From abaylis@inetex.com Mon Mar 24 21:45:14 1997 Subject: the gossaner project From: abaylis -------- "One Mulder For Another" rated PG, SA by: Laura Baylis abaylis@inetex.com March.24.1997 Disclaimer: Fox Mulder, Dana Scully and Samantha Mulder belong to Chris Carter, FOX television and 1013 and are in no way my property. I am only borrowing them and I'm not making any money off of them. I have to warn you that this story is very sad and it made me teary just writing it . So don't say I didn't warn you ! I would have to classify it under a "story" and an "angst" and their's no sex or violence in it, it's perfectly tame. I hope it's not too confusing, Scully is remembering the past as she reads Mulder's letter, so it jumps around a little bit. This is my first story I have posted on the net so I hope you enjoy it ! Summary: Set in the future, Scully is still trying to get over Mulder's disappearance over ten years ago. One Mulder For Another Scully sat in front of the warm fire of her living room and held the letter she had been reading tightly in her grasp. She wondered how many times she had read that letter over and over, trying to take in every word, every syllable. She tucked her long read hair behind her ear as a tear ran down her cheek and landed on the neatly hand-written, ten year old letter. Scully rubbed her eyes and the mascara on her big, blue eyes smugged across her pale skin. 'Dear Dana, I'm sorry I have to leave you like this but I feel it's for the best, this is the only way.' Every word was like a dagger through her heart, a longing like no other, a longing for her former partner Fox Mulder. She remembered that cold winter night over ten years ago when Mulder had called her to tell her that he had found his long lost sister, Samantha. She felt so happy for him at that moment. She remembered how excited he was over the phone, she could almost see the the expression of reluef and pure joy on his face. " Hey Scully she's home! she's finally home!" He had yelled. "I'll be at the hospital as soon as I can" Scully was so happy that his long search was over. 'I don't want you to worry about me Scully, I'm o.k.and I need you to believe that' Scully closed her eyes, trying to stop the tears from falling. She had rushed over to the hospital to find Mulder standing by Samantha's hospital bed. She hadn't been hurt but Mulder being the over protective man he was, he had insisted on it. "It's Samantha Scully, it's really her!" Mulder said as he bent forward to give his partner a hug. Scully was speachless. She approached Samantha who was awake and remembering everything. " Dana I presume" Sam had said quietly as she put out her hand for Scully to take. "I've only been here for an hour and already Fox can't stop talking about you." Scully smilled and took Samantha's hand looking into Mulder's hazel eyes."Where did you find her Mulder?" Scully asked, not knowing what else to say. Mulder told her Samantha said she had been living out of the country and she came to D.C. for buisness. It was pure luck that Mulder had seen a dark haired woman getting mugged and ran to help her, almost fainting when he realized who it was. 'Please don't hate me for what I'm about to do,I know I told you once that I wouldn't go anywhere without you, but this is the one place you can't fallow me. I have the greatest most respect for you and I hope you have the same for me' Scully swallowed hard. She had all the respect in the world for Mulder and she regreted not telling him that. When Samantha had fallen asleep she and Mulder went to the caffeteria for a coffee. After being awake for most of the night talking to his sister, they needed it. "This is so amazing" She had said."Are you sure she's not a clone?" "Yeah, I'm sure....I can just feel it, I'm positive" Mulder smilled."Thank-you Scully" She raised an eyebrow."For what?" "For sticking by me all this time" Scully smilled and Mulder put his hand on her arm."I gotta go take care of something, would you check on Samantha for me before you leave?" Scully nodded and stood up to see Mulder off. He held her tightly in his arms for what seemed like an eternity and then ran off. She didn't know then that that was the last time she would ever see him. 'You will always hold a very special place in my heart. I trust you like no other, please don't forget me' His words were like poetry, honest and sincere, just like him. When Scully went to check on Samantha she was fast asleep and an envelpoe with his letter on it said only one word. -Dana- As soon as she saw the envelope a rush of panic went through her. She knew something was terribly wrong before she even read the letter .She feared the worse but as she read the letter she knew it was far worse than she could ever imagine. 'I don't know if I'll ever be back, but then again Samantha was returned. I only hope I don't have to live my life without finally getting a laugh out of you' Scully dropped the letter as Samantha woke up, startled by the look on Scully's face."What's wrong Dana? Is it Fox?" Scully felt like the world had slipped out from under her. She felt dizzy and shaky at the same time, it was almost impossible for her to speak."Mulder gave this to you?". Scully asked "I geuss he, he put it on my bed and told me to give it to you. What's wrong?" Scully looked back down at the letter and tried to finish it. 'Please take care of Samantha for me, my mother's going to want to know she has her daughter back. Remember this Scully, you may be losing a mulder but your'e gaining another one. Samantha can be their for you know that I can't. I don't know how to explain this except by saying we made a "switch". I could only have Sam back if I sacrificed my own freedom for her. Samantha won't remember any of this so don't bother trying to get any answers out of her. I know it's kind of 'out there' but please believe me. That's all I can tell you. I'm sorry if I've left you with more questions than answers, I really hate that and I know how much you hate that too, but I don't want to endanger your'e life. I would really like you to continue working on the X-Files, but if you don't I'll understand' Scully looked up at Samantha tears filling in her eyes, and ran out of the hospital. Scully continued working on the X-Files like Mulder had wanted her to but after a couple years working partnerless she lost her passion and eventually the X-Files slipped right through her fingers and was shut down, permanintly this time. She hated herself for letting Mulder down, giving up on something he had worked so hard for, *they* had worked so hard for. Scince then she had been teaching at Quantico again. She kept in touch with Samantha though and over the years they had become close friends. It felt good to have Samantha there for her. She was alot like Mulder with her dark hair and hazel eyes, her sideways grin and her sense of humour. Sometimes she would look at Sam and all she would see was Mulder, his honesty, his passion for the unknown..... Scully's thoughts wre interupted by a knocking on the door."Comming!". She yelled as she whipped the tears off her face. She went to open the door, dropping the letter on the table, to find Samantha standing there. "Hey Dana! I brought chinese!". She said cheerfully as she lifted up the bag of food cartons. Scully smilled and let her in the appartment."Hi Sam" Samantha went straight to the kitchen to put the food on plates and Scully walfed back to the coffee table to finish up the letter. She walked over to the window and looked up at the bright stars in the black sky. 'Don't feel sad for me Scully, Samantha's home safe and that's really all thast matters, except for you of course. I'm sorry that I had to drag you down into my dark world of lies and decete, but you were the light in that darkness Scully. You were the one person that kept me standing, the one person that would never let me fall, I am greatfull to you for that. Don't put your'e life on hold for me Scully, I've already put you throuhg enough and that is the one thing I can't bare. I really hate good-byes so I'll just say, untill we meet again. Love, Fox Mulder. THE END. Like Mulder said, sorry ir I left you with more questions than answers, but hey, that's The X-Files!!! 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