Title: San Francisco - Triple Vision Author: Hummbugg E-Mail hummbugg@gmail.com Rated: NC-17 Disclaimer: All credit to CC and Co. X When I kissed you, girl, I knew how sweet a kiss could be I know how sweet a kiss can be Like the summer sunshine pour your sweetness over me Pour your sweetness over me The Archies X 11:13pm Mulder locked the door behind him quietly as he crept into the dark house. He toed his shoes off and kicked them into place beside a dainty pair of heels. An increase in reported UFO sightings and missing persons had seen him out of town for a few days on organization business. Scully had managed to cover for him at his work. She had to lie through her teeth once again. He hadn't been able to talk to her since he left three days ago. He was looking forward to hearing the tale Dr Scully had managed to spin for his supposed medical leave of absence. Mulder smiled down at her shoes. With any luck she would still be awake. Mulder tiptoed up the staircase making sure to be extra quiet. He could see a faint light shining from their bedroom door. Mulder was willing to bet she had the lamp on with a book in hand as he silently approached the doorway. He peeked inside and sure enough she was in bed on her side facing the doorway. She was propped up by her elbow and a small mountain of pillows and appeared to be engrossed in the book she was reading. Mulder smiled as a large yawn took possession of her sleepy face before she turned to the next page. He cleared his throat to make his presence known. She jumped slightly and looked up with a startled expression on her face. Fortunately she realized it was Mulder before she dove for the gun on her side table. A smile spread across her face as she marked her place in her book and placed it next to the weapon. "I called you three days ago to tell you my husband is out of town and you decide to show up now?" Mulder grinned as he slid out of his leather jacket and hung it in the walk in closet. His belt came next then his t-shirt, jeans and socks landed in the hamper. With an exaggerated sigh he flopped down onto the bed and buried his face in his pillow. The pillow carried the scent of her hair and pleasantly assaulted his senses. "You've been sleeping on my pillow." Scully smiled at the muffled mumbling coming from the man next to her. She kicked the bed covers off her legs and swung one over him so she could straddle his hips. Mulder groaned in appreciation when her fingers dug into his tense shoulders. "Aaah you're too good to me Scully." "Mmm don't I know it." She bent forward to deliver a small bunch of warm affectionate kisses between his shoulder blades. "So what did you find?" "Honestly? Not much." Scully sighed, sharing his disappointment. Truth be told she was relieved to have him home information or no information. A grin took hold of her sweet face as she stared at the back of his head. "So your superiors think you're suffering from a severe hemorrhoid problem for nothing?" He felt the evil witch shaking with glee when his head shot up from the pillow. "You didn't?" "Oh yes I believe I did." He bucked beneath her with such force that Dana Scully actually squealed. Mulder flipped over and pinned her beneath him and watched as she struggled in vain to contain her laughter. "Scully." His tone was all business. A small snort escaped her and that was all it took for him to launch into action. Before she had a chance to protest his fingers flew to her sides and attacked her ticklish ribcage. "Mulder!" It didn't matter how well trained a G-Woman she used to be; Scully was helpless in a tickle match. "Mulder stop! I was joking!" He laughed in her ear as her head tossed from side to side against her pillow. He could feel her squirming beneath him. She bucked her hips in an attempt to throw him off. He was too heavy for her struggles and she was too weak with laughter to succeed. She was determined not to give up and maintained the thrusting of her lower body. He felt her hands pushing at his shoulders and chest and grabbed a hold of them effectively pinning her wrists above her head. It only took a moment for Mulder to realize exactly how much he had missed her over the last few days. Her arms above her head caused her breasts to lift and jut forward enticingly before his eyes. He watched as they bobbed up and down in time with her movements beneath the light blue silk of her pajama top. The spaghetti straps had slid from her shoulders and hung limply over her small but toned upper arms. Everything looked so delicious; from her twinkling beautiful eyes and the shrieks of protest escaping her ripe mouth to the delectable collarbone beckoning to be suckled and the insistent motion of her pelvis. He felt his excitement growing as her lower half rubbed against his. With a brief thought to what a sucker he was for her; his tickling became caressing. He managed to drag his eyes away from her silk clad breasts and lock gazes with her. Her lips were curved in a warm smile and the press of her pelvis to his switched from aggressive to sweet in half a second. Mulder grinned and caught her warm mouth beneath his own. She opened immediately to accept his tongue and locked her legs around his hips. They both moaned as the length of his growing arousal came into contact with the soft heat hidden beneath her silk pajama shorts. Mulder had started to speak but she clamped her mouth firmly over his and sucked his tongue into her mouth. He moaned against her lips and ground the evidence of his arousal against her singing center. A dose of pure magic hit her veins as his rigid flesh rubbed against her clitoris through two thin layers of material. Her mouth separated from his with an audible pop as she rolled him onto his back and straddled him. With her arms behind her back she settled her palms firmly on his knees for balance and leverage. Her eyes closed as she increased the friction and sensitivity between them by rocking her hips forward and back. She laughed when Mulder's voice drifted up to her ears. "You know there are perks to having a frequently interrupted sex life." The fact that they were driving each other to the brink of no return simply by dry humping was not lost on Mulder. He felt like a horny kid again and so did Scully judging by the way she was riding him. "Lift your arms." She did as asked and Mulder slid the scrap of summery silk up her torso and off her body. He sat up and splayed his hands along the middle of her back to draw her breasts toward his eager mouth. Then the phone rang. Mulder sighed in frustration but continued on his journey to her left peak. His mouth closed around the stiff nub of flesh as she reached out to the side table and snatched the phone from its base. "Hello." "Hello Dana. It's John." "John, what can I do for you?" Mulder's mouth immediately ceased all activity. He sat there quietly with his tongue mid swipe over her nipple. "I apologize for calling at this hour but something has been brought to my attention that I think you and Mulder will be quite interested in.." X "I know I was saying earlier that there are perks to a frequently interrupted sex life but I think I've changed my mind." Scully held a smile in check over Mulder's playful whining. They both knew a call from John in the middle of the night always meant business. She was tingling with excitement. She hadn't been out on a field mission in months. Scully looked up when she heard footsteps rushing down the hallway toward the office. "Charlie? Michael?" "In the flesh. You guys get a call too?" Charlie dropped into the seat next to Scully. Scully turned to face her. "Yeah around half an hour ago. Do you know what this is about?" "No idea but it better be good. Jasin's down with the flu and-." Charlie closed her mouth when she saw the door to John's office open. Their aging superior smiled uncomfortably and gestured them inside. "Thank you all for coming on such short notice. I apologize for my vagueness on the phone and for the late hour. I didn't want to go into detail until I had you all here." He paused to drum his fingers on the surface of his desk. Michael spoke up. "John?" John sighed and leaned back on his chair, his hands formed a steeple beneath his chin. "I just want you to know that I knew nothing of this until today. There are so many different departments and projects and it would be impossible for me to be involved in all of them." Charlie was concerned and it showed on her face. "John whatever it is.. We trust you." John gave them all a once over before retrieving two files from his desk drawer. He tapped them against his palm before speaking. "Around twenty years ago the organization began experimenting with genetics and clone DNA to create a superior breed of clones. We're talking about heightened intelligence and strength, better memory and sharper senses, a keen sense of creativity and of course logic. Along with the perks came the downfalls. These clones also inherited higher levels of psychosis and suicidal tendencies. They were prone to obsessive compulsive and/or manic depressive behavior. There were very few satisfactory results and even fewer have survived." John paused to allow them to digest the information before leaning forward to hand the two files over. "I think you will be especially interested in these two." Mulder and Scully exchanged a glance before flipping their file open. Scully's eyes widened. "Whoa." Mulder's breath tickled her ear as he leaned in to take a closer look at the photo clipped to the inside of the file. Scully heard Charlie muttering over her own file. "Why am I not surprised?" John waited while the two couples swapped files and quickly scanned over them. Charlie was the first to speak up. "We learned about Fox and Dana years before we met them. Why were we not told of these two?" "I have no idea. Like I said earlier I didn't know about them either until recently." "Okay.. I take it they need our help?" "It appears that these two are the only completely successful results of the experiments." Scully joined in to the conversation. "On what do you base that?" "They're completely normal. There have been no suicide attempts and they both appear to be quite stable, they are both extremely intelligent and highly creative. They're at a good age to be brought into the loop. They're still young and impressionable and eager to learn. My superiors feel that they will continue to flourish if introduced to the proper environment. They are our creation after all and we can take them by force if we must. However the right environment needs to be appealing to them as well as us. We're going to take it through official channels and have them transferred to the care of willing organization members.. I thought it might be best to offer the opportunity to you first." Charlie's eyebrows rose in amusement. "You thought a couple more additions to this warped family wouldn't go astray?" "Look I'm sorry to put you all on the spot like this. I wish I had been warned. This assignment is optional. I will understand completely if you choose to not take this on board. However since they are genetically related to all of you I figured working the family angle couldn't hurt.." Michael sighed and rubbed his temples. "What are we in for? How attached are they?" John smiled. "They've never met." Michael nodded. "Well that makes things easier." Charlie's head whipped around to stare at her husband. "Are you seriously considering this? Michael we've got three children at home and one son at college who frequently comes to visit. We need to think about the impact this is going to have on them." She turned back around to face John. "I don't know about Fox and Dana but we're going to need some time to discuss this. Can we get back to you?" John smiled sympathetically. "Of course." X The Mulder Residence 2:00am The four of them sat nursing coffee in the living room. Mulder was frowning into his mug. "This is a very weird situation to be in." Scully smiled. "Weirder than those prehistoric bugs we found that time?" "Definitely weirder. We're being asked to parent ourselves.. basically." Charlie was chewing on her lower lip. "What are we going to do? I don't want to say no.. but I've got children to think about. John said they were successful but.. What if they tried to hurt one of the children? What about you guys? Surely you're planning to start a family of your own soon.. Will you feel comfortable having them around your baby?" Michael squeezed her shoulder tenderly. "We were them once upon a time Charlie. Wouldn't you have given your right arm for a family? We're both results of experiments. We know what it's all about." "I know Michael." She paused to sigh. "I want to help.." Scully peered at Mulder who appeared to be deep in thought beside her. "What do you think?" He exhaled slowly and drummed his fingers silently over his knee. "I think.." He paused to think over his answer. After running his fingers through his hair he looked over at her. "I think we should take this on board." Scully's eyebrows rose in surprise. "Mulder.. Are you sure?" He nodded slowly. "We've got plenty of room in the house. I'm sure we'll have plenty of time to work out if they're stable enough to be around children before we actually fill the house with the pitter patter of little feet." Charlie jumped in before Scully could reply. "No you guys shouldn't have to take both of them. Besides they're sixteen, they're still babies. They shouldn't be pushed into adult relationships and close living quarters. Being a foster child forces you to grow up quicker than you should and Michael and I were both robbed of our innocence too young. One each is fair. I think we can handle that." Michael slid an arm around his wife's shoulder and smiled. "I knew you wouldn't hold out. You're too much of a generous sucker." "Look who's talking." "I think it will turn out okay Charlie. I don't think the kids will have trouble adjusting. In fact I think this will blow their minds." "What? Being able to party with younger versions of their parental units?" "Exactly." Charlie smiled and took another swig of coffee. Mulder looked around at the other three. "So we're going to do this?" Michael and Charlie nodded. Mulder looked to Scully and she appeared a little hesitant. "Who takes who?" Michael answered. "I think we should take the boy. We've got three boys around his age constantly at our house. I think Mark, Justin and Robbie will happily take him on." "How are you going to explain him to Justin and Robbie?" Mulder was smirking at Michael. "Well he's fifteen and I'm forty so obviously we don't look exactly alike. Just eerily similar. We'll tell people he's my cousin. I don't think it will appear suspicious." Mulder nodded and looked over at Scully. "We'll take her?" She nodded her consent and smiled a little hesitantly before lifting her mug. "To self parenting I guess." Charlie laughed and reached out to clink mugs with Scully. "To self parenting." X 2 Weeks Later The four of them sat behind a two way mirror looking into a sparsely furnished room. A white leather lounge faced the mirror, in front of the lounge was a low coffee table and seated directly in front of the mirror was a low arm chair with the back facing the group in the small viewing room. "Feels like old times eh Scully?" Mulder shot a side long grin at his wife before turning back to the room. They all watched as the door opened and a young girl barely standing at five feet and two inches shuffled inside. She tucked a long strand of wavy cinnamon hair behind her ear as her piercing blue eyes settled nervously on the mirror. "Wow. Talk about a blast from the past." Charlie's voice emerged a touch above a whisper. Scully couldn't speak; she was mesmerized by the sight of a sixteen year old image of herself live and in the flesh. An odd wave of amusement washed over her. She had been such a shy and self conscious teenager. It was only now that she realized there had been no need for such feelings. Her replica projected the image of a pretty sixteen year old girl. She was a little on the skinny side but it was nothing a few decent meals couldn't fix. The girl took a seat on the lounge and dumped her canvas back pack at her feet. She tucked her hair behind her ear again. Mulder recognized the gesture immediately; she was nervous. It was hard to fathom such a young and vulnerable Dana Scully. Her face was still soft and sweet. She hadn't yet developed the structured and angular features of Scully and Charlie. Her fashion sense was certainly light years behind her mature doppelgangers. She wore beaten up flared jeans with a hole developing over the left knee. Her little feet were encased in scuffed skate shoes that were probably white once upon a time and her snug black t-shirt bore two words emblazoned in bold white font across her breasts. BITE ME Mulder grinned and slung an arm over Scully's shoulder. She seemed entranced by the young girl. She couldn't take her eyes off her. The door opened once again and the girl turned to look over her shoulder as a young man sauntered in. He threw her a glance before dumping a black back pack at his feet and flopping down on the lounge. His sleepy hazel eyes tracked the room lazily and landed on the mirror. His mouth twitched into a smirk and he threw another glance at the girl on the opposite end of the couch. She didn't appear to be paying him any attention. Her eyes were locked firmly on her kneecaps. Never one to just keep his mouth shut the young man spoke up. "What's up with that mirror?" The young girl looked up and eyed the glass warily. "I thought it looked a little 'SVU' when I first came in." His smirk grew and he kicked his denim clad legs up to sprawl haphazardly across the coffee table. She eyed him with a barely concealed sneer of disgust. "Manners don't cost anything. They're free you know?" "Uptight much?" "I am not uptight." "Uh huh." She rolled her eyes and went back to staring at her own denim clad kneecaps. "So why are you here?" Without looking at him she replied. "New foster parents." "What happened to the old ones?" She shrugged. "They said they were moving east." "Did you like them?" From his profile view of her he could see her jaw tighten. "They were okay I guess." He remained silent momentarily to see if she would make conversation. None was forthcoming. Being someone that was curious about everything and everyone didn't always work in his favor but it was a tough habit to break. "Is 'they were okay I guess' really code for 'It was me who told everyone they moved back east because I hacked them up into a hundred pieces and buried them under the floorboards.'?" No smile. Her face remained completely blank and her reply was equally flat in tone. "You got me." He eyed her for a moment before continuing. "So what's your name?" "Brodie." "Brodie?" He gestured as if wanting her to continue. "Just Brodie." Being someone that was paranoid and had a difficult time trusting people she was hesitant about giving details such as her full name to complete strangers. "Pleased to meet you 'Just Brodie.'" He paused to shoot her a grin. She frowned and glanced at her wrist watch. He smiled almost sympathetically. "I wouldn't start sweating on the time. You know how these things go. We'll probably be here for hours." Her eyes rose to meet his. "New foster home too?" "Yep." She nodded and looked away again, this time her eyes came to rest on the coffee table. "You don't say much do you?" Her eyebrow rose but her eyes didn't move to meet his. "Maybe I don't have much to say." "That's okay. You can just listen." Finally a ghost of a smile appeared on her pretty face. "My name is Lukas by the way." X You're my piece of mind, in this crazy world You're every thing I've tried to find Your love is a pearl You're my Mona Lisa You're my rainbow skies And my only prayer is that you realize You'll always be beautiful in my eyes... Joshua Kadison X The silence in the car was oppressive. Mulder glanced over at Scully from the driver's seat. She was staring out the passenger side window with her face turned partially away from him. He knew she was still wrapping her head around this decision they had made. *He* was still wrapping his head around it. Fox Mulder was now the legal guardian of a sixteen year old clone of his wife. When did his life get so messed up? He almost laughed aloud at that thought. Life had always been messed up; it was just reaching an all time high or low depending on how you look at it. Mulder's eyes flicked up to the rear view mirror. Brodie was also staring out of her window. Both women appeared to be apprehensive. He could only imagine the utter chaos that must be rampaging through the young girl's mind. Mulder knew she had only agreed to go along with the whole situation because a lump sum was on offer for her eighteenth birthday. His own clone had agreed hesitantly to go along with Michael and Charlie. They were mind boggled over their new knowledge of who they were and how they came to be. The older replicas hadn't yet burdened them with the existence of extraterrestrials. Both Mulder and Scully and Michael and Charlie had agreed to hold off on that particular bombshell. They didn't want to overload the kids. They already had enough to deal with. Mulder pulled into the driveway and killed the ignition. They all sat quietly for a moment. He unclasped his belt and looked over his shoulder at Brodie. She was staring up at the house through her window. Mulder studied her heart shaped face carefully. Brodie's expression remained completely blank. Not a sign either way of whether she was pleased or disappointed. He thought he spotted a slight twitch in her cheek but it vanished as quickly as it appeared. Finally she pulled her gaze from the window and turned to face him. Their eyes met briefly and she immediately glanced down at her hands. Mulder frowned; she avoided eye contact a lot. Meanwhile Scully had unbuckled herself and exited the car. She bent down to offer a small smile through the open door. "You ready?" Brodie nodded and made her way out onto the driveway. When Mulder popped the trunk she immediately drew her bags out and politely declined his offer to carry them inside. Mulder shrugged and set off with smile. Another stubborn mule in the house was all he needed. Once he had the front door open he ushered them both inside before closing it behind him. Scully hit the lights and tossed her purse on the foyer table. Brodie slowly took in what she could see of the house. She hadn't been expecting anything so nice. Come to think of it she'd never been inside a house as nice as this one. Instead of feeling pleased over her good fortune she was immediately uncomfortable. She didn't like playing the role of the poor beggar at the castle gates. Somehow the castle gates had been opened and now she felt even more inadequate than before. "You have a really nice home." Mulder blinked in surprise. She hadn't once opened her mouth unless spoken to since meeting them. Scully smiled kindly. "Well we haven't always been this fortunate so we went a little overboard. Why don't you put your bags down for now. You need to choose a room." Brodie hesitantly placed her bags on the floor either side of her and stuffed her hands into the pockets of her beat up jeans. She wasn't feeling one hundred percent. Fighting a wave of dizziness she managed to squeeze a few words out. "I get a choice?" It was Mulder who answered. "There are some limitations. You can't have the attic because we need the storage space and you can't kick us out of our room because Scully will fight you to the death for her en suite. Other than that it's all yours." Brodie nodded distantly and looked toward the staircase. The entire situation was beyond weird. All her life she had wanted answers about her real family. For as long as she could remember her head had been filled with fantasies about a warm safe place she could call home. Some place where no greedy hands existed to fondle her innocence into nothingness beneath stark bed sheets. Why did reality have to be so complicated? She had no real family she was a clone. This little fact had sharp edges and continually poked into her thoughts catching her by surprise each time. As the edges of her vision grew dark and nausea rolled in her belly she felt a bead of sweat run down the back of her neck. Never in her life had this happened. Before she got the chance to feel properly humiliated about it, she passed out. X Over at the Moore residence.. "Our son Mark lives on campus so he's happily vacated the room for you." "Thanks a lot Mrs. Moore." Charlie laughed and gave him a little prod in the middle of his back to urge him forward into her son's old bedroom. "It's Charlie and Michael. No Mr. and Mrs. around here. We're too young for that." Lukas smiled and dropped his bags on the bed. "The closet and all the drawers are empty so make yourself at home and unpack. The girls are out right now but they will be back later tonight with some friends you'll see hanging around here quite often." "I gotta say this is the nicest place they've sent me too so far." Charlie grinned and sat on the edge of the bed. She patted the space beside her and Lukas lowered himself after a flash of hesitation. "This time around it's going to be different. I know it's too soon to start making grand declarations. It takes time to build relationships and to establish trust but one thing I can promise you is a home if you want it. You don't have to worry about the next lot of foster parents. There doesn't have to be another set if you want it that way. You share the same blood as my husband and my children. It doesn't matter how it came about the main point is we are family. If you give us a chance to show you what it's all about I don't think you'll be wanting to leave in a hurry." Lukas smiled. He wasn't sure of what to say. The last few hours had been overwhelming. What was a boy one step up above a street kid supposed to say when a home and family were dumped in his lap like rare and unexpected gifts? Charlie smiled and ruffled his hair before standing up. "Get settled. Come downstairs when you're done and we'll give you the grand tour." "Thanks.. Charlie." "Don't mention it." X Scully watched as her own eyes fluttered open to greet her from a sixteen year old face. Her young clone blinked in confusion. Scully brushed her knuckles gently against a pale cheek. "You passed out sweetie." "Oh. Oh I'm so sorry." Brodie began to sit up. Scully stopped her by placing a gentle hand on her shoulder. "It's okay Brodie. Just stay down. Relax for a minute." Mulder appeared over Scully's shoulder with a cool damp cloth. "Doctors orders in this house are really Doctor's orders." Scully smiled and took the cloth from him to press it gently against Brodie's forehead. The young girl appeared to be studying Scully's face. When their eyes locked hers skittered away to land on the gold cross resting above Scully's collarbone. "Have you been feeling ill lately?" Brodie shook her head. "No I uh I don't know what happened. I've never passed out before. It was interesting.. but I don't think I'll be wanting to do it again in a hurry." The two adults looming over her chuckled. She ventured a glance up at them. They seemed like kind people. Maybe she could grow to like them. It was too early to tell but she wanted to believe. Scully smiled down at her. "Do you like pizza?" Before Brodie could answer Mulder interrupted. "Scully *everyone* likes pizza." Finally they managed to drag a smile out of the young girl. "Yes I like pizza." "Anchovies?" Both women screwed up their noses in distaste. "Okay no anchovies." X Moore Household Lukas hung the last of his t-shirts in the closet. He didn't own all that much clothing. Just enough to get by. The bang of the front door and the sounds of conversation drew him toward the bedroom door. He could hear people shuffling inside the house downstairs. "Mom? Dad?" "In the kitchen guys." Lukas made his way out of the bedroom to peer over the railing. Twin sixteen year old girls were sauntering into the kitchen. He made his way down the staircase and into the kitchen. He had to give the girls credit for keeping their cool and not giving into the temptation to squeal about their sixteen year old 'father'. Michael made the introductions. "Lukas these are my daughters Dana and Dani. A word of warning; they will tease you mercilessly if you let them get away with it. They're also known for practical jokes and incessant whining. If you have any problems with them just let me know." Lukas grinned at the cries of protest and the jab to Michael's ribs delivered by Dani's elbow. Michael slung an arm over her shoulder and pulled her into a headlock. "Where's Justin and Robbie?" "Robbie couldn't come because his foster mom has some dinner thing on and Dana decided to ditch Justin for the night." Dana rolled her eyes. "I didn't *ditch* him. I told him all of us will do something tomorrow when he gets off work. It would be stupid having Robbie and Justin here tonight anyway. We need to get our stories straight before making introductions." Charlie let Jasin down off her lap and stood to clear his plastic cup and plate from the table. "That's my Dana. She's the wise one in this house." X THE END for now