Title: Another Life (5/5)
Author: Erin M. Blair
E-Mail: eblair@sonic.net
Classification: SRA--Story, Romance, Angst.
Content: Mulder/Scully Romance. Alternate Universe
Archive Notes, Disclaimers, and Spoilers are
in part 1.
Author's Notes and Thanks at the end of this story.
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ANOTHER LIFE (5/5)
Written by: Erin M. Blair
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Dana Scully's apartment
Monday, 9:00 a.m.
"Well, here we are," Mulder said, as he
watched Dana unlocking her apartment. "It's
going to be a strange experience for you."
Dana nodded. "It's going to be an experience
all right." She opened the door, and she put
down her bag of clothes. She turned around
and she saw Mulder standing in the doorway. "Come
in, Fox." She sighed. "I'm sorry. I forgot that
I should call you 'Mulder' because I always call
my husband----"
"Don't worry about it," Mulder interrupted, as
he walked into the apartment. He watched her
surveying the surroundings. "What do you think?"
"I remember this place."
"You do?"
"It's where I lived before I married Fox," Dana
said, softly.
Mulder still felt strange whenever she mentioned
his other self. It was hard for him to listen to
Dana whenever she spoke lovingly about her husband,
and briefly, he wished to God that his Scully was
back in her own body. He wanted her so much that it
was pure agony.
It was jarring for him to listen to Dana's talk
about her Fox Mulder because he felt envious of
how open and devoted he was to both Dana and his
Scully. All he could do was try to do the same for
Fox's wife, Dana. "Do you good memories of this
apartment, Dana?"
Dana nodded. "Some good, some bad. Mostly, I have
very good memories." She got up from the sofa, and
she walked into the bedroom. She looked at the bed,
and she noticed Mulder's smile. "What is it, Mulder?"
"This is where she let me rest when I was sick,"
Mulder said. He saw a look of confusion on her
face, and decided to explain. "My apartment
building was being drugged."
"Why?"
"I don't know. It was because I had something
very important. A DAT tape."
Dana nodded with understanding. She remembered it
all too well. "The same thing happened to *my*
husband."
"Really?" Mulder asked, curious. "What happened?"
"Fox almost lost his FBI career because of that
tape," Dana said, softly. "And his life."
Mulder nodded. "Same thing happened to me, but
Scully was there for me. I don't know what
would have happened if she wasn't." He paused,
as he saw the tears welled up in her blue eyes.
"Were you there for him?"
Dana nodded. "Yes, I was. It was hard though
because we were going through some tough times.
I thought that he didn't trust me, but I found
out that our old apartment was being drugged."
"Was Dani affected?"
"Thank goodness, no. She didn't drink water
at the time, but I was still worried. For some
strange reason, neither Dani and I were
affected, but Fox was. I found the source, and
I took it for testing. It was LSD."
"Oh my God," Mulder muttered softly. "I'm so
sorry."
Dana looked at Mulder, and she knew that she had
to reassure him. "Don't be. If anything, it made
us stronger as a family. We're all right."
"As partners?"
"He always had his strength of his beliefs, and I
have mine."
"That doesn't tell me anything," Mulder said, with
a laugh. "Um, do you think that you're his equal?"
"Yes." Dana couldn't understand why he's asking her
these questions, but she wanted to him one of her
own. "Does your Scully have her own desk? For example,
if I wanted to see the X-Files office, would I find
a desk there?"
Mulder sighed. "No, she doesn't have a desk. I...I never
got her one." He saw her frown with sadness. "I thought
that she'd leave me. When I gave Diana a desk, she left
me."
"Mulder, my husband gave me a desk on my second day. He
even gave me a nameplate to put on the door, and we
weren't married then. If you love Scully as you say you
do and want her to return to you, you have to give her
a desk and a nameplate."
"I'm afraid."
"Of what?"
"What happens if she leaves me?"
Dana sighed, as she looked at him. It stunned her
to see her husband's other self was so insecure
that she didn't know how to reassure her. She was
startled to see how badly hurt he was. With Samantha's
abduction, Diana's leaving him, and the other Dana
Scully's abduction and cancer, it's no wonder he's
afraid to love. "She's not going to leave you." She
touched her other self's stomach, knowing that there's
a baby growing within her. "She's having your baby.
Although it bothers me how that came to be, I'm sure
she knows the reasons why you had given her a chance to
be a mother." She paused, as she gazed into Mulder's
hazel eyes. "She loves you. I hope you know that."
"I do." He got up, and walked towards the window. He
looked out towards the starry sky. He knew that Scully's
still out there, somewhere. "Dana, I hope that she'll
come back to me..."
"She will come back to you, and I'll come back to my
husband. If it makes you feel any better, I'm here."
Dana sighed, as she walked towards the window. "I
understand how you feel."
"Do you?"
"I miss Fox so much. I know you're Fox Mulder but you're
so different from him. I want to be with him."
"I understand, Dana. I want to be with her. She made me
a whole person. I can't live without her. I just can't."
Afterwards, they hadn't said anything. There was nothing
to be said. All they knew that their lovers were out there
in an another universe, waiting to be returned to their
rightful places.
END of Story
Next Up: Another Life II: The Reunion of Souls. Will Scully return
to Mulder? Will Dana return to her husband, Fox Mulder?
Feedback: Only positive please. Send to:
eblair@sonic.net
Author's Notes and Thanks:
In the middle of writing this story, I'd
come across a story which was very
similar to this story. It's called "Cubed" by
Louise Marin. For awhile, I had thought of
quitting this story which was a joy to write.
The "CUBED" story wasn't anyway shape or form
an inspiration for "Another Life." It came from
reading the "One Son" spoilers, and my own
imagination. I'm so happy that I continued with
this story.
"Another Life" was a joy to write, and I appreciate
everyone on "Church of X," "AnXFObsession", "SEFAMSRN",
"Scullyfic", "ErinMBlairXFfanfic", "Angst Addicts", and
"Antifowley" for taking their time to beta read this
story. THANK YOU! =)
Is there a sequel in the works? I'm currently
writing the sequel entitled, "Another Life II:
The Reunion of Souls." The title might be changed slightly.
I felt that the storyline was too huge, so I decided
that everything will be resolved in the next story. The
answers to these questions will be answered in
the sequel: Will Scully return to her rightful
body? What's Scully's reaction when she finds out
about the baby? What will happen to universe
Dana and Fox?
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- Erin Blair
- eblair@sonic.net
- "And if I quit now, they win."
- from the X-Files: Fight the Future Movie