Circle Of Fire
X Files Fiction
by
Elizabeth Mansfield
(The sequel to 'Fire Walk With Me', takes place after 'Unrequited')
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(The sequel to 'Fire Walk With Me', takes place after 'Unrequited')
Mulder eventually left to go to work. Phoebe got dressed and went down to her rental car. There was a fog of cigarette smoke in the air and a familiar face in the passenger seat.
"Have you followed your orders?" He asked.
"Yes." She replied
"Reel him in. Reel him in." He smiled and then exhaled a cloud of noxious smoke into her face. "If you fail. If you misstep. You will die running."
He got out slamming the door with unnecessary force.
"Old fart." Phoebe muttered and took out her mobile and dialled.
"Hello." said the seductively slimy voice.
"It's reeling in time."
"Is it now? You have the information I supplied you?"
"Right here in the glove compartment." Phoebe said.
"Make sure Mulder gets it. I wish I could be there to see the look on his face when he finds out the truth about the black-lunged sonofabitch and his slut mother."
"As do I." Phoebe said. She was getting worried about his guys sanity.
"Mulder owes me. In body parts now."
"You did set him up to be trapped in a gulag and injected with Black Cancer."
"So?"
The connection was severed.
Scully sat at Mulder's desk waiting for him to show up. He did, eventually, two hours late.
"Decided to grace me with your presence?" Scully snapped.
"Sorry." Mulder said "I got delayed."
"I'll bet." Scully muttered.
Mulder was as ever oblivious: "Scully, I've got something to tell you."
"What?" Scully asked. The urge to beat him to death with a blunt instrument was overwhelming.
"I'm getting married."
Scully nearly burst a major blood vessel there and then
"To Phoebe."
She slammed her head down onto his desk and moaned.
"Scully?"
Several replies ran through her head. All of them involved rude words. She sat up with an effort: "Why?" She demanded.
"I love her." Mulder replied, smiling inanely.
"They doping your water again?" Scully hissed "Because I really don't see what else could make you so dumb!" Scully strode out of the office and slammed the door then kicked it for good measure. Scully stalked toward the cafeteria growling and grinding her teeth when she heard an all too familiar voice.
"Hello Agent Skilly!" said Phoebe.
"Ah I thought I smelt you coming." Scully said as she looked Phoebe up and down.
"Did Foxy tell you the good news?" Phoebe said "And we want children immediately. Isn't it romantic?"
"Excuse me I have to go throw up." Scully said and walked away before she gave into temptation and slapped Phoebe.
"Nice meeting you!" Phoebe trilled.
Scully said a rude word.
After locking herself in the toilet stall, she gave in and began to cry. I can't deny it. I love him. And now it's too late he loves her. HER. Is he crazy? Bewitched? Brain-dead? I know what he's thinking with. I should call him and tell him how I feel. But I won't. There is nothing more humiliating then telling someone you love them and have them tell you that they don't care.
"Hi honey!" Phoebe said "Lets get lunch!"
"Love to." Mulder said.
He scribbled a quick note to Scully: Back soon and they walked off.
Scully arrived back.
She saw the note.
She smelt the perfume.
She shrieked incoherently and ripped the note into tiny pieces then ripped down Mulder's I want to Believe poster and jumped up and down on it.
Then she ran after them.
Following the scent.
I'll give him what for. I'll tell him and her where to get off she raged.
"Damn!" Mulder said "My cars boxed in. Lets take yours."
He sprinted over to her rental car.
Phoebe realised she hadn't sprayed the air freshener yet: "FOX!!!"
He opened the door. The overwhelming aroma of smoke was like a physical blow. Fighting a horrific feeling of deja vu he wrenched open the ashtray. Cigarette butts. Just like with Krycek. He turned to face her.
"Not you. Not you too!" He cried. More betrayal. Everybody betrayed him.
"Fox." Phoebe said. It was useless to deny it.
Scully reached the parking lot.
"You used me! He set me up! How long have you been working for him?" Mulder cried. Scully ran over. "Scully, she...Phoebe...Cancerman!" Mulder wailed.
Scully deduced the situation. She punched Phoebe in the face. Phoebe landed flat on her back two feet away.
Mulder sank to the ground pulling on his hair and wailing: "Not you too."
"You poisonous snake. You evil woman! You're not human! " Scully shrieked, she took out her gun and aimed between Phoebe's eyes. Go on do it! You've got nothing to loose.
"Fox!" Phoebe cried. Scully's finger tightened on the trigger. "FOX!!!!"
"Go ahead Scully." Mulder wailed.
"You can't!" Phoebe said.
"Give me one reason." Scully said
Phoebe smirked: "I'm carrying his child."
THE END
(Phoebe, Scully, Mulder, Cancerman, Krycek, Mrs Mulder and Mulder Junior will return)
Part 1 Fire Walk With Me
Part 3 The Fire Within
P-Con VI March 27th/28th/29th 2009
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