The X-Files Fight The Future

Btw, you can see the sign on Widescreen Only!)

MULDER: I was right about the bomb, wasn't I?

SCULLY: This is great, this is fitting.

MULDER: What? (he pulls out the map.)

SCULLY: I have to be in Washington, D.C. in eleven hours for a hearing,

the outcome of which might possibly effect one of the biggest decisions

of my life, and here I am in the middle of Nowhere, Texas chasing

phantom tanker trucks!

MULDER: We're not chasing tanker trucks, Scully, we're chasing

evidence. (still consulting the useless map.)

SCULLY: Evidence of what exactly?

MULDER: That bomb in Dallas was allowed to go off, to hide something.

Bodies infected with a virus you yourself detected!

SCULLY: Mulder, they haul oil in tanker trucks, they haul gas in tanker

trucks, they do not haul viruses in tanker trucks!

MULDER: Well, they may be hauling a virus in these tanker trucks.

(She looks at him quizzically.)

SCULLY: What do you mean? .... Mulder? .... What are you not

telling me? (he is folding the map elaborately, avoiding her stare

and her question.) Mulder?

MULDER: (hesitant) The virus may be extraterrestrial.

(She stares at him with her mouth open, he gives a small grin,

looking like a little kid about to be yelled at by his mommy.)

SCULLY: (rolls her eyes and turns her head) I don't b ... Mulder,

I don't ...

(Her words are cut off by the sound of a train crossing's warning bell,

which is a good thing for young ears out there in Movieland. Ask me

by email what she actually said before the movie's rating was changed,

hoo boy! Anyway, as the train approaches, they both turn to look and

then Mulder walks towards the tracks.)

SCULLY: What? (she holds her arms out by her sides, asking what

the heck he's getting worked up about) Mulder, what?!

(She stands behind him as they both watch the train go by. Its cargo

includes white unmarked tanker trucks. He turns to face her, their eyes

meet and together they race back to the car and hop in, a team again

and off in pursuit of The Truth once more. The car follows next to the

train as it races towards its destination. Soon, the car stops and Mulder

and Scully get out, looking at something we can't see yet.)

SCULLY: What do you think they are?

MULDER: I have no idea.

(They continue to stare at the unseen sight, then begin to walk towards

it. The camera now pans over the crest of the hill Mulder and Scully

have begun to walk down and we see white domes appearing to glow

in the middle of a desert, surrounded by a cornfield. Out of the darkness

of the night, they arrive at the cornfield and walk through it.)

SCULLY: This is weird, Mulder.

MULDER: Very weird.

SCULLY: Any thoughts as to why anybody would be growing corn

in the middle of the desert?

MULDER: Well, those could be giant Jiffy-Pop Poppers.

(TD NOTE: for our foreign viewers, an explanation: Jiffy-Pop is a brand

of popcorn sold in round metallic pans which are placed directly on

the stove. As the popcorn pops, the foil forms a dome. We also saw

this brand in the episode "Chinga", maybe they're a crew fave. Not

the best tasting popcorn, in my opinion, but they are cheap and kids

enjoy watching the dome form. Lesson over, put your books away,

there'll be a quiz later.)

(They arrive at the huge domes, look at each other then proceed.

Mulder opens one of the dome's doors and a blast of air from inside

shoots out. They enter, Mulder's tie askew from the wind, Scully's

hair flowing in the breeze. When they close the door behind them,

fans on the ceiling suddenly blast on, startling them. They walk

further in. Inside the dome it's all metal, stark and futuristic. The

sound of Scully's boot heels echo in the structure as they walk

along a raised walkway. To either side of the walkway are box-like

structures, they appear to be grids from the camera's eye view above.)

SCULLY: It's cool in here. The temperature's being regulated.

MULDER: For the purpose of what?

SCULLY: Mulder, I think we're on top of a larger structure here.

This is some kind of a venting system.

(Mulder stops and turns to Scully.)

MULDER: You hear something? You hear that?

(He steps down off the raised walkway, towards the grids and she

follows behind him.)

SCULLY: I hear a humming...

MULDER: Umm-hmm. (agreeable noise.)

SCULLY: Like electricity, high voltage maybe...

(Mulder puts his fingertips on one of the grids, then bends down and

places his ear on it, listening.)

MULDER: Maybe...

(As he listens, Scully looks up towards the roof.)

MULDER: Maybe not.

(He lifts his head and follows her gaze to the roof. Suddenly, flaps

in the roof open up.)

MULDER: Scully?

SCULLY: Yeah?

MULDER: Run!!

(The vents in the floor grids begin to blast open one by one, hundreds

of bees pour out into the air, seeming to head for the roof's open vents,

but clouding the air with their quantity. Mulder and Scully grab their

jackets and pull them over their heads as they run towards the door

which led them in. Mulder has a good lead on her and twists around

as he runs to see where she is.)

MULDER: Scully!

SCULLY: I can't see!

(Mulder turns back and runs towards Scully.)

MULDER: Grab my hand!

(He grabs her arm and they run toward the door, stopping before they

exit to stamp their feet under the doorway's fans to remove the bees

from their clothing. They finally run out the door, Scully's hair a tangled

mess as they brush themselves off.)

MULDER: Did you get stung?

SCULLY: I don't think so.

(Their attention is drawn to a strange sound. They both walk away from

the dome and stare into the corn. A light appears, could it be a UFO?!

Nope, it's the searchlight from one of two black helicopters! Mulder

and Scully begin to run through the crops to escape the copters.

Huge Big Screen action as the camera pans over the helicopters,

the lights play over the corn as they seek out our heroes, Mulder runs,

Scully runs, Scully crouches in the tall corn, Mulder soon follows suit,

then calls out to her as he can't find her.)

MULDER: Talk to me, Scully! Sculllllllyyyyy! Dammit! Scully!

Scully! Scully! Scully! (he runs from crouching spot to crouching

spot, calling her name in desperation.)

SCULLY: Mulder! (she tries to follow the sound of his voice.)

MULDER: Sculllllllyyyyy!

SCULLY: Mulder!

MULDER: Can you hear me?!!!!

(He continues to run, calling her name again and again.)

MULDER: Scully! Scully! Scully!

SCULLY: Mulder!

MULDER: Scully! Scully, talk to me!!!

(Scully pops out of the corn, not far from him, they run towards each

other, then as a team they begin racing towards their car. Suddenly,

Scully turns around, noticing the silence.)

SCULLY: Where'd they go?

(The helicopters have disappeared. Mulder grabs her shoulder,

pushing her onwards.)

MULDER: Come on.

(They climb back up the hill. The domes and corn are silent again.)

OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL REVIEW

WASHINGTON, DC

(We see A.D. Jana Cassidy looking at some papers then checking

her watch. Scully is late for her hearing. In the hallway, A.D. Skinner

stands watch, his hands on his manly hips (sorry, personal opinion!).

Scully arrives, brushing down her unruly suit. She spots a mirror and

after a glance at Skinner she quickly straightens herself up as best

she can in the mirror. Skinner enters the hearing room.)

SKINNER: She's coming in.

(He holds the door open for Scully as she enters the room and walks

swiftly to her seat, her hair still not quite in place.)

A.D. CASSIDY: Special Agent Scully?

SCULLY: Yes, I apologize for making you wait. I have new evidence.

A.D. CASSIDY: Evidence of what?