The Truth is Out There--Scene 50 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! ********************************** Mulder had been meticulously clicking on one file after another revealing all the details about his son that he had not known. Patrick's dental records, his school report cards, a listing of the badges he had achieved in Scouts. As much as he would be happy, any other time to peruse this information, it was not important to their investigation. It did not answer the question of who killed his parents and why they wanted Patrick. He opened and closed files at a high speed until they got to some picture files. There was one file for each year of Patrick's life catalogued in photos. Mulder couldn't help but pause at the pictures of Scully pushing him through the park in his stroller, her kissing the top of his head as she walked him into her apartment. "Mulder..." she said softly from behind him as she placed a hand on his shoulder. "I know" he sighed and closed the file. But the next few files captured Scully's attention too. There was Patrick's adoptive mom ushering him though the streets as he toddled next to him, his father carrying him on his shoulders at a parade, Patrick standing in the rain next to a bus with his mother on what looked like the first day of school, Patrick eating cotton candy at a fair and laughing. Mulder abruptly got up from his seat and pushed his way past Scully and Doggett. "Mulder...where...?" was all Scully could get out before he walked out of their room and slammed the door. She stood facing the door for a few moments looking deflated. She knew that these pictures not only brought up old feeling with her about the decision she made, but they also reminded Mulder of the decision he wasn't part of. He had told her a long time ago that he couldn't judge her decision, but right now, as they looked at Patrick's smiling face as he ate cotton candy at a fair, she knew he was judging her. "Hey, Dana, take a look at this" Doggett said gingerly from behind her. She turned to see he had closed the picture files and opened an FBI case file that had all kinds of details about Patrick. "What's this?" she asked leaning into the computer screen. "It looks like that Agent Lutman has been investigating Patrick for quite some time." "I want to know what he found out" she said as she sat down next to him. ********************************** The end of scene 50