The X-Files
Chapter 3
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Summery: in 1st chapter.
They all remained silent as they descended the last of the foothills, each still trying to comprehend what they had seen. "What do you think, Scully?" Mulder asked once they were back at George's lodge. "What do I…? Mulder I don't know what to think. I… I'm still trying to come to grips with what I saw." She said, staring blankly beyond him as she spoke. Mulder smiled boyishly as he gently gripped her shoulders. "Scully, that… what we just saw was proof that dragons did, & still do exist on this planet today." He said in quiet excitement. Scully sighed in defeat as she met his gaze, his greenish hazel eyes were emblazoned with a passion & excitement that was almost juvenile; like a kid on his first trip to Disney World as he turned to George. "Do you have a night vision video camera & a pair of binoculars?"
"Mulder, you could sit out here all night & not see another one of those creatures." Scully said as the joined him on a flat rock at the edge of the cliff. He said nothing; he merely continued to scan the horizon, switching between binoculars & camera. "Look straight ahead!" He said suddenly, his voice rising with excitement as he thrust the binoculars at her. She followed with them & sure enough, one was flying in a steady circle, catching the updraft from the valley. "Mulder… maybe we should go inside." Scully said uneasily as she watched the creature begin to drift their way, most likely drawn to the flocks of sheep & goats that were grazing about twenty acres below them. "& miss witnessing predatory behavior? Not a chance." He said stubbornly as he kept filming, through the binoculars, Scully saw the creature's head tilt in their direction & its nostrils flared, exhaling puffs of flame as it smelt the air for a few moments before suddenly going into a free dive out of their line ofsight. "Mulder, we're up wind, I really think we'd better go." She said as she gently tugged on his arm. "Scully, I would have thought that you, being a woman of science would want this to be documented for the books!" He said irritatingly, never taking his eye out of the camera's view finder. "Yes, but I'd also like to be around to see it!" She argued back. Mulder opened his mouth to retort, but he didn't get a chance because suddenly, the monster swooped up from the side of the steep cliff. "Get down!" Mulder yelled as he pushed Scully behind the flat rock they had been sitting on. Scully watched, horrified as the creature scooped Mulder up in its massive talons & carried him off, the video camera dropped lightly on a moss-covered rock just in front of Scully, who jumped up & looked frantically around, but the monster was already out of sight. "Damn it!" She cursed as she ran back to George's lodge for help.
Mulder awoke with a start & found himself lying on something smooth & hard, he slowly sat up & drew back in shock once he realized that he was surrounded by dragons. Large ones, small ones, light ones & dark ones. Suddenly, he was slammed back against the wall with the force of a charging bull, he gasped for air as the dragon's front talon closed around his body, slowly cutting off his air supply like the deadly coils of a constrictor snake. "What is your business here?" The dragon said harshly, even through his fading conscious, Mulder was shocked to hear it speak human tongue. Suddenly, a deep, booming voice drowned out all the others. "Stop!" The dragons parted to allow passage of what looked to be the fittest & strongest of them all. He was bronze in color with brilliant yellow eyes that glowed in the dimly lighted cave. "Let him go, Barton!" The dark colored dragon with the scar on the side of his face released his grip, allowing Mulder a rude meeting with rock he had been previously laying on. "I'm sorry for all this; I truly wish that he wasn't necessary." He said. His voice was deep, quiet & rumbling, like distant thunder. "What do you want?" Mulder asked weakly as he leaned back painfully against the cave's cool, damp walls. "For you to understand."
End of chapter 3