even better, to get the secret disc of the vaccine's description. "You know where it is ?" Alex didn't answer. The end of the Mess series.