The Truth is Out There--Scene 79 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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Dr. Ervin paced back and forth in his bedroom.  Sleep was a 
mystery to him last night and, although he had attempted a 
nap today, it still evaded him.  The kid was gone with Fox 
Mulder and Dana Scully, he was sure of it.  Franz Lutman and 
Mallory Suharta had disappeared from the investigation and 
he wasn't sure if it was because they had switched sides or 
been captured by Mulder and Scully.  There were too many 
unaccounted for balls in the air and he didn't like it one 
bit.

He pressed the Com button next to his bed "Get me Strickland" 
he barked into the device.

He went to a nearby table and poured himself a scotch, neat.  
He knew that if he couldn't get to sleep on his own, for a 
few hours the scotch would do the trick.

The Com device beeped three times and Dr. Ervin walked slowly 
to the side table and hit the button.

"That you?" he asked.

"Dr. Ervin, it's me.  I must caution you this is not a 
secure..."

"I don't give a damn about secure lines, son!" he snapped.

"Uh...yes" A.D. Strickland replied, obviously uncomfortable 
with the old man's tone.

"I think it's time to re-locate the facility and I need the 
FBI's assistance" he said with conviction.

"Now, come on Dr. Ervin...don't you think this is a little 
hasty?" A.D. Strickland said in his southern drawl.

"There are too many unaccounted for people" the old man 
muttered as he took another swig of his drink.

"We'll get them" Strickland said as he moved closer to the 
phone "we have put orders out to..."

"I know!" the old man snapped again "I get the god-damned 
information before you do, sometimes."

"So you know that every agent in the field..."

"That doesn't mean shit to me" the old man's voice got 
louder "so stop trying to placate me!"

Silence on the other end of the phone was his only response.

"If you don't get me some of these people rounded up in the 
next 8 hours I'm closing the facility and moving it to 
a new location and the FBI is going to see that the move is 
secure."

"Dr. Ervin, I can't prom..."

The old man hit the Com button and ended the call.  He drained 
the last of the scotch from his glass and slammed it down on 
the table with great ferocity.  

"God damn you!" he yelled.

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The end of scene 79