The Truth is Out There--Scene 42 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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"So, how is Belle Meade lately?"

"Quiet and snobby, as usual" Monica smiled from behind her 
sunglasses as they drove along the roadway.

"Your aunt?  How's her health?"

"Oh, she's a typical southern woman.  Healthy as an ox, but thinks 
she's dying with every case of indigestion."

John laughed at the description.  Monica's aunt was a woman of 
great distinction in this area.  She was 91 years old and had 
single-handedly hung on to her family's estate through all 
economic times.  

Monica convinced her, once she moved in to take care of Atticus, 
to become an organic farm owner.  The main estate remained 
untouched, but the fields surrounding it were filled with a 
variety of crops ranging from heirloom vegetables to hemp.   It 
had taken years to become certified but now Monica was running 
one of the most successful and diverse independent organic farms 
in the southern United States.  

"Farm's doing well?"

"Very well" she smiled back at him as she slowed the truck for 
a light.

"Good" he said as he stared out the window.

An uncomfortable silence fell over the cab of the pick-up truck.  
The two of them sat bolt still waiting for the light to change.  
Monica waved to an elderly man as he crossed the street in front 
of them.  She tapped nervously on the steering wheel.  She 
cleared her throat.  John covered a cough and pulled at the 
strap of his seatbelt as it cut into his shoulder.  

"So, are you going to tell me why you have shown up out of the 
blue to take me to Colt, Arkansas?"

"You know why" he answered simply.

"But they're not in hiding anymore.  Why the cloak and dagger? I 
just saw Mulder, what 4 months ago, when he was down in New 
Orleans doing some promotional stuff for the book, it's set 
there you know?"

"Yeah, I read it."

"And what'd you think?"

"I think that Mulder is a very good writer, but that he must 
have embarrassed Dana with some of his descriptions."

"You mean the sex scenes?" she laughed.

"Yeah, I meant those."

"What was embarrassing?   The fact that they were so 
descriptive, or the fact that they may have been accurate?"

"A little bit of both" he blushed next to her.

"You don't think she'd be like that in bed?" Monica asked 
seriously.

"I don't really think about what my work collogues would be 
like in bed.  Nor, do I really care to know."

"Oh, you wanna know" she smiled to herself "you wanna know 
just like everyone else who knows them, really wants to 
know."

"Can we move on to something else?" he asked as he shifted 
in his seat.

"Well, I'm going to find out" she smiled.

"Monica" he paused "there are more serious things to worry 
about then whether she gives..." he trailed off.

"Amazing blow jobs" she finished his sentence.

John rubbed his temples "Let's just say there were parts I 
skipped over entirely."

She sensed his unease and decided to give him a break, "so, 
what's so serious?"

"They have William" he said quietly.

"They took him?" she asked shocked.

"No, he found them.  After he high-tailed it out of the house 
he grew up in because his adoptive parents had been killed."

"Is he okay?" he asked concerned.

"He's no worse for wear.  He's obviously quite messed up with 
the whole murder scene and everything..."

"But no one hurt him?"

"No, they set him up.  They wanted to make it look like he 
did it."

"Oh, shit.  So...so the police are looking for him."

"The FBI, actually."

"Why is the FBI involved?"

"I'm hoping Skinner has some answers, on this" he said as he 
pulled the flash drive from his suit pocket.

"Skinner's in on this too?" 

"He's our decoy.  He accessed the information and left 
abruptly to vacation with his wife in the Boston 
area.  We're hoping he's being followed and that will buy us 
some time."

"And Mulder and Scully are in Colt with William?"

He looked at his watch "they should be there soon, if 
they're not already."

"Where are we meeting them?"

"Dana will be watching the post office and will take us to 
them."

"What do you want me to do?"

"I don't know.  I don't know yet." He said looking out the 
window "I guess it will depend on what we get off the flash 
drive."

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The end of Part 42