THE X FILES
"Things Are Looking Up"
PREVIOUSLY ON THE X FILES:
FBI HEADQUARTERS, A.D. SKINNER'S OFFICE - AUGUST 15 10:01 A.M.
"That's Knowle Rohrer." Doggett quickly added.
"I know. He killed the coroner, took her car, and is now missing." Skinner replied.
"I thought he died at the pueblos." Reyes said.
"He did." Doggett replied.
"Not anymore, he's now looking for Mulder as everyone else is too." Skinner responded.
"Just get Mulder. If we can get him alive, with the surveillance of the autopsy room and the tape recorder, we can prove Mulder's innocence. And one other thing. Make sure no one else knows about what is going on. Otherwise we're all going to be up the creek without a paddle."
MIDDLE OF NO WHERE, NEBRASKA - AUGUST 15 - 12:07 P.M.
Doggett stopped the car in frustration.
"Where are we?" Doggett asked.
"The map says that we should be on Highway 49."
Doggett looks to see an old barb-wired fence closing off the road.
"It looks like this is the end of the line." Doggett quipped.
Doggett took the map from Reyes and looked at it.
"This damn thing can't be right. We had to have taken a wrong turn somewhere."
BRIG, US/CANADIAN BORDER, MONTANA - AUGUST 15 - 1:00 P.M.
Mulder and Scully are still waiting around in the cell. Mulder is trying to think of a way to get out of there. No luck.
A guard then comes over to the cell.
Mulder went over to the bars and 'accidentally' tripped. He grabbed the guards keys as his hand went through the bars.
The guard helped nudge Mulder back up.
Mulder showed Scully the keys.
Mulder then smiled as he unlocked the cell door with the key. He opened the door.
SUV, HIGHWAY IN MONTANA - AUGUST 15 - 1:22 P.M.
a fist smashed through the passenger side window and grabbed Scully.
"Mulder!" Scully yelled with panic.
Mulder swerved all over the road trying to help Scully.
Another fist came crashing down through the roof of the SUV. That hand grabbed Mulder.
Mulder swerved all over the road trying to get the hands off of him and Scully.
Scully grabbed the cigarette lighter in the SUV and shoved it into the arm of the man.
Mulder then hit the brakes and the man rolled off of the roof. The man was Knowle Rohrer, was was at the front of the car, hanging onto the grill for life. As he started to climb up, Mulder yelled.
"Hold on, Scully!"
Mulder swerved off of the road and sped up.
FBI HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTON D.C., D.D. KERSH'S OFFICE - AUGUST 17 - 10:32 A.M.
Doggett and Reyes walk into Kersh's office. Skinner, and a couple of the search agents were already in the room.
"Agent Doggett...Agent Reyes..." Kersh greeted them, but in a pissed off way.
"Sir." Doggett replied.
"We were just talking about Mister Mulder. The one thing that I told you not to get involved with. But you did anyway."
"Sir, I think we had the right to find Agent Mulder." Doggett responded.
Kersh gave a stern look. Doggett looked back, knowing his mistake.
"MISTER Mulder."
"You were assigned to the Fraud Unit. Not the X Files." Kersh then looked at Skinner.
"You are no longer their Assistant Director." Kersh grumbled.
"I know that, sir." Skinner replied.
"Then why are you still in contact with these agents?"
"They came to me. I didn't come to them."
"Sir, you're not going to have to worry about Mulder anymore." Doggett spoke out.
"Why is that, Agent Doggett?" Kersh asked.
"I just got a call five minutes ago. Mulder and Scully have been found...dead."
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SUV, HIGHWAY IN MONTANA - AUGUST 15 - 1:22 P.M.
2 DAYS EARLIER...
Mulder and Scully drove along the highway doing a reasonable amount of speed when Scully heard a thumping noise on the roof.
"Did you hear that?" Scully asked.
"What?"
"That thumping sound."
"It's probably the wind."
The sound stopped.
A few minutes later a fist smashed through the passenger side window and grabbed Scully.
"Mulder!" Scully yelled with panic.
Mulder swerved all over the road trying to help Scully.
Another fist came crashing down through the roof of the SUV. That hand grabbed Mulder.
Mulder swerved all over the road trying to get the hands off of him and Scully.
Scully grabbed the cigarette lighter in the SUV and shoved it into the arm of the man.
Mulder then hit the brakes and the man rolled off of the roof. The man was Knowle Rohrer, was was at the front of the car, hanging onto the grill for life. As he started to climb up, Mulder yelled.
"Hold on, Scully!"
Mulder swerved off of the road and sped up.
"Die you son of a bitch!" Mulder yelled.
Knowle Rohrer looked behind him to see the side of a small mountain. Mulder was heading straight for it.
"No!" Knowle Rohrer yelled.
The front of the SUV with Rohrer in front smashed straight into the side of the mountain. The SUV then caught on fire.
BRIG, US/CANADIAN BORDER, MONTANA - AUGUST 15 - 1:22 P.M.
The agent in charge walks up to the guard in charge.
"Have you found them yet?" The agent in charge asked.
"They're not here. They're probably in Canada by now."
"Find them. Under any circumstances. Bring them to me."
SUV, HIGHWAY IN MONTANA - AUGUST 15 - 1:24 P.M.
Mulder woke up. He then looked around. Scully was sitting next to him, she was out cold. Blood ran down her face. He then saw that the SUV was on fire.
"Scully." He said, painfully.
He nudged her. Nothing.
Mulder got out of the car, then he limped over to the passenger's side and got Scully out. He carried her down a small hill to the river.
Mulder then walked back up to the SUV. The whole vehicle was up in flames.
Mulder saw Knowle Rohrer burning. He was jammed against the car and the side of the mountain.
"I guess he had a burning desire to die." Mulder spoke out. He then went back to Scully.
Mulder got some water from the river and slowly poured the water over Scully's face. Slowly, Scully woke up. Her head was throbbing.
"Scully." Mulder said.
Scully looked at Mulder.
"Stella!" She called out.
Mulder laughed.
"Where are we?" Scully asked.
"Middle of nowhere Montana." Mulder replied.
"Oh. Like we've never been here before."
"There's a town about fifteen miles from here. We'll be able to make it before dark."
Mulder helped Scully up, then they started to walk south.
BRIG, US/CANADIAN BORDER, MONTANA - AUGUST 15 - 4:04 P.M.
Doggett and Reyes drove up to the front entrance of the facility. A guard came up to the car.
"Sorry, this place is restricted, you need to turn around." The guard told Doggett and Reyes.
"We're with the FBI. We're looking for Mulder and Scully."
Doggett and Reyes flashed their badges.
"Oh. You guys are the FBI. Those two have been popular all day. First some guy from some organization called Knowle Rohrer came, then the CIA."
"Did you just say Knowle Rohrer?" Doggett asked.
"Yeah. He then just disappeared."
"Where are Mulder and Scully?" Doggett asked.
"They've been gone for hours. They escaped."
"Thank you." Doggett then turned the car around.
"Which way? North or South?" Reyes asked.
"Somehow I know Mulder, he went south again."
"How do you know?"
"I just do."
Doggett and Reyes started to drive south.
OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN, MONTANA - AUGUST 15 - 6:23 P.M.
Mulder and Scully finally came to a small town. The sun was beginning to set.
"Phone booth." Scully said.
Mulder and Scully walked over to the phone booth. Scully put in a dime and dialed Agent Doggett's cellphone.
"Agent Doggett, here."
"Agent Doggett." Scully spoke.
"Agent Scully?" Doggett was startled.
"Yeah." Scully replied.
"Where are you. Is Mulder there?"
"We're in a small town on the outskirts on Montana. Mulder's fine." Scully replied.
"Good. He's okay. Do you know that Knowle Rohrer is after him?" Doggett asked.
"He's dead." Scully said.
"He's not." Doggett responded.
"He is. He was involved in a deadly car accident, then he burned to death." Scully replied.
"Do you think that you could come and pick us up?" Scully asked.
"Yeah! We're heading south right now!" Doggett replied.
"Okay, we'll meet you at the general store on the outskirts of town at eight a.m." Scully told Doggett.
"Okay. We'll meet you there." Doggett replied.
Scully hung up the phone.
OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN, GENERAL STORE, MONTANA - AUGUST 15 - 8:01 A.M.
Mulder and Scully were waiting next to the general store when a navy blue convertible pulled into the parking lot. It was Agents Doggett and Reyes.
Mulder and Scully went over to greet them.
Doggett and Reyes got out of the car.
"Agent Mulder. Agent Scully." Doggett smiled.
Reyes friendly hugged Scully. Doggett shook Mulder's hand.
"It's great to hear your voice again, Agent Mulder." Doggett said.
"It's great to see you again too." Mulder replied.
"So, where are we going?" Doggett asked.
"Back to New Mexico." Mulder replied.
"Why?" Scully and Reyes both asked.
"Papers. Evidence."
"Mulder. Don't do this." Scully said.
"Papers that can get us out of this mess. Papers so valuable, that people would kill people over them. Papers that could expose the government to the public and shatter their projects to pieces and shatter Kersh's career to pieces." Mulder replied.
Doggett saw something in the distance. Black SUV's.
"Mulder. We've got company." Doggett said.
The four turned and looked at the SUV's.
"We've got to get out of here." Scully told Mulder.
"We'll split up." Mulder said.
"What?" Scully asked.
"No time to explain. Meet me at these coordinates." Mulder replied.
Mulder then pulled ouf a scrap of paper with coordinates on them.
"It's where I've live for the past year." Mulder said as he ran off.
"Take my car." Doggett said to Scully.
Scully got into the car and drove off in another direction. The SUV's pulled up next to Doggett. Doggett and Reyes pulled out their guns.
"What happened?" The agent in charge asked.
"We shot them. They pulled out guns on us, and we shot them. They fell into the river over there." Doggett pointed to the strong current river.
"No point in continuing the search! They're dead! Let's go home, I'm sick of all this." The agent in charge replied.
"I'm going to get a diving team to come out and get their bodies." Doggett said as he got into the SUV.
"They're dead. End of story!" The agent in charge replied.
"I'll be the judge of that!" Doggett yelled.
FBI HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTION D.C., D.D. KERSH'S OFFICE - AUGUST 17 - 10:32 A.M.
Doggett and Reyes walk into Kersh's office. Skinner, and a couple of the search agents were already in the room.
"Agent Doggett...Agent Reyes..." Kersh greeted them, but in a pissed off way.
"Sir." Doggett replied.
"We were just talking about Mister Mulder. The one thing that I told you not to get involved with. But you did anyway."
"Sir, I think we had the right to find Agent Mulder." Doggett responded.
Kersh gave a stern look. Doggett looked back, knowing his mistake.
"MISTER Mulder."
"You were assigned to the Fraud Unit. Not the X Files." Kersh then looked at Skinner.
"You are no longer their Assistant Director." Kersh grumbled.
"I know that, sir." Skinner replied.
"Then why are you still in contact with these agents?"
"They came to me. I didn't come to them."
"Sir, you're not going to have to worry about Mulder anymore." Doggett spoke out.
"Why is that, Agent Doggett?" Kersh asked.
"I just got a call five minutes ago. Mulder and Scully have been found...dead. A diving team pulled their bodies out of the river a few minutes ago."
"Well...that's too bad." Kersh replied.
Skinner looked at Doggett, questioning him.
"That'll be all gentlemen, get back to work." Kersh told the search team.
The search team left the office, Doggett, Reyes, and Skinner stayed behind.
"I see that I have agents that do not like to follow orders. I guess that I'll have to deal with that myself...all of you, give me your badges and your guns, and then don't bother coming back." Kersh told the three.
"You're firing us?" Reyes asked.
Kersh looked at Reyes.
The three gave in their badges and guns. Doggett and Reyes left the room.
"You're lucky that I don't fry your ass, Mister Skinner."
Skinner walked out of the office.
"What do you mean Mulder and Scully are dead?" Skinner asked Doggett.
"They're not. I lied."
"What do you mean you lied?" Skinner asked.
"They're alive and well. Had to lie in order for Mulder and Scully to get what they need safely." Doggett replied.
"What?" Skinner asked.
"Mulder said that he has files and papers that could shatter the government's projects and Kersh's career." Reyes barged in.
"I just hope that you guys know what you're doing." Skinner said. He then walked off.
MULDER'S TRAILER, MIDDLE OF NEW MEXICO - AUGUST 17 - 8:12 A.M.
Scully drove up to a small trailer in the middle of nowhere. She got out of the car and walked to the front door of the trailer and knocked on it.
The door opened and out popped Gibson Praise.
"Gibson." Scully was startled.
"Agent Scully. I presume you're looking for Mulder?" Gibson asked.
"Yes. Do you know where he is?"
Gibson left. Mulder then came out.
"Hope you found the place okay." Mulder joked.
"So this is where you've been hiding for the last year."
"Yep. Home sweet home."
Mulder and Scully went inside. Inside the trailer were files stacked ontop of files in the trailer. It was worse than Mulder's apartment.
"This is what I wanted to show you." Mulder said as he pulled out a manilla folder.
Scully examined the folder, then opened it. Her eyes widened after she read three pages of it.
"This can't be..." Scully said.
"It is. Do you think it's enough to get my job back?" Mulder asked.
"It sure is, Mulder. WOW! Where did you get this?"
"When I went over to that facility that time, I snuck that out with me."
"No wonder why everyone wants you dead. Could I use your phone?" Scully asked.
"Yeah." Mulder pointed to the phone. "Don't worry about all of the wires. That's just so no one could tap into the line."
Scully dialed.
"Agent Doggett. We've got the files." Scully said.
"You do?" Doggett asked.
"Yeah. Contact Skinner and let's make a deal with the FBI. One that they won't turn down."
"What's in that file?" Doggett asked.
"Something people would kill for." Scully replied.
Reyes was unpacking at Doggett's house when she could not find the evidence.
"John. What happened to the evidence. It's not in the bag." Reyes said.
"Do you have the evidence to prove that Mulder didn't kill Rohrer?" Doggett asked.
"We don't need it anyway. This file is his key to freedom." Scully responded.
"We'll be in D.C. by tomorrow. Make sure you tell Skinner." Scully said. She then hung up the phone.
Scully then turned to Mulder and hugged him.
"Oh Mulder." Scully smiled.
"I told you that everything would turn out all right." Mulder said. "I told you so."
DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WASHINGTON D.C. - AUGUST 18 - 10:54 A.M.
Mulder and Scully got off the plane from New Mexico and headed for the gate.
"You're home." Scully said.
"We're home." Mulder corrected.
Airport security men saw Mulder and Scully on the security cameras and quickly called Kersh.
"What do you want?" Kersh asked.
"Mulder and Scully are alive. They've just gotten off the plane." The security man told Kersh.
"They're dead." Kersh said.
FBI HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTION D.C., D.D. KERSH'S OFFICE - AUGUST 18 - 10:56 A.M.
Skinner quickly walked into the room.
"They're not dead." Skinner replied.
Kersh put down the phone and turned to look at Skinner.
"What?" Kersh asked.
"They're alive and well." Skinner replied.
Kersh nodded his head.
"I want to make a little deal. It's a deal you won't say no to."
"And what deal is that?" Kersh asked.
"The reinstatements of Doggett, Scully, Reyes, Mulder, and I."
"What?"
"You heard me!"
"Get out. Even if they are alive they'll be going to prison for a long time!" Kersh said.
"Not after you hear my deal." Skinner replied.
"I don't make deals! Who do you think I am?"
"You'll make this deal right after you hear it. The deal is, the reinstatements of those agents plus me, for very valuable papers on you and your little group which will not be exposed."
"What papers?"
"Papers on everything you've ever done. Papers that can get you and your little friends kicked out of this building faster than anything."
"You don't have anything."
"February 24, 1990, shall I continue?" Skinner demanded.
Kersh looked at Skinner.
"You wouldn't dare."
"Wouldn't I?"
Kersh looks at Skinner.
"I can't do Mulder." Kersh said.
"You reinstate all of us."
"I can't!"
"Carson City! 1990!"
"Okay! I'll see what I can do."
"I want the X-Files reopened too."
"I can't do that."
"If you don't, then I'll fry your ass you son of a bitch. I'll take those papers to everyone. The Federal Commission. The President. The CIA. The federal officers. Anyone
who will listen."
Kersh looked at Skinner.
"No one will listen."
"You sure about that pretty boy?"
The door opened and Mulder and Scully came into the room.
Kersh's mouth dropped open.
"You were saying?" Skinner asked.
Mulder and Scully left the room.
Kersh reached into his desk then threw Skinner's badge onto the desk top.
"Welcome back, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Skinner."
Skinner takes his badge back.
"I also want the safety of Mulder. If anything happens to him, even if he catches a cold I'll be down your neck."
Kersh looked at Skinner even harder.
"One other thing. Don't try to get those papers or kill the men that have them. Because then you'll have to kill all 50 of them. One in each state. And they're ready to repeat those papers. They know every single line, back to front, and in 5 different languages. These papers are very valuable to some people. So don't screw up!"
Skinner started to walk out of the door.
"The agents will be by shortly to pick up their badges." Skinner told Kersh.
Skinner then walked out of the room.
Kersh picked up the phone and dialed a number.
"Yeah, we have trouble. They know everything, and are threatening to show off those papers for their reinstatements." Kersh listens. "You better do something about it. Oh yeah, one other thing...The X Files has just reopened..."
FADE OUT
THE END