And here we have chapter 2!! ^_^ This time with no additions from me. I also added a short little thing to chapter 1, so that might be worth taking a skim through. Someday I'll get around to some formatting editing, but yeah…emphasis on someday. Enjoy! And remember- xphiletrekkie79@yahoo.com –email and tell her she rules!

Chapter 2 - Proof: You Can Never Have Enough

                My reputation is gone. Scully's is fading. And all because WE DON"T HAVE PROOF.

                Proof is the Holy Grail of our work on the x-files. It's what we keep working for, and they keep taking away. But we'll have some, someday, that they can't deny.

                It took me so long to get Scully to believe me. I'm still not sure sometimes, if she does or if she's just humoring me.

                But I can't worry about that. I have to worry about them. Those men in the government, who are trying to conceal the truth.

                They've murdered witnesses. Stolen the implants that we got ahold of. Burned the x-files. Shut us down. They do whatever they can to keep us from getting proof.

                After that whole thing with the bees, I thought someone would listen. But they covered it up. The crops were destroyed, and the project set up elsewhere. As for dead bodies, those were "poor victims of the Hanta virus."

                We get so close to the truth. So close. Then they step in, and we're left with nothing.

                So I have to protect what I know. I've tried saving to computers, but Scully's computer was destroyed on our first case, and others have been hacked into. And not just by the Lone Gunmen. Committing stuff to memory won't work; they can alter memories.

So what should be done?

· TELL A GUY LIKE ALBERT HOLSTEIN. He'll tell twenty other guys like him, and they can tell twenty guys, and Cancer Man won't be able to get 'em all. Unless he wants to kill everyone, of course.

· TRUST NO ONE EXCEPT SCULLY with information. Not even Skin-man, unless it's necessary.

Come to think of it, those are the only methods that have worked, so far. Any other concrete proof, or people who can provide it, like Gibson Praise and X, are dead or hiding.

Actually, we do have one piece of evidence they haven't taken. But I can't use it to expose them. Scully would be hurt. And I hurt her enough by keeping it from her, trying to protect her. And I can think of a better use for it than for some hollow personal cause of mine.

The Lone Gunmen can hold proof for you, but Frohike thinks it'll set Cancer Man after him. Better to just not give them evidence. That guy has enough to worry about. (See Ch 8)

How can you get more proof, in case something is eliminated? (Though probably everything will vanish anyway.)

· BARGAIN WITH THE DEVIL. But I can guarantee you'll get burned.

· SEARCH WHERE YOU AREN"T SUPPOSED TO BE. Military bases, federal buildings, dig sites…

· TRUST AN INFORMANT. Ties in with above. More on this later.

Other than that, cross your fingers. Hope you get lucky. And if you do get undeniable proof, hope to God that you haven't paid too high a price.