The Truth is Out There--Scene 95 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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Franz Lutman carefully stuffed the body of the second 
ambulance driver into a cargo hold within the vehicle.  
It was obvious after the second patient was brought to 
the first ambulance they were going to need two vehicles.  
Between the files Mulder and Mallory had been carting 
back and forth, and the equipment that came along with 
each patient, Dana Scully's plan of a one ambulance 
clean escape was not going to fly.  

He pulled the ambulance shirt tightly over his large 
frame and hoped it was not noticeable.  

There was a knock on his side window.  Franz turned to 
see Mulder standing outside his door with a box in hand.  
He went around to the back of the vehicle and opened the 
large doors for the man.

"Almost done?" he asked quietly.

"Have you seen Dr. Peters?" Mulder asked as he glanced 
around.

"She's getting the third patient right now." Franz said 
as he noticed some FBI fleet sedans pull up to the front 
gates of the facility. "We've got company."

Mulder turned to look at the line of cars clearing the 
entry gate and maneuvering up the long driveway to the 
facility.  

"We have to get the hell out of dodge." Mulder said 
quietly.

"Is the other ambulance ready to roll?" Franz asked as 
he stepped back into the darkness of the ambulance's 
cabin.

"Yeah, but we need to get Dr. Peters on board first."

Franz eyed Mulder and realized that any deal their group 
had made about rescue missions did not apply to him.  If 
Scully was shackled to a bomb inside the facility he would 
go back in to get her without a second thought.  He knew 
the look in that man's eye because, he was sure he would 
have done the same thing for Mallory.  

"Speak of the devil" Franz said as he saw Scully walk a 
third time from the facility with a patient on a gurney.  
The same set of soldiers flanked her each time, and each 
time she looked less and less nervous about their presence.  
He wasn't sure how a woman in her position could be so 
serene, but he was happy she was able to at least appear 
that way.

The soldiers hoisted the patient up into the ambulance 
and Scully climbed inside to set up all the equipment.  
As soon as the soldiers backed away Mulder jumped in 
the ambulance beside her.

"You need to get in the other ambulance and leave the 
facility" he said as he watched her monitor the equipment 
and hang bags "the FBI has just arrived, one ambulance 
is ready to leave, and you need to be on it."

"Mulder, I'm not going anywhere until that fourth boy is 
in this ambulance" she said ignoring the request he made, 
"besides these boys need a doctor with them during 
transport."

"Get in the god damned ambulance," he said quietly yet 
forcefully "I will personally walk out the last patient 
and, as soon as we are clear of the facility, you can 
switch ambulances and monitor them 'til your hearts 
content."

She glared at him and shook her head.  "Mulder, I'll be 
fine." 

He knew she wasn't going to budge.

"Then you stay here" he offered in compromise, "I'll walk 
the last patient out and, if there is any sign of problems, 
Franz leaves with you and the boy immediately." He said 
looking at the man who was listening to their conversation 
from the front seat.

Mulder saw John Doggett wave from his ambulance and, 
thinking the conversation was done, walked over to see what 
the issue was.

"Mulder, we need to leave now" John said from his seat.

"I wanted her to go with you but she won't" Mulder said 
looking at the FBI cars parking all around them.

"And, you are surprised?" John chuckled.

"John, you need to go. Cuff Adria to the front seat and get 
these kids out of here." Mulder said as he nervously eyed the 
growing number of agents.

"Already done" John said pointing to her hand, "Mulder are 
you sure...?"

"Yeah, one more patient and then we are out of here." Mulder 
stepped back and watched the ambulance turn on its lights 
and maneuver down the driveway.  No one even looked sideways 
at the vehicle as it passed the gates.

He walked back to the second ambulance and found Franz still 
seated in the front seat and the young boy unconscious in 
the back.

"Where...where is she?" he asked looking around.

"You mean the woman you ordered to stay in the ambulance?" 
Franz snickered "she's in the facility getting the fourth 
patient."

"Shit" Mulder swore under his breath as he looked around to 
see no sign of her.

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The end of chapter 95