Roadblock
By RocketMan

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"Mulder, not again." she groaned as the car slowed.

He smiled at her sheepishly. "I can't help it if we have a tendency to
attract strnge things."

"You are the sole owner of that tendency, Mulder."

The police officer came to their window, motioning at another officer
who was calling out something.

"Sorry, folks, we ran into some trouble here, so it'll be awhile."

The man left and Mulder looked over to Scully, a certain unquenchable
curiousity burning in his eyes.

She shook her head. "No, Mulder. Do not get out of this car. Stay right
here. This is not --"

She stopped.

He was already opening the car door.

She rolled her eyes and followed him off through the woods.

She caught up with him at the yellow tape, where a body lay sprawled in
a pile of animal dung and nesting. The smell caught her off guard and
she reeled back, putting a hand to her nose and coughing.

Mulder came up beside her with a grimace. "Scully --" he began.

"All right, Mulder. But if we have to be out in the woods again, bring
that sleeping bag."

She turned and stalked back off to their car, pulling out her cell phone
as she did to report their stop.

He stared after her.

Maybe he would gt lucky.

end
adios
RocketMan