What About Krycek?
Two hours later, Mulder pulled up to Eric sitting on a bench in the park in downtown
Langly. Allison motioned for him to get into the car. When he stepped in, he gave a double take
to the driver and the person in the passenger seat. In the process, his eye caught a black car,
waiting across the street.
"Mulder? Scully? What the f*ck?" He asked in pure shock. He looked to Allison for
answers; she shrugged.
"Be damned if I knew." She said flatly. Eric shook his head, and put his hand over his
eyes.
"I must be dead…or dreaming or something…" He said. "I'm suddenly on the X-files…"
He began to mumble to himself.
"See I told you this is a TV show." Allison said in an arrogant voice. Scully nodded
numbly.
"I'm starting to believe it more and more." Eric opened his eyes at the sound of her voice,
he smiled and piled on the ol' McVey charm.
"Hi, I'm Eric…" He stuck his hand out and Scully shook it and smiled.
"Are you from the future too?" Mulder asked. Eric looked bewildered at Allison, who
nodded her head. He shrugged.
"I guess so."
"It's only 1999 here." Eric's mouth dropped open.
"Woah, I haven't even asked out Shannon yet…"
"Yeah, we haven't even met yet." Allison said reminding him of the timeline of his life.
"Oh yeah." he chuckled. "Anyway…" he said turning back to Scully. "Would you like to
do an autopsy on me?" he asked her seductively. Scully rolled her eyes, but smiled.
"Eric, you can only do an autopsy on someone who is dead. You mean a biopsy." Allison
corrected him.
"Yeah, whatever…how about a full body cavity search?" Allison pulled Eric back into
his seat.
"Down boy…" She muttered. He laughed, and Allison smirked.
"So, why are we here, on a TV show and in the past?" Eric asked the two agents.
"We don't know. That's what we have yet to figure out." Mulder said. Eric nodded.
"Agent Mulder's theory is that you are here to warn us of something." Scully said.
Allison and Eric looked at each other; silently asking each other questions. Allison turned to
Scully.
"About the show or about the world?" She shrugged.
"We don't know yet." Allison looked back at Eric, and mouthed something to him. Eric
shrugged.
"Maybe it's about…" Allison covered his mouth.
"Quite! Watch what you say!" She scolded him. He looked at her confused. Mulder gave
Scully a quick glance of suspicion
"Why?" Mulder asked.
"Well, what if what one of us casualties mentions affects the future?" Allison tried to
clarify herself. "Like, if I tell you that if you eat a green banana and you get sick and die and then
Scully ends up marrying the AD and gives birth to the next president. But since you now know
not to eat the banana you don't. Then you end up marrying Scully and she can't give birth to that
president. Do you see what I mean?" Mulder looked at Scully with amusement.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Eric asked confused.
"Shush!" Allison said. "Do you see what I mean?" Scully nodded.
"Yeah, I understand." She turned back to her. "But how do we know what you can tell us
and what you can't?"
"I think the question is, how do you know what will effect our future and what will effect
their future." Mulder said. He pulled off on to the freeway, heading back to his apartment. "It is
philosophized that all destinies are the same. Meaning there is no way to intervene and change
the future. If quantum physics work on both the micro and macro level then that would mean that
even though we exist in different states, our destinies are always the same. One electron will not
bond if its other states don't as well. That would change the whole world's make-up. Therefore,
whatever you tell us cannot change our futures. Saría, Saría. Whatever will be, will be." When
Mulder's little tirade was done, Allison stared out the window, contemplating what he had just
said. In a quite voice she said,
"What if we don't exist in different states? What if dimensions are totally independent?
Or even, what if they are interconnected? What if there is some portal to move between
dimensions and we just happened to stumble upon it? Maybe there is no significance to our being
here."
"But what if every dimension was just a movie, playing on the universal silver screen?
What if this was meant to happen? All of this was meant to happen, and we can just sit back and
watch the movie play out?" Mulder countered.
"But then, that would mean we have no choice in our destinies. That every action, every
word spoke, every breath you and I take is predetermined. What if we just go back to your
apartment and sit there, and not move for the next 4 years? We would choose to do so."
"Yes, but perhaps that was planned. It was planned for us to be speaking like this,
philosophize the inner workings of life, like so many have done before us."
"Or perhaps we are instigating it."
"Perhaps." Mulder changed lanes, "In anycase, we still have to figure out how or why
you two were sent here."
"Or why this guy is following us." Eric said. Mulder looked back. There was a black car
behind him.
"Whose following us?" Allison asked turning around, Eric pulled her so she couldn't
move.
"Don't look at him. That same back car as been behind us ever since I was picked up."
Scully nodded in remembrance.
"Yeah, I do remember him being behind us…" She said.
"I bet it's Krycek, wanting to find out what we know," Allison said, almost happily.
"Don't say that, I don't ever want to see that rat again." Mulder said despondent.
"Course, I don't imagine that I can escape him, can I?" Mulder asked, Allison shook her head.
"No; he comes back." Mulder nodded.
"He does?" Eric asked Allison.
"Yeah, did you watch any of season 8?"
"No…" Allison rolled her eyes.
"Well there you go, Eric doesn't know anything about your futures, so that means that we
can't be here to warn you." Mulder got a look of pension on his face.
"I'm not so sure of that. But I'm going to try and lose this guy." Mulder, in a rash move,
swerved off sharply to the right and raced on to the off ramp. Scully, clutching the arm of her
seat.
"What the hell are you doing?" she cried.
"Trying to lose that guy." Mulder said innocently.
"More like trying to get us all killed." Scully muttered as she released the arm from her
grasp. Mulder shrugged and smiled. Eric causally glanced behind him.
"Too bad he's still following us."
"Dammit!" Mulder smacked the steering wheel. He took a quick look to his left, pushed
the peddle to the floor and took the first left he saw. The black car promptly followed. Mulder
took another right and was hit with a dead end. He slammed on his breaks, jerking everyone
forward violently.
"What are we going to do now?" Allison asked scared.
"I don't know…" Mulder said, putting the car into park. The black car stopped behind
them and Mulder and Scully motioned to Allison and Eric to get out of the car.
Stepping out into a warm breeze, the sun playing on their faces, the four peered into the
black car, as a man got out.
"Krycek, I could have guess." Mulder said. Krycek smiled slyly, Allison's eyes began to
glaze over with a look of admiration.
"You two have someone I want." Krycek motioned to Allison, who smiled, as if being
kidnapped by Krycek was a good thing.
"Why? Why do you want her? What do you know that we don't?" Scully asked harshly,
stepping up to defend her.
"I think you can guess. What man wouldn't want a girl that knew the future." Eric looked
over to his friend,
"Why the hell are you grinning? Do you want to be kidnapped?" Eric whispered.
"He's so gorgeous…" Allison said oblivious to the danger she was in. Eric rolled his
eyes.
"Is that all you can think about? Krycek is going to kidnap you to find out what happens
to him." Allison's looked at him seriously.
"Well, I don't think he'll want to know what I know." She whispered back. Eric raised
and eyebrow.
"Why?" Allison was about to open her mouth and whisper Krycek's fate in Eric's ear
when Krycek intervened.
"So what are you two talking about? Something I should know?" Allison looked to
Mulder and Scully for help; their faces were blank.
"Uh…no?" She tried innocently. Krycek grinned.
"Cute." Allison flashed a flirty smile
"Really? I mean…uh…" She struggled to compose herself. "Eric, help me. Don't leave
me hanging here."
"We don't know anything, ok?" Eric said honestly, which was partly true because he
didn't know anything.
"You mean, you don't know anything; but you're little friend here on the other hand…"
Mulder appeared shocked.
"How did you know?" Krycek just smiled and shrugged.
"I know fathoms that you don't, Fox." he said acidly. "Now, give me what I want, or face
the consequences." He drew a gun, and Allison gasped. Scully and Mulder both drew their guns.
Eric shifted his weight uncomfortably.
"Well, look at the time I think I need to go…" Eric tried
"Shut up!" Krycek yelled at him, and he flinched slightly. Krycek began to move closer
and closer to Allison; gun still pointed at the two. Mulder and Scully watched him cautiously.
"Don't move any closer, Krycek, I'm warning you." Mulder said posing his gun.
"You don't have the guts." He said cocky.
"I would bet on that…" Allison mumbled and then realized what she said, "Uh I mean…I
wouldn't be so sure of that, I mean…" She looked at Mulder and Scully who were shaking their
heads helplessly "I'm going to stop talking now." Allison shut her mouth, looked around faux-
causally and hummed.
"Does Mulder shoot me?" Krycek asked trying to hide his eagerness.
"I…don't…remember…" She stuttered and then coughed to try and mask her lie as well
as to fill in the confused silence. She coughed again. Krycek smiled.
"Sure you don't. So if I shoot Mulder now, he can't get me later." Krycek grinned and
pointed his gun at Mulder, who bit his lower lip. Allison, realizing what she got herself into
cried.
"No! You can't!" Krycek turned to her. "I mean, you really can't." Krycek looked
confused.
"What are you talking about?" he momentarily lowered his gun and Eric took the chance
and sacked him, bowling him over, and knocking the gun out of his hand. Scully ran and
snatched up the gun. Eric held Krycek by his one good arm.
"Sucker! You only have one arm. I bet you wished you had two arms…one armed freak.
Look at me! I have two fully working arms!" Eric taunted him, as he held him. Krycek, annoyed
at his mockery tried to flip Eric over his head and but Eric, with his numerous years of weight
training for football held his ground. Mulder got some handcuffs out of the car and handcuffed
Krycek.
"What are you going to do with him?" Allison asked, standing next to Mulder, watching
in sadistically delight as Krycek struggled to stand using just his back and legs.
"Leave him here." Mulder said as if there was no other option in his mind.
"You do realize that he will eventually be able to stand up and walk." Eric said. Mulder
looked at him and said,
"No, he can't."
"Yes he can. All he has to do is arc his back forward and then thrust his legs back and
then he's up." As Eric said this, Krycek began to do as he said.
"Eric, I think you should be quite…" Scully said. But Eric did not heed her warning.
"Oh look at me, I'm Agent Mulder. I'm smart." Eric said in a condescending tone,
Mulder ignored him and got in the car. But before anyone else could enter the safety of the car,
Krycek had managed to stand and was about to ram into the back of Eric when Scully suddenly
shot him in the torso. Allison squealed in shock and looked back at the bleeding Alex.
"Well that was random." Eric muttered and began to get into the car. Allison rushed to
Krycek's side and cradled his head in her lap.
"You can't just leave him here." Allison cried. Mulder rolled his eyes.
"Just watch me." Allison shook her head vigorously.
"It's not suppose to happen that way." She said, tears brimming in her eyes. Alex looked
up at the girl sitting at his side. His breathing was heavy and he moved his body weakly.
"Someone will find him, and he'll be ok." Scully said, "he always manages to find a way
out." She tried to coax Allison away.
"No; you can't leave that up to chance." She said firmly.
"Come on, Allison just leave him. One of his cohorts will find him."
"Do you want that to risk it?" Allison asked. "You're chancing your destiny, Mulder. If
Alex dies here everything will be different."
"Maybe it's suppose to be that way." Scully said.
"And maybe it's not." Allison said vehemently. "I don't want the fate of the world on my
shoulders. I especially don't want to watch a man die when I know he can be saved. We don't
know the consequences of our actions yet. What if everything is interconnected and we screw up
all of our destinies, not only that but everyone's fate will be different." Krycek moaned, and
Allison took off her cardigan and used it to apply pressure of Krycek's wound.
"Allison, we don't have time for this." Mulder said impatiently, more because he really
wanted to get rid of Krycek more then he had any particular place to go.
"I can't just walk away knowing that potentially the whole world lies in my hands." She
looked between Mulder and Scully, face determined; heart was in her eyes. Finally Scully sighed
and walked over to help Krycek.
Back in Arlington, they had Krycek in a hospital and were in Mulder's apartment.
"I think it's about time you start telling us some things that happen." Mulder said and
Allison sighed deeply and began to think. She seemed lost in thought for a few minutes.
"The reason why Krycek can't die out there is because he saves you and Scully." She
said slowly. Mulder and Scully exchanged looks.
"How?"
"Oh well…it's a long story…" Allison said unsure. "I'm not really sure what I'm
suppose to tell you and what I'm not."
"How about everything?" Mulder asked gingerly. Allison shook her head.
"Would you really like to know almost every aspect of the next year? Think honestly."
Allison looked between the two agents. Eric sipped a soda.
"Would that ruin the unpredictableness of life? Isn't that what living is all about? Not
knowing what's going to happen." He said. Mulder looked at Scully, eyes saying what words
couldn't.
"There must be a reason you are here, a reason why you ended up in my apartment…"
Mulder said almost desperately. He felt tested, like there was two and two to put together but he
had not the ability to do so. Mulder was straining, he knew there was something he was missing,
something that underlay everything that had happened. What Krycek knew, why Allison and
Eric were here, together. But he could not put his finger on it.
"I feel bad not telling you what you want, but I feel like there is this," Allison paused and
exhaled and continued "moral obligation to not say what happens. I mean, if I change your lives,
would that mean I change the show and that everything that happened as a result of those shows
would be different?" Allison looked haplessly at Mulder who ran his hand through his hair.
"I don't know." he said quietly.
"Aside from that, we still haven't figured out why Eric was sent here; he knows nothing
about our lives." Scully said. "If they were meant tell us something I fail to see how he can."
"You know, this is the end of the 7th season right? I did see the end of the 7th season."
Eric said.
"Yeah…does that mean we are only suppose to tell them about the 7th season?" Allison
asked him. Eric shrugged.
"I don't know. Perhaps we are supposed to tell them something about the real world. I
mean, our world."
"But then…" Allison looked helpless, "do the same things happen here? I mean, there is
a massive government conspiracy here, I really doubt that people are being implanted with alien
embryos and getting abducted at home."
"People are getting implanted with alien embryos?!" Mulder exclaimed. Allison dropped
her head on the table.
"Crap, shouldn't have said that." She muttered. "Season 8, sorry." She said and Mulder
calmed himself. "Anywho, I'm not sure how our world are connected."
"I know what you mean and I don't know how to find out." Mulder said, the futileness
evident in his voice. They sat there, unsure how to explain their plight to one anther. Confusion
and hopelessness all drifted in the air and made it smell stale and old.
"I'd really just like to go home." Eric said softly.
"Yeah, I have a big-ass term paper to write." Allison added. Scully looked at the two
teenagers and sighed.
"I know who we need to talk to." She said and the other three looked at her curiously.
Two hours later, Mulder pulled up to Eric sitting on a bench in the park in downtown
Langly. Allison motioned for him to get into the car. When he stepped in, he gave a double take
to the driver and the person in the passenger seat. In the process, his eye caught a black car,
waiting across the street.
"Mulder? Scully? What the f*ck?" He asked in pure shock. He looked to Allison for
answers; she shrugged.
"Be damned if I knew." She said flatly. Eric shook his head, and put his hand over his
eyes.
"I must be dead…or dreaming or something…" He said. "I'm suddenly on the X-files…"
He began to mumble to himself.
"See I told you this is a TV show." Allison said in an arrogant voice. Scully nodded
numbly.
"I'm starting to believe it more and more." Eric opened his eyes at the sound of her voice,
he smiled and piled on the ol' McVey charm.
"Hi, I'm Eric…" He stuck his hand out and Scully shook it and smiled.
"Are you from the future too?" Mulder asked. Eric looked bewildered at Allison, who
nodded her head. He shrugged.
"I guess so."
"It's only 1999 here." Eric's mouth dropped open.
"Woah, I haven't even asked out Shannon yet…"
"Yeah, we haven't even met yet." Allison said reminding him of the timeline of his life.
"Oh yeah." he chuckled. "Anyway…" he said turning back to Scully. "Would you like to
do an autopsy on me?" he asked her seductively. Scully rolled her eyes, but smiled.
"Eric, you can only do an autopsy on someone who is dead. You mean a biopsy." Allison
corrected him.
"Yeah, whatever…how about a full body cavity search?" Allison pulled Eric back into
his seat.
"Down boy…" She muttered. He laughed, and Allison smirked.
"So, why are we here, on a TV show and in the past?" Eric asked the two agents.
"We don't know. That's what we have yet to figure out." Mulder said. Eric nodded.
"Agent Mulder's theory is that you are here to warn us of something." Scully said.
Allison and Eric looked at each other; silently asking each other questions. Allison turned to
Scully.
"About the show or about the world?" She shrugged.
"We don't know yet." Allison looked back at Eric, and mouthed something to him. Eric
shrugged.
"Maybe it's about…" Allison covered his mouth.
"Quite! Watch what you say!" She scolded him. He looked at her confused. Mulder gave
Scully a quick glance of suspicion
"Why?" Mulder asked.
"Well, what if what one of us casualties mentions affects the future?" Allison tried to
clarify herself. "Like, if I tell you that if you eat a green banana and you get sick and die and then
Scully ends up marrying the AD and gives birth to the next president. But since you now know
not to eat the banana you don't. Then you end up marrying Scully and she can't give birth to that
president. Do you see what I mean?" Mulder looked at Scully with amusement.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Eric asked confused.
"Shush!" Allison said. "Do you see what I mean?" Scully nodded.
"Yeah, I understand." She turned back to her. "But how do we know what you can tell us
and what you can't?"
"I think the question is, how do you know what will effect our future and what will effect
their future." Mulder said. He pulled off on to the freeway, heading back to his apartment. "It is
philosophized that all destinies are the same. Meaning there is no way to intervene and change
the future. If quantum physics work on both the micro and macro level then that would mean that
even though we exist in different states, our destinies are always the same. One electron will not
bond if its other states don't as well. That would change the whole world's make-up. Therefore,
whatever you tell us cannot change our futures. Saría, Saría. Whatever will be, will be." When
Mulder's little tirade was done, Allison stared out the window, contemplating what he had just
said. In a quite voice she said,
"What if we don't exist in different states? What if dimensions are totally independent?
Or even, what if they are interconnected? What if there is some portal to move between
dimensions and we just happened to stumble upon it? Maybe there is no significance to our being
here."
"But what if every dimension was just a movie, playing on the universal silver screen?
What if this was meant to happen? All of this was meant to happen, and we can just sit back and
watch the movie play out?" Mulder countered.
"But then, that would mean we have no choice in our destinies. That every action, every
word spoke, every breath you and I take is predetermined. What if we just go back to your
apartment and sit there, and not move for the next 4 years? We would choose to do so."
"Yes, but perhaps that was planned. It was planned for us to be speaking like this,
philosophize the inner workings of life, like so many have done before us."
"Or perhaps we are instigating it."
"Perhaps." Mulder changed lanes, "In anycase, we still have to figure out how or why
you two were sent here."
"Or why this guy is following us." Eric said. Mulder looked back. There was a black car
behind him.
"Whose following us?" Allison asked turning around, Eric pulled her so she couldn't
move.
"Don't look at him. That same back car as been behind us ever since I was picked up."
Scully nodded in remembrance.
"Yeah, I do remember him being behind us…" She said.
"I bet it's Krycek, wanting to find out what we know," Allison said, almost happily.
"Don't say that, I don't ever want to see that rat again." Mulder said despondent.
"Course, I don't imagine that I can escape him, can I?" Mulder asked, Allison shook her head.
"No; he comes back." Mulder nodded.
"He does?" Eric asked Allison.
"Yeah, did you watch any of season 8?"
"No…" Allison rolled her eyes.
"Well there you go, Eric doesn't know anything about your futures, so that means that we
can't be here to warn you." Mulder got a look of pension on his face.
"I'm not so sure of that. But I'm going to try and lose this guy." Mulder, in a rash move,
swerved off sharply to the right and raced on to the off ramp. Scully, clutching the arm of her
seat.
"What the hell are you doing?" she cried.
"Trying to lose that guy." Mulder said innocently.
"More like trying to get us all killed." Scully muttered as she released the arm from her
grasp. Mulder shrugged and smiled. Eric causally glanced behind him.
"Too bad he's still following us."
"Dammit!" Mulder smacked the steering wheel. He took a quick look to his left, pushed
the peddle to the floor and took the first left he saw. The black car promptly followed. Mulder
took another right and was hit with a dead end. He slammed on his breaks, jerking everyone
forward violently.
"What are we going to do now?" Allison asked scared.
"I don't know…" Mulder said, putting the car into park. The black car stopped behind
them and Mulder and Scully motioned to Allison and Eric to get out of the car.
Stepping out into a warm breeze, the sun playing on their faces, the four peered into the
black car, as a man got out.
"Krycek, I could have guess." Mulder said. Krycek smiled slyly, Allison's eyes began to
glaze over with a look of admiration.
"You two have someone I want." Krycek motioned to Allison, who smiled, as if being
kidnapped by Krycek was a good thing.
"Why? Why do you want her? What do you know that we don't?" Scully asked harshly,
stepping up to defend her.
"I think you can guess. What man wouldn't want a girl that knew the future." Eric looked
over to his friend,
"Why the hell are you grinning? Do you want to be kidnapped?" Eric whispered.
"He's so gorgeous…" Allison said oblivious to the danger she was in. Eric rolled his
eyes.
"Is that all you can think about? Krycek is going to kidnap you to find out what happens
to him." Allison's looked at him seriously.
"Well, I don't think he'll want to know what I know." She whispered back. Eric raised
and eyebrow.
"Why?" Allison was about to open her mouth and whisper Krycek's fate in Eric's ear
when Krycek intervened.
"So what are you two talking about? Something I should know?" Allison looked to
Mulder and Scully for help; their faces were blank.
"Uh…no?" She tried innocently. Krycek grinned.
"Cute." Allison flashed a flirty smile
"Really? I mean…uh…" She struggled to compose herself. "Eric, help me. Don't leave
me hanging here."
"We don't know anything, ok?" Eric said honestly, which was partly true because he
didn't know anything.
"You mean, you don't know anything; but you're little friend here on the other hand…"
Mulder appeared shocked.
"How did you know?" Krycek just smiled and shrugged.
"I know fathoms that you don't, Fox." he said acidly. "Now, give me what I want, or face
the consequences." He drew a gun, and Allison gasped. Scully and Mulder both drew their guns.
Eric shifted his weight uncomfortably.
"Well, look at the time I think I need to go…" Eric tried
"Shut up!" Krycek yelled at him, and he flinched slightly. Krycek began to move closer
and closer to Allison; gun still pointed at the two. Mulder and Scully watched him cautiously.
"Don't move any closer, Krycek, I'm warning you." Mulder said posing his gun.
"You don't have the guts." He said cocky.
"I would bet on that…" Allison mumbled and then realized what she said, "Uh I mean…I
wouldn't be so sure of that, I mean…" She looked at Mulder and Scully who were shaking their
heads helplessly "I'm going to stop talking now." Allison shut her mouth, looked around faux-
causally and hummed.
"Does Mulder shoot me?" Krycek asked trying to hide his eagerness.
"I…don't…remember…" She stuttered and then coughed to try and mask her lie as well
as to fill in the confused silence. She coughed again. Krycek smiled.
"Sure you don't. So if I shoot Mulder now, he can't get me later." Krycek grinned and
pointed his gun at Mulder, who bit his lower lip. Allison, realizing what she got herself into
cried.
"No! You can't!" Krycek turned to her. "I mean, you really can't." Krycek looked
confused.
"What are you talking about?" he momentarily lowered his gun and Eric took the chance
and sacked him, bowling him over, and knocking the gun out of his hand. Scully ran and
snatched up the gun. Eric held Krycek by his one good arm.
"Sucker! You only have one arm. I bet you wished you had two arms…one armed freak.
Look at me! I have two fully working arms!" Eric taunted him, as he held him. Krycek, annoyed
at his mockery tried to flip Eric over his head and but Eric, with his numerous years of weight
training for football held his ground. Mulder got some handcuffs out of the car and handcuffed
Krycek.
"What are you going to do with him?" Allison asked, standing next to Mulder, watching
in sadistically delight as Krycek struggled to stand using just his back and legs.
"Leave him here." Mulder said as if there was no other option in his mind.
"You do realize that he will eventually be able to stand up and walk." Eric said. Mulder
looked at him and said,
"No, he can't."
"Yes he can. All he has to do is arc his back forward and then thrust his legs back and
then he's up." As Eric said this, Krycek began to do as he said.
"Eric, I think you should be quite…" Scully said. But Eric did not heed her warning.
"Oh look at me, I'm Agent Mulder. I'm smart." Eric said in a condescending tone,
Mulder ignored him and got in the car. But before anyone else could enter the safety of the car,
Krycek had managed to stand and was about to ram into the back of Eric when Scully suddenly
shot him in the torso. Allison squealed in shock and looked back at the bleeding Alex.
"Well that was random." Eric muttered and began to get into the car. Allison rushed to
Krycek's side and cradled his head in her lap.
"You can't just leave him here." Allison cried. Mulder rolled his eyes.
"Just watch me." Allison shook her head vigorously.
"It's not suppose to happen that way." She said, tears brimming in her eyes. Alex looked
up at the girl sitting at his side. His breathing was heavy and he moved his body weakly.
"Someone will find him, and he'll be ok." Scully said, "he always manages to find a way
out." She tried to coax Allison away.
"No; you can't leave that up to chance." She said firmly.
"Come on, Allison just leave him. One of his cohorts will find him."
"Do you want that to risk it?" Allison asked. "You're chancing your destiny, Mulder. If
Alex dies here everything will be different."
"Maybe it's suppose to be that way." Scully said.
"And maybe it's not." Allison said vehemently. "I don't want the fate of the world on my
shoulders. I especially don't want to watch a man die when I know he can be saved. We don't
know the consequences of our actions yet. What if everything is interconnected and we screw up
all of our destinies, not only that but everyone's fate will be different." Krycek moaned, and
Allison took off her cardigan and used it to apply pressure of Krycek's wound.
"Allison, we don't have time for this." Mulder said impatiently, more because he really
wanted to get rid of Krycek more then he had any particular place to go.
"I can't just walk away knowing that potentially the whole world lies in my hands." She
looked between Mulder and Scully, face determined; heart was in her eyes. Finally Scully sighed
and walked over to help Krycek.
Back in Arlington, they had Krycek in a hospital and were in Mulder's apartment.
"I think it's about time you start telling us some things that happen." Mulder said and
Allison sighed deeply and began to think. She seemed lost in thought for a few minutes.
"The reason why Krycek can't die out there is because he saves you and Scully." She
said slowly. Mulder and Scully exchanged looks.
"How?"
"Oh well…it's a long story…" Allison said unsure. "I'm not really sure what I'm
suppose to tell you and what I'm not."
"How about everything?" Mulder asked gingerly. Allison shook her head.
"Would you really like to know almost every aspect of the next year? Think honestly."
Allison looked between the two agents. Eric sipped a soda.
"Would that ruin the unpredictableness of life? Isn't that what living is all about? Not
knowing what's going to happen." He said. Mulder looked at Scully, eyes saying what words
couldn't.
"There must be a reason you are here, a reason why you ended up in my apartment…"
Mulder said almost desperately. He felt tested, like there was two and two to put together but he
had not the ability to do so. Mulder was straining, he knew there was something he was missing,
something that underlay everything that had happened. What Krycek knew, why Allison and
Eric were here, together. But he could not put his finger on it.
"I feel bad not telling you what you want, but I feel like there is this," Allison paused and
exhaled and continued "moral obligation to not say what happens. I mean, if I change your lives,
would that mean I change the show and that everything that happened as a result of those shows
would be different?" Allison looked haplessly at Mulder who ran his hand through his hair.
"I don't know." he said quietly.
"Aside from that, we still haven't figured out why Eric was sent here; he knows nothing
about our lives." Scully said. "If they were meant tell us something I fail to see how he can."
"You know, this is the end of the 7th season right? I did see the end of the 7th season."
Eric said.
"Yeah…does that mean we are only suppose to tell them about the 7th season?" Allison
asked him. Eric shrugged.
"I don't know. Perhaps we are supposed to tell them something about the real world. I
mean, our world."
"But then…" Allison looked helpless, "do the same things happen here? I mean, there is
a massive government conspiracy here, I really doubt that people are being implanted with alien
embryos and getting abducted at home."
"People are getting implanted with alien embryos?!" Mulder exclaimed. Allison dropped
her head on the table.
"Crap, shouldn't have said that." She muttered. "Season 8, sorry." She said and Mulder
calmed himself. "Anywho, I'm not sure how our world are connected."
"I know what you mean and I don't know how to find out." Mulder said, the futileness
evident in his voice. They sat there, unsure how to explain their plight to one anther. Confusion
and hopelessness all drifted in the air and made it smell stale and old.
"I'd really just like to go home." Eric said softly.
"Yeah, I have a big-ass term paper to write." Allison added. Scully looked at the two
teenagers and sighed.
"I know who we need to talk to." She said and the other three looked at her curiously.
