Part 14
"Mulder, we've been through this so many times, I can't understand why you keep bringing this up," Scully said in exasperation. "Sometimes we see what we want to see. Sometimes we let our imaginations govern what we want to experience. But none of it leads to conclusive evidence that would ever support your theories on government cover-ups, or alien colonization, or whether vampires are really obsessive compulsives. Things that go bump in the night are usually just people who want to see something that isn't there." She let out a sigh as she tried to think of something to tell her partner of how she truly felt about the X-Files. "Mulder, I want to believe. I truly do. But I can't believe unless I see with my own eyes evidence that supports what you see."
Barrington glanced back at them as he led them along the tunnel.
"Scully, your problem is that you are blinded by your so-called scientific approach to everything," Mulder responded to her comment. "There has to be a scientific rationale to why the earth revolves around the sun, why the stars shine bright at night, and why the 49ers cannot make as many touchdowns as you would like. There has to be a logical reason for the whole picture. At least that's your take on the whole ball of wax." He pointed at her. "Well, your science has more loopholes than you can possibly imagine. Why do you think that there is now a major conflict within your great science community that they may have been wrong all these years about how old the earth really is? Because their scientific facts had giant holes in it!" He shook his head. "If you want the facts, Scully, you need only open your eyes. Look at what you see in front of you. Don't challenge it! Last night, I saw four vampires. What did you see? Three sick individuals who needed medical attention and a guy in a long black coat who calls himself 'Angel'."
"They were not vampires, Mulder," Scully insisted, letting out a weary sigh.
"Then what were they, Scully? Did you think they were the Village People looking for the YMCA?"
"They needed medical attention and that Angel chased them off."
Barrington turned to look at them. "Hey," he said, lowering his voice, "are you two always like this?"
Mulder and Scully looked at each other. Then, simultaneously, they said...
Mulder-"She never listens to reason."
Scully-"He never listens to reason."
They looked at each other again.
Barrington glanced back down the tunnel. Then he turned to them again. "There's movement up ahead. It looks like there's a fire ahead of us, too. And to the right, I saw an opening that looks like a small tunnel sloping upwards. That looks like our best path to take."
"Lead on," Mulder said.
They went through the opening and followed a narrow passage. The passage angled upward and they moved in single file. They came to an opening and it was a large hole in the wall that overlooked a very large cavern. Below them, they saw an altar on a raised platform. Torches were lit all over the walls.
Mulder, Scully, and Barrington stayed low as they looked out at the proceedings below.
Scully was staring with her mouth open in astonishment.
"Scully..." Mulder said softly, "do you see it? Please tell me that you see a political rally or a '60's Convention going on down there because I'd rather believe that than what my eyes are telling me."
Scully hesitated, "Mulder...that's not a rally or a convention of any kind." In a hoarse whisper, she said, "That's evil."
About a hundred vampires stood in rows before the raised altar. Three large vampires stood around the altar where a man was lying. That man was Rueben Julius, the Knife...but he no longer looked human.
"Let's get the hell out of here," Barrington whispered.
Mulder took Scully's arm and led her down the passage. "You don't have to tell me twice."
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TO BE CONTINUED...
"Mulder, we've been through this so many times, I can't understand why you keep bringing this up," Scully said in exasperation. "Sometimes we see what we want to see. Sometimes we let our imaginations govern what we want to experience. But none of it leads to conclusive evidence that would ever support your theories on government cover-ups, or alien colonization, or whether vampires are really obsessive compulsives. Things that go bump in the night are usually just people who want to see something that isn't there." She let out a sigh as she tried to think of something to tell her partner of how she truly felt about the X-Files. "Mulder, I want to believe. I truly do. But I can't believe unless I see with my own eyes evidence that supports what you see."
Barrington glanced back at them as he led them along the tunnel.
"Scully, your problem is that you are blinded by your so-called scientific approach to everything," Mulder responded to her comment. "There has to be a scientific rationale to why the earth revolves around the sun, why the stars shine bright at night, and why the 49ers cannot make as many touchdowns as you would like. There has to be a logical reason for the whole picture. At least that's your take on the whole ball of wax." He pointed at her. "Well, your science has more loopholes than you can possibly imagine. Why do you think that there is now a major conflict within your great science community that they may have been wrong all these years about how old the earth really is? Because their scientific facts had giant holes in it!" He shook his head. "If you want the facts, Scully, you need only open your eyes. Look at what you see in front of you. Don't challenge it! Last night, I saw four vampires. What did you see? Three sick individuals who needed medical attention and a guy in a long black coat who calls himself 'Angel'."
"They were not vampires, Mulder," Scully insisted, letting out a weary sigh.
"Then what were they, Scully? Did you think they were the Village People looking for the YMCA?"
"They needed medical attention and that Angel chased them off."
Barrington turned to look at them. "Hey," he said, lowering his voice, "are you two always like this?"
Mulder and Scully looked at each other. Then, simultaneously, they said...
Mulder-"She never listens to reason."
Scully-"He never listens to reason."
They looked at each other again.
Barrington glanced back down the tunnel. Then he turned to them again. "There's movement up ahead. It looks like there's a fire ahead of us, too. And to the right, I saw an opening that looks like a small tunnel sloping upwards. That looks like our best path to take."
"Lead on," Mulder said.
They went through the opening and followed a narrow passage. The passage angled upward and they moved in single file. They came to an opening and it was a large hole in the wall that overlooked a very large cavern. Below them, they saw an altar on a raised platform. Torches were lit all over the walls.
Mulder, Scully, and Barrington stayed low as they looked out at the proceedings below.
Scully was staring with her mouth open in astonishment.
"Scully..." Mulder said softly, "do you see it? Please tell me that you see a political rally or a '60's Convention going on down there because I'd rather believe that than what my eyes are telling me."
Scully hesitated, "Mulder...that's not a rally or a convention of any kind." In a hoarse whisper, she said, "That's evil."
About a hundred vampires stood in rows before the raised altar. Three large vampires stood around the altar where a man was lying. That man was Rueben Julius, the Knife...but he no longer looked human.
"Let's get the hell out of here," Barrington whispered.
Mulder took Scully's arm and led her down the passage. "You don't have to tell me twice."
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TO BE CONTINUED...