Dumnezeu permite razbunare (2/30) by Bonkersfm E-MAIL: bonkersfm@yahoo.com CLASSIFICATION: MSR casefile SUMMARY: When Mulder starts profiling again, Scully mysteriously disappears. When she is discovered it's a race against time to unravel the events that have taken place, to save the lives of others and salvage a relationship in the balance. RATING: NC-17 SPOILERS: IWTB ARCHIVE: Yes just e-mail me please DISCLAIMERS: Not mine and making no money Chapter 2 He looked at the clock for what seemed like the hundredth time that night. It was three in the morning, only three hours before he would pick Scully up from work, return home for a hearty breakfast come dinner, then off to bed a few hours, more than a few if he were really lucky. Life had been pretty good over the last couple years for him. He no longer led a solitary existence. He profiled when asked, which had become a frequent occurrence after he'd wrapped up the first couple of cases they'd thrown at him in less time then it had taken the lead investigators to put their dicks away. Scully still worked at the hospital, even though he'd voiced the fact several times that she didn't need to do the hours she used to. She'd been his only link to the outside world for months when they first moved in and although he'd been happy to make her his world, she'd needed more. He sat now in front of his computer, scanning the usual junk that littered his inbox, not all unwelcome. About half way down the list, Skinner's name stood out "Mulder you missed the exit." Scully sleepily tapped against the window, stifling the same yawn that had threatened whilst speaking to Ybarra about the annual account review. When his expression remained unaltered, she turned in her seat to face him. "Mulder where are we going?" "You're not back at work until tomorrow morning are you?" He answered, voice giving nothing away. "Yeah that right, the other night shift isn't until next week." She sat back in her chair; the reminder of a whole day and night off was some comfort. After another ten minutes she recognised exactly where they were. "Mulder no, I've just finished work you can't possibly think…" He steered the car onto the sidewalk and brought it to a halt. Flashing the grin he new would get him out of trouble, he quickly exited the vehicle. "I just want you to take a quick look Scully. We can be in and out in ten minutes." "Ten minutes?" she wearily climbed out of the passenger side, meeting his eyes over the top of the car. "You really know how to show a girl a good time." "Okay run this by me again Mulder, my sleep starved brain is having trouble taking it in." Yawned Scully. "There's nothing to run by you Scully. I just want you to take a look." "What am I supposed to be looking for?" "Er, cause of death?" "You know what I mean Mulder. Tell me what makes this so special?" "What and spoil the surprise? Just take a look and tell me what you think." She went over to the table and pulled back the sheet to reveal a young woman, probably fewer than thirty years old. "She's been dead for a long time I can tell you that. The body is cold but not stiff as it would be if this was a fresh body. She was hung." she put gentle latex fingers on the skin of her neck. "There are deep grooves in the neck caused by a strong rope and the tongue is dark purple. I'd need a tox screen to tell me if the victim had been subdued with alcohol, I mean, she is a victim right?" "Oh yeah, one way or the other." It had seemed strange having dinner at eight in the morning, even stranger to be kissing your wife good night when breakfast news came on. Now Mulder sat at the kitchen table, photos and case files spread in front of him, concentrating hard until a knock came at the door. It was exactly who he expected and he welcomed his old assistant director in out of the cold. "You need to move nearer to DC Mulder. I'm not doing this journey every time we need your help." The older man moved into the kitchen, shrugging off his overcoat and hanging it on the coat stand, then turned and smiled, taking the seriousness out of the moment. "Hey, the FBI spent eight years trying to get me out of their hair, I thought the move might have been appreciated." "Yeah, well this is appreciated. My guys have turned up nothing so far, and I'm under serious pressure from the Director to make a statement. What did Scully think?" "I haven't spoken to her about it yet. She saw the body but I didn't want to push things when she'd been at work all day." "That never used to stop you." Scully appeared in the kitchen doorway, dressed in sweats and a tight halter top that she might not have chosen to wear had she known her old boss had been visiting. As they all sat around the large dining table, Scully skimmed through the pathology report. "Okay…" she put the file back into the middle of the table. "What connection do these women have with the body we saw at the morgue this morning?" "You'd think none?" Skinner answered. "These women were electrocuted. You can see the burn marks and the unusual cell mutation around the point of impact. Alicer Homer was hung. These women were sexually assaulted with signs of grievous bodily harm. I don't have the full report for Miss Homer but I couldn't see any signs of violence." "But what about the boxes?" Skinner started to shift the files around, hunting for this next clue. "Boxes? Mulder didn't…" she stopped in her tracks. "Mulder quit playing games and give me the connection between these women." He moved behind her and leaned over, putting a startling image before her eyes. "This is how the women were found, all of them. In a tiny box." She stared at the photographs showing a very narrow box, not dissimilar to a coffin. "I'm glad Mulder thinks we have games to play.." Skinner seemed aggravated now. "I didn't give Scully the connection for a reason." Mulder took a seat again. "The fact that a forensic pathologist found no connection between this victim and the others, suggests to me that this was the first." "Alice Homer was not the first to go missing…" "That we know of." Mulder interjected. "Scully these are the details that the FBI provided." She took the timeline from his hand, feeling like the catch up kid at school. "It says here that the first victim was a woman named Sally rays. She went missing in august 2008. Then there was Alice Homer…" "The woman you saw this morning…"Mulder interrupted. "She went missing in September 2009…" "Yeah then lastly there was Ellen Fairview. She was last seen new years eve 2009." She could feel the excitement radiating from him as he took the file back out of her hand. "How can Alice Homer be the first victim Mulder? She was still alive when Sally Rays went missing?" "That's the billion dollar question Scully and when we can answer that, we got ourselves a break."