THE ENDLESS JOURNEY
by Stephanie Johnson <xfilenut32@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998

DISCLAIMER: The characters of Dana Scully and Fox Mulder
belong to 1013 productions, Fox broadcasting, and
to Chris Carter. No infringement is intended. The
creation w/in is of my own creation.

DISTRIBUTION: as long as I am notified, anywhere
(as a matter of fact, I'm begging you, please add this
to your site, I want to get this thing around!!)

CATAGORY: MSR, S/A
RATING: a weak PG
SPOILERS: kind of momento mori.

SUMMARY: W/out a cure found for Scully's
cancer, she and Mulder exchange a few words.
(this is like Redux, and Redux II didn't happen)

PLEASE SEND ME FEEDBACK!
This is my first fanfic, and I would love to know how
to make it better. I will respond!

THE ENDLESS JOURNEY
By: Stephanie Johnson

Dana Scully lay in her hospital bed, fighting to stay alive.
She had to wait for Mulder to say goodbye and to tell
him that it wasn’t his fault. She was growing
weaker with every breath, but she was determined
to wait for Mulder. Then, she heard feet quickly
getting closer to her door. When Mulder’s face
appeared, Scully knew she wouldn’t have to
wait much longer. He immediately dropped by her bed.
He tenderly took Scully’s hand, and kissed it. She
weakly greeted him with a "I've been waiting". He then
broke into sobs, and rested his head on Scully’s
lap. With what strength she had left,
she gingerly placed her other hand on his head.
"Oh, Scully" he began
"shhhhh" she urged him not to continue, but he kept going.
"I can not leave you. You are my everything. I lost you
once, and I almost went crazy. I can’t loose you again.
I can’t. I won’t."
"Mulder, you can make it. I love you, and I have faith that
you can find another woman to care for you as much as I
have." There was a long pause, as Scully took a few
raspy breaths before continuing "I only wish that I
would have told you this earlier. I pray that you feel
the same. But I don’t want you to feel that way, just
because a dying Scully told you so. It has to come
from your heart."
"Scully, I love you. Ever since the day I met you. No one
could ever replace you. I will not go on without you.
I would never let anyone take your place, and they
wouldn’t be able to. That comes straight from
in here." He lifted his head from Scully’s lap, and
took both of her hands in his. He kissed
them both sweetly, and then placed them on his heart.
Scully’s tears started streaming down her face. Her
time was coming closer, and she could feel it. She
knew that Mulder meant what he was saying, so her
heart was at ease. Now only her body had to follow.
"Mulder, call a nurse and tell them to take these IV’s
out of me. I don't want to leave you here. It has to be
somewhere peaceful...take me outside."
Mulder gently placed Scully’s hands down, and
scurried out of the room. He quickly returned
with a nurse who worked quietly, but hurriedly as
she removed Scully’s IV’s. Mulder
put his arms around her and lifted her with one swift
movement. She rested her head on his shoulders,
gasping for breath. Mulder rushed outside, and sat
down under a large maple tree. With Scully still on
his lap, he leaned up against the base of the tree.
He took her head in his hands and ever so lightly kissed
the top of her head.
"Mulder, I love you. Go on for me. You must go on."
"When you leave me, I won't be to far behind you." he started
crying harded. He slowly removed his gun and lay it
next to himself.
"Mulder, don't do it. I'm not..."
He didn't let her finish.
"Don't go saying that. You are worth everything. Of
course you are worth it. Scully, I won't let you leave me
behind."
Scully felt her body telling her she could not take
anymore of this horrible disease. She took one
final raspy breath and looked Mulder in the eyes.
"Mulder, I love you. "
"Scully, I love you too"
He bent down to kiss her, and as he did he felt her slip
from the auburn-haired beauty that he knew so well,
into eternal darkness. He sat there for a few moments
taking in the events that had just happened. Tears were
still sticking to her face. He carefully took his thumb and
brushed them away.
"I'm coming" he softly said.
With one hurried motion, he retrieved his gun.
He gently squeezed Scully, and then pulled
it up to his head. One shot rang out, and then all
was silenced.

---THE END---

How was it?? Kind of
depressing for
my first fanfic, but I can't kill one
character off w/out the other
dying too. It just doesn't feel right.
FEEDBACK...PLEASE!!!
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