The X-files II:
The Future is Here
Act I: Scene V

7:52am Michael Dalton, M.D., Private Clinic April 1st, 2004

Skinner finally bust through them and into Mulder's room, and found them still in their embrace. "If you two could keep off of each other then we could get the hell out of here."

"Well what a nice hello Skinner...we don't see you in more then two years and then you barge in here and interrupt us." Mulder said with a laugh before he saw his face, "You still have to be the boss don't you— What the heck is wrong?"

"Gibson can explain while we get out of here." Skinner said as he turned Scully's wheelchair in the direction of the door.

"Hello honey how are you?" Scully said in the voice she always spoke to kids.

"You don't have any idea what's going on now." Gibson said staring in her eyes.

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John, Monica, Mulder, Scully, Skinner, and Gibson all ran out the main entrance to Skinner's van. But before they could get halfway to the car a doctor ran out. "I will not permit you to take this patient out of my clinic! She and her baby are not fit for travel. This woman needs to be my clinic for bed rest and treatment."

"I'm sorry Sir but we have no choice." Skinner said.

"You haven't even checked this patient out, how do I know that this is not against her will?" the doctor continued yelling.

"Look at her! She's conscious, she isn't resisting! We've got to get the hell out of here Mr.!" Mulder screamed at him.

"No she is not in any condition to be going anywhere!" he persisted.

"No! I think I'll be the one saying what we'll do or not do!" Mulder said as he pulled out a gun and pointed it at the young doctor's head.

"Mulder! What has gotten into you...put the gun down!" Scully said as she grabbed his spare hand.

The sweat dripped down his face as he lowered the gun. He put a hand to his head in frustration. "Mulder just get in the car..." Scully said trying to calm him. The doctor still in shock did nothing as they all piled in and slammed the door shut.

As soon as they sped off Scully looked at Gibson and Skinner "What the hell is going on?"

"It's a long story." Skinner said simply.

"I think we're going to have a lot of time." John said as he drove.

"Well..." Monica said deciding to take the first turn, "Since you've been on the run a lot of things have been happening."

"I figured." Mulder said shortly.

"A lot of things..." she continued, "All over the world...certain signs."

"Monica could you stop being so vague and just spit it out!" Mulder said agitatedly.

"According to the bible there are many signs that tell of the ending to come. A moon of blood, an eclipse, earthquakes, poisoned waters, the four angels that bring death, famine, judgment, etc." Monica said.

"Yes...that's all from the book of Revelations." Scully said, "But what does that have to do with it? Last I knew this 'end of the world' was being brought on by an alien race trying to inhabit the earth."

"Yes it is..." Gibson said, "What Monica, as well as many others, believes is that the alien race could be the ones to fulfill these prophecies. They could be the four angel's that purge the earth of all the sin. Those who read into this kind of stuff predict that there are four alien races fighting over possession of the earth. And that each plan to destroy all humans, for all have sinned."

"Wait just a second here... slow down...your telling me that these aliens and this virus is merely God's purging of the earth? That's bullshit!" Mulder said still aggravated.

"Not all believe this but the invasion is taking a similar pattern to that written of in the bible." Monica said.

"Wait...a few years ago I studied the markings on an object I believed was an extraterrestrial spacecraft. With the help of another scientist I managed to decode some of the writings. They included a mapping of the human genome as well as ancient texts from the Bible, and the Koran..." Scully voice drifted off as she came to a conclusion she didn't want to believe.

"What Ms. Scully was going to say was that maybe rather than these alien's being God's wrath, that perhaps God was the creation of these creatures. But being a catholic... this challenges her beliefs."

"This story time is going to have to wait for later. We've got trouble." John interrupted.

"Shit the cops!" Mulder said "Just great."

*TO BE CONTINUED*