Story: Never Alone 
written by: Xfwriter and GoldenWolf88 
Fic Set sometime into the Future and takes place Seventeen years
after the Truth.
Mulder/Scully/Lone gunmen fic

Lone gunmen Fan Fiction Summary: The Lone gunmen mysteriously survive
and come back. When they come to greet there loved ones at home, they
find Melissa Mulder missing. Where did she go? is she alive? Melissa
is Mulder's Daughter, Frohike's adopted daughter. Byer's girlfriend,
and Langley's close friend and stepsister. They soon discover Melissa
has been kidnapped. Will the Lone gunmen save her before it's too
late?

Disclaimer: I do not own the original X-files characters. They belong
to Chris Carter. Renee Knight, and Melissa Mulder are made up
characters and do not belong in the Original Series. Renee Knight
belongs to Goldenwolf88, and Melissa Mulder belongs to XFWRITER

Chap 1 Hospitalized & cheating Death

Two days later after the Lone gunmen supposedly died.

Melissa Mulder sat down at home shortly after attending Byers,
Langly, and Frohike's funeral. She couldn't believe the Lone gunmen
were dead and were no more. She had gotten so used to them being in
her life and her parents. Melissa had learned the Lone gunmen had
inhaled some kind of Poisonous gas in a chamber on one of their
Quests as her mother told her. But Melissa felt like their death was
all her fault because they were trying to help and protect her and
they died trying. And Byers was so darn cute Melissa thought too bad
her and him weren't going to get married and have two little Byers or
Melissa's running around.

Frohike had been a father to her for years, when she turned seven, He
had claimed her as his own promising to look after her since
Melissa's real father walked out on her and her Mother years ago. Her
own mom was so busy with the X-Files and gone all the time barely had
time for her either. But her mom didn't want to be away. It killed
her when she had to go on business. Melissa and her mom were on good
terms. They kept in touch through email and had frequent visitations.

But Frohike had looked after her most of all. He paid her way through
school, kept her most of time when her mom was at work. Frohike even
taught Melissa things that a father was suppose to teach his own
daughter. He was also there to protect her from anything. She blew
her nose into her handkerchief if she hadn't gone to the Lone gunmen
and told them that she was in trouble and needed a specific type of
liquid formula, they would still be alive today.

Melissa went outside for some fresh air. She hated funerals. She was
also nervous that whoever was stalking her was following her every
move. Melissa was about to go back inside until a hand clamped onto
her mouth. She began to scream then felt a needle get jabbed into
her. Suddenly she felt drowsy and fainted in her kidnapper's arms.

Melvin Frohike awoke with a pounding headache. "Is it me, or are we
supposed to be dead?"

"You mean we're not?" grumbled" Ringo Langly. "If this is alive, I'd
rather be dead."

"It's not that bad" commented John F. Byers, sitting up in his bed
"Where are we?"
 
"Looks like a hospital..." Langly said getting up but immediately
falling back down, becoming dizzy as he stood. "

It doesn't make sense though the gas was supposed to kill us! The
government did this they're going to experiment on us like they did
Mulder!" said Frohike.

"Calm down Frohike!" Byers exclaimed. "I'm sure that there's a more
plausible explanation."
 
The boys sat and tried to figure out a plausible explanation, none
were forthcoming. Our trio glanced at one another as the door opened,
then at the figure in the door. "About time you morons got up!" said
a soft musical voice. The woman had blonde hair and silver blue eyes.
She had come to the Gunmen for help awhile ago, explaining how they
knew her.

"Renee!" exclaimed Langly surprised as she charged over to him with a
hug and actually started crying.

"God, I didn't know if you guys were going to make it!"

Byers smiled at her reaction to their miraculous death escape. "Can
you tell us what's going on Renee?"

Renee pulled away from Langly and sat down, facing all three of the
Gunmen. "Well as you know, I used to work for the Pentagon. I found
out about the virus that the terrorists were using. I had heard of it
before, but I was certain that there was a cure I was lucky that my
crew and I got to you guys before you were buried at Arlington."

"We were buried in Arlington?' the three were astounded. They figured
that Skinner must have done it, or Scully. Quite possibly both.

"Yes, but that's beside the point," said Renee smiling "You guys need
to understand that I have some paperwork to fill out." I'll come see
you in a bit. Renee stood up and walked out the door.

Byers was struck with a thought. "How did you get the cure?"

"Uh, just um, not go there," replied Renee as she sashayed out the
door.


Chap 2. Missing

Melissa woke up sometime after feeling like she's been drugged she
didn't know how long she had been out it could have been hours. She
awoke to a dark dim room. It was kind of small like a basement. Her
hands were tied, with a tight Rope and she was hanging down from a
ceiling. Melissa struggled she had to get free, who knows what this
Monster would do to her. Suddenly a bright light came on Melissa
winced and looked in horror at who she saw it was ex named Mike!

"Mike? what you doing here?" asked Melissa. "

I had told them simply to bring me the syringe I asked for it was
suppose to help make my mother well"

"Syringe? What on earth are you talking about?" asked Melissa the
ropes were hurting her wrists.

"I told the Lone gunmen to get me a special syringe with a cure to
help mom better. They never showed."

Melissa couldn't believe the nerve of this Guy. "The Lone gunmen died
while getting the syringe for a friend. A poisonous gas killed them."
said Melissa.

Mike suddenly got angry "Now I won't get it at all! If my mom dies,
then you're going to die a horrible death Melissa Mulder."

"So I have to die even though we tried to help get you a syringe to
save your mom but the most important people in my life died anyway?"
Melissa asked. Mike nodded "I have nothing to do with this Mike! You
don't want to commit Murder!" Melissa yelled but Mike stormed off and
left.

The gunmen spent about a week in rehabilitation, to make sure that
there bodies could handle the cure. Renee was there, and she'd gotten
Scully to come in and check on them knowing how paranoid the boys
were about doctors.

"Guys I have some bad news." Renee addressed all our boys but she was
mainly looking at Byers. "No one but Scully and I know you all are
alive. I went to Melissa's house, to bring her here as a surprise.
When I got there, she wasn't there. She hadn't been for days. And I
can't get a hold of her on her mobile."

Byers' eyes widened. "Well, we have to find her!" 

"We will John. It just may take awhile. I haven't searched the
apartment thoroughly yet, I've been busy seeing you guys get back to
full health. We're fine we have to make sure Melissa is ok." Byers
looked worried.

Frohike shot Langly a knowing look. Langly nodded back at him and
then turned to Byers. "We'll be out of here what? tomorrow?" he
turned to Renee for verification. Renee nodded. "We'll go with Renee
and search the apartment for clues. Maybe she went out of town or
something and didn't tell anyone. Let's not jump to conclusions."

 "Renee's rubbing off on you" said Frohike. 

"Shut up Dohike" mouthed Langly.

Melissa fumbled with the ropes trying to escape. Mike was still gone
and as long as he stayed gone she had a chance to escape. She hoped
that whoever searched her apartment would find signs of struggle and
that she was kidnapped. Melissa often thought of Byers and what he
would tell her during a situation like this be calm, he'd say "We'll
get out of this soon enough."

But she didn't have him any longer with her and she was terrified.
Finally managing to break free of the ropes, Melissa fell hard to the
floor. What next? Melissa knew she had to find help. Thinking of her
cell phone, Melissa pulled it out of her pocket she wondered if she
would be able to contact anyone If her cell phone worked, she could
send a text message. It was worth to try, Melissa thought she saw
that Renee her friend had been trying to call her.

Melissa called Renee but she got no answer. Darn it, Melissa thought
frustratedly where is everyone when I need them? She left a text
message, to Renee telling her shed been kidnapped by Mike and needed
help. After she was done, Melissa fingered with the butterfly
Necklace Byers had given her. The necklace was special he said it was
a transmitter necklace and a tracking device. If she was ever in
trouble, it was a way of contacting Them the Lone gunmen some strange
feeling told her to press the button on the back and Melissa did so
listening to her gut instinct.

She didn't want to believe they were dead she thought once she was
done, Melissa began to look for a way out. She also dialed Monica and
left a message Monica didn't answer. There was no way out except the
door at the very top of the stairs and she felt too weak to move.


Chap 3 The Search

Renee had just finished examining The Gunmen once last time before
releasing them. She couldn't get in touch with Scully; she was on an
assignment in California. Renee decided this would probably be
better. Scully wouldn't fret about Melissa now.

Renee led the boys out to her car. Frohike and Byers climbed into the
backseat of the convertible; Langly was in the passenger seat. As
Renee sped off towards Melissa's, Byers began to think what would
they do if they couldn't find her?

Frohike was extremely worried. Ever since Mulder had left, again,
he'd felt like Melissa's father figure. In actually, he was. Frohike
was the one Melissa came to when she felt like she needed a father.
Scully, being in the field again as an agent, wasn't around as much
as she would have liked. She was always busy trying to make ends
meet, SO that Melissa could have the future she wanted. Frohike had
helped them out as much as he could. Frohike was jogged out of his
thoughts as some psycho in a truck decided to run Renee's car off the
road. Renee narrowly avoided crashing the car into a small body of
water. "Everyone ok?" she asked.

"What on earth was that about?" Langly demanded. Renee shrugged and
climbed out the window of the driver's side (her door was smashed
in). "Have any of you ever seen that car before?" the Gunmen all
shook their heads no. Renee looked around worried. "Let's call a
taxi, and then head to your place, Frohike. I think we may need some
equipment to scan Melissa's apartment with."

The four quickly gathered things in the Lone gunmen Headquarters.
They decided to take the van, not wanting to pay for the long taxi
ride. Once at her building, Byers easily found Melissa's spare key.
The quartet walked in. Byers searched the bedroom and bathroom.
Langly took the kitchen. Renee looked in the living room, and Frohike
took the balcony and outside area.

About two hours later, all they came up with was a wallet, and a
strand of hair. The wallet belonged to one Mr. James Mckinmon.
"Probably a false name," Byers said. "I'll check it out Langly
whipped out his laptop and immediately started scanning Frohike
glanced at the hair."It's not Melissa's color. Long shot, but we
should analyze it."

Melissa woke up. She didn't know how much time had passed since she
must have fallen asleep. It had been hours and she hadn't eaten. Days
to be exact. Melissa did all she could to get help. She realized no
one was coming to help her. It had been hours since she contacted
anyone. Melissa jumped as she heard the front door slam and a few
mumbled curse words. Right then and there Melissa knew she wouldn't
see tomorrow or tonight for that matter.

Mike appeared in the room he had a bomb oh no He planned on blowing
her up! Melissa guessed that his mother had died "How is she?"
Melissa asked concerned.

Mike glared at her "Thanks to your stupid dead friends, My mother
died last night."

"Oh Mike I'm really sorry." said Melissa trying to be sympathetic.

"No you're not! Oh well you will soon join them soon enough." He
said then he noticed she was untied. "You got loose!"

Melissa smirked "I've learned a lot of things from the Lone gunmen
even survival techniques." Mike grew angry "Well, you're not escaping
this time. Grabbing Melissa hard Mike tied her up again this time
tighter and then he strapped the bomb to her the best he could. "I'm
going to set this to go off in about two hours." He placed the bomb
at her waist. Melissa watched helplessly as Mike got up to leave and
went out the door. Melissa's red hair had come undone and was getting
all in her face. Hearing the minutes tick away. Melissa began to cry.



Chap 4 Saving Melissa

Before the four completely separated, they heard Melissa's cry for
help. "Melissa! We're coming!" yelled Byers, not caring if Mike
heard, or was there. The four raced through the ancient apartment
building. Following the sound of Melissa's voice it took them a few
minutes, but they eventually found her. A moment of panic ensued once
they noticed a bomb on Melissa. "Dang! who knows bombs?" Byers
demanded. He and Langly looked to Renee and Frohike.

"I never worked with bombs" said Renee. 

"Seriously?" asked Frohike. 

"Isn't that like, standard government knowledge?" Langly asked. 

"Just undo the bomb someone!" Renee and Melissa shouted together.
Frohike pushed everyone aside and set to work.

Byers took the opportunity to see how Melissa was holding up. Her red
hair was a wreck, and her eyes were red and puffy from crying. He
couldn't stand to see her like this, Byers noticed that she was
shaking and moved over to untie her as Frohike worked on the bomb.
"Are you sure you know what your doing, Frohike?"

"Yes," he said "Just don't ask how I know." Minutes ticked by, "One
more wire..." Frohike muttered.

It was then that they heard the front door open, and slam shut.
"I'll check it out. You stay here and keep up the good work Frohike."
Renee stalked upstairs then disappeared.

Melissa tensed back up. She seriously didn't want Mike back right now
not when the guys were trying to rescue her. She was so happy to see
the guys alive and not dead. She wanted to hug Byers and her dad, but
that would have to wait until after the bomb was disarmed. Melissa
hoped that whoever was upstairs was either her mom or Monica. Melissa
felt the ropes come undone as Byers untied them. "Dad, you gotta
hurry!"Melissa said panicking more she wanted out of this old dirty
place. Even if she got out of this alive Melissa never wanted to live
alone ever again. She didn't know where Mike went to and she honestly
didn't care as long as he was far away from her. Melissa no longer
trusted Mike and didn't want to be friends with him. Melissa never
did think he'd turn on her, but he did. Melissa truly believed she'd
found the right person in Byers. He was caring, listened to
everything she said, and calmed her down in rough situations like
these. And the guys were always there when she needed saving. Melissa
hated to admit, but she was the damsel in distress in the story. From
time to time getting into trouble, her birth father abandoning her.
Melissa looked at Byers relieved some since the ropes were done. But
she still panicked because the bomb had now dropped down to 20 min.

Frohike was sweating out of nerves. He had to save Melissa. Ever
since Mulder had abandoned her and Scully again, he'd bee the only
father Melissa ever had. He'd come to think of her as his own. Byers
held Melissa's hand, calming her.

"And there we go!" announced Frohike, finally disarming the bomb.
"Lucky we got here when we did."

"Looks like you guys beat me here. I'm glad you did." said Monica
Reyes.

 As she followed Renee down some stairs. Reyes and Renee both hugged
Melissa, seeing that the bomb was now disarmed. Byers patiently
waited his turn then embraced Melissa and kissed her on the cheek.
"I'm glad you remembered the necklace."
"Stalker device" Renee said Jokingly. 

"Always have to lighten the mood don't you?" Reyes teased. 

"At least I'm not boring like you."

"Hey!" Reyes said



Chapter 5 Life Continues

Melissa laughed. This entire ordeal had been terrible for her. She
realized how lucky she was to have the Gunmen, Reyes, and Renee. They
were people in her life that had never let her down. Even when she
thought three of them were dead. Melissa started to cry, then turned
to hug Byers. Once more, Byers looked surprised but returned the
gesture.

He leaned down to her ear and whispered "Melissa, I'm so glad your
safe. I don't know what I would do if something ever happened to
you."

"No hitting on my daughter!" joked Frohike. 

Byer's blushed not realizing that anyone had heard him. Melissa
smiled up at him. "It's okay Dad. I think this one's a keeper."

Reyes smiled "As sweet as all this is... Melissa we have to catch
Mike. We'll need anything you can tell us. I'm guessing he's on the
run now?"

Melissa nodded. "Why don't you come back to my place and get some
rest, and we'll all talk in the morning unless you want to stay with
the Gunmen? Or Renee?"

"That would be me," Renee said.

"I'll stay the night too, just in case." said Reyes. Renee bagged the
bomb and gave it to Reyes for evidence. The two walked up the stairs,
as did Langly. Frohike grinned at Melissa, Scowled at Byers
(Teasingly of course) and then went upstairs also, leaving the two to
talk.

Melissa continued to hug Byers tightly she didn't want to let him go.
"I'll be staying with Monica you want to come?" Melissa gazed into
his eyes she still couldn't believe the Gunmen were here and they had
saved her. "I'd feel better if you came to John." Melissa used his
first name since she knew he'd like that. "I'm so glad you guys were
okay I couldn't believe it was the three of you walking through that
door. Of course I remembered the necklace but when no one showed
hours after that, I thought everyone had given up on me." Melissa had
another tear come down her cheek.

Melissa didn't know what she would do without the three men she
loved. Who would look after her then? She hugged Byers tightly almost
afraid they would leave her again.

Byers let Melissa hug him and cry on him for a while. He then said
"Hey you should know better. We would never let anything happen to
you. Anyway, Renee and Monica would kill themselves before they let
anything happen to any of us. Besides, the Gunmen will always be
around. As Langly is so fond of saying, Guys like us live forever, or
something to that effect." Byers hugged Melissa closer to him. "I'll
be glad to stay at Monica's with you girls tonight," he said.


Chapter 6 I love you

Melissa hugged him back tighter. She loved the smell of his cologne
and the way he held her so safe in his arms. They stood that way for
awhile just clinging to each other.

Melissa found herself lucky to have Byers in her life. After
sometime, Melissa and he walked up the stairs to join the rest of the
others into the Lone gunmen's van. Melissa told Monica she wanted to
stay with her since she'd feel better staying with a Federal Agent
until Mike was locked up for good. She also told Renee that she was
welcomed to join the sleepover too. "It can be like one big party."
said Melissa joking smiling for the first time in days.

Back at Monica's apartment, Melissa excused herself she wanted to go
shower and change into some clean clothes, plus she needed to rest.
Tomorrow was going to be another long day. Monica and John both
wanted to talk with her and get every bit of information they could
to catch Mike. They were good federal officers, and Melissa knew they
would eventually catch him. But it still bugged Melissa to know that
Mike was still out there.

She took a shower and let the water soak into her skin. Byers was
right. She thought she shouldn't have doubted them. There was no need
to. Her friends would never let her down or let her die. After
showering, Melissa changed into fresh clothing then went to lie down
for awhile. She left the others to discuss things downstairs.

Renee finished up her check over Melissa by giving her some ointment
for the rope burns on her arms. "That'll heal up quick. It's the
emotional trauma that I'm worried about." she told Frohike later.
Throughout the night, everyone took turns checking on Melissa to see
if she was all right. Byers went in around twelve o clock and stayed
in there until morning. As Melissa turned in her sleep, he brushed
the hair from her face, thinking.

Melissa was having a horrible nightmare in it, Mike was after her
again, once he broke free from prison. She found herself held captive
once more, a bomb placed onto her again. This time, no one saved her.
Once the time was up, the bomb exploded and so did everything around
it including her. Melissa woke up screaming and shaking. She then
realized she wasn't back in that old basement of Mike's that she was
at her friend Monica's.

Suddenly a lamp flickered on, and Byers looked at her concerned.
Melissa's heart continued to race, and she was having trouble
breathing. She didn't know Byers was in her room, but she did think
it was sweet of him and everyone else to keep checking on her.

Once her breathing was somewhat normal again, Melissa turned to him
"I had a nightmare. Mike was after me again."

 "Mike is never going to get you again Melissa, I promise you." Byers
replied and kissed Melissa's cheek. He then pulled her into his lap
and slowly rocked her back and forth to calm her down. Byers knew he
was in love with Melissa at the moment. The Question-did she love him
back?

Melissa hugged Byer's tightly back she was so glad he was there for
her as her boyfriend. She was so in love with him, it wasn't like
anything she felt before. When she was with him, her heart raced but
in a good way. Melissa wanted to spend the rest of her life with him.
Byers wasn't like all the guys she dated, he was passionate, and
caring. Melissa looked up at him. "Byers, I love you." Melissa looked
into his eyes she wondered what he would say. Was she moving too
fast? Melissa hoped not. She hoped it was exactly what he wanted to
hear.

She waited nervously for his reaction.


Chapter 7 A few doubts

Hours later, Melissa and Byers finally emerged from the guest room,
both grinning. Byers was having a few doubts in the back of his mind,
however. While Reyes, Doggett and Renee asked Melissa questions, he
took Langly aside to talk to him. Byers quickly explained the
situation to him.

Langly stared at his friend like he had a second head. "Byers, I mean
this in the best way possible, because you are like a brother to me,
but you are an idiot! Melissa's been in love with you for a long
time! she's not using you because she's emotional right now. You know
her better!"

Byers nodded, looking out the window. "What about the age
difference?"

"Who cares? Renee and I are 10 years apart and I still"- Langly cut
off feeling he'd said too much.

"Still what?" Byers asked grinning slyly.

Langly blushed "Don't change the subject! The point is that age
doesn't matter! Especially with you and Melissa." Byers laughed and
shook his head. He was lucky to have friends like Langly. Feeling
reassured, he walked back into the living room and sat by Melissa as
the others questioned her.

Melissa smiled as Byers sat close to her. She was happy now that she
was around people who cared about her and would protect her. Doggett,
Reyes and Renee asked her questions about Mike. Melissa answered them
the best she could and even provided them details about him they
never even knew.

While they were still in the process of catching Mike, Melissa
thought about pulling the girls aside to discuss a welcome back home
party for her father and the guys. As much as all of them been
through lately, Melissa felt like Everyone deserved a good party.

Melissa watched as Frohike approached her with great concern. He had
this I'm worried about my daughter expression on his face. Melissa
stood up to hug him. It felt so good to hug her dad again and it
reminded her that things would be alright again as long as he was
around.


Chapter 8 Party Crashers.

Two weeks later, Mike was in custody. His trial date was being set.
Melissa had broached the idea of a welcome back party for the boys to
Reyes and Renee. The two agreed. That night, Renee cooked a meal ( a
separate one for each Gunman, depending on his favorite food.) While
Monica and Melissa decorated Renee's home, seeing it was the biggest
place to hold people. They invited everyone that the boys had known
or even helped at one point. The turnout was ridiculously large.

About an hour into it, Byers surprised Melissa by leading her into
the living room (furniture moved out so it could be used as a dance
floor.) and started to dance with her. Melissa hadn't thought he
could!

Byers noted her shocked look. "I was given lessons by Monica and
Renee." Melissa smiled at him.

"May I cut in as the father?" Frohike asked as he tapped Melissa on
the shoulder. Byers smiled and handed Melissa over, going to talk to
Langly and Reyes.

Melissa chuckled as her father cut in she was amused by this. The
song I loved her first by Heartland played in the background. The
song was about a father's thoughts about his daughter fixing to get
married.

Melissa was impressed that her dad knew how to dance to as well.
Course him and Scully used to take tango classes together. Melissa
wondered why dad and mom never got together. She had heard over and
over about how Frohike was madly in love with Dana Scully. Melissa
just smiled as she danced with her dad. Just maybe she could get them
to together with Monica's help of course. She enjoyed the dance with
her dad and started the conversation between them.

The doorbell rang randomly. (or so it seemed) and Renee, being to the
only one to hear it, went to answer the door. She got a huge shock
upon seeing Scully and. .. "M- Mulder?" she stuttered.

"Hey Renee," he grinned, going in for a hug. Renee Knight, was
normally a very calm person, you must understand. So what she did
next was completely unexpected. She punched Mulder right in the face.
"Renee! what the heck?!" demanded both Scully and Mulder, he holding
his face.

"Oh! I think you know! protective of those few who've gained her
trust, Renee couldn't bring herself to just forgive Mulder for
abandoning Melissa. Scully either, Renee turned and walked away,
Mulder and Scully glanced at each other, unsure if they should come
in or not. Langly caught Renee right as she was turning. "What's all
the yelling about?" he asked.

"Drama, Drama, Drama," Renee muttered, pointing in Mulder's general
direction, and then she walked off.

Mulder, meanwhile was standing in shock. How long had he been gone?
Weren't he and Renee supposed to be friends? he smiled down at Scully
when she took his arm and walked over to Langly. "Mulder?"

"Hey Ringo." 

"Aw, man," Langly said, rubbing his forehead. Hadn't everyone already
had a rough week?



Chapter 9 Melissa meets William

Melissa's mouth dropped upon in shock too. She had a brother? Melissa
never knew that. Her mom not once spoke up of William at least not
around her. This was so shocking. The man before her looked so much
like their real dad except he had auburn hair like hers too. "I have
a brother?" she finally asked. All these years, Melissa thought she
was an only child; turns out, there had been a brother. She just was
never told about. Melissa thought to herself well , if this wasn't
the explanation she was looking for, then what would be? this was a
good reason for her parents to be gone. "I I don't know what to say."
said Melissa dumbfounded.

The only brother she ever known or was to claim was Langly. Richard
Langly Ringo had always been there for her since her and had always
called her his adopted sister. They used to spend hours picking on
one another and wrestling each other until Frohike had to tell them
to stop. Even if her real brother had just appeared, Melissa would
always think of Langly as her brother even if he wasn't blood
related.

Everyone else was just as stunned as Melissa, but not for the same
reason. Reyes was the first to speak up "Wait, wait. didn't you give
William up for adoption after Spender tried to inject him with, with
whatever it was?"

Mulder nodded. "The time of the prophecy had passed. It's finally
safe for all of us to be together as a family." he glanced at Scully,
noting how her eyes welled up at the mention of adoption. William
stood to the side, not entirely sure of what to do.

Melissa stood there listening to her real Dad speak. "We missed a lot
of years together. How can we catch up?" she asked. She wondered how
they could all get close again. They had already missed so much time
together. Melissa also didn't understand what the Prophecy was, but
she was certain her Dad, Reyes and Doggett could tell her. Melissa
also wondered how her Dad would react once she told him she was
seeing Byers.

The same thought had just crossed Byer's mind. He paled slightly,
thinking of Mulder's reaction. Langly, standing next to him, noticed
and slapped Byer's supportively on the back. "We can catch up anyway
you want to." Mulder was saying "We'll manage it somehow."

Melissa smiled realizing she had her way with both her parents and
Brother. "Good, you can both start by having regular visits with me,
family vacations, outings, and Birthdays and Christmases and oh!
Barbeques with us." Melissa said all in one breathe. Melissa told
William it was nice to finally meet him and then gave him a hug, and
went back over to Byers. She sat in his lap hoping he wouldn't mind.
"Let's continue this party even though it's just us. We got reasons
to celebrate." Melissa hoped it was ok with her friends and Frohike
that she was going to give her parents another chance. She also
wanted Frohike to understand that he would always be her Dad even
though her father was back.

Scully smiled "Sounds good sweetheart." Byers put his arms around
Melissa's waist and kissed her cheek as she sat in his lap. Mulder's
eyes became as wide as plates. Scully, though, just smiled and said,
"Took you long enough to make a move, John."

Byers blushed "How long did you know?"

"Women's intuition," Scully shared a smile with Reyes and Renee. "I
knew all along. Ever since last year ever since Melissa told me."

"Bu- when- how?" poor Mulder was too confused to get out a coherent
sentence. He really had been gone too long. he decided. Then again,
he knew Byers would never hurt Melissa. Much better she be with a
close friend than some young punk. "Wow." he said before anyone
explained and he laughed. "Never would have suspected. I'm glad
though... I think." Mulder wasn't too sure if he liked this yet.

Meanwhile, Langly and William began to talk. "I'm still brother
number one," Langly was informing him. "You got no brother rights
yet, you must earn them." William looked at Langly confused. Doggett
took one look around and decided it was time for some beer and wine;
may as well celebrate semi-normally, he thought.

Melissa leaned against Byers. She loved it when he putted his arms
around her. Byers provided the warmth, safety, and Security she
needed when she was around him she thought no one could harm her. Not
as long as he was around. Melissa was glad the guys were back and
alive. She didn't know how she'd go through life without them and
they had been her family for so many years. Around Byers, she could
be herself and hide no secrets.

She thought it was funny how her father reacted to them making out as
a couple. He looked a bit shocked, but happy too. Probably because
Byers was a close family friend she thought. And Byers was better
than some punk she goes to college with. She turned to Byers "I'm so
glad you guys are back. I don't know what I'd do without any of you."
Melissa didn't want to lose the guys ever again it was too much for
her before.

Doggett returned with glasses and wine as Melissa finished her
sentence. He poured a glass for everyone that wanted one. The Gunmen
all smiled. "You don't have to worry about us again. We're not going
to leave you all alone." Frohike said to her. Byers just grinned and
hugged Melissa close to him "That goes for you too, Melissa. We
probably wouldn't be here either, if you hadn't kept us straight for
so many years."

"Besides, if we went and died, you'd have no one to train William
here on how to be a good brother." Langly added as he ruffled
Melissa's hair. Melissa laughed at Langly's comment to her. She was
so glad to have Friends and Family who were close to her that cared
about her.

Melissa couldn't be happier, she thought. She had her family and
friends here, and her mom and real dad were back. For good to make
mends with her. she was glad most of all, the Gunmen wouldn't ever
really leave her all alone.




Chapter 10 The Trial

Mike's trial was two days later, Melissa got ready in the bedroom she
stayed at Monica's still until Mike went to Jail. In some ways, she
was dreading to face Mike again. But on the other hand, Melissa
wanted to see him get arrested, sentenced, and locked behind bars. It
was the only way she was ever going to feel safe, secure, and able to
rest at night.

She knew she would have to go up on the stand to testify and she was
nervous about it. But, she also knew that Monica was going to be her
attorney and that the others would be in the courtroom with her. She
studied herself in the mirror. She wore a hunter green suit. Her red
hair was pulled back in a half-up do and it was curly. Renee had
braided it the night before when it was wet and now it had waves in
it. Melissa put on very little makeup, some blush and lip gloss. She
sighed she guessed she was ready as she turned to stand up, she heard
the door open and saw Byers come in.

Byers picked up Melissa, as always, in a suit. There were slight
circles under his eyes, but other than that, he looked perfect as
always. he hadn't slept much last night for the fear of the emotional
stress that the trial would cause Melissa. Outside the Court House,
they met with the rest of the gang.

Everyone got a kick out of seeing Frohike and Langly in a suit.
Melissa was impressed. She'd never seen Frohike in a suit, even after
all these years. "Looking good, Dad," she grinned trying to fight off
her nerves.

"Langly, I didn't even know you owned a suit." exclaimed Scully,
trying hard not to laugh. It was such a strange sight.

"Yeah, well, Ha Ha. I didn't up until after everyone thought we were
dead. I had to buy one a few weeks after because," Langly paused, his
eyes wide "We didn't tell you!"

"Hu?"

Renee walked up, wearing a black skirt and a white t-shirt. Her
blonde curls were up in a bun, already starting to fall out as her
hair was so thick.

"Who didn't tell whom what?" she asked. Langly flushed and pulled her
to the side. "Oh."

The two walked back over after a few minutes; their friends gazing at
them queerly. "We, uh, have something to tell you after the trial."
Renee said smiling.

"Let's go in! don't want to be late." She and Langly practically
pranced inside.

"What are they up to?" Byers asked.

"We'll find out when it's over," Reyes said cheerfully. "And it will
be soon." They walked into the Courtroom. Melissa began to get even
more nervous as they walked in.



Chapter 11- A deep Connection

Melissa let Byers walk her up to where Monica was sitting and pulled
out her chair for her. Melissa sat down next to Monica. She tried to
feel at ease, because she had her family and friends with her.

The Judge who was on duty was Judge Craig Roberts. He was a man in
his forties. And he was going bald. Melissa thought Monica looked
great in her attorney suit. She looked elegant and sophisticated.
Melissa felt bad that Monica had gotten shot by Mike only a few days
ago, but it was just a graze.

Melissa's eyes suddenly caught Monica's Melissa wondered if Monica
knew she was nervous because she couldn't hide that she was nervous
even if she wanted to. Melissa and Monica had a very special
Friendship they could each tell what one another was thinking and
they could read one another's minds.

Monica had been there always for Melissa when she needed advice, or
wanted to be comforted. Melissa also shared that same bond with
Renee. Melissa waited for Monica to speak to her as she watched the
agent lean in close to her so they weren't overheard.

Reyes leaned into Melissa. "I know you're nervous. I am too, but
we're going to bring him down, ok?" she said, taking Melissa's hand
in hers "It's not just you and Me in here, everyone else has our
backs. You're gonna be ok, I promise!"

Melissa nodded back and relaxed some more. Monica had a good way of
calming someone down especially when they were nervous. The Judge
took his seat and went over some paperwork. he glanced over at the
guilty party and to where the victim and her family was.

"All rise, please." Everyone did so including Melissa and Monica.
Melissa was glad Monica was representing her, she didn't trust just
any attorney.

"From my understanding, the guilty party here is being charged for
Burglary and Attempted Murder?" he looked at Monica urging her to
speak. Reyes stood up "Monica Reyes."

The Judge nodded at her and then Mike's Lawyer introduced himself,
Doggett stared at the opposition who looked familiar to him. Mike's
Lawyer was tall and intimidating, with sharp eye and even a sharper
tongue. His name was Alexander Myer. After preliminaries, Monica was
allowed to call her first witness to the stand. Melissa stood there
and watched her father. If anyone could prove that Mike was a psycho,
it was her Dad. Melissa sat and noticed Mike beside them. She felt
like she wanted to ask him why did he try to kill her when all they
did was try to help him and his mother. But Melissa couldn't bring
herself to even look at him in the eyes.

Just the thought of Mike in the same room with her made her nerves
want to snap. Melissa's grip on the pencil was so hard, that the
pencil snapped into. Many could tell Melissa was Scully's daughter
for she had her temper.

Byers noticed how Melissa snapped the Pencil. he wished he could move
up and comfort her. Monica asked Frohike all the mandatory questions
and then finally got down to business.

"On the night of April 25th, 2001, how did you find the plaintiff,
Melissa Mulder?" Frohike loosened his tie a bit. "Byers gave her a
necklace with a tracking device in it, in case anything like this
ever happened. We all were worried about this psycho," he glared at
Mike, "Coming after her. All we were trying to do, was help him and
his mother, and then he pulls a stunt like this! It's Sick!" Frohike
was getting inflamed, and Monica coughed to hide a smile.

"Mr. Frohike, Please calm down," the Judge said.

"No further questioning." said Reyes.

Melissa smiled. Her dad thought Mike was a creep. Even when she and
Mike were an item, Frohike wanted to rip his head off. So did Byers,
and Langly and Renee. Monica also couldn't stand Mike. "Something
about him doesn't smell right." she had said and she had been right.
Mike was a jerk and a psycho.



Chapter 12 Disturbing Information

Melissa was glad that she now had Byers. He wasn't insane and he was
normal and a gentleman. Good thing they got together when they did
and moved further into their Relationship. Melissa knew Byers was the
one for her even when she was involved with Mike for a short time.
she was just waiting on Byers to make a move on her. Melissa sat up
straight and wondered who Monica would call to the stand next. She
wished that the trial was over soon. She wanted to be safe in Byer's
arms again. Melissa looked at her dad to make eye contact with him.
They had a special connection that they shared.

Melissa wondered who she would stay with once the trial was over.
Would she still stay with Monica? Or would someone like Byers offer
to stay with her in her apartment? Either way, Melissa didn't want to
live alone ever again.

Reyes continued calling up everyone that found Melissa; all stories
verified the others, she finally got to Mike. As soon as he was sworn
in, she pounced "How did you first meet Melissa Mulder, Mike?" Mike
stared Monica Reyes down smirking. For an FBI Agent, she was pretty
hot. But she was stuck up just like Melissa was. He looked towards
Melissa surprised she was still alive. It was probably those nerds
the Lone gunmen who saved her, he thought. he looked at Monica "At
one of my friend's college party. We both were alone and so we
started dancing. We both were drunk, one thing led to another, and
you know, I raped her." he said grinning.

Melissa suddenly didn't feel too good in fact, she felt sick to her
stomach. Had she slept with Mike without realizing it? What if she
was pregnant? Again Melissa felt herself becoming physically sick.
She excused herself from the courtroom and headed to the ladies room.
She threw up several times. Oh God, she couldn't be pregnant. Even
though she probably had sex with Mike, It was long before her and
Byers ever got together. In fact she and Byers didn't get together up
until last year before the boys supposedly died.

Melissa suddenly cried. What would Byers do if she wound up pregnant?
would he be supportive? Melissa hoped so. She didn't want to lose
him. They had to know that she was raped the night she met Mike.
Melissa heard the door open and saw Byers. She jumped.


Chapter 13 Guilty as he looks

The eyes of everyone in the courtroom widened as Mike admitted to
raping Melissa at a party. As Monica, using this new information to
an advantage, began pounding Mike anew. Byers saw Melissa run to the
bathroom, he stopped Frohike and Renee from following and went
himself. It was lucky Frohike had stayed, Mulder was trying to lunge
at Mike. "Well, glad you admitted to the rape, Mike, that'll
definitely lengthen your sentence." Reyes smirked.

This was the last Byers heard as he left the courtroom. Byers quietly
crept to the bathroom and opened the door. "Melissa? are you all
right?" he saw she was pale and immediately walked over to hug her.
Byers, ever the calm one, was finding it hard to control his anger.
How could someone do this to Melissa? It never even crossed Byer's
mind that Melissa could be pregnant as he lent her his shoulder to
cry on.

Melissa cried into Byer's shoulder as he held her in his arms. She
let out some loud sobs, she was far from being all right she thought
as she cried into his shoulder. Mike had ruined her reputation she
thought and now her friends, and family would probably see her as a
slut and someone they hardly know. Melissa didn't know that if she
could face them all again or if they would look at her the same way.
She continued to hug Byers closer breathing in his cologne. He was
the only person who could really comfort her. Melissa was glad he
came to check on her. She thought she could be strong enough to face
Mike today but she wasn't she was scared out of her mind. And he just
humiliated her in front of her family and friends; How was she going
to go into that courtroom again?

She didn't want to do it all alone After her sobs died down, she
looked into Byer's blue eyes. "I don't know if I'm alright, Byers.
Mike humiliated me in there, and I feel like my entire reputation and
innocence has been ripped from me." tears ran down her face. "I can
understand if you don't want if you don't want to be with me anymore
after this. I'm sure I'm nothing more than a slut to you and to
everyone else."

Melissa sniffled more tears running down her face. She was in an
emotional wreck right now. She hoped Byers didn't leave her. She
needed him now more than ever and her family and friends. Byers
looked at Melissa in shock, "No one thinks of you that way, Melissa!
It's not your fault that he took advantage of you." Byers grabbed
some tissues from near the sink and wiped Melissa's tears away. "I
love you, and I'm going to stay with you, no matter what." Byers and
Melissa stood embracing until Melissa calmed down.


14 News of a BABY

Byers and Melissa stood embracing until Melissa had calmed down.
Renee came in a few minutes later. She gave Melissa a hug. "The
court's taking a recess until tomorrow afternoon so that everyone can
have some time to calm down. We'll be at my house if you want to
come, Melissa."

"Thanks, Renee," Byers said.

Melissa was glad that they would have a long break til in the
morning. She and the others needed time to calm down. For it had been
a long day in court. She was glad that Byers had been with her in the
restroom. Without him, she wouldn't have calmed down so easily.
"That'll be great Renee," she said hugging her friend back. "I'm
ready to go back." she figured she would wait til later to tell them
about her being sick. "Byers, I need to talk to you alone at Renee's"
she said.

Byers nodded , wondering what it was that Melissa needed to talk to
him about. He led her out to her car and opened the door for her,
saying he would meet her at Renee's. Back at Renee's, Reyes was
fuming and vehemently reworking her case against Mike in Renee's
study. Doggett was trying to calm her down. Renee sighed and served
drinks for everyone. It had been a long day. Byers sat on the couch
with his arm around Melissa, watching Renee, Frohike, Langly and
William play poker. Scully had talked to Melissa earlier, as had
Mulder, both very concerned for their daughter.

Melissa had taken a pregnancy test earlier and it turned up positive
as she had suspected. How was she going to tell everyone? she finally
got up the nerves to tell Byers she took him outside and began
talking "Byers I have some news. I'm pregnant and I don't know who
the father is!" she looked at him as her voice rose to a panic.

She couldn't have been too far long in her pregnancy for she wasn't
showing yet. She looked at Byers fearful of his reaction. She had a
feeling he could be the father since they had sex before the boys had
left for Arlington on one of their missions. Melissa hoped that he
would think it's his.

"Wow." was all Byers could say as he pulled Melissa close and hugged
her. "Looks like we'll have to find a house just for the three of us
now... and hope Langly and Frohike don't steal the baby." Byers
finally joked once he recovered. Byers had a feeling that the child
was his anyway. The time would work out better, than if it were
Mike's.

"Do you know how far along you are yet?" Byers asked. When Melissa
shook her head no, he said. "Well, it can't be too far. We need to
make some doctor's appointments... or I guess Scully can do it. Or do
you want to tell everyone yet?" Byers looked at Melissa questionably.
he was taking the news extremely well. He knew how much Melissa meant
to him, and he'd always wanted a family.

Melissa wanted to breathe a sigh of relief. At least Byers was taking
the news well and he was thinking the baby was his in which it had to
be. She felt she wasn't too far long in her pregnancy. Melissa hugged
him back glad he was still with her. "How bout let's have mom do some
tests first then we can tell everyone?" Melissa asked she felt more
better doing it that way. She felt it was too soon to tell everyone
right away. They could keep it a secret until they knew everything
for certain.

Byers agreed that they get Scully to do some tests. "When do you want
to tell your mom?" he then groaned, wondering what Mulder's response
would be. .. and Frohike's. One father was bad enough, but now he
would have two to deal with. "Both Frohike and Mulder may shoot me,
just so you know." he said chuckling. Melissa smiled and assured him
that they wouldn't.



Chapter 15 More surprising news

A couple hours later the two went to tell Scully about the baby.
Scully stood in momentary shock when they delivered the news. "I'm
going to be a... grandmother?" Byers started to laugh, but quickly
turned it into a cough. If Scully was freaked out by that, then
Mulder may just have a midlife crisis. Scully's shock didn't last
long, however, judging by the fact she embraced Melissa tightly and
agreed to do the tests. "I'm going to be a grandmother!" she
exclaimed happily.

Melissa felt somewhat relieved again. Maybe something good was going
to happen to her after all. Maybe she'll live happily ever after.
Melissa also knew that once her mom knew this, she would make sure
that Melissa was eating right, getting enough sleep, and making
frequent visits just to make sure she was alright. When Melissa was
only six and sick with the flu, Melissa remembered her mom never left
her side until she was better.

She also knew that now she was pregnant, she would be under constant
observation by Byers, her mom, and everyone else. Melissa didn't mind
she had a loving family and they took great care of her.

She hugged her mom in return. "I'm glad you'll do this mom and please
don't tell Dad or the others until we know for sure," Melissa said.

"Of course, I'll keep it a secret. How about we start the tests
tomorrow?" Scully asked noting the time. "I think we all need to get
some sleep, oh and Langly said he had something to announce to
everyone."

"What could he possibly say that we don't already know?" wondered
Melissa. Normally, Langly told her and Byers everything. Byers
shrugged and followed Scully and Melissa inside. He remained quiet
thinking. Before Melissa had told him the news she was pregnant, he
was planning on proposing to her. He had the spot planned out and
everything. He'd have to explain to her, when he did, that he wasn't
doing it because she was pregnant. Byers realized that day, that he
thought he was dead, that life is too short to not spend it with the
one you love. He'd wait til after the trial to propose.

They went back inside, Melissa felt better now that her mom and Byers
knew what she was going through and that she wasn't going through it
all alone. She wanted to know what Langly had to tell them. Melissa
hoped that the guys wasn't going on anymore dangerous missions, she
wanted them to stick around and be responsible men to their
girlfriends. Melissa couldn't handle losing them again. She had no
clue Byers was going to propose to her soon. Melissa knew that Byers
was the one who she wanted to spend the rest of her life with to.

She could picture it. Her and Byers married. Have three kids, a huge
two story house, and a white picket fence. It all sounded too good to
be true to much like a dream. They went into Renee's living room
Langly was standing next to Renee. They were talking and laughing.
Everyone else had come to the living room also.

Melissa sat in Byers lap she waited for his arms to wrap around her
to provide her warmth, security she needed. She snuggled against him.
Byers put his arm around Melissa and glanced up at Langly. It was
then he noticed a gold band on Langly's left ring finger. What had he
missed? Then he realized that Langly must have had the same idea as
he, but a more impulsive version.

"All right, Well, trying to lighten the mood of today. since the
trial was such chaos." Langly began. "The day after we were released
from the Medical Facility, I had realized that life is too short. I
asked Renee to marry me and she accepted. And uh, we kind of eloped
in the heat of the moment," Langly said, blushing.

"And we weren't invited?!" Frohike yelled, even though everyone could
tell he was delighted.

"Then we would have had to actually plan something," laughed Renee.



Chapter 16

Newlyweds: Langly and Renee

Melissa was surprised, this news she wasn't expecting at all. Langly
and Renee married? Was she hearing right? she blinked twice then she
said "Wow. This is the best news I've heard all day! It definitely
cheers me up. I'm so happy for you two!" she said cheerfully.

She walked over and hugged them both. Then she sat next to Byers
again. She thought Langly and Renee made such a cute couple. They
deserved to be together. Hearing the two getting married, cheered
Melissa right up. She really hoped that the baby inside of her was
Byers'. If it was Mike's, she didn't know if she would want to keep
it. Of course, she wanted children someday, but if she had any
children, she wanted to have them with Byers.

Melissa wondered how would everyone react once they found out she was
having Byer's baby? would they be shocked, or happy? Doggett and
Mulder were stunned. They had always pegged Langly as a permanent
loner. And Renee? How the heck did she end up with Langly? They were
cute, but it was still a bit weird. Then again, Doggett and Mulder
weren't the most suave in the feeling department. Often times, they
couldn't see what was right in front of them.

Scully and Reyes on the other hand, had known all along and couldn't
be more thrilled. Scully was especially excited because of all the
good news today. Melissa and the baby, Renee and Langly... oh and
before the trial. .. Byers had asked her for the help of picking a
ring out for Melissa.

Byers smiled at Melissa and kissed her on the cheek. He has to take a
leaf out of Langly's book. But after the trial. When things were more
stable.


chapter 17 Who is the father Byers or Mike?

The next day's trial went more smoothly. Mike was found guilty of
Burglary, kidnapping, and attempted murder. He was sentenced twenty
years in prison.

Melissa sighed relieved. They had won the case! And Mike would be put
away for twenty years. Twenty years that she wouldn't have to worry
about. The trial didn't last too long, and soon they were dismissed.

Now just maybe things would get back to normal thought Melissa. They
had an appointment with her mother about the baby. Melissa wanted
Byers to be there so Scully could take a sample of his DNA. Soon they
were called in to her mom's office. Melissa was taking to a room and
was told to lie on the bed. Melissa felt a bit nervous. She never
liked going to the Doctor and this really wasn't any different.

Scully entered the room and greeted Byers and her daughter. She
quickly ran through the mandatory tests, verifying that the baby was
healthy and then she moved onto DNA testing. It would take 48 hours
for the results to get back to them.

Once finished at the hospital, Byers surprised Melissa by not going
home. He instead drove her down to back roads until they found
themselves near the lake where the two of them had often met when
they found they needed time to think. The lake was where they had
gotten to be friends; it was a special place. Byers opened Melissa's
door for her, smiling. He took a picnic basket from the trunk of the
car. "Shall we?" he asked.

Melissa looked up at him smiling. It was nice of him to bring her
here to her favorite place to think and to have a picnic. Melissa
nodded and stepped out of his car and joined him.


Chapter 18 Scavenger Hunt

The weather outside was pretty and Fall had now approached and leaves
were starting to turn colors. Melissa felt her stomach rumble she
hadn't ate any all day for she had been a wreck before and after the
trial.

she needed to eat more not for just her but for the baby too. Melissa
laid the blanket on the grass and helped set out the food which
consisted of Fruit, sandwiches, and chicken strips. Melissa was glad
they got to spend time together alone. It would give them a chance to
talk and catch up on things. "It's been such a hectic day. You picked
out the right place for us to come to," she told him. The wind just
then picked up and blew her hair.

The two talked for a few hours while they ate. Byers had packed extra
food knowing Melissa would be hungry. "I have a surprise for you," he
said grinning. "Want to play a game?"

Melissa looked at Byers quizzically , usually he wasn't so
mysterious. However, she did go along with it out of curiously. Her
confusion doubled when Byers handed her a hand drawn map of the lake
that looked like a treasure map. "What's it to?"

Byers just smiled and said that she'd see. After Melissa traipsed
around the lake with him for what seemed like an hour, she finally
came to the spot marked x on the map. "What now?"

"Dig." said Byers innocently. Handing Melissa a small garden shovel
and sitting down. Melissa began to think that Byers had lost his
mind.



Chapter 19 The Proposal

Melissa Mulder looked at Byers he had to be kidding. Dig?! she looked
into her boyfriend's eyes to see if there was signs that he was
joking. But, he wasn't. He was serious when he handed her a small
shovel. Out of curiosity Melissa wondered what he had underground and
who put him up to this. She began to dig it was hard for the dirt to
come up at first, but it did when she used much force.

After several small shoveled up dirt clumps, Melissa went to dig up
more but then she hit something hard. Brushing the dirt away, from
its hole, she then saw a small blue velvet box. Her eyes went wide.

She then picked up the box and opened it and nearly gasped. Inside
the box lay a white gold heart shaped diamond ring. She looked up at
Byers surprised. What would an engagement ring be doing here? Did
someone bury it?"

"Byers, it's an engagement ring," she said even more surprised. Byers
smiled to himself.

"Yes, it's an engagement ring, Melissa." Byers took the ring and put
it on her finger. "It's your engagement ring. I had been planning
this before you told me about the baby, but, after I was almost
killed and then you were almost killed, I finally realized that I had
to stop hesitating so much. Life is too short not to spend it with
the person you love deeply. So, Melissa, will you be my wife?" Byers
asked as he got down on one knee, holding her hand.

Melissa's eyes grew wide, she hadn't been expecting this so soon.
Yet, there he stood looking cute asking her to marry him. Tears of
happiness came down from her eyes. She had dreamed of this moment
before. "Yes, I'll marry you Byers." she hugged him. Just wait until
the others heard about this! Melissa thought they could tell them
about the engagement first and then about the baby. She was so happy
she kept hugging him crying. She wanted the moment to last.

Byers grinned and kissed Melissa as she accepted. Afterward, they
finished up their meal and drove to Monica's house, where everyone
was supposed to be meeting for a party to celebrate Mike getting
incarcerated and Renee and Langly's Marriage. It would prove to be an
Interesting night.


Chapter 20 More Happy News

Melissa felt so happy. Mike was put away for a long time. Her family
was back and she and Byers were getting married. And possibly the
baby was Byers. She tasted the party food and looked around to see
who had arrived. Friends of the Lone gunmen were there including
Jimmy and Eves.

Melissa wondered if her mom had the results of the paternity DNA
results yet. If so, what would be a better time than to bring the
news to everyone here? She found her and took her aside "Mom, did you
get the results yet?" Melissa kept her voice down so no one would
overhear. But what she didn't know was that Monica and Renee would
walk in and hear everything.

"Yes, honey, I have the results. It's Byer's." she said to her
daughter smiling.

Monica and Renee, going to the kitchen to get drinks, stopped as they
over heard this. "Melissa's pregnant?" Reyes asked with a blank look.

"Apparently..." Renee said and then burst into the kitchen "Hey!" she
said loudly pulling Reyes inside with her. Scully and Melissa both
jumped. "So, Melissa.". . Renee began.

"Anything you care to share with us?" Monica asked, grinning. Melissa
groaned. She should have known the girls would overhear...or
eavesdrop. They were very good at that.

Melissa told them to come close and shut the door. "Keep the tone
down!" she said in a low whisper. Then she lowered her voice. "Byers
and I are engaged, and we're having a baby!" for the first time in
weeks, Melissa smiled. She was actually happy the child was Byers.
She watched her two best friends' reactions. Would they be shocked?
She just hoped they didn't squeal too loudly they still haven't told
the men yet. Melissa was a bit nervous at how Frohike and her real
father would react. Count that as how both of her dad's would react.

Monica fought down the urge to squeal with excitement "That's so
great!" she said, keeping her voice down.

Renee beamed "I'm so happy for you two!" she exclaimed as she hugged
Melissa. "Now we just need Monica and John married and then we'll be
all set!"

 "Hey!" Reyes nudged Renee in the ribs. Renee laughed. "Are you going
to get married before or after the baby is born?"

Melissa smiled back after laughing at Renee's plot to get Monica and
John to tie the knot. Melissa said "We haven't discussed that yet.
But I really want to get married before the baby is born so I can
still be in a wedding dress. I'm so glad you, Monica, and mom took
this well. I'm a bit nervous in telling the guys. Monica, could you
go get Byers for me?" Melissa wanted to tell Byers he was the father
before she told the others. She thought it was only fair. Melissa
knew Byers would be thrilled that the baby was his. She knew he
always wanted to be a dad. To have a family of his own.

Reyes merrily walked out to get Byers. "I'm sure you won't get that
big. You're tiny like your mom." said Renee.

"Hey!" Scully exclaimed laughing. "I'm not that small." she looked
down "ok, maybe I am."

Melissa laughed at the two. Her grin broadened when Reyes brought
Byers into the kitchen.

"Is everything ok?" Byers asked looking concerned. "Better than ok.
You're the father John." said Monica grinning once again.

Byers grinned and swept Melissa up in a tight embrace as he kissed
her. "That's great." John Byers couldn't remember when he'd been this
happy. His dreams were finally coming true. Melissa hugged him back.
She was glad that Byers was happy. And that her two best friends were
happy. Now they had to go and tell the other guys. Melissa hoped that
her dad and real father wouldn't be too hard on Byers. Because it
wasn't like it wall all his fault she got pregnant. Melissa chose to
sleep with Byers a few times before the boys left to go on one of
there missions.

She hugged Byers tightly she was glad he was the father. Raising
Mike's child would have been difficult if it were Mike's. But she'd
have done it if she had to. Melissa gazed up at him as they broke the
kiss. "Since you're the father this means you guys can't go on any
more dangerous missions. You have a responsibility of being a
husband, a dad, and Langly will be an uncle. And dad, a grandpa. "
she said "And I don't want to ever lose you guys or my real parents
ever again," said Melissa.

Byers smiled "I won't go anywhere. I can't make any promises for the
others though. When do you want to tell the other guys?"

Meanwhile, in the living room, the guys were wondering what was going
on. "I feel left out," Langly pouted.

"Whiny much?" asked William.

"Well, something's up!" Frohike declared. 

Doggett nodded in agreement. Mulder stood up. "Where are you going?"
asked Doggett.

"To see what's going on, since none of you are moving," Mulder said
as he strode into the kitchen. "Ok, Ladies, and Byers, what's going
on? You kind of left us high and dry out there in the living room."

Melissa blushed a bit, feeling guilty for waiting so long to tell her
two dads. And her two brothers and Doggett. "Um, dad, (meaning both
of them)Langly, Doggett, and William, Byers and I are engaged and
we're having a baby." she looked up at her two dads, Langly's mouth
dropped open in surprise. William looked shocked.

The room went silent. You could almost hear a pin drop. Melissa
remained in Byer's embrace. She almost feared for their reactions.
Melissa only wanted them to be happy she turned to look into their
eyes.

"You, and By- Byers?!" Frohike demanded. He knew he shouldn't be
shocked. But marriage from one of his best friends was enough. Now
the other one was engaged, with a kid on the way?

"No, Dohike, the other guy she's seeing," Langly said rolling his
eyes. He got over his surprise quickly. "I'm happy for you both." he
said as he hugged Melissa. "Now, Byers, I must give you the big
brother speech. It's mandatory. I got it from Doggett when he found
out I married Renee."

"Oh, good Lord." Byers groaned.

"You knew it was coming." 

"I want in on that one." William said. Even having only known his
sister a little while, he was protective of her.

Mulder looked too shocked to speak. It was surprising that he hadn't
fainted. "I just, wow." was all he managed to say as he pulled his
daughter into a tight embrace. Melissa hugged her father. She was
glad he wasn't mad and wasn't putting the blame on Byers. She hugged
her father back again. She thought it was cute Langly and William
playing the roles of protective brothers. She was lucky enough to
have six loving caring men in her life.

She towards her other dad and her two brothers. "Guys, go easy on
Byers. I'm the one who agreed to sleep with him. I understand you
want to be protective of me, and that's sweet. Just don't give him a
hard time." She gave the same look to her dad Frohike as well. What
she said, was meant for him to. he needed to go easy on Byers.
Melissa was certain that Byers would be the perfect husband and
father to their child that is. She had no doubts about that. That
night, Melissa wore a silk hunter green top t-shirt and a pair of
blue jeans. She looked great.

Frohike nodded to Melissa. "I'll go easy on him... for you." He
glared at Byers. Byers smirked, knowing Frohike was joking.

"Better me, than someone you don't know, right?" Byers was about to
say more but was cut off as Langly and William drug him from the room
to give him the infamous "Big Brother" speech.

Doggett just smiled. "Looks like everyone is finally getting what
they want" he thought.


The End!