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Archive name: Xfiles04.txt
Authors name: JG Harrison
Story Title :  Anais

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Note: All characters in this story are © of CC, Fox TV,
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anyone tampering,  folding, spindling, or mutilating my
work, I will sic the Bounty Hunter on you and make sure
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			A N A I S
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 	"Mulder?" Scully walked into the office she and
 her partner shared. It appeared  that Agent Mulder was
 out, even though an assistant had told her he was in
 their  office. 

	Oh, well, she told herself, and decided to come
 back after rinsing out the  coffee pot. God only knew
 how long the pot had sat festering over the weekend.
 Mulder had, true to character, forgotten about it.

	When Scully returned, Mulder was at his desk
 with Langly, one of the Lone  Gunmen-a group of con-
 spiracy theorists-and they were talking to someone on
 speaker phone. 

	After putting some fresh grounds into the coffee
 maker, Dana walked across the room and sat on top of
 her desk, facing Mulder and Langly. The men were talk-
 ing excitedly about an alien fetus, apparently found
 mummified outside of Helena,  Montana, that the govern-
 ment had allegedly taken from the scene to study and
 then destroy.

 	Scully rolled her eyes and covered her face in
 her hands. Please not another  of those days, she
 pleaded silently.

	She looked up when the man on the other end of
 the line began disputing Mulder and Langly, who
 apparently believed the story. "You guys would buy
 anything with 'UFO' written all over it," said the
 gruff voice. 

 	Ew, she thought, and regretted her schoolgirl
 reaction to the voice of  Frohike, a member of the
 Gunmen who had a crush on her. She heard him continue,
 "The theories you are feeding me are ludicrous!" After
 a brief pause, Frohike  asked, "Hey, Mulder, have you
 asked your gorgeous co-worker her opinion?"

	Scully cringed, and Mulder laughed. Without
 turning around--or even seeing her come into the room
 at all--Mulder asked, "Hey, Scully, what do you think
 about a mummified alien fetus?"

	How does he do it? She wondered silently, but
 answered, "Save it for Weekly World News, gentlemen." 

 	As Mulder and Langly took turns laughing into
 the phone, Frohike could be  heard on the other end
 protesting, "I don't think that's funny."

	Scully shook her head, thinking, It's gonna be
 another of those days. At  least, so far, the week was
 consistent.

	Frohike had hung up, and Langly could be heard,
 through his laughter, telling Mulder he had to leave.
 Mulder wished him good luck on finding the fetus, as
 Scully opened up her PowerBook and opened her field
 report, the one she would  have finished last night if
 her dog hadn't been throwing up.

 	As she started to furiously type the last few
 paragraphs, Mulder had shut the  door and gone back to
 his desk. He sat down and began munching sunflower
 seeds  as he pulled a manila envelope from under the
 blotter on his desk.

	"Hey, Scully," he said, waving the envelope in
 the air. She looked up, and he tossed it over to her
 desk. It landed right in the middle of her PowerBook,
 somehow managing not to erase the whole file.

	Scully looked up and caught Mulder with a cold
 glare. Mulder returned with a sheepish smile.

	"Could we try using our indoor manners, Mulder?"

 	"Aw, do I have to?" Mulder stood up and crossed
 to her desk in one step.  Sitting on the edge, he said,
 "That's some evidence. Care to guess what it's
 evidence of?"

	Scully answered without looking up from the
 keyboard. "The effect of gamma rays on man in the moon
 marigolds?"

 	"You read too much," Mulder answered, opening
 the envelope and pulling out a  thick folder and three
 sheets of photos. "Actually, Scully, these files and
 pictures prove that Langly and I weren't just fooling
 around. Take a look,  Scully. There's no way those
 could have been faked."

	"Unless it was by a professional photographer
 working for the government,"  Scully told him after
 glancing at the photos.

	Mulder put the photos back into the envelope,
 remarking, "I think you've been hanging out with me
 too much. Anyway, you can bring that with you on the
 plane."

 	"Hmm? Plane? Let me guess: we're going to
 Montana."

	"No," said Mulder, taking the envelope back to
 his desk. "We're going to the  moon."

	Scully had jaunted home long enough to pack
 some clothes for the trip, some extra diskettes, and
 to take Queequeg and his things to her mother's for
 the duration of her absence. Then Mulder drove them
 to the airport.

 	Upon seeing the tickets, Scully saw that Mulder
 was right--they were going to  the moon. Moon, Montana,
 home of the Incredible Alien Fetus. She quickly
 finished her last field report, then started a new
 one for this case. 

	Putting her PowerBook away just in time for the
 in-flight meal, Scully checked to see if Mulder had
 left the bag with the folder on the floor before him.
 It  wasn't there, so she gently asked, "Mulder?"

 	He was sleeping, and didn't respond. Scully
 repeated his name three more  times, but her partner
 was, it seemed, a very deep sleeper. How the man could
 sleep on an airplane was a mystery to her.

	Scully tried poking Mulder in the arm a couple
 of times, which didn't work, either.   Finally she
 leaned back against the window, staring at him in
 silent  defeat, actually trying to will him awake. 

	When that got boring, Scully found herself
 studying Mulder's face. While there was nothing about
 him that stood out--except his hair--Scully noticed
 things she  hadn't seen before. It was strange to
 really look at someone for the first  time...

 	The flight attendant wheeled by the aisle, and
 handed Scully a small,  old-looking tray. As it crossed
 over Mulder, he snapped awake, seeing the  attendant,
 and said without being asked, "I'll just have coffee,
 thanks."

	Scully bit her lip to keep from giggling. Of
 course, she should've known that only airline food
 could rouse her eccentric partner. 

 	"Now that I have your attention," Dana told
 him before biting into a bagel,  "I'd like to see that
 folder you have. This will probably be the only chance
 I have to study it."

	Rubbing his eyes, Mulder stood up and opened
 the overhead compartment,  retrieving a black duffel
 bag. He handed it to Scully before taking his seat
 again, and as she reached in for the folder, Mulder
 started to search for a book  he was reading. 

	The agents looked up at each other, smiled, and
 then Mulder drew his hand away long enough to let Dana
 get the folder. 

 	As she chewed on a rubbery scrambled egg, Scully
 read and reread the first  page of the file, occasion-
 ally scoffing at the paper while spitting out pieces
 of eggshell. Checking every word thoroughly, Scully
 made some mental notes about  details of the case in
 relation to what she knew to be fact. 

	Mulder, meanwhile, was perusing a copy of "The
 Amityville Horror" given to him by Langly that morning.
 It was surely the second or third time he'd read it,
 except he'd recently loaned his copy to the Gunmen so
 they could point out the  inaccuracies of the account
 in the margin. This was because, Mulder claimed, he
 couldn't bear to read "Private Parts" in public.

 	Scully finished reading the report and got out
 her PowerBook again to add to  her field study. As she
 typed, there was an occasional snicker from Mulder as
 he  took in some of the penciled-in commentary. Peeking
 over his shoulder, Scully  noticed he was laughing at
 someone's illustration of the puking nun.

	As she finished saving the new file, the
 stewardess came by to collect  garbage. Scully handed
 over her tray and the cup she'd used to spit eggshells
 in, glaring at the attendant as she did. Then she
 dropped the folder into  Mulder's lap, knocking the
 book shut.

	"Hey--" he muttered, picking up the folder and
 shoving it back into the duffel bag. Scully just smiled
 and told him, "Now we're even."

 	The plane landed in Helena around an hour later.
 Scully and Mulder were now  both engrossed in the
 Gunmen's edition of the Lutz haunting, Mulder laughing
 every so often, Scully pointing out, "That is not
 true" or "That couldn't have  happened."

	After retrieving the rest of their luggage, the
 agents went to the rental  counter, then went out to
 their car. Mulder got in the driver's seat and started
 the car.

	"How far away is Moon?" asked Scully as she
 examined the scenery.

	"Maybe a mile or two outside Helena. Oh, I
 forgot to tell you, we have  adjoining rooms."

	Scully's jaw dropped, and she exclaimed, "Damn!
 What happened?"

	"It was all they had at the motel," Mulder
 answered with a shrug. He added,  "Don't worry. Keep
 your door locked, and maybe when I sleepwalk I won't
 shave  your head." He grinned, apparently very amused
 with that prospect.

	"Don't shave my head. Do you know what it costs
 to find real pigs' blood to wash it in?" Scully
 returned. Maybe they'd been reading too much of that
 book on  the plane, Scully thought.

	The agents settled into their rooms before
 setting out to Moon, population just  under six
 thousand. Scully drove along the gravelly back roads
 while Mulder  navigated her to the fetus' location.

	"What are we supposed to do if we find this,
 Mulder?" she asked, preparing for  whatever weird
 statement came from him.

	With a mouth full of sunflower seeds, he
 answered, "Hold onto it as evidence of  a world-wide
 UFO cover-up, do some research into its biology, and
 confront the  Pentagon brass with what we find."

	"What do we confront the Pentagon with if the
 whole thing's a hoax? Or what if  this thing is real
 and we end up running for our lives again?"

	Mulder was silent, deep in thought, until he
 pointed to an old barn just off  the road. "There,"
 he said, and Scully pulled off the road and stopped.

	They readied their weapons just in case, and
 Mulder produced a small flashlight from his coat
 pocket, flicking it on as they neared the barn. Almost
 immediately  Mulder was checking the ground around the
 building, as well as the grass around  it and the barn
 itself.

	Scully looked over the doorway of the barn,
 noticing that the paint looked as  if it had been
 literally blown off the wood. She knew from looking
 that the barn  wasn't more than thirty years old, and
 if a tornado or very strong gust had done  this much
 damage, why was the house still standing?

	Of course, she reasoned, local kids could have
 knocked it off themselves with--

	"Scully!" Mulder called, rushing around the
 barn to his partner. "I've found  something. Come
 here."

	With a last glance at the doorframe, Scully
 followed Mulder to the spot where'd  he'd been looking.
 Bending down, Mulder shone the small beam onto a patch
 of  brown, dry grass.

	"Yes, Mulder, it's apparently what Ufologists
 refer to as a 'crop circle.' So  what? It's only dead
 grass."

	"No," said Mulder, shining the light closer to
 the ground. As Scully knelt  beside him, she saw what
 Mulder had been excited over.

	"Oh my God," she whispered as she caught sight
 of a tiny, dry object that  resembled the arm of a
 very small child.

	When the coroner arrived at the barn with a
 local cop, Mulder had already put  the object in a
 plastic bag, along with some of the grass and soil.
 While he  questioned the officer's previous search
 of the area, Scully went back to the  door of the
 barn. Not sure why at the time, she scooped some of
 the chunks of  dry paint on the ground. Joining
 Mulder, she asked the coroner, "Would it be
 possible for me to run some tests on the origins of
 the object and the soil?"

	The cop responded with a smug, "Sorry, Agent,
 but our town's coroner's office  isn't some lab where
 you can follow the instructions in a handbook."

	Scully looked the man dead in the eye as she
 responded, "Sir, I am a medical  doctor, and I think
 I'm better qualified to determine the nature of these
  findings than you or the coroner's office. If you
 like, I can show you my  diploma--"

	Backing off considerably, the cop answered, "No,
 that's fine. Sorry about that,  ma'am."

	Scully nodded once and went back to the car,
 followed shortly afterward by  Mulder. As he got in
 beside her, he was laughing softly.

	"I think the sheriff's due for some clean
 shorts," he quipped as Scully pulled  out toward the
 coroner's office.

	Incredulous, she glanced at Mulder and said,
 "That was the sheriff? Thanks for  letting me know."

	"Hey, he deserved it," Mulder reasoned to her,
 and she just nodded as she  pulled into the office
 parking lot. Evidence in tow, they entered the
 building  to find out what the "arm" really was.

	Two hours later, the tests were still incon-
 clusive despite Scully's efforts.  Mulder, waiting in
 a chair beside the table, looked at his watch and
 announced,  "Midnight. Do you want to try again
 tomorrow?"

	Scully sighed, looking up at her partner, a
 dour expression on her face. "I  don't understand.
 This appears to be a perfectly preserved ash on the
 outside.  Despite its fragile appearance, it doesn't
 blow into dust or crumble at a touch.  There's no way
 of telling what exact substance this is composed
 from." With  tired reluctance, she pulled off the
 goggles and cap, placing them back in her  bag. "I
 guess I can wait until I get back to Washington," she
 said to no one in  particular as she put away her
 tools and the bags of evidence.

	Very suddenly, Mulder stood up, and said, "It
 can't wait that long, Scully. We  don't fly back until
 the day after tomorrow. What if something happens?" 

	Scully was taken by the urgency in his voice,
 but she'd heard the words before.  "Mulder, 'what if'
 is not enough to go on. You've got to stop jumping to
 conclusions."

	"What should I do, then?" he demanded. "If you
 don't think that arm in there is  proof enough, think
 about all the people who died because they knew too
 much.  That includes me, Scully. They died because of
 their proof, but that wasn't  enough to make everyone
 else believe. It's funny," he went on, getting his
 coat,  "that these people who don't believe in the
 unexplained also don't believe that  their government
 has lied to them and killed its own people. How's that
 for a  conspiracy?"

	He didn't wait for an answer. He simply left.
 Scully hurried after him with her  bag, meeting up
 with him at the car. She put the case in the backseat,
 then 

"Genetic makeup of the apparent remains reveal it to be
 a carbon-based organism,  roughly estimated at between
 one hundred -to- two hundred years of age. All  fluids
 were removed from the body at death, but considering
 the area it was  found in, mummification was not likely
 practiced by Montana residents one  hundred years ago."
 Scully paused the recorder she spoke into as she
 noticed  something else about the arm. "There appears
 to be a significant amount of  radiation in the limb..
 as if it stems from the bone itself." 

	I've had it with this thing, Scully thought.
 Whatever it is, it gives me the  creeps. Stopping the
 tape recorder, she placed it on the table and began
 removing her forensic gear.

	Mulder had been in the records room looking for
 documentation of any suspicious  deaths that may have
 been on file in the coroner's office. He'd left quite
 a  while ago, too, so Scully left the lab to hunt him
 down, first carefully  securing her autopsy notes in
 her case.

	Nearly colliding in the hall, Scully met Mulder
 halfway. "Sorry," Mulder said,  then pulled on his
 coat and told her, "Nothing on record details any
 account of  odd goings-on. I know it's a small town,
 but I'm sure even Thornton Wilder would  like to throw
 a scandal into this place. It could possibly be a
 cover-up,  though," he added. "I haven't ruled that
 out."

	Smiling, Scully noted, "Of course not." They
 left the building and headed for  the car, Mulder
 getting in the driver's side.

	"What did you find on the arm?" he asked after
 starting the car.

	"More than I did last night," Scully answered.
 "The arm is around two hundred  years old, carbon-based
, radioactive, and dried out almost to the point of
 being  astronaut food. The grass and dirt you got was
 also full of radiation. Some  paint samples I picked
 up at the scene were more recent specimens. The paint
 was  blown off the barn, but the barn still stands."
 She raised an eyebrow to make  her point.

	"Coincidence?" Mulder asked, not sounding at
 all convinced.

	"I don't know. Um, I had this dream last night--
a nightmare, actually. It was  about the arm, but I
 don't remember it all. I woke up and it vanished, and
 all I  know is I was terrified of the damn thing. Why
 is that? It's very dead, and  rationally it can't hurt me,
 right?" Scully felt only a little better after this 
 confession, but knowing what Mulder thought could
 either reassure or dismay her.

	After a brief silence, he told her, "You've finally
 lost your mind from  exposure to logic." 

	Despite his smile, Scully failed to see the humor.
 "Dammit, Mulder! This isn't  funny--not to me, at least.
 You can go ahead and laugh about it if you want!  Doesn't
 that thing have any effect on you at all?" The outburst
 was, so far, the  most relieving part of the conversation.

	Mulder glanced at her, startled. "I'm sorry, Dana,"
 he told her. "I didn't know  it was that hard on you. Are
 you gonna be okay?"

	"No," she said in a wobbly voice. "I'll probably be
 lucky if I ever sleep  again." She stared angrily out the
 window, squeezing her eyes shut to keep any  tears away. 

	The rest of the trip back to the motel was silent,
 and after parking outside  the door to their rooms, Mulder
 turned to Scully and apologized again. "I really  didn't
 know, Dana, or I wouldn't have made that remark."

	"Forget about it. I know. Maybe I just should
 have told you earlier." She  sniffed and opened the
 door, taking her case from between the seats. Mulder
  followed her closely as they entered the hall.

	As soon as Scully was in her room, Mulder
 heard her exclaim, "What the hell  happened in here!"
 He opened the adjoining door to find her standing in a
 pile  of trash and sheets in the middle of the bed. Before
 he could speak, Scully had  already gotten hold of the
 manager again. "Do you bother to screen your maids,
  or do you walk outside and pick up the first idiot in
 the street?!?" she yelled  at the man on the other end.
 "Oh. Really. Well, that should give me sweet  dreams.
 I want you to get up here and clean this room yourself,
 got it, you son  of a bitch?" She slammed down the
 phone and gathered all of her things into her  suitcase.

	"Where are you going?" asked Mulder as he
 helplessly watched her.

	"I'm gonna sleep in the car," she answered
 shortly. "You want to know what the  maid did in here
 after I left? Let her boyfriend come in with her! I don't
  believe this place!" 

	Mulder stepped in front of her and said, "You
 aren't sleeping in the car,  Scully. You can have my
 room, and I'll take the other one."

 	"No," she protested. "I doubt if I can sleep any-
 way." 	"Dana, take the bed. I'll just spread out in the
 chair, okay? Don't worry about  me. You've got enough
 to deal with." Mulder put his arms around his partner,
 slowly rocking her to comfort her. 

	To her surprise, Scully responded by returning
 the embrace. Letting him hold  her, she pressed her face
 into his chest, trying not to cry as she slowed her
 breathing. 

	It didn't work very well, because she felt the
 tears roll slowly down one  cheek, a sob escaping her
 body. Mulder still held her, for which she was  grateful;
 but not entirely so.

	Gently, he kissed the top of her head, and Dana
 looked up at him. Returning her  gaze, he then leaned
 to kiss her forehead. As they both realized where this
 was  going, Dana only whispered, "Fox..." 

	Their lips met slowly, both of them stunned
 that it was happening. Despite any  reluctance, neither
 of them made a move to stop.

	With hesitation that bordered on shyness, Fox
 began unbuttoning his shirt, and  Dana remembered
 what she'd been thinking that morning. Her eyes
 followed his  fingers with anticipation, until his shirt
 was, once more, open.

	Dana sat on the bed to wait for what happened
 next. She stared attentively as  her partner next took off
 his jeans, and Dana concentrated on this moment, 
 unconcerned with her previous worries. 

	Before Fox stripped of his shorts, Dana stood
 again and pushed the shirt away  from his shoulders
, then stepped out of her shoes and reclined at the foot
 of  the bed. Once her full attention returned to him, he
 pushed the cloth down, and  finally nude, spread out beside her. 

	Closing her eyes, Dana sat up and took off her
 jacket, only to have Fox stop  her as she tried to pull
 off her blouse.

	Holding her hands, Fox lifted the garment for
 her, revealing the same pink bra  as before. Timidly,
 she resigned and let him undress her, pulling the
 blanket  over herself when he finished. 

	Joining her under the blanket, Fox touched her
 cheek softly, and kissed her  again, pulling Dana closer
 to his body. He was warm, and Dana let herself become
  folded into his arms. His mouth had gone to her throat,
 drawing his lips gently  along the slope of her neck. She
 closed her eyes and rubbed her hands slowly  over his
 shoulders.

	Fox had now moved down her body, surprising
 Dana with quick kisses over her  breasts, his tongue
 gliding occasionally across a nipple. She sighed deeply,
  realized she wanted to participate more actively. 

	As Fox came back to her, she kissed him
 passionately, her fingers searching his  skin. While her
 lips covered his, Dana rubbed hard on his chest, waking
 his  senses. Fox laid beneath her, as if to surrender
 himself to her whims.

	Completely vulnerable, Dana took him, her
 mouth and fingers exploring his body.  She wanted to
 know with her lips where his heart was beating, wanted
 to feel the  life and touch it with her own. She studied
 one of his nipples with her  fingertips, watching his
 flesh turn a deep scarlet. Dana laid her head on Fox's
  chest, her lips barely grazing his ribs. Feeling them rise
 and fall under her  was so wondrous, she thought. When
 she slowly kissed one swollen nipple, she  heard him
 moan, and felt it from his body. 

	Turning to his side, Fox let Dana nestle into
 the curve of his body, kissing  her deeply as he gingerly
 stroked her breasts. His lips pulled from hers and
  lightly touched her eyes. Dana returned his tenderness,
 kissing his throat and  jaw warmly. He laid back
 beneath her, submitting to her desires, needing this
 contact with her.

	Lying over her partner, covering him with only
 her body, Dana continued to draw  her lips across Fox's
 skin. When she began stroking his stomach, her hand
  drifted curiously down his body, revealing his hard
 member. They exchanged  glances, hesitant at first to
 take the encounter any further.

	Then Dana kissed Fox tenderly, and he knew
 it was now. Their friendship would  intensify with this
 union, strengthening them both.

	Preparing for the consummation, Fox laid over
 her, and Dana lay bare beneath  him. Their bodies
 entwined, he joined with her delicately. Her slow,
 ragged  breath praised the moment, and Fox could
 feel her heart pounding near his chest.

	Rushed with rapture, Dana's mouth drew near
 to Fox, opening to cover his lips.  Their tongues caught
 together in a burning kiss that awakened them further.
 Both  of them were enchanted by the other's ardor,
 driving intensely to fulfill the  core of their souls.

	In unison, the couple labored to soothe their
 mutual fire. Sweat covered their  bodies, soaked their
 skin. Dana felt her lover's semen filling her emptiness,
  feeling as if she might swoon from the sweet aching
 in her belly. Now all that  mattered to Fox was Dana's
 orgasm.

	Utter bliss soon overtook Dana's flesh while
 he remained inside her, making  love to her. Fox
 pressed his lips to her throat, nuzzling her softly
 as her body  surrendered to his motions. A violent
 shudder coursed through her muscles,  easing the
 surmounting desires. 

	By this time, Dana was exhausted, and as
 soon as she closed her eyes after Fox  kissed her once
 more, she'd fallen asleep.

	It was dark when Dana awoke suddenly. She
 didn't know what roused her, and at  any rate, she
 wasn't completely awake. Trying to remember if she'd
 turned out  the lights, Dana realized what had woken her
 up: the presence of someone in bed  beside her.

	Looking over to the bedstand, the clock said it
 was only a little after  midnight. Dana started to recall
 what happened earlier, and guessed that Fox had  put
 her under the sheets and turned out the light after she'd
 fallen asleep.

	"Mulder? You awake?" she whispered, peering
 through the darkness to see if he  would respond. He
 didn't reply, and Dana laid back down, her arm over
 his chest,  and she tried again. No response, but for a
 hand on her arm as she ran her  fingernails back and
 forth across his chest.

	"Hi," Fox greeted her as he sat up beside her.
 Dana was suddenly shy, and she  drew her arm back
 as she pulled the covers closer. "What's wrong, can't
 you  sleep?"

	"Oh, well, I was asleep," Dana told him, "but
 I just woke up. I guess I'm not  used to..." she shrugged,
 letting the statement hang.

	"Sharing a bed?" Fox finished for her.

	She nodded, and heard Fox as he stretched.
 "I'm not, either," he told her. They  sat in bed for a
 minute more, before Fox noticed the time. Dana had
 laid back  down, and was trying to get comfortable.
 She whispered, "Sorry I woke you."

	"What are you thinking, Dana?" Fox asked
 her suddenly as he curled up beside  her. Feeling
 conspicuous, she answered, "What do you mean?"

	"Are you wondering how things will be now?
 Do you feel any different about me?" 

	Dana sighed. "Should I?" He didn't answer at
 first, and the silence was so long  that she thought for
 a moment that Fox had fallen asleep. Her assumption
 turned  out to be wrong, as he sighed deeply and slid
 an arm around her waist.

	"I don't suppose you've ever heard that ancient
 civilizations believed sex to  be a way of reaching the
 gods," Fox told her unexpectedly. "They believed that
  the union of two bodies was symbolic of a joint spirit.
 Some cultures had a  tradition of watching newlyweds
 consummate their marriage right there at the  alter."

	"You're not trying to propose to me, are you?"
 Dana asked wryly. 

	Laughing softly, Fox asked again, "Haven't you
 ever heard of such customs? I  mean, look at voodoo.
 The orgies at the ceremonies weren't just tension breakers
  for those people. They were seen as a holy ritual."

	Curiously, Dana said, "Are you comparing
 those rituals to us?"

	"Think about it," Fox explained. "We are
 essentially hunters of the  supernatural. What better
 way to strengthen ourselves against the evils of the
 world than to share our spirits?"

	"So what you're telling me," Dana said, "is that
 all you got out of it was  another superstition?" Her voice
 was tinged with just enough anger to indicate  she was
 upset.

	Fox held Dana more tightly, closer to his own
 body. "I didn't say that," he  whispered, close to her ear.
 "I never intended to hurt you."

	"No, you didn't," she whispered back. "I know
 that. I needed you, but I was  just scared and nervous.
 One of those days." As she finished the sentence, Fox
 began kissing her shoulder. She leaned back into him,
 and they stayed there  quietly for a few minutes. 

	Longing once more hit Fox, intensifying with
 each kiss. Dana turned over to  face him, resting her
 hand on his chest, and their lips met again. She stopped,
  and asked Fox, "Does this mean our spirits are joined?"

	"I'd like to think so," he answered, keeping
 hold of Dana as she turned back to  him. 	She laid
 a fing-er over his lips to quiet him, and whispered,
 "Sealed with  a kiss." Fox began to come forward to
 her, but Dana just pushed him softly back  down.
 Confused, he stayed back to discover what she
 intended. 

	Her idea of a kiss didn't involve his lips, Fox
 learned as he watched Dana  descend below the sheets.
 The understanding came to him just as she settled
 beside his hips, and the desire surged all the way
 down his body. It wasn't  until he saw her there that
 Fox knew he was ready again--ready forever, no
 matter what she meant to do to him. 

	Dana's tiny lips rubbed over the head of Fox's
 considerable erection, evoking  the smallest of cries
 from him. Her tongue laced down his ample length,
 stopping  at the base of his rock-hard shaft and trailing
 to caress the softer skin of his  sac. She closed her lips
 around the edge of one of his balls, causing Fox to let 
out a distressed sigh as her tongue continued its lazy
 dance across his skin. 

	She let his sac fall loosely out of her mouth, a
 small thread of saliva  glistening in the dark. Pushing
 his legs slightly further apart, Dana kissed  Fox's inner
 thigh, moving up closer to his groin, and let her teeth
 tread  lightly over the sensitive skin. Fox groaned as if
 he were dying, and absently  tousled his friend's red
 locks as she continued teasing him. It was painful to
  watch her so close to him like that, but Fox knew that
 the roaring ache in his  penis would be well worth it.

	For a moment, her touch fell away. At first,
 Fox thought maybe Dana was going  to leave him this
 way--maybe this was just a dream. He heard himself
 whisper,  "No, Dana, please... Don't stop, don't stop
 now..."

	It was then that a warm, soft arc fell over his
 waiting hard-on, and Dana's wet  mouth greeting his
 hot skin was almost too much. Fox realized that she
 had  paused in order to stretch her mouth around his
 size. His desire for her  materialized from his core in
 a moan, and Dana acknowledged his pleasure with
 the flicker of her fiery tongue. While she worked his
 cock in her mouth, Dana's  nails dragged over the
 man's balls. 

	Her touch was just enough on Fox's aroused
 skin to send a sharp thrust into  Dana's throat, but
 despite its force, Dana continued to suck voraciously
 at him.  Growing more urgent with the pull of her
 mouth, Fox felt his hips driving  forward as Dana
 ruthlessly lapped at the base of his stiff penis.

	She could feel from the pulsing beneath her
 tongue that Fox was dangerously  close to orgasm,
 and wondered briefly if she'd be able to swallow all
 of his  fluid. Tasting him was all she could think
 about as her mouth and tongue  devoured him. As
 if he'd read her mind, Fox moaned once before
 flooding her  mouth with his milky sperm. As she
 finished him off, his moans grew intense and
  ragged, finally diminishing along with his erection. 

	Dana smiled to herself as she returned to Fox's
 side, listening to him catch  his breath. As she fell
 asleep, she found herself thinking how happy she
 would  be if she could survive on his seed.

Opening her robe, Scully stepped into the shower and
 turned on the water. She  stood for a few minutes,
 warmth and steam surrounding her, before picking
 up the  flimsy bar of motel soap.  

	Before she could even rub the bar between her
 hands, the shower curtain came  snapping away from
 the wall, clanging on the bar, startling her. Almost as
  quickly, the curtain was shoved back in place. 

	The next thing Scully felt was a strong hand
 sweeping her hair up from her  neck, and then a hot
 kiss on the tender skin. Surprised with the pleasure, a
 cry  escaped her lips. The hand left the crimson tendrils,
 sliding down the arch of  her waist and hip, reaching
 around to brush her stomach.

	"Oh, god," she whispered, out of breath, and
 a pair of familiar lips caressed  her ear. 

	"I never got to thank you for the kiss, Dana,"
 Fox purred, his mouth against  her ear as he whispered
 to her. The sensation of his lips so close to her gave
 Dana chills. 

	The hand resting on her stomach came questing
 down her abdomen, descending over her thigh, and  one
 long finger emerged to fondle Dana's innermost flesh.
 Just  as quickly, it was gone, giving her barely any time
 to moan softly. She felt his  smile against her back, and
 his finger returned, allowing more friction over  Dana's
 tender skin. 

	She could have died happy then and there, but
 when Fox slowly pushed his finger  into her opening, she
 knew she was in heaven. His gentle touch plundered her
 deeply, moving easily within her slick walls.

	After a moment, Fox removed his finger, only
 to place two fingers back inside  her. A shocked cry
 emitted from Dana, as Fox moved his mouth back to
 her ear. He  whispered ever so quietly, " I want you to
 reach orgasm in my arms, Dana." Then  he licked her
 ear and turned her head towards his to kiss her, his
 tongue  mimicking the action of his fingers. Dana felt
 something in her react to this  delicious violation, and
 her body rocked a little faster with Fox's. 

	There was no holding back now. Dana sobbed
 aloud, beginning to feel herself let  go. Behind her, Fox
 urged her on. "Yes, Dana, give in to me...I've been
 waiting  all my life to give you this pleasure...let me
 give it to you now..." 

	With a long moan, Dana consented to his pleas,
 shuddering as her body reached  its fulfillment. She
 leaned back into Fox for a moment, then she was barely
  aware of his fingers leaving her. 

	Carefully, Fox lifted Dana up against the shelf
 on the wall behind them,  settling her on it as if it were
 a seat made for her, just level to meet his  straining hard-
on. Dana, still dazed, felt her heart flutter at the sight of
 the  thick cock poised to enter her body.

	With a quiet whisper she didn't hear, Fox
 pushed slowly inside her, still  drenched from her
 orgasm just seconds ago. He let go of her thighs, hands
  running up her sides, as Dana engulfed him into her
 arms and ravished his mouth  with hers. 

	Returning to her hips, Fox held onto Dana
 firmly as he began to drive into her.  The weight of her
 breasts against his chest furthered his rhythm, and he
 reached  up to hold each one in his hands, squeezing her
 nipples gently before taking  them into his mouth.

	From the sounds of her cries, Dana was close
 enough to coming to nearly slip  off the shelf. Fox
 grasped her thighs again, holding onto her so she
 wouldn't  fall. Dana tightened her legs around him
 as she pushed forward to meet his hips,  until finally
 her moaning softened to occasional gasps. Just as
 Dana finished,  Fox was ejaculating into her, filling
 her as though he couldn't stop. When he  finally did,
 he leaned against Dana's shoulder, breathing hard.

	"Did you say something before..." Dana
 whispered quizzically to her partner.

	Did he? Fox was trying to remember...

	Yes. He had said something.

	"You didn't hear me." Fox helped Dana down
 from the wall, and watched her shake her head in
 response.

 	 "I told you before we started, Dana...that I
 loved you."

	Her clear blue eyes searched across his face
 before she answered, "I knew that  last night, Fox. I
 knew you did, because I do too."

	Fox felt his heart pounding in nervous triumph.
 He took Dana closer to him and  stood with her in the
 steamy shower.

	They returned to Washington that day, but
 rather than flying back, Agents Fox  Mulder and
 Dana Scully opted instead to drive back themselves,
 despite a two-day  delay to the Bureau Headquarters.