The Truth is Out There--Scene 14 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!

***********************************

"You know'" she began "you should really eat more vegetables."

"There are pickles on this, see?" he answered opening up the 
burger.

"You know what I mean" she smiled back "your heart..."

"Is beating just fine" he interrupted "my whole body is in 
perfect working order, wouldn't you say?"

She blushed across the table and popped a tomato in her mouth.  
They ate in comfortable silence for a few minutes before she 
broke it, she always did.

"What about choosing a salad for your side instead of french 
fries?  They probably have more fat in them then..."

A knock came to the door.  She stopped talking and rose to 
answer it.

"Hi , Agent Suharta, this package arrived for you" said the man 
in the police uniform as he stood outside their door.

"Yes." she answered and reached for it  "Thank you." 

He peered over her shoulder at Franz sitting at the table in 
the motel room eating his burger and fries and ignoring him.  
Mallory Suharta studied the package for a moment and then 
looked up at the young officer.

"If you need any other help from us, please let me, or one of 
the other officers know" he offered.

"We will, thank you" she smiled back and shut the door.

"You should have invited your little Romeo in"  Franz said as 
he wiped his mouth.

"Oh, come on Franz" she said as she walked back to her seat
"I saw how they were all offering to take you back to the 
station in their squad car" he coughed as he studied her 
reaction.

"Yeah, whatever" she responded nonchalantly as she worked open 
the seal.  

Several files spilled out onto the table.  Two were personnel 
files on Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.  The others mostly 
had the label 'X' attached to them.  

"You need all this to profile an 8 year old boy?" she asked 
confused.

"Apparently" he said as he reached for one of the personnel 
files.

"Dana Scully" he read aloud "hey, she graduated the same year 
as I did from the academy."

"You know her?"

Franz looked at her picture closely "No, but it was a big class."

"Huh" she smiled and looked at her own folder "it says here that 
Fox Mulder was a profiler, like you."

"I know his work" he said reaching to take the file from her "he 
was a legend in violent crimes, and then he left to head up the 
X-files.  There were really bizarre stories circulating about him 
and an abduction and being buried alive.  I took all of it with 
a grain of salt.  If they were true, that information was above 
my pay scale."

"Is he still with the bureau?"

"No" he paused to read some information "it says here that he 
was charged with murder, the charges were stayed, then dropped.  
He apparently helped out with an FBI profile just over a year 
ago.  I guess he's on good terms with them now."

"Why do we need these personnel files to track this kid?" she 
asked reaching for Dana Scully's.

"I don't know" he murmured as he flipped pages "but their must 
be some connection."

"It says here Dana Scully was wanted in the jail break of Fox 
Mulder.  It sounds like these two are an interesting pair."

"Ah ha!" Franz yelled hitting the file with his hand "the rumors 
were true!  He was buried alive."

"What?" she said rising to look a the file over his shoulder "how 
is that possible?"

"Something to do with a toxin in his body.  The report is 
unclear." 

"That's some crazy shit" she said walking back to her seat. 

"Yeah, now the Bureau wouldn't dig someone up because of all the 
overtime hours it would cost in paperwork" he laughed "they'd just 
let him rot." 

"It says here Dana Scully took a pregnancy leave" Mallory murmured 
under her breath. 

"Uh, huh" Franz absently answered, engrossed in his own file.

"Uh, Franz, where is the file on Patrick?" she asked looking 
through those scattered on the table.

"What?" he asked being pulled from his thoughts.

"The file on Patrick?" she asked.

"Over on the nightstand" he said blindly gesturing toward the bed 
without taking his eyes off Fox Mulder's file.

Mallory Suharta got up and walked over to grab the thin folder.  
Patrick Van De Kemp's birth date was listed as May 23, 2001.  She 
took the file back to the table.  Agent Dana Scully gave birth on 
May 23, 2001.

"I've got something" she said opening the files for Franz to see.

"What?" he asked as his eyes drifted up.

"Agent Dana Scully gave birth on the same day as Patrick Van De 
Kemp was born.  He's adopted right?"

"Yes."

"What if her baby and Patrick were switched at birth? Or, or, 
Patrick is her baby?  Or...something happened at the hospital 
that day and it affected both Patrick and her child?  Maybe 
something related to the X-files?"

"It is awfully coincidental they were both born on the same day..." 
he murmured "We need to get some birth records unsealed" he said 
rising from his chair toward his cell phone "if this isn't the link 
we need to know now, so we can start looking for another one."

"Maybe we need to pay Dana Scully a visit" Mallory said as she 
looked at the file "her last know address is just outside Richmond 
Virginia, maybe once we see her kid..."

"Hello, I need to speak with Assistant Director Morgan immediately" 
Franz said as Mallory looked deeper into the files.

****************************************

The end of Part 14