Gambled Parts 7/17
By Debbie Eng (Wan-ping@juno.com)


11:16 AM
Behind Mei Mei's Grocery Store

	Skelany and Scully pulled up and parked behind Peter's car.  The crime
scene had been roped off with bright yellow plastic ribbons.  There were 
people all over.  Some cops, some just curious about what all the fuss was 
about, and one was there to watch and observe so that he could report back to 
his boss.

	A young traffic officer came up to them, " I'm sorry but you'll have 
to leave, this is a crime scene..."

	Scully and Skelany pulled out their badges, " We're the ones working 
on this crime. "
	
	" Sorry officers, " the young man was plainly embarrassed, " I didn't 
know, go on right through."  Then he left to continue has job of trying to 
keep the curious away so that they would not disturb the crime scene.

	Skelany and Scully ducked under the yellow ribbon.  A police 
photographer was standing from a fire escape, busy clicking away with his 
camera, which was focused on the body in the dumpster below him.  After 
he had finished getting all of his pictures, he nodded.  Two men went and
took the body out and placed in on a stretcher.

	Peter and Mulder were examining the area around them looking for clues.

	Scully went to the stretcher kneeled down for a closer look at the 
unclothed body.  There was a patch around the corpse's right eye and stitches 
around his upper right chest area.  

	" You find anything? " Mulder came up to her from behind.

	" I won't be sure until I cut him open, but I'm pretty sure that when 
I do, frogs are going to be coming out, " Scully said as Mulder gave her a 
hand up.

	" Better coming out then raining on our heads though, wouldn't you say, 
Agent Scully? " Mulder grinned.
	
	Scully just sighed.  

	Skelany went to her partner.  He was acting a bit strangely, she 
thought.  Peter had been wandering around with his arms wrapped around 
himself, as if he were trying to keep himself warm. She walked up to him.  
Peter jumped into a kung fu stance as soon as she got within a foot of him.  
Then relaxed with a sigh of relief as he saw who it was.

	" What's wrong, Peter? " Skelany asked.

	" I don't know.  I just feel so cold, " Peter started rubbing his arms.

	" Peter, its at least eighty-five degrees out, maybe you're catching 
something. "

	" That's what I thought, but then I'm only cold when I'm...." Peter 
froze.  Skelany and the rest of people had disappeared.  Day had turned to 
night.  What the hell was happening over here?  He heard two men coming 
towards the alley.  They were speaking in Chinese. 

	" Faai dee liuh, faai dee liuh," the man was urging the one who was 
carrying a large bundle.

	" Wai, hie umm hie neih yeil joe a? " the large man asked the
smaller one.

	The smaller one rapidly shook his head.  He hurriedly opened the 
dumpster and the large man threw the bundle in.  Then they turned and started 
to leave.

	" Hey! Wait! " Peter shouted, " Moe jao a!  Ngoh sih go ging chock
a! Tihng a! " Peter started to go after them.  All of a sudden, he started
feeling weak and dizzy.  The ground seemed to be rushing toward him at an 
alarming rate.  Oh god, what the hell was going on? was his last thought as 
darkness closed in.

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