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Now, to the story...
Dana Scully stepped from the elevator into the basement of the J. Edgar Hoover Building. Heels clicking with each step, the FBI agent headed for the office she shared with her partner, Fox Mulder. Opening the door, the beautiful redhead nearly collided with the other agent leaving the X-Files bureau.
'Whoa, Mulder,' she said, taking a step back. 'Nice tie,' she flippantly added, flicking the offending item of clothing. Mulder had appalling taste in neckties.
His rebellious streak; wearing something so horrendous to offset the ideal of an FBI agent in a suit
, she thought. Today Fox had chosen to wear a rust-red tie featuring a repeating pattern of large square golden rings, each featuring a blue jewel motif.
'Sorry, Scully,' Mulder replied, taking a step back himself, allowing the shorter woman to enter their shared space. Distracted as he was, the man couldn't help but notice Dana was wearing a grey suit, the skirt knee-length, and a blouse of a lighter grey material. From above, the fluorescent lights made her auburn hair shine, her fair skin glow. 'I've been asked to consult with a task force working a series of bank robberies,' he said.
'An X-Files bank robbery?' Scully scoffed playfully.
'If only,' Fox replied. 'No. They're a particularly nasty gang. The task force is having difficulty tracking them down and someone thought a psychological profile would help.'
'That's unusual for bank robberies, isn't it?' Scully asked, arms crossing under her generous chest, inadvertently causing a wonderful little jiggle.
'It's not unheard of. Skinner okayed it. Drawbacks to having an above average case clearance rate: I'm available,' Mulder explained. 'Gotta go, Scully. Bad guys to catch,' he quipped before stepping past and exiting the office.
'I guess I'll take care of the paperwork from the last case then,' an exasperated Scully called out from the office doorway.
'You're the best, Scully,' Mulder called back with a smile before ducking into the elevator.
'Paperwork it is then,' Scully said to herself.
***
Over the next few hours Dana sat at her desk, diligently working through a tidy pile of folders. As with any case undertaken by FBI agents, the X-Files generated a lot of bureaucracy, reports, statements, lab results etc. It wasn't Mulder's fault that he'd been called away, she reasoned, closing one folder and opening the next. He was after all a talented criminal profiler and he did take care of his share of the paperwork.
Mostly
, she thought. The unexpected ringing of the telephone interrupted her work.
'Scully,' she answered.
'Agent Scully, this is Assistant Director Skinner's office.' Dana recognised the voice of Arlene, the man's personal assistant. 'The AD would like to see you immediately.'
'I'll be right there,' Scully answered and hung up the phone. Thankful for a break from paperwork, she wondered what her superior wanted. A few minutes later the Special Agent entered the AD's outer office.
'Go right on in, Agent Scully,' Arlene said.
With a nod of thanks, Dana passed the secretary and entered Walter Skinner's office. Where she'd expected the man to be at his desk, he was instead standing at the head of the conference table dominating the office. Sat around it were a number of other men and women, some of whom she recognised as fellow FBI agents.
'Sir?' Scully asked, stepping up to the tall, broad-shouldered man.
'Agent Scully, I've got some bad news,' he said, light reflecting off his glasses. 'You know that Agent Mulder was temporarily assigned to consult with a task force investigating a string of bank robberies?'
'Yes sir,' she answered, a confused look on her otherwise pretty face.
'An hour ago, Mulder and Special Agent Ritter entered the National Capital Bank. They walked right into an on-going heist. Agent Ritter was severely wounded. He's in critical condition. Agent Mulder...Mulder was taken hostage.'
'My god,' Scully gasped, hand to her mouth.
'I'm afraid the situation is worse than that. This gang of robbers has a violent M.O. and have proven particularly slick. They were able to waltz right out of the bank and disappear before the DC Police could respond.' As Skinner spoke he threw a look of disgust at a uniformed man sitting at the conference table.
'So we have no idea where they've taken Mulder? Have any suspects been identified?' Scully asked.
'At the present time we don't know their identities or whereabouts. Nor have we received any communication from them. Possibly,' Skinner said.
'"Possibly", sir? What does that mean?' Scully asked, anger creeping into her voice.
Mulder's life is in danger and Skinner's dithering?
'Yesterday the FBI received a tip-off concerning a planned heist of that same bank. At the time it was not considered credible, considering its source.' Picking up a sheet of paper from the table, he read, 'Ekon Williams, currently serving life in prison for various drug-related convictions. Suspected involvement in several bank robberies. The tip-off was discounted when a check revealed Williams to have been in solitary confinement for the past month.' Skinner dropped the piece of paper and turned to Scully. 'Williams claimed knowledge of the robbery via a psychic vision. Hence why it was ignored by the task force.'
Scully nodded in understanding. Scepticism of the X-Files was rife in the bureau. Any mention of strange phenomenon was routinely discarded out of hand. Originally assigned to the X-Files as a sceptic to debunk Mulder's work, the investigator had seen too much over the past few years to discard any lead without proper scientific investigation.
'Special Agent Whitlock, the task force leader, believes that Williams presents nothing more than an opportunely timed hoax,' Skinner said. 'However, I won't let any lead go with Mulder's life in the balance,' he continued, voice filled with determination.
'Given the circumstances of the tip-off, am I to presume that you want me to interrogate Williams, sir?' Scully asked resolved to do whatever she could to get Mulder back safe and well.