ALIEN PLOT
9:30 P.M. ELECTRA INC.
BENTON, OREGON
Mulder and Scully investigate a building haunted by a spirit. As they get into the case, they find a more primal reason for the so called "Spirit"... is acutually of alien origin.
(In the distance a three story a glass skyscraper building stands. Inside one of the offices there's a man leaving his office headed to the elevator. Just as he gets near it the elevator opens. He stares at in surprise. He enters the elevator and the doors immediately close. He presses the button to the lobby and the elevator starts to move. Suddenly in stops and jerks to a stop. Its sits for a few seconds. The man looks around nervously. It shakes again and suddenly drops at a fast speed. It stops suddenly at the lobby floor and doors open. The guy rushes out of the elevator and looks back at it. A black figure standing in the shadow of the elevator as the doors close. The man runs out of the building.)
FBI HEADQUARTERS
1 P.M.
(Scully is eating a salad and reading something on her lap top on the desk near Mulder's desk.. Mulder walks into the office and sits his desk.)
SCULLY: (Staring at the computer.) We have a new case by yours truly.
MULDER: About?
SCULLY: A reporter interviewed a man from a company called Electra. He was heading home for the day got in the elevator and he describes it as the elevator dropping to the ground floor and stopping without a scratch. This guy gets out of the elevator looks back and claims he seen a dark figure inside. (Looks at Mulder.)
MULDER: Ghost?
SCULLY: Nothing was said for sure. They noted the man is well grounded and always shows up to work.
MULDER: Who is the man?
SCULLY: Of all names its Dan Churchill
MULDER: Know who the man was he interviewed? Anything else happened in that company?
SCULLY: No. Not according to these files anyway. I'll print it out. We have to fly out to Oregon where the company is.
ELECTRA INC.
(28 hours later, Mulder and Scully walk into the building in suits. They walk up to the security desk. The two security guards look at them.)
SECURITY 1: May we help you ?
MULDER: (Shows him his badge, Scully does the same.) Were agents Mulder and Scully. We were called in on an incident that happened here last night.
SECURITY 1: What incident?
SCULLY: The one of Dan Churchill.
SECURITY 2: There wasn't an incident.
MULDER: (Looks at him.) Excuse me?
SECURITY 2: The man is not that sound, claiming seeing black things that look like women. Total nut job in my opinion.
SCULLY: Is Mr. Churchill come in to work today?
SECURITY 1: No he called off from what they told me.
MULDER: Can we get his address?
SECURITY 1: I'll call human resources and tell them you wish to talk to them. They have that information. (Picks up the phone. Mulder looks at Scully and back at the guard.) She's on her way down.
MULDER: Thank you. (Mulder and Scully step away and wait.)
SCULLY: Why are you so snippy with them?
MULDER: I wasn't snippy. Was I?
SCULLY: You sounded it. (Mulder looks at the floor and back at Scully.)
MULDER: He brought it out of me. Satisfied?
SCULLY: (Snickers.) Yeh, im good.(The human resource woman walks out of the elevator and over to Mulder and Scully.)
NANCY: Hello my name is Nancy. You're the agents that are wanting information?
MULDER: Yes ma'am.
NANCY: I'll be more than happy to give you that information. Please come with me. (Mulder and Scully follow her into the elevator. Inside Mulder looks around as they go up. Scully notices and stares at him and looks back at Nancy.) Is Mr. Churchill in some kind of trouble?
MULDER: No, just want to ask him a few routine questions. Were just making sure safety among the employees remains is all.
NANCY: I understand. (Scully notices Mulder looking around still and Scully taps him. Mulder looks at her as if to ask what. Nancy walks out and Mulder and Scully follow. They reach her office and she sits behind her desk.) What information did you need about him.
MULDER: I need his address so we can see him in person.
NANCY: Okay, I'll look that up for you. (She types on her computer.)
MULDER: I'm sorry, could you tell me where the restroom is. I had to much coffee this morning. (Scully stares at him.)
NANCY: Yes of course. Head right out of my office and the restrooms are all the way down at the end.
MULDER: Thank you. (Scully looks at Mulder As he walks out. Mulder detours back to the elevator they came out of. He hits the button and waits. The doors open and he walks in. The doors close and hits the main floor button. The elevator starts going down. He gets he stares at the wall waiting for something to happen or see something with his alien abilities. Nothing happens. The elevator stops at the main floor and doors open. He starts to walk out. He sees what Churchill saw.. The doors to the elevator start to close and he goes back in. He hits the third-floor button and goes back up. Inside Nancy's office she hands Scully the address. Mulder walks back in.)
SCULLY: Thanks for your help. (Looks at Mulder.) Let's go. (They walk back into the elevator.) Where did you go?
MULDER: I think this elevator is haunted.
SCULLY: Thanks for telling me that now. I wouldn't have got on the damn thing.
MULDER: Not now. But wait till we reach the main floor. (The elevator stops and doors open. Mulder starts to walk out, he turns to face the elevator and he briefly sees the figure and it disappears.) You see that?
SCULLY: See what?
MULDER: Why is it I can see it but you don't, and only down here.
SCULLY: I don't know. But I don't like it that you can I can't. Is it here now?
MULDER: No. Not now it's gone. (Notices a mechanical room door next to the elevator.) I know what we could do. (Scully looks at him.)
9 P.M.
(Mulder and Scully walk in disguised with Technician uniforms on and they walk over to the mechanical room. Mulder jimmies the lock as Scully looks around and gets it open. Scully walks in ahead of him looking around.)
MULDER: I don't see anything wrong with this motor, do you?
SCULLY: (Stares at him.) Mulder. Any other ideas?
MULDER: Yeah. Lets get out of here.
HOTEL BREAKS
10:15 P.M.
(Mulder and Scully are sitting on the bed leaned up against the backboard. Scully is looking through the file she printed out, Mulder is watching TV. Scully looks over at him and back at the file)
SCULLY: You're treating this like were on a vacation, Mulder.
MULDER: No. I'm just bored.
SCULLY: (Looks at him.) Why?
MULDER: (Looks at her.) For one, I don't like hidden secrets with ghosts. Secondly I have a bad feeling about all this. Dan is nowhere, not even at home. The man has been missing since he saw this thing. And thirdly why hasn't it happened to anyone else?
SCULLY: (Looks back at the file.) I don't know. But I'm looking into how and where this company came from. Maybe that'll give us a boost. (Reads what he found.) Wait a minute.
MULDER: What?
SCULLY: I think I found something.
MULDER: What?
SCULLY: Hold on. (Mulder sighs and leans on Scully as she looks on her laptop.) Apparently, this company is tied into a old Greek legend.
MULDER: What?
SCULLY: (Looks back at Mulder.) What are you a light bulb? (Mulder stares at him.) In a Greek legend, A girl named Electra, her father, Agamemnon was murdered by Clytemnestra because of a mistress. Electra saved her young brother Orestes from being murdered by sending him away. Orestes later returned to Electra kill their mother and her lover.
MULDER: Uh huh. Talk about a dysfunctional family. What's this gotta do with this company?
SCULLY: (Looks at him.) Mulder this company was named after her.
MULDER: Why?
SCULLY: I don't know. It doesn't get into that. But I'm thinking somehow someone within that company has either caused her to come back to this century or her mother maybe.
MULDER: Why? This company hasn't been around that long.
SCULLY: True. But maybe it's a lineage thing. And maybe an ancestor is getting revenge over the past after all these years.
MULDER: But it still doesn't answer why no one else is being affected. Usually something like this we have more than one victim.
SCULLY: Its still early. Give it time it just might occur again.
1 A.M. ELECTRA INC.
(Security is checking the building alarms and setting them. They start to leave and hear a noise from the elevator. Both men walk toward the elevator and the doors open once they approach. They both stop and look at it, one of them draw his gun.)
SECURITY 1: What the hell is going on?
SECURITY 2: Maybe a glitch?
SECURITY 1: Maybe. (Walks into the elevator looking around. Suddenly the door closes fast. The second security guard stares at it in fear and the first security guard starts pounding on the door screaming for help. Suddenly there's a loud pound against the door as if something was thrown against the doors. The doors open and the security guard falls out mutilated onto the floor.)
8 A.M.
(Scully is already dressed in her suit, shakes Mulder awake.)
SCULLY: Mulder get up.
MULDER: (Burying his face in the pillow.) What is it?
SCULLY: We got ourselves another victim. (Mulder looks at her.)
ELECTRA INC.
9 A.M.
(Mulder and Scully walk in, in their suits. They over to the police. Police have roped off the elevator. One of the officers walk up to them.)
ONEIL: May I help you. The building is closed.
MULDER: Were from the FBI. I'm agent Mulder this is my partner agent Scully.
ONEIL: I'm Officer O'Neil. This is a total mess.
MULDER: Any clue what happened?
ONEIL: None other than we have a mad maniac on our hands. (Sheriff Mills walks from behind a group of officers. To the agents.)
MILLS: Hello agents. The name is Sheriff Mills. Been expecting you. (Looks at O'Neil.) I have this O'Neil. (He nods yes and walks away.) We got a big one here.
MULDER: Agent Mulder. And my partner agent Scully. Come up with anything?
MILLS: Depends on what you got so far?
MULDER: Other than this company is named after a Greek legend.
MILLS: Really? So, you two are already on this?
MULDER: We'd just started looking into this, but we've only had one attack and there was no brutal attack like this was.
MILLS: Ah. Well, you think something haunted cause this. Or do we have a manic on our hands?
MULDER: Maybe both.
MILLS: Both? That's not so comforting. (Scully looks around the entrance of the elevator.)
MULDER: (Stares at the floor.) Wasn't meant to be.
SCULLY: (Looks back at Dean.) Agent Mulder! (Mulder looks over at Scully.) Come here.
MULDER: (Walks over to her.) So formal aren't we? (She stares at him.) What is it?
SCULLY: Those black drops look familiar to you? (Mulder looks in the elevator, staring at the drops.
MULDER: Black alien oil?
SCULLY: We need a sample of it to confirm and if it is. were on a totally different angle of investigations.
MULDER: We need to look through this building with a fine-tooth comb. You get something to get that oil up. And take it to the lab and look it over.
SCULLY: What are you going to do?
MULDER: I'm going up stairs check around near the elevator on the third floor, maybe I'll find some more clues.
SCULLY: (Walks over to the stair well exit with Mulder. Mulder starts in and the door slams in front of Scully.) What the hell? (Pounds on the door.) Mulder you ok?
MULDER: I'm fine. What the hell is going on?
SCULLY: I don't know. (Looks around at the door. Mills walks over to him.)
MILLS: What's going on?
SCULLY: Agent Mulder walked in here in front of me and this door slammed shut between us. Now he's trapped in the fire exit stairway.
MILL: (Tries the door.) Shit, this is not good.
SCULLY: We need to get him out of there!
MILL: I got some equipment in the car maybe it'll help. Ill be right back.
MULDER: What's going on, Scully
SCULLY: Sherriff Mills is going to try to get you out. Don't try going upstairs stay where you are.
MULDER: (Looks around.) We need to find out where this thing is and what or who.
SCULLY: I know but right now we need to get you out of there. I don't want you to be the next victim. (Pushes at the door to no avail.) Where's Jeremiah when you need him.
JEREMIAH: (Suddenly shows up behind her.) What's going on? (Scully jumps and looks back at him.)
SCULLY: You scared me! We need your help. Mulder is locked behind this door. It slammed in front of me.
JEREMIAH: (Looks around the door and where they're standing.) What are you two doing here anyway?
SCULLY: Were on a case of something going around killing and mutilating people. Some sort of spirit or manic.
JEREMIAH: It's of alien origin. Something very evil and powerful is here in this building.
SCULLY: (Stares at him.) How evil are we talking?
JEREMIAH: It's an ancient evil.
SCULLY: Can you get Mulder out of there?
JEREMIAH: (Touches the door. He suddenly sees the dark face of a woman with red eyes. He jumps back.) No. No I can't. It's very powerful. She's killed many in revenge. It's not alien, it is a rouge spirit. Her name is the same as on the outside of this building. (Scully stares at him in fear.) What is it?
SCULLY: We were putting on this case.
(Mills walks over to do with a sledge hammer and pry bar. She notices Jeremiah.)
MILLS: Who's this?
SCULLY: A friend that helps us from time to time with our cases. You think this will work?
JEREMIAH: I highly doubt it. It's two powerful. (Mills looks at him.)
SCULLY: He already knows what it is.
MILLS: I see. Well can we at least try?
SCULLY: (Gets near the door.) Mulder?
MULDER: (Heard through the door.) Yeh?
SCULLY: Back away from the door. We're going to try to force it open.
MULDER: Okay. (Scully looks at Mills. She walks over to it with a sledge hammer. Scully takes it and slams down on the door handle. It breaks the handle off. Mills try prying the door open to no avail. Scully tries same result.)
SCULLY: Damn! Now what?
MILLS: Blow torch?
SCULLY: You have one of those?
MILLS: Yeh I'll be right back. (Scully shrugs her eyebrows and looks at Jeremiah.)
JEREMIAH: I can sense you're making it angry, agent Scully. I suggest you stop.
SCULLY: I'm not stopping till I get Mulder out of there.
JEREMIAH: I understand that. But you make this entity mad enough it may take Mulder.
SCULLY: It may take him either way. I like to try so it don't!
Mulder: (Heard through to door.) Scully?
SCULLY: Yeh?
MULDER: Something's at the top flight of the stairs. It's in the shadows.
SCULLY: Talk to me Mulder. Is it coming toward you at all?
MULDER: (Still hear from inside.) No. it's just standing there. (Scully starts breathing heavy. Jeremiah notices. Scully looks at Jeremiah.)
SCULLY: What's that mean?
JEREMIAH: Its taunting him and you.
SCULLY: What do we do?
JEREMIAH: Don't look at it.
SCULLY: Mulder whatever you do, don't look at it!
MULDER: (Heard from inside the door.) Scully! Its headed to me!
SCULLY: (Looks through the door.) Mulder!
MULDER: Scully, help!
SCULLY: (Yells.) Mulder! (Suddenly there's a loud thud against the door. Scully screams.) Mulder! (Scully throws herself against the door trying to get it to budge. Mills walks over to him with the blow torch.)
MILLS: What's going on?
SCULLY: I think it's got Mulder! (Happens to look at the bottom of the door and there's blood oozing out from under it. Scully gets teary eyed.) Mulder! (Throws himself to the door trying to get it to open.) Mulder! Answer me! (Jeremiah stands there staring at the door.)
MILLS: Agent Scully...
JEREMIAH: He's unconscious, Agent Scully.
SCULLY: (Staring at the floor.) You need to help me get him out of there!
JEREMIAH: I would if I could. But something is preventing me. Its so evil. We may need a Medium to help. (Scully looks at him.)
SCULLY: Tell me you're trying to make a joke?
JEREMIAH: (Looks at her.) No. I don't think so. I might be able to be on the other side with him. But I won't be able to take him out from behind this door.
SCULLY: (Stares at him with eagerness.) Do it, Jeremiah. I need to know if he's ok. (Jeremiah s nods yes and disappears.)
MILLS: Where did he just go?
SCULLY: Long story, I'll tell you later.
MILLS: Want to try blow torching the handle off?
SCULLY: Not yet. Need to make sure Mulder isn't near the door. (Inside the stairwell Mulder is laying on the floor near the door. Jeremiah shows up standing over him. Mulder has blood around his head, coming out of his mouth. He kneels beside him and checks his pulse.)
JEREMIAH: Agent Scully?
SCULLY: (Heard from the other side of the door.) Yeh?
MULDER: He's alive but he's hurt pretty bad.
SCULLY: How bad?
JEREMIAH: Hold on. (Slowly turns Mulder to his back. There's a gash on the side of his head, and blood coming out of his mouth.) His head is bleeding and looks as if he'd bit his tongue, but his pulse is strong. He may have a bad concussion.
SCULLY: (Teary eyed, starts breathing heavy.) Gently pull him from the door, Mills is going to blow torch this handle off the door.
JEREMIAH : I understand. (Pulls Mulder slowly from the door.) Ok agent Scully. (On the other side of the door Mills puts on dark goggles starts blow torching the handle to the door. The handle falls off and Mills backs away. Scully kicks the door it flies open. Scully rushes over to Mulder, Jeremiah backs away.)
SCULLY: Mulder! Come on Mulder talk to me. I'm here honey! I'm here. I'm going to get you better understand me? (Holds him and looks up at Jeremiah. Mills walks in.) Can you heal him?
JEREMIAH: I'm not sure. Especially in this place. I'll do enough to get him away. From there, he's on his own with you. (Jeremiah kneels beside them and puts his hand on Mulder's chest. A light shows up over his chest and Mulder wakes up, suddenly the lights go out in the building. Everyone looks up at the ceiling.)
SCULLY:What the hell?
JEREMIAH: We need to get out of here.
MILLS: Took the words right out of my mouth.
SCULLY: (Looks at Mulder.) Can you get up Mulder?
MULDER: I think so. (Scully helps him up. He staggers weakly and holds his head.) My head hurts)
SCULLY: Just take it easy. We'll get you out of here. (Scully helps Mulder toward the doors, security guards are gone.)
SCULLY: Where the security go?
MILLS: Not sure, but we need to get out of here and now. (They get to the doors, Mills goes to open them, they're locked.) Doors are locked.
SCULLY: Just great! (Mulder weakens in the legs Scully tries holding him.) No, no Mulder stay with me ok? (The lights start flashing violently and creaking noises are heard all around them.)
MILLS: What's going on here?
SCULLY: It's playing with us. I think.
MILLS: I'm so not in the mood for this.
SCULLY: I'm never in the mood for this.
MILLS: What do we do?
SCULLY: Mulder is more expert than me with this. And he's hurt.
MULDER: (Weakly.) It's human; not a spirit. It's someone who works here that is controlling it.
SCULLY: How do you know?
MULDER: I was able to briefly see when it attacked me. I'm thinking it's the human resource woman. (Holding his head.) I need to lay down Scully.
SCULLY: Can't do that Mulder. You may go into a coma. (Looks at Jeremiah.) Come on Jeremiah he needs healed here.
JEREMIAH: It's preventing me, Agent Scully. I'm sorry I would if I could. (The elevator opens its all dark. They all see a dark figure coming out and slowly moving toward them. It whispers "you're not welcome here!" (Then screams) "You must leave and never return!" The doors to the entrance of the building slam open with lots of wind blowing around them. They all run out of the building, Scully helping Mulder as they do. As they do the doors slam shut and everything becomes instantly calm.)
HOTEL BREAKS
3 P.M.
(Scully is sitting at Mulder's bedside as he's asleep sitting up on a lot of pillows to his back. Jeremiah is standing near them both.)
JEREMIAH: He'll be fine agent Scully he just needs to rest now.
SCULLY: I appreciate all you've done Jeremiah.
JEREMIAH: You better get some rest too.
30 MIN LATER
(Mulder wakes up still in pain and looks around. He notices the TV on, Scully is asleep beside him. Mulder smiles.)
MULDER: Scully?
SCULLY: (Moves a little and looks at him.) Mulder, you, ok? How do you feel.
MULDER: Like hell. How did we get back here?
SCULLY: That entity got a hold of you and knocked you out leaving you with a moderate concussion. And the entity warned us all to stay out.
MULDER: (Tries standing up, cringes in pain.) Tough luck for it.
SCULLY: Hey, you shouldn't be getting up honey.
MULDER: I'm fine dean.
SCULLY: Uh huh I see it in your eyes, Mulder. You're far from it.
MULDER: (Lays back against the headboard.) Scully I need to go to the restroom is that allowed, warden. (Scully stares at him funny.)
SCULLY: Think you can walk?
MULDER: I hit my head I didn't break my leg. (Stands up and gets wobbly.)
SCULLY: Okay woe, take it easy. Let me help over to it, from there you're on your own.
24 HOURS LATER AT THE CABIN 9 P.M.
(Mulder is asleep on the sofa with his head propped up. Scully looking on her laptop. Jeremiah walks into the cabin. Scully notices.)
SCULLY: Jeremiah what took you so long?
JEREMIAH: Had to do a few things. How's Mulder?
SCULLY: Mulder needs to wake up and I can't find nothing on this company, like they disappeared of the face of the earth. (Looks over at Jeremiah.) You think you could need to heal him more?
JEREMIAH: (Stands up. And walks over to Mulder.) Ill check. (Lays his hand on his head. Mulder suddenly wakes up slightly growling.) The concussion isn't responding well to my healing. (Scully stares over at him in concern. Mulder looks up at him.)
MULDER: What's going on? (Scully walks over to them.)
SCULLY: What do you mean?
JEREMIAH: It's like that entity poisoned him. To keep him from coming back and killing it. I think it knows what your both up to agent Scully.
SCULLY: (Sits by Mulder.) So, you mean I'm going to lose him? (Mulder sits up in confusion and looks at her.)
MULDER: Lose who?
JEREMIAH: No. But Mulder is not going to be one hundred percent till you do get rid of it.
MULDER: I get poisoned, by what?
JEREMIAH: By it touching you. You should have a mark of entry somewhere on your body. Where did it shove you from when you went into the door?
MULDER: I think from the side.
JEREMIAH: Lift up your shirt sleeve. (Mulder does and there's a bruise teeth like mark on his upper bicep. Scully stares at it in anger.) This is why.
11:30 P.M.
(Mulder is on the sofa. Scully is sitting with him, leaned on him with her lap top in her lap. She stretches and rubs her face of exhaustion. She suddenly sits up in alertness finding something.)
SCULLY: Mulder! I think I found something. There was another incident that happened it's at a forestry building built near Washington state Wenatchee national forest park. They are sponsors for the Electra company.
MULDER: Why out there. It's a reservation.
SCULLY: A reservation possibly tied into this entity were dealing with.
MULDER: Problem is it's over a 12 hour drive from here. We'll have to take my craft. Get there in two. I'll just have to deal with a headache.
WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST
1 A.M.
(They end up in a small cabin fully supplied by Jeremiah. Scully looks around as Mulder just stands there by the fireplace. Fire is already burning..)
SCULLY: Jeremiah, I must admit you went all out.
JEREMIAH: Well while you were packing I did research on cabin rentals, and this was one of the elite cabins. You even have food and drinks. (Scully walks over to the small kitchen and opens the fridge, there's water, orange juice and food and bread on the counter top next to the fridge. Scully closes the door.) I need to go. Call me if you need me. (Looks at Scully.) And agent Scully, be careful. It knows your both here. And keep an eye on Mulder.
SCULLY: When don't I? (He disappears. Scully looks over at Mulder.) You look like your about to fall down.
MULDER: It's one in the morning Scully and my head is pounding. (Sits on the sofa by the fire.)
SCULLY: We both should get some shut eye. I got a feeling were going to have to hike it. (Mulder looks at her.) Lets go to bed.
MULDER: If there is one.
SCULLY: Why wouldn't there be a bed. (Mulder stands up.) Lets go see. (Mulder follows her.)
9 A.M.
(Its foggy outside the cabin and cold. Scully wakes up and sits up shivering. She looks back at Mulder. He's still asleep covered up. Scully stands up looks out the window. Notices the fog.)
SCULLY: Wow! (Mulder wakes up looking Scully's way.)
MULDER: What is it?
SCULLY: it's really foggy as out there.
MULDER: (Sits up to fast and holds his head with his elbows on his knees.) Ugh.
SCULLY: (Looks back at him.) Mulder, you ok?
MULDER: I sat up to fast.
SCULLY: (Walks over to him.) Its ok just take it easy. I fix us some breakfast, food should help. (Walks over to the kitchen. Mulder lays back and sighs.)
MULDER: This ever going to stop.
SCULLY: Come out to the kitchen with me. There's a blanket on the sofa. I'll get a fire going as soon I get breakfast started.
MULDER: Think there's any chance in finding answers out here? I'm doubting my own suspicions.
SCULLY: Good as anywhere else you think? (Mulder stares at her.)
2 HRS LATER
(Scully is drinking coffee and stares out the window. It's still very foggy outside.)
SCULLY: I think this entity, ghost, whatever you want to call it is causing this fog. (Mulder walks up to the door opening it. Fog comes into the cabin. Scully walks over to him.) Its thick. (Scully walks away to get more coffee.)
MULDER: (Staring into the fog. He suddenly sees something dark move by in the fog.) Scully I think there's something out there. (He sees it a little closer, Scully turns around seeing it.)
SCULLY: Mulder close the door! (Mulder slams it shut just as the entity comes after him. Pounds at the door and screams as Scully rushes over to Mulder.)
MULDER: How are we going to get over there now?
SCULLY: I don't know. We need Jeremiah. (Scully looks around while walking. She grabs her phone and calls him. She waits and he answers.) Jeremiah, we need you! (Scully turns around right into Jeremaih. Scully backs off.) Jeremiah, we need to talk about how you show up.
JEREMIAH: What's going on, why are you not at the building yet.
SCULLY: One it's foggy as a swamp, and two that entity is right outside our door. It just tried taking a grab at Mulder. (Jeremiah looks out the window.)
JEREMIAH: It seems to be gone now. (Notices Mulder leaning against the wall.) You ok, Mulder. (Scully snaps a stare over at Mulder. He seems out of breath.)
MULDER: She drained me even through the door.
JEREMIAH: We got to get this stopped. I'll take you to the building, it's the safest way. (Looks at Scully.) Get what you need I'll take you now.
WENATCHEE NATIONAL BUILDING
(Scully, Mulder and Jeremaih are standing out at the entrance of the building. It's still foggy. The building appears closed.)
SCULLY: This is convincing. You sure they were open this time a year, Mulder?
MULDER: It's a company, Scully. Not a resort.
SCULLY: (Walks to the doors, they automatically open. Scully looks back at the two back at the doors.) That's something you don't see in a company every day.
JEREMIAH: We need to be cautious, something don't feel right. (They all walk in.)
SCULLY: Mulder, stay close.
MULDER: Have no argument from me. (Inside there are employee's walking back and forth and a security desk in front of them. They walk up to the desk.)
SECURITY: How may I help you?
SCULLY: Yes, were interns from Washington State University. And we wanted to know how a reservation such as yours is kept up and ran.
SECURITY: For that you will need to talk to our head ranger and he's not here today. He had become ill and we're not sure when he'll return.
MULDER: Do you mind telling us when he became sick?
SECURITY: (Looks at him weird.) I think over three days ago.
SCULLY: Thank you, sorry for troubling you
SECURTIY: If you'd like we can send a regular ranger to give you a tour and answer questions if you'd like.
MULDER: That would be great.
SECURITY: Give me a few minutes and I'll let you know when they'll send you one up.
SCULLY: We appreciate that thank you. (They walk over to some chairs and sit down.) Well I'll give them an A plus for courtesy.
JEREMIAH: I wouldn't get to comfortable with it. Something evil about this place.
SCULLY: Something isn't quite right here that's for sure.
SECURITY: (Looks over at them.) the ranger will be here in ten minutes.
SCULLY: (Stands up.) Thank you. We'll be outside. (The three of them walk outside.)
JEREMIAH: What is it exactly are we looking for?
MULDER: Artifacts, engravings, crop circles, whatever wherever they'll be something triggering this spirit to life. (A four-door jeep wrangler drives up with a ranger and forest painted on it. The ranger steps out.)
DON: Hello are you three the interns? (Scully nods yes.) That's great. My name is Don. I'll show you around the forest and grounds and offices as you need necessary for your research. Go ahead into the car and we'll get going. (All of them get into the car, Jeremiah sits up front. They drive through the woods, the fog somewhat lifted as it starts to rain.)
SCULLY: Talk about if it don't rain it pours.
DON: (Looking in his review mirror at Scully.) I'm sorry?
SCULLY: (Looks at him.) I was just saying we came out here and it was really foggy now it's raining.
DON: You'll find that kind of weather up here this time of year. Now as we drive around this corner to your right you will see our facility of insect research and human tolerance.
JEREMIAH: Human tolerance?
DON: Yes, we have volunteers come and allow certain insects to bite people to see how long an individual can handle the certain bite before it can have a dramatic if any effect on the person.
JEREMIAH: Why would they allow that?
DON: They're merely volunteers that understand there are risks involved. But not to worry we have a complete medical staff should something bad occur. (They drive past the building and on up over a hill near a cliff edge.) Now to our left there's a facility that studies found artifacts.
MULDER: What kind of artifacts?
DON: Anything they find along mountain sides and valleys.
SCULLY: Can we stop and see some of them?
DON: I don't see why not. (Pulls in front of the building and stops. They all get out and stand by the door. Don walks over to the door and everyone follows. They walk into one of the show rooms. All the relics are in glass case displays.) Feel free to look around. (Mulder and Scully separate along with Jeremiah as they all look at different things. Jeremiah notices a alien relic blade, and looks around for Mulder.)
JEREMIAH: Mulder! (Mulder looks his way.) Come here. (Mulder walks over to him.)
MULDER: What is it?
JEREMIAH: Look familiar to you?
MULDER: (Looks at the case and sees it.) The alien blade? How this get here?
JEREMIAH: I don't know but I do not like it.
MULDER: That makes two of us where's Scully? (They both look around where they stand and see her. Suddenly Mulder gets a sharp pain in his head he grabs both sides of his head cringing in pain. Scully notices.)
SCULLY: Mulder! (Runs over to him putting both hands on either sides of his arms.) Mulder what's wrong? (Mulder stands up straight.)
MULDER: The pain. (Scully looks at Jeremiah. Jeremiah gets near Mulder and puts his hand on his head. Jeremiah removes it and Mulder looks at Jeremiah and at Scully.) This is it Scully.
SCULLY: What is? (Points at the blade. Scully notices.) What the hell. (Cas stares at the blade.) That's the alien blade again.
KRYCEK: Good job Nancy Drew and Hardy boys. Now that your done snooping, you better be on your way. (Everyone turns around and stares at him.) You all are looking well. Except Mulder. What's it like to be bitten by a spirit? (Mulder growls at him.
JEREMIAH: What are you doing here?
KRYCEK: I was told you were snooping around where you all have no business being, this is my domain. You need leave or I will have to call on Electra.
SCULLY: Why? What do you have need of an old Greek legend spirit?
KRYCEK: That's none of your business.
MULDER: It is when it concerns death of innocent people.
KRYCEK: Fine I inject you Mulder that will heal you, then will I be done with your snubbing?
SCULLY: Fine!
MULDER: Scully, no.
KRYCEK: (Gets a syringe out and gets near Mulder. Mulder stares at him with hatred.) Don't stare at me like that. (Touches his arm and injects him. the bite disappear.) Now that that's done you all need to go away. (Snaps his fingers. Mulder and Scully disappear. Jeremiah stands there glaring at him.) What do you want?
JEREMIAH: What are you up?
KRYCEK: Nothing that concerns you.
JEREMIAH: Where you send them?
KRYCKE: Doesn't matter now does it. (Disappears. Jeremiah looks around.)
(Out in the forest as its pouring down rain Mulder and Scully are standing in the middle of it looking around lost.)
SCUULY: What the hell?
MULDER: I figure he'd sent us home he was sending us home? Stupid alien clone!
SCULLY: Even so this is Krycek were talking about. Think he's ever going to do exactly what he says?
MULDER: Not really, (Wraps his arms around himself.) What are we going to do?
SCULLY: Gotta find shelter get out of this rain. Its friggen cold. (They start walking.)
MULDER: Need a GPS. (Gets his phone out there's no signal Scully notices.)
SCULLY: Compass would be good right about now.
MULDER: Wonder where Jeremiah is?
SCULLY: Not sure but this rain is getting heavier.
(An hour passes as Mulder and Scully continue walking in the heavy down pour. They find a rock that over hangs out enough to provide a partial shelter. They get up under it. Mulder sits in the back at a corner huddle with his knees up to his chest.)
MULDER: I want to be home
SCULLY: (Snuggles to him.) I'm with you there.
7:45 P.M.
(Mulder and Scully are still under the overhanging rock. Scully stands up looking at the pouring down rain.)
SCULLY: Is this rain ever going to stop? We need to try to get back at least to that cabin.
MULDER: I'm game for anything. I'm freezing, Scully.
SCULLY: Yeah me too. I got a feeling if we continue the way were headed we may find the cabin.
MULDER: And if we don't?
SCULLY: (Looks back at him.) Were in trouble.
MULDER: (Stands up.) The odds sound great right about now. We stay here we starve. We go we'll starve and catch pneumonia.
SCULLY: Only thing we can do is try on odds such as that and hope neither happens. It's going to be dark soon so we better get trudging.
1 HR LATER
(It's getting dark and the rain is still coming down steady. They're walking through sticks and weeds and downed trees. As they're walking Scully comes near and cliff side and stops. The edge she's standing starts to give from all the rain saturation. Scully tries to back away and it gives away just before she moves. She falls across a sharp rock cutting her forearm up to her elbow. She grabs onto a large root trying to hang on.)
SCULLY: (Yells out.) Mulder! Help! (Mulder looks around not seeing her.)
MULDER: Scully?
SCULLY: Mulder! Over here!
MULDER: Where are you? (No answer.) Scully?!
SCULLY: Mulder! (Mulder rushes over to the voice and suddenly stops and notices the cliff. He gets down on his knees and starts reaching for her.)
MULDER: Scully take my hand! (She tries reaching.)
SCULLY: I can't Mulder, you're too far.
MULDER: Come on Scully try! (Scully tries to reach as hard as she can. She touches Mulder's finger tips groaning out in a stretch and pain.) Come on Scully! You can do it. You have to.
SCULLY: It hurts Mulder. I got no strength left.
MULDER: (Tries reaching further without falling himself.) Come on grab my hand. (Scully stretches one last stretch and barely gets a hold of Mulder's hand. Mulder struggles to slowly pull Scully up. As he gets her up off the cliff edge they both lay there out of breath in the mud and rain) Don't ever do that again.
DEAN: Don't worry (Sits up in pain.) I have no intention to. (Looks at his right arm as its bleeding. Sam notices and looks at it.)
MULDER: (Looks at Scully.) Scully you're cut! It looks like its cut deep. (Takes the edge of his shirt and tears it and wraps Scully's arm in it.) This is going to have to do for now. Hope to God we find this cabin. (Stands up and gently helps Scully up.) Keep it to your chest hopes it'll slow down bleeding. Come on we got to keep moving.
SCULLY: (Walking close to him.) You're not mad or worried?
MULDER: I have no reason to be mad other than at Krycek, and I'm worried as hell.
2 HOURS LATER
(Mulder and Scully are sitting under a large downed tree that's providing some shelter from the down pouring rain. Scully is huddled in a ball shivering and turning pail. Mulder looks at her in concern. He looks out at the rain and dark and whispers to himself.)
MULDER: Where are you Jeremiah? We need you, Scully needs you she's hurt and losing blood. Where the hell is that cabin? (A rumbling of thunder and a flash of lightening reveals faintly where they are, the cabin comes into view a hundred feet across from them. Mulder notices and sits up at attention. Another flash of lightening and he sees it clearer as the thunder gets louder. Mulder looks at Scully.) Come on Scully, I see the cabin.
SCULLY: (Weakly looks over at him.) What?
MULDER: I see the cabin. It's just a few feet ahead of us. (Walks over to her and helps her up.) Come on.
SCULLY: How do you know for sure it was the cabin we were at before?
MULDER: I don't but we need better shelter then out here. That storm sounds bad. (The lightning flashes and thunder rolls as they rush across toward the cabin through the rain. The lightning flashes revealing the way to the cabin. They reach it. Mulder opens the door and escorts Scully in, turning on the lights. He closes the door behind them laying the gear on the floor and sits Scully on the sofa. Scully lays back hold hers arm looking at it. Mulder looks at her.) How is it? I'm going to get the first aid box out.
SCULLY: It's hurting. You'll need to clean it first, Mulder. Then I'll talk you through the rest. (Mulder goes to get the box, Scully sits there. She looks at his arm and its real red and blood covered. Mulder comes in with the kit and a bottle of antiseptic and towels. He sits it on the table in front of Scully. He looks at her arm.) Looks like infections trying to set in.
SCULLY: I've noticed that too. Take the antiseptic and use some cause to clean it with. (He does as she said. After 10 minutes of her talking him through the stitches and cleaning of her would. Mulder puts the kit away and sits by her. She leans on his shoulder as she rests her wrapped arm to her stomach. Suddenly there's a loud thud at the door. Mulder and Scully come to attention staring at the door. Mulder slightly growls toward it. He grabs his gun.) Sit tight. (Mulder cautiously walk over to the window and peers through the curtain. Its Jeremiah soaking wet and leaning on the door. Mulder quickly opens the door.) Jeremiah! (Jeremiah falls into him. Mulder helps him in slamming the door shut. He sits him down in a recliner.) What happened to you?
JEREMIAH: (Out of breath.) Your friend.
MULDER: He's no friend of mine.. (Walks over to Scully and sits beside her.)
JEREMIAH: (Noticing.) What's happened to agent Scully?
MULDER: She got cut by a tree root falling off a cliff edge.
JEREMIAH: Why were you near a cliff edge?
SCULLY: I didn't see it till it was too late.
JEREMIAH: I'd heal you but Krycek all but drained me.
MULDER: Its fine Jeremiah. She'll be fine. (Jeremiah stares at them with an unsure expression.)
2 A.M.
(It's still raining outside. Scully is asleep on the sofa with his wrapped-up arm across his chest. Dean is sitting on the floor watching the fire. Jeremiah notices.)
JEREMIAH: You look deep in thought. You should really get some sleep too Mulder.
MULDER: Not tired.
JEREMIAH: Krycek set us up you know this right?
MULDER: (Looks back at him.) You sure know how to help me sleep.
JEREMIAH: I'm sorry.
MULDER: (Leans against the sofa Scully is sleeping on.) Other then it's Kryceks way, how is he setting us up.
JEREMIAH: Well, we walked right into an alien craft.
MULDER: (Looks back at him.) What?
JEREMIAH: You know Krycek better than me. But you know it's his way of putting us as guinea pigs. The whole spirit thing was to lure us all into his little game. (Mulder stares at the fire.) Mulder, you, ok?
MULDER: (Still staring at the fire in anger.) I don't like games. (Stands up and starts walking around and yells.) KRYCEK! You better show you're good for nothing face here right now! (Krycek shows up in confusion looking around and notices Mulder and Jeremiah.)
KRYCEK: How the heck did you just do that?
MULDER: Do what?
KRYCEK: You just called me and made me to show up here of all places! How did you do it!
MULDER: I don't know how it happened. But I yelled your name and here you are
KRYCEK: Lucky me! Now what do you want?
MULDER: Why do you have us here? Putting us in a spot to find this so called "spirit" killing people when you knew wed hunt it out?
KRYCEK: You come up with all that on your own, did you? I'm proud of you. Well now that my secret is out, I did dangle a carrot out there, however in actuality I need your help.
MULDER: Our help? You deserted us out there left us in the middle of the forest, in the rain, Scully gets hurt as a result and you want our help?
CROWLEY: I said nothing about "our". I was referring to one of you. Not the both of you. (Krycek looks over at Scully lying there asleep and he gets close to her.)
MULDER: What are you doing Krycek? Get away from her!
KRYCEK: You may have some power to control me, but not enough, Fox Mulder! (Snaps his fingers, Mulder disappears. Krycek looks at Scully standing over her.) Now that we have the distractions out of the way. I can discuss my proposition to you. (Scully wakes up and looks up at Krycek. She quickly sits up.)
SCULLY: Krycek! (Looks around in panic.) Where's Mulder!?
KRYCEK: If you don't settle down, I'm going to have to take matters into my own hands!
SCULLY: Where is he?!
KRYCEK: He's at your little cabin!
SCULLY: Why? What do you want?
KRYCEK: I need your help, agent Scully.
SCULLY: What help for what?
KRYCEK: First let me take care of this. (Touches her arm it's instantly healed. She looks at him in surprise.) And second, (Takes out a syringe.) I owe still you some alien DNA that you try taking from me.
SCULLY: (Stares at him in fear.) NO! (Tries standing up, she can't move.) KRYCEK!
KRYCEK: What's wrong Agent Scully? Just doing you a favor. (Jams the syringe into her bicep. Scully cringes and convulses a little and passes out.) Hmm, didn't see that coming.
CABIN 8:30 A.M.
(Mulder is behind Scully's laptop, searching for her whereabouts through his cell phone locater. Jeremiah sits down across from him.)
JEREMIAH: Find anything yet?
MULDER: No.
JEREMIAH: Why would Krycek want agent Scully.
MULDER: It's obvious; he wants her to be a hybrid alien, I think. He tried me, now he's trying Scully.
JEREMIAH: She's the less likely candidate to handle such a thing.
MULDER: That's probably another of the reasons why. (He stares at him.)
LITTLE DIVE BAR
NEW JERSEY
2 WEEKS LATER 9 P.M.
(Scully is sitting at the bar. Krycek next to him. He's drinking a beer.)
SCULLY: So, what's our assignment for the night?
KRYCEK: We get into my craft and abduct these people. There's three of them. and I need your doctor expertise to conduct studies on them to see how they respond to the same substance I gave you. (Hands her four syringes.) Here's these for you. Let's go. As soon as I get them into the craft. Inject them. It'll do the rest till we get to the lab you'll be working at. (They leave the bar.)
26 FAIRVIEW DRIVE
NORTON COLORADO LAB 9:45 P.M.
(Inside the lab, Scully is in a test room, full of examining tables and computers for analyzation and testing. She has a man laying on one of the tables unconscious. With heart monitors and IV's connected to him. She injects the IV line with substance Krycek had given her. Krycek walks into the room and up behind her.)
KRYCEK: How's it going?
SCULLY: (Looks back at him and back at the IV she's injecting.) Slow but steady. I'm administering the second vial now.
KRYCEK: Good. Very good. Now all we have to do is wait a couple hours and see how he responds to it.
SCULLY: The last patient you had me inject didn't respond at all. And I gave them three vials. (Krycek stares at her.)
KRYCEK: Well, lets go for four. If they don't respond to that. We'll just releasing them from here and send them on their way.
SCULLY: (Looks at the monitors that are connected to the man.) Yes sir.
KRYCEK: (Gets close to her.) You don't have to call me sir. We have a close relationship now you and me. (She looks at him.) You know you have a thing for me.
SCULLY: Do I ?
KRYCEK: Sure, you do. (Attempts to kiss her. She yields to him as he gets intimate with his kiss. She stops him.)
SCULLY: We're at work. We'll get in trouble.
KRYCEK: We can't get in trouble. (Wraps his arms around her and kisses her while talking.) I own this place.
AT THE CABIN 10:15 A.M.
(Mulder is on his phone making calls. Jeremiah is sitting on the sofa watching the news.)
MULDER: Well, if you hear or see anything let me know, ok? Thank you. (Hangs up and looks Jeremiah's way.) Nothing anywhere and it's been two weeks.
JEREMIAH: Who was that on the phone?
MULDER: Sheriff Mills. She said she'd keep an eye and ear out for her and Krycek. Think he killed her, Jeremiah?
JEREMIAH: I don't think so. But I don't know him like you do. But if he wants her as a test subject. Then I would say there's a pretty good chance she is., (Looks at the TV and there's a special news report about people coming in Norton Colorado coming up missing and disappearing from place. That authorities are urging people to not stay out late and may issue a curfew due to the numerous incidences.) Mulder! (Mulder walks over to him.) Look.
MULDER: I Need to go there and check it out.
JEREMIAH: Agent Scully couldn't do that.
MULDER: No, but its still worth investigating.
NEW JERSEY
HOTEL DEALS
(Scully is in a room sitting at the edge of the bed. Krycek is sitting by her.)
KRYCEK: Your're an amazing woman, Dana. A heck of scientist and a loving woman.
SCULLY: Thank you, Alex. Im going to take a shower.
KRYCEK: Want me to join you?
SCULLY: (Looks at him seductively and kisses him.) No. That's ok. (Scully starts to walk to the bathroom and suddenly collapses. Krycek notices and rushes over to her.) Dana? Talk to me, you ok? (Scully sits up dazed.)
SCULLY: I don't know. Feel week all of the sudden. (Looks around in confusion.) Where am I? What are you doing here, Krycek!? (Starts panicking.) Where's Mulder!? (Krycek stares at her.)
KRYCEK: Who? (Changes the subject. Helps Scully up.) Come on let's sit down over here. This will pass it's going to be ok. (Krycek opens a box of syringes and injects her with alien blood. Scully lays back out of breath and settling down. She looks at Krycek.)
SCULLY: What happened?
KRYCEK: You just need some rest you worked too hard as of late. Get some rest and we'll talk in the morning. (Walks out of the room Scully sits there.)
24 HOURS LATER, JERSEY BAR
7 P.M.
(Mulder and Jeremiah walk in. Mulder looks around and they both walk up to the bar and sit down on the stools. The bartender walks over.)
BARTENDER: What would you guys like?
MULDER: A small shot of anything you pick.
JEREMIAH: I don't need anything. (The bartender gets Mulder's request and hands it too him. Mulder takes it and sips out of it looking around.) Think he'll be here?
MULDER: Don't know it's a long shot. (Jeremiah looks around and happens to notice ten people down from where they're sitting Scully sitting at the bar drinking. Mulder notices her. Jeremiah notices him staring)
JEREMIAH: What is it?
MULDER: I think its Scully.
JEREMIAH: (Looking and sees her.) Easy Mulder. You go running over there she may run off.
MULDER: I can't just not do something, Krycek is possibly trying to turn her on me.
JEREMIAH: Let me go over. I'll just act like a complete stranger and see how She reacts, ok?
MULDER: Let me do it. She's my wife. (Jeremiah reluctantly nods yes. Mulder walks over near Scully and sits at nearby empty stool. Mulder smiles and sits down.) Hey
SCULLY: (Smiles.) Hi. (Takes a drink of her wine.)
MULDER: I don't mean to pry or anything, but I come here often, I don't think I've seen you come around. You new in town?
SCULLY: Its ok. I'm just passing through.
MULDER: Ah, I was just curious. Well, I won't bother you no more. Maybe I'll see you around.
SCULLY: Yeh, good night. (Mulder walks away and back over to Jeremiah. Mulder sits down staring at the counter top.)
JEREMIAH: Well?
MULDER: She didn't seem to know me. I was a perfect stranger to her. (Jeremiah looks at him.)
JEREMIAH: Krycek has something on her. I'm going over and see what I can read off of her. (Dean looks at him.) And don't worry I don't even have to talk to her. (Walks over to Scully and sits down at the same bar stool. The bartender walks over to him. Jeremiah looks at him.) I'll a ginger ale. (Scully looks at him.)
SCULLY: Why are you here?
JEREMIAH: Excuse me?
SCULLY: (Looks at him with black eyes.) You're a clone! Get away from me before I kill you. (Jeremiah stares at her.)
JEREMIAH: For the sake of your Husband, I'll leave you alone. (Jeremiah starts to walk away.)
SCULLY: I've never been married! (Jeremiah walks on over to Mulder.)
MULDER: Well?
JEREMIAH: She's infested with alien blood. And her body is rejecting it. She's weakening.
MULDER: We need to get her out of here.
JEREMIAH: She knows who I am. Not by name but he was able to sense what I am. (Krycek walks in. Mulder catches eye of him.)
MULDER: KRYCEK! (Mulder starts toward him Jeremiah stops him.)
JEREMIAH: Mulder no!
MULDER: (Glares at him.) What?
JEREMIAH: All Krycek has to do is disappear with agent Scully. This way we know at least where they are.
MULDER: I can't just let him have Scully!
JEREMIAH: I know Mulder but we can't afford them disappearing on us either. (Krycek and Scully walk out.) Let's follow them. (They walk out after them. Outside they look around for them.)
KRYCEK: Hey Jeremiah. (Jeremiah and Mulder look the direction of the voice. Krycek snaps his fingers. Jeremiah disappears. Mulder stands there glaring at him.) Don't you look at me with that attitude! (Scully walks up behind Mulder and hits him with a club knocking him out.)
WAREHOUSE 10 P.M.
(Mulder wakes up finding himself tied up in a chair. He's sweaty and has a gash on the side of his face. He looks around in a dimly lit warehouse. Krycek is standing in the dark)
KRYCEK: Hello Mulder.
MULDER: Where are you, where's Scully?
KRYCEK: (Stepping into the light.) Oh, she's around. You saw how he reacted to you at that bar.. You no longer have a partner, Mulder.
MULDER: What have you done to her?
KRYCEK: Nothing that I haven't done to you. (Picks up a knife and looks at it as he's talking. Walks over to Mulder.)
MULDER: (Watching him.) What's that supposed to mean?
KRYCEK: (Gets in his face.) It means she's mine and no longer yours. (Puts the knife to his throat.) I should end you now, so I can have Scully without any interruption from you. But I think it would be better to have Scully do it. (Krycek backs away as Scully walks out of the dark. Mulder looks at her in fear and worry.)
KRYCEK: (Whispers into Scully's ear.) Kill him; torture him, whatever you feel like doing. He's been a thorn in my flesh for years.
SCULLY: Yes honey. (Kisses him on the cheek. Mulder stares in shock at them, and starts breathing heavy.)
KRYCEK: Well then, I'll leave you two to it then. Ill return when you're done Dana. (Krycek walks out as Scully stands there staring at Mulder.)
MULDER: Alone at last huh Scully? (Scully just stands there glaring at him.) I know your still in there Scully. You'd never want to hurt me!
SCULLY: (Gets in Deans face.) Shut up!
MULDER: Come on Scully, you can fight it. I know you're hearing me! (Scully takes a knife and cuts Mulder's arm near the elbow. Mulder cringes and groans in pain.) Scully please fight what's holding you!
SCULLY: I'm going to enjoy your pain while you slowly bleed to death and calling what you claim is yours! (Cuts his other arm in the same place. Mulder groans out in pain.) You're so pathetic. Thinking you're so bad and all that. You think you got things under control. (Punches him across the face.) You think you're the great protector. (Punches him in the stomach.) You're never going to be burdened again by the time I get done with you! (Punches him hard across the face again.)
MULDER: (In pain.) Scully! Please you can fight this!
SCULLY: (Punches him in the stomach again.) Stop calling me that! (Cuts Mulders thigh. Mulder gasps in pain.) Now I'm going to sit here and watch you suffer for a few minutes then I'm killing you!
MULDER: (Out of breath from pain.) Why Scully? You have to fight this thing. I need you Scully you know this. I'm nothing without you. I love you!
SCULLY: You're nothing regardless who you are with!
MULDER: Remember our assignments separated us and how we hated it and couldn't stand being apart from each other? And we had to have other partners to work with that needed trained?
SCULLY: I don't remember no such thing! (Stands up.) Now shut up! (Scully raises the knife to stab Mulder.)
MULDER: Scully please!
SCULLY: I told you to shut up! (Suddenly she collapses and groans in pain.)
MULDER: (Looking at her in concern.) Scully! (Scully looks around in confusion and over at Mulder.)
SCULLY: Mulder! What happened? Where are we?
MULDER: At some warehouse. Can you get me untied?
SCULLY: (Weakly gets up.) What happened to you? (Gets Mulder untied.)
MULDER: Krycek tied me up and you cut me up.
SCULLY: What? I wouldn't do that!
MULDER: He's giving you Alien blood Scully. He's been injecting it into you. (Cringes in pain.)
SCULLY: Need to get you out of here. (Scully shakes a little and hunches over groaning.)
MULDER: Scully!
SCULLY: I'm ok, this alien crap don't agree with me. (Mulder tries getting up cringing in pain. Scully helps him. Mulder leans on her as Krycek walks in.)
KRYCEK: So how's it going? (Notices what's going on.) What are you doing, Dana?
SCULLY: (Glaring at him.) Saving Mulder!
KRYCEK: What!? You can't do that! (Krycek starts approaching him.)
SCULLY: Don't you come one step closer!
KRYCEK: Or what? What are you going to do? (Scully stares at him.) What you're trying to do won't work on me!
SCULLY: Shut up! (Suddenly Krycek goes flying across the room into a walk knocking him out.) Come on Mulder, let's get out of here. (Scully helps Mulder out of the room and warehouse. Outside they both look around.)
MULDER: (Weak.) Now what?
SCULLY: Where's Jeremiah?
MULDER: Krycek sent him away.
SCULLY: (Looks around.) Jeremiah, we need you! Where are you? (They both slowly walk away from the warehouse. Jeremiah shows up behind them.)
JEREMIAH: You guys look like hell. (They both turn around)
MULDER: Jeremiah you're a sight for sore eyes. (Jeremiah stares at him.) Never mind get us out of here please. (Jeremaih looks at them and all disappear. In the warehouse, Krycek sits up holding his head. Punches the wall in frustration.)
CABIN 5 A.M.
(Scully and Jeremiah are in the study sitting at the table.)
SCULLY: How's Mulder?
JEREMIAH: He's asleep in your bedroom.
SCULLY: You heal him.
JEREMIAH: Yes, but his body still needs the rest. How are you feeling?
SCULLY: I'll live. (Jeremiah stares at her not believing her.)
JEREMIAH: You still have that Alien blood in you. (Scully stares at him. He gets near her. He lays his hand on Scully's arm that Krycek had put the syringes into. She cringes in pain and collapses to the floor.)
JEREMIAH: (Gets on the floor with her.) Agent Scully, What's wrong? Talk to me. (There's no response. Mulder slowly walks in and notices Scully on the floor. He rushes over to her.)
MULDER: (Gets down on the floor with her.) Scully! (Looks at Jeremiah.) What's going on?
JEREMIAH: I tried getting the alien blood out of her that's still in her. This was the result.
MULDER: (Sits Scully up.) Scully talk to me. (Shakes her gently.) Wake up Scully. Come on don't do this to me. (Scully moves and looks around. Mulder hugs her tight.) You scared me honey.
SCULLY: (Confused.) What happened?
JEREMIAH: You passed out when I tried healing you.
MULDER: Is she delivered?
JEREMIAH: As much as she's going to be. She's going to forever have some of it in her blood.
MULDER: (Stands up and helps Scully up.) You feeling ok now?
SCULLY: Weak but yeh I feel not as heavy inside.
MULDER: I'll get some breakfast on and we'll just take an r and r day. (Walks into the kitchen and Scully nods yes. Jeremiah looks at him.)
JEREMAIH: I got to go. You take care, ok? Call me if you all need me.
SCULLY: Of course, thanks Jeremiah. (He disappears. Scully turns to got to the kitchen as he does the scene shows her eyes. They turn black….)
THE END