Title: Discovery of Hope
Author: Erin M. Blair
E-Mail: eblair@sonic.net
Rating: PG
Content: Mulder/Scully Romance.
Classification: SR--Story, Romance
Spoilers: Redux II. Memento Mori. Nisei.
Distribution: Gossamer: ok. Xemplary: Ok.
EMXC: OK. Soulmates Eternal: OK. Others: please let
me know where the story is going as I would like
to visit it. =) Please forward to ATXC. I would like
for you to retain my e-mail address along with
the disclaimer note. Thank you.
Author's Notes: This is my first fan fiction
so please be gentle. =) And yes, I *am* a shipper.
I would appreciate any feedback that you can
offer. I decided to reformat and rewrite
some paragraphs. Let me know what you think.
This is the revised version of this story
complete with corrections. I'm still planning
on working on revising this story more. In this
revised version of this story, there's more a
detailed reasoning *why* Scully can still have
more children. I felt that it's more realistic
than what I had before. This story follows
"Discovery of Forgiveness" in the Discovery Series.
Disclaimer: Fox Mulder and Dana Scully belong
to Chris Carter, David Duchovny, Gillian
Anderson, and the Fox Network. Don't worry, I will
give them back at the end of the story. However,
Dr. Livingstone is mine, but Chris Carter, you
can use her in future episodes.
Thanks to: my new beta reading team as well as
my friends for their support and corrections.
Summary: Scully receives news regarding her abduction
which gives her hope for the future.
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DISCOVERY OF HOPE
Written by: Erin Blair
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X-Files Division
FBI Headquarters
Washington DC
Monday, 1:30 p.m.
"Mulder, were there any phone messages for me?" Dana Scully
asked her partner of five years, Fox Mulder. She walked back
into their office from visiting her mother at lunch. She sat
down at her new desk, which had been a present from Mulder.
Fox Mulder was sitting at his desk, working on their
paperwork. At the end of his partner's question, he looked
up and nodded. "There was just two messages. Nothing big. One
from that _creep_ of a brother of yours, Bill Jr." He had
a look of disgust when he mentioned her brother.
"Let's not get into a debate about how much you hate
my brother," Scully said, with a sigh. "You said there were
two messages. What was the second message?"
Mulder frowned. "The second message was from your
doctor." He had a concerned expression on his face. he thought to himself.
"Is there anything that we should be worried about?"
"No, I'm in remission. You know that," Scully said, as she
turned on the computer to access a file that held her report
on the last case. She turned towards Mulder, and wondered
which doctor called. Scully knew several doctors in the
Washington DC area, and had consulted with them from time
to time. During the years that she had been assigned to
the X-Files Division, she'd gotten to know several at one
time or another especially when something happened to
Mulder. "Did you catch a name?"
"Yes. Her name was Dr. Elaine Livingstone," Mulder said,
concerned. He frowned, as he was worried about his
partner's health. He hoped that there wasn't anything
seriously wrong with her, and he wondered why her doctor
was calling her at the office instead of her apartment. "How
come she's calling you here instead of your apartment?"
"Oh, I don't know, but perhaps she couldn't get in touch
with me," Scully said, with a sigh. "It's a lot easier
calling here for various reasons. I'm always here." She
paused for a moment. "What's the message?"
"Some type of error was discovered," Mulder said, in
a mystified tone. From the look on Scully's face, she
was concerned as well. This news could be either good
or bad. He shrugged. "I don't know the details. Why
don't you call her back and see what's wrong."
"I think that's a good idea, Mulder. I'll do that," Scully
said, as she was waiting for their case report to
finish printing. When it was finished, she decided to
call her doctor. "Hello. This is Special Agent Dana
Scully, and I was wondering if I can get an appointment
to see Dr. Livingstone. Noon?" Scully looked up as Mulder
nodded. "Noon is fine."
Dr. Elaine Livingstone's office
Tuesday, Noon.
Dana Scully was in the waiting room, reading
People Magazine with a photograph of Gillian
Anderson on the cover. She noticed some
similarities of herself and this actress on
that television show that she watched every chance
she got.
"Dana Scully?" the nurse asked. "Dr. Livingstone
will see you now."
Scully got up from her chair, and replied. "Thank
you." As she walked towards the office, she
reflected on how she had known Dr. Livingstone since
their days at University of Maryland where they both
studied medicine. Elaine was more interested in gynecology
and obstrectics whereas Dana was interested in forensic
medicine. She walked into the office of her friend, and
smiled. "I received the message from my partner, and what
is this about some kind of error?" she asked, never missing
a beat.
"Do you remember all those tests that you had me do after
your abduction?" Dr. Livingstone asked. "And after you
found out that you had cancer?" Scully nodded. "Well, as
I was looking at your file, something was amiss," Dr.
Livingstone said, looking up at Scully. "The lab results were
so screwy so I had it done again."
"How so?" Scully inquired, as she looked at Dr.
Livingstone. She sat down on a chair opposite the doctor's
desk.
"Dana, they didn't take all your ova. You can still have a normal,
healthy pregnancy."
Scully was shocked with the news. They hadn't taken all of
her ova! She could still have children. This was something
that she had dreamt about since Mulder had told her what he
had found at the Lombard Research Facility while she was at
the hospital in Allentown, PA undergoing treatment for her
brain cancer. "How? How could this be possible? Mulder and I
thought that they took everything..."
"There was one ovary that they hadn't touched, and it's
still filled with ova," Dr. Livingstone said. She looked
down at Scully's medical file. "I had them double check
the results to make sure." She gave the file to Scully for
her to look at.
Scully looked at the file, and her blue eyes were misty with
tears of joy. "It's great news, Elaine. Thank you for
telling me this."
"You're welcome, Dana," Dr. Livingstone said, with a smile.
"I can't wait to tell someone about this. He's going to be as
happy as I am."
"Who?" Dr. Livingstone said, her brown eyes twinkling. She had an
idea who that person was. Scully had told her numerous
times that she was interested in Mulder.
"Mulder," Scully smiled. Her blue eyes were twinkling with
excitement. This day quickly became one of the happiest since
she had come back to the world of living after her abduction.
seeing Mulder returning her cross. Only the look on Mulder's face
when he returned her precious cross, and later the news that
her cancer was cured, were as special to her.
FBI Headquarters
X-Files Division
Tuesday, 1:30 p.m.
Dana Scully was still smiling as she entered their
office. She saw him watching one of those Alien
Abduction videos that he got for $29.95. "What are
you watching? Looks like one of those porno movies."
"No," Mulder said, not looking up. "I'm watching
one of those "Alien Autopsy" videos that I ordered from
that place in Allentown, PA." He paused. "Remember?"
"How could I forget?" Scully asked, nonchalantly. "I
still think that it looks fake." She paused. "Are you
going to ask me how my appointment went?"
"I was going to," Mulder said, as he looked up to see
Scully's beaming expression. "I can see you're in a
good mood."
"I have great news! Elaine told me that I can have
children. They didn't harvest all my ova. One of my
ovaries wasn't under superovulation. There's still
more ova left in that one ovary," Scully said, as she
excitedly explained to Mulder.
"But I thought..." Mulder said, trailing off. He had thought
that there was zero chance of Scully having children since her
ova was harvested along with the other female members of the
MUFON Network. "I thought that there was zero chance. The clones
told me that the other women were childless."
"If you recall, Mulder, they were all abducted several times
over the years. I wasn't. I thought that I could never have
children because of what they did, but Elaine checked the
results herself. No mistakes. No errors. The previous lab
results were wrong," Scully replied, assuringly.
"That's great news, Scully! I knew how much you wanted
to conceive children," Mulder exclaimed, with relief in his
voice. He knew how much Scully wanted children, and how
devastated when she thought that she couldn't have any. "I'm
very happy for you. Us."
"Us?" Scully asked, quizzically. She never thought that
Mulder had the same deep feelings for her as she did for
him. True, they had a very strong bond with one another
but that's what happens when they had been partners as
well as best friends for years. She knew that she cared
for him, as he cared for her. But was it love?
"What do you mean?"
"Dana," Mulder said, as he knew that he should tell her the
truth of how he felt towards her. He hardly ever called
Scully by her first name unless he wanted her attention. This
revelation was very close to his heart, and he didn't want
to jeopardize it. "I'm in love with you. You made me feel
like a whole person. I owe you everything, and you owe me
nothing."
Scully was shocked, to say the least, as her face was flushed by
Mulder's revelation that he was in love with her. "I had no idea
that you felt this way, but Mulder, I feel the same way. I love
you with all of my heart. I have been in love with you since
I was returned."
"When you were missing, I realized that I was in love
with you, Dana. I didn't tell you because I wasn't
sure if you felt the same way about me," Mulder replied. He
got up from his desk, and walked near Scully. He embraced
her, and then, he cupped her face while he gazed into her
blue eyes. Finally, their lips were touching, and
they kissed with all the feelings that they had kept hidden
for five long years.
"I feel the same way about you," Scully smiled. "I wish
that we had admitted our love years ago!"
"So do I," Mulder replied. "So do I." This was
his truth after all. It wasn't about alien
abductions, conspiracies, it was about love. The truth
was the love that they shared together.
End of Story
Next Story: Discovery of Love
Mulder and Scully's romance continues...
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- Erin Blair
- eblair@sonic.net
- "The truth is out there."
- from the X-Files
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- Erin Blair
- eblair@sonic.net
- "And if I quit now, they win."
- from the X-Files: Fight the Future Movie