The Truth is Out There--Scene 49 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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"When did the threats start?" Mallory asks not skipping a beat 
once she entered Franz's room.

"A couple years after I joined the Bureau."

"But how did they know you would join...I mean you could have 
been in any profession."

"In grad school I had an advisor that coaxed me, not so gently, 
into profiling, and then I had FBI recruiters visit me personally, 
promising me the moon and feeding me ego. I joined the Bureau , 
like a good little boy who wanted to feel important.   I had lots 
of cases that didn't add up, I started to ask questions and then 
I got a call to a meeting...I was told in no uncertain terms that 
all the scholarships I got for my education were now being 
collected and my mother and sister were my collateral until I was 
paid in full.  Just after we became involved, you were added to 
the list.  I shouldn't have ever..."

"Why didn't you report..."

"My supervisor was in the room, Mallory, it was pretty clear 
there was no reporting to be done" he interrupted.

"What..." she paused unsure of how to continue "Franz, what have 
you done for them?"

"Do you really want to know?"

"Not really," she said honestly "but I think I need to."

"I've arranged profiles to reflect who they want to be guilty 
instead of who may actually be guilty, I've helped them track 
people where no official report was ever filed, I've..."

"Stop" she said raising a hand "How come I have not noticed any 
of this?"

"I haven't done much for them recently, mostly sign off on fake 
arrests and testify in court, nothing that really involved you, 
until..."

"Now" she interrupted "what are you supposed to do with this boy?  
Were you faking all of it?  Did you really know he was two former 
FBI agents kid all along?  Were you playing me for a..."

"No" he said grabbing her by the shoulders "what Hanson said was 
right.  In their eyes I am a wash-out.  I was just as out of the 
loop as you were.  I knew I had to back up the psych reports that 
this kid was unstable, they never expected him to get away, I 
really am trying to find him."

"So they can ship him off for testing?  What kind of testing 
Franz?"

"That's...more complicated" he said letting go of her and taking 
a few steps away.

"Enlighten me" she said crossing her arms over her chest.

"He has special abilities...I think he's tapped into some 
previously unused areas of the brain that allow him to sense 
things, know things, do things, that we can't.  I just thought 
that he was too young to realize these abilities.  I was wrong."

"How did he get these abilities?"

"There are...children...not many, but some, and they are born 
this way, born with these amazing abilities that no one else 
has.  They need to be studied so maybe, we can tap into these 
areas in other people."

"So it's all one big science project?  Who is funding this?  Is 
our government doing this?" she said loudly, not meaning to raise 
her voice.

"Our government is in on it, in a large way.  But, the testing is 
done through Kite Pharmaceuticals.  Know them?"

"Yeah, they are one of the oldest and biggest pharmaceutical 
agencies in the country, if not the world."

"Third largest in the world, I checked."

"What's their part?"

"They run the tests and they get the rights to whatever products 
are derived from the testing."

"And the government plays the goon, rounding up the victims?"

"Sort of.  They must get something more out of it then scientific 
advancement...but I don't know what, yet."

"How many?"

"How many, what?"

"How many kids have you helped bring in?"

"Two" he lowered his head "but I'm sure there are others."

Mallory walked away and bent over, holding her stomach.

"Mallory, are you...?"

She didn't answer him as she ran past him into the washroom and 
threw up into the toilet.  Franz sat on the edge of the bed and 
held his face in his hands.

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The end Part 49