The Truth is Out There--Scene 96 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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Dana Scully watched as the soldiers bundled up her last 
patient.  She almost sighed with relief that they would 
get all the kids out, but then remembered they were far 
from 'out'.  As they walked down a narrow hallway she 
eyed the soldier named Wilson.  He was right next to her 
and they were out of the hearing range of all the other 
soldiers.

"Why are you helping?" she whispered.

He grabbed her harshly by the arm and stopped her.  "Dr. 
Peters forgot something" he said to the other soldiers 
"you take the merchandise and I'll stay with her."

The other soldiers nodded in his direction and continued 
to move down the hallway.

Scully looked up at the soldier's stony face and shuddered.  
He pulled her by the arm down a hallway and shoved her 
unsympathetically into a small room.  

The door slammed shut behind him and Scully immediately 
retreated to the other side of the room.  He walked toward 
her, anger oozing from his every pore.  Scully's head 
smacked against the back wall as he shoved her into it 
with all the force his 225 pound frame could afford.  

"I don't have to answer any of your questions" he spit out 
into her face and he held her shoulders tightly, "you do 
what you need to do, and I'll do what I need to do."

"Okay, okay, fine" Scully said softly, trying to reduce 
his level of anger.

He shook her violently for several seconds while he 
methodically asked "You got that?"

"I got it" Scully said quietly as his hands fell from 
her shoulders.

"I got it" she repeated to him once again.

The soldier stepped back from her several paces, almost 
startled by his level of anger.  He didn't turn his back 
to her but Scully sensed he needed a moment to compose 
himself.  

"I need to get to the ambulance" she chanced to say.

"You're not going with those kids" he answered "you're 
coming with me."

'What?" Scully asked astonished.

Without explanation he grabbed her by the arm forcefully 
and started to pull her from the room.  

"Where are you taking me?" she yelled.

"Dana," he said with a hint of sarcasm "we can do this 
the easy way, or the hard way."

He reached to open the door and only got it open an inch 
before she flailed in his tight grip.

"Tell me where you're taking me!" she yelled at the top 
of her lungs.

He turned to punch her when the door swung open and 
smacked him from behind.  Caught off guard and not 
wanting to release his captive, he tried to pivot and 
see who his attacker was.

Mulder took the opportunity to lunge at the soldier and 
disarm him of his weapon.  He fired on his head at point 
blank range and watched as the man dropped to the floor 
with a heavy 'thud'.  The bullet was silent and, except 
for the large man hitting the floor, the kill was 
soundless. 

"Are you okay?" Mulder asked as he stepped over the man 
and the door shut behind him.

"I'm fine" she nodded as she looked at his face."How 
did you...?" 

"Franz told me you came back inside" he offered "then I 
heard you yell as I was walking down the hallway..."

"Thank you" she said as she patted his chest."Is the last 
boy in the ambulance?" 

"They were loading him just as I left" he said wiping 
some hair from her face "Why did he want to take you?"

"I don't know Mulder" she shook her head "it doesn't add 
up."

"What?"

"The little girl, Mulder...I heard her in my head.  Just 
like William."

"You what?" he asked as he grabbed her shoulders.

She winced in pain.

"What did he do to you?" he asked concerned as he gently 
took his hands from her.

"He just roughed me up a little" she said dismissively, 
"but Mulder, she spoke to me.  She said Wilson would 
help me, and he did."

"Up until he tried to abduct you" he said.

"Yeah, up until then." She agreed.

"We need to get out of here" he said as he grabbed her 
hand "there's obviously more at work here than we 
realize."

"You think?" she quipped.

"The FBI is here" he divulged "Mallory should be back with 
more files and we can leave.  I have enough evidence to 
shut this whole thing down and put lots of people behind 
bars.  We have the kids, and we can figure out their 
injuries and abilities once we are someplace else."

Mulder and Scully stepped over the body that lay on the 
ground and walked out of the room.

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The end of scene 96