The eXtremis X-files Fanfiction [ Spirits ] Title: Spirits Author: Jessica Beth Rating: G Spoilers: For "Requiem" Category: Post-Requiem and Vignette Archive: Sure! Leave my name on it though Feedback: Please! jessie@newwave.net or Jezziebeth@hotmail.com Website: http://www.oocities.org/jezziebeth Summary: As Scully continues to search for Mulder, he comes to her one unexpected night. Disclaimer: I don't own "The X-Files" or its characters. Chris Carter, 1013 Productions and The Fox Network own them. Don't sue! Dedication:  Normally, I would dedicate this to one of my GirlsOn Chicks, but this time I think I will dedicate this to the entire X-Files cast and crew. Why? Because even after 7 years, they still can amaze me with wonderful episodes. And to David and Gillian, the number one TV duo. :) On with the fic... ~~~~~~~~~ Spirits Jessica Beth She stands with her arms wrapped around herself and she looks up to the dark, velvet, and starless night. As she searches the dark sky that hangs above her raised head, she looks for sign. A sign that tells her that the person that she so desperately needs is alive. But in the dark and starless sky, she finds nothing. Nothing. Nothing to tell her that her best friend whom disappeared a few months back is alive and watching over her. With a heavy sigh, she goes over to her mother's swing and pushes herself off and begins to swing back and forth. She continues to search the sky. But finds nothing. No moon. No stars. No signs of anything. She pushes some hair from her face and tucks it behind her ear. As she does this, memories come flooding back like waterfalls, and she stops suddenly as she realizes this. She closes her tired eyes and pictures herself in her best friend's arms, how his strong and muscular arms held her tiny frame to him when she came to him the night she wasn't feeling well. She remembers the things he whispered in her ear to her. How the things he whispered spoke of truth and honesty. 'There is so much more you need to do with your life. There is so much more than this.' She opens her eyes in an instant as she thinks she heard his voice. But she sighs sadly as she sees that she was just remembering. She looks down and lays a hand at her abdomen, as she knows that a little human being is growing inside of her. Though she hasn't begun to show that she is with child, she can feel it inside of her, growing. She closes her eyes again and pictures the night that she had made love with the man that has disappeared from her life. How when she woke up, she saw that he was asleep beside her in his bed. He must have carried her to his bed in his bedroom. She had stirred around and awoken him and after a very meaningful talk, they began to kiss and soon one thing led to another. "Dana?" A voice interrupts her thoughts. She opens her eyes and sees her worried mother standing in front of her. "It's time to come in. It's getting chilly." Her mother says. "I'm coming." Dana Scully answers. She raises her head and looks up to the sky. "Okay. I'll see you in the morning then. Good night." Her mother says as she turns to walk back into the house. Before she goes in, Margaret turns and looks at her daughter and whispers a prayer. She opens the screen door and walks back into the house, leaving Scully out in the swing. Scully feels the night breeze hit her face and how it picks up her soft hair and plays with it in the wind. She looks at the sky and finds a star shining that is above her head. "Mulder? Are you out there?" She whispers to the night. She waits for his familiar voice to call out and tell her not to worry that he is there with her. But no one answers her. Instead, the breeze picks up and it grows stronger and colder. "Oh Mulder." Scully sighs sadly before she stands up from the swing and goes into her mother's house. ~~~~~~~~~ Later that night... Scully tosses and turns in her dream. It is the same dream that she has been having ever since Mulder's disappearance... She is standing out in the middle of woods and finds herself alone. The woods that she stands in are the same woods that she and Mulder were in 7 years back. Scully turns around and sees nothing but trees. As she scans the forest, a sudden scream scares her as she realizes that Mulder is calling for help. "Help me, Scully!" Mulder cries out to her. In a flash, she is on her feet and jumping over trigs and fallen tree branches and runs in the direction of Mulder's voice shouting; "I'm coming, Mulder! Hold on!" As she enters a clearing, she sees that Mulder is standing in the middle of a bright circle that is in the middle of the clearing. There is an expression of panic on his face and his hazel eyes light up as he sees her coming to his rescue. "Help me, Scully! Scully! Help me!" He screams to her. She runs to the circle but as she comes toward it, she finds that she is blocked from it. Confused, she tries again but is pushed back from a force that knocks her body to the ground. "Scully!" Mulder calls from the circle. "I'm coming, Mulder!" Scully shouts. But as she stands up, she looks up to the sky and sees a UFO hovering above Mulder and a light beam hits him. "Mulder!" She screams and runs toward him. "Scully! Help me!" He screams as he sees the light beam from the UFO hitting him. Suddenly, Scully stops, paralyzed. Her legs and arms can not move and she can not speak. She sees Mulder looking at her and sees him looking up to the UFO. The light begins to shrink and Mulder goes with the light. "Scully..." his voice echoes to her. "Mulder!" Scully tries to scream but when she moves her lips, no words come. The light from the UFO disappears and Mulder is gone. ~~~~~~~ "No! Mulder!" Scully screams out as she wakes up in a cold sweat from her nightmare. She takes deep breaths and wipes the downpour of sweat coming from her forehead. Scully looks around and finds herself in her mother's extra bedroom that is upstairs. Scully finds herself alone. Shaking her head, she lays back down on the bed and stares at the ceiling. She keeps having the same dream every night and it always ends up ending the same. Mulder gets taken away and she watches him without doing anything about it. She closes her eyes again, trying to get some sleep. "Scully?" A voice calls out. Scully opens her eyes again in an instant, thinking she has heard Mulder's voice. "Scully?" The voice says again. She rises up from the bed and looks around the room. There is no one in the room but her. "I'm dreaming." She whispers and lies back down. "You're right. You are dreaming." The same, familiar voice says with a chuckle. "Mulder?" Scully calls out as she rises up again and looks around. She gasps as she sees who is in front of her. "Mulder?" She asks again and rubs her eyes. Sure enough, Fox Mulder is standing in front of Dana Scully's bed. "It's me." Mulder answers. Scully's eyes widen. "But.. you are.. glowing?" She asks in a frighten voice. Mulder doesn't answer. He stands in front of her. "Are you.." Scully trails off, as she fears the worse. "No. I'm alive." Mulder says with a small smile. In doubt, Scully crawls over to the foot of the bed where Mulder is standing and reaches out to touch him. She feels his body and his flesh. "Oh my God." She whispers. "I'm not all back, though." Mulder says, taking her hand in his. "What do you mean? I can feel you and I can hear you..." "Yes, but you see, this a dream... I'm coming to you in a dream..." Mulder trails off. "I'm dreaming you?" Scully asks with tears threating to fall. Mulder hangs his head low and looks at her with sad eyes. "Sorta. It's kinda hard to explain, but I'm here to tell you that I am all right." "Mulder... where are you? Where have you been?" Scully chokes out. "It doesn't matter. I'm here to tell you that you must keep looking for me. I'm out there Scully..." "Oh Mulder.." Scully sobs as she places her head into Mulder's chest. "I can't stay for long.. I've come to tell you that you must keep looking and don't give up faith." Mulder says, picking Scully's head from his chest and holding it in his hands. Scully places her hands on his face and looks into his eyes. "I miss you so much..." she trails off. "I've miss you too, Dana." Mulder confesses. "Where can I find you?" Scully pleas. "You will find me. Don't worry..." Mulder whispers. He looks down and places a hand on Scully's stomach. She looks down and smiles. "Is it mine?" Mulder asks as he looks at her. Scully nods yes. Mulder smiles. "I'm sorry to say this, but I must go." Mulder whispers. He pulls away from Scully. "Wait! Don't leave me..." She cries out. "You're never alone..." Mulder says as he fingers the golden cross that hangs from his neck. "You will find me. I'm alive and well and I am watching over you and our baby... you will find me..." He trails off. "Mulder! Don't go.. please don't.." Scully chokes back as the tears come down her face. "Look for me Dana. Look for me in your heart... you will find me... don't give up..." Mulder's voice echoes as his body disappears from the room. "Mulder!" Scully shouts out to the empty room. "Look for me... I'm still here... you will find me... I love you...." Mulder's voice calls one last time and the voice fades away. Scully runs out of the room and runs outside and looks into the heavens. The dark sky is filled with thousands of stars and the moon shines bright. She runs her hands in her hair and feels something around her neck. Around it is her golden cross necklace. Scully looks to the sky and closes her eyes. "I will find you." She whispers to the sky. ~~~~~~~~ Fin. The eXtremis X-files Website is © Scully eXtremis 1998-2000. All rights reserved. No part of this site may be reproduced in any manner without the expressed written permission of the author. 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