Title: Phase 2 Author -Char Priolo E-Mail address -Marajsky@snip.net Archive: Anywhere and everywhere Rating -R Category -S, A (Angst), MSR (Is there anything else?), Slight KSR, Character death/resurrection Spoilers -US5 including THE movie, but not "The End" that did not happen. Thanks: I want to thank my new friend Aileen (Aileen1100@aol.com) for all her help with this story!! :) Disclaimers: None of these characters belong to me. I'm just borrowing them and I promise to return them in good or excellent condition to their original owners. Summary - Phase 2 of THE project. Chapter 9 Fri Oct 30, 1998 3:15pm For Dana Scully-Mulder the last three hours was the happiest she has known for years. She was now Mrs. Fox Mulder, now and forever due to Mulder's promise to never marry again. But her happiness was short lived where she was hit with the worst pain yet. "Oh my GOD! OW. I think the drugs are wearing off." She cried in pain as she held her new husband's hand, squeezing tightly. "OW, we need more drugs!" Mulder cried as Dana nearly broke his hand. A few minutes after the pain died down, she felt something warm and wet running down her legs. "Oh shit, um, m, I think my water just broke. It's time. Call the doctor." She whispered as the fear crepted back into her face once more. "I'll get the doctor, hold on." Mulder said as he kissed her hand and left to find Dr. Brown. He ran out the door, nearly knocking over a nurse with a cart of food. "I need Dr. Brown NOW! My wife is having this baby NOW!" Mulder yelled at the nurse when she ignored him. He pressed his fingers on the hook of the phone she was talking on. "I said NOW!" "Sir, just calm down, what's your name? I'll page her." The blond nurse said as she picked up the phone and dialed Dr. Brown's pager. "Please hurry." He said calmly as he walked back to Dana's room. 3:30pm "Ok Dana, just breath, don't push, not yet." The brown haired nurse said as Dr. Brown hurried into the room. "Ok, let's see what's happening." Dr. Brown said as she checked the machines. Then she moved to the foot of the bed. "Now let's look at you. You know what to do." The doctor said as Dana put her feet into the stirrups. "Well guess what?" Dr, Brown poked her head up. "What?" Dana gasped trying so hard not to bear down. "It's time. Ok first I want you to relax. Take a few deep, let them out slowly." Dr. Brown said as one of the nurses placed medical equipment by her side. "Ok, now you can push all you want, ok? Push hard with all your might." The doctor said as she prepared to do her work, hoping after today THEY will leave her and her family alone. 11:30pm After eight hours of breathing and pushing, Dana fell back onto the bed and closed her eyes. "I'm tried, Mulder. I can't do this." She whispered to Mulder. Mulder just wiped the sweat from her face and neck with a cool damp towel. "You can and will. Scully, I know it's hard, but you have to keep trying." "Dana rest for a few minutes, when the next contraction hits, just breath." Dr. Brown said as she sat back in the chair she was using. She sighed knowing this was going to be a long day. In her time, she has delivered more then 100 babies; she knew this was going to take a long time. After five minutes, Dana said. "Ok let's get this over with." She pushed herself up to her elbows and took a deep breath, holding it as she squeezed her eyes shut and pushed with all her might. "That's great Dana, I can see the head. A few more pushes and it's all over." The doctor said from somewhere under the sheet that covered Dana. Dana's eyes locked onto Mulder's, the fear was clearly in their eyes. "Come on Dana, just a few more, that's it come on." Dr. Brown said as she placed her hands on each on the sides of the almost born baby's head. "One really big hard push and its over, come on, that's it." Dana pushed with all her might, when she felt something leaving her body. "There he is, it's a boy." Doctor Brown said happily as she handed the baby to a nurse. Who started to clean the baby up, then placing him into his mother's arms. "Hi there, sweetie." Dana whispered to her son as tear of relief and fear fell onto the sheet. As mother and son bonded, Mulder watched as the tears flowed from his red sore eyes. "He's perfect Dana, just perfect. You did great. Our Daniel William is perfect." He whispered to his wife as he leaned his head on her shoulder. She looked into his eyes and saw the love there, it broke her heart. "Daniel? You want to name our son after me?" Dana said as her heart broke, knowing she would be leaving her son and Mulder alone. "Of course, who else would I name him after, me? I think NOT!" Mulder said as he held his son (not biology that is) as that both laughed unconfabley. 11:40pm Dr. Brown looked at the new happy family as she prepared to finish up her job, and a job well done. "Doctor, something's wrong." One of the nurses said softly. Dr. Brown went to see what the nurse was talking about. At the foot of the birthing bed, the sheets and towels used in the birthing were covered in blood. 'Oh my God." Brown thought to herself. She looked at Dr. Williams, who was watching Dana's signs and general anesthetic equipment; she saw the worryness in his eyes. "We are losing her." He mouths to Dr. Brown. "Damn it!" She whispered to herself. "Dana dear, we have to take Daniel now. There are something's I still have to do." She said calmly to her patient. "Is there something wrong?" Dana asked as the red head nurse, Mrs. Penn, took Daniel from her arms. "Nothing I can't handle, now lay back and just relax." Dr. Brown turned to the nurse to her left and said, "Start pumping O- into her STAT! I'm going in and take care of this. Mr. Mulder, you have to leave now." She said to Mulder as she prepared to go into this patient and stop the bleeding that has gone too far. "No, I'm staying, we knew this might happen and I'm not leaving my wife where she needs me." He said as tears burned his eyes. The unbelealable was happening; he needed to be by his wife's side until the end. "Mulder, I'm scared." Dana whispered weekly. She had become weaker and weaker as her life slowly spilled from her body. "Mulder, promise me, you will keep on searching, for me. Make them pay for what they did to me. Daniel, you have to make sure his is safe. They will come for him, please protect my (our) son." She whispered weakly as she brought up her hand to his cheek. "I need you to promise me this Mulder, I need to know Daniel will be ok and you will keep on looking for the truth, Please?" She said as the tear flowed from her eyes. "I promise Danny will be safe. But I can't promise I will go on without you, because I can't." Mulder whispered as he kissed her dry lips. "Then they have already won." She said softly. "Doctor, her BP is dropping fast." Dr. Williams said quickly. "More blood, more suction, please, STAT! I can't stop this bleeding. Come on God help me here, don't let her die on me." Dr. Brown said to nobody and everybody. "Doctor, you will not be able to stop it, please just let me go. There is no hope anymore, please." Dana said to Dr. Brown. "I can't give up Dana, I will not let you die, you hear me!?" Dr. Brown told her patient. Mulder looked at his wife as she told the doctor to let her die. He has never seen her so pale before, not when she had cancer nor when she almost dies on him in Antarctica when they were in the space ship. "She's right Dr. Brown, let her go." He whispered as he tried to hold back the tears. "What?!" Dr. Brown yelled as she worked feverish to save her patient's life. "Please let her go." He cried as he squeezed Dana's hand, she squeezed back weakly. "Fine, I have to go." Dr. Brown whispered as she took off her gloves & cap and stormed out of the room. Doctor Lisa Brown sighed sadly as she slid to the floor as the tears flowed. She has never lost a patient or a child before. "They say the first would be the hardest to take, man they were so right." She whispered to herself as she made her way to the doctor's lounge. She looked into the window of the waiting room she saw at least 5 people waiting, to her they looked like they all were waiting on her patient. Her heart broke as she saw an older woman who looked just like Dana. "That must be Dana's mother. Oh God, I'm so sorry, I tried, I really tried. Please forgive me." She whispered to the woman through the glass. She knew then that she could not leave Dana yet. Lisa turned and walked back into Dana's room. 11:55pm: "I'm sorry." Mulder whispered over and over to Dana as she started to close her eyes. "Mulder. You. Are. Not. To. Blame. I choose to follow you, I knew the risk. Please don't blame yourself, blame THEM." She said weakly as her breathing became labored. "Mulder, it's almost over. The pain, heart trying to keep up, can't. Mulder, hold me please." She whispered as she closed her eyes to the pain. Mulder got onto the bed and held her as one would hold a baby. "Sh, it's ok, I'm here. Did I ever tell you that I love you?" He whispered as Dr. Brown came back into the room. He watched her as she talked to the nurses. "Turn off all the machines, leave the heart monitor on, with now sound." She told Dr. Williams. As he shut all the machines down, the blond nurse started to remove all the IV's and oxygen tube from Dana's body. "Say it again." Dana whispered to Mulder as she placed her hand on his cheek, wiping the tears from his eyes. "I love you more then you ever know. I just wish that we were not so scared to tell each other before. I need you, but if you are in pain, I want you to close your eyes and rest. Do you hear me? You fought well, you earned the right to rest, to let go." He said as the tears flowed. She opened her eyes to, look into his tired, teary ones to see the love and reassurances to let go. "Mulder, I love you. I have since I walked into the office all those years ago. I've been afraid you didn't feel the same way. I will always be with you, I will watch over you and our son." She closed her eyes and whispered. "Protect our son, don't let them take him too. Hold me, please." He pulled her in a tight hug as she took her last breath. "Doctor, she's gone." Dr. Williams whispered as he saw the flat line on the monitor. "Time." Dr. Brown asked as she wiped the tears from her face. "12:01am October 31, 1998, doctor." The blond nurse said in a shaky voice. "Holloween." Dr. Brown whispered to herself. 12:35 Oct. 31, 1998 Mulder spent the last half an hour with his wife, trying to find the courage to go out to her family and tell them the sad news. "Sir, we have to take her now." One of the orderlies said to him as he sat on the bed still holding her. "Please, give me a few more minutes." He whispered as he pushed a lock of her hair that fell onto her still, pale face. "Sir, I'm sorry. We have to take her now." The other, much bigger orderlies said to Mulder. "Dana, I have to go now. I promise you will be in good hands." He got off the bed and placed her down on the bed. He pulled a sheet up to her chin, as if tucking her in for the night. He turned to the little orderly and said "You take good care of her, be careful. Please." "Sure sir, she's in good hands." The big orderly said as he rolled his eyes. Mulder kissed Dana on the lips and turned to walk out of the room. 12:45am: Mulder took a deep breath and let out a sad sigh as he opened the door to the waiting room. Maggie was the first to stand and said. "Fox, what's going on?" She asked as she saw the sadness and tears in his eyes. "Well it's a boy, a 8 pound 6 ounces health boy, we named him Daniel William." He said, trying to high the tears in his voice. "My little girl? Is Dana ok?" Maggie asked. Mulder paused for a few moments, trying to find his voice. "The doctors could not stop the bleeding, they tried all they could." Was all he could say before the tears took over. "Oh my god, not my little girl!" Maggie cried as Bill ran to her before she fell to the floor in tears. Mulder looked at Maggie and saw the pain and despair in her eyes, the anger and hate in Bill's face. As his eyes fell to the others in the room, Tara's head in her hands, The gunmen all looking at their feet, Skinner taking off his glasses and rubbing his eyes hoping nobody notice the tears and Alex Krycek, who just entered the room. Bill sat his mother down on the couch, and then he walked over to Mulder and punched him in his face. "I hope you are happy, you killed both of my sisters. I don't want you here anymore, get out and never contact this family again!" Bill screamed as Mulder just got up and when to Krycek. "You want someone to blame? This is the real father of your sister's son. He's the real one that killed her." He grabbed Krycek by the back of his coat. "You let me go." Alex yelled as he pushed Mulder away from him. Mulder just got up off the floor and ran out of the room, out of the hospital. He just ran as fast as he could. The tear flowed as he ran. Remembering the first time he see Dana, to their first case, to all the fun and sad times they had. After an hour of running he fell onto a bench. After he caught his breath, he notice he was sitting in "their" bench, the one they use to meet at when they were shut down. "Oh God WHY??" He screamed at the heavens. He trough his head in his hands and cried until he fell off the bench and fell into a deep sleep. =========================================================== Tim Mcgraw DON'T TAKE THE GIRL Same old boy, same sweet girl, five years down the road There's going to be a little one, and she says it's time to go Doctor says the baby's fine, but you'll have to leave Cause his momma's fading fast and Johnny hit his knees And there he prayed: Take the very breath you gave me, take the heart from my chest I'll gladly take her place if you'll let me, make this my last request Take me out of this world God please don't take the girl Thanks!! Char Priolo (Marajsky@snip.net or cpriolo@tnb.com) ================================================== Mulder: "I once heard the best way to regenerate heat is to get into a sleeping bag naked with someone else who's already naked." Scully: "Well if it starts raining sleeping bags, maybe you'll get lucky." 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