"Emily!" Scully raced through the corridor, trying to shout over the alarm that blared throughout the underground base. "EMILY!"

Sapphire came running out from the next corridor. "Dana! What's going on?" she yelled.

"I don't know! Have you seen Emily?"

"No!"

"I have to find her!" Scully took off down the corridor. "Dana, come back!"

"Sapphire!"

She turned to find Leki racing up to her. "We have to get out of here! They set this compound to self-destruct."

"I can't leave without Dana!"

"Where is she?"

"She went to find Emily!"

"Two minutes to self-destruct."

"There's no time to try to find them Sapphire!"

"We have to try!"

"Two minutes and thirty seconds to self-destruct."

Leki pulled at Sapphire's arm. "Sapphire, come on! She'll find a way out!"

Sapphire reluctantly allowed herself to be pulled in the opposite direction that Dana had gone. Leki pulled her left and right, and Sapphire let her. If someone were to ask her how she escaped the compound she wouldn't even be able to tell them. All her thoughts were of her best friend, and her hope that she would somehow make it out okay. 'Come on Dana come on. You can make it. You always do, besides Mulder would kill me if you didn't.'

There was no response.

"One minute to self-destruct."

Leki pulled her out an iron door, and out into the field that surrounded the compound. They ran until Leki decided they were a safe distance from any blast. They stood there, Sapphire holding onto Leki for dear life. "Come on Dana. Come on." She the words repeated over and over.

Samantha and Kryeck opened the door, interrupting Mulder's nap. They both were smiling gleefully. Mulder opened his eyes a crack, trying to adjust his eyes to light again.

"Come along brother, we have something we would like you to see."

Kryeck pulled Mulder to his feet, and pushed him past Samantha into the hall. "What's going on?" Mulder asked as Samantha walked past him to lead them wherever they were going. His 'sister' turned around and punched him in the gut- hard. Mulder crumpled to the ground only to be brought back upright again by Krycek.

"Shut-up brother. You really must learn to mind your place among us superior beings."

Kryeck pushed him again, and he was lead into a side room on the same corridor. Inside there were monitors lining the walls, all of which were showing the same deserted building from different angles."

"Sit!"

Mulder did as he was told, his stomach was still hurting from earlier. "You see these monitors brother?"

Mulder nodded, the feeling of dread rise in his stomach again. "It is the compound where I met that goodie-two-shoes and Sapphire. It was where I grew up. We just realized some of the rebels are using it as a base, and Dana and Sapphire are among them. In less than a minute, the base will self-destruct. Hopefully taking their lives with it."

She looked at the monitors happily. "Or just Dana's, I'd be just as happy to be rid of just her."

Mulder tried to look away so he wouldn't have to see Scully die. Kryeck turned his head and held it there to force him watch.

"Thirty seconds ... Twenty ... Fifteen ..." Samantha's voice got more joy in it with each number.

Time passed slowly for Mulder, for some reason he couldn't take his eyes off the screen. It was almost if by watching he could will Scully to get out, and live. "Ten seconds... five..."

All the screens lit up like high noon, then went dark. Mulder finally shut his eyes, fighting back the tears. "Everything's gone ma'am." An emotionless voice said in the radio.

Samantha looked gleeful. "I think my brother has seen enough Alex, take him back to his cell."

At the compound Sapphire dropped to her knees. They were gone in a flash of light. Nothing was left except burning ruins. 'Daaaaana, Emilllly!' Her mind wailed.