Chapter Two: Are You Seeing What I'm Seeing
September 13th, 2016.
10:00 a.m.
Washington D.C.
Basement of the F.B.I. Headquarters.
"Scully, remind me why we agreed to work for the F.B.I. again?" Mulder asked as he threw a sharpened pencil up at the ceiling.
"Because, we discovered that the shadow government we have been chasing after all these years has reemerged, and as crazy as it sounds they may be conspiring to release a virus to wipe out the human race," Scully answered in an even tone.
"I knew there was a good reason. Just needed a little reminding," he started to throw another pencil at the ceiling before Scully interrupted.
"Would you stop that?" she gave him a disapproving glance. "We have actual work to do, Mulder."
"Not two nights ago we were the almost assassinated by three men, after a virtual Langly reached out to us through my phone. I think we can take it easy for one day. Plus," he smiled "it means we can spend some alone time together in the office." Mulder winked across the room at her, "Just like old times."
Before she could respond a knock came from the door. The two agents looked at one another in slight confusion. No one ever came down to the basement, let alone to see the two of them. Scully moved over next to Mulder's desk and called out,
"Come in."
The door opened and a man and a woman entered the room.
"Fox Mulder and Dana Scully?" the man asked.
"Yes, I'm Agent Scully, and this is my partner Agent Mulder," Scully replied pointing over at Fox. She noticed the case file in his right, and looked over at her partner who glanced up at her from his seat.
"I'm Agent Sealy Booth, and this is Doctor Temperance Brennan of the Jeffersonian Institution." Booth walked over and extended a hand to Scully and then Mulder, both shaking his hand politely. He started to speak, but was interrupted by his partner behind him,
"Interesting office you have here," she walked around the room analyzing her surroundings. Her eyes stopped momentarily at the poster behind Agent Mulder's head.
"We like it, "Mulder responded giving Scully a sideways look that said, "Who are these people?"
"I'm curious as to why the two of you work in the basement. It cannot be out of convenience? Do you not work well with others?" She looked between Mulder and Scully with a serious expression on her face.
"It is not that we do not work well with others, Dr. Brennan," Scully stated. "It is that people in the bureau do not take the cases we work on seriously, nor do they see the importance of our work." From his chair Mulder beamed up at his partner with pride as she spoke. Mulder's display did not go unnoticed by Bones or Booth.
Before Scully could say anything more Agent Booth interjected,
"I apologize for Bones," he looked back at her over his should, "she can be very blunt."
The nickname Booth called his partner rang a bell in Mulders mind,
"Wait a sec, I know you guys. You two are the F.B.I. hot shots who have captured the Gravedigger killer?"
"I am actually not an F.B.I. agent but, yes, you are correct," Bones replied. "We have caught a number of high profile serial killers," she looked over at her partner with a smile. It was now Mulder and Scully's turn to notice the look shared between the two partners.
"Since you know about our reputation at the bureau, it's only far I tell you that we know a little something about yours as well," Booth said moving to stand next to Bones.
"Is that so," Scully inquired.
"Yes," Booth continued. "That's actually why we are here. We were handed a case last night by local D.C.P.D. that is what you two might consider," he paused and looked at his partner, "extra-terrestrial. I thought since little green men were your specialty, the two of you would want to help us out on the case."
The mention of extra-terrestrials peaked the interest of the two older agents.
"What type of little green men did you find last night?" Mulder asked.
"Well, take a look for yourself," Booth handed Mulder the case file.
Mulder opened the file,
"Scully," he whispered, "Are you seeing what I'm seeing?"
"Oh, my god," Scully looked down at her partner with a worried expression. "I thought we would never find this again."
"Neither did I, Scully."
The picture that was displayed in front of them was of a metal canister, one that both agents had seen before. In the picture, trapped behind the behind clear glass of the canister was a small grey alien, and on the bottom of the canister the words "Purity Control" were written. This was the same alien life form that Scully had given to Deep Throat in exchange for Mulder's life back in 1993.
"Where did you find this?" Mulder asked.
"In a field about five miles outside the city," Booth answered looking at his partner with a confused expression.
"I'm assuming that you have seen what is in those pictures before?" Bones asked as Mulder shuffled through the remaining photos. He held one in particular up for him and his partner to examine; it was the photo of the faceless man,
"We need to see these bodies right now," Mulder said standing up, "You have no idea what you just found."