The Truth is Out There--Scene 45 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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They were at a stand-off.  Franz was frozen in front of 
Mallory as she confidently trained her gun on him.

"Mallory, if you let me explain..." he began as he took a 
step backwards.

"Cuff yourself to the frame of the bed" she said as she threw 
her handcuffs at him.

"You can't be..."

"Do it!" she interrupted.

Franz obediently took the handcuffs and snapped one around 
the bed frame and the other around his wrist.

"Happy?" he asked defeated.

Mallory lowered her gun for the first time.  It felt like a 
heavy paper-weight in her hand, her gun had never felt more 
dangerous than when it was pointing at Franz.

She walked over to Robert and flipped him over on the bed 
so he was facing her.  He moved to sit up, but winced as 
the cuffs cut into him.

"Is this necessary?" he asked.

"You don't have a say in this" she hissed at him "be 
grateful I haven't shot you, yet."

The two men looked at each other, she knew they were both 
wondering what the other would say to her.  

"Robert, why do they want the boy?"

"I don't know." 

"Robert, why do they want the boy?" she said punctuating 
each word.

"I told, you I...don't...know."

"So, you are that stupid that you were going to kidnap a 
boy and you didn't even know why?"

"Mallory, you have no understanding of..."

"Then make me understand!" she snapped.

"This was my first job for them, if I did well, they would 
give me more clearance."

"So, you're just a messenger boy!"

"No!" he snapped "I dealt with the man in charge of the 
whole operation."

"Who?"

"I can't tell you."

"Who, damn it!"

"Mallory, these people..."

"Who?" she snapped and pointed her gun directly at his 
head.

"Mallory" Franz's calm voice came from the other side of 
the bed.

"What?" she mumbled.

"He can't tell you without putting you in danger."

"I'm already involved."

"No beyond this room you're not" Franz clarified.

"What?" she asked as she un-cocked her gun.

"Only me and Hanson know.  If we keep it to 
ourselves..."

"Oh, yeah, because I trust you both so much right 
now" she snickered.

"You have to trust us" Franz noted.

"No," she said reaching for her cell "I have to turn you 
in."

"Don't!" Robert yelled "you have no idea how high this 
goes.  You'll be dead before you have a chance to tell 
anyone anything."

"Who else is involved?" she asked as she opened her 
phone.

"Mallory, you have no idea..."

"You keep telling me how clueless I am, but who's the 
one in cuffs?"

"I need to speak with Agent McCabe" she said boldly 
into the phone.

"Mallory..." Franz started.

"Shut up, Franz" she said waving him off.

"Yes, I'll hold" she said into the phone.

"If I don't deliver, you die" Franz said forcefully.

"What?" she snapped looking at him.

"That was my deal.  They were threatening you, so I 
got involved."

"What do you mean threatening me?" she stepped a little 
closer to him.

"They had me, Mallory.  They know things.  They hold 
things over you.  They never forget.  I couldn't let 
them kill you" he said as a tear fell down the side of 
his face.

"So I'm the reason..." she looked at him for a long 
moment before being snapped back into reality by 
the voice on the phone "Uh, yes, Agent McCabe...this 
is Agent Suharta...any updates on your search?"

She listened for a moment "Thank you. No, that was all" 
she said as she snapped the phone shut.


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The end scene 45