Prompt 35: X-Files, Dana Scully, 1/1, gen fic

[apckrfan.livejournal.com]

Title: She's No Fool
Fandom: X-Files
Prompt: #35-Bouncy Ball
Warnings: None beyond spoilers for Chinga (5x10)
Rating: Teen / PG13
Summary: Does Mulder really think Scully is stupid enough to buy his "guys working right outside his window" story?
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, they belong to Chris Carter, FOX, etc. No copyright infringement is intended, no profit is made. I'll put them back when I've finished so Chris can hopefully play with them again another day.
Notes: My first post here, getting it in right under the wire.

She hung up with a shake of her head. Did he really think she was buying that? She had no idea what he had really been doing, but it had sounded like he was bouncing a ball against something. She didn't even want to picture that. Where in his apartment did he have the room?

He was bored. She knew that. Anytime her partner for the past five years called her with possible scientific explanations for something she was suspect. In fact, she couldn't recall it happening before now. That's just how suspect it was.

She ran a thumb along the piece of broken record contained in an evidence bag. The murder weapon. Of all things to kill yourself with, she didn't think a piece of a 45 would be top choice for her. Then again, the idea of taking her own life was abhorrent to her. It was a sin, one that was not forgiven easily - if at all. She may have strayed from her Catholic upbringing some, but that was one thing that she never wavered on.

She was irritated more by the fact Mulder was hunting her down, calling the local police to get to her because she wasn't answering her phone. She hated her weekend away was ruined, but she couldn't have it on her conscious that crimes like these might go unsolved.

Not that she considered herself superior to the likes of Jack Bonsaint. He seemed decent and detail oriented enough. He just didn't run across these things every day like Scully did. It was times like this, she had to remind herself that people didn't live their lives steeped in paranormal. Aliens, ghosts, unexplained phenomenon. These were the things that Scully was made of now, what encompassed her life, what made her who and what she was. That didn't mean she needed Mulder's help.

She sighed, handing the evidence bag back to Jack and rubbed her forehead. She had called him, looking for ideas. She thought he'd have an open mind, hadn't counted on the fact he'd be bored and pester her for having a potential X-File dropped in her lap.

As if she'd come to Maine for the weekend with this in mind! Hardly. She'd come here to get as far away from the Bureau and Mulder as possible. To clear her head and get some much needed R&R. She should have known better. It just wasn't in the cards for her any longer. She had no doubt once she'd helped Jack solve this case she'd turn around and head back to DC. There would be no rest or relaxation here. Not after seeing the dead, witnessing the taking of life unnecessarily. She'd tried over the years not to let it bother her, get to her, to leave her cases at the door. She just didn't have it in her to do that, and liked to believe she was a better agent for it. Took better care of those involved in the cases she and Mulder investigated, dead and alive.

"Jack," she says, choosing to dismiss Mulder's attempt at explaining this off scientifically. "Can I call you Jack? Well, maybe we need to keep our minds open to... extreme possibilities."

~The End~

 

Comments

[thismaz.livejournal.com]

Welcome to Taming the Muse.
It has been a long time since I watched X-files and I don't know the episode, but I could see Scully wearily realising that she can't get away. And the reversal of their expected takes on the situation is good.

[apckrfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It was the one with the possessed doll if that helps refresh your mind at all, that influenced people to kill themselves.

Thanks for taking the time to comment, I appreciate it!

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

Seconding the welcome, it's a great comm, and I'm sure you'll have fun here.
I used to be a complete X-files addict, so it's lovely to see some fic. I thought you captured Scully's frustration really well, both with Mulder - well for being Mulder and with the situation where she is forced into being the one with the open mind.

One little possible typo, I hope you don't mind me mentioning. "explanations for something she was suspect" Do you mean either - explanations for something she thought was suspect, or possibly - explanations for something that was suspect.

Anyway, great start, I look forward to reading lots more

[apckrfan.livejournal.com]

I suppose I could add an "of" at the end. I'm lacking sleep, I need ot think more on that! It is what I meant, though - he's the one pulling out scientific explanations and she's the one suspecting this might be paranormal or something out there.

Thank you for reading and commenting, I appreciate it!

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

I really liked seeing Scully's frustration, and her growing realization that she's never getting away... she's been sucking into Mulder's life, and she just has this fatalistic acceptance. I like that.

[apckrfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I have a friend who's never seen the show who won't watch it because he thinks that after 9 years she was still a skeptic, and I keep trying to assure him that's not the case. But he just won't budge ::sighs:: He's missing out on a great show, and he's normally not so closed minded so I don't get it.

Anyway, thank you, too, for reading & commenting. I appreciate it.

[behrbemine.livejournal.com]

Very intriguing. 'The X-Files' is a fandom that I always meant to get more into. I'll have to try to download some episodes soon. I like the insight into Scully's brain and the way that it ticks.

[apckrfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!