Title: Manic
Author: Bsfiles(Barbara Tucker)
Rating:PG-13
Disclaimer: Mulder and Scully do not belong to me (but wish they did). The 3 brothers do. Everyone who you recognize belong to Chris Carter, 1013 and the Fox Entertainment.
Spoilers: none
Archive: Please do
Summary: Mulder and Scully kidnapped by 3 brothers who are looking for revenge for the death of their sister. Mulderangst,Muldertorture and Scullyangst.

MANIC

BY Bsfiles and Tinas Luck

Outside of Scully's apartment

11:21pm

Mulder was sitting outside of Scully's apartment, deciding whether to go and knock on her door, he knew that it was late, but he had to talk to her. He had to warn her of the possible danger that they might be in. He opened the door and stepped out and strolled toward the steps that led into her apartment. He heard a noise off to the side, he turned to see what it was and when he did, what felt like a train hit him in the back. He went down with a tremendous force onto the pavement, he knew he was in trouble when a second and third pair of hands grabbed him and yanked him up.

" Well, Agent Mulder, fancy meeting you here. Coming to warn your partner? You're too late", he said with a smile.

" You better not have hurt Scully or you will have me to contend with, you son of a bitch". With that, the two men that were holding him pulled his arms tighter behind him, causing him to scream with pain.

" I don't think that you will be in that good of shape to be much help to your partner Agent Mulder". With that Mulder received several blows to the midsection, causing him to bend over and the only thing keeping him from falling to the ground, were the two men holding him. When he raised his head, he received several blows to the face, one blow spliting his lip. He could feel the blood trickling down his chin. Again and again the man hit him to the face and to the ribs. Mulder knew he was trouble and that he might die tonight. He knew he should have called Scully to tell her that he was on his way, but he did not think that they would have acted this quickly. The two men that were holding him up, suddenly released him and he falls to the ground. He curled into a ball holding his stomach, the two that were holding him each took swift kicks to his kidneys and ribs, causing him to roll on the ground in pain. The third man stooped over and pulled Mulder up by his shirt collar and said, " We will not hurt your partner tonight, but be warned, if you don't stop your investigation now, both of you will end up on a cold slab in the city morgue". And with that he kicks Mulder in the head and walks away. Mulder rolls with the kick and all goes black.

Scully awakes with a start, She looks at the clock, It shows 3:15. She lays her head back down on the pillow and sighs. Then she thought she heard a noise at her door. Who could that be this early in the morning she said to herself. She gets up and puts her robe on and reaches for her gun, which is always lying next to her bed. She slowly goes to the door and looks out her peep hole and sees no one.

" Who's there", she asked. No answer. The only sound she hears is a whimper and a soft knock at the bottom of the door. She unlocks the door, but leaves the chain on. She slowly turns the knob and releases the catch and when she does, the weight from the other side pushes the door open as far as the chain will allow it. She looks down and to her horror, she sees Mulder covered with blood.

She unlatches the door and it swings open with so much force it almost knock her to the floor. She recovers quickly and stoops

down to check him. So much blood. She pulls him the rest of the way into her apartment and shuts the door. She checks his vitals and finds that his breathing was shallow and that his heart was racing. " Oh, my god Mulder, what have you done to deserve this".

Scully went over to her phone and dialed 911. She gave them her address and they informed her that they would send someone right away. She hung up the phone and turned to rush back to where Mulder was laying to try and see what damage had been done. From the first glance, it appeared that nothing was broken, but she would know for sure when he was at the hospital. He had several bad cuts to the face and a lot of bruises to his chest and mid-section. Who ever had done this knew what they were doing. A lot of pain, but not to much damage. She laid her hand on his forehead and Mulder moaned and tried to move.

"Don't move Mulder", she said with concern.

Mulder slowly opened his eyes, all he saw was a blur. Everything hurt. Finally his eyes cleared enough to see Scully leaning over him with a worried look on his face.

"Did it again, huh Scully", Mulder said with pain in his voice.

" Yes, you did. Who did you piss off to warrant this type of treatment, Mulder.

" Oh, you know me Scully, it don't take much for me to piss people off", he answered. He tried to sit up, but the pain from his ribs stopped him cold. A wave of nausea hit him full force, he fought the feeling. No way did he want to lose his cookies at this time and place. Not with Scully looking on at him. Besides everything hurt to much.

"Mulder, lay back down, I have a ambulance coming. I'm not sure the extent of your injuries. We don't want to make things worse".

Outside they heard the siren and then silence. Scully got up to check out the window. She saw the men getting out of the ambulance and heading toward the entrance to her building. She went over to the door and opened it about the time they reached the door.

"He's in here. I'm not sure of the extent of the injury, but please be careful".

"Madame we know our jobs, so please stand back and let us do it".

"I'm a doctor", she answered back with authority She did not like the attitude of the young man and was going to report him as soon as she had Mulder taken care of. Scully normally left people to there jobs, but something about the young man did not sit right with her. Plus she was not sure the reason behind Mulder present condition.

"Do you mind if I ride a long with you", she asked. "I'm just concerned about him and if anything happens while we are on route, I will be able to help out", she added.

"Sure lady, any help we can get will be great".

Scully went into her bedroom and changed into pants and a shirt. She went back into the living room, just as they were wheeling Mulder out into the hallway. She hurried out behind them and locked her door. She followed them out to the awaiting ambulance. They pushed the stretcher into the back, as they did so, Mulder moaned.

"Please be careful", Scully said as she climbed in behind the first man. "We don't want anymore to happen to him, than already has", as she takes a seat beside Mulder.

"Sorry, we try our best", he answered.

The other man shuts the back door and gets into the driver seat and starts the motor. He hollows back to his partner, "Do we need the siren". The other man looked at Scully and asked, "Do we need the siren".

"No, I don't think so, but please hurry", she answered.

"Step on it Bob".

They pull out from the curb, and Scully could feel the ambulance pick up speed. They went several blocks before Scully took a glance at Mulder, he was sleeping soundly and only moaned a few times when they would hit a pothole. She glanced out of the back window and noticed that they were going in the wrong direction, going away from the hospital.

"What the hell is this", as she turn around to face the man.

When she turned around she saw a gun pointing at her.

"Ms Scully, unless you wish no more harm to come to your friend here I would sit quiet and not say anything.

"What's this all about", she asked.

" You will find out in due time along with your partner there", Ms Scully.

About that time Mulder's eyes open and he made a low moaning sound. Scully heard and looked over at him, "Mulder, are you okay".

"Scully.. where am I?", he asked in a low voice. He looks at the man and noticed that he was holding a gun on Scully. He tried to get up, but found out that he had restraints on and could not move. "What the hell are you doing?", still trying to get up off the stretcher.

" If you don't settle down, your partner here is going to receive a bullet, right between those pretty blue eyes", he answered back. Then he looked at Scully, took out a pair of handcuff and told her to put them on, one on her waist and other around the rail. She did so. "What are you going to do with us?", she asked.

"You will find out soon enough. Just settle back and enjoy the ride for now", he answered back.

He went toward the front of the ambulance and knocked on the glass, "Hey, Bob step on it, our patient has awaken and his partner is getting antsy. We need to get to the house as soon as possible,

so that we can begin our fun".

"Sure thing, Billy. Think they have any idea what's about to happen to them"?

"I don't think so, I don't think that they knew that Beth had any kin, especially none like us. They will pay dearly for her death, they will be begging for us to end their misery. How could he love her so much and just let that other woman get in the way. He will end up just like her husband before. He lasted how many days, 3 maybe 4 before he finally beg for his death. This one might take longer, but with his partner also here, he might break before that".

"Bob, how long before we reach the house".

" I would say about in an hour", he answered back.

"Okay, am going to check up on our two friends back there".

"Billy returned and sat down beside Scully, she backed away from him as far as she could.

"What's the matter sister, don't you like my company", he said with a toothless grin.

"No, I don't. What are you going to do to us", she answered.

"It 's not what we are going to do to you, but what we are going to do to your friend lying over there. He killed our sister, so now he is going to pay", and with that said he slaps Mulder across the face, which caused Mulder head to hit the side of the van with a thump.

Mulder grunted with pain and looked around at the man and said, "I don't know your sister and I don't know what the hell you are talking about".

The man looked at Mulder with hate in his eyes. "You mean to tell me that you don't know a Beth Madison. She knew you real well, she wrote letter to us, telling us all about you and that you two were going to get married".

Mulder mind began to spin, "No, I don't remember a Beth Madison, but I do know a Beth Harley. She worked at the Hoover Building, she was just a helper for one of the agents. She kidnaped me several months ago. She was shot and killed. It was all in self defense. I almost died. If she had loved me as much as she said she did, she would have not treated me that way, if I had loved her or even care for her, she would have not had to take me by force".

"You think with all them words that we will go more easy with you, think again Mulder, if anything it makes us just want to get it over with".

"Why bring Agent Scully into this, she has nothing to do with this", he lied.

"I beg to differ with you Mulder, you see Beth left a diary behind. She says alot about your friend over there. It was because of her, pointing in Scully's direction, that she had to kidnap you. She knew that she would get in the way".

Mulder looked in Scully direction with a look that said, I'm sorry. She looked back at him with understanding and knew that he had tried.

"How did you find me"?

"That was simple Mulder, we have been following you for a couple weeks just waiting for the right time to grab you. We were going to nab you as you were going up to your partner's apartment, but someone beat us to you. We thought that they were going to take you with them, but seeing that they left you behind after they roughed you up a little, we decided to wait to see what you were going to do when you came around. You were out for several hours. You staggered to your partner's apartment, we felt kinda sorry for you, then we decided to go ahead and nab her too. That way we would not have to come back later for her. Two birds with one stone. We waited to listen for the siren, when it got there, we knocked out the two men and put their uniform on and the rest is history".

Scully turned around and looked out the back window. She saw that they had left the main highway and was on a back road. The scenery began to look familiar. Then the ambulance made a sharp turn into a driveway. Causing Mulder to slide on the stretcher and almost turning it over. Scully screamed, but could not help him out.

"Mulder are you alright".

"Yeah I think so. These straps are cutting into my arm though. Is there any way you can take them off. I don't think I can do much damage in this condition".

Billy looked at him and laughed, "We are almost there, I think you can wait that long".

About the time he got that out, the ambulance came to a jolting stop, which did not help the position that Mulder was in. The back door opened up and the one named Bob climb in and released Scully first. " Will be back to get you next Mulder", he said with a smile on his face. The longer you suffer the better''.

Scully struggled to get away, trying as hard as she could to loosen the grip that they had on her arms. They pulled her out of the ambulance, none to gently. She could hear Mulder, trying to get loose from the stretcher to help out, but the restraints were too tight. She heard him scream out, " You hurt her and you will have me to contend with", all the answer he got was a laugh from both men.

"Come on Agent Scully, lets us get you into the house". They dragged her to the porch, and banged on the door. "Hay, Jim open the door". We got'em. Hurry up man, It's cold out here".

They heard noise inside the house and then heard the chain slide

across metal and the door pulled open. There stood the biggest and ugliest man that Scully had ever saw. He had to be at least 6'6" and weight at 350lb if not more. He grabbed Scully by the arm and pulled her in and asked, "Where's the man?"

"He's still in the ambulance, waiting for us to return, we thought we would let him simmer a little, before we went back to get him.

He really cares for this woman a great deal. It will be fun to watch him squirm a little, when he can't do anything to help her".

"We'll go out and get him and get rid of that ambulance before someone see it".

Bob and Billy left, and Jim took Scully into the room where Scully had killed their sister several months earlier. He pushed her onto the bed, none to gently. He took some rope and tied her hand and legs to the four post of the bed. He ran his hands up and down Scully's body, he was going to have fun at the expense of Mulder's partner. Scully tried to move her body away from him, feeling sick to her stomach at the mere thought of this man putting his hands on her.

"No use, fighting it, Agent Scully. Just settle down and enjoy it".

Mulder was trying his best to loosen the straps that was holding him down. He had to get loose before they returned, if him and Scully would have any chance to get away alive. He pushed, pull and wiggled and he finally got one strap loosen enough to get his hand out. He heard footsteps coming closer. He finally got the straps loose enough to get free of them. Mulder went to the front of the ambulance and hid, hoping maybe they would think he had escaped. He heard the door pull open and felt the van move from the weight of the two men getting in.

"Hay Billy, he's gone", he shouted at his brother.

"No use shouting, I right behind you".

"He can't have gotten far in this short period of time. We were not gone that long. Oh well, I guess he's going to miss all the fun we are going to have with his partner", he said loud enough for Mulder to hear if he were close by.

Mulder stayed silent. He waited until he felt the weight of the two men jumping out the back. He heard their voices coming around toward the front of the van. He waiting a few minutes more and moved very slowly toward the back. They had left the door open. He peered out and listened for any noise that might have given their were about. He heard nothing. Then he heard a scream coming from the house. He thought to himself, Scully.

He jumped out of the van and ran toward the house, he never made it. At least not under his own power. Before he could reach the front porch, he was tackled from the side and drove into the ground hard. The breath was knock out of him, and he was pinned to the ground. He found it hard to take a big breath. With the knee in his back holding him down was not helping either with his breathing. He tried to move away, but could not. Then he felt another pair of hands grab him from the side, They yanked him up, none to gently and pushed him toward the porch.

"Going somewhere Mulder", the smaller of the two said.

Mulder just stared at him. Then there was another scream from the house. Mulder turned around and started toward the door with the two brother close behind him. He opened it up and screamed "SCULLY....", the answer he got was another scream. He race toward the sound and busted through the door, what he saw sent his blood to the boiling point. He saw a man standing over Scully, running his hands over her. He ran toward him, but the man had heard him coming and was waiting for him. He spun around and caught him in the jaw, which sent Mulder into the wall with a thud. Mulder got up slowly and with great difficulty. Before he could fully regain his footing, the other two brothers were on him.

Jim came over to them. He raised Mulder's head up by his hair and took a long hard look at him. "You mean to tell me this is the man that Beth cared so much about". What was she thinking, I wouldn't let him date my dog".

Mulder looked at him and said, "I wouldn't want to date your dog either".

Jim slapped him across his face and said, "Looks like we have a joker here. He will not be laughing for long. That's your partner over there on the bed, isn't it. Do you want me to finish what I was just beginning to start before you interrupted us. If you don't, just watch your p's and q's. Bob get Mr. Mulder here a chair".

Bob went into the other room and brought back a straight back chair. They pushed Mulder down roughly and tied his hands behind his back and his legs to the legs of the chair. He tested the rope to make sure that they were tight enough, which made Mulder flinch with pain. "Don't think he's going anywhere any time soon. They left the room and shut the the door behind them.

Mulder raised his head slowly, causing him to feel sick at his stomach, he fought the urge to lose whatever he had left there.

He looked over at Scully lying on the bed and said, "Scully, are you alright, did he hurt you".

She looked over at Mulder when she heard her name. "I'm okay", she answered. "He didn't do anything yet, but it if you had not barged in when you did, I don't know how far he would have went. Just by having his hands on me was making me ill. Are you okay Mulder"? She had noticed that the cuts on his face had started to bleed again.

" Other than having a terrible headache and every bone in my body aching, I'm doing okay", he said with a forced grin. Grinning made his face hurt. "We need to find a way out of here Scully, cause if we don't we may not be around to much longer".

"Mulder, you are in to bad of shape to be thinking straight right now. Try and get some rest before they come back".

"Scully if we don't try something soon, I will not be needing rest. I'll be dead and so will you".

Mulder tried again to get the ropes loose, but they were just too tight. His hand and legs were becoming numb. He jerked his head up when he heard a noise at the door. The door opened up and the one called Bob came in. Bob was small compared to the other two. He must not have been around when they were giving out the growth pills. He stood about 5' 2".

"How we feeling, Mulder? Won't do you any good to try and get loose, Bill pretty good at tieing knots". He came over to check to make sure. He looked over at Scully and started to walk over toward her to check her rope too.

Mulder hollowed, "Don't you dare touch her".

Bob looked around at him and grinned, "I'm shaking in my boots Mulder, there is nothing you can do but watch. He turned back around to Scully and walked closer to the bed. Mean while Mulder was struggling to get loose, but was getting no where. Bob got beside the bed and looked down at Scully and said. "He really care for you doesn't he, pointing at Mulder, do you think he will be willing to die for you"?

Scully looked up at him and said, "We care for each other, we are partners and very close friends and that all. We would be willing to die for each other if need be. You can do anything to me, but please don't hurt him anymore".

"Very touching Scully, but we have plans for Mulder, and it dose

include hurting him, just like he hurt our sister".

"He never hurt your sister, she did it all herself. Your sister was crazy and needed help".

"No, that's not true, he said angrily, and slapped Scully across the face. A trickle of blood came from the corner of her mouth. See what you made me do, I didn't want to do that. Don't ever said anything bad about our sister, she would not hurt a fly" He heard a noise behind him and when he turned around, Mulder hit him across the face and he went wheeling back onto the night stand . Mulder was on him before he could move. Bob put his hands up to ward off the blows. Mulder was like a wild man, so he never heard the door open or Scully's warning, the other two brothers were on him. They jerked him off there brother and threw him to the floor. Before Mulder could get back up, he received blow after blow to the body, from fists and feet. He tried to curl up to protect his body the best that he could, but with three people beating on you there was not much he could do. Finally one blow caught him to the head and he lost conscious.

The brothers stopped their assault and turned around to Scully and said.

"Your partner is lucky that we did not kill him, but we are sure when he wakes up, he will wished we had. We will not have to tie him up this time, cause he will not be going anywhere in the shape he is in. He should be out for a while". With that they left the room laughing and joking among themselves. She heard the click of a lock being turned. Well at least Mulder would be getting the rest he needed, even if it was a painful rest. Where Mulder laid, Scully could not see him, but could she could hear his labored breathing. She was sure that he must have broken ribs now, with all the kicks that he had received in that area. She was surprise that her partner was still alive. She called out his name, knowing that she would not receive a answer, all she got was a moan. She finally fell asleep.

Mulder stirred, moving slowly as not to make to much noise. He slowly got to his knees, finding it hard to catch a breath. Every bone in his body hurt and some parts of his body that he never knew he had. He looked up towards the bed and saw that Scully was still tied, but she was asleep. Mulder finally stood up and started limping toward the bed, trying not to make any noise, that might alert the brothers. He reach the bed and put a hand across Scully mouth. She woke up with a start, happy to see that it was Mulder standing over her and not one of the brothers.

"Mulder", she whispered.

"Scully, are you okay", he asked as he lend over to untie her hands.

"I'm fine Mulder, she answered back. How are you doing, you look terrible".

"I look the way I feel", he answered back with a small grin. He went down to the foot of the bed and untied her feet. She slowly raised off the bed and rubbed the feeling back into her arm and legs. She stood up and almost fell to the floor. Mulder rushed to her side and steadied her on her feet. Her legs were still unsteady from the long period of time being tied up.

"You okay to walk now Scully, cause I don't think I'm in to good of shape to carry you".

"Just give me a sec and I will be", she answered back. Mulder, do you have a plan or are you just going to wing it?

"No, I just want to get out of here before they find out that we are missing".

Mulder went over toward the door and turned the nob. The door was locked. He went over to the window, try it, it was also locked. "Scully.., Mulder whispered, I'm going to break this glass so be ready to run". He picked up a chair and threw it at the window as hard as his battered body would allow. It crashed through the window and glass went everywhere. Scully ran over to the window and climb through and Mulder was right behind her. Just as Mulder got through, he heard the door open up and two of the brother rushed toward the window.

"Damn.., Jim going to be pissed. We should have tied him up", said Bob.

"He should have been out for hours, let alone be able to walk with the beating he took. You go out the window and I will let the dog out, he's been itching for a run".

Bob climbed out the window and took the path that Mulder and Scully had taken through the woods. He heard the dog crash through the underbrush, hot on the trail. Bob thought to himself, they better hope the dog don't catch up to them, cause it was out for blood. It had been tied up way to long.

Mulder and Scully broke through the woods and followed the path toward the road, or at least they hoped it was toward the road. Mulder turned around long enough to catch a glimpse of the two brother at the window and then saw one climb out. He did not stay long enough to see the dog come rushing out of the house. He saw that Scully was way ahead of him, he was finding it hard to keep up with her, he was hoping that she would make it out and find help. He was finding out that he was having a difficult time breathing. He could not take in enough air to fill his lungs.

He stopped and leaned over and rested his hands on his knees and tried to take a large gulp of air. He stood up and started to run again when he heard a noise to his left, he looked and before he could move the dog was coming straight at him. He put his arm up to protect his face and then the dog grabbed him by the arm and starting shaking him violently. He could feel the teeth sinking into his arm and could feel the blood flowing down his arm. He did not have the strength to fight the dog off. Mulder could feel himself losing consciousness. Then Mulder heard a yelp and he felt the dogs release his hold. He opened his eyes and grinned, Scully stood over him with a large stick in her hands, she handed him her hand to help him up. Are you alright Mulder? I looked around and did not see you, but then I heard all the noise and decided to come back to see what was happening. I saw the dog jump you, and I grabbed the first thing I could. She went over to the dog, it was not moving, "I think I killed it".

Mulder walked toward her and said, "Lets get out of here before someone else comes, cause I'm sure they didn't send the dog out alone".

"Mulder are you sure you are up to this, you are bleeding pretty bad. Let me see your arm".

He held his arm out to her. She ripped the remaining sleeve to get a better look at it. There were several puncture wounds, but none seem to have hit anything major. "Mulder, we need to get you to a Doctor soon, before these cuts and bites get infected.

They heard a noise behind them, they both turned around to look, but before they could move Mulder was tackled to the ground, knocking the breath from his already damaged body. Before he could get his arms up to protect his face, fists were raining down on him. Scully stood back and knew she had to do something, cause she knew Mulder would not have a chance. She looked around for the stick she used on the dog, she saw it, pick it up and brought it down on the man head. He slumped over onto Mulder, which did not help him any. The weight of the man was pressing on his already damaged ribs . Scully stooped over and helped Mulder remove the weight from him.

"Are you okay Mulder", she asked with a worried look on her face.

He looked up at her, with a forced grin and said with pained voice, "I've been better Scully". She held out her hand and helped him to his feet. He rose slowly, pain showing in his eyes. "Lets get out of here Mulder, before someone else shows up. I don't think you could survive another attack".

Mulder looked at her and said, "Scully, I'm like a Timex watch, I take a licking and keep on ticking".

"Well Mulder I'm glad to see that you have your sense of humor still intact. But if we don't a move on now we might not make it out of here alive".

"Lead the way Scully, I'll try to keep up", as he walked behind her very slowly. They had walked about a mile before he was finding it hard to keep up with her, he finally had to stop. His bumps, bruises and loss of blood were finally catching up to him. "Scully".... was all he got out before he caught his foot under a root, lost his balance and went crashing to the ground.

Scully heard her name, but before she could turn around, Mulder was already down on the ground. "MULDER... are you all right, as she rushed back over to him.

"Yeah, I just hit a root or something. Scully, I'm not going to be able to go any further. You are going to have to go on without me. I'm just holding you up. It's better if they only catch one of us", he said with pain in his voice.

"I can't leave you behind Mulder, you need medical attention, you'll die out here", she said with frustration. She knew Mulder could never make it out of here without help. "Okay, Mulder you win. You need to hide yourself and I'll be back as soon as I can. Please don't get yourself caught while I'm gone, you can't afford to get into the arms of those men again. You've given enough blood as it is".

"I'll try my best Scully", he answered back. As he was answering they both heard the noise at the same time. They could hear the brother's voices. They had found the other brother that Scully had knocked out. By the sound of the voices, they were none to pleased with what they found. Mulder signals Scully to run toward the road and he limped off into the opposite direction, hoping maybe to draw their attention away from her. His plan did not work. Instead, they decided that they both had went towards the road and took the path that Scully had taken.

"Damn", Mulder said as he limped through the woods. He had to make enough noise to change their direction to his way.

Bob hollowed at his brothers, "Did you guys hear that, It sound like they went that way, pointing away from the road. "Now why would they go away from the road, even I would not be that stupid". "Think about it fool, they work for the government". "Oh yeah that right, they ain't that smart and as much as the man got hit in the head, he probably ain't thinking straight anyway".

"Bob, you go that way, pointing in the direction that Mulder had taken. With him hurt like he is, you should not have no problem with him and Bob don't screw this up".

"Okay, Jim. What are you and Billy going to do"?

"We are going after the little lady. And git before I change my mine about me letting you go on your own. You know what happen the last time I let you go off on your own".

"Yeah, I remember, it took all day to find that man".

"Now go, don't let that agent away from you, we want him alive so he can watch what we are going to do to his friend when we find her. We are going to make her pay".

Bob pushed through the brush, were he saw that Mulder had been through. He walked slowly trying not to make much noise just in case he might hear Mulder. He stopped, listen and heard a slight moan ahead of him, "Got you now", he told himself. He raised his gun and walked toward the sound. Just before he got there a rabbit shot out from under the bush. "Damn rabbits", he shouted. "Agent Mulder, if you are in there or close by enough to hear my voice, we have your partner. If you don't come back, I can't promise you how long I can keep your partner alive".

"Shit'', Mulder said to himself. There was no way that they could have caught up to her. Mulder hollowed back, "I know you don't have her, cause she is long gone. Your brothers will never find her. She is way to smart to have been caught so easily".

"Why don't you make it easier on yourself and come on out. I promise I will make your death fast", he said lying through his teeth. Come on Agent Mulder, make my life a lot easier, If I don't bring you back, my other brothers will be real mad at me. They don't think I can do anything right".

"Well, I guess they are going to be mad at you, cause I'm not coming out. If you want me, you are going to have to work at it", Mulder answered with a smile on his face, that only he could see.

Mulder turned around and limps away, trying to make as little noise as possible, which was not a easy task. There had not been much rain lately and all the leaves were dry. He knew if he did not get some distance between him and his pursuer it would not be long before he would find him.

Bob stood for a few minutes and listened for any sound that Mulder might make. His patient paid off. He heard a noise off to his left. He raised his rifle and took a chance and fired. He heard a cry of pain and then the sound of someone falling to the ground.

"Got you, you son of bitch", he laughed. He went over to were Mulder was and took the toe of his shoe and rolled him over. There was blood seeping through his shirt. "Hey, Mr Agent man are you alive'', he asked stooping over closer. Mulder was barely breathing, it would have taken a better eye to see that it was. Bob stood up and took his foot and nudged Mulder in his side, Mulder never moved. "Oh well, Bob said. I better go find the others and let them know we won't have to worry about you any more. Maybe they will have a better chance at finding the woman. We would have more fun with her. Even though you won't be around to watch". He stood up and went in the direction that his brother had taken earlier.

Scully ran several yards and than stopped and turned around to make sure that Mulder was on his way. She really felt bad leaving him. She knew he would not be able to go far in the condition that he was in. He was moving on sheer will power. She heard a noise to her right and stooped down. She knew she was concealed enough so that they could not see her. They passed her by mere feet. She waited until they put enough distance between her and themselves so that they would not hear her when she moved. She ran as fast as she could in the opposite direction, trying not to make much noise. She got about a hundred yards away when she heard the gunshot. MULDER...., she screamed to her self. Then she heard the man talking to himself about Mulder being dead. I knew I should have not left him, it's all my fault. I knew he didn't have the strength to get far on his own. She looked up and saw the brother walk past were she was, hoping that he did not see her. He was mumbling to himself about how mad the other two were going to be, when they found out that he had killed the man.

Scully decided to stay were she was, until she was sure that they were going not going to double back, before she went to check on Mulder. She did not have to wait long. The brothers had also heard the shot. All three stood over top Mulder's body. Each took a turn at kicking Mulder with their foot to see if he had any life still in him. Mulder never made a sound.

"Why did you have to go and shoot him fer Bob", Jim bellowed at his slow witted brother. "I wanted him around, so when we find his partner he could watch what we did to her".

"I'm sorry Jim, I didn't mean too, it was an accident. I just shot into the bushes and just got lucky", he answered back.

"Well, let git back to the house fer a bit of food, no reason to look on an empty stomach, than we will look again for the woman. She can't get far on foot.

"What about him", Bob said, kicking Mulder once again.

"Leave him, his not going anywhere", Jim laughed.

They finally left, never knowing that Scully was just a few feet away the whole time. Scully, waiting to make sure that they were

long gone and would not hear her if she came out, deciding that they were, she scrambled over to Mulder to make sure that he was still alive. She noticed that when they kicked him he never made a sound, which was a bad sign. She knew that he was dead and that she was to late. She lend over him and put her fingers on his neck to feel for a pulse. He had one. "Thank god", she said to herself. She checked him over and noticed that the bullet had only grazed his side and no real damage had been done.

Mulder moaned. Slowly opening his eyes, knowing what he was about to see, was one of the brothers, but what he saw was a vision of beauty.

"Scully, have I died and gone to heaven", he whisper, not trusting his voice.

"No, Mulder, but if we don't get out of here soon, you just might", she answered him back with a small grin on her face. "I thought you were dead when I heard the gunshot and when I saw them kick you and you didn't move".

Mulder tried to sit up, but his body was not helping him.

"Lay back Mulder, I want to check your side and stop the bleeding before we get moving, or we will not get very far. She took off her shirt and ripped off enough off the bottom to made a bandage and enough to make strip to tie it on with. Mulder looks at Scully and saw the bruises on her body. Scully saw him looking and quickly put what was left of the shirt back on.

"Scully, I'm so sorry, it seems you are always getting hurt because of me", he said putting his hand on her arm and squeezing softly.

"It comes with the territory, Mulder. But I don't get as hurt as much as you do though. Hold still so that I can finish this so that we can get the hell out of here".

"Mulder, do you think that you can walk, cause we have to get out of here now".

"Sure Scully, just help me up", he answered.

She held out her hand and helped him to his feet. She knew by the look on his face, that he was in a great deal of pain. It was going to take nothing but a miracle for them to get out of this one alive.

Scully held Mulder up as best as she could as they traveled through the dark woods. The farther they went, the slower they got. Scully was having a hard time holding Mulder up, as Mulder was having a extremely hard time breathing. Scully saw a hole near a couple of bushes. She walked Mulder in that direction so she could let him rest. She stopped and helped Mulder sit, she began to grab leaves and laid them inside the hole, then directed Mulder to lay in their. Mulder looked at her with a grin.

"Scully, I'm not dead yet", he looked toward the hole in the ground. Scully appreciating his humor, smiles.

"I know you are not, this isn't a grave Mulder. You are not going to be able to travel any farther. You are losing far to much blood", she said as she began helping him into the hole. "You need a place to hide, so I can get help".

Mulder makes a grunting sound as he is finally in place. Scully looks at him with a confident smile, she softly rubs hair off his forehead, her fingers coming away tinged with blood. Scully's

heart was breaking seeing him helpless like this.

"Mulder, I promise I will be back as soon as possible! Please promise me you will lay here and wait! They will kill you for sure, if they find you again"!

Mulder, just stares into her eyes, trying to let her know he hates this idea, but knows she is right. Scully leans over to check the wound on his side, the bleeding had not started up again. She went to move her hand and Mulder grab it, Scully looks in his eyes waiting for his answer. Mulder kisses her hand, seeing his blood on them.

"Scully, I don't like this .....if they find you, god know what they will do! I can't just lie here doing nothing! What if they find you and......".

Scully covers his lips with two of her fingers and softly smiles.

"I know you would die for me, Mulder, and god knows I'd do the same for you, but I have a better chance to save us both! I would be lying to you if I said I was not terrified, but Mulder if they find us they will kill us. At least this way I can maybe get help. The only way I can do this, is if I know you are safe from them. I

need your strength, I need that more than anything. Knowing that

you are safely tucked away from those monster, is all the strength I require.

Mulder felt something inside of him, that he had never felt before, but wasn't quite sure what it was, all he knew was that it felt good.

Still holding her hand tightly he looks up at her with tears in his eyes.

"Please don't let them catch you"!

Scully felt dead by those words, how could she promise that, she looks around and than looks back at Mulder.

"I will not let them kill me, they will have to find me first".

Mulder felt encouraged by her strength and believed she would do the best she could. Scully tried to remove her hand, but Mulder dose not let go. Instead he looks deep into her eyes. Scully feels tears wetting her cheeks. Mulder pulls her on top on him and they embrace, a embrace of trust and love. The embrace lasted forever it seem and within their hearts they each knew what the other was feeling. Scully lifts her body away and just looks into his eyes. Finally she realized she needs to leave as much as she dose not want to. She turns and starts pulling leaves on top of Mulder.

"This will hide you and also keep you warm".

Mulder just watches. Scully finishes and get down on her knees and looks around for any movements or sounds. When she see or hears nothing she stands up.

"I have to leave".

"I know", he answered , just staring at her with no expression.

She finally rubs her hands together, trying to build the courage to walk away from Mulder. She finally walks away, she stops and turned toward Mulder.

"Don't leave Mulder"! She couldn't really see him, but she heard him.

"Then come back".

She understood his words. She finally drags herself away and begins her journey. As she distances herself from Mulder she stops and falls to her knees and sobs. She looks up into the dark sky, "Dear God, help me and Mulder get out of this alive,

Oh God , I have no idea where I am going"! She presses her hands into her face to silence her cries. Scully finally gets up and starts her faceless journey.

Meanwhile.....Mulder is lying and listening to every sound, he feels their are sounds everywhere and with everyone of them , he knows it has to be the brothers. But he is thankful, each time if they are here with him, then Scully was safe. As the moments go by he realizes, each sound is of a little animal of some sort. Some bigger than others. He listens and worries until he falls into a deep and troubled sleep.

Scully is getting scapes from branches, she has to keep going, suddenly she falls over a rock and twist her ankle. She sit their, in pain rubbing her ankle, looking into the night the whole time. She finally tries to look at her ankle, when suddenly something heavy falls on her. She is lying on her stomach and feels as if she was suffocating. Finally she feels several pairs of hand whipping her over onto her back. Staring into one of the brother's face, he is angry, sweaty and yet ginning at her.

"Agent Scully, were you leaving"?

Scully just stares at him trying with all her might not to show her fear. She thinks of Mulder and hopes that they have not found him. Suddenly she feels as if her hair is being ripped out by the roots and he yanks her up.

"Were is he"?

Thank God she thinks to herself (they didn't find him). Then Jim tightens his grip to her hair and throw her to the ground. She roll, and the only thing that stopped her was a log. Suddenly, she feels

a tremendously painful blow to her back. She screams as he begins to kick every part of her body that she can not block. Finally he stops and yanks her up.

"Feel better, bitch!!! Is that what you wanted??? You won't be feeling as welcomed as your partner!! He hits her across the face with the back of his hand, busting her lip, she taste and feels the blood as it tickles down her chin. She falls backward, not able to stop herself from hitting the ground. Jim grabs her by the foot and drags her .

"Well, honey are we ready to end this date and head on back to the house? Bob and Billy are out looking for your bad luck friend as we speak. Scully can't stand the pain of being dragged any longer.

"Please stop", she pledged.

He just looks around at her and laughs and continues to pull.

"Please stop"!, she screams again with all of her might. The pain of being pulled over the rough terrain, was doing a lot of damage to her back, she could feel the rocks and sticks cut into her back.

He finally stops and throws her leg down and bends over and pulls her up by her hair once again. He has her on her toes by her hair .

"Give me a kiss and I will think about it", he smiles with a evil grin.

Scully can't stand it and spits in his face. "Go to hell, you bastard"

she screamed.

With that he lets go of her hair and hits her up side her head, causing her to fall back onto the ground. She fall to her stomach. He rushes over to her side , as he holds her body, he flips her onto her back and straddles her body. She has a hard time breathing, the pain in her tiny body horrific. He grabs her face in his two large hands and makes her look at him.

"Look at me bitch", he says with hatred in his voice. She can barely open her eyes, ones was already swollen shut. She could not hide her fear from him any more. He see it, and he feeds off it. He lends over and kisses her hard on the lips, she can not move. With the weight of his body and fear she feels, she is numb and terrified. She had never felt this much pain before. She hates the smell of his breath, it stitches of liquor and years of bad hygiene. He has his hands all over her, ripping off her shirt, all she has on is her bra. He suddenly stops and looks in her eyes.

"Come on, let's go to house. I want our first time to be special".

He lift her over his shoulder, with the greatest of ease, she was like a feather to him. She had no fight left in her and she knew it and sob silently. They made it back to the house, he knocked the door open and rushes to the bedroom, not the one that Mulder and her had been in. He throw her onto the bed, smearing blood all over the covers. Jim takes his shirt off, Scully coward back up against the headboard, her eyes darting back and forth, looking for anything that might help her.

"What you looking for your hero"? Scully doesn't stop looking.

He walk over to a dresser and opens a drawer and pulls out a

couple pairs of handcuffs.

"Yeah, call me kinky, but you won't mind, you look the type to me". Jim walks over to her and grabs her arm and slip the cuffs on her wrist as small as he could make it. It pinch her wrist. He then placed the other end onto the headboard. Then he took her other wrist and did the same thing, she screams from the pain.

"To tight, Agent Scully, sorry but I don't want you to try anything.

If we get interrupted, I don't wont you running off... I know you understand. He is all over Scully, ripping the remaining clothes off of her, not paying mine to the screams.

Meanwhile.....

Mulder wakes up from a horrible nightmare, "SCULLY!!....,he screams out. He looks around to hear her answer, but there is nothing but silence. He tries to stand, but his body will not listen to his brain. He tries again and finally stands, but not to steadily on his feet. He grabbed his side and bend over with pain. "Damn-it Mulder, he said to himself, I have to find Scully she is in trouble. If he did not get back to the house, Scully was surely to die, he didn't know for sure, he was just going by what he's saw in his nightmare. Suddenly his thought are interrupted by voices.

"Bob, we ain't gonna find him, we have been looking for over an hour and we ain't seen hair nor hide of him. If we haven't find him by now, we ain't never going to".

"He can't have gotten far, not in the shape he was in. Remember we thought he was dead. He has bound to have lost a lot of blood. If we don't bring him back, Jim going to be real mad. I don't want to be around if he is.

Billy laughs, "He won't be mad if he has find the partner already. Let's get back to the house before he kills her, I ain't doing no dead bitch!"

Bob laughs,"Who are you kidding, you pervert, you would do a log if you had to". They both laugh!

Mulder can't take it any longer, when he see the two brothers turn around and walk away, he did the only thing he could do. He ran at them and knocked them both down together. The brothers, taken by surprise, did not have a good grip on their rifles. They went flying out of there hands and into a near by bush. Mulder was on top on Bill. He rolled him over with difficulty, but he finally got him turn over onto his back, he slams his fist into his face over and over again. Bill never could get his hands up to his face to protect himself, the man on top of him was like a man processed.

Bill finally lost conscious about the time Bob came too and saw Mulder on his brother. Bob saw red. He ran at Mulder and took his foot and kicked him off. The foot caught him squarely on his injured side. Mulder screams with pain. Bob kicks again and again, finally flipping him over onto his stomach. Mulder spies one of the rifles. With the next kick, it rolled him close enough to

the rifle to get his hands on it. He grabs it, point it toward the man and fires. Bob never knew what hit him. He was dead before he hit the ground.

Mulder slowly gets up, with the help of the rifle. He feels the blood soaking his shirt again. The kicks reopens his wound. Mulder lend against a tree and throws-up, but the only thing coming up is bile and blood. Finally Mulder recovers enough to check on the other brother. He slowly makes his way over to the body. It begins to stir. Mulder points the rifle at his head and says, "Don't move or I will shoot your head off". Bill looks up at Mulder and says, "You are to late for your partner". Mulder anger got the best of him and he squeezed the trigger. "No, it's to late for you". Bill never knew what hit him.

Mulder lends over the body and says,"Say hello to your sister for me".

He slowly takes off toward the house. He gets several yards from the house, when he hears Scully screaming. He makes it up to the window and looks inside. He see this animal on top of Scully, her hands cuffed to the bed. Mulder takes the rifle and breaks the window, he get in and attacks the man before the man had time to react. They both hit the floor, they struggled, Mulder knows if the man should regain his feet, it would be over. Mulder had to keep the upper hand. He reached for the rifle and brought it down on the man head, he felt and heard the crack of the skull. Jim lost consciousness. Mulder slowly get up and limps over to the bed.

"Scully!!..... oh my god, what has he done to you"? There was so much blood. He pulled the sheet up to cover her body. He reached into his pocket and retrieved the keys for the cuffs. He was surprise that the keys was still there. He reached over her body and unlocked the cuff. He pulls her up, Scully start to shake uncontrollably. Mulder pulls her closer to his body.

"Scully, I'm so sorry".

"MULDER..... watch out". Jim had regained consciousness and was starting to stand up. Mulder wheels around and point the rifle at the man, "Move and I will blow your fucking brains out"!!

Jim grinned at Mulder and says, "Your partner"....Mulder interrupts "Shut the hell up"! Jim was not good at taken order and he was not about to start now, especially from the man who killed his sister. "She ain't a bad lay, but not real experienced in that department, if you know what I mean".

With that, Mulder lost all the control that he was holding in. He raised the rifle and fired. The bullet found it mark, right between the eyes. Jim was dead before he hit the floor.

Mulder turns back to Scully, tears streaming down his face. "Scully will you ever forgive me"?

"Mulder there is nothing to forgive you for. If it was not for you, not listening to me, I would be dead now".

"Well, you know me Scully, when have you ever know for me to listen to anyone, especially you", he said with a painful grin.

Scully grins back.

Mulder slowly get off the bed and walks into the next room looking for a phone, seeing one, he goes to it, hoping that it works. He picks the receiver up and hears the sweetest sound, other than the sound of Scully's voice, a dial tone. He gets in touch with local police, telling them the facts of what had happen. He returns to the bedroom and informs Scully that help was on the way. They embraced and that was how the police found them.

THE END