Kelly--Part 6
Author: Lolabeegood
E-mail: lolabeegood@gmail.com
Distribution: Anywhere as long as my name stays attached.
Rating: R
Category: S
Keywords: Mulder/Other (discussed),  Mulder/Scully, 
Post-Col
Spoilers: The whole series and all movies
Summary: Life on a commune after the alien invasion is 
very different.
Author's Notes:  This idea just popped into my brain one 
day and it's been brewing there ever since.  The story 
will not be everyone's cup of tea, and despite some 
recent fan-fiction, I am a diehard MSR fan but, 
sometimes other evil thoughts lurk and they won't 
leave me until they are written out.  Here is one of 
those thoughts.

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Kelly O'Connor sat on the examination table and rubbed 
her back.  This sixth baby was a heavy one and it was 
taking it's toll on her lower back.  She couldn't wait 
to get home and fall into her soft bed with a heating pad 
pressed firmly against her.  Then, when he got home from 
work, Borut would rub her back and she would feel better.  

She had some news for Dr. Scully today and she figured it 
would be well-received.  She was taking herself out of the 
Program after this birth.  Borut was going to do the same.  
They were going to have their own children, raise their own 
family, and she was very excited about the idea.  

She had met Borut almost two years ago when he came to the 
Commune.  He still didn't talk much about what it was like 
on the 'outside' but from what he did say, on occasion, 
she knew he had been traumatized by it.  The stories of mass 
suicides, torture, rape, starvation, and brutality that she 
had heard about for years all seemed true.  Borut's eyes 
almost glazed over whenever he mentioned life on the 
'outside'.  He seemed eternally grateful to be accepted into 
this commune and there seemed to be a spring in his step 
when he left for work everyday.  

They had met by accident when Kelly was newly pregnant with 
the fifth baby and Borut had injured his hand repairing a 
machine.  They had been in the waiting room of Dr. Scully's 
clinic and something sparked instantly between them.  She 
appreciated the kindness Borut showed her from the beginning, 
and his ability to see who she was separate from the 
pregnancies and the post-colonization world they lived in.  
She liked how he separated their life together from their 
participation in The Program and never once seemed upset 
about her 'job' as child-bearer.  

But now that they were ready to have a family of their own, 
Kelly wanted nothing more to do with the Procreation Program.  
Despite the fact that, with an influx of money their Commune 
had received from the sale of specialty equipment Borut and 
his fellow mechanics had made, half the babies born were the 
result of IVF, Kelly still didn't want to have other people's 
children.  And, she didn't want Borut fathering any other 
children, besides their own.  

The Procreation Program had advanced and transformed a lot 
in recent years.  The introduction of IVF in the last year 
had really changed the way things operated.  Despite the risks 
associated with hormone therapy, many women were more 
interested in signing up to help when it didn't involve 
having sex with multiple partners.  Kelly could appreciate 
that.  

The door opened slowly and Dr. Scully walked inside while 
reading her file.  Kelly remained quiet until Dr. Scully 
was done.

"How are you today, Kelly?" She asked gently as she put the 
file down on the desk in the examination room.

"This one is killing my back," Kelly said as she kneaded at 
her sore muscles.

"This is the biggest you've ever been," Dr. Scully smiled 
as she warmed her hands before touching Kelly's belly.

"You don't have to tell me that," Kelly groaned as she 
followed their routine and lay on the examining table and 
lifted her shirt.

As Dr. Scully felt around and asked her questions Kelly 
grew a little sad.  She had been used to seeing this woman 
so regularly over the years.  If she and Borut had trouble 
getting pregnant for a while, it might be a long time before 
she saw her again.  

"Only another week or two to go," Dr. Scully said as she 
made a note in her chart.

"This is the last one," Kelly said as she sat up on the 
examination table.

"Pardon?" Dr. Scully asked, not understanding what she 
had said.

"Borut and I want to start our own family...we're both 
pulling out of the Program," Kelly said as she 
straightened her shirt.

"I'm so happy for you," Dr. Scully smiled over at her.  
"So, you want to start your own family?" 

"It's time," Kelly said with a smile.

"You're going to be a great mom," Dr. Scully said as 
she patted Kelly's knee.

"I hope so," Kelly said nervously.  "I know it's a lot 
of work..."

"It's sort of trial by fire," Dr. Scully chuckled.  
"You have to figure everything out very quickly and 
you'll feel overwhelmed everyday but then your child 
will look at you and..."

"It will all be worth it," Kelly interrupted her.

"Yeah," Dr. Scully smiled at her wistfully.

"Well, hopefully, I'm as good at being a mom as you 
are," Kelly said as she lowered herself from the table.

"Borut seems like a great guy...you need one of those 
so you can be the best parents possible," Dr. Scully 
said as she closed Kelly's file.  "I'll see you here 
next week, or in a delivery room before then."

"I'm crossing my fingers for the delivery room," Kelly 
said with a smile.

"Sandy will be in with your post-natal kit in a couple 
of minutes," Dr. Scully said as she reached for the door 
handle.

"Thanks, Dr. Scully," Kelly said as she rubbed circles 
on her tight belly.

"And Kelly," Dr. Scully said before she opened the door.  
"I'm happy you are going to start your own family outside 
of the Program but...but thanks for being involved in it 
when you were, I'll always be grateful for what you did 
for my family."

"You're...you're welcome," Kelly stammered, caught off 
guard by her emotions in the moment.  Pregnancy hormones 
were wreaking havoc on her system.  "I just did my part."

Dr. Scully smiled slowly and then walked from the room.  
Kelly took a moment to compose herself.  She had been 
told over the years how important her work was, how the 
Procreation Program was the human race's chance against 
the invaders, that they needed to re-populate the earth.  
But, it wasn't until the moment that Katherine was born, 
four years ago, that she really felt that what she was 
doing had a greater purpose beyond The Program.    

In some ways, leaving the Program felt like a bit of a 
desertion.  There were other families that she could 
make as happy as Dr. Scully's.  But, she also knew for 
their family to work, she and Borut needed to commit to 
it fully, just like they had committed to the Program the 
first two years of their relationship.  It was now time 
for her to make her own family instead of supplying others 
with theirs.  Sandy arrived and gave Kelly her kit 
and Kelly began her slow waddle out of the office.  

As she walked down the street she saw a familiar figure 
standing outside the school waiting with the other parents.  
Mulder laughed jovially with another father as the bell 
rang and children started to run in every direction around 
them.  Little girls and boys with backpacks, lunch pails, 
and art flailing in the wind, ran to their parents or were 
taken by an older sibling from the playground and onto 
the sidewalks home for the day.  

A little girl with long brown hair that was falling out 
of two pig tails ran excitedly into Mulder's waiting arms 
and was hoisted high in the air above his head.  She 
giggled as she flung her arms out to the side and 
pretended to be an airplane soaring above her father's 
head.  Mulder laughed below her and his eyes shone with 
love.

Kelly watched as he slowly lowered Katherine to the ground 
and righted her skirt.  She lifted up her artwork to show 
her father and they talked at length, despite the whirlwind 
of activity that surrounded them, about the picture she was 
showing him.  

Just then, Katherine looked up and dropped the picture 
into her father's hands and bolted for a woman walking 
onto the playground.  Her little body smacked aggressively 
into Dr. Scully's and her little legs spidered around her 
mothers as she attempted to scale her. Dr. Scully grabbed 
hold of her under her armpits and pulled her up to place 
a kiss on her lips.  Katherine did a raspberry on her 
mother's cheek and they both dissolved into fits of 
laughter.  

Mulder soon appeared at their side with artwork in his 
hand, and leaned down to kiss both of them.  Dr. Scully 
lowered Katherine to the ground and both parents held 
Katherine's hands; walking her home and swinging her 
between them as they did.  

Kelly laid a hand carefully on her hard belly and smiled.  
She hoped this child would make another family as happy 
as Katherine had made them.

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The end.