CHAPTER TEN

Office Of the Lone Gunmen

9.36 PM

It had been Mulder's idea to ask the trio for help, they didn't exactly know the whereabouts of this John Doggett person. The man who would get him killed. As the group descended down the stairs, Mulder was looking forward to see the looks on their faces when they saw the two Skinners and Scully's.

" Hang on!" Frohike shouted as the doorbell buzzed twice. He peered through the screen and counted three people with Mulder and Scully. He hesitated before opening the door.

Frohike stared at Mulder and Scully's companions. This was surreal. There was AD Skinner…and walking behind him was a man looking exactly like him. He didn't know Skinner had a twin, but then again, he knew next to nothing about Mulder and Scully's boss. They had a second woman with them, she wore a baseball cap, pulled low over her eyes, tight jeans and a blouse.

" Hey, Walt, this your brother?" Frohike asked, glancing at Skinner's brother.

" Don't call me Walt," AD Skinner snapped then turned to elder Skinner, " You remember Frohike and the other two."

The other Skinner actually smiled warmly at Frohike, " Frohike…it's so good to see you again."

" What the hell are you talking about?" Frohike scoffed as Byers came up next to him.

" It can't be…" Byers breathed staring at the elder Skinner, then glancing at the AD. " It's…impossible."

" What's impossible? So Mr. Skinner has a twin brother? What's the big deal?"

" Frohike-" Mulder tried to suppress a grin. Byers seemed to figure it out but Langly looked just as confused as Frohike.

" That's not Mr. Skinner's brother," Byers explained to Frohike and Langly, " If my eyes are not deceiving me, this man is an older version of him."

Langly's mouth fell open and at that moment, elder Scully took off her cap. She also smiled at them, the first real smile in days. " Walter's right, it is so good to see you three again…"

" Wait a minute…so you're saying, this man is from the future?" Langly demanded Byers as Frohike studied elder Scully. Two Scully's! And this elder version was even hotter than her counterpart. If that was possible.

" So how did the two of you get here…and why are you here?" Frohike asked the group.

" It's a long story, but we need your help." Elder Scully explained.

" We need to find a person, John Doggett." Elder Skinner added.

" Who's he?" Langly asked sitting at a computer.

" From our time…he's a retired FBI Agent," elder Scully said, " John Jay Doggett."

" You didn't answer our question," Frohike said as Langly started to search for Doggett, " How did you get here?"

The Elder Skinner and Scully exchanged glances. " We…don't exactly know." Skinner admitted.

" We were just…here." Scully added and the present Scully rolled her eyes.

" How convenient." She muttered.

" You said some guy named Jonathan sent you here," Mulder said suddenly, turning to the two time travelers.

" Yeah…I don't know where he came from."

" I think I may have an idea why you can't remember how you get here…he wiped your memory so that you can't tell anyone how you time travelled. He doesn't want anyone to know his secret."

" Wipe our memory?"

" Or knocked you out," Mulder added.

" Again…convenient." Younger Scully said, crossing her arms.

" You still think this is a hoax?" elder Scully demanded her, " How about we send you to the future and you can see for yourself?"

" No…thank you."

" Here we go," Langly said as he bought up John Doggett's profile.

" He's a detective for the NYPD."

" What's his current residence?" elder Skinner asked.

Langly told him.

" So…just out of curiosity," Frohike said as they lead the group to the door, " How are we doing in the future?"

Elder Skinner and Scully exchanged glances.

" I know I'm old, but am I married, or a bachelor?" Frohike pressed but they still didn't answer and Frohike groaned, " Don't tell me I'm still living with these two."

" What about me?" Langly asked hopefully.

" Sorry guys, we can't tell you." Elder Scully finally said.

" Aw, why the hell not?" Langly protested.

" You gotta have some surprises about your future." Elder Skinner replied. When they left, Langly, Frohike and Byers glanced at each other,

" Now what the hell does that mean?" Frohike asked his two colleagues.