The Sex Files.

++ 11th June, 2005.
++ FBI Headquarters, Washington DC.

Agent Dana Scully walked briskly through winding darkened passages. A sense of foreboding filled her thoughts and she absent mindedly fingered the catch on her bag as she hurried along. Ever since she had come here the dingy corridors had seemed to put her ill at ease and the lack of anyone else around amplified her thoughts of vulnerability. Rounding a corner she saw a light at the end of the next corridor. She took a deep breath and moved on, steeling herself against whatever horror might be lurking ahead. Carefully she took ahold of the door handle and taking a deep breath she opened it...
..and came face to face with a slimey, dripping monster!

"Jeezzz!" she cried.
"Scully?!" came a familiar voice. Fox Mulder wrestled with the poster he had been unfurling and set it aside.
"Mulder! What the heck are you doing?" she snapped, gathering her wits.
"Just hanging a poster." he said grinning, "Doesnt it look great?".
He indicated the image on the poster. It looked like the fuzzy images of the Loch Ness monster she had seen in Mulders popular Fortean magazines.
"Yes Mulder. Wonderful." her voice dripping sarcasm, "So why am I here on a Saturday?"
"Monsters, Scully." he beamed.
"Monsters?".
"Yeah, a friend of an acquaintance, who knows someone who said he saw something like the Loch Ness monster in one of the great lakes, says he can show me the spot!"
"In the great lakes?!" repeated Scully, sighing a little under her breath.
"Exactly. So, cmon." he confirmed, before gathering some folders with photos hanging out at the seams.
"You want me to go with you?" she asked, bemused.
"Of course! Cmon, it'll be fun!"
Dana sighed again. It looked like the nice quiet weekend she had planned was going to fly right out of the window.

Upstairs, and they were stood at the car pool desk while Mulder requisitioned transport when Director Skinner strode up.
"Agents." he greeted them briefly, "I know you have the weekend but I need you to look into something."
"Uh yes sir, what is it?" replied Dana, eager to find a way out of yet another of Mulders wild weekend goose chases.
"We have had several reports of people going missing in the vicinity of 12th and main street, down town. Now, this normally wouldnt fall into our jursidiction but there have been reports of power disruptions late at night. Someone may be tampering with the grid, a possible security threat, and that is our business."
Scully shot Mulder a quick glance, noting his smile had all but vanished.
"I'll look into it." she said, "Mulder was uh.. checking some leads regarding smuggling across the great lakes from Canada into the US."
"Huh?" said Mulder, looking at her as he twigged what she had said. Skinner looked at the pair suspiciously, then shrugged.
"OK then, you have your assignments, get going!" he ordered, then wheeled about and strode off.
"Scully.." began Mulder once he was out of sight, ".. I dont mind.."
"Its ok Mulder," she replied, cutting him off, "If I need help I know who to call. Go, have fun!"
"Ok. But, be careful!"