Title - Thy Summer's Play - Epilogue
Author - Lady Disdain
E-mail - The_Lady_Disdain@mailcity.com
Rating - G
Category - 
Description - Story, mytharc
Summary - 
Spoilers - Everything up and through the 7th season
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters, Fox does 
and I'm just borrowing them. I most certainly do not 
own Nine Inch Nails. I am in no way making any money 
off of this. 
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Thy Summer's Play, Epilogue
"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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The Fragile by Lady Disdain 
<The_Lady_Disdain@mailcity.com>

"as black as the night can get
everything is safer now
there's always a way to forget
once you learn to find a way how

in the blur of serenity
where did everything get lost?
The flowers of naivete
Buried in a layer of frost

the smell of sunshine
i remember sometimes" 
- Nine Inch Nails "I'm Looking Forward To Joining 
You, Finally" 

 Her eyes snapped open. Light was pouring in from the 
window. She was in a hotel room lying on the coral
comforter. She bolted upright, her cell phone was on 
the dresser. She dialed 555-1121.

"Mulder."

"It's me, Mulder. Where are you?"

"I'm in what appears to be a Day's Inn."

"Me too. Go out into the hall."

 She opened the door and sure enough Mulder was 
there, standing in the hall. For a split second they 
stood and stared at one another but then their arms 
found their way around each other.

 Scully looked up into Mulder's face, "Let's find 
Skinner."

 Hand in hand they walked out the door.
*****************************************************
 Skinner shook his head, "Agents as much as I'd like 
to believe your story, the facts still remain. Ten 
years ago the X-Files shut down not because of alien 
abduction and an unexpected pregnancy. There was some 
sort of rift in your relationship. Mulder, you went 
back to VCS to profile. Scully, you started your own 
practice. Two weeks ago I got a call from the two of 
you saying you wanted to reopen the X-Files and I was 
happy to do so. That's all that I can tell you."

 Scully cleared her throat; "We never went back to 
Oregon?"

"You never went back." Skinner swallowed, "You should 
know that there was a...rumor that went through the 
office, Agent Scully. They said that an old flame of 
yours died and you decided that you had made a 
mistake. And that you also convinced Agent Mulder 
that so had he."

Scully bit her lip; "You never met my daughter?"

"No. You were never even pregnant to my knowledge."

 Agent Scully took something out from her pocket and 
laid it on Skinner desk. "We'll be in for work on 
Monday, Sir." With that she and Mulder left.

 Skinner slowly picked up the silver necklace; it 
shined in the sunbeams coming in from the window 
behind him. With his fingernail he pried open the 
heartshaped locket and stared at what he found. 
Inside on the right there was a picture of the 
Madonna on the left there was a picture of a young 
girl. She was maybe four or five, she had long brown 
hair and her mother's eyes and her father's pouty 
lips...
*****************************************************
 Mulder sat on the leather couch and accepted the tea 
Scully offered. Both of their old apartments just 
happened to be vacant. With their feet propped on the 
coffee table they watched the rain softly hit the 
windowpane. 

 He took another sip of the tea and reached for 
Scully's hand squeezing it softly. "Tell me about our 
daughter, Scully."
*****************************************************
They lay on Mulder's Navaho blanket staring up at the 
night sky and into the wide expanse of space.

 A though struck Scully, "Mulder, did I ever tell you 
I was an amateur astronomer when I was kid?"

 Mulder turned his head and smiled at Scully, it 
didn't surprise him, "No, I don't think you have."

 Scully rested her head on Mulder's shoulder; "Can 
you find the constellation Leo?"

"Yeah, isn't it right there?" Mulder pointed to the 
southern sky.

"That's it. Now look at Leo's tail, that's the star 
Denebola its part of the Virgo Triangle." Scully 
pointed, "To the far left of Denebola is Arcturus and 
the very bright star between the two is Spica, 
Virgo's knee. Do you know the legend of Virgo?"

"Tell me, Scully."

"Astraea, the goddess of justice also known as the 
Maiden or Virgo, moved from town to town in a time of 
unrest. She was hoping to find peace but everywhere 
she went she saw only suffering. So Astraea went to 
live in the heavens and with her she carried a stalk 
of wheat. With one hand she holds the stalks of wheat 
and with the other she waves. On the way up some of 
the wheat broke and scattered grains across the sky. 
The grains of wheat became stars. Legend says that 
only people who love peace and justice can see the 
stars of Virgo. Look Mulder, the star of her waving 
hand is especially bright tonight. Mulder?"

 Scully lifted her head up to look in Mulder's eyes 
and found that they were filling with tears, "What's 
wrong?" she said softly.

 Mulder took a deep breath, "Nothing its just...Nurse 
Owens told me that Starchildren could convert into 
pure energy and back again, that's how I was able to 
meet my sister...What if Samantha before the 
explosion..." 

 They both looked up into the waving hand of Virgo as 
it shined and twinkled at them. Scully said softly, 
"I guess we'll always know where she is, Mulder." As 
Mulder reached his arms around her and hugged her 
tight.

 And from that point on whenever Mulder looked up at 
the constellation Virgo he swore he could smell 
sunshine and wildflowers.

"the smell of sunshine
i remember sometimes

i've done all i can do
could i please come with you?
Sweet smell of sunshine
I remember sometimes"
- Nine Inch Nails "I'm Looking Forward To Joining 
You, Finally"
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Author's Notes: I just love the legend of Virgo and couldn't resist 
putting it in here *somewhere* and so this Epilogue was born. So what 
did you kiddos think? Was this series as much fun to read as it was 
for me to write?
Send feedback to: The_Lady_Disdain@mailcity.com
Author's Random Rant: I think the shit really hit the fan this 
season. The good episodes were few and far between which is why I'm 
playing catch up on the whole mythology thing. 
You should note that this story is *not* categorized as an MSR and 
there's a reason for that. (Sorry for raining on all you shipper's 
parade. Its just not my style.)
My idea is that after this they go back to work on the X-Files, 
sometimes they get along, sometimes they don't, maybe they have a 
physical relationship, maybe they don't but one thing is certain, 
they'll get as close to happily ever after as any of us can.
;-)



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