From: "Sam Brownlie" Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 19:32:50 PDT Subject: 'Moby 01 - Ishmael' by Samantha Brownlie Source: direct Title: Moby 01 - Ishmael. Author: Samantha Brownlie Spoilers: Sein und Zeut/Closure (implied, not explicit) Summary: Mulder is the soul survivor of his father's own personal quests and demons. Keywords: VA Rating: PG Disclaimer: The usual - they're not mine, I don't earn any money from writing about them, and I promise to give them back when I'm done. Feedback to sbrownlie@hotmail.com 'Moby 01 - Ishmael' (1/1) Call me Ishmael. Not because I hunt whales or because I take to the seven seas when the stresses and pressures of my life become too much, but because of where I find myself. The sole survivor of my father's personal white whale - power and influence within the shadowy government he slavishly worked for - I drift alone in a sea of grief. The self-styled captain of our family, my father was not a bad man. Rather, he was stupidly weak, and thirsted for power beyond the level he could comfortably control. Just as the Pequod's captain unwittingly destroyed all bar one of his loyal crew when finally he came face to face with the monster he sought, so did Bill Mulder unleash unintentional havoc upon those he cared about most. Saved by little more than luck and capricious fate, I cling to whatever will keep me afloat and wait desperately for my pain-filled saviour to arrive.