Left Behind
Chapter 14

Monica couldn't remember having been this angry since they had officially shut the X-Files down. But at least then, at least then, John and her had been on the same side of that anger. Now they didn't have to worry about her and John. Divided the two of them would fall apart. The X-Files would never be put back together.

Monica got into her SUV and drove out of the FBI underground parking garage like a bat out of hell. She tried to calm herself down. John was just being John. He was stubborn. And so am I, she admitted ruefully to herself. It was just that she had been patient with him for so long. She had stood by time and time again as he raised his voice to her ranting about how crazy and wrong her ideas were. She knew deep down he didn't think she was crazy. She knew he cared about her. But something inside her had snapped in A.D. Stricklyn's office. Maybe it would have been different if it had been Skinner in there instead of Stricklyn. The stakes would have been different. Skinner would have expected the two of them to be on different sides of the playing field in regards to their ideas on the case. Stricklyn felt no love toward the X-Files so instead it felt like John had hung her out to dry. This is what she got after she had backed him up so many times throughout their careers. She had thought she had seen a change in him since that case with the man who loved the Brady Bunch. It appeared she had been wrong.

He's just afraid to believe, Monica's mind whispered. You need to give him time. But we don't have time and neither does Colin.

Monica looked up and realized she had driven herself to Weasley's house. She put the car into park and shut off the engine. John and her had started out this case determined to find Colin Watkins and that's just what she was going to do. Let John explore his own angle. She was going to explore hers. First, she needed more answers.