The X-Files Fight The Future

(Not answering the question, as she doesn't really know herself, Scully

pulls an evidence bag out of her briefcase and holds it up. She speaks

cautiously, knowing she'll be taken to task for her actions.)

SCULLY: These ... are fossilized bone fragments that I've been able

to study ... that were gathered at the bomb site in Dallas.

A.D. CASSIDY: You've been back to Dallas?

SCULLY: Yes?

(The scene cuts to Casey's Bar as Mulder arrives and seeks out

Kurtzweil who is seated in a booth. Mulder slides into the booth, all

wide-eyed and nervous about the news he brings. They speak softly,

to keep the curious at bay.)

KURTZWEIL: You found something?

MULDER: Yeah. On the Texas border, some kind of experiment,

something they excavated and was brought there in tanker trucks.

KURTZWEIL: What?

MULDER: I'm not sure ... a virus, I think.

(Kurtzweil appears stunned, it's hard to tell as he's always so

bug-eyed and excited. The scene cuts back to the hearing.)

SCULLY: .... and I also have reason to believe that ... there may

have been some involvment by Special Agent In Charge Michaud.

A.D. CASSIDY: Those are very serious allegations, Agent Scully.

SCULLY: Yes, I know.

(Back to Casey's Bar)

KURTZWEIL: You saw this experiment?

MULDER: Yeah, but we were chased off.

KURTZWEIL: What did it look like?

MULDER: There were bees ... corn crops ...

(Kurtzweil appears shocked/excited/confused, you choose.

Back to the hearing.)

A.D. CASSIDY: 卆nd you have conclusive evidence of this?

Something to tie this claim of yours to the crime?

SCULLY: Nnn ... not completely conclusive ?I hope to but we

are ... in the process of ... we're working towards gathering that

evidence.

(During this hesitating speech, the camera shows us something

poor Scully can't see. Somehow, through the huge fans and

shaking off at the domes, the corn field chase, the run for their car,

the drive to the airport, the airplane ride, the drive to the hearing and

even Scully's last suit brush off ... a single dedicated bee has

managed to hide under the collar of Scully's jacket and it now begins

its slow ascent up and over her shoulder towards the back of her neck.

Little theory I'm working on here, might it be attracted to the implant

she has in her pretty little neck? See the episodes "Redux" and

"Redux 2" if this confuses you or you haven't seen season 5 yet.)

A.D. CASSIDY: Working with ...?

SCULLY: (hesitating): 厀ith Agent Mulder.

(Back to Casey抯 Bar.)

MULDER: What are they?

(Kurtweil pauses as he doesn't have a sweet clue.)

KURTZWEIL: What do you think?

MULDER: A transportation system. Transgeneric crops that are

polygenically altered to carry a virus.

KURTZWEIL: That would be my guess.

(He dabs his mouth on a napkin, looks around, gets up and starts

to walk away. Mulder is stunned and gets up to follow him.)

MULDER: Guess? What do you mean "your guess"?! Hey!

(Mulder grabs Kurtweil's shoulder and turns him around to face him.)

MULDER: You told me you had answers!

KURTZWEIL: Yeah, well?I don抰 have 'em all?

MULDER: (disgusted): You didn抰 know my father?

KURTZWEIL: Like I told you, he and I were old friends?

MULDER: (angrily): You抳e been using me! You抳e been using me

to gather information for your god-damned books!

(Kurtweil is looking left and right to see if anyone is paying attention

as Mulder's voice has risen.)

KURTZWEIL: Lower your voice!

(Kurtzweil leaves through the back exit.

Mulder follows him into the alley.)

MULDER: Kurtzweil? Kurtzweil!

(Kurtweil stops and turns to Mulder.)

KURTZWEIL: Yeah, well, you抎 be shit out of luck if it wasn抰 for me!

You saw what you saw 'cause I led you to it! (he stabs Mulder in the

chest with his finger for emphasis.) I抦 putting my ass on the line

for you ...

MULDER: Your ass?! I just got chased through Texas by two black

helicopters!

KURTZWEIL: And why do you think it is you抮e standing here

talking to me? These people don抰 make mistakes!

(Kurtweil walks off leaving Mulder to ponder it all. Mulder hears

footsteps above him on the fire escape. He looks up and we see

it's The First Elder, not sure if Mulder can tell as the sun is in his

eyes. Mulder stalks off, appears to open the doorway to the bar

and next we see him enter his apartment.)

MULDER'S APARTMENT

(Mulder goes right to his desk and pulls open a drawer. He fumbles

around for something, then pulls out a family photo album we've never

seen before. When did this dysfunctional family ever take the time to

capture a Kodak moment?! Apparently quite often as Mulder thumbs

through a few pages and finds what he's looking for .... a picture

taken at a family picnic ... a young Kurtzweil stands with a grin on

his face and a drink in his hand. Mulder stares at the proof in his hand.

Kurtzweil DID know his father, he told him the truth. Mulder sits and

stares for a moment, there's a knock on his door, Scully doesn't wait

for an answer and opens the door. She stands there looking like she's

been figuratively and literally put through the wringer. Her jacket is

undone and her shirt is untucked.)

MULDER: What's wrong?

SCULLY: Salt Lake City, Utah. Transfer effective immediately.

(Mulder turns his body away from her, throws his head back, his

eyes to the heavens with a this-can't-be-happening attitude.)

SCULLY: I already gave Skinner my letter of resignation.

MULDER: You can't quit now, Scully.

SCULLY: I can, Mulder. I debated whether or not even to tell you

in person, but ...

MULDER: We are close to something here! (he finally turns in his

chair to look at her) We're on the verge!

SCULLY: You're on the verge, Mulder. Please don't do this to me.

(Mulder leaps out of his chair and walks over to Scully.)

MULDER: After what you saw last night, after all you've seen,

you can just walk away?

SCULLY: I have, I did, it's done.

MULDER: I need you on this, Scully.

SCULLY: You don't need me, Mulder. You never have.

I've just held you back.

(Mulder looks at her with that hurt puppy dog look in his eyes.

She drops her eyes from his and turns to leave.)

SCULLY: I gotta go.

(He waits for a moment, then Mulder follows her out into the hallway.)

MULDER: You wanna tell yourself that so you can quit with a clear

conscience, you can, but you're wrong!

(She stops and turns to face him.)