TITLE: Unchained
AUTHOR: Diana NO Fowley     difriendly@yahoo.com
CATEGORY:  MSRomance
RATING: PG-17
SPOILERS: A little bit for Fight the Future. (Only if
you haven't seen it, but I don't think so)
SUMMARY:  Scully is taken hostage by government
employees, after that, Mulder stays at her appartment
to take care of her, and God knows he does it pretty
good!
DISCLAIMER: Scully, Mulder, Skinner and all the
characters mentioned here, belong to Fox, Chris Carter
and Ten Thirteen (actually, not all of them. Some are
just incidental and are invented by me).
ARCHIVE: Gossamer. Anywhere else, please ask me first.

I dedicate this story to my heroes Mulder and Scully,
mostly to Scully, for being such a role model to me,
to David and Gillian for playing them, and to Chris
Carter, the genious mind that created them.

Thanks so much to my english teacher and grandma Pat
for helping me with my grammar. And to my friends
Anabel and Nathalie (Bonjour Nathalie!) for wasting
their time reading this before I post it. And I'll
never forget the comments from my e-friend Isabel,
thank you for your support!

Hi everyone! This is the first fanfic that I write and
post. Actually, this is the first story I write in my
entire life. So, go easy on me, please. All kind of
comments will be appreciated. Actually, I'm begging
for it (any kind). Feedback at difriendly@yahoo.com .
NOTE: If you just can't imagine Mulder and Scully
having and affair, you'd better go watch TV while all
romantic people read this.
If you love MSR fanfic, sit comfy, go for a drink and
ENJOY IT!

"We were strangers starting out on a journey, never
dreaming what we'd have to go through, now here we
are, and I'm suddenly standing AT THE BEGINNING with
you"

-Mulder's lips approached hers, touching them very
softly. His hands moved from her back to her waist, as
his tongue parted her lips to explore her mouth.
Finally, their tongues touched. It was such a
wonderful sensation, such a delicious flavor...-


UNCHAINED 
By Diana.



The silence of the night had always comforted her,
she'd always felt so nice with the embrace of  the
darkness around her body, when no light hurt her eyes
and she could sleep fine. Cause by now,  her job had
absorbed all her interests, and there was almost no
time to have a calm night to sleep. The truth was her
only dream when she was awake. But in the night, deep
in her dreams, she kept on dreaming with a handsome
prince that came in his white horse to pick her up and
take her to his castle.
     
But this time things were different. She was on her
knees in a dark room, with her hands tied up to a pipe
or something, her ankles tied up together, and her
eyes and  her mouth  were covered with adhesive tape.
Her right wrist was bleeding, because she tried to
escape several times in the last two hours, without
succeeding. The only thing she could think about, was
Mulder. Mulder, coming in his white horse to save her
from this hell and hold her in his arms, and take her
to his castle.

She didn't even remember how the hell she had gotten 
into  this situation. All she knew was that somebody
knocked at her door while she was reading the
newspaper, and when she opened it, two big guys
dressed in black suits took her violently with them,
and then she smelled something that she couldn't
recognize. When she woke up, she was in a half dark
room, with three men around her, asking her the
whereabouts of a CD, which she hadn't heard about in
her whole life. The men were beating her in the
stomach, leaving her breathless, but the only answer
they got over and over again was 'I don't know, I have
no idea of what you're talking about'. That, and some
screams of pain. One of the men, a young one, beat her
in the forehead, and all became dark again.

Once again, she woke up, now in the dark room, or
that's what she thought, since the black tape didn't
let her see anything. She started to cry, something
unusual for her in these kind of situations -she had
always been really strong-, she felt so small, so
weak, and what's worse, she didn't even know the
reason why she was there. Mulder hadn't told her a
word about any CD.

Mulder! /Where can he be right now?/ , she thought.
Maybe he was looking for her, maybe he didn't even
know what was happening, or maybe the men were
torturing him too.

/This cannot be happening, this must be a nightmare
and I should wake up before things get worse/, she
thought as she tried to scream.

"Do you need something, little angel?", a man's voice
said. It came from the other side of the room.
Then Scully heard footsteps coming toward her. A hand
touched her cheek and felt the tears coming from under
the tape of her eyes. "Are you afraid, baby? Of what?
Of this?" The man said as he gave her a slap. 

Loud sounds of sirens and shouts came from  outside,
and two men came down the stairs, untied Scully from
the pipe and took her with them upstairs. This was so
fast that she couldn't try to escape. She was put on
the backseat of a car, and the three men entered the
car, which hurriedly left the building.

The police cars were left behind the BMW where Scully
and the three men were. Suddenly, a gray Nissan came
out from a corner and crashed against the BMW at the
driver's side. They all stopped. Mulder went out of
the Nissan, pointing at the BMW with his gun.

"Federal agent! Out of the car or I'll shoot!" His
breath was fast and it was possible to see the anger
and the fear in his green eyes as one man, the
youngest one, got out of the car holding Scully with
one hand and his gun pointing to her head with the
other. Mulder's anger grew when he saw his partner in
this shape.

"Put your gun down or I'll kill her" The man shouted.
Mulder's eyes turned red. "Don't you touch a hair of
her head or I'll snap you into three thousand small
meat pieces. Did you hear?"

"I'm not kidding, Mr. Mulder. Put your gun down and
maybe I won't do that to her" 

Mulder stayed still for a few seconds, then, slowly,
put his gun in the floor.

"You know what I want, Mulder, give it to me and I'll
let her go"  "How do I know you're letting her go?" 
"You don't, I'll just give you my word"

Mulder realized that there was nothing else to do at
that very moment, so he took the CD out of the car,
and put it in the floor, next to the man's feet.
Another man went out of the car and picked the CD up,
then entered the car again.

"It's the one" He said from inside the car. "Thank you
Agent Mulder" , said the young man, "But you should
never trust people like me, you know? I thought you
already knew that. Our words are like the wind"  He
said as he prepared his gun to shoot Scully. "Goodbye
little fucking agent".

In a fast movement, Mulder took out a gun he had in
the back of his belt, and shut right at the young
man's chest, killing him immediately, then approached
the car and shut the two men inside, though one of
them was already dead. It was so fast that it took a
little time for him to realize what he had just done. 



Mulder ran to Scully, and held her in his arms. He
cried tears of joy , as he caressed her face, taking
the tape off her eyes and mouth, and untying her
wrists and ankles.

"Are you okay?" He asked her.  "I'm fine" "Sure?, you
don't look pretty fine" "I'm fine, really".

Police cars approached the crime scene, Assistant
Director Skinner got out of a car and went where
Mulder and Scully were.  "Are you all right, agent
Scully?" He asked her. "I'm fine, thanks. A little bit
scared but fine". "Great job, both of you. These men
were government employees, managing a scientist
research for a new biological weapon, which they
wanted to test in Congo, Africa. That's the
information we've found inside the CD".

"But how the hell did they find out that the disc was
in my hands, and why did they take Scully instead of
me?" Mulder asked. "They knew you had the disc, but
they thought they would have you in their hands if
they had Scully as hostage. Sorry for this, agent
Scully, we didn't want this to happen". Skinner turned
around and went back where the bodies were lying.

"Anyway, that means Scully went through all this for
nothing... it has nothing to do with the X-Files",
Mulder said, realizing the damage he had done to his
partner.

"Scully, I..." He tried to apologize to her, but he
knew there were no words to mend what he had done.

"Why didn't you tell me anything about the disc,
Mulder?"  "I was about to do it, but I wasn't sure. I
didn't want this to happen. I thought you'd be safe if
I didn't tell you. I'm sorry, Scully. I've hurt the
only person I care of in my life, my best friend.
Could you forgive me someday?".

"Mulder, I was so scared, I haven't felt like this
before. I wasn't being myself, I even cried". 

"I'm sorry", he said holding her hands between his.
"They didn't let me think, they were just beating me
and putting me to sleep. I became someone else the
time I was awake". While she talked, Mulder's eyes
looked at hers, realizing how much he loved her, and
how close he had been  -several times, not only this
one- of losing his only truth.

"I'll take you to a hospital", he said after a long
pause. "No, I'm fine. I can take care of myself. I'm a
doctor, remember?"  "But maybe you need x-rays". "No,
believe me, all I need is to take a shower and get
into bed. Could you drive me home, please?" "Get in
the car, Miss 'I'm the strongest of souls' and never
show your real feelings". It was unbelievable: Mulder
was scolding her, when 'she' was the victim here. 
"What's wrong with you, Mulder?" "That's what I'd like
you to answer me, Scully. C'mon, you can be yourself
with me. I've seen you cry before, you know? You can
do it. You can beat me, I deserve it. It was all my
fault. I know that, and if there's anything I can do
to make you feel better, I will, I promise". Mulder
got no answer.

They didn't say another word until they got to
Scully's apartment.



They got out of the car and Scully opened the door.
"Mulder, you're right, you're damn right" "About
what?" "I'm hiding my feelings. I'm trying to be
strong... I'm trying to look strong. But I'm not. Not
this time..." "Oh, Scully, I'm so sorry". She broke
into tears and he held her in his arms. 

"It hurts, you know?"  "What? Your body?"  "No...
yes... a bit. But that's not what I mean. I mean my
pride, my soul. I had never felt this vulnerable. I
wasn't prepared... when they knocked on my door... I
thought it was you, or my mom.... whoever but them".

They entered the apartment and turned the lights on.
Scully went to the bathroom to clean her wrist and put
an antiseptic and a band-aid on it. Then she washed
her face. Mulder was waiting for her in the living
room, sitting on the couch, thinking of what had just
happened, and damning himself for letting it happen.
He loved her so much, but he was a coward. He had been
loving her for a long time, but he was afraid of
telling her, because he didn't want to lose her. "If
you knew, Scully, how much I love you and want you,
you perfect angel of heaven, you would hate me for the
rest of your life", he whispered to himself.

"Did you say something, Mulder?"  "No, I was
just...singing"  /Singing??!! How stupid/  "I've been
thinking, and there is one thing I do want you to do
for me".  "Whatever you want, I made a promise".
"Listen, I know it's a big favor, but I won't be able
to sleep if I don't feel safe... Could you....?"
Though she was a little angry with him, she knew she
couldn't sleep if she stayed alone this night, and
Mulder was the only one who could do this favor for
her. "Could you stay here tonight? You can sleep on
the couch. Please, I don't want to be alone"  "Hey,
Scully, there's no big deal. I told you I'd do
whatever you want me to, and that means anything. I
mean it". "Thank you, Mulder. Now I'd like to take a
shower. You have a change of clothes somewhere in my
closet, I think. Do you want me to bring it to you?" 
"Don't worry, I'll look for it myself" "If you're
hungry you can eat anything. Just look in the
kitchen". "No, thanks, I'll wait for you until
dinner".

But right now, the only thing he was hungry for, was
her. Those lips he dreamed of every night, those blue
eyes, those tiny hands, her naked body, which he had
imagined so many times, trying to guess how much
perfection there was on it. And he felt like there was
no way in this world that Scully would fall in love
with him.

But he was totally wrong. Scully's thoughts were not
quite different from his. Several times she'd found
herself dreaming crazy things about Mulder, imagining
how would it be like to kiss him, to touch him...
those were her thoughts while she was taking her
shower. She had almost forgotten the pain she felt on
her stomach just a few minutes ago, and also the pain
of her pride. 

As the warm water caressed her body, she imagined the
drops were Mulder's hands touching her all over.
Suddenly, she realized what she was thinking. /This
can't be possible.  I'm not in love with him/. This
was about the ninetieth time she said that to herself.
But she knew that was not true. She knew she was
desperately in love with him. She had no idea of when,
or how it had happened, but all she knew was it was
true.

/Oh, God. I can't hide it anymore, I've been so close
to death so many times... I can't die without saying
this to Mulder. I have to accept this. I'm in love
with him. He's gonna hate me for that, but I have to
tell him right now or I never will/. All of a sudden,
she felt her secret like a heavy chain she needed to
break. And she had to do it now.


Scully got dressed in a white T-shirt and a pair of
jeans and went to the living room. She found Mulder
sleeping on the couch. He had already changed clothing
with a shirt and sweatpants. He looked so beautiful,
so sweet, that she felt a sudden desire of jumping
over him and kissing him all over.  

"Wake up, sleeping beauty, we need to talk". She
kissed his forehead, and felt an electric charge
passing through her lips. Last time she had kissed him
this way, was just a few months ago, before being
stung by a bee, and infected with an extraterrestrial
virus, which Mulder had saved her from... that time
they'd almost kissed.  /Damn bee/ , she thought.
   
Mulder woke up, and she sat next to him. "How's your
wrist?" He said as he examined the wound. "Better, it
doesn't hurt anymore... Mulder... we need to talk... I
need to talk to you" "What is it Scully?" 

"Mulder, I... sorry, this is not right" "C'mon, go
ahead"  "You'll hate me for this, it's just... I have
this secret and... I've been so close to death so many
times and... I've decided... you should know it."

"Scully, what are you afraid of?. Whatever it is, I'll
never change my mind about you... or my feelings, you
know that".

/Feelings???!!! He has feelings for me?/. "Listen
Mulder, I don't want you to do anything about this, I
just want you to know it, but nothing has to change
between us, okay? You're my best friend, and I trust
you, I really do"

He raised one of her hands and kissed it softly. Her
body shook at the contact of his lips. "You can say
so. I've told you, nothing has to change between us.
You can tell me anything, you can tell me your darkest
secret, and I promise you nothing is gonna change"

"Mulder I..." She shut her eyes trying not to cry. "I
love you". She covered her face with her hands so she
couldn't see what she thought was a scorned expression
in his face.

Stupid him. Coward! How could this woman be stronger
than him? She actually had always been stronger than
him. Blind. She had just done what he had been so
afraid of. Coward!

He took her hands off her face, and held them tight
between his. "Scully, look at me, look at my eyes,
look 'in' my eyes". Her face lifted up slowly till
their eyes met. "I've been a coward. I've been loving
you for a long time. I've been adoring you and wanting
you and... I'm such an idiot. I was afraid of telling
you. I was afraid of losing you. You're the most
important thing in my entire life. You're the air I
breathe, the water I drink. You mean everything to me.
Without you, I'm nothing. That's why I didn't want to
tell you, because I thought you'd walk away and leave
me forever.  I'd  rather have you as my partner, I'd
rather have one thousand knives thrust all over my
body than losing you.  I love you, Scully. I really
do"

She stood up suddenly, and started to cry. Mulder
stood up behind her and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Scully, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you...
please, don't cry". She looked at him and he cleaned
her tears with the back of his hand. "Mulder, you
didn't hurt me, those are happinnes tears. It's
just... I feel kind of shocked, you know, I wasn't
expecting this, thought I was begging for it".

And from the middle of nowhere, it finally appeared: a
smile. That smile Mulder had been loving for a long
time. The smile that was the cause of his daydream
days and sleepless nights.

"My God, Scully, I love you even more when you smile
at me like that."

Mulder hugged her tight, while she rested her head on
his shoulder. "I'm such an idiot, Scully, such a
coward!. I don't deserve this, y'know?. Tell me, what
have I done to deserve your love? 'Your love' is a
God's gift,  heaven's most precious treasure. And God
has given it to me. Me, Mr. Spooky, one man who's
interests were placed  only in little green men, until
I met you. You, my trust and my soul. You, my
everything. I'm thankful, I'm grateful, I'm happy!"



They remained hugging each other for a few minutes.
Then, Mulder put his hand on her chin and lifted her
face up so that their mouths were just separated by a
couple of inches. She could feel the heat of his
breath right in her lips.

He started kissing her eyes, taking away the tears
that were still there. Then her nose, her cheeks... he
kissed one ear as he whispered "I love you, Dana".
Then he went to the other one and whispered very
softly "I want you". That last whisper made her
tremble from head to feet and she let go a soft moan.

He stopped. His eyes met hers asking her without a
word "Can I?". The answer was "'Definitely  yes". It
was amazing how their eyes could say so many things
without talking. This understanding had guided both of
them to fall in love with each other during the last 5
years. Understanding, and trust. Trust, because Mulder
was Scully's  trust, and vice versa. They had proved
several times, that they could only count on each
other.

Mulder's lips approached hers, touching them very
softly. His hands moved from her back to her waist, as
his tongue parted her lips to explore her mouth.
Finally, their tongues touched. It was such a
wonderful sensation, such a delicious flavor...

/It is so sweet -were Mulder's thoughts-. She tastes
like all my favorite snacks and... something else,
something even better. It's her, just 'her'. Dear
Lord, am I in heaven?/

/Oh, my God, he tastes so good. Even though I had
dreamed with this moment God knows how many times, I
could had never imagine this wonderful feeling/,
Scully thought as she felt butterflies fluttering in
her stomach.  

They broke up the kiss and looked 'into' each other's
eyes. Their lives were about to change forever. They
would stay together for eternity. From now on, they
would share not only work, but house, life, soul, and
who knows? Maybe they would adopt a child on the
future.

Their lives had just begun....

THE END, or better... THE BEGINNING.