Gambled Parts 5/17
By Debbie Eng (Wan-ping@juno.com)

10:30 AM
101st Precinct

	Scully had by now settled at Peter's desk while she read the autopsy 
reports.  Skelany got up to refill her cup of coffee, " Would you like a cup, 
Agent Scully? "

	" Sure, " Scully put down the report, " You can call me Dana."

	Skelany turned from the coffee machine, " Mary Margaret here, how do 
you take your coffee, Dana? "

	" Just a little cream, please, " Scully reached for the coffee that 
Skelany was holding out to her.

	" So any progress so far? " Skelany sat back down at her desk and 
leaned forward.

	" As far as I can see, its the same thing all over again, everything 
including the frogs in the body.  I'll need to pull up copies of my autopsies f
from the case Mulder and I did last time to be sure though, " Scully took
a sip at her coffee.  It wasn't bad.  Of course after drinking coffee that
Mulder made in their office, nothing was really bad.  Scully motioned to the 
computer on Skelany's desk, " Can I borrow your computer to access the
files?  Or do you have someplace that I can set up my laptop? "

	" I'm afraid mine doesn't have a modem, the only here that has one is 
Detective Griffin's, and he's not here at the moment. "

	" Do you think I can borrow it?  It won't take more then a couple of 
minutes. And he'll never know that I was there. "

	Skelany thought back to what happened to people who borrowed Kermit's 
computer without his permission, " Trust me, you want to wait.  He'll know that
you were there.  He's probably got more security on that thing then Fort
Knox."

	Scully was a little surprised at that.  More security on a computer 
then Fort Knox?  Skelany had to be kidding her.  That sounded as bad as 
Mulder's friends the Lone Gunmen.  

	" Frogs in the bodies, huh?  You must be used to this kind of thing 
from the last case. " Skelany leaned back in her chair, " Or is this something
that you normally come across? "

	Scully grinned slightly to herself, " You'd be surprised at what I've 
come across in the line of duty. " Scully thought about the past couple of 
years that she had been working with Mulder.  Man eating crocodiles, clones, 
her kidnapping, all of Mulder's disappearances for the existence of extra 
terrestrial life.  The list just went on and on.

	" Maybe not, " Skelany said as she thought back on everything that she
had seen Peter and his father do.  Mind reading, healing, heating guns with 
one little hand motion,  visiting other dimensions.  The list just went on 
and on.

	The phone on Skelany's desk rang abruptly disrupting both women's 
thoughts.  Skelany answered it and with a curse hung up. Then she picked it up
again.  " I'm going to beep Peter and tell him to meet us there. "

	" What is it? " Scully asked.

	" They found another corpse behind the Mei Mei grocery store, " Skelany
started dialing the numbers.

	" Let me try and reach Mulder first, if he remembered to bring his 
phone, it'll be quicker, " Scully reached for her cell phone and hit the 
speed dial button.

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