Eye of The Storm 3/3
by Ecryptocat

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Disclaimer in part 1
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Fox Mulder entered Dana's apartment with a bag of 
groceries in one hand.  They had needed a few things so he 
went out to get groceries.  He came in and noticed the 
apartment was eerily quiet.  There wasn't a noise from 
anywhere.  Maybe she went back to bed, he thought.  He 
went to her bedroom and she wasn't in the bed.  He went to 
the bathroom and she wasn't there either.  He ran to the 
guest room and looked for her she wasn't there either.  

"Dana where are you?" he yelled but there was no answer.  
An intense fear spread over him.  "Dana Dana answer me," 
he yelled.  He ran back to her bedroom and stood in the 
middle of the floor.  He looked around frantically then he 
heard a small whimper from the closet.  He walked over to 
the door and opened it.  Dana was sitting on the floor with 
her knees to her chest and her face buried in her knees.  
Mulder sighed.

"Oh Dana," he said and knelt down in front of her.  He held 
her arms and kissed the top of her head. 

"It's okay," he said.  She still didn't look up at him.  Mulder 
tried to push her hair back so he could see her face.  

"What happened angel?" he asked pressing his cheek 
against hers.

"He was here," she said.  Mulder looked up.

"Look at me angel," he said and lifted her face up.  "He was 
here?" he asked looking into her tear stained face.  She 
nodded.  She was still shaking.

"I heard him and I hid in here until you came," she said.  
Mulder held her face in his hands.

"Dana I shouldn't have left you," he said.  Her face 
crumpled and she held her arms out to him.  He hugged her 
tightly and sat back pulling her into his lap.  He rocked her 
and kissed her.  

"It's okay Dana he's not going to hurt you again I promise," 
he said into her hair.  Mulder released her with one arm 
and she moaned.

"Don't leave me," she said.  Mulder wrapped that arm back 
around her.

"I'm not going to leave you I'm going to carry you okay?" he 
said.  He slipped one arm under her legs and picked her up.  
He carried her to her bed and sat her down.  She let go of 
him and tried to dry her tears.  Mulder knelt in front of her 
and held her hands.  

"It's going to be alright Dana," he said to her.  She nodded. 

"I know," she said.  He smiled and touched her cheek.  
Then a familiar voice surfaced in the hallway.

"Dana...Fox...where are you?" Maggie called.  Dana looked 
up.

"Mom," she said softly.  Mulder put a hand on Scully's 
shoulder.  Maggie looked into the bedroom and locked eyes 
with her daughter.  

"Mama," Scully said and Maggie walked towards her 
daughter.  

"My baby," Maggie said and walked to her daughter and 
hugged her.  Dana wrapped her arms around her mother 
and buried her face in her shoulder.  "Oh angel it's ok."  
Dana cried.  Mulder slipped out of the room leaving them 
alone.  



Scully hugged her mother tightly.  Maggie tried to comfort 
her daughter.  

"Mom it was awful," Scully cried against her mother's 
shoulder.  Maggie stroked her daughter's hair.

"I know baby Mom's here," Maggie said and rocked her 
crying daughter.  Dana calmed and laid her head on her 
mother's shoulder.  Maggie rubbed her daughter's back.  
Dana fell asleep against her mother's shoulder.  Maggie laid 
Dana back in the bed and covered her with a blanket.  
Maggie walked out of the room and saw Fox sitting on the 
couch. He looked at her.

"She okay?" he asked.  Maggie nodded.

"She's sleeping," she said and sat down across from Fox.  
"How has she handled it?" Maggie asked leaning forward.

"Well she's not doing good. She's had nightmares and ....... I 
left her this morning to go get groceries It was stupid I 
shouldn't have left her but she told me she was okay and 
when I came back I found her hiding in the closet and she 
said he had been here..."  Fox was interrupted by a 
telephone call.

"Hello," Maggie answered.

"Ms. Scully this is Walter Skinner I wanted to check in on 
Dana.  How is she?" 

"She's okay she's sleeping right now," Maggie said.

"Is Agent Mulder there?" he asked.

"yes he is."

"Can I speak to him?" 

"yes."

"Mulder."

"Mulder? This is Skinner I wanted you to know that we 
think we've tracked down who this man is."

"Good because he came here this morning."

"What?"

"He came here I had left to get groceries and he came 
here."

"Mulder, Dana is in a lot of danger you do not leave her 
alone for any reason."

"I won't but why do you think she is still in danger?"

"we went to this man's house and we found a wall collage 
of pictures of her.  He had every article in the paper about 
your cases he had pictures of her.  He had apparently been 
following her.  Pictures of her and her family and you and 
very one she knows.  He is very obsessed with her.  Do not 
let her out of your sight."

"Don't worry, Sir I would like to help you find him."

"No Mulder you stay there and keep her safe.  Stay with 
her.  I'll be in touch."
 
Mulder hung up and went to the bedroom.  He opened the 
door and saw Scully asleep in the bed.  He opened the door 
and quietly told Maggie what had happened.  Maggie 
vowed never to leave Dana.  They both agreed not to tell 
Dana what had happened.  

"She's upset enough she just needs to relax and rest," 
Maggie said.  they heard a sound from the bedroom.  They 
both got up and ran to the bedroom to see Dana getting out 
of the bed.  Maggie went to her.

"Sweetheart get back in the bed," Maggie said putting her 
hands on her daughter's shoulders.  

"No Mom I can't sleep," Dana said.  Mulder walked up to 
her.  

"Are you hungry?" he asked. She looked up at him and 
nodded.

"I'll make breakfast," Maggie said and got up and went to 
the kitchen.  Scully looked at Mulder.  He sat next to her 
and hugged her.  She laid against his shoulder.  He rocked 
her for a while. 

"They know who he is don't they?" she said.  Mulder put 
his hand on the back of her head.

"Yes but it's okay," he said.

"I heard your conversation.  He's going to come after me 
isn't he?" Dana said her voice shaking.  Mulder pulled her 
back away from him.  He cradled her face in his hands.  

"No he isn't I won't let him come near you," Mulder vowed.  
Scully looked down and he pulled her to him again.  She 
laid against his chest while he comforted her.  

"It's alright," he reassured her.  


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Dana laid in bed and looked up at the ceiling.  Her mother 
laid next to her sound asleep.  Fox was sleeping in the 
living room.  Dana got up to go get something to drink.  
She climbed out of bed feeling twinges of pain as she 
moved in any strange way.  She walked to the kitchen 
glancing at Fox as he slept on the couch.  Dana opened the 
refrigerator and took out juice and took a glass from the 
cabinet.  She pulled herself a glass and suddenly the 
window over in the living room was broken through.  Fox 
shot up and immediately went for his gun that was on the 
table.  The man climbed through the window and jumped 
on Fox.  Fox punched him but the man ripped Dana's lamp 
off the wall and hit Fox with it.  Mulder laid on the floor 
gripping his head.  Dana ran for the phone.  the man 
grabbed her and threw her on the ground.  She tried to run 
away but he hit her in the face.  Maggie got up and ran to 
the room.  she spotted the man ran back to the phone in the 
bedroom.  Fox got up and grabbed the man and pulled him 
back from where he knelt punching Dana.  The man got up 
and grabbed Fox and they threw punches and hit each other 
repeatedly.  Dana got up and reached for Mulder's gun she 
aimed it on the man and fired.  The man fell to the ground 
slowly.  Mulder looked at her.  She promptly began to cry 
and dropped the gun.  The man laid on the ground and 
Maggie came out and stood in horror at what had 
happened.  Mulder ran for Dana.  HE knelt down and took 
her in his arms.  

"Ok angel it's all over he's gone he'll never hurt you again," 
he whispered while she laid against him.  

"Fox," she mumbled holding onto him tightly.  "Is he 
dead?" she asked looking up.  Mulder nodded.

"Yes baby he's gone it's okay," he said and she gripped his 
chest again.

"It was him he did it," she said.


"I know angel I know," he said and kissed the top of her 
head.  the police arrived and the man was taken away out 
of their lives forever.  His physical self that is....his memory 
would always remain.

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Fox Mulder's Journal



Scully's doing alot better now.  She's considering coming 
back to work next week.  I think it may be good for her but 
she still is a little vulnerable.  She gets scared when she's 
alone sometimes and she'll call.  Sometimes I'll go over and 
sleep on her couch or on the floor in her room so she'll be 
safe.  We've gotten much closer and we aren't afraid to 
open up to each other.  I still fell bad sometimes and think 
if only I had gotten there ten minutes earlier then none of 
this would have ever happened. but I know that this 
happened for some reason.  Dana tries not to talk about it 
and she tries to be strong.  That's my Scully for you but she 
really means more to me than anyone.  It was horrible to 
see my best friend and wonderful partner trapped in the eye 
of the storm but I know that we've become closer.  It's scary 
to think that we live in such a dangerous world that even 
the most secure places in the world can be the landscape of 
a serious crime but that's the world in which we live.  
Maybe the whole earth is the eyes of the storm.


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