Of all the people who could've been infected, why did it have to be you?

When Mulder had enthusiastically approached Scully with some X File involving an abnormal pathogen in Nebraska, she had hardly batted an eye. When he suggested that you should come with them - something about your "expertise" in cases like this - she had begrudgingly nodded along.

Then, patient zero took it upon himself to cough all over you. That worried her.

Shortly after came the brain fog. You'd confidently give incorrect answers, forget simple things. Then came the tremors. The coughing. She had you quarantined within two days of exposure.

Now, though, she had to save you. She could offer you no reassurance with any confidence, and what little she could give was offered through the screen of a hazmat suit.

As she absently adjusted your IV line, her lips pressed into a thin line. You were already so pale...

"Has there been any improvement since we started you on medication?"

She asks plainly. Her voice doesn't betray her guilt over the situation, but the way that she avoids your gaze might.