Title - The Reoccurring Nightmare III - Cheating Fate
Author - Lady Disdain
E-mail - The_Lady_Disdain@mailcity.com
Rating - G 
Spoilers- With this one, the whole freakin series is 
fair game.
Summary – The nightmare continues...
Disclaimer - I do not own these characters, Fox does 
and I'm just borrowing them. Seriously. I am. :)
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The Reoccurring Nightmare III - Cheating Fate 
by Lady Disdain 
<The_Lady_Disdain@mailcity.com>

"Scully you have to listen to me...He's not who you think he is 
anymore..." 
 
 I have never felt so helpless in my life. It was like I was a 
prisoner in my own body. I was forced to sit and watch my nightmare 
come to life.

"He's not the same...Sculleee."

 Krycheck's final scream of my name might as well have been a stab in 
my heart.

 It was at that moment that I decided I wasn't going to be a victim. 
Why would I have that nightmare all throughout my pregnancy if I 
couldn't stop it from happening? I was going to fight back.
*****************************************************
"Scu-le, I'm he-re."

 I slowly walked through the kitchen and to the front door. I was 
ready. I opened the door the find Mulder standing there grinning 
and...I shot him.

 He bled green.

 It stung my eyes and the tears already welled up began to fall. I 
slammed the door and ran into the kitchen and collapsed on the table 
sobbing. I cried myself to sleep.

 When I woke up the birds outside were chirping, Christopher was 
sleeping peacefully, it was a beautiful day. It shouldn't have been.

 Not one of my neighbors called the cops to report a gunshot. When I 
opened my frontdoor that morning there was no body on my front stoop. 
There wasn't even a trace of green blood.

 I wanted to think it was just a nightmare but I couldn't. I checked 
my clip; it was missing a bullet.
*****************************************************
 I came to work that morning and told Walter everything. He vowed to 
protect Christopher and me from whatever they had turned Mulder into.

 We were married the next week. He adopted Christopher. Chris calls 
Walter daddy, he's never known it any other way.

 Two years later I had Magdalene. She's a wonderful little girl.
*****************************************************
 So that's how I cheated fate. We're safe here in the mountains. 
Chris and Maggie love it. They go exploring through the woods all the 
time. My favorite room in the house is this living room. I love to 
sit by the fire and write in my journal. I have nothing to fear.

 Heavy raindrops have begun to fall on the windowpanes. Walter is in 
his office working, the children are sound asleep.

 There's a knock on the frontdoor, Frohike said he'd stop by. The 
Gunmen live six miles from here. They bought the property the same 
time we did and are also preparing for colonization. Somehow we are 
going to fight it when it comes.

 I walk over to the mall hall as thunder booms overhead. The oak 
front door is ridiculously heavy and I have to yank it to get it 
open. 

 Lightening flashes and in the brief light I see who is standing 
before me.

 "...oh god...WALTER!!!"


The End
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Requests for explanations and/or feedback can be sent 
to
The_Lady_Disdain@mailcity.com

I'd like to thank everyone who responded to The 
Reoccurring Nightmare II - Full Circle, without your kind feedback 
this story would have never been written!



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