*This Is What I Meant To Send Out When I Sent
Part 9 of Thy Summer's Play Out Again. I Apologize*
Title - Pure Of Heart - Part 4 of ?
Author - Lady Disdain
E-mail - The_Lady_Disdain@mailcity.com
Rating - G
Category - 
Description - Story
Summary - During the shutdown of the X-Files in '94 
the daughter of Senator Matheson goes missing and 
Mulder is called in to find her. 
Spoilers - Season 1
Distribution - The mysteries of mailing lists still 
dumbfound me and I have no idea which archives this 
will automatically be sent to. *shrug* Your guess is 
as good as mine. For personal archives just ask me 
first.
Feedback: I've been generous with others so the 
feedback karma owes it to me, don't you think? ;-)
Author's Notes: * see end of the page after you 
finish reading the story
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Pure Of Heart by Lady Disdain 
<The_Lady_Disdain@mailcity.com>

"Unto the pure all things are pure."
- Bible, Titus 1:15

Idler Residence
456 Browne Manor 
Hunt, Virginia 
June 16, 1994
10:32 a.m

 During the past year Scully had gotten used to the 
many forms of the Mulder smirk. There was the "I know 
something you don't know." smirk, the "Gee that was 
smart." smirk, the "Aren't I Just Too Cute?" smirk 
and finally the incredibly annoying  "Told you so." 
smirk. 

 But today she discovered a new smirk, today Mulder 
was sporting the "I Just Got Scully To Blow Off 
Everything To Help Me" smirk. She also discovered 
that she hated this strain more than any of the 
others.

Or maybe it was just her migraine talking.

 Scully was rubbing her temples when they pulled into 
the circle drive of the Idler home. She immediately
took her hands away from her face when she caught 
sight of the house. If houses could speak this one 
would say money. Money was everywhere, in the 
professional landscaping, the gated entrance, the 
prestine white pillars, the huge wooden frontdoor, it 
all screamed money.

 A woman around Margaret Scully's age solemly greeted 
them at the door and escorted the two agents into the 
solarium. On the yellow loveseat sat a bleary eyed 
seventeen year old.

 Scully quickly read the situation and sat in the 
wicker chair across from the loveseat. She softly 
began to question the young woman, "Cari, I 
understand that Sarah's death is still new to you and 
you're probably very upset but we need to ask you 
some questions. Ok?"

 Cari nodded.

 "You told my partner," Scully didn't notice that she 
incorrectly called Mulder her partner, "that you 
couldn't remember the last time you saw Sarah. Do you 
still not remember?"

 The girl took a deep breath, "I think that the last 
I saw," Cari swallowed at the painful memory, 
"...Sarah was when she first got here...I just 
figured she was in the crowd somewhere."

 Mulder spoke up, "Last time you said you suspected 
she ditched the party and went off with a girl named 
Acacia."

 Cari wringed her fingers, "Yeah I figured she might 
have done that too."

 "What can you tell us about this girl named Acacia." 
Mulder asked as he learned back in his chair.

 Cari thought for a moment, "Well, she's weird I 
guess, always dresses in black and all that stuff. 
She's never really talked to me. I think she moved 
away a few years ago and then moved back. The two of 
them were inseperable. She and Sarah belonged to the 
same group. Pure Of Heart or something. They couldn't
eat meat, drink beer, smoke, or use drugs."

 Something in Scully's mind clicked, she leaned 
forward slightly in her chair, "Do you know this 
girl's last name?"

 Cari looked at the two agents like they were crazy,
"Of course I do, Acacia Kuhn lives three houses down
from here."

 The agents thanked the girl as they left for the
Kuhn home.

*****************************************************
Kuhn Residence
460 Browne Manor
Hunt, Virginia
June 16, 1994
10:56 a.m

 Mulder and Scully were shown to the sitting room 
as the maid wandered up the spiraling stairs to
find Acacia. They heard some yelling coming from
somewhere upstairs. The maid returned to the room
in a huff and informed them that Acacia would be with 
them in a few minutes.

 The two agents sat in silence for several minutes
before they were startled by the sound of boot clad
feet stomping down the marble staircase. When they 
looked through the doorway they found a tall scrawny
girl glaring at them.

 The girl plopped in the loveseat which Mulder was 
sure cost more than a month of his salary. Mulder
and Scully introduced themselves to no reply.
Acacia's eyes were surrounded with black eyeshadow 
and they narrowed at him as she asked, "What do you
want?"

 Mulder smiled nervously, "Acacia, that's a
beautiful name, you know in-"

 "In Greek it means 'thorny' and the tree itself
symbolizes rebirth and immortality...yada yada yada
I've heard that pick up line before." Acacia said 
Flatly as she picked at her chipping navy nailpolish, 
she didn't even look up, "You want to talk to me 
about Sarah."

 Scully spoke up, "Yes Agent Mulder and I would 
like to ask you some questions. We are trying to
understand the situation she was in before she died."

 Acacia leaned forward not bothering to brush away
her long black hair, "We all have our own ways
of grieving, Agent Scully. You've interrupted mine
and it's really pissing me off."

 Scully bit her tongue and stared at the girl as 
Mulder asked, "Where were you on the night of June
fourteenth?"

 Acacia snorted, "I sure as hell wasn't with 
Sarah!"

 "Why's that?"

 "I had tickets to the OPM concert but her dad 
wanted her to go to some yuppie party down the 
street." Acacia shrugged, "She went to the party to 
make her dad happy. He doesn't like me." Acacia got 
up from the chair and started walking out of the 
room, brush her hair behind her ear as she did so.

 The heart drawn on her hand reminded Mulder, 
"Wait."

 Acacia stopped, turned around and crossed her arms.
"What?" she said crossly.

 "What can you tell us about Sarah's involvement with
Pure Of Heart?"

 Acacia glared at Mulder. "Jeff Hernly. 17 Harman
Street. He'll tell you everything you want to know."
With that Acacia clomped up the staircase and slammed
her bedroom door.
*****************************************************
Belle Street
Hunt, Virginia
June 16, 1994
11:42 a.m.

 "So Scully what do you think?" Mulder asked as he
pulled on to Belle Street. He hadn't tried to talk to 
her since they pulled out of Browne Manor, figuring 
she had a headache.

 Scully smiled, her headache had gotten better, "I
think Acacia was definately hiding something. What's 
your take on it?"

 "I'm not sure yet." He replied enigmatically.

 Scully rolled her eyes. He was waiting for her full
theory so he could shoot it down using his spooky 
intuition. "I think it was a test. Cari Idler said 
that Pure Of Heart people weren't allowed to use 
drugs. Sarah's tox report showed that it was the 
first time she ever used anything much heavier than 
advil. Someone in this group wanted to see how pure 
she was. Sarah failed and accepted the drug in a GHB 
haze. I think she paid for that mistake with her 
life."

 "Could be. Could be." Mulder murmured mysteriously 
as they turned into Harman Street.
*****************************************************
Hernly Residence
17 Harman Street
Hunt, Virginia
June 15, 1994
11:46

 A wide eyed blonde nineteen year old opened the door 
and quickly ushered them inside. His flipflops made 
clicky noises as he lead them down the hall, "God I 
still can't believe Sarah's gone. It's like, she was 
just sitting here in a meeting a couple days ago and 
now she's..." Jeff cleared his throat, "Acacia called 
me and told me you guys were coming. It's ok that 
your here for now, my parents aren't home. They worry 
too much."

 Mulder and Scully sat down in yet another living 
room and began their questioning.

 Mulder asked, "What can you tell us about Pure Of 
Heart?"

 "Plenty. I started the Pure Of Heart group about two 
years ago with a couple older friends who've moved 
since then. My friends were addicts and they realized 
what terrible effects the drugs were having on them. 
With the help of some other people who were trying to 
kick various habits we started Pure Of Heart. It's a 
kind of support group, we go to shows together, we 
have meetings, and basically help each other stay 
pure. Some people still drink soda and eat meat. Some 
don't. The main thing is nobody drinks alcohol, 
smokes or does drugs. Some members give in to the 
temptation and leave the group, some, like me, plan 
on doing this forever." Jeff shrugged.

 "Is Acacia one of the ex-addicts?" Scully asked.

 Jeff sighed, "I'm sorry, I can't tell you either 
way. It's part of the trust system we have. The past 
is the past. People have all different kinds of 
problems that they use this to exorcise. What I can 
tell you is that Acacia joined as soon as she moved 
here six months ago. A month later Sarah joined."

 "What can you tell us about Sarah Matheson?"

 Jeff smiled, "She was a nice quiet girl. Very 
introverted, she could just lose herself in her 
thoughts and when you came up to her she practically 
jumped out of her skin. I always thought that was 
funny. She went out with Acacia alot. They were 
really good friends. I don't think Sarah's family 
understood Pure Of Heart at all. Probably thought it 
was a cult or something."

 "Where were you on the night of June fourteenth?"

 "The whole group went to the OPM show. Well, except 
for Sarah. She had to go to some party." Jeff's shook 
his head. "And now she's dead." Jeff put his head in 
his hands.

 Mulder looked at Scully and nodded toward the 
doorway. 

 Scully said, "Thank you Mr. Hernly for your time. 
You've been very helpful." They both got up showed 
themselves out. 

 As they walked to the car Scully asked, "What do you 
think the chances are of Acacia being an ex-heroin 
addict?"

 Mulder shook his head as he got into the driver's 
side, "If we're going to understand any of this we 
need to understand Sarah Matheson first." He started 
the car and headed to Senator Matheson's.
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* A. I apologize if anyone is for some reason 
offended by the similarities between the fictional 
Pure Of Heart and the real Straight Edge group. This 
story was not meant to be harmful to Straight Edge. 
It is a wonderful philosophy and I subscribe to it 
wholeheartedly. 

B. The band OPM was probably not in existence in '94 
but I just love their new song, "Heaven Is A 
Halfpipe" so I put 'em in there anyway. 

C. "Heaven Is A Halfpipe" - If I die before I 
wake/Atleast in heaven I can skate/Cuz right now on 
earth I can't do jack/Without the man upon my back

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