From kat_charisma@hotmail.com Sat Apr 12 15:13:08 1997 Subject: submitting From: "Katie Burgett" -------- Natasha: for submitting: Title: Poker Night Author: Ami Sharpe Rating: PG Category:SRH Summary: Mulder and Scully interrupt the Lone Gunmen's poker night, and things take an unexpected twist. ------------------------------------------------------------------- By: Ami Sharpe Poker Night Rating: PG This is just a cute little story I wrote. I was bored and the TV was busted. What can I say? Read on. Mulder, Scully, and the 3 Lone Gunmen belong to a whole bunch of companies with really good lawyers and lots o' money. Don't sue. It's really not worth it. *-*-*-*-*-*-* 8:00 PM Lone Gunman Headquarters Friday, March 7. "Ok guys. five card draw, jokers are anything, aces high and there is a one dollar minimum on all betting." Byers declared, shuffling the cards. It was Friday night, poker night. Playing was poker was almost a religion to the three men seated around a card table, covered in assorted munchies. The cards were dealt out. 8:51 PM "Not again!" Langly cried as Frohicke gathers all the chips on his side of the table. They had played about 10 hands, and Frohicke had a good portion of Langly's money. Byers was breaking about even. "How much-" Frohicke was cut of as a buzzer sounded. "Rock paper scissors" Byers declared. Frohicke ended up losing and had to get up to answer the door. "Hey we're in luck, you guys. It's the lovely Agent Scully come to visit - and spooky too." The other men rolled their eyes, all too aware of Frohicke's little crush on Scully. "Let 'em in." Langly called. Frohicke opened the door and grinned as he watched Mulder and Scully walk in. "Hey sorry to interrupt poker night, guys." Mulder called, tossing his trenchcoat on the table. Scully did the same. "We just recovered a disk from the Mizuno project and it's decoded and encrypted. Can you help us out?" Scully held up a small CD. "Sure thing." Frohicke rolled over to the computer and turned it on. Scully handed him the disk and he got to work right away. The other gunmen sat down at the card table. 'Since Frohicks is out, Langly, I guess you're saved.' Byers quipped. "No fair!" Frohicke called from the computer. "Mulder, can you take my place? I'll split the winnings with you." "Sure." Mulder sat down in the fold out chair and looked at the cards. "It's a conspiracy against me.." Langly muttered. Scully heard and laughed. "Why do you guys get to have all the fun?" "YOU play poker?" all four men said in unison. "Yes." she said crossly. 'You don't grow up with two older brother and not learn how to play cards." "We vote." Byers volunteered. "Anyone who thinks we should let the fair and innocent Scully into our game raise your hand." Four hands went up. "Then it's decided. Scully, you're in." Mulder said quickly. Langly dealt her five cards and the play began. 9:12 PM Within five hands, Scully had won back most of Langly's money. Frohicke came back and joined them, having set the computer to work through its program. "OK, I see you 2.50 and raise you ten dollars." Mulder said smugly. He knew his hand was good. Byers looked at the pile of chips in the middle of the table. "I don't want to lose any money. I'm out." "I see your ten, and raise you fifteen" a confident Scully said. Langly gave a low whistle "This is where I draw the line." Frohicke also laid down his cards. Mulder glanced t his hand again, and slowly gathered 35 dollars' worth of chips. There's your fifteen, and another twenty." Scully's face stayed frozen. She silently pushed all her chips into the middle. "Twenty, and twenty more." "Uh. Byers, come here a sec." the man got up and crouched next to Mulder. The agent showed him his hand. "Can I borrow fifty bucks?" "Sure" Byers ginned, tossing the bill on the table. "Ok," Mulder declared. "I call." he spread out four queens and an ace. "Oh darn." Scully sighed, and showed her hand. A king, a king, a two, a king, and a king. "I win." she smiled slowly. All four men just started at the cards on the table. "I hate poker." Mulder said slowly as Scully began gathering up chips. Suddenly, Byers jumped up and said "Conference, guys." the three lone gunmen went over to the other side of the room and started talking heatedly. Byers was gesturing madly, Langly was laughing, and Frohicke grumbled. Suddenly Langly turned to Mulder and Scully. "Mulder, it seems that you owe Byers a sum of fifty dollars. Is that not correct?" "I really hate poker." "Well, As good friends and associates, we find that you find some way to repay Byers." Langly paced around the room, starting to look like a detective figuring out a case. "I am never playing poker again." Mulder declared, warily watching Langly. "And for you to repay our dear friend Byers, we have decided on your duty." Mulder's anxiety increased as they called Scully over. The conversation continued, with Scully nodding frequently. "And your duty is to bestow the fair Dana Katherine Scully a kiss." He wasn't exactly expecting that, but who cares? Mulder had been dying to kiss his partner since the first day she had walked into his office. Mulder stood up and walked over to Scully. The three lone gunmen quickly cleared out. Afraid of wrecking the partnership, Mulder kissed her lightly on the cheek. "Ok, guys." "Come on, Mulder you can do better than that!" Langly cried. "*I* can do better than that!" Frohicke said. 'Ok, If they want a show, we'll give them one.' Mulder thought. Wrapping his arm around her waist, he pulled Scully closer. Dana wasn't totally sure of what was happening, all she knew that it was happening very fast. He grinned at Scully once, and then kissed her firmly. Scully didn't know what to do. Since that time on their first case where Mulder had poured out the story about his sister to her, Scully had know she was totally, truly and undeniably in love with "Spooky" Fox Mulder. She didn't want to risk their friendship either. 'What the hell?' Scully thought, and slipped her arms around her partner's neck. 'May as well take advantage of the situation.' The lone gunmen just stared in shock as they saw Mulder and Scully, kissing each other passionately. After a while, Mulder pulled away. Smiling down at Scully, he said "I love poker." *-*-*-*-*-*-* You Like? tell me yay or nay here: mercury@advnet.net or, go to my homepage here: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/2225/index.html -Ami Sharpe --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------