CHAPTER SIX

Skinner sat in his apartment, and took a swallow of his drink before trying Dana's cell phone. Still no answer. After storming out the other day, she hadn't contacted him. Dana wasn't in the right frame of mind and Skinner feared for her.

There was a knock on the door and he went to open it, hoping it would be Dana and that he could try and talk some sense into her. But the visitor was a man.

A man he had never seen before.

" Can I help you?"

The man wrung his hands, " Are you Walter Skinner?" he asked. He had a scruffy appearance and wore a cap that hid his eyes.

" Who's asking?" Skinner asked suspiciously.

" Just trust me on this when I say I'm a friend." The man replied, " I think I've made a terrible mistake regarding a friend of yours."

" Come in," Skinner allowed and let the stranger in. The man finally looked up, he still seemed unfamiliar.

" Who is this friend you're talking about?"

" Dana Scully. She's hell bent on revenge for the murder of Fox Mulder. She's done something terrible…and its my fault."

" What? What has she done?" Skinner demanded.

" She has killed someone," The man told him.

" Killed someone?" Skinner repeated.

" He's a doctor. He played a big part in Mulder's death and Scully went back in time to kill him…" the man was babbling now.

" Wait a minute…she went back in time? What the hell does that mean?"

" She travelled back to the year 1996 and killed Dr. Ryan Travis. He's the one who tortured Mulder before the military killed him. Scully believed she can rectify Mulder's death by killing everyone involved. Scully's trying to change the future."

Skinner stared at the man, not sure whether or not to believe him. But he seemed so earnest and Skinner has experienced a lot of things not to believe.

" How did she time travel?"

" That doesn't matter. We have to stop her from killing anyone else…" the man said.

" What do you mean we?" Skinner demanded, not liking the sound of this.

" I mean, you have to back in time. To the year 1996."