The X Files put on Peter Pan 8/8

by Cosmikgirlie

Chapter 8

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That day was a melancholy one. Skinner had disappeared somewhere in shock and most of the guests had left, embarrassed. The vicar was standing near the back door humming a bored tune. Scully walked up to him. 
"Sorry about this!" she gave him a weak smile. The vicar smiled back. "It's not your fault. I thought something was wrong the first time I saw them actually; there was something about them that just didn't go. You see this isn't the first time I've been left alone at the altar with a groom." 
Scully looked sympathetic. "It must be hard." 
"Yes, but happiness always finds it's way into our lives once more." 
Scully looked away, thoughtful. 

"Do you think so?" asked Mulder. 
"Of course!" replied the Lone Gunmen together. "It's the best thing to do!" 
"I don't know.." Mulder scratched his chin. "What about the-" 
"That's all sorted!" smiled Byers. 
"It just doesn't seem the right time to do it, that's all. I mean what if..." 
"Don't worry!" urged Langly. "Everything will turn out how you want it I'm sure! This is how you want it?" 
Mulder nodded his head quickly. "More than anything!" he smiled. 

Scully was walking through the changing room searching for Mulder. She couldn't find him anywhere. All the time her heart was beating fast and her hands shook slightly. I'm O.K, she kept telling herself as she frantically searched. 
Suddenly Mulder came from out of a corner. Absent-mindedly she bumped into him. 
"Oh! There you are!" Scully exclaimed. "Mulder I need to talk to you!" 
Mulder took her arms urgently. "Me too." he said. They walked into the empty hall. 
"Listen," said Scully as she turned to Mulder. "I know things have been a bit shaky but I believe every time I see you.." 
"I want to be with you." finished Mulder, smiling. Scully smiled back. Her heart began to flutter. She tried to speak again but Mulder gently placed his fingers over her lips. 
"Ssssh, I need to speak. Scully, we have known each other for seven long years and we have been through thick and thin together." 
"I know!" chirped Scully. "That's why I wanted to say..I love you, Fox Mulder." 
"I love you too, Dana." They moved closer and gazed into each other's eyes, like they had always longed to do. Mulder squeezed Scully's hand. 
"Scully..Will you.." 
"Will you marry me." Scully joined in on Mulder's words and each stared at the other for their proposal. They then burst into laughter and managed a "yes" amongst the fits of giggles. When things had calmed down they hugged and held each other close. 
"Now and forever." they both thought. 

**

Byers stood, staring at the stage. He didn't know what had happened, but life was going to quickly, he guessed, even for him. He breathed a heavy sigh and stared down at the ground. He didn't know how he was going to do it, but in his heart of hearts, he knew he had to. He had to tell her, and he had to do it soon. 

Skinner stared after the two, who were canoodling and fidgeting about with each other. What is wrong with them? They're behaving like two-year-olds, he thought. He heard Scully laugh out loud and then whisper something in a giggling Mulder's ear. This is getting ridiculous, decided Skinner, who walked over to the two and sat down. 
"What is going on?" he demanded. 
"Well..." said Mulder. 
"You see..." started a smiling Scully. 

Langly sat behind the stage, poking a machine with a screwdriver. He stuck out his tongue as he did it, his eyes rolling with delight. He knew that the sooner he could get this ready, the sooner he would know. And he needed to know. Boy, he did. Ever since he had seen him, it just clicked. It was weird, thinking about it, but this was the only way he could find out for sure. Slowly he opened the metal lid and, with a hand squashed to his mouth, to prevent his laughter, he typed in the words... WALTER SKINNER: MAN OR WOMAN? 

"What?!" exclaimed Skinner, his eyes opening wide. "You mean..you..and...Scully..?" 
Mulder grinned. "Yup!" he said, gazing into Scully's eyes, with a puppy dog _expression. 
"Wow. Could never have seen that coming!" he said, looking at the two. How blind I am, he thought. 
"Mmmmm...We could!" murmured Scully, resting her head on Mulder's shoulder and then looking up and closing her lips against his. 
Skinner went a nice shade of pink and, murmuring something about needing the loo, dashed off in the opposite direction. 
He was met by a hurried Langly. "Skinner, stop! If that is your real name!" he shouted. 
"Sorry?" asked Skinner, curiously. 
"Everyone, listen up! I have the proof right here!" 
"Let me see that!" demanded an angry Skinner, but Langly snatched it away and out of his reach. 
"Everyone, Skinner's a WOMAN!!!" 

**

Mulder's head bolted up when he heard Langly's words, and Scully almost fell to the ground in fits of giggles. Everyone else just stared in amazement at Langly, as he stood, clutching a machine tightly in his small hands. 
"WHAT?!?!" roared Skinner, going very pink. 
"You heard!" retorted Langly with a grin on his face. 
Everyone began to crowd round the scene, intrigued with what Langly had to say. 
"Look, here, see the proof for yourselves." And before a very annoyed Skinner, he placed the machine in prime position and proceeded to explain. 
"This is the G.B. (a prize for the person who guesses what that stands for!). You can ask it ..certain.. questions about someone and it will respond, with the answer, which it has obtained from a vast archive of information available to it from what it has seen, and been subjected to. It really is a genius invention!" he said with a smirk. 
Frohike frowned. "Why didn't you tell us about this before?" he asked. 
But Langly just went on. "Now, I will show you what I found out just now about this....thing." He pointed to an embarrassed Skinner. 
"Let me get this straight...you think Skinner is a..a..?" Mulder burst into laughter. 
Again Langly ignored this. "Now, watch carefully." He then typed in the same words as he had done before and pressed the Venus Or Mars? button. The machine jumped up and whizzed and whirred. Everyone was used to these weird inventions by now and so stood motionless, waiting for the outcome. 
Suddenly it stopped and settled down, smoking slightly. Langly quickly touched the button again. A piece of plastic popped out of the top with a word written on it: MAN 
Everyone stared at it for a second, and then sighed, disappointed. 
Langly stared at the screen, frowning and scratching his chin. "Wait, there must be something wrong! It just said a minute ago.." 
"Looks like someone owes somebody an apology." said a patronising Skinner, after sighing a breath of relief and wiping his sweaty brow. 
Langly fixed a penetrating stare on him, as the others dispensed after the anti-climax. 
"I know what I saw - " he was stopped by a small cough. He turned round and saw Scully, standing behind him, holding out a piece of sticky tape. 
"I found it on the screen. It must have got lodged there." she said calmly. 
But Langly wasn't looking at the sticky tape, or Scully even. His whole gaze was concentrated on the machine. Slowly, not taking his eyes off it, he tiptoed closer and carefully peeled off another piece of sticky tape, which had been placed on the screen. It revealed two letters: WO . 
Langly screamed with delight and started to dance around like a pixie. "I told you! Look, look what it says!" he squealed. 
Skinner and the others peered down at the new words: WOMAN. 

**

As everyone stared at Skinner, it all got too much for him so he screamed out. 
"OK! OK! Look, I never thought you would find this out and I don't see how it is any of your business, but...I do have more female genes than male genes. It was a defect at birth and no-one knew how it happened, but it did. However I might remind you, this does not make any difference to me physically -" he stared at the Lone Gunmen who were peering at him curiously " that silly machine there probably just picked it up that’s all." Everyone carried on staring at him. Mulder tried to picture him with blonde hair and cleavage but gave up as it made him feel sick. 
"Alright! Shows over!" shouted Skinner, turning pink and leaving the room. 
"Boy! Would never have seen THAT coming!" giggled Langly. Scully turned to Mulder, with a serious face. 
"Wow, poor guy." she said. 
"I know, he must be so confused. No wonder he gets so ratty once a month!" he grinned. 
Scully hit him and grinned back. 

Later on everyone realised that Skinner had a done a runner but left him as it would just be awkward anyway. Frohike was busy typing in every person he had ever met to find out if they were secretly a different gender. 
"Scully?" called Mulder. He hadn't seen her for a while now and he wondered what she was doing. It was weird coz ever since they had got together she was always darting off places without him and being all secretive about where she was. When he sometimes picked her up in the morning she was always doing something and then gave a weak excuse like she was having a shower but her hair wasn't always wet. He suspected maybe she had someone on the side. Like Byers..or Skinner. Mulder panicked, that was just weird!! 

Scully stood staring into the mirror in the bathroom. Her eyes looked faded and tired. She never got any sleep and she was sick of it. Literately. Her hands wandered down to her stomach. "Hi!" she whispered. 

**

The next day, Mulder and Scully were contacted by Skinner to arrive at the Old Theatre at 10:00 to practice for a final performance of Peter Pan. 
At almost 10:00, they walked up to the door and opened it. Skinner rushed up to them and pulled them into a side room as fast as possible, shielding them from what was going on in the hall. 
"What's going on?" asked a puzzled Scully. 
"I'd like you to meet someone!" said Skinner, excitedly. He then introduced an elderly man, wearing a dog collar. 
Mulder peered curiously at the vicar. 
"What-?" he asked. 
"I hear," said the old man, "that you two love birds want to get married." 
Mulder and Scully nodded their heads slowly. 
"Right then, lets get on with it!" he smiled, his eyes twinkling. 
Mulder and Scully followed in amazement as Skinner led them into the hall. 
It was a brilliant sight. The stage had been converted into an altar, decked out with lilies and rose petals, covering the floor. Ivy was curled round the curtains and small, white fairy lights hang from the ceiling. 
Scully stared on, her face beaming. The floor of the hall had been divided into two: one side for Mulder and the other for Scully. 
She waved at her family, sitting at the front and smiled as she saw her and Mulder's friends waving at her. 
A carpet of shinning white streamed across the floor and the sun shone across the happy couple. 
Scully turned to Mulder. He had tears in his eyes. 
"But what about my clothes?" stammered Scully. 
"Don't worry about that!" smiled Langly, who emerged from the side, dressed in a top hat and a dazzling white suit. 
"We've thought of everything!" He then led the stunned pair to separate dressing rooms, where their clothes lay, waiting to be worn, on the chairs. 
Scully rushed into her room and sat down on the chair. She was in a half daze. She had woken up this morning, expecting to perform a play, and now...well it was all too much for words. She felt for the wedding dress and carefully pulled it on. It was beautiful. Slender at the top, the white silk fell across her skin and flared out slightly at the bottom. 
It dazzled as it shone in the light and Scully put on the gorgeous diamond necklace to go with it. 
She looked around and saw some white strappy shoes with three diamonds on the top. 
"They've even remembered the high heels!" she smiled. 
She then stood in front of the mirror and stared at herself. This is the day, she thought. After everything, she had finally found happiness with the man she couldn't imagine living without. She just managed to hold her tears in as she crossed the room and quietly slipped outside. She then opened the door to Mulder's room and stepped in. 
Suddenly he turned round from adjusting his tie and stood, staring at Scully, speechless. 
Scully chuckled. "You look nice!" she said. 
"You...erm...Scully...erm...Dana...oh my!" he stuttered. 
She smiled and crossed over to him, slipping her hands around his waist. 
"You look sensational." he whispered. Scully rested her head on his chest. 
"But we're not meant to see each other!" he exclaimed. 
Scully stepped back. "Mulder?" she said. "I have something to tell you." 
Mulder dipped his head down and said "hmmm?" 
"Well, I just kinda...well found out...well you see..erm.. I'm pregnant!" 
Mulder took in a deep breath and beamed so brightly, you could see him from a mile away! 
"Oh, I love you Scully!" he exclaimed and hugged her tight. 

The ceremony was one to remember. Byers and Frohike were the "bridesboys": they held Scully's dress and threw flowers out into the crowd, their eyes twinkling with delight. 
As Skinner gave Scully away, she kissed him on the cheek, making him blush and joined Mulder at the altar. 
When they had been married (Langly had lost the ring and so he quickly made one out of daisies and buttercups and used it, much to the surprise of the couple), they proceeded out, followed by cheers and the throwing of coloured confetti. 
Mulder and Scully then stood outside, smiling for the photographs. 
"Mulder?" asked Scully, amidst the celebrations. "Is it alright if I call you Fox now?" 
Mulder smiled. "Only if I can call you Dana!" They smiled at each other and kissed as everyone wolf-whistled. 
In a car behind the celebrations, sat two familiar faces. 
"So, they really were made for each other then!" said Marita. 
"Yeah. And Skinner still hasn't revealed himself to Scully." replied Krycek. 
"Oh well. It's probably better that way. Knowing that your mother and father are one and the same person is not exactly something she needs to know." 
They chuckled and watched on, unseen by the cheering crowd; and rays of joy beamed out of Mulder and Scully as they stood, having finally found the truth they had been searching for for so long: in one another. 

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THE END 

by Cosmikgirlie