Title - Thy Summer's Play - Even So Far Away (Part 8 
of ?)
Author - Lady Disdain
E-mail - The_Lady_Disdain@mailcity.com
Rating - G
Category - 
Description - Story
Summary - Mulder's destiny becomes clear.
Spoilers - seventh season finale (Requiem)
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Apology:I'm so sorry, I forgot to send this part out
before sending out part 9. forgive me. :-)
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters, Fox does 
and I'm just borrowing them. I most certainly do not 
own Nick Drake and his lyrics.
ARCHIVING - Yes I do realize I must be driving the 
Gossamer people bonkers but I have finally found the 
title to gather all of my other stories under. I 
apologize to for any inconvenience; I'll try to think 
these things through next time. 
Author's notes: I realize that most people who read 
these stories do not even think of sending feedback 
but you can not begin to understand how important 
feedback is in the construction of a work. Also I am 
*trying* to answer some mythology questions and I 
apologize if I falter.

ATTENTION: I'd also like to let people know ~**THIS 
IS A MANY PART STORY!**~ (Time Has Told Me is the 
first installment, A Place In The Cloud being the 
second and Way To Blue the third, Things Behind the 
Sun the forth, Home the fifth, Time Of No Reply the 
sixth, and Discovery Of Innocence the seventh) Due to 
me being insane these stories are not under the 
bridge title of "Thy Summer's Play" at ephemeral but 
with any luck they will be under that title at 
gossamer.
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Thy Summer's Play, Part 8
"Little fly,
Thy summer's play
My thoughtless hand
Has brushed away.

Am not I
A fly like thee?
Or art not thou
A man like me?

For I dance
And drink and sing
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing."
 - William Blake "Little Fly"
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Even So Far Away by Lady Disdain 
<The_Lady_Disdain@mailcity.com>

"staring at the sea
will she come?
is there hope for me
after all is said and done
anything at any price
all of this for you
all the spoils of a wasted life
all of this for you
all the world has closed her eye
tired faith all worn and thin
for all that we could have done
and all that could have been" 
- Nine Inch Nails "The Great Below" 

Mulder stood by his desk and looked out the window of 
his apartment. Of course it wasn't really his 
apartment, just the alien's replica and instead of a 
view of the streets below he saw the stars. He wasn't 
sure how long he had been asleep; time seemed to pass 
differently here.

He turned as he heard the door open. Nurse Owens was 
standing there. She smiled kindly and told him that 
the other children were being briefed in the 
auditorium now but he was a special case and she had 
been asked to talk with him.

Mulder smiled as he wondered how many times in his 
life he had been considered a special case. He sat 
down at his desk and she on his couch.

The Nurse crossed her legs and folded her hands in 
her lap. She a deep breath before she began, "We're 
not actually sure when the first contact with your 
government was made but the Morte's message was 
clear, help us or no one survives. They told your 
government a lie. They said your people would only 
become slaves when they colonize. You learned a 
couple years ago how untrue that was. They want to 
wipe out your race and use your peoples bodies to 
gestate. But the government did not know that at the 
time and accepted the conditions, one human for every 
alien fetus. The aliens wanted to perfect their 
virus. The government wanted to create hybrids immune 
to the virus." 

She looked directly at Mulder, "The Mortes soon found 
out about our Star Children and demanded that the 
government catalogue the population to seek out the 
children. Your father did not want to that to go on 
and argued with the Morte. So the Morte demanded one 
family member from each member of the Syndicate as 
punishment. Imagine the Mortes surprise when they 
found out one of their helpers from earth had a Star 
Child." 

Nurse Owens sighed and looked apologetically at 
Mulder, "They did do tests on your sister and cloned 
her. They were trying to find out how we made her so 
that they could identify and make a specific virus to 
kill all the Star Children. The Morte returned her 
and she was kept in the custody of the Spenders. Soon 
the Morte wanted Samantha back; they wanted to do 
more tests. They had found an anomaly in her not 
normally found in Star Children. The tests would 
probably have killed her. So she became a Child Of 
The Starlight and was converted into pure energy."

She smiled enigmatically at Mulder, "But you see 
that's the magic of our children...they can convert 
back."

Mulder opened his mouth to speak but the Nurse 
silenced him, "Not now Mulder, you must know of 
everything else first. The Morte suspected that you 
too were a Star Child and they knew that because of 
your sister you would come to them on you own. And 
you did. They found the anomaly in you and in a 
greater amount. Your genes would produce a child who 
could undo the Morte and all of their plans. The 
Morte were patient, they waited a year or so and then 
ordered your government to take your partner. They 
somehow sensed that she would bear the chosen child."

Nurse Owens paused and watched her words take effect.
Mulder now knew better than to try to speak but his 
mind swarmed with questions. Scully? Bearing the 
"chosen child"? His child?

She continued, "They harvested her ova and made Emily 
out of the ova and your sperm. The Morte thought that 
if they created a child between the two of you it 
could only be the chosen child. They tested the poor 
girl to death. They thought that Emily's death would 
be the end to the resistance. Just to make sure they 
gave your partner cancer and rid her infertile." 
There were tears in the Nurses eyes, "I was sent to 
make sure she didn't die; that she saw the hope but 
did not understand it."

The woman stopped and asked for a drink of water. In 
a daze Mulder got up and went into the kitchen and 
got it for her. She thanked him and took a long sip.

Nurse Owens recrossed her legs and put the glass down 
and smiled sympathetically at Mulder, this wasn't 
going to be easy, "When you left Mulder, Scully was 
pregnant." She saw the look of awe and disbelief 
cross Mulder's face and continued, "Now she's about 
four months along with a little baby girl named 
Samantha. She will give birth at about three am, New 
Years Day. It's your child, Mulder. In eight years 
and five months young Samantha and her mother will 
join us. By that time your daughter will have all of 
her powers. She will be a true Child Of The Stars. 
And together with the help of you and Scully," The 
Nurse paused trying to find a better way to say it 
but found none, "as cliche as it sounds, she will 
save the world." 

Mulder sat frozen in the chair. He didn't hear Nurse 
Owens get up. He didn't hear her put her glass in the 
sink. He didn't hear her shut the door. But very 
slowly he turned around in the chair and looked out 
the window. The ship had rotated while Nurse Owens 
had been talking to him and he could now see the 
earth. He could see the white of the clouds, the blue 
of the sea, and the green of the ground.

Mulder slowly closed his eyes and listened. He heard 
it, it was very faint but he could hear it. The dual 
heartbeat of a mother and daughter.

"ocean pulls me close
and whispers in my ear
the destiny i've chose
all becoming clear

i can still feel you
even so far away"
- Nine Inch Nails "The Great Below"
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