The Truth is Out There--Scene 59 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! ********************************** After too many hours of driving and speculating whether they were making the right call, Franz and Mallory pulled into the greater Boston area. They had stopped at a local library to research Dinah Skinner and it constantly amazed Franz all the information anyone could unearth about someone. Dinah and Walter had been married for a couple of years and she originally hailed from Boston. Her Irish maiden name 'Shea' was quite common in Boston so it was difficult to figure out which Shea family she belonged to. Then Mallory read an interview she had given to a local DC newspaper about an art exhibit she had pulled together on Local Criminals of the early 1900's. In the article, Dinah joked that criminals were in her blood because she came from a family of police officers, including her sister and father. A quick search of the local PD unearthed a Paula Shea-Hamm who received a commendation for bravery when she ended a hostage-taking situation with no injuries to the hostage or the assailant. In the comments she gave to the local paper she said how proud she was to receive the same commendation her dad had when he was a police officer in Boston. In the article it also noted she was a mother of two. A look through the phonebook for all Hamm residences that were not in the downtown core or condos (where no local cop could afford to live, or would choose to live with kids) narrowed their search down to 4 residences. With this knowledge Franz and Mallory started their search for the Skinners. They pulled up into the quiet working class area in Boston, the second Hamm residence they were checking out, and spotted the surveillance vehicle immediately. Two agents were stationed down the street from the house they now knew was Dinah's sister's house. They had looked up information on her local family and Franz had decided that instead of causing alarms to go off by hitting the hotels they were much wiser to check out family. Mallory turned away from the house and parked around the corner. "Let's take a look" said Franz as he sipped the last of his cold coffee. The two agents exited their car and walked on foot up a back alley to get a closer look. Two FBI agents were in the car were eating peanuts and having a casual conversation until suddenly one of them sat up straighter, causing the other to reach for his belt. Mallory walked closer between the houses and saw a car with AD Skinner whiz past the agents. The surveillance vehicle followed close behind. Mallory jumped when she heard Franz's voice behind her. "He knows they are following him." "Jesus, Franz!" she said turning to face him "now we have his wife all to ourselves." "I think we were right Mallory, she's the link." "I don't see any other signs of surveillance" she noted. "Let's get back to the car in case she's ready to move" he said grabbing her arm. Franz and Mallory left the back alley and sat in their car for another two hours before Dinah made an appearance. She was dressed in a long grey pencil skirt and heels with a crisp blazer jacket. Her hair bounced against her shoulders as she walked and she didn't seem to be nervous as she hopped into the cab waiting outside the house. **************************************** The end of Part 59