All characters and situations are based upon Christ Carter's "The X-FILES",
TEN THIRTEEN Productions, and the FOX Broadcasting Network. No infringement
of copyright intended...


"And a *lie* Mr. Mulder, is most convincently hidden between two *truths*."
Deep Throat.


New Years's Party
by 
Will Ashby
(a.k.a. Agent Dial@aol.com)
12/26/94

WASHINGTON D.C.
DECEMBER 31, 1994

  With the Christmas holiday over, the streets of Washington have filled
with people shopping for after Christmas sales. The hustle and bustle of
crowds bumping into each other in the mall, and the traffic jam of taxi cabs
at the street corners. But shopping for sales was not on the mind of
Special Agent Fox Mulder.

MULDER'S APARTMENT
7:15 A.M.

  The apartment was almost pitch black except for the tiny lines of sunlight
sliding through the window blinds. Mulder sat at his desk motionlessly and
quietly with his arms folded across his chest. He sat there staring at the
photograph of Samantha that was taken of her when she was eight. The only
thought that ran through his mind was that he had spent another Christmas
holiday without her, and he was going to enter into another new year hoping
he would find her again. He headed for the kitchen to get a cup of coffee.
As he picked up the cup and took a sip he flashed back to that time when
his sister disappeared and the turmoil he had faced.......

  * Mulder angerly stared at Samantha. <I hate you! I wish I didn't have a
sister> he thought. All of sudden the whole house began to tremble, and the
lights flickered off and on. <What's going on> Mulder thought. Strange
illuminating lights beamed in through the windows. Mulder quickly looked at
his sister and then looked out the window. The streets were empty, but as
he looked in the sky he saw a bright light. <What...the...>
  "AAAAAhhhhhhh!!!!!! Help me Fox!!! Help me!!! Fox.....Fox.....Fo.x...."
Samantha cried. He turned and looked at his sister and he saw her suspended
in a force field of light. <What is that!> he thought.
  "Samantha!!!!!" he cried!!!*
  
  RING.....RING....RING. Mulder snapped out of his daydreaming state. It
was the phone. He headed towards the phone and picked up the receiver.
"Hello?" he said.
  "Hey, Mulder, its me!"
  "Scully, how's the family."
  "Oh, you know. The families doing fine. I don't exactly know since I'm
not at home with them."
  "What?! Where are you then.?" he asked.
  "I'm here at my own house."
  "I thought you were going to spend New Years with them."
  "Well, I felt that I had spent enough time with my family this holiday.
I wanted to get away from the relatives." Scully replied.
  "Oh......I thought that...."
  Scully quickly interrupted, "Mulder, what are you doing for New Year's?"
  "Uh.....uh....nothing. You know me Scully, I'll find something."
  "You know Mulder, I really hate spending the holidays alone," Scully
implied.
  "You can always go back to your mom's house." Mulder responded.
  "Yeah, well.....I was hoping I could bring in the New Year with you!"
she said.
  "Are you sure, I mean, me....really....I mean.." Mulder began to studder.
  "Yes Mulder, you. Please!" Scully begged.
  "I guess so."
  "Great, I'll come over tonight, and we can celebrate another year of the
X-FILES."
  "Okay, bye," and Mulder hung up. <Damn, I need to clean this place up.>
he thought. He ran around the house picking up things he hadn't seen in
years and stuffing them into his desk drawers. Meanwhile, Scully went
grocery shopping for some appropriate party goods.
  <I can't believe I'm actually doing this." she thought.
  
MULDER'S APARTMENT
7:00 P.M.

  KNOCK...KNOCK..KNOCK. Mulder's heart pounded like it never did before.
Why was he so nervous, it was only Scully. Mulder straightened his clothes
and opened the door.  "Hey Scully, come in," he said.
  "Hi Mulder! I got us some food," she responded. "Wow, you really went
out for this *affair*" Scully looked at Mulder and blushed.
  "Why are you blushing?" Mulder asked ignorantly.
  "Oh, nothing!" she replied.
  RING.....RING...RING. Mulder and Scully looked at the phone.
  "Who could that be?" Scully asked Mulder.
  "I don't know." Mulder picked up the receiver and spoke: "Hello?"
  "Mulder, hi. This is Melissa Scully. I just wanted to say Happy New Year."
  "Hi. Thank you for calling. I have to admit it's a surprise though."
Mulder replied.
  "Yeah, well, I figured when we met we didn't hit it off on the right
hand. Why should we have, my sister was in a coma. Anyways, I wanted to
just tell you since everything worked out with Dana that maybe we could see
more of each other next year. You know as friends or something." she said.
  Mulder looked at Scully and said nothing for a moment.
  "Mulder......are you still there?" Melissa asked.
  "Yeah, uh....I'm right here. Sounds great, we should. Listen, I really
got to go. I'll talk to you later." Mulder quickly responded.
  "Okay, well, I'll see you later Mulder! Bye."
  "Who was that?" Scully asked Mulder.
  "It was your sister Melissa."
  "My sister......" Scully looked curiously at Mulder.
  "It was nothing. Hey look at the time it's almost 1995. Get the food."
  Scully didn't appear enthusiastic at first. "Yeah......well....sure...
okay, let's party."

TIME SQUARE NEW YORK
DECEMBER 31, 1994  11:59:50 P.M. 

  "Welcome back ladies and gentlemen we're here in Time Square and the ball
is about to be dropped symbolizing a new year.!!! We're counting down...
10.....9....8....7....

MULDER'S APARTMENT

  Mulder and Scully looked at each other. "Mulder, you know...I'm really
happy I can start a new year with you. May this be the beginning of many
new possibilities." Scully said with pride.
  "Here's to another year of genetic mutants and aliens." Mulder responded
with a bit of quirkiness.
  "3......2......1....HAPPY NEW YEAR" Scully shouted. Scully looked at
Mulder and approached him. "Happy New year Mulder. To my favorite partner"
and with that she gave him a big kiss on the lips. A look of surprise came
across the face of Mulder, but he was very shy she had kissed him. He
blushed. "Happy New Year." and he kissed her back. <Why did I just do that>
Mulder thought.
  "Well, I better get going. I'll see you at work Mulder." Scully
suddenly said.
  "Yeah, I guess so. Bye Scully." As he watched her leave he began to think
<Yeah another year. I love you Samantha!> Mulder walked back towards the
couch and plopped down on it. He picked up the remote and turned off the
television. "My first New Year's party with Scully it was fun. Maybe she's
right this year could be the start of *NEW POSSIBILITIES*"
  All of a sudden his cellular phone rang. He looked at it and couldn't
think of anyone that would call him on his cell phone except Scully....
hmmmm. He picked up the phone, "Mulder."
  An incandescent female voice responded, "Happy New Year, Fox. I *love*
you, forever." and the caller hung up.
  "What the...?" Mulder questioned.
  
  
  Next time on the X-FILES - It's the beginning of a year for the
X-FILES, Agents Mulder and Scully will find out that nothing rests within
the government. Will Mulder be able to uncover more of the *truth* or will
they get to him and Scully first? Also, Mulder has seen everything, but
tonight, Scully will uncover something within government walls in
D.C.--*CONTACT* Next time on the X-FILES!!!!!!

HAPPY *X-FILE* NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!!!!!!

I hope you guys enjoyed this short story. Believe me this is not the end.
More stories to be written, after all, we have a whole year to write. May
the X-FILES live *forever* E-MAIL me all your comments on this story. :)

From: Agent Dial

All characters and situations are based upon Christ Carter's "The X-FILES",
TEN THIRTEEN Productions, and the FOX Broadcasting Network. No infringement
of copyright intended...

