MULDER
Hello ma'am I am Agent Mulder and this is Agent Scully. Agent Bell has
remained with the car.
MRS. GRAVES
Very well then, I am Mrs. Graves how can I help you.
SCULLY
We're very sorry to impose upon you at this time Mrs. Graves but we are
investigating the murders at the Grenada Industries labs ….
MRS. GRAVES
Please….If I can help in any way I will be glad to. Mr. Graves would want
it that way. Come with me to the den.
Mrs. Graves turns and exits the foyer. Mulder and Scully follow.
They walk through a very large main room.
Mulder and Scully notice three children at the top of a flight of stairs. They are deep in conversation and pay no attention to the adults below.
Mrs. Graves, Mulder and Scully enter the den.
Mrs. Graves motions for them to sit.
MRS. GRAVES
Would you like something to drink? Coffee? Tea?
MULDER/SCULLY
No thank you.
MRS. GRAVES
How can I help you?
MULDER
I am sure you already know that the documentation from your husbands
research facilities has disappeared. We were wondering if you could shed
any light on what they were working on. Did your husband ever mention
anything or….
MRS. GRAVES
My husband rarely discussed his business affairs at home. He worked long
hours at the office. He was often gone for days, sometimes weeks on end
so when he came home he wanted to focus on being here, with his family.
His businesses reaches around the world and they demanded a great deal
from him but when he was here he was all ours. No Agent Mulder my
husband never mentioned what those facilities were working on, not at all.
It is too bad that he went into his cryogenic cell when he did. He would be
able to tell you exactly what they were doing. He was so intelligent. He
spoke six languages you know…Wasn't Robert Vyvey able to help you
at all?
MULDER
Actually we haven't been to see him yet.
SCULLY
His offices are our next stop ma'am.
MRS. GRAVES
Well … I am sure he will be able to help you much more than I with
regard to the research labs. Is there anything else?
MULDER
Can you conceive of any possible connection between your husband being
put into a cryogenic cell and the murders at the research labs?
MRS. GRAVES
I cannot. Unfortunate coincidence I expect Agents. Is that all?
Mulder stands up and hands her his business card.
MULDER
Yes ma'am. If anything comes to mind please call us. We can show
ourselves out.
Mrs. Graves stands up.
MRS. GRAVES
I'll see you to the door.
As they pass through the large main room a servant opens a door into a meeting room.
The three children that had been at the top of the stairs are sitting around a large table. At the head of the table sit a slightly older child. He is talking on the phone. Another servant is pouring him a coffee.
MULDER
The children ma'am, who are they?
MRS. GRAVES
Family, Agent Mulder, we have a large family.
EXT. OUTSIDE MANSION
Mulder and Scully walking back to the car.
MULDER
Next time we ask her about the boy who inherited everything …Anyway
she didn't seem very upset for a woman who just lost a beloved husband.
SCULLY
Maybe she believes that he isn't really dead…and that he'll be
brought back to life once they find a cure for cancer.
MULDER
Believe me Scully he's really dead ….very coincidentally dead.
The children….. they don't fit any family profile that I looked at…and
their behavior seemed odd.
Scully opening her car door.
SCULLY
Did you hear the one on the phone?
MULDER
No.
SCULLY
He was speaking French.
Mulder looks back over his shoulder at the mansion. The older boy is staring at him from a meeting room window.
Mulder gets in the car. They drive away.
INT. MANSION MEETING ROOM.
The older boy is looking out the window. The other children are fidgeting in their chairs trying to get comfortable.
The older boy turns to a servant who just entered the room.
MERLE
Arnold please ask Mrs. Graves to join us immediately.
ARNOLD
Of course Mr. Graves.
Arnold puts down a tray and leaves the room.
The little girl throws her pen down in frustration.
DR. KATZ
Merle we've got to get some furniture that fits us.
Dr. Katz slides off of her chair and picks up her pen.
DR. WONG
Perhaps we could move in some furniture from the children's playroom.
DR. GREEN
Are you worried about the F.B.I. Mr. Graves?
MERLE
The F.B.I. mean well but in their quest for truth and justice they might
well arm the devil himself with most powerful important discovery that
mankind has ever known. We are the guardians of this most sacred
knowledge Doctors. It must remain our secret for the time being. The
F.B.I. and any number of other law enforcement agencies are in hot
pursuit of your murderers. We must be careful not to let their enthusiasm
interrupt our plans.
Mrs. Graves and Arnold come back into the room.
MRS. GRAVES
You wanted to see me dear?
MERLE
Yes love I did. I want to ask you about our little visit from the F.B.I…. but
first…..
Mr. Graves turns to Arnold.
Arnold would you please have someone help you remove some tables and
chairs from the children's play room into the meeting room on level two
of the basement.
Arnold turns to leave.
ARNOLD
Consider it done sir.
INT. OFFICE CORPERATE HEADQUARTERS GRENADA INDUSTRIES.
Mulder and Scully are waiting in Robert Vyvey's office.
The Office is decorated in a Hawaiian motif. There is a T.V. screen quietly displaying an erupting volcano.
MULDER
You think he's lonely for home.
SCULLY
Only if he's from Hawaii…Is he?
MULDER
As a matter of fact…
A huge T.V. screen comes to life filling the wall behind Robert Vyvey's desk with his image. He is wearing a white lab coat.
Yes.
VYVEY
Agents Mulder and Scully I am sorry that I cannot meet you there in
person but I am on 'security level six' and as it takes five to ten minutes to
clear each level I thought it would be more convenient to meet like this, at
least for the time being. Is that all right?
MULDER
This is fine for now…..Mr. Vyvey. We were hoping that you would be
able to tell us what the murdered scientists were working on.
Mr. Vyvey taking off his lab coat revealing a short sleeved Hawaiian shirt and a tie with a palm tree on it. Vyvey sitting in a comfortable chair.
VYVEY
That, Agent Mulder is the sixty-four billion dollar question. Who ever is
behind this ghastly business certainly knows how to cover their tracks. I
mean we are all scratching our heads here.
SCULLY
So you have no personal knowledge as to what they were working on?
VYVEY
Alas that simply was not my area. 'Research' I mean…I, up until just
recently have been involved in marketing, acquisitions and restructuring.
MULDER
Were you expecting to be made CEO?
VYVEY
No. Quite frankly I was bowled over. I mean I always dreamed of
something like this but I didn't expect it. I knew the old boy liked me
but…
MULDER
Is there anyone else in the company who…
VYVEY
Agent Mulder, 'security level six' has a file on everything this company
has worked on since Mr. Graves founded it fifty years ago. I have had
twenty people scouring this place and they have found nothing at all on
any of the labs in question. Travesty that it is, the only people who knew
what was going on in them have been taken from us.
MULDER
So it would seem.
SCULLY
Mr. Vyvey can you think of any possible connection between Mr. Graves
going into a cryogenic cell and the murders at the research labs?
VYVEY
Mr. Graves was a very sick man Agent Scully. He was in a great deal of
pain most of the time. I cannot imagine any connection between these
horrific murders and his passing. I can only be glad however that he did
not have bear witness to it.
SCULLY
Do you believe that he is dead.
VYVEY
No question about it. He is clinically dead but who knows what the future
holds, maybe he will be revived someday.
MULDER
Were you there when he was frozen.
VYVEY
No I wasn't.
MULDER
Who was?
VYVEY
Dr. Katz, Dr. Wong and Dr. Green were in attendance but they were all
murdered in one of our research labs here in Chicago.
MULDER
Yes….I know.
Mulder stands and walks over to the big video screen.
MULDER
Can you see me Mr. Vyvey?
VYVEY
Yes of course. There are…
MULDER
Would you mind if we brought in a team of investigators and went
through your files Mr. Vyvey?
VYVEY
Not if you have a court order to do so Agent Mulder… I am sorry but
this is not a personal choice, it is simply company policy not to expose
classified information…..besides there really is nothing to find here I am
sure. We have been through everything of any relevance.
SCULLY
It would look better if we didn't have to get a court order Mr. Vyvey but
we will have to go through the files ourselves, that's F.B.I. policy.
VYVEY
By all means Agent Scully get a court order and when you get here with it
I will assign a half dozen assistants to help you. Please believe me I want
to help…..I just wish that there was something useful in the files.
EXT. GRENADA INDUSTRIES. DAY.
Mulder and Scully are walking to their car. Agent Bell is helping a young girl to her feet. She had been roller skating and had fallen down.
MULDER
Everything okay here?
AGENT BELL
Just a little mishap…
To the girl.
.Did you hurt yourself?
GIRL
Not really I'll be fine…..thank you.
The girl skates away awkwardly.
MULDER
Lets go back to your office Agent Bell. We need to talk to our boss.
AGENT BELL
Your boss Agent Skinner?
MULDER
Yes. Why?
AGENT BELL
My boss called me and he said Skinner wanted to talk to you
immediately…Something about a Frohike .
MULDER
Frohike….really?
AGENT BELL
That's what he said.
Mulder looks at Sully and shrugs his shoulders.
SCULLY
A Frohike.
Scully signals Mulder to phone.
Mulder leans against the back of Agent Bell's car pulls out his cell phone and punches in Skinners number.
INT. SKINNERS OFFICE
SKINNER
That's right Mulder Frohike says that he has some information on the
murders we're working on…(pause)… He wouldn't say, says he will only
talk to you…..and he said you should bring Scully. …..I'll fax you
the details on a secure line…And Mulder I'm authorizing you and
Scully to fly directly to Montreal when you are done with Frohike.
EXT. OUTSIDE GRENADA INDUSTRIES.
Mulder sitting on the trunk of the car.
MULDER
Montreal sir? ….
Looking at Scully
The R.C.M.P. have a package for us….. Yes sir in the fax. Yes I will call
you from New York.
Mulder hangs up.
Agent Bell we are going to need your assistance in getting surveillance
teams set up to monitor the Grenada Industries head office and the Graves
Compound.
Agent Bell nods, takes out a note pad and starts to write.
Suddenly he stops and looks at the car .There is a beeping sound.
Agent Bell opens the passenger side front door of his car.
AGENT BELL
There's a fax coming.
Mulder slides off the car.
MULDER
It will be for us…..Let's go Scully.
Agent Bell hands Mulder the fax.
Mulder scans it.
SCULLY
You want to bring me up to speed.
MULDER
On the way.
Mulder to Agent Bell.
To the airport James…..S'il vous plait.
AGENT BELL
O'Hare?
MULDER
Bingo
INT. LARGE WINDOWLESS BUNKERLIKE ROOM. DARK BUT FOR A FEW T.V. AND COMPUTER MONITORS AND A COUPLE OF DESK LAMPS.
Langly is sitting at a computer terminal working. Byers is sitting at a desk near him reading a thick text book. There are several other people quietly working.
Langly looks up from his monitor.
LANGLY
They're outside the building. They're alone.
BYERS
Peters would you start entrance protocol and help us bring these people in.
Peters from across the room.
PETERS
Alrighty then.
INT. CREAKING OLD OTIS ELEVATOR
Mulder, Scully and Frohike riding down . Suddenly the elevator stops.
MULDER
We've stopped between floors Frohike.
Frohike grins and enters a number sequence into a remote control in his hand.
The back of the elevator slides open wide enough for them to walk through into a dimly lit hallway.
FROHIKE
Follow me.
They follow him halfway down the hallway where he again feeds a number sequence into
the remote control.
A part of the wall slides away opening into another dim hallway.
They walk through. The wall closes behind them. At the end of it they start down a long fight of stairs.
SCULLY
Can anyone get in here with that remote?
FROHIKE
No. I need two other people running parallel programs to open these
doors.
MULDER
They know we're here.
FROHIKE
Since we entered the building.
They come to a large heavy metal door. Frohike enters numbers. It slides open.
Langly and Byers greet them.
FROHIKE
Take them to the conference room. I'll be right with you.
BYERS
Bladder?
Frohike frowns.
FROHIKE
You had to share that.
BYERS
Sorry.
Frohike leaves.
INT. CONFERENCE ROOM.
Mulder, Scully, Langly and Byers sitting up to a table.
MULDER
So….what is this place?
LANGLY
It is headquarters for one of a number Volunteer Watchdog groups. We
are privately funded and for the most part work for free.
SCULLY
What do you watch?
BYERS
Primarily we monitor most government agencies and many private
institutions and corporations that deal with them. We monitor political
groups, radical and otherwise, we watch carefully what is happening
globally to the environment, we keep an eye on major research facilities,
we even try to monitor and understand what is happening within the legal
system. When we find a wrong we try to set it right. We tell the
authorities, we leak it to the press, if nothing else we rock the boat and….
LANGLY
Trouble is, much of what we do is illegal. We foot soldier in the trenches
fighting the good fight but if we get caught we go to jail.
MULDER
We are the F.B.I. fellas. You know we are suppose to report this.
Frohike standing in the doorway.
FROHIKE
You're more one of us than one of them. Besides we're your friends you
couldn't….
MULDER
What about Scully?
FROHIKE
We plan to win her over.
SCULLY
Guys…..why are we here?
LANGLY
In a nut shell?
SCULLY
Please.
LANGLY
We've been monitoring Grenada Industries research facilities. Most of
their communications are encoded and while we haven't been able to
decipher all of it yet we can tell you that the focus of their research has
been Cloning.
BYERS
We believe the researchers have been creating human clones and what's
more they have been making clones of themselves and also we're certain
that they have made several clones of the head cheese himself, Mr. Merle
Graves.
FROHIKE
We also picked up some very strange signals for a couple weeks prior to
the 'Grenada Murders'.
MULDER
Strange…..How?
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