Mulder, Scully, Skinner, etc. all belong to Chris Carter and
Company.  Any infringement is unintended, don't hurt me.  The
song, although I'm not sure about the words, belongs to R.E.M.
and Company.  This story is not rated, but should not offend that
easily, although you KNOW, this will NEVER, EVER, happen. (IsBobThere)

                                "Let Me In"

Wednesday
6:30 am
Washington D.C.

     As Dana Scully slowly came out of sleep, she was dimly aware
of something ringing.  When it became clear that it was the phone,
she came fully out of sleep to answer it.

     "Hello?"

     "What?...Oh, my God...When?...I'll be right there."

     Scully bolted out of bed, dressed quickly, and was out the door
in a matter of seconds.

6:37 am
A car en route to the J. Edgar Hoover Building

     Scully was grateful that were not too many cars on the road.  As
she began to think about what Skinner had said to her over the
phone, her resolve began to crumble.  She turned on the radio with
the hopes that it would distract her.

     "Yeah, all those star drip down like butter
     With promises of sleep
     We hold out our hands
     Tricked our hands to catch them
     We eat them up
     Drink them up
     Up, Up, Up
     Hey...
     Let me in
     Hey...
     Let me in"

     A tear trickled down her face.  She was almost there.

     "I only wish that I could hear you whisper down
     Mr. Official Moot
     To a less peculiar ground
     He gathered up his loved ones
     And he brought them all around to say 'Goodbye'
     'Nice try'
     Hey...
     Let me in
     Yeah, yeah, yeah
     Hey...
     Let me in
     Let me in"

     "Selfish bastard," Scully said to herself.  More tears streamed
down her face and she struggled to keep her car under control
while she cried.

     "I had a mind to try to stop you
     Let me in
     Let me in
     And I've got tar on my feet
     And I can't see all the roads
     Look down and laugh at me
     Clumsy, crawling, out of my skin
     Hey...
     Let me in
     Yeah, yeah, yeah
     Hey...
     Let me in
     Hey...
     Let me in
     Yeah, yeah, yeah
     Hey...
     Let me in"

     She finally reached her destination, flipped off the car and ran
inside, fearful of what she would find.  <I should have known he
would do this!  Damnit!  All the signs were there!>

     Scully finally reached the basement to see a small group of
agents clustered around the door to the office.  She shoved her way
through and stopped, just inside the doorway.

     Assistant Director Skinner saw her and approached her
carefully.

     "Agent Scully, we found him just before we called you.  There's
nothing you could have done.  I'm sorry."  Skinner started to turn,
but then he remembered something.

     "He did, however, leave this behind."

     He handed Scully a type written sheet of paper.  On it, was one
paragraph.

          "I know that my time on this Earth has been short.  But for
me, it was drawn out far too long.  Through the abuse, I endured, I
knew I could go on,  but then they took the one think in this world
that I treasured most.  My sister.  My failure to find her only makes
my actions more fitting.  I have tried to persevere through my
work, but I have only succeeded in endangering those around me. 
Thus, I believe this decision to be correct, for me.  The alienation   
from my mother and the death of my father only adds to the
rightness.  My tenure on this Earth is over.  Goodbye.

                                   Fox Mulder"
     
     Scrawled at the bottom of the page, in black ink, were three
words.

     "Dana, I'm sorry."

     Scully fell to the floor and sat there, crying, the note clutched to
her heart.  She didn't even notice the paramedics wheel the body
out.  She only felt the emptiness in her body, her mind, her soul, as
she realized that the special link she shared with him was severed,
forever.