SWAT TEAM
(Note: There's a way to read this chapter. I keep you guessing.)
MULDER
Scully, I'm in. Can you hear me ?
Hiiii ! NOPE !
...
Scully... it's... I can't... face... this awful Boggart.
A praying mantis. Taller than me. With alien eyes, and... these big claws. I hate insects.
Yes. Let me just a few seconds... OK. I'm ready... Oh, no !
It stinks ghoulishly ! And the noise, this scraping. I feel it in my bones.
Done ! ... Well, I'm exhausted now. Let's go back to bed.
SCULLY
Yep, clear. Remain calm. Don't trust your eyes.
Mulder ?
Mulder ! Are you okay ?
Breath slowly, Mulder. Close your eyes. What have you seen ?
Well, Mulder, listen to me. Don't open your eyes at any moment. I monitor everything perfectly with this Chuck's device. You do exactly what I say. Ready ?
What now ? Mulder?
Focus on my voice... Move one step forward... Now just 3 inches ahead, swat it hard !
M&S
We don't agree on this event.
Was it a real malovelant household spirit inhabiting our closet ?
Was it a psychic delusion induced by too much stress and exhaustion, a Folie à Deux shared in the middle of the night at home ?
No evidence left on the scene crime, no other witnesses.