PART EIGHT
Dis-do I really have to do this again? Oh, fine,
disclaimer and other stuff in part one.
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Part Eight-Battle of Revelations
The group felt themselves being pulled in all
directions. Scully forced her eyes opened to find
she couldn't see anything, it was all darkness. She
reached out to Mulder blindly, and felt his hand take
hers. She couldn't see him, but she just knew it was
his hand.
Suddenly something gave and they felt themselves
falling. Within seconds they made impact, the breath
rushing out of them.
Alec rolled onto his back and gasped for air.
Without even opening his eyes he knew something was
not right. Next to him Molly was struggling to get
her arms to prop her up, all the while spitting out
grass. Robynne was holding her aching head in her
hands.
Scully pushed herself off of where she landed
on Mulder and stood up. She reached down and pulled
Mulder to his feet. He was rubbing the back of his
head where it hit the ground. She checked him over
briefly to make sure he didn't have a concussion.
Then she turned to the three kids, who were standing
on shaky legs. But then, they all got a good look
at where they were.
They were still on a hill, but this time it
was covered in green grass. The formerly near
stormy sky was now a bright, clear blue. At the
bottom of the hill was a large, nearly still lake
that had an almost silver gleam to it. In the
distance they could see the ocean, and to another
side mountainous hills. "Oh, man," Mulder breathed.
"I don't think we're in Kansas anymore," Alec
quipped. Molly looked over at him with an
unbelieving look on her face. How could he joke at
a time like this, she thought. But Molly's thoughts
turned back to more important things. She was almost
positive what they encountered was the time slip.
They were in the exact same spot as they were in the
forest, but this was before the forest grew in.
And that was Silver Lake down that way. Her train
of thoughts was interrupted by Scully's voice.
"What's that?" she pointed to a thing near the
lake. A thing that was beginning to move in their
direction. The three kids gasped. This proved that
their guesses on what was causing the kids to lapse
into comas was right. What was approaching them was
a Cader-Ieran, and even from their distance away they
could see its teeth bared in anticipation.
The three turned around to look at Mulder and
Scully, who stared back. "We really should move,"
Robynne said.
"Why?" Mulder began to ask, but he was stopped
by Scully's hand on his arm. She saw the creature
that she couldn't identify for the life of her
approaching at a faster and faster speed. He saw
it and him and Scully began edging backwards.
Molly looked over her shoulder and saw the large
body of the Cader gaining speed. "Run!" she screamed,
and they all turned and ran up the hill as fast as
they could.
Before they could get anywhere though the light
flashed again, and once more they found themselves
in darkness, being pulled in all directions by
unknown forces. This time when they landed they
fell into piles of dirt and fallen leaves. The
impact wasn't as bad as the first time, so they
managed to pick themselves up quickly. Now, they
realized they were back where they first started,
in the forest behind the school. Molly saw that
the backpack she dropped when she first felt the
slip pulling them in was still lying on the ground.
When Mulder got his breath back, and after checking
to see if Scully was all right, he turned to the
three kids, leaning against a tree while they caught
their breath.
"What the hell was that?" Mulder demanded.
The three looked at each other. They were
trapped. They didn't know what to do. If they
told him the truth, he'd think that they were crazy.
They didn't know that he'd been known to have some
crazy ideas of his own but that wasn't the point.
Alec noticed that the two girls were glaring more
and more pointedly at him. "Uh..." he stuttered.
From out of nowhere a large mass struck Mulder
from the side and they both went flying, landing in
between two large trees.
"Fox!" Scully yelled, to her immense surprise.
Molly heard the word and shot another pointed glance
at Alec, who let his head hang for a second in
concedence. Suddenly Molly grabbed her head in pain.
Somehow the Cader's thoughts were making their way
into her head. Through the jumbled mess in her head
Molly was able to distinguish why the Cader was
attacking Agent Mulder-the untapped Dragon energy
would fuel it for a long time. Pieces to a thirty-five
year puzzle were beginning to fall into place.
Next to Molly Scully began to run where Mulder
was to try to pull whatever it was attacking Mulder
off of him. She was stopped, though, by Molly's
outstretched arm. Scully glared angrily up at her,
but Molly shook her head no. Then, Molly turned her
head to look at Alec, and they nodded in sync.
Scully stared at Alec, her mouth dropping open.
The boy's skin began to change into a deep, glowing,
green color, and took on a strange texture. Alec
crouched down, placing his palms down flat on the
ground. Suddenly his body began to change. With
a flash of green light a Dragon stood next to Molly.
Scully saw that the Dragon's scales were the same
color as Alec's bright green eyes. But then, she
figured, the Dragon was Alec. Even crouched down,
the Dragon was as tall as Molly. Scully could only
imagine how big he was standing up.
The dragon let out a loud roar. And at that
moment, all hell broke loose.
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Meanwhile, Mulder saw the creature over him,
clawing at his clothes. Deep inside, he knew this
was why they had to be out there. That it was up to
them to defeat this thing which was somehow harming
the kids. He pushed his hands against the body of
the creature, trying to prevent the sharp teeth from
coming anywhere near him.
Suddenly he felt a energy course through his
veins from sources unknown. His hands began to
clench and unclench against the creature's furry
body. He felt his eyes begin to burn. If he was
looking in a mirror, he would have seen his eyes
glowing a bright hazel color. He felt the energy
center in his arms. From somewhere he heard a loud
yell, almost a roar. Hazel eyes flashed, and Mulder
gave the creature a mighty push and sent the Cader
flying off of him.
The Cader landed in a heap a few yards away
from him. Mulder's eyes widened when he saw the
creature be attacked by what appeared to be a
Dragon. A living, breathing Dragon, like something
out of a fairy tale. He was too achy to move at the
moment so he just stared at the fight.
Scully saw the creature go flying off Mulder.
She thought she was seeing things, but she could
have sworn Mulder pushed it off of him. Without a
second thought she ran over to where he lay on the
ground gasping for breath and staring at the fight.
"Are you okay?" she asked breathlessly.
Mulder reached a hand up to caress her face.
"I'm okay. A little achy, but okay." His eyes
looked past her to the two creatures. "But what
the hell is that?"
"I've got no clue," Scully said.
Molly looked at Alec and the Cader embroiled
in a fight. Luckily it looked like Alec was winning.
She glanced at Robynne standing next to her. It didn't
seem as if they would need her Dragon abilities right
now, so Molly bent down and whispered to her. "Why
don't you go over there and help Agent Scully with
Agent Mulder. And while you're at it, drop a few
subtle hints."
Robynne looked up at her and nodded, picking up
on what she was saying. She skirted the fight and
rushed over to where Scully was trying to prop
Mulder up against a tree. She knelt down next to
the partners and took one of Mulder's shoulder's
and helped Scully get him upright. She caught
Scully's look of thanks, but then it changed to a
questioning one. "What is that?" Scully asked of
the two creatures fighting.
Robynne shrugged. "A problem." When Mulder
was leaning against the tree trunk she turned her
eyes back to the fight and began the 'subtle
questioning'. "So, I'm guessing your first name
is Fox judging by what she called out."
"Yeah," Mulder said, the question evident
in his voice.
Robynne shrugged. "I had an uncle with that
name once. Disappeared, though, about thirty five
years ago, when he was three."
Mulder and Scully shared and incredulous glance.
Could this girl be saying what they thought she was
saying. Scully grabbed hold of the arm of her
windbreaker, and Robynne looked up at her. "What
did you just say?" Scully asked.
Robynne just smiled a knowing smile and brushed
her braids off of her shoulders.
At that moment there was a crash. Three heads
turned to see the creature sliding down the now
slightly bent trunk of a tree, falling in an
unconscious heap on the ground. The Dragon stood
back, and to Mulder's immense surprise turned into
Alec, who collapsed on the ground, breathing hard.
Robynne got up from Mulder's side and ran over to
Alec, muttering "I should be a nurse."
Mulder looked up at Scully. "What the hell is
going on?" he asked. Scully just shook her head,
and they turned their eyes once more to the scene
enfolding.
Molly ran over to the fallen creature,
dropping to her knees as she pulled a notebook out of
her backpack. After that she pulled out a small glass
bottle with a cork stopper. She quickly flipped open
to a page and began reciting words under her breath
that neither Mulder nor Scully could understand.
As her words went on, the creature's body began to
glow with a sickly color. Suddenly the sickly color
shifted and it began to pour itself into the little
glass bottle. When it was finished, Molly quickly
grabbed the cork, stopped it up, and slid it into
her backpack.
She turned her attention back to the creature.
Mulder and Scully saw the irises of Molly's eyes
begin to cloud over as she whispered more
unintelligible words. They stared wide-eyed as the
creature began to lift up in the air without any
help. The creature floated over to where they
could now see a patch of something shimmering in
the air. It went through the shimmery patch, and
disappeared.
Molly suddenly stood up, holding her notebook
in her hands and backing away from the shimmery
patch. She recited more words, ending the sequence
on a shout. The patch flashed brightly, blinding
them all for a few seconds. When their vision
cleared, the shimmery patch was gone, and Molly
had rushed over to where Alec was still trying to
catch his breath.
Mulder scrambled to his feet and walked over
to the three kids, Scully following quickly behind
him. The kids had managed to get Alec to his feet,
but he was still being helped to stay upright by
Molly's arm around his waist. "Why did you tell
me that story?" Mulder demanded.
"What story?" Alec asked, puzzled and still
tired.
"The name thing," Molly said, not looking at
him. Alec rolled his eyes and rubbed a hand over
his face.
"Yeah," Mulder said. "Why did you tell me a
story about some long lost uncle of yours who
coincidentally has the same name as me?" Mulder
was purposely acting a little ignorant to find out
what they knew. Mulder knew that the reason they
told him the story was because of the name Scully
had called out, which was the same one as a lost
family member of theirs. The pieces just seemed
to fit together.
Molly looked at him incredulously, then to
Alec, and back to him. "Look at the two of you!
You guys look too damn alike! Try and tell me
there's not some connection here," Molly almost
yelled.
Scully looked at Mulder and shrugged her
shoulders. Her look was telling him that what
Molly just said mirrored what she herself had
said that morning.
"Look," Robynne said. "Why don't you come
with us to see our aunt. She'll be able to tell
if...you know...if it's true."
Mulder looked at Scully this time. Both were
unsure as to what to do with the offer. "It can't
hurt," Alec broke in with a smart-ass smile on his
face. "We're not going to turn into serial killers
on the way there so what can it hurt?"
"Okay," Mulder said, making the final decision.
"We'll go. Just tell us how to get there."
"Uhhh..." Molly stuttered. "D'you think you
could give us a ride maybe? We took the bus here."
Mulder rubbed a hand over his eyes. "Whatever.
Let's just get going."
The group made its way down the hill, out the
gate, across the street, and to the car. As he was
nearing the car Mulder suddenly gasped and grabbed
his head. Scully rushed over to his side. "Are
you okay?" she asked, grabbing onto his arm.
Mulder carefully nodded. "Yeah. Just a sudden
headache. I'll be okay."
Scully looked doubtful, but she said "Okay.
But I'm driving. We don't need you passing out
over the wheel." She held out her palm for the
keys and Mulder, almost a little reluctantly,
handed them over.
They all got into the car and it began to make
its way through the streets of Staten Island. Soon,
they pulled up in front of the bookstore.
'Dragon's Den', Mulder noted the sign, 'There's got
to be some significance to that.'
They left the car and headed towards the
building. Alec, Molly, and Robynne went in first,
only to find Shannon pacing in circles in front of
the cashier. "Where are they?" she asked when they
got through the door.
"Who?" Alec asked, knowing full well who she
was talking about.
"Don't give me that crap. You know--." Her
words were cut off at the sight of Mulder and Scully
coming through the door. At her first glance at
Mulder she knew he was the same person as from her
dream, and that things were going to happen. NOW.
Mulder stared at the tall woman with oak brown
hair and hazel eyes and felt his head begin to buzz.
There was something so familiar about her. He found
his mouth forming a word before he realized it.
"Shannon?" he said, and then his head went blank
and he fell to the floor, out cold.
Scully saw the resemblance between Mulder and
the woman and began to make the connections. When
Mulder had asked her name her ideas were confirmed,
but then he fell to the floor. "Mulder" she gasped
out, and fell to her knees beside him.
Shannon bent over next to her and peered down
at Mulder. "Should I call for an ambulance?" she
asked.
Scully shook her head. Something strange
had happened when she began examining Mulder for
a head trauma. She could feel something in her
fingers that came from Mulder that told her he
was fine. "N..no," she said. "I think that his
memories are coming back. That's why he collapsed.
Maybe the sudden shock of it caused it. An ambulance
wouldn't help at all." she said shakily.
Shannon looked over at Scully. She could tell
this woman knew Fox much better than she did, and
that she should trust her. But she knew she could
help. "We should get him out of here."
Scully looked up at her, puzzled. "Where
should we take him?" she asked before she could
question Shannon's motives.
"My mother's house. It's not five minutes
from here. When he wakes up, if he's got any
questions, Mama's the one to ask." Scully caught
the same term Mulder used to refer to his mother
from the dreams, and that made something inside
her become sure that this was the thing to do.
Dimly she noted that her faculties for logic were
scampering off into the sunset.
"Okay," Scully nodded. She looked up at the
three kids standing off to the side, looking
intensely curious and frightened at the same
time. "Help get him into the car," she asked
them, and the kids came over and between the
five of them managed to lift Mulder's prone
form up enough to make it through the door
and into the backseat of their rental car.
"I'm going to go with them," Molly suddenly
said. "I'll show them the way to get there."
Scully was a little surprised by this, but right
now she was still a little in shock from all the
developments.
"Okay," Shannon said. "We'll meet you there."
Shannon, Alec, and Robynne piled into her car and
drove off.
Scully and Molly got into her own car, and
Scully started it, soon following the same path
Shannon took. "I guess this is a bit of a shock,"
Molly suddenly said.
Scully sighed. "You could say that."
"Do you think it's true?" Molly asked.
"Think what's true?" Scully said, puzzled.
"That he's-" she jerked a thumb into the back
seat to where Mulder was still out "Shannon's
brother. The 'long lost' one."
Scully bit her lip. She wasn't sure Mulder
would like her telling this strange girl things
that he remembered that they both considered
personal. But from all outward signs this girl
knew more about the story than Mulder did. "I
suppose it could be true. He'd had some dreams
with a girl named Shannon in it. I'm guessing
from his reaction that she more than resembles
this Shannon here. He also mentioned a woman
named Mama, and that's what Shannon called her
mother. Does Shannon have a brother named Colin?"
Scully asked hesitantly.
Molly grinned and nodded her head. "That's
Alec and Robynne's father. He's out of town right
now though. Any other questions you have can
probably be answered by Cat, uh, Mama."
Scully ran a hand over her face. "I guess
that I'll get to meet her too, right?"
"Yeah. We'll be there soon. I personally
want to get there and get to sleep," Molly sighed,
leaning against the car door.
"Tired?" Scully looked over at her with a
confused look on her face. "It's not even eight yet."
"Yeah, but those spells really took it out of
me," Molly said.
Scully's brow wrinkled. "Spells? As in magic
spells?" she asked with an incredulous tone to
her voice.
Molly suddenly smiled brightly. "You'll find
everything out as soon as we get there. You two
have a lot to learn."
Almost imperceptibly, Scully's foot pressed
the gas pedal harder.
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END PART EIGHT-Battle of Revelations
For some unknown reason this part was the hardest
to write. Why? I don't know.
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