Title: SOS
Author: Princess Destiny
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Couple: Mulder And Scully
Rating: M 15+
Summary: 'One Hour Challenge' #1: Response Fanfic. Mulder and Scully get stranded in a forest after their car breaks down, their phones won't work and there's a bear after them.
Chapters: 2/2
Status: Completed
Year Started: 2002
Year Completed: 2002
Year Revised: 2011

Comments: Hi everyone! Here is the second and final Chapter. I revised the end a little when I realised that it needed to be more romantic. I always loved the X-Files and wished they had gotten together. I don't class the second movie as a proper ending to their relationship.

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SOS

By Princess Destiny

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Chapter Two

Scully dealt next and picked up her cards with apprehension. What if she got a bad hand? She looked up at her partner as he studied his own hand and she mentally tallied his clothes. Shirt? Check. Socks? Check. Pants? Check. Holster and gun? Check. Cell phone? Check. He also possibly had a singlet on underneath his clothes. So-a possible five items of clothing for him to remove. She looked at his watch. Make that seven.

Mulder hid a grin as he saw his hand. He couldn't lose. Four Queens! He began to hum 'Hall Of The Mountain King' under his breath. He looked at his partner, taking a mental tally of her removable. Bra? Check. Oh yeah. Slacks? Check. Stockings? Check. Necklace. Check. Watch? Check. Okay, that made...five items to be removed. Luckily he didn't have to count her shirt. Oh and her holster and gun and her cell-phone...wait, were the holster and gun counted as one or two items?

"Scully?" he said conversationally.

"Yeah?" she muttered, staring at her cards. Three two's. Someone up there had it in for her! She glared at her rotten hand. What was it with these low cards?

"Are the gun and holster counted as one item or two?" Mulder went on, looking at her stormy face with interest. So, she'd gotten a bad hand! Boy, Scully was really bad at cards. She couldn't even maintain a poker face. He grinned. "Watch please."

"Two," Scully said absently, then his order sunk in. Her head jerked up. "Hey! You didn't even see my cards yet."

"I don't need to," he replied happily, wiggling his eyebrows at her in a comical way. "Be glad I only asked for your watch."

Scully stared at him hard, then turned her cards over to see if they were transparent in any way. Nope. "How did you know I lost?" she asked suspiciously.

Mulder whistled through his teeth. "I don't need to see your cards when you've got a scowl on your face enough to scare a guy senseless"

"What?" she said, outraged. She glared at her smirking partner. "I was not scowling!"

"Yep. You were," he said calmly, throwing his cards down face up.

The four Queen stared at her mockingly. How the hell did Mulder keep getting so many great hands? First Kings, now Queens! "I don't know how, but you're cheating, Mulder." she told him angrily. She threw her cards down and Mulder leant over to look at them.

"Oooh, bad hand. Nope, try again Scully. No one cheating here." he said cheerfully, scooping the cards up and shuffling them. He was about to deal when he caught her glare. "Oookay," he muttered and shuffled again for a few more minutes. When he thought they'd been shuffled for long enough, he looked at her expectantly.

Scully rolled her eyes. Mulder was so transparent sometimes! "Deal, Mulder," she said dryly.

"And they're off!" Mulder intoned, flinging cards into two piles swiftly. He grabbed his cards and looked at them. No way! His face fell before he could control it. Two two's? And just when he was on a winning streak too. He was going to ask for her pants next.

Ah ha! Three aces! Scully hide her grin of triumph and assumed 'poker face'. What'cha got, partner?" she drawled at him, imitating his annoying manner of earlier.

"You cheated!" Mulder accused, throwing his cards down in disgust.

The red-head glanced down and smirked, laying her cards on the ground carefully, face up. "Nope. As you say 'You shuffled.'"

"Spoil sport," he muttered in disappointment, reaching for a sock.

"Hold up there, Mulder," Scully said silkily. She held out her hand. "Gimme your pants!" she commanded.

Mulder gaped at her. This was his reserved partner? She by-passed the smaller items of clothing altogether and went in for the kill? "You...you want my pants?" he asked her tentatively, staring.

"Pants." Scully nodded, tilting her head to the side consideringly. "I am without shirt here-you can afford your pants."

"Pants it is," Mulder said, recovering his wits. He stood up and undid his pants, pushing them down his legs and kicking them away. A wolf-whistle made his head jerk up and he saw his partner staring at him blatantly with a huge grin on her face.

Whoo! Mulder's legs. He had sexy legs! For a guy, that was. "Nice," she commented easily.

"Why, thank you," The dark-haired Agent responded coyly, batting his lashes. "I would have shaved my legs if I'd known I was going to be baring all in the wilderness."

Scully grinned wider. "There's no need to stand on ceremony with me Mulder. No one out here but me a couple of thousand mammals" she looked him up and down consideringly. His socks could go next. She'd save his boxers for last.

"Ah, a boxers man," she said slyly, reaching for the cards to shuffle them.

Mulder sat down on the ground, shifting about uncomfortably as the pine needles dug into his naked legs. Scully had sure surprised him! Boxers, right. A retort was expected. "I prefer boxers to briefs," he told her easily, hiding an equally sly grin. "It keeps me from chaffing."

"Mulder!" Scully burst out, embarrassed and turned on. Chafing made her think of just what was chafing and that made her think of all the naughty things she always dreamed about doing to her partner.

"Ah ha," he said triumphantly, eyes on her fiery blush. He pointed a finger at her dramatically. "I can embarrass the ever-clinical Dana Scully."

"I was thrown off, that's all," she said, throwing him a frown. Were they both on coffee or what? Mulder was way more wacky than usual and she'd never had dared to order him out of her pants before today! She smirked when she remembered the jacket she'd deliberately left behind. Mulder hadn't figured it out yet.

Mulder stared at his partner hard when she smirked like the cat that had the cream. What was she thinking about? He'd kill to know!

"Hehehe," She said evilly, still shuffling the cards. She peeked through her lashes to see her partner looking afire with curiosity.

"What?" He demanded, leaning forward. What the hell was she thinking?

"Nothing." Scully said demurely, tossing out the cards. She set down the pack and grabbed her cards expectantly. Four tens! Yes!

Mulder scowled at his partner is suspicion when her smirk went up an octave. His grabbed his cards and looked at them. Four aces! "Hehehe," he laughed evilly, then looked up at Scully's smirking face.

"I believe that evil laugh belongs to me," Scully said cheerfully. "Show us your cards, buddy."

Her partner lay his cards down and glanced up quickly to see her expression. The smirk slid off her face and she gaped.

"Shit! No way! Damn it." she yelled, hurling her cards to the ground.

"My ears are burning," Mulder said drolly, covering his ears with his hands. He looked Scully over consideringly. She'd gone right for the pants, but she'd already lost her shirt, so that was fair. But should he ask for her pants now? He had to admit-he was dying to know if her undies were just ask frilly as her bra. Nah, he'd wait for now.

The dark-haired man grinned in anticipation, while his partner watched him warily. "Holster and gun." he said.

Scully's eyebrows rose as she removed the required items from her waist. "Weren't they going to be two items?"

"Anticipations great, huh?" Mulder said happily, beginning to whistle again. "I decided that they were one." He replied after a long smug moment.

"You know 'Hall Of The Mountain King'?" Scully said, recognizing the song.

"I may be a porno freak, but I'm not completely without education" He told her rather dryly, gathering the cards up.

"So I see." Scully drummed her fingers on the ground as she waited for him to deal. She snatched the cards as soon as they reached the ground. A three, a five, a king, a queen and an ace. Absolutely nothing!

He grabbed his cards eagerly, hoping to divest his partner of her pants this time. Two two's, a king, a nine and a three. His face fell. Two two's were easily beaten. He wondered what his partner would take next. "A pair," Mulder moaned, laying his cards down.

"Damn," Scully muttered, revealing her lousy hand.

He grinned in delight. "Well, well, well! And here I thought my hand was lousy." he snickered and looked her over. "Decisions, decisions"

"Well?" she demanded, crossing her arms and plumping her breasts up unconsciously.

He was tempted! Oh, how he was tempted to ask her for her bra. The way her breasts were almost falling out of the lace contraption made Mulder's mouth water. He restrained himself-but just barely. "Pants."

"I knew it," Scully muttered, getting to her feet. She undid her pants and slid them down her legs.

"Whoo hoo, sugar lips!" Mulder called out, clapping enthusiastically as she kicked the pants to the side. Her long slender legs were clad in sheer nylons. She may as well have not been wearing them. The dark-haired man stared hungrily, licking his lips. "Oh yeah."

Scully's eyebrows hit her hairline in astonishment. She stood there, hands on hips and staring at him like he'd gone round the bend. "Excuse me? Sugar lips?"

Her partner laughed loudly, delighted with himself and her strip-tease. Someone up there sure liked him! "Couldn't help it," he said mischievously. He looked her up and down blatantly. Yep, her underwear was as lacy as her bra! "I can throw out my porno collection now. You've given me enough wet dreams for year."

"Mulder!" Scully gasped out, shocked. He'd just admitted he was-

"Scully!" Mulder yelled back, acting just as shocked. He slapped his hands to his cheeks and gasped like an outraged virgin. "Oh, you dirty, dirty guy! How could you say such a thing to me?"

"Mulder," The red-head fell over, laughing hard.

Wow, her chest did amazing thing when she laughed laying on her back! Mulder's hands dropped and he stared at her breasts as they jiggled from her amusement.

Scully suddenly sat up and caught his gaze centred on her chest. "Are you going to deal or just ogle?" she asked him.

"Ogling is just fine," He responded, still gawping at her breasts in sheer admiration.

"Earth to, Mulder?" she said, waving her hand in front of his face.

"Uh-right," The dark-haired man muttered, looking down at the cards.

The game continued for the next hour, until Mulder was wearing nothing but his boxers and Scully nothing but her bra and undies.

"Okay, now we get to the really interesting part," he leered at her. It was the last hand. If he won, he got to see Scully's amazing breasts unhampered. If he lost, then she as going to get an eyeful. Either way, neither of them were going back to the way they'd been. This game had gotten too serious and gone too far to back off. He loved her and she loved him. "Ready?" he asked her, holding the cards and readying to deal.

"Ready," The read-head replied, licking her lips. This was it! Either she lost a bra or he lost his briefs. Either way, they couldn't go back to just being 'partners'. Things had changed and she knew they were for the best. She loved him and he loved her.

Mulder dealt the cards carefully, sending a silent prayer to the gods to give Scully a rotten hand. His day had come. Finally!

Neither of them touched the cards that had been dealt, but instead looked at each other, eyes locking.

"Let's do this," They both said at the same time, simultaneously grabbing their cards.

Scully got four Queen and she smiled triumphantly. She'd won!

Mulder stared at his four kings and grinned in triumph. His partner had been getting such lousy cards that he knew she couldn't beat him. Well...only with four aces, but what were the chances of that happening?

"Ready?" She asked, staring directly at Mulder. It was a double-meaning question and he knew it.

Mulder nodded and smiled at her. "I've been ready for years," He admitted quietly. "Go!"

They threw down their cards. Four queen and four kings stared back at them.

"I won!" Mulder whooped in triumph!

"I lost!" Scully yelled in dismay. She'd lost! Arrggh.

"Scully?" Her dark-haired partner asked intently, eyes darkening as they rested on her face. "Bra, Scully."

Scully slowly reached up to unclasp her bra-but then something beyond Mulder caught her gaze and she gasped. "Bear!"

"What?" Mulder demanded, coming out of his daze.

"Bear, Mulder!" She shouted, jumping to her feet and pointing.

Her partner turned and gaped as he saw the bear that they'd been running from all day. It was lopping up fast towards him. "Damn it!" he growled. Scully had been about to bare all! His dreams were about to be answered and they were interrupted by a blood bear? Not likely!

He dove for his gun as the bear stopped a few meters away and sniffed at them, growling. "FBI! Maintain your distance, Yogi!" Mulder shouted, aiming the gun at the startled bear.

Scully gaped at her partner. "Mulder, calm down. The bear can't understand you." she walked up behind her partner slowly, so she wouldn't set the bear off.

"I'm being calm, damn it. I've been waiting seven years to see what's under your uniform without the de-contamination sprays and space men!" Mulder bellowed back, eyes flashing with outrage and anger.

"Mulder!" The red-head gasped out. She brushed the hair from her eyes and stared from the bear to her maniac partner.

The bear obviously had no idea what was going on, or why the people who had been previously running from him were now just standing there. The female was not running, but showed no fear, and the male clearly wanted to defend his mate.

"Oh, don't sound so outraged, Scully," Mulder grinned and wiggled his eyebrows at her in a suggestive manner, while keeping his gun steadily on the confused bear. "We've been playing strip poker; you don't think I had some ulterior motive in mind?"

"Rrrrrr?" The bear growled in a rather bewildered way. The two human's were shouting instead of running and that just wasn't natural! He backed off slightly, paws carefully finding the ground behind him.

"Put the gun away!" Scully ordered her lunatic partner.

"Why? I have a clean shot-what am I saying? I don't want to shoot the bear," he finished in a resigned way. He waved the gun at the bear. "Take a hike. We're just getting to the interesting part of the card game."

"I can't believe we're in our underwear, in a forest, waving a gun at a grizzly." Scully almost wailed. They had been about to chance the very foundations that their relationship rested on and a damn bear had barged it!

"I can't believe the bloody bear turned up for the third time, just as you were going to take your bra off! He's like a bloody golden retriever or something. Have we got a bug on us?" Mulder raved.

"I don't think the bear put a bug on us, Mulder." The red-head said dryly.

"I think he has lousy timing." He muttered. Oh yeah, someone up there didn't like him!

Just then, the sound of a helicopter broke over the forest. Mulder realised because of the bear, he had now lost his chance to see his lovely read-haired partner in the buff and make love in the woods like savages. He bet she would have used her claws on his back as he-whoa. The man salivated, eyes glazed over.

"Damn," Scully murmured under her breath, realising that they had lost their chance. Their rescue party was almost there and she had never even had the opportunity to see her partner's fantastic ass, or dig her nails into them in passion.

"Scully, I think I'm going to shoot the bear after all," Mulder announced with a glower, aiming at the bear's head carefully. It was all his fault! One shot and he'd be toast and he and Scully could get down and dirty. They had a minute or so before the helicopter's spotlight found them...

Okay, he must be crazy to think they could do that now with Agents watching, a spotlight aimed at them revealing everything they did. He sighed. There was no way, after seven years, that he was going to make love to her in a hurry. Their joining would take a long, long time.

"Mulder, get your clothes on!" His partner screeched in panic as she heard the helicopter. They were undressed!

"Okay. Damn their timing stinks!" Mulder growled, dropping his gun and rushing for his pants.

"RRRRRRRR!" The bear roared at them, as they raced for their clothes. He paced back and forth, eyes going from the two human's in front of him, to the loud bright light in the sky.

The two Agents froze.

Then the helicopter spotted them and flew overheard. The bear ran for it and Mulder and Scully gaped up in disbelief, their discarded clothes blowing away from the force of the Helicopter's rotors.

"Agents Mulder and Scully?" A voice shouted through a megaphone, filled with doubt. It was them, wasn't it? He wasn't entirely sure if the two below him almost in the buff were the two heroic FBI Agents that everyone secretly admired.

Mulder waved an arm back just as doubtfully, obviously considering shouting no. "We are so fired." he muttered to his partner.

"I've always wanted to open a little Restaurant in Maine," Scully muttered back, trying to look as professional as one could in lacy underwear. She smiled slightly as the dark-haired man moved his body between her and the Agents in the helicopter. Mulder could be so sweet.

"Want to get married?" Her partner asked teasingly, only half joking. The emotion in his eyes made her breath catch.

"Sure, why not? Mr. and Mrs. over-easy." She responded dryly, referring to their new occupation as restaurant owners. Scully kept her tone as teasing as her partners, but she was also staring at him with wonder. He had finally asked her! And they were in a forest, almost naked from having played strip poker, being gaped at from their audience in the helicopter. It was very much in keeping with their whole relationship. Bizarre.

Mulder's lips twisted as he realised she was uncertain of him and whether he was teasing her or serious. He couldn't blame her because he was always like that. But not when it counted, and right now it did. "Scully? I really love you." He said plainly, dark eyes showing the love that he had hidden from her for so long. It was ironic that a bear had cause them to show their feelings and admit all, and someday soon Mulder would track down the hair beast and give him the largest steak he could find.

"I love you too, Mulder." Scully replied tenderly, her hand going to his cheek. He closed his eyes for a moment, as if he were overwhelmed by the moment.

In that moment, they both knew that everything would be alright. Their lips met, both of them moving at the exact same time.

Moments later, the five rescue men witnessed their almost-naked Agents locked in a passionate kiss. They didn't look like they gave a damn about their audience, the state of undress or the bear that had been seen bolting from the scene like his hair backside had been on fire.

After ten minutes, the Agents realised that the two were most definitely not coming up for air.

"Who wants to call this in?" the Pilot demanded.

Mulder and Scully continued to kiss, trying to convey their love to each other-and getting over some major UST along the way. Well, they'd been rescue and their feelings had been revealed-as well as certain body parts usually concealed-and they still had to explain to Skinner why the rescue party had found them in their underwear...

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The End

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