New Theories and Confessions
They were back in the hospital that they had dropped Krycek off at. They went into his
room, where he lay calm in starch white.
"Krycek, we need to talk." Mulder said walking up to him.
"Well, well look who comes crawling back. I bet you're glad that I wasn't left to die out
there." Krycek's eyes flicked to Allison, who shyly stood off to the side, watching. Mulder
swallowed his pride and said,
"We need your help. We need to know…" Krycek interrupted him.
"You want to know why they are here, don't you? It's bothering you, eating away at you.
Your future, what will happen to you lays all inside her head." Alex motioned to Allison. Mulder
closed his eyes as if trying to regain strength and Scully said,
"You know. Tell us what you know, please. We just want them to get back home." Alex
smirked at the irony.
"What do I get for it?" Scully and Mulder exchanged looks; Allison stepped forward and
said,
"What do you want to know?" She asked softly. They all looked at her, unable to
comprehend her actions. Alex smiled,
"Now that's some offer on the table." He said.
"First you tell us what you know, and then I'll tell you, whatever you want." Allison had
to force out that last part.
"How can I trust you?" He asked.
"Take it or leave it, I'm not negotiating." She said. Alex thought for a second, but the
temptation was too great.
"Fine." he said and looked at the agents. "They are accidents. Both of them. There is no
significance to their being here. They accidentally stumbled upon some portal, some entrance
into this dimension." Alex said. Mulder looked devastated.
"No, you're lying. You're lying!" Mulder yelled and stormed out of the room. Scully
watched him go desperately and then followed. Leaving only Eric and Allison together with
Krycek. Alex smiled, taking sadistic pleasure in torturing Mulder. He turned to Allison.
"So tell me," Alex then paused, and thought about how to word what he was about to say.
Allison leaned forward to catch what he was going to say. Alex's face got a look of worried
pension. His smile faded and his chocolate brown eyes were serious. "How does Smoking Man
die?" Allison blinked, taken aback by the questions. She looked to Eric, who was just as shocked
as she was. He shrugged.
"You kill him. You throw him down a set of stairs." Allison said perplexed by the lack of
a more self-serving question. Alex smiled faintly and looked at the ceiling.
"Good." Allison and Eric waited for him to say something more, but he just stared up.
"Is that it?" Eric asked almost unbelieving.
"Yes." Eric nodded bewildered, shrugged and motioned to Allison to leave the room. As
they walked out, Allison turned back and gave Alex Krycek one more look. He saw her, smiled
warmly and said. "Thank you." Allison just nodded slowly and shut the door behind her.
"There has to be something more…more answers…" Mulder struggled to regain footing
in his theory. Krycek sent the whole idea to hell, and Mulder could just not grasp it.
"Mulder, you heard him, it's an accident. They aren't suppose to be here." Scully said,
trying to calm her partner down, but not debunk Krycek's information. Mulder just shook his
head and looked at the two standing in the hallway. He ran over to them and grabbed Allison's
arm. He looked into her eyes, half-crazed and said frantically.
"You can't believe that. You can't…" Allison, a little startled by Mulder's sudden change
in psychosis stammered,
"Uh well, I don't really know." Mulder looked pleadingly at her. "But I don't think he
was lying…" Mulder let go of her arm as if letting go of hope.
"He was lying, he always lies." Mulder backed up a little, and Scully came forward and
touched his arm, but before she could say anything he said, "Krycek knew we would come to
him, and ask him. All he wanted was to know whatever he asked Allison." Mulder said
exasperated and tired. At the mention of Alex's question for Allison, Scully turned to her and
Eric and asked,
"What did he ask you exactly?"
"He wanted to know how Cigarette Smoking Man dies."
"How does he?"
"Krycek kills him." Scully nodded, and Mulder seemed to mull over this.
"Come on, Mulder let's get out of here."
Once again in Mulder's apartment, they sat and pondered over the predicament at hand.
Allison and Eric lay on the couch, asleep and Mulder and Scully sat across from them.
"Do you have a new theory?" Scully asked. Mulder nodded slowly.
"I think Krycek was telling the truth, well his truth. That's what he thought; that Allison
and Eric were accidents. I think Allison got sent through the portal on purpose: to tell us
something. But Eric, I think, got sent here to protect Allison." Scully looked at Allison and Eric
dozing on the couch, and then back at Mulder.
"Protect her? From what?"
"More like from who. If Krycek knows; who do you think he learned it from?" Scully
looked at him confused.
"What are you implying?"
"The Syndicate, Scully. They told Krycek to find her, bring her back to Smoking Man to
find out, just what Alex asked her, how he dies."
"Do you think he really cares about his own mortality that much?" Mulder shrugged.
"Don't you?" He looked her in the eyes and Scully shifted weight uncomfortably.
"Just think, right there, on my couch, is the key to everything. Allison knows more about the
Syndicate, the X-files then they do; then we do. She knows something important; something she
refuses to tell us."
"And do you think that they want to know what that thing is?" Mulder nodded.
"I think that it is important for them to know, get rid of the challenge before it becomes a
challenge."
"How do you know there is one?"
"Why else would we go on for 2 more season?" Scully was about to say something when
Allison stirred.
"I think I know what I need to tell you…" She said.
They were back in the hospital that they had dropped Krycek off at. They went into his
room, where he lay calm in starch white.
"Krycek, we need to talk." Mulder said walking up to him.
"Well, well look who comes crawling back. I bet you're glad that I wasn't left to die out
there." Krycek's eyes flicked to Allison, who shyly stood off to the side, watching. Mulder
swallowed his pride and said,
"We need your help. We need to know…" Krycek interrupted him.
"You want to know why they are here, don't you? It's bothering you, eating away at you.
Your future, what will happen to you lays all inside her head." Alex motioned to Allison. Mulder
closed his eyes as if trying to regain strength and Scully said,
"You know. Tell us what you know, please. We just want them to get back home." Alex
smirked at the irony.
"What do I get for it?" Scully and Mulder exchanged looks; Allison stepped forward and
said,
"What do you want to know?" She asked softly. They all looked at her, unable to
comprehend her actions. Alex smiled,
"Now that's some offer on the table." He said.
"First you tell us what you know, and then I'll tell you, whatever you want." Allison had
to force out that last part.
"How can I trust you?" He asked.
"Take it or leave it, I'm not negotiating." She said. Alex thought for a second, but the
temptation was too great.
"Fine." he said and looked at the agents. "They are accidents. Both of them. There is no
significance to their being here. They accidentally stumbled upon some portal, some entrance
into this dimension." Alex said. Mulder looked devastated.
"No, you're lying. You're lying!" Mulder yelled and stormed out of the room. Scully
watched him go desperately and then followed. Leaving only Eric and Allison together with
Krycek. Alex smiled, taking sadistic pleasure in torturing Mulder. He turned to Allison.
"So tell me," Alex then paused, and thought about how to word what he was about to say.
Allison leaned forward to catch what he was going to say. Alex's face got a look of worried
pension. His smile faded and his chocolate brown eyes were serious. "How does Smoking Man
die?" Allison blinked, taken aback by the questions. She looked to Eric, who was just as shocked
as she was. He shrugged.
"You kill him. You throw him down a set of stairs." Allison said perplexed by the lack of
a more self-serving question. Alex smiled faintly and looked at the ceiling.
"Good." Allison and Eric waited for him to say something more, but he just stared up.
"Is that it?" Eric asked almost unbelieving.
"Yes." Eric nodded bewildered, shrugged and motioned to Allison to leave the room. As
they walked out, Allison turned back and gave Alex Krycek one more look. He saw her, smiled
warmly and said. "Thank you." Allison just nodded slowly and shut the door behind her.
"There has to be something more…more answers…" Mulder struggled to regain footing
in his theory. Krycek sent the whole idea to hell, and Mulder could just not grasp it.
"Mulder, you heard him, it's an accident. They aren't suppose to be here." Scully said,
trying to calm her partner down, but not debunk Krycek's information. Mulder just shook his
head and looked at the two standing in the hallway. He ran over to them and grabbed Allison's
arm. He looked into her eyes, half-crazed and said frantically.
"You can't believe that. You can't…" Allison, a little startled by Mulder's sudden change
in psychosis stammered,
"Uh well, I don't really know." Mulder looked pleadingly at her. "But I don't think he
was lying…" Mulder let go of her arm as if letting go of hope.
"He was lying, he always lies." Mulder backed up a little, and Scully came forward and
touched his arm, but before she could say anything he said, "Krycek knew we would come to
him, and ask him. All he wanted was to know whatever he asked Allison." Mulder said
exasperated and tired. At the mention of Alex's question for Allison, Scully turned to her and
Eric and asked,
"What did he ask you exactly?"
"He wanted to know how Cigarette Smoking Man dies."
"How does he?"
"Krycek kills him." Scully nodded, and Mulder seemed to mull over this.
"Come on, Mulder let's get out of here."
Once again in Mulder's apartment, they sat and pondered over the predicament at hand.
Allison and Eric lay on the couch, asleep and Mulder and Scully sat across from them.
"Do you have a new theory?" Scully asked. Mulder nodded slowly.
"I think Krycek was telling the truth, well his truth. That's what he thought; that Allison
and Eric were accidents. I think Allison got sent through the portal on purpose: to tell us
something. But Eric, I think, got sent here to protect Allison." Scully looked at Allison and Eric
dozing on the couch, and then back at Mulder.
"Protect her? From what?"
"More like from who. If Krycek knows; who do you think he learned it from?" Scully
looked at him confused.
"What are you implying?"
"The Syndicate, Scully. They told Krycek to find her, bring her back to Smoking Man to
find out, just what Alex asked her, how he dies."
"Do you think he really cares about his own mortality that much?" Mulder shrugged.
"Don't you?" He looked her in the eyes and Scully shifted weight uncomfortably.
"Just think, right there, on my couch, is the key to everything. Allison knows more about the
Syndicate, the X-files then they do; then we do. She knows something important; something she
refuses to tell us."
"And do you think that they want to know what that thing is?" Mulder nodded.
"I think that it is important for them to know, get rid of the challenge before it becomes a
challenge."
"How do you know there is one?"
"Why else would we go on for 2 more season?" Scully was about to say something when
Allison stirred.
"I think I know what I need to tell you…" She said.
