Chapter 6 - Trust No One. Not Even Old Friends. Especially Ex-partners Named Diana Fowley.

Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they're not out to get you. I've mentioned this a few times in my life. It's true, although no one admits it but me. There are secrets being kept, and Scully and I are the pawns of those responsible for keeping those secrets.

We can't trust anyone. It's too dangerous. Those who can be trusted would be killed. Those who can't be trusted will lead us to our deaths.

 It's happened before. I saw it happen to my father. He trusted the wrong people, and I trusted him. He died as a result.

            Old friends change as time goes on. It happens. People we used to spend time with will step on us to reach the top. I remember that friend of Scully's. The one who set us on the trail of Eugene Tooms.

            He didn't care about our views, wouldn't listen to us. Hell, he didn't even want me there. But that isn't the point. He attempted to end our investigation to make himself look good. The FBI is all about climbing the ladder, it seems.

Diana Fowley

            Four words: Scully. Doesn't. Like. Her. Three words: Or. Trust. Her. Two words: You. Shouldn't. One word: Either.

            Sounds a little extreme, I know. But Scully was right. I trusted Diana, and it led to trouble. She worked with Cancer man. I think she's dead, but we've thought people were dead before. They returned. So Diana might.

            Some things to remember about Diana, in case she does show up:

· She doesn't like Scully. I think there's some jealousy between them. Probably over the whole past-partner, present-partner bit. I'm not sure I want to know if it's anything else.

· Just because she's an old flame doesn't mean she likes you, or cares. Even if she claims to. Course, I should've figured that, considering my luck with women. Or lack of it.

· She worked with Cancer Man.

· She knows the x-files. This is probably the most dangerous fact of all. Although, maybe that'd be her dislike of Scully. A woman with knowledge of the x-files, and my past, can be dangerous. She knows how to manipulate me. How to get me to trust her again.

· Let me reiterate one point: She doesn't like Scully. Those two get together, grab a jacket because the temperature will drop. Get earplugs if they argue. Better yet, stay out of their way. Get far away.

You can't trust anyone except Scully and yourself. Not even Skinner, though he's been known to help us out occasionally. It's too dangerous. I'm not even sure that Scully and I can trust each other, or ourselves, sometimes. When the truth is exposed with no danger to Scully and I, I'll change it to "trust everyone." But not until then.