The Truth is Out There--Scene 75 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 negotiated his way through Memphis traffic 
making his way south to the person he knew would get him 
in contact with Mulder, Scully and William.  He had not 
been a big fan of Monica Reye's while she was at the 
Bureau but knew that she and Scully had become quite close.  
It was Monica who was there when William was born and 
Monica was the person waiting in the car for Scully when 
she handed William over for adoption.  In these 
circumstances he trusted his gut and his gut told him 
Monica was the key to finding them.  He knew he needed to 
do more than deflect attention from them at this point, 
Walter knew they needed his protection.

Dinah had, of course, been understanding.  Although he 
had taken off very little in the middle of the night 
since they were together, she understood that sometimes 
he just had to leave.  He felt safe with her in her 
sister's house with two cops protecting her and knew it 
was okay to leave.  

He made his way down the dark roads next to the Mississippi 
River to the area of Horseshoe Lake and it's small village 
of Belle Meade.  He knew that years ago Monica had left 
the Bureau to help her aunt run her Plantation and Walter 
had also heard about her successful Organic Farm.   It 
wasn't every day that a Fed turned into a farmer so 
Monica was an oddity worth mention.  

He slowly pulled up the long driveway toward the old mansion.  
It was 3 am and he wasn't sure how he was going to wake up 
Monica without scaring everyone in the house.  As he exited 
his car he didn't have to worry about that problem anymore.

"Don't you move an inch" Monica's authoritative voice called 
from somewhere near the house "I have a 12 gauge shotgun 
aimed at your head."

"Monica" he said cautiously "it's Walter Skinner from the 
Bureau."

A huge light shone directly in his face from the top balcony 
of the house.  He turned his head slightly to protect his 
eyes. 

"Can you turn that thing down?" he muttered.

"Walter?" she asked, "what the hell are you doing here?"

"Can we talk about this without waking up everyone in the 
house?"

"Who the hell are you?" a young voice asked.

"Who the hell are you?" Walter snapped back.

"Atticus, go inside" Monica said sharply.

"Who the hell is this guy showing up at our house at this 
time?" the young voice snapped back "are you dating him 
too?"

"Get in the god damned house" Monica ordered.

Walter heard a door slam.

"Monica, can you come down?" he asked.

"Just a second" she answered.

He waited a couple of minutes before he saw lights go on 
at the front of the house and a figure wrapping a long 
sweater around herself appear.

"Walter" she said as she approached him.

He put out his hand to shake hers and as she reached for 
his palm he felt a knife slice his skin open.  She grabbed 
his hand and shone a flashlight on it.

"What the hell!" Walter barked as he started to pull his 
hand back.

"Sorry" she said handing him a towel, "I had to be sure."

"Be sure you could piss me off?" he asked as he held his 
bleeding hand. 

"I had to be sure you were...you" she said gesturing to 
a wicker chair on the porch.

"God damn it, you're just like him" he winced as he 
wrapped up his hand.

"Who?" Monica asked as she pulled a band aid and Bactine 
from her pocket.

"Mulder" Skinner winced as he examined the cut with the 
flashlight.

"Really?" she laughed.

"You don't trust anyone either" he said as he put pressure 
on the cut.

"Not with everything that's going on" Monica said as she 
reached for a cigarette.

"So you know" he said candidly.

Monica just inhaled and looked out over the front garden.

"I just flew in from Boston" he volunteered "I need to 
make sure they are okay. The boy is in a lot of danger."

Monica glanced at him but said nothing.

"You do know that Agent Doggett and I..."

"I know that was the whole reason for your 'vacation'" she 
said with emphasis.

"Well my 'vacation', as you put it, has turned up some very 
sensitive information that I need to get to Mulder and 
Scully" he said as he studied her.

"And you think I know where they are?" she asked as he blew 
out smoke.

"Yes, we both know you have that information, so can you 
just tell me where the hell they are."

"You must be tired" she said as she stamped out her 
cigarette.

"Monica, I need to get to Mulder and Scully as quickly as 
possible" he said, obviously pissed off.

"I'll set you up in a guest room.  Set the alarm for 5am 
and I'll take you to them then."

"Monica, I..."

"Take it or leave it, but good luck finding them without me" 
she said as she rose to go inside.

Walter looked at her as she walked inside the vestibule.  He 
knew that he had to take her deal because she was not going 
to change her mind.  He did need the sleep and two hours was 
not going to make much difference.  He also knew she would be 
contacting then to see if he was allowed contact.  He was sure 
the answer would be 'yes' but Monica was not going to take him 
to them without their permission; there was too much at stake.  
Walter Skinner wearily rose from his chair and walked inside 
the house.

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The end of part 75