Title - Reflections in the Waves (6/8) Story five In the Doors and Walls Universe Author - Katrinka Authors Email: Katrinka@flash.net Rating - R Classification - MSR Crossover Spoilers - Nada Timing: This story takes place three days after A Nice Relaxing Bath Keywords - A/U what if Archiving Gossamer, Ephemeral, and LEGACY only. Any other archiving must have authors express permission first. I will probably give it! Feedback: Please give this author some feedback! Even a line Stating "I like this" or "I hated this" is welcome. Warning: The John of this story is NOT John Doggett Summary: While investigating the disappearance of a teacher, Mulder and Scully learn more about their new powers. The headlines read 'these are the worst of times' I do believe it's true I feel so helpless like a boat against the tide I wish the summer winds could bring back Paradise But I know, if the world turned upside down Baby, I know you'd always be around The Best of Times By Dennis DeYoung ********************************************** "What do you see now?" Elizabeth asked. Mulder sat in a chair, with eyeshades on. Elizabeth was testing his ESP abilities. "I can see a picture of a horse." "Very good. What about now?" Mulder concentrated. There was four pictures placed on the table. "Horse, goat, kitten, Godzilla." "Wonderful." Mulder could see Elizabeth smile. "Take off your eye shades. I've got another test for you." Mulder did as he was told. He blinked as his eyes adjusted to the light. Elizabeth placed a mug on the table in front of Mulder. "This one's easy. Pick up the mug with your mind." "Pick up something with my mind?" Mulder repeated. "I can't do that." "You have some very strong mental abilities." "I can read minds, but pick something up?" "You don't know until you try." There was a lilt to her voice. "Feel the cup with your mind. Then use your mind to pick it up." Mulder closed his eyes. He reached out with his mind. He could feel the cup in front of him. It weighed four ounces. *Lift* he told it. The cup rose above the table, and hovered in the air. *Try using your mind to carry it to me." Elizabeth instructed. As the mug went across the lab, Ami teleported into the path of the mug. It hit her, then went crashing to the ground. "I'm sorry." Mulder said quickly. "It's not your fault." Elizabeth turned to Ami. "You should have teleported onto the pad." "What is it?" John asked almost hostile as he looked up from his work. "What are you doing here? You made a right muck of Liz's testing." "John, you can at least let Ami have her say." Elizabeth told her husband. "I should have asked before coming." Ami looked down. "Your here now. Why don't you stay?" John said more kindly. "How have you been doing?" Ami looked around the room panicked. "I need your help." "What kind of help?" Elizabeth asked. "Adam's did something really insane. I told him not to, and he did it anyway!" "What did he do?" John asked. The news came out in a rush. "Adam found out where the Implant institute Megabyte's being held. He's going to offer himself for the release of Megabyte." "Why would he do something as mad as that?" John said frustrated. "He's going to get himself killed." "Because he loves Megabyte." Mulder guessed. "I'd do the same thing if it would free Scully." *John, help me...please help father! * Adam cried. Mulder heard the cry at the same time John did. Mulder looked at John, and their eyes met. "Adam, Adam needs me." John said. Where is he?" Mulder asked. "I don't know...but he's been hurt. I can feel that. TIM, try to locate Adam!" John asked his computer. He went over to a cabinet and took out a stun gun, and a holster. "I'm coming with you." Mulder said. "Adam's my son. I wasn't there before, perhaps I can be there now." "I know Krycek, I know what he's capable of. You'll need me." Mulder said firmly. "This could be a trap. You can't go in alone." John tossed a stun gun at Mulder, he caught it. "I'm coming too." Elizabeth said firmly. "You have to stay here. Every raiding party to the Implant Institute have been captured." John walked up to Elizabeth, touching her shoulder gently. "If I die, then our children will still have you." His hand touched her face. *I love you Liz, I can't loose you. * Elizabeth nodded. "All right, this time." "I've located Adam." TIM told them, giving them the coordinates. "Thank you TIM." John said. They teleported. Mulder found himself in the hallway of an underground building. *I wonder where we are? * Mulder asked. *It doesn't matter. * John said. *We're in Vladavostock. * Ami said, materializing beside them. *How did you know were Adam was? * John demanded. *We heard his cry. * Langly materialized in the hallway. "We?" *Frohike's outside the building. * He explained. *Adam's my son. I should be the one who goes in there, * John insisted. *Go back to the lab. * *I'm not going anywhere. I love Adam I have to help. * The young woman said firmly. Mulder rolled his eyes, he was getting fed up with the fighting between the younger Tomorrow People, and the older. *If we keep taking our time, Krycek will have left. * *We will teleport in at the same time. If that's okay with you. * John said looking at Ami. *I do want us to start working together. * *That will be fine. * Ami said. They teleported into the room. Krycek was working on a laptop. Adam Newman was on the floor. Bleeding. He was still, Mulder couldn't tell if he was alive or not. The sight of the injured innocent enraged Mulder. He went to Krycek, pushing him off of the chair, and onto the floor. Krycek looked up at Mulder. "It's been a while hasn't it?" "What the hell did you do to him!" Mulder demanded. "He's mine, to do with as I wish." Krycek sneered. "I'll probably turn him over to the implant team, after I use him some more." "You son of a bitch!" Mulder lifted his stun gun to hit Krycek. Then he realized if he hit him that would make him the same as Krycek. That moment of hesitation was enough to allow Krycek the time to get away. "I can't feel a him! I think he's dead!" Ami sobbed. Langly knelt beside Adam, touching a hand to his neck. "He doesn't have a pulse." Ami knelt beside Adam, closing his bruised eyes. As she did, she began to sob. Langly put his arm around her, supporting her. "We have to get him back to the lab." John said. "It's too late." Ami said. "It's not too late. We can save him, if we all work together." John said. He went to Adam. Picking him up in his arms. Then he teleported away. Mulder follows. ********************** "John, what happened?" Elizabeth asked. As soon as they teleported. "We can talk about that later! Adam's dying!" John almost shouted. Mulder watched as John put Adam on a healing bed. "TIM, can you find any life readings?" "There is a faint one." TIM said. "We're going to have to work quickly." John said. "We have to circle the healing bed." Mulder watched as everyone else did as they where told. John looked up to him. "Join us Mulder please." "I don't know Adam well." Mulder said, stepping back a pace. "It doesn't matter, We're going to have to merge minds. We need your energy." Ami looked at Mulder. "Please. We need you." Mulder nodded, joining them, standing between Elizabeth and Ami. They raised their hands, palms just a few inches apart. Mulder imitated them. *Open your minds. * John commanded. Mulder opened his mind, letting it merge with the others, until they where one. *Direct your energy towards Adam. * He heard John say in his mind. As one, everyone put their hands a few inches from Adam's body. There was an unearthly glow from their hands. Seconds seemed like minutes. "Stop everyone stop." John said. As they stopped, Adam's bruised eyes flickered open. *John, you heard my call. * *How do you feel? * John asked. *Horrible. * Adam admitted, his eyes flickered shut. *Rest well. * John told him. Amy tears pouring down her face kissed Adam gently on the forehead. "Thank you for saving him John." "I didn't save him. Everyone worked together." John pointed out. "Adam's our first rescue from the Insatiate." Frohike pointed out. "Hopefully, he won't be our last." Langly said. "We need to go back in there." Mulder told John. "Not now." John said. "They will be expecting us if we wait." "As far as they know, we got what we wanted and left." John looked over to Adam. "The only way we can rescue the people in the Implant lab for all of us-both the new and the older Tomorrow People. We need Adam for that." "How long will it take for him to get better?" "A few hours." ********************* Mulder could feel Scully touch his mind very briefly. She was frightened, he could feel it. She was strapped to a table; her head was to the side. He could feel that part of her head had been shaved. People where around her, dressed in scrubs. "It's your turn Scully." The unmistakable voice of Alex Krycek said. "I kept you as a trump card. Now that Mulder's dead, your no longer needed." "Mulder's not dead." Scully said firmly. "How sure can you be? Tell me, what proof do you have that Mulder's alive?" Krycek's voice was calm, too calm. "You should consider yourself lucky, you will have a new life. My sister Pavla didn't have that choice." "What do you mean?" "She killed herself before she allowed the tomorrow people to control her mind." Krycek gestured to someone out of Scully's sight. He gave orders in Russian. *Mulder! * Scully telepathed. She had been drugged. Mulder could feel that. *Are you alive? * *I'm fine. Krycek is lying to you! * *I love you. * *I love you. Too. No matter what happens, remember I love you! * Mulder told her. *Tell Ami, Megabyte's still alive. They're having trouble getting an implant to work on him. * *I will. * He promised. *Byers is alive too. You must tell the Lone Gunmen. * Mulder could feel the cut, and then the edge of the skin was pushed apart. There was a sound of a drill. It began to cut Scully's skull. He could feel Scully screaming. Krycek told Scully. "You must remain still. Yes it hurts, but you must stay still." "Mulder, help me." Mulder felt helpless. *I can't. I don't know where you are. * Someone came towards Scully, carrying something in a set of tweezers. Mulder's blood ran cold. It was an implant. Mulder could feel the implant being placed in Scully's mind. Then the skin was placed back over the wound, and stitched. "Turn it on." Krycek ordered. There was a loud buzzing sound, and then suddenly there was emptiness. Mulder could no longer feel Scully. "Dana!" Suddenly Mulder was back in the lab. Elizabeth grabbed his arm and guided him to a couch. "What happened?" "I saw Scully." "How is she?" "I'm not sure. She just had an implant placed in her brain." Tears stung Mulder's eyes. "I've lost her. Oh god, I've lost her." Mulder felt Elizabeth put her arms around him, and pull him close. "She's alive. As long as she's alive, you'll have her." "But her special powers...." "You loved her before she had them, you'll love her afterwards." "What if she forgets about what we have?" Mulder said heartbroken. "If your love is meant to be, she'll fall in love with you again." Elizabeth turned to the computer console. "Tim, I need a set of memory disks." "Of course." The computer said. A tube the size of a pill bottle materialized on the table. Elizabeth picked up the container. "This is a set of Memory disks. You can use these to record your memories of Scully." "What will that help?" "If we do get Scully back, she might have amnesia. This might help her get those memories back." Mulder took the disks from Elizabeth. "I'll do it, if you can promise me that they will only be used if something happens to me." "You have a deal." Elizabeth smiled. *********************