The Truth is Out There--Scene 65 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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Walter Skinner looked around the abandoned warehouse and wondered 
if this was what his life had come to.  Franz Lutman and Mallory 
Suharta, two FBI agents, were tied to chairs and his sister-in-
law was guarding the exit.  

They had fed him a story about Franz's involvement with Kite 
Pharmaceuticals and Mallory's ignorance of the whole situation 
until a couple of days ago.  About finding out Fox Mulder and 
Dana Scully were Patrick's biological parents.  Franz explained 
how he had been instructed to write a false psych assessment 
of the child, pointing the finger at him for the killings, so 
they could track him down using regular law enforcement.  They 
had told him about Agent Hanson's involvement and the mercenary 
who had been sent to kill Hanson and them.  

He had placed a call to Kimberly asking her to look into the 
whereabouts of Agent Hanson and had been informed that he was on 
an unexplained extended leave.  That raised a red flag with 
Walter.  When he discovered that the Psychological assessment 
used for tracking and blaming Patrick had been written by 
Franz Lutman, that raised another red flag.

"Why did you think we were the connection?" he asked.

"We knew Fox Mulder and Dana Scully were on the run with their 
son" Franz began "and we knew they would need help.  We figured 
they would contact you."

"Well they didn't" he said coldly.

"You don't expect us to believe that two of your old friends go 
missing and you suddenly take off for the first extended vacation 
in over a year at the same time?" Franz said smiling at him.

"I don't give a shit what you believe." 

"We're wasting time here" Mallory interjected.

"If this is all you have to share, then you are wasting my time" 
Walter said harshly.

"If you're not the contact then it must be the mother" Mallory 
offered.

"What mother?" 

"Dana Scully's mother" she said, raising her head to look at him 
more closely "we had two possibilities, you and her.  We thought 
you were the more viable option."

"If you think that, then..." Walter stopped his speech abruptly 
and walked away from them.

He placed a call to a trusted friend on the DC police force asking 
him to swing by Maggie Scully's house. Howard happened to be on 
duty at the time and could get to Maggie's address easily.  He 
agreed to call Walter as soon as he arrived there.

"So why don't you tell me more about Kite Pharmaceuticals?" he 
asked. 

"Why don't you untie us?" Franz asked.

"I'm not doing anything until I know more about your involvement."

Franz told Walter about his history with the company, how he had 
been coerced into working with them and, how at first it didn't 
seem like such a big deal.  He also told Walter how he had tried 
sever ties with the organization only to be reeled back in with a 
new threat.

"What threat?" Walter asked, now sitting across from them.

Franz paused and shook his head.  He didn't want to go into details 
about Mallory's role in all of this.

"They threatened to kill me" Mallory said looking over at Franz 
"so he agreed to keep working with them."

"And you've known about this threat against yourself for how long?" 
Skinner asked her.

"Just a couple of days" she answered.

"I know partners are close, but forgive me for asking, why would 
this be more threatening than killing your mother?"

Franz had not raised his head to look at either of them throughout 
the entire conversation.

"We're involved" Mallory said succinctly.

"Oh" Walter replied, not expecting that response form the young 
agent. 

Walter took a moment to look at the two agents in front of him.  
Franz was older, husky, and not what Walter would describe as a 
'lady killer'.  Mallory was young, very attractive, and in great 
shape.  She was, by all accounts, too good for him.  

"They know I'm in love with you" Franz mumbled under his breath.

Mallory's eyes widened and her mouth dropped open.  Her head snapped 
towards Franz.

"Franz, I don't..." she started. 

Walter Skinner's ringing phone interrupted her and she snapped her 
mouth shut as he picked up the call.

Howard was at the address.  A car registered to her was in the 
driveway, the house looked still and there were not obvious signs 
of trouble.  

"Can you go to the door and make sure she's fine?" Walter asked 
Howard.

"Sure" Howard said getting out of his car and walking toward the 
residence.  He rang the doorbell and there was no answer.

"Thanks, Howard.  I really appreciate this" Walter said pacing the 
room.

"No answer Walter." He said into the phone "she must be out, maybe 
she's gone for a walk."

"Okay" Walter said checking his watch "Can you swing back in an 
hour and see if she's back?"

"Will do" Howard answered as he hung up.

"There's no sign of her there" Walter told the two agents.

"I think that they'll assume you are the contact now that you've 
lost the agents tailing you" Mallory offered.

"Or" Franz said, straightening in his chair "they're covering their 
bases and have sent someone to check in with Dana Scully's mom as 
well." 

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The end of scene 65