Author: babywillow
Date: June 2000
Title: "SALVATION" (1/2)
Summary: what's going to happen after Mulder disappear in Requiem.
The characters of Mulder and Scully belong to Chris Carter and the 1013 production.
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teaser

X-files office. Scully is sitting behind her desk lost in her thoughts. It is very dark. She is staring at a picture that she is holding in her hand. Under her voiceover, the camera goes slowly around her until we can see that it is Mulder's face. Then she puts her hand on her belly.
Scully voiceover: "as time goes by, you pray... pray that you are going to wake up one morning to discover that it was only a dream, a nightmare...he is gone. You start asking yourself, what if I was able to prevent it; to stop him before it was too late. But when you face to realize what went wrong, all the infinite ifs fade away, and you find yourself alone...with the irony of fate."


opening credits
Tagline: "Face the Future"

-Scene1-

FBI headquarters, Washington DC
Scully is walking in the hallway, she looks tired. People around her are staring and talking. She is very uncomfortable. Skinner's secretary stops her.
Secretary: "agent Scully, AD skinner is looking all over for you. He is in his office."
Scully nods as she follows her.
She knocks on skinner's door then enters. He looks at her very seriously, but then smiles.
Skinner:" seat down, agent Scully." She does so.
"I wanted to talk to you about the future of the x-files. I think that you'll agree with me that their importance have never been so high. We are close to something, and I have no doubts that we are going to find agent Mulder...in time."
Scully:" I won't rest until we do." Skinner: "yes, but...it's not something that I think we can do alone. I want you to continue with someone to guide you, not only because it's a difficult task, but also because of your condition."
Scully: "I can assure you sir that I'm capable of taking care of myself. I don't need any new partner."
Skinner: "Dana, no one is going to replace Mulder, it's just someone who is qualified to help us find him. Anyway, you'll understand when you'll see who it is."
Scully: "sir?..."
Skinner walks to a door inside his office and opens it. Scully gets up in shock as Krycek enters.
Scully: "you must be kidding. Sir ..."
Skinner tries to calm her down.
Skinner: "just listen to what he has to say."
Krycek comes closer to her as she stares at him irritated.
Krycek: "I know what happened to Mulder. He is not the first. He's been trapped, not in order to be killed but to be a part of the procreation plan; the new race that is going to survive."
Scully face skinner as he nods to approve.
"what Mulder has suffered of a year ago, it wasn't a disease, it was something powerful that only a few had experienced. I want to uncover the truth, so people will know what is going to hit them very soon."
Scully: " so where is he? Where is Mulder?"
Krycek: "out there, agent Scully. I know that you still have doubts, but after I'll show you everything I know, you will believe...you'll find your precious Mulder and I will reveal to the world what's been hiding behind the government's door for ages."
Scully turns to skinner, still not convinced.
Scully: "I'll think about it." She looks disorientated as she leaves the office.
Krycek hands skinner a little box.
Krycek: " a proof of my good intentions."
Skinner takes it suspicious.
Skinner: "just bring Mulder back."
Krycek nods and gets out. Skinner looks at the box and breath in relief.

Scully gets in her car as Krycek opens the door and sits next to her.
Scully: "hey! Get out."
Krycek: "we don't have time for that, Scully. We have to talk."
Scully: "I don't trust you Krycek."
Krycek: "well sorry, honey, but I'm your best chance of finding Mulder... I think you were on your way to his apartment."
Krycek knows he's right by the look on her face. Scully starts up, unnerved.

-scene2-

unknown location. Within the department of defense. Some kind of medical room. There is a table in the middle that three doctors are surrounding. The patient is unconscious. We can't see his face.
One of the doctors is giving him an injection as we can hear a heartbeat more and more loudly.

-scene3-

Mulder's apartment.

Scully opens the door with her keys. Krycek is right behind her. She takes of her coat and goes straight to feed the fishes. She notices that Krycek is looking around, taking a picture of the wall. He removes a tiny camera. Scully is staring. She is about to speak when Krycek stops her and goes to the telephone line, on the floor where he takes off a microphone. Then he crashes it with his foot.
She is now horrified.
Krycek: "what did you think. They have eyes and ears everywhere. This place has been a real Truman show!"
Scully doesn't feel well. She sits on the couch and puts her hands on her face.
Krycek: "you don't have to fear for your child. They are only two persons who know about him right now and that are the smoking man and me. I'm on your side, and Spender now is probably burning in hell."
Scully watches him as tears roll on her face.
Scully: "he's dead?"
Krycek: "last time I saw him, he was jumping down some stairs. The son of a bitch could have been cured but he preferred to let himself die."
Scully: "why did you came to me, Krycek? You killed Mulder's father... you tried to kill us I don't know how many times, and now you want me to believe that you are on my side. What is it with you people that think that you can clear your conscience by doing one good thing in your life."
Krycek: "you are so wrong about a lot of things, Scully. Bill Mulder wasn't Mulder's father, I think you know that by now. Mulder realized it long ago, although he never wanted to believe it."
Scully: "spender..."
Krycek: "he had been watching out for him since he was born. He led him to the FBI, and when Mulder started the x-files, spender was a little afraid cause he was going to fast. Mulder had his own ways that differ of his. So he searched for someone who could help him fulfill his destiny... There are things that you need to see for yourself."
Krycek hands her a file. Then he walks to the door, leaving Scully puzzled.
She opens it and sees it has Mulder's name all over it. She starts to read as a picture of him falls on the floor in slow motion.
Fade to an hospital room, where the patient is lying. We still can't see his face. There is a young nurse who is watching over him. She gets up and leaves the room, as we see him moving under the blanket.
He is awake.

-Scene4-

The Lone gunmen basement. 2 AM

The Lone gunmen are in pajamas, gathered around Scully. They are all reading the file.
Byers: "do you think that you can trust Krycek?"
Scully: " I will never trust him. I just want him to take me to Mulder."
Langley goes in his computer and writes down some numbers.
Byers: "at the last page, here, they refer to Mulder as this number, beginning with "xf". We saw that before with Mulder, that's how they categorize some of the male abducted."
Scully: "some of them?"
Frohike: "yeah. We supposed that they are chosen to be the fathers."
Scully face grows pale. She looks at them in fear.
Byers: "but that doesn't make sense now, cause if Mulder is a father, then there has to be the chosen mother..." They turn to Scully who sits down. They continue to search as Scully starts to realize the all scam.
Langley: "I noticed two numbers here. One is already registered as...hey, Scully it's something about you."
Scully: "I have something to tell you guys."
She looks around, very nervous.
"Is this place secured, I mean totally?"
Byers: "of course, we have a double check everyday."
She breathes deeply.
Scully: "I'm ...pregnant."
Langley: "wow! When did that happened?"
Byers hits him very hard. Frohike is in shock.
Langley: "ouch! What?"
Scully: "Mulder doesn't even know."
Byers kneels next to her.
Byers: "who else knows?"
Scully laughs in sarcasm.
Scully: "Krycek, the smoking man, and Skinner. Spender disappeared, Krycek thinks he's dead but if he's not..." She is about to cry.
Scully: "I don't know where to look for Mulder. Krycek is the only one who can help, but I don't trust him. And my baby...if anything happen to him..."
The Lone gunmen look at each other with concern. Scully takes a moment and turns to Langley.
Scully: "you said that they were two numbers, so, who the second one belongs to?"
Langley: "we see no reference of it. But I'll check in the old files."
Scully gets up to leave. She takes the file as Byers and the guys smiles at her.
Byers: "congratulation."
She smiles slightly and walks out.
-Scene5-

X-FILES office. FBI headquarters. 8 AM
Scully looks very tired. She obviously been searching through the files all night. She closes one of them and sees the door opens. Krycek appears.
Scully: "why are there 2 numbers, Krycek? Is there a second mother?"
Krycek closes the door and come sit next to her.
Krycek: "I told you that spender brought him someone so he could be a part of the project. In 1991, Mulder starts his work on the x-files and so came..."
Scully: "Diana Fowley..."
Scully stares at him, finally realizing.
Krycek: "she knew about the consortium and everything that was going on. Mulder and her were together for a while, but the smoking man plans were ruined. Although spender loved her very much, she hadn't the qualifications needed for the task...she was barren. "
Scully: "that's why she left suddenly?"
Krycek: "yes. And then there was you. Strong, independent, intelligent and beautiful. He knew that you were going to get along. What he didn't anticipated was that it was going to take you 7 years to get together. But all that had happened to you and him since was his doing: the abduction, the disease, and the cure. He made sure that you won't be able to have a child with someone else, and that brought you closer to Mulder. Then he showed you the child, Emily, so you'll start believing in him."
Scully: "this is sick!"
Krycek: "then he played on the jealousy card and Diana came back. When he felt that the two of you were close to something, he cured you and there you are…mother of child that will be able to save the world."
Scully gets up.
Scully: "how do I find Mulder?"
Krycek: "I'll take to the place where everything starts, if you are ready to face the truth."
Scully nods.
Scully: "where are we going?"
Krycek: "I'll wait for you in the car."
He leaves the office. Scully takes the file and gets out.
She is now in Skinner's office, they are talking but we can't hear what they are saying. Then:
Scully: "I put all my trust in you, sir."
He smiles at her and allow himself to hug her.
She then leaves the office. Skinner walks to the phone and dials.

-Scene6-
Canadian border. Restricted area. 11:30 PM
Scully is driving and Krycek is sitting next to her. He is very calm. The road ends after a while.
She turns to him.
Scully: "what now?"
Krycek: "right ahead."
Scully: "in the middle of nowhere."
Krycek: "that's the idea."
Scully drives off, as they discover the entry of a camp. The car stops at the security fence. Krycek walks out to speak to them as he shows them his ID. He runs back in, very fast.
Krycek: "we have something like 30 minutes until they discover that we have no business being here."
They arrive to an isolated base where they park.
Scully follows him in. They pass an other security gate and get in. It's some kind of a huge laboratory.
They enter a room full of tanks. Scully stares at them as she sees that there are babies in them. She looks in horror and walks to an other area where children are lying asleep. They look dead.
Scully: "are they dead? "
Krycek: "no. They are the ones. The first hybrids made by the chosen. They are taking care of them here, not exposing them to the outside world. Some of them are sent to live with foster parents, to see if they can adjust themselves to the environment. "
Scully: "like Emily."
Krycek: "yeah. But they are having troubles sometimes. That's why they are keeping them here until they could be totally protected."
Krycek checks outside.
Krycek: "we have to hurry. I have one last thing to show you."
He looks exited as he takes her to an other part of the base. They hear a strange noise as they get closer. Krycek: "so you won't be able to have more doubts."
Scully stares in shock at the huge spaceship standing in front of her. It's black, and it has a triangle shape. It looks exactly like the one she saw in the 6th extinction. She approaches it very slowly and touches it slightly with her hand. She can't believe her eyes.
Krycek: "Roswell 1947"
They look at each other.
Scully: "it's..."
They suddenly hear an alarm. Krycek grabs her hand and they start running to the exit. They see guards not very far from them. They get out of the base and go straight to a passage leading to the wire fencing.
Krycek: "run ahead, and get out!"
Scully: "what are you doing?"
Krycek: "just go!"
She leaves him behind and continues to run. She sees him chased by dogs.
Suddenly she hears Skinner's voice. Skinner: "agent Scully, right here!"
She goes to him and they walk away as we see the guards still looking for Krycek.

-SCENE7-

Hospital room within the department of defense.
We hear the nurse walking to the room as she realizes that the patient is gone. She runs to the bed and sees that the clothes in the closet are gone. She goes to tell her superiors.
We see a man standing outside of the building in a large coat. He walks very slowly, still feeling dizzy. He turns to the camera as we see it's the smoking man looking healthier.

-SCENE8-

X-FILES office. FBI headquarters. 3 days later.
Scully is asleep on her desk. She wakes up as Skinner enters.
Skinner: "I knew I'll find you here."
Scully seems exhausted and sad.
Skinner: "you should go home and rest."
She smiles in sarcasm then look into his eyes deeply.
Scully: "how am I suppose to find him now? Even with everything I saw...I feel powerless. I don't know where to look for him."
Skinner: "I still believe he will be back."
He takes her hands and caresses her face.
Scully: "I won't give up on him...The worst in all that is that ...maybe he was right. What he believed in, and tried to prove so hard, I saw it...And I wish I could tell him what I saw."
Skinner: "you will."
He let go of her hand and leave.
Scully in voiceover as she turns to Mulder's poster on the wall "I want to believe"
Scully voiceover: "for the first time, Mulder, we are so close. As I turned your quest into mine, I'm Beginning to walk your way and see with your eyes the extraordinary, the unthinkable... But what does this journey means without you guiding me. As to that day, my only concern will be to find you and wait for the day that you and I will face the future, as dark and frightening as it looks to me right now. I...we will be waiting..."
Fade to black.
(go to part 2 "the last sacrifice")