Fire Dweller
Chapter 2
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"So, are you still doubtful?" Mulder said that night over dinner in the restaurant across from their hotel. "I really don't know what to say." Scully said as she moved her salad around her plate. "Why can't you just come out & say that it can't readily be explained away by science?" Mulder said exasperatedly. "Because I can't readily say that, not until I do some moreresearch." She said matter of factly as she took a bite of her salad, Mulder smiled at her; he imagined it was as close to admittance as he was going to get.
"Agents, I'm glad that you could make it." Dr. Peters said as he shook both of their hands. "This volcano has been going through periods of brief activity over the mast few months. Its like nothing I have ever seen." Dr. Peters said as they followed him into the research lab. "& this volcano has been dormant?" Scully asked. "For the last ten thousand years. It just doesn't make sense thatit would experience brief, sporadic periods of activity." Dr. Peters replied. "No, it doesn't." Scully said thoughtfully to herself."What's you're thinking on this?" Mulder asked heras they both slid into their car. "That we have to get up therefor another look." She replied.
"I'm surprisedthat you wanted to make another perilous journey up the side of an unpredictable volcano." Mulder said as they followed Dr. Peters up the next morning. "What, & let you have all the fun?" Scully said lightly as she glanced over her shoulder at him, Mulder grinned at herfrom behindthe mask of his fire-protective suit, it was a rare treat indeed for her to tease him.
They reached the mouth of the slumbering giant & looked over the edge, not even smoke emitted from the bowels of the massive volcano "This can't be right, villagers said that there was smoke & ash spewing from this volcano for ten minutes yesterday morning, if that were true then there should stillbe smoke billowing from it." Dr. Peters said as he took some samples of rock from the edge to study. Suddenly, the mountain began to tremble underfoot. "Come on!" Dr. Peters yelled over the noise as the three of them tried to get as far away from the mouth of the volcano as possible.