Author Name: Crystal Rating: PG-13 Disclaimer: All characters including Walter Skinner, Fox Mulder, Dana Scully and other relations to the show X-Files are owned by Fox, 1013 Productions and Chris Carter. No copyright infringment is intended. No money is being made. All characters including Buffy Summers, Xander, Willow, Giles and other relations to the show Buffy The Vampire Slayer are owned by Warner Brothers. No copyright infringment is intended. No money is being made. ____________________________________________________________________ "Are you sure about this, Agent Scully?" "Yes, Sir. I have given this adequate consideration and I have decided that this is my best option," Scully quickly told the assistant director. Skinner sighed. He wasn't sure what to make of the agent's request. Should he grant it? What has made her suddenly want this transfer? He looked at her eyes and knew that she had made up her mind. He had to ask the question, though. "Why? Why now?" "I feel that my life is going in a different direction, Sir. I don't want to spend the rest of it chasing little gray men and blood sucking vampires. I want a life. I want a family. I want something other than Mulder's beliefs." "And you think this transfer will give you this?" "No, but it will help." He looked at her intently one more time. Then sighed. He had no choice. "Agent Scully, you are one of the best agents that I have ever had the opportunity to work with, but I won't stand in your way. I will recommend your transfer." And that was the beginning of the end, or was it... --------------------------------------------------------- Later that night... Scully lighted the candles sitting on the table and checked on the ham roasting slowly in its juices. She couldn't believe how wonderful her life was about to get. One year and five months. Scully could barely comprehend that she had been with Mickey for so long. She had an even harder time accepting that she had kept it going for so long with Agent Mulder's consumming attitude. She loved Mickey so. Scully had finally found Someone she could spend the rest of her life with. Someone that could make her happy and accepted her unusual life. She was also confident in her decision to ask for the transfer. Mickey had put up with alot and she was finally going to reward him for this. Scully heard the phone ring and casually answered it. It was Mickey. "What's wrong, honey, you sound upset, " Scully said, worried. "I can't do it anymore. I just can't take it." "What? What can't you do?" "This relationship. I can't lie to myself and pretend I'm happy. I'm sorry. I love someone else. I can't deny myself happiness anymore. I just don't love you. I'll always remember you, goodbye." With that, Scully saw her old life coming back to her. Her one chance of happiness and a normal life was suddenly crushed her. She was crushed. ------------------------------------------------------- Mickey hung up. Finally, he was free. He picked up the phone and dialed the number. The one he had gotten used to for the past three months. "Hey, Kerry. I told her. Its over. I can't believe that bitch actually thought that I loved her. She was so wacked. I can't believe I pretended for so long. Finally, she's out of my life and we can enjoy our happiness together." Mickey smiled. Something he hadn't done for a long time. He finally had Scully off his back. Thank God. Who could take a relationship like that. Long-distance most of the time and just plain difficult the rest. "Yeah, I'll pick you up in an hour. I love you." Mickey quickly got dressed and headed out to pick up Kerry. Scully would never find anyone. He, however, never had to worry about being alone. In his happiness, Mickey neglected to notice two things, the devastation he had caused Scully and the dark figure following him. ------------------------------------------------------ She couldn't believe it. How could she be so stupid? How could she believe that anyone would be interested in the life that she was leading? She knew what she had to do, but she didn't want to do it. She laid on her bed and cried. Something she hadn't done in a long time. ------------------------------------------------------- Oh, he couldn't believe how wonderful that was. Finally, the ultimate happiness. Almost two years and Scully never gave him that. It was so great to finally get sex. Sex and happiness. What else did he need? Man, why didn't he do that sooner. Mickey walked to his car with the uncompromising smile on his face. What was that? Hmmm, nothing. I guess ultimate happiness makes you hear things. He laughed to himself. His happiness was soon to end. Before he could experience it for one more second, he felt razor sharp projectiles in his neck. Maybe if he wasn't so happy, he would have noticed the vampire that had been stalking him. Oh well. Who ever said love lasts forever. ------------------------------------------------------- Scully nervously walked into the office. How could she tell Skinner that she had changed her mind after she had begged for the transfer? Oh well, here goes nothing. "Agent Scully, good morning. I know that you asked for a transfer, but with Agent Mulder out in his vacation in Sunnydale, I don't have anyone to cover this case. Do you mind?" He handed her the file. She smiled slightly. Skinner wondered what that was about. "Yes, Sir," She wished she could say something more, but ultimately could not. She headed down to Mulder's office, perhaps for the very last time and began to skim the file. Cross state murders. Strange neck marks. Not again. She really didn't want to deal with this right now. She opened her organizer and found the number for Mr. Giles. "Hello, this is Giles." "Mr. Giles, this is Agent Scully." "Yes, Mr. Mulder's companion." Scully shirked at that word. Companion. Will she ever be anything, but another person's companion? "Yes, that's right. I have some interesting reports of some killings. I was wonder if you had any information ..." "In the Washington area..." "Yes, that's right." "I have. In fact, Buffy was going to visit there tommorrow to check things out since her spring break will commence then. Would you mind picking her up from the airport?" Scully thought for a while then agreed. She also told Giles that she would let the girl spend the night. It would be nice not to sleep in an empty apartment. ------------------------------------------------------ "Was your flight o.k.?" "Yes, fine...So where are the bloodsuckers keeping themselves?" "I'll take you there." Scully drove to the newest killing sites. She looked at the girl, remembering what is what like being that young, wishing that she still was. "Here is where..." "O.k., thanks," Buffy said jumping from the car and proceeding down the street. "Hey, where are you going." "Where I always go on my vacations, the graveyard." -------------------------------------------------------- The women set up camp in the north side of the graveyard as the sun set. For some reason, Scully had packed for the occassion. Sandwiches and hot cholcolate. Yeah, what a great Saturday night. Much better then a date with Mickey. "You seem bummed, Agent Scully." "Please call me Dana. I have to say I have never been to a girls' night out at a graveyard before." "Yeah, ya know, us 90's girls know how to have a good time. So why upset?" "No, it's too silly." "Boyfriend problems, huh?" Scully looked over at the girl. It was a while since she had engaged in girl-talk. "You could say that." "Looking from the expression on your face, you were the dumped and not the dumpee. You don't need him, whoever he was." The normal girl-talk advice. Should she go into detail or not? What the hell, she was sitting in a graveyard. "I loved him. I just couldn't believe that he would lie to me for so long. He was everything to me. Just when I thought things couldn't get any better, they got worse then I could even imagine." "I know the feeling. My ex turned into a monster after I had sex with him." "Mine turned into one before." "Men, you can give um what they want..." "Or nothing at all and..." "They'll destroy you every time," the women said in unison. Each then gave out a painful laugh. But, there wasn't much time for laughing. From behind her back, a creature of the night reached for Buffy. She tossed him over her shoulder with ease, forcing him upon a wooden stake that was standing on the ground. In the meantime, one pulled out from behind Scully. Reluctantly, she drove a sharpened stick next to her into the vampire's heart. Of course, at this point Buffy had already destroyed several more. As Buffy was busy with yet four more, one approached Scully from the side. She spun around to dispose of it when she looked into its eyes. The eyes that had been her sole salvation for over a year. She tried to raise the stake in her defense, but she could not. How could she kill the only one she had ever loved? At that moment, Buffy jumped over Scully, kicking the vampire once known as the human Mickey to the ground, slamming it to its death. For one second, while he screamed in pain, Scully saw his beautiful face and reached out to touch it. He was gone before she could even stretch it far enough to feel him. Scully wondered whether she was happy about his death. For a moment, she thought she did. I mean what's better than having a dead ex-boyfriend. She realized then that she loved him, that she would have rather he be alive and happy with someone else then a pile of dust. All she could do is cry. "Boyfriends. It's a wonder that our species continues," Buffy sarcastically retorted. Scully laughed for a second then looked at the silence of the graveyard, wondering if she could ever continue her life.