Move through police station finding Mulder, Scully, and the occasional
prostitute.
Mulder (reading off the case file) ...She says that she can see blood before someone gets hurt. The poor girl hasn't opened her eyes since the last incident, claiming that the accidents are all her fault.
Scully What's she doing in a police station? According to the reports she obviously didn't hurt anyone.
Mulder (semi-jokingly) You know those zero tolerance policies, Scully. No one is above suspicion.
They arrive at a questioning room. They and the guard exchange nods, he lets them in. The girl is sitting there, arms folded the same way as before, but her eyes are closed now. Mulder offers Scully the chair. She sits and Mulder leans against the back wall.
Scully (in a soothing voice) Hi Alice. I'm Agent Dana Scully and this is Agent Fox Mulder with the FBI. We-
Alice (cuts her off) Have you come to take me away?
Scully (confused) Take you away? Why would we do that?
Alice (seriously) Because i'm a danger to society, didn't they tell you that?
Scully (reassuringly) Alice, all these accidents you saw were a coincidence, they're not your fault...
Alice (raises her voice slightly) But you don't understand... I can see them before they happen.
Mulder What do you mean, see them?
Mulder is no longer in a reclined position. He has leaned forward to show his interest in the girl.
Alice I don't actually *see* the accidents before they happen, but I see the blood, God, so much blood...
Tears are starting to leak through her closed eyes. The Agents see the frailty of this girl. She must be only 11 or 12. This was too much for such a young girl to endure. Her face showed an age her body could not.
Scully (soothing again) It's alright Alice, everything is ok now...
She touches Alice's hand but Alice pulls away.
Alice (yelling) No! It's not alright! You didn't have to watch your best friend die and know you could have stopped it!
Die? All they had heard of was several recent accidents, mostly minor injuries, a few were hospitalized, but no deaths...
Alice (tearfully) She's gone... and I could have stopped it.
Scully Alice, it's...
Mulder (he cuts her off again) How did she die, Alice? What did you see?
Tears were streaming down her face now in the worn paths of old ones.
Alice (crying throughout) That was when it first started, two years ago. We were- we were out in the woods, next to the railroad tracks near her house. We were playing tag. Running through the forest, occasionally across the tracks, falling over roots and scraping our knees. We were just kids, ya know? (a smile touches her lips, but as soon as it comes, it is gone) While I was running, I brushed something wet. I looked at my arm, and... it was blood. Scarlet blood. More brillant red than regular blood. I looked at my arm, but I wasn't cut. There was no blood on the branch I had touched. I looked back at my arm, but the blood was gone. But I was 10, so I just brushed it off like nothing. I was 'it', and I had lost my lead, so I ran to catch up to Ella, but... (sob) I don't know what happened... we must've gone deaf for a second, because I stood there dumbfounded while Ella ran across the tracks... (sobs harder) she didn't even have time to scream. But the blood was there... so much blood.
Mulder (reading off the case file) ...She says that she can see blood before someone gets hurt. The poor girl hasn't opened her eyes since the last incident, claiming that the accidents are all her fault.
Scully What's she doing in a police station? According to the reports she obviously didn't hurt anyone.
Mulder (semi-jokingly) You know those zero tolerance policies, Scully. No one is above suspicion.
They arrive at a questioning room. They and the guard exchange nods, he lets them in. The girl is sitting there, arms folded the same way as before, but her eyes are closed now. Mulder offers Scully the chair. She sits and Mulder leans against the back wall.
Scully (in a soothing voice) Hi Alice. I'm Agent Dana Scully and this is Agent Fox Mulder with the FBI. We-
Alice (cuts her off) Have you come to take me away?
Scully (confused) Take you away? Why would we do that?
Alice (seriously) Because i'm a danger to society, didn't they tell you that?
Scully (reassuringly) Alice, all these accidents you saw were a coincidence, they're not your fault...
Alice (raises her voice slightly) But you don't understand... I can see them before they happen.
Mulder What do you mean, see them?
Mulder is no longer in a reclined position. He has leaned forward to show his interest in the girl.
Alice I don't actually *see* the accidents before they happen, but I see the blood, God, so much blood...
Tears are starting to leak through her closed eyes. The Agents see the frailty of this girl. She must be only 11 or 12. This was too much for such a young girl to endure. Her face showed an age her body could not.
Scully (soothing again) It's alright Alice, everything is ok now...
She touches Alice's hand but Alice pulls away.
Alice (yelling) No! It's not alright! You didn't have to watch your best friend die and know you could have stopped it!
Die? All they had heard of was several recent accidents, mostly minor injuries, a few were hospitalized, but no deaths...
Alice (tearfully) She's gone... and I could have stopped it.
Scully Alice, it's...
Mulder (he cuts her off again) How did she die, Alice? What did you see?
Tears were streaming down her face now in the worn paths of old ones.
Alice (crying throughout) That was when it first started, two years ago. We were- we were out in the woods, next to the railroad tracks near her house. We were playing tag. Running through the forest, occasionally across the tracks, falling over roots and scraping our knees. We were just kids, ya know? (a smile touches her lips, but as soon as it comes, it is gone) While I was running, I brushed something wet. I looked at my arm, and... it was blood. Scarlet blood. More brillant red than regular blood. I looked at my arm, but I wasn't cut. There was no blood on the branch I had touched. I looked back at my arm, but the blood was gone. But I was 10, so I just brushed it off like nothing. I was 'it', and I had lost my lead, so I ran to catch up to Ella, but... (sob) I don't know what happened... we must've gone deaf for a second, because I stood there dumbfounded while Ella ran across the tracks... (sobs harder) she didn't even have time to scream. But the blood was there... so much blood.