The Truth is Out There--Scene 55 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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Franz and Mallory had been on the road for almost 5 hours 
headed East.    Franz had spotted a car covered up with a tarp 
sitting at the back of someone's property.  He switched their 
plates so they could not be as easily spotted on the road. 

The entire time he had been driving Mallory had been studying 
the file with the new knowledge that she had of Franz and 
Robert's role in all this.

'Poor Robert' she thought time and time again, he was guilty 
of many things but, he didn't deserve what may be happening to 
him right now.  She hoped in her heart that his death was 
quick and painless but somehow she sensed that was not the 
case.  

Mallory looked at Franz in his wrinkled clothes as he clenched 
his jaw and watched the traffic.  He had spoken very little 
in the time they had spent in the car, both agents seemed to 
be quite introspective right now.  

"Did we know the location of AD Skinner when all this went 
down?" 

"He's in Boston being tracked, so far nothing has turned up 
in connection with him, except some really quick vacation 
plans.  But our Intel is a few hours old."

"Would he be involved?  He's..."

"One of the people who helped Mulder go on the run years ago," 
he said  glancing in her direction "I don't doubt that for a 
second."

"If that was me, and I was protecting my son, I would call 
on all the people I know I could trust but, I wouldn't do it 
directly."

"Maybe they have a way of contacting each other outside the 
regular channels?"

"Or maybe they have people in common that wouldn't seem such 
obvious links."

"Who do you mean?"

"Skinner's wife Dinah, she's an art dealer, right?"

"From what I recall, a very high end one."

"What if a message was delivered to her, that she passed on to 
Skinner and thus the quickie vacation.  Maybe they knew Skinner 
would be watched, but the real link is his wife, she's meeting 
up with one or all of them" Mallory said eager to have made 
some sort of connection.

"It's a reach, but he's the only one we have right now." Franz 
said looking over at her "Is there anyone else we should 
consider?"

"Agent Scully worked closely with John Doggett and Monica 
Reyes at one point.  Reyes left the Bureau years ago to raise 
her nephew when his parents were killed in a car accident.  
Besides a personal relationship with John Doggett that seems 
to be over, she doesn't have any other Bureau contacts."

"And John Doggett?"

"No one was tracking him, as of a few hours ago.  He trains 
new recruits at Quantico, a pretty cushy job, really.  He's 
still part of the Bureau but hasn't been in the field in years."

"What about family?" he asked "Hers, I mean.." he emphasized, 
knowing all of Fox Mulder's immediate  family was gone.

"Uh," Mallory stammered as she looked at the file "her oldest 
brother Bill lives in San Diego and there's no record of contact 
between them since she gave up her baby...her brother Charlie 
lives in Australia with his family, having re-located there 
with the US  Navy 4 years ago."

"Isn't there a mother, still?"

"Yeah, but besides the occasional visit and phone call, not 
much there since she came out of hiding."

"But I bet she'd protect her daughter."

"What mother wouldn't?" Mallory mumbled under her breath.

"Maybe we should start with the mother" he huffed as he changed 
lanes.

"If I was her, I wouldn't bring civilians into this, especially 
my mother."

"Maybe that's why we need to look into her."

"If we take the time to go and find her, we could lose the 
chance to find them with Skinner's wife."

"We're about 9 hours to Boston right now..."

"I think Boston is the right call" Mallory said confidently 
"but, you are the profiler."

Franz scoffed at the comment.  If she only knew that right now, 
in this moment, he could not concentrate on anything but getting 
them to safety.  How, he had considered many options in his own 
mind, like a cargo ship to Europe where his distant relatives 
could hide them on a farm not even on the map.  

"Franz?" Mallory woke him from his reverie with a warm hand 
placed on his arm.

"Sorry, what?" he asked.

"What do you think?"

"Boston" he answered, trying to sound confident.

"Boston, it is" she smiled at looked out the window.

Franz thought that if they didn't find any answers from Skinner, 
they were at least close to water.

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The end of part 55