The Truth is Out There--Scene 39 from XF3
by Lolabeegood

E-mail: lolabeegood@gmail.com
Distribution: Archive freely with my name attached.

Rating: R
Categories: S, R
Keywords: Mulder/Scully romance, Post-IWTB
Spoilers: IWTB
Summary:  The truth is something Mulder & Scully may have 
to pay a steep price for.

Author's Notes: 

Ever since I watched IWTB I have thought of the ideal way to 
start and storyline a third movie.  So, after much thought and 
deliberation I have a series of scenes that I have written for 
the third XF movie.  The scenes will not necessarily run right 
after each other but they are in sequence.  They are more like 
scenes I would like to see in the XF3 that develop character, 
tie loose ends, and add plot interest.  

I do not own the characters and I don't make any money from 
this.

Enjoy!

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There was a loud knock on Mallory's door and she strained to see 
the clock on her nightstand.  It was 9 am and she needed to start 
working her case again.  Five hours of half decent sleep was 
all she was going to get, for now.  The knocking pounded 
against her door again.  

"I'll be right there Franz" she yelled as she turned over.

"It's not Franz" the familiar voice on the other side said.

"Oh." 

Mallory was surprised and she reached for her robe before 
answering the door.  As she cinched the waist she opened the 
door to let light invade her blackened room.

"Robert, what are you doing here?" she asked her supervisor.

"I'm up shit creek Mallory and I need your help" he said 
flustered as he waltzed into her room.

She took in his disheveled suit and his twisted neck tie and 
quickly decided that Robert Hanson had been having a crappy 
start to his day.  

"I thought you were in New York?" she asked as she shut the door.

"I was" he answered as he paced the floor.

"Robert" she said reaching out to touch his arm "calm down and 
tell me what the problem is."

He glanced at her furtively and seemed to be making up his mind 
about something.

"I really shouldn't bring you into this" he said as he sat on her 
rumpled bed.

"You flew all the way from New York to not get me involved?" she 
asked as she sat next to him"Stupid, huh?" he smiled up at her.

She cupped the side of his cheek and smiled back at him.  He was 
the man she wanted to tell Franz about, the man she had recently 
become involved with.  He man she couldn't tell Franz about because, 
it would break his heart.  The truth was, Mallory didn't know if 
her heart was at all involved with Robert Hanson.  It was a very 
physical relationship.  She cared about him, in a way, but she 
didn't think she loved him.  He was younger than her, quickly 
rising through the ranks, head-strong, and confident.  Most of 
the things Franz was not.  Mallory wasn't sure why she became 
involved with him, but she was.  

"Start at the beginning" she said calmly.

"I got involved in a project" he seemed to exhale instead of say 
"Mallory, you can't breathe a word of this to anyone."


"I promise" she said genuinely.

"It was a way to...to...to prove myself, to show everyone that 
I was ready to play with the big boys."

"Okay."

"I needed to get some merchandise to a lab."

"For what purpose?"

"Scientific testing.  There is a team of world-renowned scientists 
waiting to work on this project and it was my job to deliver."

"Okay...what happened?"

"The merchandise escaped."

"You mean someone stole it?" she asked confused.

"No, it escaped."

"Was it an animal?" 

"No" he paused and looked across the room at some unknown point.

"Robert, I don't understand." 

She turned to see what he was looking at.  He was staring at his 
reflection in the mirror.  He looked sad and disappointed.

"Robert" she said guiding his face towards her "what is the 
merchandise?"

He sat still for a second looking down at her lap, at her leg as 
it peeked out from under her robe.

"It's Patrick VanDeKemp."

"What?!" Mallory stood up, shocked by the revelation.

Robert grabbed for her hands and tried to pull her back down.  
"Mallory...it's not what you think."

She starred at him with wild eyes, shaking her head.

"It's my understanding" she paused to gather her thoughts "that...
that...that you were to deliver this young boy to a lab to...to  
have tests performed on him?"

Robert just looked at her and nodded his head softly.

"Robert, what the fuck were you thinking?" she said pulling 
further away from him and raising her voice.

"I...I...I don't know what I was thinking" he said standing to 
walk toward her.

"You were going to kidnap a young boy?" she said as she moved away 
from him "You were going to make him a lab rat? For what...for what 
purpose?"

"Mallory, let me explain" he said still walking toward her.

"Get away from me!" she yelled.

"You need to let me explain..."

"Back off!" she yelled louder, and he stopped.

They stood at a standstill.  Her chest heaving with anger and her 
face wild with rage.  He looking more and more desperate as each 
second passed.

"Mallory, I..." he started toward her again.

Just then the door flew open and Franz, with gun drawn bolted into 
the room. He immediately walked in front of Mallory and was 
surprised to see who the other person in the room was.

"Hands up" he demanded.

"Franz, it's..." Robert started.

"Get your hands up" Franz said as he pointed his gun more directly 
at Robert.

Robert Hanson put his hands in the air and Franz took out his 
handcuffs and cuffed him behind his back.  Throwing him toward the 
bed, protesting.

"Now, what the fuck is going on?" he asked turning toward Mallory.

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The end scene 39