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[#130] The Void Looks Back (X-Files)
Theme Prompt: #130 - Moonlight
Title: The Void Looks Back
Fandom: X-Files
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 684
Summary: There's something unnatural in the woods. Will Agents Doggett and Scully escape it?
The tree's rough bark was reassuringly solid under John Doggett's fingers. He only wished he could say the same about the scene unfolding in front of his incredulous eyes.
Moonlight bathed most of the forest in a soft silver glow; it would have been peaceful, romantic even, if not for the large area approximately 150 feet in front of them. There, an inky blackness blotted out everything in a six-by-six-foot radius. No stars penetrated the void, nor could anything be seen of the trees John knew were beyond. It looked like a portal or doorway… but to where?
It should have been terrifying, repulsive, but it was peculiarly captivating instead. John's skin prickled with the desire to move forward, pierce the mystery that lay beyond the veil and know the hidden secrets within.
John knew instinctively to resist the siren call. It was dangerous, the blackness of death pretending to be salvation. Instead, he locked his knees and jaw, fighting the unnatural urge to move forward.
Unfortunately, Scully had succumbed to the hypnotic appeal. He grabbed her around the waist just in time before she would have bolted towards the anomaly.
"Let me go!" she insisted, struggling to break free.
John tightened his hold. "Fight it, Dana!" he yelled. "We can't let it win!"
"We need to find out what it is," she insisted. "I need to know."
"Think!" he insisted. "Look at it! See past what it wants you to see. Whatever that thing is, it's nothing good."
Scully stopped struggling, and her eyes were now clear again. John relaxed his hold, knowing she'd fought off the void's influence. The imminent danger had abated, so he turned his attention to the problem of what to do next.
It was starting to piss him off, hovering there as if watching them, waiting for its opportunity to swallow them whole.
John was a man of decisive action… so he decided to stop reacting and do something. Anything would be better than waiting to see if the void would expand until the whole forest was wiped out.
He pulled out his gun, quickly aimed, and sent all the rounds into the center of the blackness.
The bright flash of light was nearly blinding, turning the surroundings to daylight. He flinched and covered his eyes with a hand, sensing Scully doing the same. When they could see again, the void was gone. Moonlight again bathed the entire area, highlighting trees with gnarly branches that reached up as if to touch the stars.
The stillness felt differently now as if nature had been silently screaming its protest of the unnatural visitor.
"Do you have any idea what the hell that was?!" John asked his partner.
Scully shook her head. "I've never seen anything like it before. It could have been an alternate universe, or a wormhole. Or maybe it was some sort of sentient being from another dimension. There's no way to tell now."
"Or if it'll be back," he added uneasily.
Scully glanced at him. "Thank you for stopping me."
"It wasn't easy to stop myself," John admitted as they began walking back to the car. "How do you do it?" he asked, looking over his shoulder at the now-normal woods. "All the things you've seen, yet never getting any solid proof to show the rest of the world?"
Dana shrugged. "It doesn't get any easier. But the truth isn't any less important because it can't be proven; it's more important than ever. We have to keep at it, and don't let it consume us."
"Have you succeeded in that?" he wanted to know.
Scully sighed. "Probably not very well. But I believe in what we're doing. We fight the good fight."
Doggett wondered if it would eventually consume him as it had Mulder and Scully, and vowed to walk away if that was ever a danger. The truth was important, but not at the risk of your soul. He had to preserve his practicality. After all, somebody on their side needed to keep both feet firmly on the ground.
"Let's get the hell out of here."
Title: The Void Looks Back
Fandom: X-Files
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 684
Summary: There's something unnatural in the woods. Will Agents Doggett and Scully escape it?
The tree's rough bark was reassuringly solid under John Doggett's fingers. He only wished he could say the same about the scene unfolding in front of his incredulous eyes.
Moonlight bathed most of the forest in a soft silver glow; it would have been peaceful, romantic even, if not for the large area approximately 150 feet in front of them. There, an inky blackness blotted out everything in a six-by-six-foot radius. No stars penetrated the void, nor could anything be seen of the trees John knew were beyond. It looked like a portal or doorway… but to where?
It should have been terrifying, repulsive, but it was peculiarly captivating instead. John's skin prickled with the desire to move forward, pierce the mystery that lay beyond the veil and know the hidden secrets within.
John knew instinctively to resist the siren call. It was dangerous, the blackness of death pretending to be salvation. Instead, he locked his knees and jaw, fighting the unnatural urge to move forward.
Unfortunately, Scully had succumbed to the hypnotic appeal. He grabbed her around the waist just in time before she would have bolted towards the anomaly.
"Let me go!" she insisted, struggling to break free.
John tightened his hold. "Fight it, Dana!" he yelled. "We can't let it win!"
"We need to find out what it is," she insisted. "I need to know."
"Think!" he insisted. "Look at it! See past what it wants you to see. Whatever that thing is, it's nothing good."
Scully stopped struggling, and her eyes were now clear again. John relaxed his hold, knowing she'd fought off the void's influence. The imminent danger had abated, so he turned his attention to the problem of what to do next.
It was starting to piss him off, hovering there as if watching them, waiting for its opportunity to swallow them whole.
John was a man of decisive action… so he decided to stop reacting and do something. Anything would be better than waiting to see if the void would expand until the whole forest was wiped out.
He pulled out his gun, quickly aimed, and sent all the rounds into the center of the blackness.
The bright flash of light was nearly blinding, turning the surroundings to daylight. He flinched and covered his eyes with a hand, sensing Scully doing the same. When they could see again, the void was gone. Moonlight again bathed the entire area, highlighting trees with gnarly branches that reached up as if to touch the stars.
The stillness felt differently now as if nature had been silently screaming its protest of the unnatural visitor.
"Do you have any idea what the hell that was?!" John asked his partner.
Scully shook her head. "I've never seen anything like it before. It could have been an alternate universe, or a wormhole. Or maybe it was some sort of sentient being from another dimension. There's no way to tell now."
"Or if it'll be back," he added uneasily.
Scully glanced at him. "Thank you for stopping me."
"It wasn't easy to stop myself," John admitted as they began walking back to the car. "How do you do it?" he asked, looking over his shoulder at the now-normal woods. "All the things you've seen, yet never getting any solid proof to show the rest of the world?"
Dana shrugged. "It doesn't get any easier. But the truth isn't any less important because it can't be proven; it's more important than ever. We have to keep at it, and don't let it consume us."
"Have you succeeded in that?" he wanted to know.
Scully sighed. "Probably not very well. But I believe in what we're doing. We fight the good fight."
Doggett wondered if it would eventually consume him as it had Mulder and Scully, and vowed to walk away if that was ever a danger. The truth was important, but not at the risk of your soul. He had to preserve his practicality. After all, somebody on their side needed to keep both feet firmly on the ground.
"Let's get the hell out of here."
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