Scully woke up. It was exactly 2:30 a.m. She tried to figure out what had roused her. She stood up. With a yawn, she walked into her kitchen. She opened the drawer and removed a bag of sunflower seeds that she had stolen from Mulder's desk. Of course, she could have bought her own, but why bother when there was a simple-to-reach store of them? She doubted that Mulder had noticed the missing bag. Besides, with what the FBI paid them, she needed all the freebies she could get.
She sat down on the couch and flipped on the TV. She channel surfed. She found an interesting show on the Science Fiction Channel. It was about a pair of CIA agents who were trying to disprove the existence of extraterrestrials. The woman, agent Jill Andrews, was a believer, who kept trying to show her partner proof. Her partner, Daniel Dokonee, was a skeptical former dentist who tried to convince her that she was schizophrenic. Jill constantly told him "The truth is out in space, not in some candy-gulping little brat's mouth, you money-hungry pig."
At the end of the show, Scully decided to go back to bed. She took her bag of seeds with her. As she sat in bed, eating the stolen seeds, she got tired and fell asleep again. She had wonderful dreams about hanging out with Daniel and Jill, and chasing around little green men that looked remarkably like Mulder.
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Mulder, however, was less pleased. He had come aboard the ship hoping to learn the meaning of life and how to make it better for the world. Instead, he had been questioned thoroughly by Karzelltath about why the monitoring device in his apartment had gone out. Mulder hadn't understood about this fully until he remembered about the tag on the bed. He didn't mention this to Karzelltath. He instead demanded to see the alien leader. He didn't believe Karzelltath's claims that he wasn't the leader. So far, Karzelltath had refused to let him see the leader, but Mulder thought soon the creature would break down and admit to being the almighty master of the universe. He had done his best to get on Karzelltath's nerves. Now, only time would tell what would happen. Mulder had been waiting for this for a very long time.
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Karzelltath had to make a decision. Either he would let this thing go home, use it for experiments, kill it, or give it its wish and let it see the Master. He didn't want to use it for experiments because it was so annoying. He didn't particularly want to kill it, because it might come back and haunt him. If he let it go home, it might cause more trouble. So he decided. He would let it see the Master. Karzelltath stood up on his short, thin legs. He bade the creature follow him, and they walked towards the door to the Master's office. Silently, Karzelltath hoped that the Master would receive a bit better treatment than he had, or he would probably be fired. They approached the hall, Karzelltath with a feeling of impending doom, Mulder with a growing sense of awe.
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The one called Master was sitting in his office. He turned his attention towards the door. He saw it open, and in they stepped. The first was his secretary, Karzelltath. After him came a human. He looked familiar. Who was it? The Master wasn't sure. Then he realized. He quickly turned his chair around so as not to be seen. He knew he would be recognized by Mulder. This was a sticky situation. What could he do?
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It was too late. Mulder came in. He gasped when he saw the Master. He pointed a finger at him and spoke. "It's you!" he said.
And there, staring at him, sat the alien leader. The vilest creature in the universe. The reason for all abductions. The source of cattle mutilations. The head of the evil forces. A creature that he had always dreamed of as being a ten foot tall, horned, fire breathing, slimy thing.
It was Alex Trebek.
She sat down on the couch and flipped on the TV. She channel surfed. She found an interesting show on the Science Fiction Channel. It was about a pair of CIA agents who were trying to disprove the existence of extraterrestrials. The woman, agent Jill Andrews, was a believer, who kept trying to show her partner proof. Her partner, Daniel Dokonee, was a skeptical former dentist who tried to convince her that she was schizophrenic. Jill constantly told him "The truth is out in space, not in some candy-gulping little brat's mouth, you money-hungry pig."
At the end of the show, Scully decided to go back to bed. She took her bag of seeds with her. As she sat in bed, eating the stolen seeds, she got tired and fell asleep again. She had wonderful dreams about hanging out with Daniel and Jill, and chasing around little green men that looked remarkably like Mulder.
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Mulder, however, was less pleased. He had come aboard the ship hoping to learn the meaning of life and how to make it better for the world. Instead, he had been questioned thoroughly by Karzelltath about why the monitoring device in his apartment had gone out. Mulder hadn't understood about this fully until he remembered about the tag on the bed. He didn't mention this to Karzelltath. He instead demanded to see the alien leader. He didn't believe Karzelltath's claims that he wasn't the leader. So far, Karzelltath had refused to let him see the leader, but Mulder thought soon the creature would break down and admit to being the almighty master of the universe. He had done his best to get on Karzelltath's nerves. Now, only time would tell what would happen. Mulder had been waiting for this for a very long time.
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Karzelltath had to make a decision. Either he would let this thing go home, use it for experiments, kill it, or give it its wish and let it see the Master. He didn't want to use it for experiments because it was so annoying. He didn't particularly want to kill it, because it might come back and haunt him. If he let it go home, it might cause more trouble. So he decided. He would let it see the Master. Karzelltath stood up on his short, thin legs. He bade the creature follow him, and they walked towards the door to the Master's office. Silently, Karzelltath hoped that the Master would receive a bit better treatment than he had, or he would probably be fired. They approached the hall, Karzelltath with a feeling of impending doom, Mulder with a growing sense of awe.
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The one called Master was sitting in his office. He turned his attention towards the door. He saw it open, and in they stepped. The first was his secretary, Karzelltath. After him came a human. He looked familiar. Who was it? The Master wasn't sure. Then he realized. He quickly turned his chair around so as not to be seen. He knew he would be recognized by Mulder. This was a sticky situation. What could he do?
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It was too late. Mulder came in. He gasped when he saw the Master. He pointed a finger at him and spoke. "It's you!" he said.
And there, staring at him, sat the alien leader. The vilest creature in the universe. The reason for all abductions. The source of cattle mutilations. The head of the evil forces. A creature that he had always dreamed of as being a ten foot tall, horned, fire breathing, slimy thing.
It was Alex Trebek.
