They had arrived in Las Vegas by noon. It was decided that Mulder and Scully would hang out at Sara's apartment until shift started. Grissom had thought it would be a lot easier for Scully to do what she had to do without having to worry about Ecklie and the dayshift. He trusted the people on the nightshift and knew that they would keep everything a secret if they happened to find out anything. Grissom had dropped Sara off and left to run a few errands before going home to rest before going to work.
Sara was a little uncomfortable at first with having the two FBI agents in her home for the whole day. She had no idea what to do with two strangers in her home. She tried to relax by fixing them some lunch. She became more comfortable over lunch when Mulder struck up a conversation about work. He and Scully seemed very interested in what she did and it put her at ease to discuss the subject.
Through the course of their conversation, Sara realized that she really liked the pair. She thought to herself that she could easily form a lasting friendship with them. She spent half the afternoon telling them stories of her strangest, creepiest, most challenging cases. She told them all about the people who worked at the lab and what to expect if they ran into any of them. She warned Scully to beware of Greg, who might follow her around like a little puppy dog. She told Mulder to watch out for Catherine, since Sara didn't know how she would react when she saw him. Sara did know how Catherine might react to Scully, unfortunately, and warned Scully that Catherine might be a little bitchy to Scully since Catherine didn't like new women in her territory. She finished her description of the team telling them that Warrick and Nick were easy going, good guys.
The time had gone by quickly, though it was still several hours before shift started. Sara had been curious about the agents' line of work and decided it was her turn to be inquisitive. "So, what was the strangest case you've ever worked?" she asked.
"Now that's a question," Mulder chuckled. "How much time do you have?"
"All of our cases are pretty strange," Scully remarked. "Even if you put aside the aliens and conspiracy part of our work, we've seen some bizarre things."
"What do you want to know about?" Mulder asked.
"Whatever you want to tell me," Sara said.
"Let's see," Mulder thought for a moment. "There was the liver eating mutant, the flukeman, the invisible elephant, lightning boy, El Chupacabra, the headless cancer eating paramedic, monkey tail man, vampires, the kid that ate brains…am I leaving anything out, Scully?"
"You're leaving a lot of things out," she answered.
"Liver eating, cancer eating, brain eating…man, that's just gross and so far beyond wrong," Sara said, making a disgusted face.
"Nothing was as gross as that flukeman thing," Scully said, shaking her head.
"None of it was that bad. You really had to be there to appreciate it all. Scully just gets a little down because science can't explain everything we investigate. She's too stubborn to just take things for what they are," Mulder added with a smirk.
"I need proof," Scully defended, "I'm not going to run around saying I believe in things when science can't prove whether or not they're real."
"And what if your science says what Sidle and Grissom found out in the desert are in fact aliens?" Mulder inquired.
"Then I'll believe it, but not before I can prove it," she replied.
Mulder turned to Sara with a grin and said, "See, I told you she was stubborn."
"Hey, there's nothing wrong with being stubborn, Agent Mulder," Sara declared.
"Oh, great, two against one. That's just not fair," Mulder whined.
Sara and Scully shared a smirk. Scully turned to Mulder and said, "You're one to talk about being stubborn, Mulder. You know, people in glass houses…"
"Blah, blah, blah," he quickly interrupted.
The three continued to talk about their work for the rest of the day. Mulder gave Sara all the gory details of his favorite cases with Scully jumping in every now and then to add her two cents about what they had investigated. Sara was fascinated by the work they had done and sat transfixed as Mulder began to explain to her everything he knew about aliens, the government conspiracy and the many adventures he and his partner had shared. Before she knew it, it was time to get ready to head off to work.