The Truth is Out There--Scene 86 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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"That's the third time..." Adria reminded the agents as her 
cell phone rang.

"I understand" said Franz as he looked again at the caller-
ID on the phone.

"If I don't answer..."

"I know" Franz calmly interrupted.  "Have you ever thought 
maybe that's exactly what I want?"

"Why would you want that?" Adria asked, indignant.

"I don't think you get to ask the questions seeing as you 
are the one tied to the chair and I am the one with the gun" 
Franz responded and walked away.

Mallory was rifling though Adria's papers in her office and 
shaking her head.

"What is it?" Franz asked as he touched her shoulder.

"There are no names mentioned here," she said as she passed 
him a piece of paper "just merchandise ID numbers, daily 
information and delivery dates."

"That's for the kids" he said showing her on the paper "they 
are called merchandise, and they are identified by security 
number not name."

"How nice" Mallory said as she snatched the paper from his 
hand and walked toward Adria.

"Maybe you can talk some sense into him." Adria said as she 
saw the woman approach "Kite will be wondering..."

"Shut up" Mallory snapped at her.

Adria was taken aback and decided to follow Mallory's 
direction.

"Who is this child?" Mallory asked as she thrust a paper in 
front of Adria's face.

Adria looked at the page and shook her head 'no'.

"Who is this?!" Mallory yelled at her.

"It's confidential" Adria responded, coolly.

"Confidential, my ass" Mallory said as she raised her gun 
to Adria's temple "think hard about your next answer.  Who 
is GO01161999103107 ?"

Adria took a deep breath and looked down at her hands.

"Who is GO01161999103107?!" Mallory yelled.

"You better answer her Adria, she is an accurate shot" Franz 
said from the doorway.

"Gilbert Oakes, born January 16th, 1999 and taken October 
31st 2007."

"What have you been doing to him for three years?"

Adria just starred her straight in the eyes.

"What kinds of tests have you performed?" Mallory asked as 
her anger grew.

"Why don't you ask your boyfriend?  He knows enough." Adria 
replied as Franz caught her eye "You did manage to get in her 
the sack didn't you?  It was all part of the plan, you see."

"What?" Mallory asked as she turned to face Franz.

"Mallory, please, she's just trying to get to you, she's..."

"Just like he did, right?" Adria asked her "Let me think...
it wasn't far into your partnership, he was uncomfortable 
and unsure of himself privately, but at work he was a tiger.  
He probably waited for you to make a move so you can trace 
it back to you starting it all and not..."

"That's enough!" Franz yelled from his spot at the doorway.

Mallory turned to see his eyes wet with moisture, his face 
flexed with hate, and his hand reaching out to her, "Mallory 
don't believe..."

"Go to hell, Franz" she said as she whacked the paper against 
his chest and brushed past him out of the room.

"You, bitch!" he yelled as he stalked toward her.

"A bitch for having the balls to tell the truth or a bitch for 
enjoying how much it hurt you?" she asked definitely.

"You've twisted..." Franz started but was interrupted by a phone 
ringing next to Adria.

"Franz , if I don't answer..."

"If you say anything suspicious, I'll kill you on the spot, you 
hear me?" he said as he went to hit the talk button.

"Adria" she said confidently into the phone.

Franz heard the man on the other side ask why she wasn't 
pickling up.

"I left my phone on the charger while I was out getting some 
groceries, you should see my frid..."

She was interrupted by the man telling her the facility was 
being re-located, that a call came in almost an hour ago and 
they needed her back at the lab.

Adria looked at Franz to see what he wanted her to do.  He 
shook his head affirmative.

"I'll be there" Adria said as Franz hit the end button.

"Good" he said as he walked out of the room.  

He needed to get things sorted with Mallory.

He found her sitting on the couch in the living room studying a 
folder but obviously not as focused on the 
task as she'd like to be.

"Mallory" he said cautiously from the other side of the room. 
"What Adria said is not entirely accurate."

"Franz, you need to get the fuck away from me" she warned.

"Not until we..."

"...have sex?  Apparently that was part of the plan. Check that 
one off.  Not until I care for you?  Check that one off too.  
Not until I risk everything for you?  Check.  Not until I put 
my career and life on the line?  You got those as well.  Mission 
accomplished.  Anything else you want from me?" she spat at him 
as she got up to leave.

"It's not like that" he said as he grabbed her arm.

She jerked it away and looked at him with such pain he couldn't 
meet her gaze.

"The only reason I'm staying is for those kids.  Once this is done 
I never want to see your sorry ass again" she said as she walked 
outside.

Franz watched her walk away from him and he knew that she meant 
every word she said.  He also knew that he deserved her hatred.  


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The end of scene 86