Chapter 3
Fox Mulder was lying on the table in Walter's lab. Walter was reading over the patient's medical reports while Astrid read over the reports from Agent Mulder's cases. When Olivia entered the room, it was silent except for the shuffle of paper and the beeping of the monitors connected to the comatose man.
She looked down at Mulder for a moment, then said, "It's tragic. I remember hearing about him at Quantico. He did some groundbreaking work in profiling psychoses in unsubs."
"Maybe we shouldn't wake him up after all," Peter joked as he entered behind her. "He'd have a field day profiling this lab."
Astrid glanced up from her reading, looking to Walter. "Do you think you can do it? Can we wake him up?"
"Yes, I think we can. Some major connections in his brain have been broken, but I believe a combination of stem cells and cortexiphan may be able to regrow them. His body has been kept in working order by the ministrations of physical therapy by hospital staff, so once we get him up he should be able to walk. Of course, I'll have to cut it open to make sure it reaches the correct regions."
"Cut it open?" Astrid repeated, sounding as if she were sorry for asking even as she spoke the words.
"His brain."
"I'll get the iodine," she sighed.