The Truth is Out There--Scene 102 from XF3
by Lolabeegood

E-mail: lolabeegood@gmail.com
Distribution: Archive freely with my name attached.

Rating: R
Categories: S, R
Keywords: Mulder/Scully romance, Post-IWTB
Spoilers: IWTB
Summary:  The truth is something Mulder & Scully may have to 
pay a steep price for.

Author's Notes: 

Ever since I watched IWTB I have thought of the ideal way to 
start and storyline a third movie.  So, after much thought and 
deliberation I have a series of scenes that I have written for 
the third XF movie.  The scenes will not necessarily run right 
after each other but they are in sequence.  They are more like 
scenes I would like to see in the XF3 that develop character, 
tie loose ends, and add plot interest.  

I do not own the characters and I don't make any money from 
this.

Enjoy!

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Dana Scully woke on a military transport plane laying on a 
gurney.  Her throat felt dry and her mouth felt fuzzy and her 
limbs were heavy.  She looked to her left to see Mulder 
sitting next to her holding her hand.  She followed his eyes 
to see her daughter laying on a gurney next to her on the 
other side of him.  He was softly stroking her shaved head 
and reciting a story about Sir Lancelot in whispered tones 
to her.  

"Mulder?" she asked faintly.

"Hey, Scully" he said dropping her hand and running it through 
her hair.  "You're back."

"Where was I?" she asked trying to sit up.

He gently held her shoulder down preventing further movement 
and smiled at her "you were in a wonderful fuzzy place called 
sedative land" he smiled.

"You sedated me?" she asked still trying to gain her voice.

"You tried to kill Adria" he said without inflection, leaning 
toward her "and if it wasn't for all the secret service 
personnel I would have helped you and dumped the body." 

"I don't remem..."

"After you found out about...her, you screamed and cried for a 
bit and then when you calmed down I left you to go and get a 
bed for you to lie in.  You took the opportunity, and attacked 
her with a scalpel." He paused to note her astonishment "we're 
all calling it post-traumatic stress and..."

"Did I?" Scully asked, not sure she wanted to answer.

"You slit her throat" Mulder slit softly "but they stopped the 
bleeding and she's fine.  Although it'll probably scar..."

"Oh my god!" Scully gasped "I don't remember...I can't believe 
I..."

"Tried to kill the woman who had been torturing your daughter 
for the last 6 months?" he interrupted. "Believe me Scully, we 
were hard pressed to actually save her, except for the fact 
that she could provide some good testimony..."

"She'd only been there 6 months?"

"She was the latest addition" Mulder turned to look at their 
little girl and smile; "she's had the fewest tests and should 
fair well.  They were waiting for Patrick to arrive before 
they really started to work with her."

"Why Patrick?  Why did they need...?"

"Scully, she's his twin." He said softly, letting the 
information he had absorbed hours ago, sink in.

"What?" she asked astonished as she raised herself up onto her 
elbows "Mulder I gave birth to one child, one boy, its 
impossible!"

"According to the records Doggett found, you were pregnant with 
twins, one girl and one boy.  Our babies Scully." He smiled 
down at her "The initial stay at the hospital sent alarm bells 
off all over the project.  No one had ever had a twin set 
before, and they needed to secure them.  When you were in the 
hospital because of a complication from your amniocentesis..."

"Yes."

"They removed one of the babies and placed it in an artificial 
womb. That baby was her.  Apparently they were concerned you 
wouldn't be able to carry both, so they upped their chance of 
success by separating them."

"Mulder, I can't..."

"It'll take time Scully." He paused to stroke the top of her 
head.  "I found this out hours ago and it's still making me 
shake inside."

She fell back onto the gurney and closed her eyes.

"What's her name?  Where did she come from?"

"Her name is Gillian Edwards" he smiled and glanced at the girl 
"and she's from Corolla, North Carolina.  She was adopted when 
she was a baby and, although she was born at 30 weeks and had 
a lot of care at birth, she's perfectly healthy."

"What about her adoptive parents?  Are they?"

"Meeting us in DC" he said softly "they've been looking for 
her for months, they thought the worst..." his smile faded.

"What?" she asked concerned as she opened her eyes to look at 
him.

"She just disappeared from her bed one night Scully...just 
disappeared."

She reached and clasped his hand tightly and looked at her 
daughter.  

"She's beautiful, Mulder" she choked.

"She is" he smiled down at their girl.  "She looks just like 
you."

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The end of chapter 102