THE X FILES
"Collective"
Mulder sits in his hotel room, inspecting the bug. He turns it around and stares at the back side. His concentration is interrupted by the ringing of the phone. He picks it up.
"This is Mulder."
He listens.
"I'll be right there."
Mulder's car pulls up near a bus. Police officers surround the bus, and Scully stands nearby. Mulder jogs to Scully.
"What's up?"
"They found out who the blood and hair at the bus station belonged to. Name's Kevin Harrison. Police got a call reporting a dead man in the bus and when they got here they found Harrison's blood everywhere."
"What about the body?"
"Right over there." Scully motions to a stretcher with a dead bus driver. The coroner's are loading it into the van.
"Is that Harrison?"
"No, we still have no idea where he is."
"Is that it?"
"The police did find something interesting, though."
Scully removes a small plastic baggie from her coat pocket. It contains a bug. Mulder's bug.
"The police say they called in some biologist from CU, he had no idea what it was."
"They gonna inspect it?"
"Yep. You see there were two of these things on the bus. This one, found on one of the seats, and another, found inside the driver's mouth."
"Cause of death?"
"Strangulation. Although, one of the coroner's estimated it happened as many as two days ago."
"And they say talking on the phone and driving is dangerous."
Scully smiles.
Mulder looks around.
"Anyone know where this bus was headed?"
"It's final destination was a small town east of here. Eckley."
"I've always wanted to drive 3 hours in the middle of nowhere to find someone who may or may not be there." Mulder quips.
"I appreciate your enthusiasm." Scully said as she stepped in to her car.
Mulder begins to walk to his car.
"No! I'm serious."
"Yeah. You want to follow me?"
"I'll lead, my sense of direction will be sung about by future poets for years to come."
"I'm sure."
