From: DrKevaScully@aol.com Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 01:10:53 EST Subject: Story Submission Source: direct Title: Mulder's Redemption Author: Keva E. Andersen E-mail: DrKevaScully@aol.com Rating: PG Archive: Anywhere, just let me know, and send me the link so I can come and visit. Spoilers: Season 8 Summary: "In prison, a man will do most anything to keep his mind occupied" Disclaimer: If they were mine, I wouldn't be writing this on this piece of junk laptop. I'm a college kid who works at a t.v. station. In other words, I'm broke!! Don't sue me!! :) And the movie I referenced isn't mine either, virtual chocolate to anyone who can guess it. Although I did make it sort of obvious. FEEDBACK REJOICED!!! SEND ANYTHING YOU WISH!!!! Flames will be used to keep my room warm, it's frikin freezing in here..... *************************************************************** Mulder's Redemption by: Keva E. Andersen I saw a movie once, many years ago. It was about a man who spent 20 years in prison. 20 years is a long time when you're guilty. It's unimaginable if you're innocent. At the time, I found the whole concept unimaginable....this man who was forgotten, left to rot. Today, I know how that man feels. Because today, my son turns 1. My son.....he was only 24 hours old when I had to leave him. He's a whole year old, and of me he's never known more than a photograph. I too am being punished for a crime I did not commit. Forced underground by an evil that has no face, I've been robbed of everything that matters. My family, the love of my life, my last name. The eyes that stare back at me from the mirror are those of a stranger, their normal hazel shaded to a brown so deep it's almost black. I don't know if they'd even recognize me if they saw me now. The saying goes....in prison, a man will do most anything to keep his mind occupied. Even though I fear that it has driven me mad.....I dream of Dana. I dream of William. I dream of the life we should have had. The house, the picket fence, the dog...dinner together every night, Daddy's special bedtime stories. I dream of curling up every night beside the woman I love....smelling her hair and holding her so tight....and waking up with her every morning. Is that so much to ask? I don't think so. But tomorrow is another day. Tomorrow will be my redemption. Everything has been so carefully planned. The documents, the money, the location. The only thing missing is them. Though today they are far beyond my reach, tomorrow will be my redemption. Even if I have to crawl through 500 miles of shit, even if I have to chisel my way through Mount Everest I will get to them. I am going home. I just hope the Pacific is as blue as it is in my dreams. We are going to be a family again. FINIS Author's Note: I haven't seen this specific concept out there yet, so I hope no one else has had the same idea. This one is for Laura, for telling me I can write. Wether or not that's true I leave up to you all. ;) Thanks for reading.