Title - Reflections in the Waves (8/8) 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 best of times are when I'm alone with you Some rain some shine; we'll make this a world for two Our memories of yesterday will last a lifetime We'll take the best, forget the rest And someday we'll find these are the best of times These are the best of times Best Of Times Lyrics by Dennis DeYoung Mulder sat beside Scully's bed. She hadn't regained consciousness since the implant was removed. That worried Mulder. He had been there for five hours. Elizabeth walked into the sick bay. "You should get some rest." "I can't." He reached out, smoothing hair from Scully's face. "I need to be here when she wakes." "While your here, you can have TIM look at you wounds." "Later, perhaps." "You could have scars if you don't take care of it." Liz warned. "If this had happened to John, where would you be?" "Same place you are now." Liz smiled. "Want something to drink?" "Coffee if you have it." "TIM can create any drink. Remember?" "No, I still don't remember being a Tomorrow Person." Mulder paused. "Did I really turn the main lab into a basketball court?" "How did you know about that?" Liz asked Tim for coffee. "Ami showed me a bit of it. Then I dreamt more about the basketball court." He took the coffee that Liz handed him. "I still can't believe that I hung with Byers when I was a kid." "The two of you where best of friends. You two drove John straight up one wall and down the other." Liz smiled at the memory. "After you left, Byers choose to leave the tomorrow people." "It's a wonder he never was captured by the government." "He had never told his parents about us. So they couldn't have turned him in." "Like my father did. He let the aliens take his daughter, and he allowed the government put an implant into me." Mulder said morosely. "Perhaps someday you can forgive your father." "It's too late now. He's dead. He was killed by Krycek." "I'm sorry." "I wish I could remember more." Mulder took a drink of coffee. Scully groaned. Mulder put the coffee down, and leapt to his feet. Scully looked up at him. "Mulder?" Tears of joy stung Mulder's eyes. "You remember me. Oh god you remember me." "What am I doing here?" Scully asked puzzled. "It's a long story." "Let me guess, you when against Kersh's orders and drug me on some quest." "Kersh isn't our superior, Skinner is." "Since when? The X-Files are closed, remember?" Scully asked. *Oh my god. The dreams are right. * He looked at Scully. "What's the date?" "February 10, 1999." Scully paused. "What year is it?" "It's April, 2000." "That's not true." "You don't remember anything that happened in the past year?" "Mulder you're making no sense. It's 1999." Scully said firmly. "What about us?" "We're partners, best friends." She looked up to him. "Nothing else." Mulder felt his heart sink. Scully no longer remembered their relationship. He couldn't let her know. Not now. Now was the time for Scully to recover from the implant. "You're going to be confused for a while. You had an implant in your brain." "An implant." Scully reached up and touched the still healing wound. "Why did this happen?" "You where captured by Krycek. He's part of a international force that searches out telepaths and tries to control them." Mulder tried to explain. "I'm not a telepath." *You are Scully. There's so much for you to learn. * "How did you do that?" "We're Tomorrow People. We're the next stage in human evolution." "You're nuts." Scully said skeptically. "Humans have evolved as much as they can." *What about the telepathy? * "It's a trick." Scully said firmly. "I need some time Mulder. Please, leave." "As you wish." Mulder's heart breaking; he leaned down and kissed Scully's forehead. "Goodbye Scully." **************** "How are you feeling Scully?" Byers came into the room. Part of his head was shaved. A thin scar ran behind his ear. "Better." Scully sat up. She was tired of this bed. "The operation?" "The implants out." Byers smiled. "I can remember everything." "Where am I?" Scully asked. "You're in London." "You're not really saying that I'm in England." Scully said slowly. "I know, it's hard for you to take in. Isn't it?" Byers asked. "Mulder told me that you didn't believe him about the Tomorrow People." "It's something he made up." *Listen to me talking to you. * Byers said inside her mind. He put his hands over his mouth, and held his nose. *I can cover my mouth and nose, and you can still hear me talk. * *How did he do that? * Scully thought. *We're Tomorrow People. We can read each other's thoughts. * Byers explained. *So Mulder wasn't lying. * *No Scully, he was. * "Can you stop talking in my mind?" Scully asked. "No problem." Byers smiled. "Where did Mulder go?" "He's taking your loss of memory hard. I think he went back home." "If you had told me before now that someone's memory could be erased like a computers was, chunk by chunk. I wouldn't have believed you. Now I do believe." Scully paused. "I just can't remember a year. A year isn't much. I'll check over our reports. They will fill in what happened." "They won't fill in everything." Byers seemed to turn over something in his mind. "Your reports don't state the fact that you became more then partners with Mulder." "You can't be telling me that Mulder's my lover?" "Yes, yes I am." Byers handed her a small tube of disks. "Mulder made these, in case he didn't return. It's memories of what happened between the two of you." "How do I use them?" "Take out one, place it on your forehead, then close your eyes." Scully picked a disk out at random. She placed it on her forehead. She was surprised when it stayed on. Then she closed her eyes. ************************** Mulder's life had changed forever. Scully was no longer in his life. Even so, he still had his quest for the unknown. He had to examine the alien ship that the Tomorrow People called home. Mulder arrived at the island. He could feel the presence of many, many Tomorrow People. The ship was now full of rescued Tomorrow People. Mulder looked out onto the sea. It was dark here, but he could see the waves coming in and out. He walked to the front of the ship. There was a piece of it sticking out of the sand. It was withered, like a piece of petrified wood. There was also a circle in the sand made out of some unearthly material. *How do I get in? * He asked himself. *Run your hand along the circle, then lean forward. * He heard Adam tell him. Mulder did as he was told. As his fingers swept the sides of the circle, the middle began to shimmer. He moved closer to view the shimmering, and he fell into the circle. Mulder felt like he was going down a long, fast slide. He found himself screaming. Then he landed with a thud on the ground. Adam was sitting on a ledge grading papers. It seemed strange that a person would be inside an alien ship, doing something as mundane as paperwork. Mulder looked around the ship. The console room seemed to be shaped out of living rock. There were ledges, and a thing in the middle of the room. *Hello Mulder. Welcome* he heard something say inside his mind. "Who was that?" Mulder asked. Adam looked up from his paperwork. "It was the ship. Say hi to her." "Hello Ship." Mulder tried to keep his mind from racing. *Do you work for the grays? * "Of course not. They are hostile, I am not. * Brain scanning, that was what the adducted called this mind speak between aliens and humans. *I do not do this brain scanning as you call it. I can only talk to telepaths. * *Can I have permission to look around. * *Of course. Adam, why don't you show him? * The ship suggested. Adam stacked up his papers. He shoved them into a book bag. He got to his feet. "I could use a break." "I can feel many telepaths, but this place is small." Mulder told Adam. "This is only the first floor. The rest are downstairs." Ami and Megabyte teleported into the ship. Adam looked up to them. "Megabyte, how are you feeling?" "We need to talk to you Adam." Megabyte said. "Do you think you could go downstairs by yourself?" Adam asked. "Sure thing." Mulder said. After Mulder went downstairs, he could still hear the three Tomorrow People. "I know what I did with Ami was wrong. Please don't hold it against her." Adam started to apologize. "I am sorry." "It's all right Adam." Megabyte moved closer to the man. "When I was being held captive, I felt comfort in the fact that Ami could turn to you. I approve of what happened." "You're kidding." "If the same thing happened to Ami, I would have turned to you." Megabyte paused. "I love you as much as she does." "This is mad." Megabyte put his hands up. "Let's mindmeld. You'll discover the truth." Ami stood on the other side of Adam. She held her hands up. "Please Adam." "We haven't felt right together." Megabyte said. "Something was always missing. Then Ami pointed out, it was you." Adam held up his hands, one almost touching Ami's, one almost touching Megabyte's. A few minutes passed. Their hands dropped. Megabyte and Ami gathered Adam into an embrace. Adam kissed Megabyte. *You'll never be alone again. * Megabyte promised Adam. ******************* Mulder had gone home. The apartment didn't see the same without Scully. *She should be here.* He began to draw up the papers requesting a new partner. He could feel Scully touch his mind, then she said. *Mulder...It's me...Scully. * *What do you want? * Mulder tried to sound cold. *I want you to know I'm sorry. * Pain shot through Mulder's mind. *I'm busy...please don't try to touch my mind again. * *I want to see you, * Scully said firmly. *We have to talk. * *Where do you want to meet? * *The island, do you know where that is? * *I'll be right there. * Mulder could feel the presence of Scully behind him. He tried to close his heart to her. "You wanted to see me." "Yes, I did." she paused. "I didn't believe your story about the Tomorrow People. I'm sorry." "Why are you talking to me about this?" It hurt to talk to Scully. Far worse then he had thought it would be. "I didn't realize we where involved when I snapped at you." "You didn't believe me. You never believe me." Tears stung Mulder's eyes. "I'm going to request a new partner in the morning. I can't work with you. Not after this." "I love you." "You can't remember loving me. You don't have you memories." The tears poured down Mulder's cheek. "You don't love me." "I loved you in the spring of 1999. I have memories of being in love with you." "How can you be so sure? You're going on the word of someone else!" Mulder tried hard to control his temper. "Liz probably talked to you about what happened. You feel sorry for me. I can't live with you feeling sorry for me." "Mulder, I realized a long time ago, that you said 'I love you' when you said 'Scully's it's me." "Why didn't you ever tell me?" "It wasn't time." "And you think it's time now?" "Yes, it is! I can't live my life without you. I thought perhaps you could believe me." Scully walked away from him, her back to him. "I'm sorry I called you here. I thought I would remember more if I told you my feelings. I was wrong. Just go, don't say goodbye, just go." *Don't cry Scully, I hate it when you cry, * *I lost my memories of you, it hurts...* Mulder walked behind Scully, and put his arms around her waist. He bent down so that his cheek was against hers. *You haven't lost me. As long as you can feel me in your mind, I will be with you. * *How can you say that? * *Elizabeth told me, that if you really wanted to break up with me, I wouldn't be able to feel you anymore. I hoped that you would call me. * Mulder confessed. "How did I get so lucky?" "What do you mean?" he asked. *I have you. * Scully told him. "I love you Dana Scully." Mulder's lips brushed her forehead. *Together we will work to get your memories back. * *******************