Special Agent Fox Mulder was on his way to is partner, Dana Scully's apartment. When he rounded the corner of the hall, he saw someone else had beat him to her door. A young woman, no older than 25, was standing there nervously. She had dark, auburn colored hair and was very pale, though Mulder couldn't decide whether she was naturally pale or was pale from nervousness as the constant twitching of her right foot suggested. suddenly she noticed him. He saw what he thought was a genuine look of fear in her eyes when she became aware of him. She was standing there, looking at him for only a second before she began to run. Mulder, taken aback by this reaction, allowed his F.B.I. agent instinct to kick in as he took off in pursuit. The pursuit didn't last very long. Mulder had the girl's arm in his grasp in moments and she let out a pitiful yell. "Please don't hurt me! Let me go! Please!" she yelled.
Mulder was unsure of what to do. He still didn't know why this girl had been outside of his partner's apartment nor did he know why she ran. Although the innocent face filled with fear compelled him to do as the young woman asked, he remembered many times he had been fooled or almost fooled by a faux innocent face. "Please, let me go. Don't hurt me I won't tell. Please!"
Now she was at the point of tears. Mulder felt sympathetic, but he still held firm to his captors arm. "Won't tell what?" he asked, "I am not going to hurt. I'm with-"
Before Mulder could finish his sentence, the apartment door opened and out came Scully, who had heard the girl's yells. Mulder's partner turned to him and asked, "What is all the commotion out here? Mulder? What are you doing?
Mulder was about to explain to his partner when he noticed an unusual look on her face. She was staring at the girl as if she knew her. "She was standing outside of your door." Mulder said slowly, looking from Scully's face to the girl, "When she saw me she ran which I thought strange. Scully, do you know her?"
Scully, breaking the sort of trance she was in, looked up at him and nodded. "You can let her go. She's my niece."
"Your niece?" he asked incredulously as he let the girl go.
Scully nodded but then focused her attention on the girl. "Are you alright, Alicia?"
Alicia didn't say anything, but she was paler than ever. "Alicia? Alicia you look like you've seen a ghost." Scully said as she walked toward her niece.
Suddenly the girl began to cry. "Oh, Auntie Dana." she exclaimed pathetically, as Scully put her arms around her.
"What is it Alicia?" Scully whispered.
"I need your help Auntie Dana. They are trying to kill me."
Scully suddenly look at Mulder. Mulder was still puzzled. "Who are they?" he asked, his interest peeking.
The girl looked at him suspiciously, but Scully assured her Mulder was a friend.
"I- I don't know who they are. But they- they threatened me and they said if I said anything about what was going on at Harvard, they would have me- have me killed. But I can't keep to this to myself any longer. it's- it's too terrible. It's…" her voice trailed.
"What is it, Alicia?" Scully asked in a softly, but a little less patiently.
"The experiment."