Title: X-Edition, Chapter 2
Author: --Starbuck--
Summary: Mulder and Scully investigate Gary's paper...(X-Files/Early Edition)
Rating: PG-13 (language, some violence)
Spoilers:
Scully instantly thought that it was a typo.
"They must have made a printing mistake."
"No, they didn't," Gary insisted. "It's tomorrow's headlines."
Mulder wasn't so skeptical. "Since you seem so sure...can you please prove it to us how this is tomorrow's newspaper?"
"Yes, I can. But I have to wait for something to happen." He took back the paper and leafed through it. "Here," he said, showing them a story. "There's going to be a fight. My job is to go stop it."
"How do you do that?" Scully asked.
"Well..." he looked at the story more closely. "Ah, here. The guy who starts it irritated with the guy at the cash register because he can't give him exact change. So I have to go and stop the fight before it starts. That should prove it."
Scully closely examined the paper before he took it again. He started out the door, Mulder and Scully following.
Checking his watch, Gary began jogging.
"Hey, don't you have a car?" Mulder asked. Gary only shook his head and kept going.
"Damn," Scully said, surprised.
"Yeah." Mulder and Scully ran to catch up with Gary, who stuffed his paper into his coat pocket and continued running down the sidewalk, trying to politely apologize for bumping into people.
In a few minutes they came to the gas station. Gary looked at the photo in the paper and didn't see any sign of the car or the man. Mulder and Scully had just come up when he rushed inside.
They walked in the door, panting slightly. Mulder looked around while Scully watched Gary give the cashier change. Then the man from the picture walked in. Gary led Mulder and Scully out the door and showed them the headline, which had changed to "SCHOOL RECEIVES GRANT."
"Where is the headline?" she asked skeptically.
"I CHANGED it," he said obviously. "I prevented the fight before it started, so the headline changed."
"So, do you do this every day?" Mulder asked, believing.
"Well, yes. Unless there's nothing in there."
"Mulder...can I have a word with you?" Scully grabbed Mulder's arm and pulled him away.
"Mulder, this is just a man with a paper. He might have a mental disorder, or--"
Gary watched them, a pained/confused look on his face.
"No, I believe it. The headline changed because he prevented the fight."
"But it's impossible, it breaks all laws of space and time--"
"Shh. It is what it is."
"Then what do we do now?"
"Well...if you want you can go to the hotel. I just want to ask him some questions and then I'll be over, ok?"
Scully sighed and looked at the ground, then looked back up to her partner. "Ok...see you in a while." She hailed a cab to take her to the hotel.
Mulder walked back over to Gary. "If we can get back to the bar...I'd like to ask you something about this paper."
Gary was leafing through it. A look of fear and confusion came over his features. "What's your partner's name again?"
Mulder's face fell. "Scully. Dana Scully."
He read the headline. "FBI Agent Dies in Car Crash..."
"Oh shit," Mulder muttered under his breath as he ran over to the street to hail a cab...
~*~*~*~*~*~*
Feeback appreciated!
I know it was a little rushed...but I'm in a hurry. ^_^ Next chapters will be more detailed, I promise.
Author: --Starbuck--
Summary: Mulder and Scully investigate Gary's paper...(X-Files/Early Edition)
Rating: PG-13 (language, some violence)
Spoilers:
Scully instantly thought that it was a typo.
"They must have made a printing mistake."
"No, they didn't," Gary insisted. "It's tomorrow's headlines."
Mulder wasn't so skeptical. "Since you seem so sure...can you please prove it to us how this is tomorrow's newspaper?"
"Yes, I can. But I have to wait for something to happen." He took back the paper and leafed through it. "Here," he said, showing them a story. "There's going to be a fight. My job is to go stop it."
"How do you do that?" Scully asked.
"Well..." he looked at the story more closely. "Ah, here. The guy who starts it irritated with the guy at the cash register because he can't give him exact change. So I have to go and stop the fight before it starts. That should prove it."
Scully closely examined the paper before he took it again. He started out the door, Mulder and Scully following.
Checking his watch, Gary began jogging.
"Hey, don't you have a car?" Mulder asked. Gary only shook his head and kept going.
"Damn," Scully said, surprised.
"Yeah." Mulder and Scully ran to catch up with Gary, who stuffed his paper into his coat pocket and continued running down the sidewalk, trying to politely apologize for bumping into people.
In a few minutes they came to the gas station. Gary looked at the photo in the paper and didn't see any sign of the car or the man. Mulder and Scully had just come up when he rushed inside.
They walked in the door, panting slightly. Mulder looked around while Scully watched Gary give the cashier change. Then the man from the picture walked in. Gary led Mulder and Scully out the door and showed them the headline, which had changed to "SCHOOL RECEIVES GRANT."
"Where is the headline?" she asked skeptically.
"I CHANGED it," he said obviously. "I prevented the fight before it started, so the headline changed."
"So, do you do this every day?" Mulder asked, believing.
"Well, yes. Unless there's nothing in there."
"Mulder...can I have a word with you?" Scully grabbed Mulder's arm and pulled him away.
"Mulder, this is just a man with a paper. He might have a mental disorder, or--"
Gary watched them, a pained/confused look on his face.
"No, I believe it. The headline changed because he prevented the fight."
"But it's impossible, it breaks all laws of space and time--"
"Shh. It is what it is."
"Then what do we do now?"
"Well...if you want you can go to the hotel. I just want to ask him some questions and then I'll be over, ok?"
Scully sighed and looked at the ground, then looked back up to her partner. "Ok...see you in a while." She hailed a cab to take her to the hotel.
Mulder walked back over to Gary. "If we can get back to the bar...I'd like to ask you something about this paper."
Gary was leafing through it. A look of fear and confusion came over his features. "What's your partner's name again?"
Mulder's face fell. "Scully. Dana Scully."
He read the headline. "FBI Agent Dies in Car Crash..."
"Oh shit," Mulder muttered under his breath as he ran over to the street to hail a cab...
~*~*~*~*~*~*
Feeback appreciated!
I know it was a little rushed...but I'm in a hurry. ^_^ Next chapters will be more detailed, I promise.