When Scully opened the x-file office door, a chill ran through her whole body and she contemplated turning back as the ghosts from her life in there consumed her. Doggett and Reyes were sitting on opposite sides of the room and the Lone Gunmen were nowhere to be seen. She cleared her throat when no one saw her walk in; she'd rather have been noticed discreetly than by saying something.

Reyes looked up from the file she was reading and smiled at Scully. She smiled back and headed towards her as Doggett watched on, not able to find anything to say to either woman. He'd not spoken a word to Reyes since she came back into the office almost two hours ago, he knew she was strong willed but he'd felt certain that she'd say something to him first, he was too stubborn to make the first move.

For a short while Reyes and Scully didn't say anything, they just sat in the silent room and observed the power of the act of silence. Eventually, Reyes stood up and spoke.

"I'm gonna get coffee, can I get you anything Dana?"

"Umm, I'll come with you," they stood up and Scully almost waited behind, assuming that Reyes was going to ask Doggett if he wanted anything, when she didn't ask, Scully followed her out of the office and watched as she made coffee.

"Is everything ok Monica?"

"Sure."

"It's just that, well, I couldn't help noticing that you, and John, you seem …"

"I know. We had a fight. I guess we've yet to get to the making up part."

"But you will, right?"

"I don't know," Reyes looked at Scully and for a split second, Scully was sure she saw tears in her eyes.

"You'll be fine, there's something between the two of you, you must see it. Besides, I think he's just confused. John's a by the book guy, you didn't exactly keep your relationship particularly professional."

"I can't tell you how much I wish we had."

"I know, but it'll get easier, you just have to …"

"Scully! Monica!" both women turned as Doggett yelled their names from inside the office and as they ran inside they forgot all about coffee and stared at Doggett as he looked up at them.

"It's him, he's here," the three of them crowded around the computer screen to read the message: 'Agent Doggett, is this a secure connection?' Doggett replied with 'yes' and waited. Then they got 'are you alone?' and Scully felt her heart skip a beat. Doggett replied with 'No.' and then they waited.

A few minutes later the screen flashed again: 'Who's with you? I don't want anyone but you and Agent Reyes there.' Doggett looked up at Scully and she stepped back a little. Reyes put her hand on her shoulder and she took a deep breath.

"Don't tell him I'm here."

"What? Why?"

"Because if he doesn't want me here, it's about me, or it's about William. I'm not going anywhere and we need to know what he knows." Doggett hesitated before finally giving in to the stern looks he was getting and wrote back: 'I'm here with Monica'. A reply came almost immediately: 'I know that Scully gave William up, and I understand why she did it, but she made a mistake'. Again Doggett looked at Scully, but all she was doing was staring at the screen. He'd have given anything to make her leave; this wasn't what she needed to hear.

MF: 'William's adoptive parents are not who you think they are'.

JD: 'What do you mean?'

MF: 'His adoptive mother works for the government, on some kind of secret project that I've yet to gain access to. But I do know that it involves experiments on children.'

JD: 'How do you know this?'

MF: 'I keep my ear to the ground, look I haven't got much time, and there's more you need to know.'

JD: 'What?'

There was a pause in communication that lasted only seconds but Scully felt like it went on for hours. The curser blinking on the screen with no new message appearing before it, nothing new for them to take in and digest. Reyes looked at Scully as she turned around and tried to think of something comforting to say, but there was nothing, and a big part of her believed this was all a hoax to lead someone to William now that he was safe.

Doggett looked at Scully and waited for her to say something, this may have been his office now but it was her call as to how long they waited for more from this guy.

"Dana, what do you want us to do?" Scully took a deep breath and turned from the computer to leave.

"What we should have done from the start. Turn it off," as she threw her coat on she moved to leave the room when Reyes spoke.

"Wait! There's something else," they all moved back around the computer and read the new message.

MF: 'His adoptive father, he's a super soldier.'