From: Laura Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 12:10:04 -0500 Subject: Page 65 part 12: The Stakeout by Doctor C. Source: direct Title: Page 65 part 12: The Stakeout Author: Doc Key Words: S, R, A Rating: PG Category: M/S Married, petfic, Kinda Adventure Summary: Mulder and Scully are on a stakeout and Dana meets someone from her past when tragedy strikes. Disclaimer: I don't own the x files, but if I did, I'd have the season premier early September instead of November 14th. I don't think we can wait that long!! Dedication: Hello to Didi way out in PA! Also hi to Elsa too! Say hi to everybody for me, Didz. Spooky, you still haven't called and I am simply furious. HERE IT GOES... "Mmmm," Dana mumbled as she found herself spooned up with her head on Mulder's shoulder and their bodies close. 'They do say that creatures do pine for warmth. These creatures pine for love.' She thought to herself as she looked at Mulder, his hand was across her chest, and he mumbled something in his sleep but she couldn't quite catch it. 'What a perfect life I have.' She said as she closed her eyes again. Seven months is a long time from now, but soon there would be a whole lot of changes to this house, and this family. She was awoken again by a sudden shrill noise. She wondered what it was from, then she realized that it was her cell phone. She edged her way from Mulder's grasp thankfully without waking him up. She answered it and in the other room started talking. "Scully." She said as she listened. She used her maiden name at work so it wouldn't be confusing and to be professional. "Agent Scully, we need you and agent Mulder down here immediately. Remember the Hasbro Murders? We think we have caught the suspect. Oh yea, bring that meat eating dog, too." The AD said as he hung up, and she groaned. Too many Saturdays were wasted on work. "Okay, take your positions." The men called out. Mulder was at one corner, and Scully at another. Mulder had gone through the roof when he heard that the AD wanted her to go along as well. The only problem was that the AD didn't know that Dana was pregnant yet. Fox just prayed (and he rarely did that) that nothing would happen. That they'd just get the suspect and get the hell home. They had to be home soon, for heaven sakes the dog was here too. Buddy was sometimes used as a drug-sniffing dog, when the other dogs couldn't come or what not. The only problem was that Buddy wouldn't let anyone near him other than Dana and Fox. So what Mulder did was he made Scully take the dog for once for protection and she assured him that she would be okay. He couldn't shake the feeling that something was going to happen, something bad was going to happen. "And go." The coordinator of the whole investigation called out to his agents. They moved quickly at pace just as they were taught at Quantico. Dana and Fox's eyes locked and he mouthed to her "be careful." And was on his way. Mulder took out his flashlight and searched the darkened abandoned warehouse. Suddenly he heard a scream, a yelp and a gunshot. He knew that scream, and he knew that yelp. "This is special agent Fox Mulder requesting backup NOW!" he yelled on his walkie-talkie. He dialed Scully's cell number. "We are sorry, but the ATT customer you are trying to reach is unavailable at this time." Was the reply. He slammed the phone down with anger and fury. He ran as fast and hard that he'd ever ran before. "Scully!!! Dana please. Scully talk to me, please god answer." He yelled into the night as he ran to where Scully's position was. He saw the darkness, and tire tracks. He was about to turn around, when he saw Dana's cross. "God don't let me loose them." He was talking about Scully and his unborn child. Then, he remembered something that would save Dana. Buddy was with her, he was sure of it. "Sir there's no sign of her anywhere on the premises. We think she was abducted by the suspect." The deputy said to him, as he nodded. "I knew that." He said as the young man looked at him. "How did you know, sir?" "In here." He said as he pointed to his chest. "I just knew." "We'll have a MPR by tomorrow sir. If we get an early enough start, we have a good chance of finding her alive." The man said as Mulder shuddered at the word "alive." He entered the house to find it very alone. Too lonely. He had no idea how he had lived those four years at Oxford without a roommate or anything. Dana was tied up, gagged, and helpless. He had taken her away. She didn't know why, but he did. He had taken Buddy as well, and he muzzled the poor dog, who was scared enough as it is. "Dana, right?" the man said as they drove along, not knowing where. She nodded and didn't try to say any more." "We're going to go to someplace nice, Dana. Someplace warm and nice. I'm not sure if you remember me, Dana, but I remember you." He said as he turned to her and smiled. "I got out of prison about two years ago, and I've been looking for you two ever since. It certainly does mean that you two finally hooked up after all that." He said as he turned to face her, and she gasped (or at least she tried to, through the gag in her mouth). Mulder couldn't sleep all night. He was just thinking about who could have taken her, and why. He was thinking about her sleeping on a cold dark floor tonight instead of a nice warm bed. He also thought about their child whose life was also in danger along with his precious Dana. Buddy, oh buddy. He missed buddy as well. The three of them made such a family together. What would happen if they were taken away. What would happen if this life was taken away, in a simple instant it could. His blood boiled when he thought of the man that could make that happen. Dana woke a short time later in a dungeon. Her feet and hands were untied and the gag was out of her mouth. She looked around for Buddy and found him sleeping in the corner, or she hoped he was sleeping. "Well good morning, princess. Sleep well." The voice asked as the figure moved from the shadows. "What did you do to my dog?" she asked, as he sighed. "Well, you fell asleep last night, and he wouldn't let me take you inside. I had to sedate him. Don't worry, he'll wake up." "And what if he doesn't" "Oops." He said as he shrugged, and she sneered at him. "Alex, what do you want with me here?" she asked, as he pondered the question. "I was just wondering how you'd gotten off all your life. What you've been up to." He said as he drew out a gun. "I've been wanting to finish what I'd originally started when I was just twelve years old." He said as he raised the gun. "Alex, please don't. I'm pregnant." She finally said, as he drew the gun closer. "If you don't care about my life, then what about my baby's?" she pleaded. She was pleading with death, and she knew it. He still drew the gun, he drew it, and his hand was so close to squeezing the one thing that stopped him from killing her. "Noooooo." She yelled, as the sound of two gunshots and a warning growl echoed through the forest. Then there was silence, dead silence. Mulder looked to the forest with fear in his eyes. He had heard the gunshot and thought for the worst. "Over here." He called to his men over the radio system. This time, he was the head of this search party. He ran to where the gunshots were located. What scared him was the blood on the outside of the cabin with a trail. He opened the door to find the body of Alex Krycek, but nobody else. Dana cried silently as she put the gun down, and went over to her dog. Buddy had saved her life, and allowed her to get her gun, but Alex Krycek was too quick. He pulled the trigger on her beloved dog. There was blood all over, and she saw that the bullet had gone through his left leg, and he was bleeding a whole lot. She hugged him, and the dog painfully licked her cheek, as if to say "You feed me, you give me a home, you love me. This is how I repay you." He whimpered softly. She had to get help. She picked up the 70 pound dog (though she knew that heavy lifting was strictly forbidden in her pregnancy) and carried him outside to somehow call for help. "Mulder!!" Scully called as she thanked the Lord when she heard his voice. "Dana!!" he said as he felt relief wash over him. He went to her, and found she was sobbing quietly in his arms. He saw blood soaked on her clothes, and he grew concerned. He checked her all over for bruises and cuts. "Mulder, it's not me." Dana said as he looked down to find Buddy's body lying limply in her arms. "Dana, you know you shouldn't be lifting." He said as he took Buddy and lead Dana to the car. Not long before they started walking, she stopped and clutched her abdomen painfully. Fox did a full 360 and his face was panicked. "I'm fine, just put Buddy in the car." She said, as she looked at him, her eyes for concern. He was about to protest, and then put the dog into the car. "Dana, let me help you." He said as he took her by the arm. She just fainted in his arms. This was when he lost it. He put her in the front seat and just drove. "Mulder." She mumbled. "Yes, honey. Are you doing okay. I'm going to get you to a hospital right now." He said as he smoothed the hair out of her eyes. "No, take Buddy first, please. He's in worse shape." She said, as he shook his head. "I'm more worried about you than him." "Mulder listen to me, please. Take our dog first. The vet's office is on the way to the hospital." She said, as he nodded. "Fine, Scully." He said as he pulled into the veterinarian's office. "You stay in the car, while I take him in, okay." "K, bye Buddy. I love you." She said, as she fell back asleep. Mulder kissed her on the forehead before going inside. He was out in the car a little while later, and they drove to the hospital in silence. Scully woke to a horrendous pain in the pit of her abdomen. "Mulder it hurts. It hurts all over." She said as she cried. "I don't want to loose it. Please don't let me loose it." She cried as Mulder parked and she opened the door and threw up. She was about to walk while Mulder protested when she was doubled over in pain. "Mulder, don't let them take it away from me, please." She said as he picked her up and rushed inside. "I need a doctor!" he yelled as he saw that Scully's pants were bright red. They brought over a gurney and sped away. He sat down in the waiting room, like he did countless times before. This time it just wasn't Dana he would loose. HE woke to find Maggie there, looking at him with sad eyes. "Any news?" he said hopefully "Yea," she said slowly, and sadly. He did not like how his mother in law sounded. She smiled. That was a good sign, he hoped. "They both are doing fine. I just went inside to see Dana and she's asking for you. She wants to know how your dog is doing. I told her you'd be in, in a minute." She said, as she smiled at Mulder. "Oh, and Fox? Congratulations, you are going to make a wonderful father." She said, this was the first time that she knew. Dana meant to call, but things were so busy at work and all. He knocked on the door, and entered. Dana was in one of those paper hospital gowns, and she was trying to fix it. "Hey there." He said, as he helped her fix it. "Thanks, Fox." She said, as she leaned against him. "I've missed that, Mulder." She said, as she hugged him. "Why can't we just have a normal life like everybody else. Every week something is happening. Something that we might not get out of alive." She said as she sighed and tears welled up in her eyes again. "Hey now, none of this." He said as he wiped the tears from her cheeks. "This is our life, Scully. We always will make it together, no matter how many bumps in the road we have." He said, as he sighed, and decided to change the subject. "What did the doctors say?" "They said that I had a tear in my amniotic fluid. I need to stay here overnight, but I'll be okay. Too much stress I suppose. It's not every day that you get kidnapped." She said, trying to smile. "How's Buddy?" she finally asked, she had been thinking about him all night. "The vet called, and they said that the bleeding was really heavy. They managed to stop it durring the surgery, but he's not out of the woods yet. It's a fifty-fifty chance he'll pull through the night." "If it weren't for that dog I wouldn't be standing here. He saved my life. Krycek was about to pull the trigger, but he stopped it." "He knows that it's his duty to protect those he love and you are one of those people. We are his pack, and it's his duty to protect us from danger of any kind." Mulder said, as he remembered a case they did once about wolves. That's what the manual said, and that's what Buddy did. He was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice. Dana was released the next day, with her OB telling her not to go to work for a few days, and the doctor personally called in the FBI and told them that, because she knew that Dana was a very stubborn patient. The first thing Dana said when she got out of the hospital was "I want to go see Buddy." When Mulder came to pick her up. Maggie had insisted that he go home and get some sleep. "That's what I was going to do when I got you." He said as he looked at the steering wheel when he helped her get inside. "Why, what's wrong. Mulder?" she looked at him with questioning eyes. "Buddy isn't doing well. The doctors say that he may need coaxing." Mulder paused, looking for the right set of words. "Or a goodbye." He said, and neither spoke a word. They walked into the room to find their beloved dog mangled and bandaged up. His breathing was shallow, and he whined when he saw them. "Hey now, boy." Mulder said, as he scratched Buddy in his favorite spot. The dog licked his hand, and whined. "We need you, boy. You need to help us with our baby. Who would we have to eat mashed peas off of the floor at home, huh? I don't think that Dana really wants to." He said as he chuckled. "Come on, boy. You saved my wife, and you saved my child. I owe you so much, Buddy. The least you owe me is your life." He said as he patted the dog and went to get Dana. Dana made it clear that she wanted to be alone with her dog. "Hey, there Buddy." She said as she patted him on the head. He wiggled and his tail thumped slowly as a greeting. "I don't know how I can thank you enough." She said, as she sat on the cold tile floor with him. "You saved me in so many ways, boy. When Mulder was on all those business trips, you kept me company. It really was a good feeling to have another heartbeat in the house while Mulder's away. And buddy, you are so good with kids. Look how you tolerate Abby and Mathew? You saved Mathew's life for sure." She paused to wipe the tears from her eyes. "What if you could have kids of your own, to play with for hours like you do them. Buddy, please don't die on me now. I don't want to loose someone I love again." She said, as he licked her hand, and picked his head up. He whined, and woofed a bit to let her know that it was okay. He licked her face and she smiled. Everything was going to be okay. She wouldn't trade in this life for anything. Sure, her and Mulder have gone through just about everything together and they have their twists and turns. But that's what makes up a family, and that's why she was so grateful.