The world rests still in the fog Calypso R SA None None Scully and her friend are locked in a warehouse with eight hostage takers. Mulder fears their lifes and tries to get them out of there. Hi folks! Another sad story. Sad stories are mine. I hope you will not drowning in your tears! None of this is going to be too bad for the sensitive ones of you. This is including a little bit christmas stuff. I love the mood of christmas, but crimes are happing then too. Okay, I'll go on. Disclaimers: Dana Scully, Fox Mulder, Margaret Scully and AD Walter Skinner belongs to Chris Carter, 10-13 Productions and FOX Broadcasting. No infringement intented. Joe McNeely, Mark(y), Robert(Rob), Dele, JC, CJ, AJ and Smirky (the dog) are my characters. Rating: No MSR! Okay, a little bit. Bad language. Spoilers: A story from fanfic, but I don't know the name and the author from it. Summary: Scully and her friend Joe McNeely are locked in a warehouse before holy evening, with five hostage-takers. Mulder tried to get them out off this badly game. This one is dedicated to Antonia, who is always treating me with this stories. But with this one I'm able to treat her, so I used my chance. Mrs. B?umler and Maxi B?umler are real persons, and they as bad as I wrote and so I couldn't ask them if I may use their characters. Please understand. Antonia is going to kill me because of these two, in fact Maxi was her ex. And even if I'm writing ex, she will kill me! So please be calm with this two characters. The world rests still in the fog By Calypso 'Sammy' This guy held the barrel of the gun at Scully. She was white, turned round to look at him. But he can't do anything, he was outside, unable to reach her. His eyes filled with pain as her body fall to the floor, blood spurt out. "No!Nononono! Danaaaaaaaaa!" he ran towards the glasswindow, her body laying curled on the floor in a lake of blood. Fox Mulder screamed- and jumped awake. He stroke the wet strains of hair out of his face. Mulder breathed heavily. A nightmare! A really bad nightmare! Mulder sat up, looked at the clock, 4.57 am, and reached for the phone, but stopped suddenly. This wasn't the time to phone her only because one of his nightmares. Mulder leaned back and sighed, tried not to fall asleep again. But then he passed off... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ The woman put the door open. It was a big warehouse, and it was christmas. From the loudspeakers she heard 'Jingle Bells' and a lot of people ran busily through the floors. It smelled like candles and gingerbread. From the ceiling she couldn't see, snow fall down. Actually paper, no real snow. Joe McNeely was going to enjoy it. She pulled her friend by the arm. "Let's go! Come on Dana! Hurry up!" Joe smiled at the redhead. Dana looked as if she had eaten a citron. "Uh, Joe. I don't want to go to that goofy bookstore!" Joe's smile reappeard. "Come on Dana. Let's see!" And so she put Dana by the arm and led her through the crowds of people. Dana and Joe walked over to the escalator. Joe took the first step and Dana stood right behind her. The escalator turned on. A woman surched busily in her purse for a handkerchief, she was sniffling and sighing. Dana looked next to her. A little boy looked with big hazel eyes into hers. she thought, but fastly went off with her thoughts of Mulder. The child was still starring. "Mommy! Why has this woman such red hair?" The boy looked at his mother. She smiled at him and then at Dana, nodded and looked down. "Lower down! And we are not at home! You can't ask in front of all people those stupid questions." The child's eyes grow wide at his mother's words. "But I want such a red hair, too!" he screamed as his mother pulled him away. "Dana! Hey, are you sleeping?" Dana tunred round and looked in Joe's beaming eyes. "We're at the bookstore!" Dana nodded and Joe led her a second time into the world of books. Dana smiled and stood at the side, while her friend was surching through big shelves. Joe was as like as paranoid as Mulder. Joe was looking in the 'UFOs, aliens and more' stuff. Joe was a special agent, too. She was assigned to the X-Files a month ago, because Scully had to do a lot pathalogical work at Quantico. And she was as freaky as he was. Scully and Joe had become friends immediately and she was no adversary for her at Mulder. Joe had a fiancee and was happy. Really good. But she looked pretty nice. Joe had black hair and green eyes. She was tall, not as tall as Mulder, but at least half a head taller than Scully. Dana sighed. Joe turned round to look in her friend's eyes. She knew that Dana was thinking about Fox. She loved him, Joe knew. She and Brian, her fiancee, had plans to put them together. But Dana wouldn't know. Suddenly a horde of kids ran into them, almost brought Dana to fall. "Oops! Sorry ma'm!" One of the boys helped her stand up. "Thanks!" she said and the boy smiled shyly. "Rob come on! Hurry up boy!" one of the others said and smiled at the two women. He nodded and Rob walked over to them. They turned round and dedicated themself the new horror stories in the shelves. "Nice kids!" Joe smiled at her friend. She looked around. The bookstore was in an extra-building, next to the warehouse, but it belongs to the warehouse. It was next to the street, only on one side. On the other you couldn't see out. Posters coverd the big glass-windows at the front side. The door opened and eight guys come in. Joe grapped Dana's arm, who turned round to look at these guys. They wore helmets, maskes, bulletproof-vests and machine-guns. They looked like police-men, but they weren't. "Freeze! Hands up, this a hold-up!" one of them said as they turned nearer into the room. One man looked the door and showed at the clerk. "Freeze! Or someone may get injured!" With this words he put the trigger and shot a little dog, who was standing in front of his feet. Dana winced at the shot. A boy came out of the crowd and kneeled next to the dead dog. "You've killed Smirkey! You bastard!" the boy yelled at the man. He smiled under his mask and pushed the boy away. With a wave of his hands he showed the seven others what they had to do. They brought all of the people to the backfront of the building, because no cops could see them there. In the background they could hear the sirens. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Mulder put on his clothes quickly. He had known it, he had known that something bad would happen. It was Christmas and someone was holding up the bookstore of the warehouse. And Scully and McNeely right within. "Damndamndamndamndamn!" Mulder shouted. With a tremble he rememberd the dream he had last night. He closed his eyes, drove as quickly as possible to the crime scene. Mulder stopped and showed is ID-badge to the officer. Policecars were exclude the people outside this crime, exspect the cops and him. Mulder walked quickly to the officer in front of the block. "What's going on in there?" he asked the man. The officier looked at him and after Mulder showed his badge he began to speak. "We have reasons to believe that at least over twentyfive people are in this room. The three other floors of the bookshop are empty, we have checked. They are eight and look like policemen. The hostages are at the backside of the room. The hostage-taker have machine-guns. We don't know what they want, yet. They've shot only once a time. We must see!" Mulder nodded and looked at the building. High and big glass windows, but they were all coverd with posters and plakats. The bookstore were very big, but the hostages were at the backside, perhaps all at one place. Mulder could hear a well-known voice. He turned round to look at the blockade. "Mrs. Scully!" He stepped towards and led her in. Mulder told her about the taking of hostages and she looked sad. "Dana!" she whisperd and Mulder took her in his embrance. "It'll be good! I promise!" And again the pictures of the dream showed up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ "What shall we do?" one said. "They are at least over twenty five, that's too much!" The leader nodded and headed to Joe. "What's your name?" Joe looked at him sharply. She sat next to Dana on the warm floor and looked up straight into the man's eyes. "Joe McNeely." she said. The leader grinned. "AJ, JC and CJ come here!" he calmy said. The one who was called JC walked over to his leader. He whisperd him something into the ear and then JC walked to the hostages. The boy from just ago jumped up and tried to pull the gun away. The leader looked surprised. "Fire!" the leader shouted and the three man shot. Dana screamed as the blood coverd the floor... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Mulder could hear the shots. Three shots and Mulder winced every time he could hear one. He wanted to make sure that she was still alive, only wanted to look through the windows, but that was impossible. Nobody was allowed to get to near to the window. He sighed and his eyes filled with tears. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Dana opened her eyes quickly and got on her knees. Around her the two boys were shot and an older woman. "Joe help me!" she said and rubbed forward the one boy, Rob. He lay on the back, his eyes closed. Dana leaned forward his body. "Hey? Can you hear me? What is your name?" The eyes still closed he nodded and opened his mouth. "Robert, but all call me Rob. What has happened? Am I shot? I know, I must die!" he whisperd calmly. Scully starred shocked at the bullet in his chest, pressing her hand on it she tried to stop the bleeding. "This people need medical help. You must let them out." Scully tried to talk with the men. No chance. Joe kneeled next to her, looking at the injured boy. "Hey, Miss!" one of the boys shouted, showed her the body on the floor. She nodded and looked at Joe, she smiled a little. Dana looked at the other boy. The bullet was in his head, he must be dead! Scully tried to find a pulse, it was very, very weak. "Dele?" the boy asked. Scully shook her head. He was dead. The boy sniffled and his tears fall onto the corpse. Dana huged him. "What's your name?" "Marky!" "Okay Marky, I want you to come over there to help your friend." He nodded. She knew that this wasn't so good, but no other one seems to be help for them. The woman was alive, but weak. The bullet had hit her chest, too. Scully tried once again. "Listen, these people need help! Please let them and the kids out!" Suddenly the door opened and a scrubwoman came in. "Hey, got away, I`ve to clean here!" she cried out. She had black short hair and looked really as if she would cleaning all the day. "Shut up and go away!" AJ shouted. He was angry and all of them looked at the scrubwoman, so no one noticed that Scully talked with Rob and Marky. "I'm Mrs. B?umler and I'm not going to shut up when you'll say!" AJ got angry as a boy stepped out of the room. "Mum, I can't find the cookies. Where are they?" The boy was fat, looked a little bit like a pig. But AJ put out his gun and convinced the two to leave. Then he turned round to his boss. They locked all the doors. "Let the other out!" the boss nodded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Mulder stood there next to Maggie Scully, holding a hot cup of coffee in his hands. It was growing dark, and none of the hostage-taker had wanted something. They only sat in there and do nothing. Half an hour ago someone cried in there, but Mulder was convinced that it had not been Scully. He sighed and looked at Maggie. She stood in silence, the tears were already dry. Suddenly the front door flew open and a kid was shown in the way. Mulder jumped up, the policemen behind the cars, too. The kid walked out, tears coverd his face. Two men carried carefully a boy with a bullet in the chest another two carried a woman with the same injuries. Then someone brought out a corpse, a little boy and a dog. Mulder sighed. Perhaps they had given up. But he wasn't so convinced in that. But possible was that they let out some hostages, and perhaps Scully was under them. But Mulder knew already that she wasn't. The first aid men rushed to the injured persons and took care of them. The boy and the woman were put onto a strechter and the men put them into the ambulance. "Agent Mulder! The boy wants to tell you something!" Mulder rushed to the strechter and leaned forward the boy. It wasn't the one with the bullet in the chest. The boy sat on the strechter, a bruise on his cheek. "Agent Mulder?" Mulder nodded. "Agent Scully told me that I should tell you that you must not worry. She's fine!" Mulder looked at the boy. The tears come back. "How is she?" Maggie Scully stood next to the boy. "She's really fine. None of the hostage takers had noticed her, when she said that to me. And she'd said that you shall call her." Mulder turned round. He could see the pain in her mother's face. Twenty people were free, weren't hostages anymore. Only five! And her daughter was one of them. He knew this was hard and he looked up in the stars as the sunset was over. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Scully leaned back at the wall. At least the kids and older persons were out of danger. Only Joe, a tall man with brown hair, a tall man with blonde hair, a middle man with black hair and she was in the taking. "Dana? How do you feel?" Joe asked softly. Dana nodded. She knew that Joe was immune against all kinds of angst and injuries. Not that when you hit her with a knife that she wouldn't bleed and feel, but not as strong as other people and her bruises and injuries heal more faster than normal. Joe wouldn'`t matter if she walk in the shotline for you. Dana could feel her gun in her holster. But she didn't want to try because they were eight and if she shot one of them, the other seven could kill the hostages and her. CJ showed up in front of her, looking to his boss. He nodded and CJ leaned forward her and grapped her blouse. Scully was scared. Joe grapped CJ at the arm and he slapped her in the face for that. Joe stopped quickly, looking guilty in her friend's face if he had done something to Dana. Dana nodded in pleasment. CJ took her up and surched for something. He found her gun. "FBI! Nice! What would you have done with us Agent Scully?" AJ asked as he read her badge and throwed the gun to JC. He pushed her hard against the wall. JC raised his hand as if he would beat her, but then, lowered it and put out her cell- phone. It was ringing. "Yeah?" "Here is Special agent Fox Mulder with the FBI! What do you want? You have to talk with us. We only can do what you want, if you say us what to do." AJ nodded. Therefor was the plan now. It was going how it should. Now they would become what they wanted to. CJ, JC, the boss and the others smiled. "Hey agent Mulder. You know we have your partner in here, right. Yes, someone of us remembered you two. All we want are 5 Mio.$ and a helicopter. In 4 hours we want to have the money, if not we'll kill a hostage every hour to make you faster. Now it is 10.00pm. The time is ticking away agent Mulder. In 4 hours we'll see again!" He hung up. The leader sighed and looked in AJ's face. AJ took Dana up. He knew that they wanted to see the hostages. His boss nodded and AJ walked slowly to the door, one arm around Dana, the other with the gun at her head. So he walked out of the door. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- As he opened the door, the cops jumped up, the barrel of the gun to his head. But they quickly realized that he held the hostage in a good position for himself. "The first hostage I'm going to kill if you want in time is agent Scully! Checked it?" he shouted at the crowd of policemen and FBI. AJ smiled and looked at agent Mulder. He knew him. "And I'm only going to talk with agent Mulder on the phone. You have the number!" Mulder nodded and looked at Scully in the power of the man. Her eyes showed fear and pain. Mulder could hear the officer shouting. "We want more hostages!" AJ smiled and turned round. He had known. When you give them once, they can't get enough. JC come towards them and nodded. Mulder knew that it was stupid from the officer, but he hoped that they let Scully go. But they don't. Another guy pushed out a middle, black haired man. The cops took him immediately. The hostage-takers knew exactly what they want. Now the officer was quiet, Mulder walked angrily over to him. "What have you thought as you said this? You could have risked the hostages' live!" "No agent Mulder. This men are amateurs. You've seen, they give us a hostage when we want to." Mulder shook his head and walked to Mrs. Scully again. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- AJ throwed Dana to the two others and leaned forward his boss. "They are doing what we wanted. Three hostages left!" RS, the boss, nodded and whisperd to CJ: "Do you already know who shall come with us? It's your turn to choose the last hostage!" CJ nodded and pointed at Dana. "She is the partner of Fox Mulder, you know, the guy that is guilty that I was chucked out of the FBI. Perhaps I can have a revenge on him this way." RS nodded and looked at Dana. She was beautiful. This red-hair and then such blue eyes! That was usual impossible! And she looked not so feary as like as other hostages. Yes, the thought to take her as the last hostage was great! "Are you alright Dana?" Joe asked her friend. She nodded. "Yes, and I've seen Mulder and my mum. Mulder, okay! But my mum has only sorrow with this. I know that all will be good again and nothing will happen!" Joe nodded to Dana, but looked away with a wry smile. Joe had a strange feeling about this, about what the men are going to do with Dana, about their guns they could easyly use. Joe was absorbeded in her thoughts, so she didn'`t realized that CJ kneeled next to Dana. "Hey sweet girl!" he said with a grin " we are going to take you with us!" He took out handcuffs and tighten them around Dana's hands. "Please, please not. You're going to make a big mis..!" "Shut up!" CJ shouted before Dana could finish. He put out a knife and held it in front of her neck. "Joe!" she whisperd and Joe looked over to her friend. "Let her out!" Joe barked at him. But CJ laughed and held the knife closer to her throat. Joe looked worried at her friends face and took Dana's hand. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- It was cold outside. Really cold. Fox was half frozen. He don't wanted to take one of the blankets that lay around. He don't wanted to set into the car. He wanted to wait until she come out. Mrs. Scully walked over to him and lay her hand onto his shoulder. "Fox!" He turned round and looked in her face, wet by the tears that were glimming in her eyes. "It'll be good again. Trust me!" she said. She easily saw the pain in his face. Maggie knew that Fox loves her daughter, more than his own life. Damn it! Why must always happen such things to her, or especially her baby daughter? Maggie let out a sigh and stepped back to the van. Perhaps there someone could tell her what was going on. "What are you going to do? I hope I haven't heard right!" Mulder barked at officer Reilly. "Yes, were going to shoot through the windows, do a surprising attack. The hostage takers couldn't shoot the hostages then. Check it!?" Mulder started to try again, when the cell phone rang. "Mulder?" "Agent Mulder? Okay, I want that you tell these stupid police men outside there, they should go away. And tell officer Reilly that we want a helicopter and the money." Mulder looked over to Reilly. "The money is here already. The helicopter should come in ten minutes. The men go away when it arrive. But have to promise that you'll let out the hostages." Mulder held eye-contact with Reilly. "I promise. But we take one with us." Mulder widened his eyes in shock. "No. No, you have to give us all of them. If you don't, you wouldn`t get your money! Checked it? Hey?" But AJ had hung up already. "Shit!" This all was without hope. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- KJ looked at his watch. "Three minutes boss. Shall we start?" RS nodded and gave AC, WS and NK a sign to start. The three stood up and headed to the front of the building. The big glass windows, covered with posters and plakats. Two of them stood next to the door, AC in front of it. CJ took Dana, JC Joe and AJ the man. JC and AJ in the front of the door. CJ with Dana behind them and at last RS. Dana's hands were handcuffed, she couldn't even try to run away. CJ held her too strong. Now AC opened the door and immideatley WS and NK jumped out with their guns, make the way for CJ with their last hostage and their boss. Then AJ and JC came out, with the two other hostages. They held 'em strong. Behind them, unable for the people down there to see, stood CJ with his hostage and RS. Nobody was able to shoot them. They could hear the helicopter arrive. AJ saw officer Reilly, he suddenly stood in front of him, but not too close. "Okay, let the hostages out and get your helicopter, here is the money." AJ nodded and took the suitcase. Reilly walked a little bit back. AJ handed the money to his boss. Now the helicopter landed and the policemen were dissapeared. "Watch out!" AJ whipered to the others. The way to the helicopter was the hardest part at this hostage taking. CJ could see agent Mulder and smiled maliciously at him. Mulder's face was full of pain. The pilot got out of the helicopter and turned away. They walked slowly to the helicopter. WS and NK first. WS jumped into the helicopter, he was the pilot. NK jumped in behind him. Suddenly AJ and JC let out their hostages and they ran towards the crowd. CJ held Dana's arm strong. She tried to move. CJ grapped her harder. "Don't try again, or you'll dead." He shook her a little. M Suddenly Reilly appearred from behind Mulder's back. "What are going to do now?" Mulder asked sharply. "Shoot the hostage. With a injured hostage they couldn't go further." Reilly replied and put out his gun. "No!" Mulder cried out, his dream returned. "But they take her away." Mulder sighed. "Let me shoot!" he said and pulled out his gun. "Fox!" Maggie said in shock. "Mrs. Scully. I don't want to, but I have to. If I don't do it, Reilly does. And when I shoot, I feel save." Maggie sobbed a moment and then let off of him. Mulder raised his gun arm. "Please forgive me!" he whispered. They had almost arrived at the helicopter. Mulder trembled. But he pulled down the trigger, and shot. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Suddenly CJ could hear a shot and felt a itching at his arm. Then he felt that Dana sank to the floor. He smelled blood. "No, no! He couldn't have done it!" But as he looked down he saw the blood too. Running down her cheeks. "CJ! C'me on!" someone shouted and grapped his arm. CJ was pulled into the helicopter and before the police men could shot them, they were away. Immediatly the first aid men were at the victim and put her onto a strechter. Mulder kneeled next to her. "What have I done? I've shot her!" Maggie stood behind him, laying a hand on his shoulder and looked down at the quiet frame of her daughter. "Isn't as bad as it looks. You've shot her arm. She'll survive it. The bullett's out." Mulder nodded, tears in his eyes. Suddenly Dana opened the eyes. She looked into his face. Sky blue with hazel brown. "Mulder, what has happened? The only thing I could remember was that this guy, CJ had hold me and then this pain in my arm. Mulder, have you shot at me?" He nodded. "Why?" He looked up at her mother. "Don't wanted to loose you!" He smiled down at her and she smiled back a weak smile. Dana looked into Joe's face too now. "Hi Joe!" she said with a weak grin. "Hey Dana. Sorry dear. But I promise you that I'll never take you to a bookstore if you don't want to again!" Joe smiled at her friend. Dana was white. Joe leaned forward Mulder and whispered into his ear. She stiffeld a laugh, Maggie too. "Fox, are you a little bit shy?" Maggie asked. Mulder blushed. "Jeez," Joe said, "I guess if I and Maggie weren't here, you wouldn't do it!" Mulder sighed. Joe patted Mulder's shoulder and he sighed again. "Dana?" he asked softly. "Hm?" "I ,ehr, I wanted to ask if I may kiss you?" he grinned at her with his boyish grin. She smiled and nodded weak. Joe smiled at him. "Do it Fox Mulder!" He leaned forward Dana and looked into her eyes. "Merry Christmas!" he whispered and then they both were sunken in a deep kiss. Maggie and Joe smiled sheepishly, when thick fog covered all in his blankets and the pain was forgotten, 'cause the world rests still in the fog.