The Truth is Out There--Scene 60 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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"I want you to be careful" she said as she watched Mulder shove 
some things into a backpack that had NASCAR down the side of 
it. "I'm not so sure about this."

He looked over at her and sighed, an exhausted, 'I don't want 
to talk about this, again' sigh. 

He and John Doggett were taking separate routes to Kite 
Pharmaceutical's research facility in Kansas and meeting up 
there.  Scully and Monica were going to keep Patrick safe here, 
where they would get the least amount of attention.  They were 
fairly certain the answers they needed could be found in Kansas 
but it was too risky to take Patrick to the place where they 
wanted him.  Mulder and Scully could therefore not go there 
together.  The decision for Mulder to go and Scully to stay 
back, unable to protect him, was gut-wrenching but the right 
call.   It still didn't make the contingency plans any easier 
on either of them.  

The plan was, if Scully didn't hear from Mulder within a 
certain time period or, if he was caught, Scully and Patrick 
were to disappear out of the country and away from him forever.  
They knew that the FBI or whoever else was behind this, would 
be tracking Mulder and they couldn't take the risk of him 
leading them right to Scully and Patrick.  Scully had identities 
and money secured for a quick escape and a comfortable 
life in New Zealand.  

"It's just that, if you get caught..." she left the rest 
unsaid.

He walked a few paces over to sit next to her on the bed "I 
won't get caught."

"But you'll be on your own until John meets up with you, and 
we already know that they know about Patrick."

"And I'll do anything to protect him.  Him and you" he said 
as he looked into her eyes.

"If you find nothing at the facility I want you to come back 
immediately, no alternative leads. You have one shot to figure 
this out Mulder and then...then if we don't get the answers 
we are looking for we leave, all three of us."

"Yes, sir" he said with a military salute mocking her.

"Mulder" she sighed as she grabbed his hand from the air and 
pulled it onto her lap griping it tightly. 

"I won't take any risks" he said leaning in to kiss her nose.

She closed her eyes and nuzzled her nose against his, breathing 
in the beautiful scent that only he possessed.  

"I love you" he whispered softly.

She gulped hard and allowed a tear to streak its way down her 
cheek.  She didn't want to say the words because they seemed so 
final, possibly the last words she ever spoke privately to him.  
She wanted him to come back to those words, not leave with them.  
Instead, she found words of promise.

"You and me" she said opening her watery eyes to look into his 
soft hazel ones.

"You and me" he said back to her with a sad smile.

He got up and walked over to the door.  He now needed to say 
goodbye to his son.

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The end of part 60