From: Captain Average Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 00:18:06 GMT Subject: 9th Season Mulder Fic - Adjustments Source: atxc Blank Adjustments (A 9th Season Mulder Ficlet) Author: Captain Average Summary: See title... Disclaimer: Fox Mulder is owned (but not, of late, operated) by 10-13 and FOX Television. Since they (as noted) aren't doing anything with him, this season, I'm borrowing him for a few paltry paragraphs. I'm on a disabled benefit, so I'll try not infringe on any copyrights, because if you sue you'd be the ones losing money. Rating: G, really! Feedback: Always appreciated Archiving: Ask and it shall be given unto you... He stands outside the convenience store, Twinkie in hand. Beside him, the memory of her stands, like a phantom limb - a part of himself that he feels at all times. There are new people where he... where *they* used to be. People with good hearts. People who will genuinely try. People who have no idea what they're up against. He thinks of them, working in *his* former official capacity. The cases, the phenomena, the forces that will work against them - the even more unlikely forces that may work *for*, or at least *with* them. He wishes them well. He climbs into his vehicle (as long it goes where he wants, he doesn't care what it is) and drives. His eyes watching the road - in front of him, *and* behind. From time to time he glances at the tabloid on the seat beside him. Once again he savors the thought that sometimes it's the *unofficial* investigator who can get things done; for whom the truth will reveal itself. A corner of his mouth raises in something that could be a smile, or a smirk. He drives on...