EXT. - Turn-off of French highway, near the Swiss border. SCULLY's SUV is pulled off to the side, hazard lights blinking. SAMMIE sits in the back seat, legs hanging out of the open right passenger door. A few yards away, KRYCEK and SCULLY examine something on the ground - alien glyphs carved into the concrete. They're making a rubbing. SCULLY's cellphone rings. She answers it.
SCULLY: Scully....no, I don't know where he is....Skinner, he isn't with me. I haven't seen him in weeks....no, I'm not even on the same continent....What?....I'll be there as soon as I can. (hangs up.) (to KRYCEK) We're going to the airport.
KRYCEK: Where are we going?
SCULLY: New York.
FADE TO:
INT. - MAXWELL house, living room.
SKINNER, JOE, CATHERINE, and VINCENT sit on the couches. JENNY comes out of the kitchen carrying a coffee pot and cups on a tray. She sets it down on the coffee table and starts to pour coffee into the cups.
SKINNER: I couldn't reach Mulder, but I did manage to reach his partner. She's coming to New York. Hopefully she can help us to find him and the boys.
JOE: I can understand him wanting his kid back, but why would he take Donnie as well?
SKINNER: (shakes his head) I don't know. Hell, I didn't know half the reasons he did things when he reported to me. Hopefully, Scully can shed some light on this.
FADE TO:
INT. - Spaceship, holding cell. MULDER, DONNIE, and WILLIAM lie on the floor. WILLIAM is huddled in a fetal position, mumbling to himself. Suddenly, he sits bolt upright, screaming and waking MULDER and DONNIE in the process. WILLIAM runs to a slight indent in the wall.
WILLIAM: Let me out! I wanna go home! Let me out!
WILLIAM grips his head and concentrates.
WILLIAM: (mumbling/chanting) I wanna go home, I wanna go home, I wanna go home, (keeps repeating)
The SPACESHIP jerks, and MULDER and DONNIE struggle to hold their balance.
CUT TO:
EXT. - SPACESHIP, just leaving EARTH's atmosphere, suddenly jerks as if someone is fighting for control, then re-enters EARTH's atmosphere. It's heading for the U.S. eastern seaboard. It seems to follow the same path as a inter-Atlantic flight leaving from France.
CUT TO:
EXT. - New York City, Central Park, sunset/twilight hour.
A crowd gathers at the bandshell for a concert in the park. Amoung them, apparently waiting for more than the concert to start, are JOE, JENNY, CATHERINE, and SKINNER. Slowly, more and more of the crowd start to look up at the sky, pointing. The CAMERA PANS UP to REVEAL A SPACESHIP DESCENDING TOWARDS CENTRAL PARK. The SPACESHIP slows at about 100 yards above the ground before landing. An exit ramp slowly opens, light from inside the craft obsuring any details of the interior. Three figures, one a few feet taller than the other two, emerge and pause at the top of the ramp. They start down the ramp and the two shorter start to run.
WILLIAM and DONNIE: (shouting) Mom! Mom!
JENNY, CATHERINE, AND JOE start toward them, running. SKINNER follows them; MULDER follows the boys. ALL meet; JOE, JENNY, and WILLIAM hug; CATHERINE and DONNIE hug.
MULDER: Hey, Skin-man. You won't believe what I found.
SCULLY: Scully....no, I don't know where he is....Skinner, he isn't with me. I haven't seen him in weeks....no, I'm not even on the same continent....What?....I'll be there as soon as I can. (hangs up.) (to KRYCEK) We're going to the airport.
KRYCEK: Where are we going?
SCULLY: New York.
FADE TO:
INT. - MAXWELL house, living room.
SKINNER, JOE, CATHERINE, and VINCENT sit on the couches. JENNY comes out of the kitchen carrying a coffee pot and cups on a tray. She sets it down on the coffee table and starts to pour coffee into the cups.
SKINNER: I couldn't reach Mulder, but I did manage to reach his partner. She's coming to New York. Hopefully she can help us to find him and the boys.
JOE: I can understand him wanting his kid back, but why would he take Donnie as well?
SKINNER: (shakes his head) I don't know. Hell, I didn't know half the reasons he did things when he reported to me. Hopefully, Scully can shed some light on this.
FADE TO:
INT. - Spaceship, holding cell. MULDER, DONNIE, and WILLIAM lie on the floor. WILLIAM is huddled in a fetal position, mumbling to himself. Suddenly, he sits bolt upright, screaming and waking MULDER and DONNIE in the process. WILLIAM runs to a slight indent in the wall.
WILLIAM: Let me out! I wanna go home! Let me out!
WILLIAM grips his head and concentrates.
WILLIAM: (mumbling/chanting) I wanna go home, I wanna go home, I wanna go home, (keeps repeating)
The SPACESHIP jerks, and MULDER and DONNIE struggle to hold their balance.
CUT TO:
EXT. - SPACESHIP, just leaving EARTH's atmosphere, suddenly jerks as if someone is fighting for control, then re-enters EARTH's atmosphere. It's heading for the U.S. eastern seaboard. It seems to follow the same path as a inter-Atlantic flight leaving from France.
CUT TO:
EXT. - New York City, Central Park, sunset/twilight hour.
A crowd gathers at the bandshell for a concert in the park. Amoung them, apparently waiting for more than the concert to start, are JOE, JENNY, CATHERINE, and SKINNER. Slowly, more and more of the crowd start to look up at the sky, pointing. The CAMERA PANS UP to REVEAL A SPACESHIP DESCENDING TOWARDS CENTRAL PARK. The SPACESHIP slows at about 100 yards above the ground before landing. An exit ramp slowly opens, light from inside the craft obsuring any details of the interior. Three figures, one a few feet taller than the other two, emerge and pause at the top of the ramp. They start down the ramp and the two shorter start to run.
WILLIAM and DONNIE: (shouting) Mom! Mom!
JENNY, CATHERINE, AND JOE start toward them, running. SKINNER follows them; MULDER follows the boys. ALL meet; JOE, JENNY, and WILLIAM hug; CATHERINE and DONNIE hug.
MULDER: Hey, Skin-man. You won't believe what I found.