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Season 3 · Episode 8

Oubliette

Character-labelled dialogue prepared from the official DVD subtitle track.

Production code3X08Original airdate · November 17, 1995
341 dialogue entries
Scene 01

VALLEY WOODS HIGH SCHOOL

[ shutter clicks ]

Larken

Name, please?

Amy Jacobs

Uh, Amy Jacobs.

Larken

Okay, Amy. Fill out your address card. And may I have the next one in line?

[ girls chattering, indistinct ]

Larken

Carl, I need a reload. Hey, Carl. Hey! I need more film.

Carl Wade

I haven't loaded it yet.

Larken

Why do you even bother coming in if you're not gonna do your job?

Scene 02

Scene 02

[ chattering continues ]

[ sighs deeply ]

[ breath quivering ]

[ shutter clicking, strobe whining ]

[ continues ]

[ sighing breaths ]

[ dog barking ]

[ clattering, clicking ]

[ wind whistling ]

[ dog barking ]

[ gasping ]

[ muffled screaming ]

Carl Wade

[ whimpering ] nobody's gonna spoil us.

[ groaning, whimpering ]

[ dog barking ]

Sister

Amy? Amy! Mom!

Scene 03

Scene 03

[ chattering ]

Waitress

Hurry up with those drinks, Lucy. We're backin' up! What are you doing? These are regular. They all ordered large. What-- what happened?

Scene 04

Scene 04

[ moans, grunts ]

Lucy Householder

[ muttering ] nobody's gonna-- gonna spoil us. Nobody's gonna spoil us. Nobody's gonna spoil... Us. Nobody's gonna-- nobody's gonna spoil us. Nobody's gonna spoil-- nobody's gonna spoil-- nobody's gonna spoil us.

[police radio chatter]

Investigator

Bushes, please. Flowers. Everything. Names. Okay?

Fox Mulder

I'm looking for the agent in charge.

Officer

And you are?

Fox Mulder

Special agent Mulder.

Officer

I'll let him know you're here.

Investigator

Can we get some shots right here along these draperies?

Fox Mulder

Mrs. Jacobs? I'm Fox Mulder. I'm with the FBI. I'm sorry about your daughter.

Mrs. Jacobs

It's her birthday on tuesday.

Fox Mulder

We're gonna do everything we can to find her.

Mrs. Jacobs

Who could do such a thing? Who can take somebody who wasn't theirs?

Fox Mulder

I know you must be feeling--

Mrs. Jacobs

I'm sorry, but how could you really know how I feel?

[ chattering continues on police radio ]

Agent Eubanks

It's blood. Amy had a nosebleed. Her little sister said it happened when the kidnapper... Put his hand over her mouth. We're running it anyway. Walt Eubanks, special agent in charge.

Fox Mulder

Fox Mulder. Any leads on a suspect?

Agent Eubanks

A vague description from the sister. Hair and fiber pulled some interesting bits, but he didn't leave any prints. Here or in the flower beds out front.

Fox Mulder

What about the neighbors?

Agent Eubanks

Nobody saw anything. Not a car. Nothing. It was someone who knew her. That much we can figure. He knew right where he was going.

Fox Mulder

No, I'd bet that he didn't know her so well or else he wouldn't have been so bold.

Agent Eubanks

Either way, we're pretty much chasing our tails... Until something or someone turns on this.

Fox Mulder

What about this woman at the fast-food restaurant?

Agent Eubanks

You heard about that?

Fox Mulder

Yeah, that's why I came down here.

Agent Eubanks

Seems like a pretty thin lead.

Fox Mulder

Mind if I talk to her?

Agent Eubanks

[ scoffs ] hey! Save me the time.

Fox Mulder

Great. Thanks.

Scene 05

UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

[ door opening ]

Dana Scully

[ Scully, breathless ] Mulder.

Fox Mulder

Thought you missed your flight.

Dana Scully

We were delayed in D.C. I tried you on your cell phone--

Fox Mulder

Oh, I forgot it. I left in kind of a hurry.

Dana Scully

Your message said something about a kidnapping?

Fox Mulder

Yeah. Fifteen-year-old girl... Named Amy Jacobs was taken from her bedroom last night. 10:00.

Dana Scully

Is she here?

Fox Mulder

No, they haven't found her.

Dana Scully

Well, what are we doing here?

Fox Mulder

A 30-year-old woman named Lucy Householder... Was admitted here shortly after 10:00. She collapsed at work, suffering from some kind of seizure... And what her doctors are calling "glossolalia."

Dana Scully

Incoherent speech.

Fox Mulder

Technically, but whether she knew it or not, she was repeating the exact words spoken by Amy's abductor... At the exact same time, 20 Miles across town.

Dana Scully

That's spooky.

Fox Mulder

That's my name, isn't it? Turns out Lucy Householder knows a little something about kidnapping herself. When she was eight years old, she was taken from her bedroom while her parents were asleep. She was missing for five years until she escaped and someone found her by the side of a road. Apparently, her abductor had kept her locked in a basement the entire time. They never caught him.

[ elevator dings, door slides open ]

[ tapping ]

[ horn beeping ]

Fox Mulder

Lucy? I'm Fox Mulder. This is Dana Scully. We're with the FBI. We'd like to ask you a few questions.

Lucy Householder

I'd like a cigarette. They won't let me smoke in here.

Dana Scully

Are you feeling any better?

Lucy Householder

Yeah, I'm fine. I'd just like a cigarette.

Fox Mulder

A young girl was kidnapped last night. Have you heard anything about that?

Lucy Householder

What are you asking me for?

Fox Mulder

Do you remember what you were saying last night when you collapsed at work?

Lucy Householder

What?

Fox Mulder

You were saying, "nobody's going to spoil us."

Dana Scully

Does that mean anything to you?

Lucy Householder

No.

Dana Scully

Can you think of any reason why you might have said it?

Lucy Householder

What'd I just say?

Fox Mulder

Those were the exact words... Spoken by the kidnapper to the little girl when he took her last night. So you can see that under the circumstances it might seem strange--

Lucy Householder

So what's your point? All of us kidnap victims gotta stick together?

Fox Mulder

No. We just want to find the little girl any way we can,

Lucy Householder

Look, what I been through in my life I wouldn't want to wish on anybody. Doesn't mean I can make it any better for me or anyone else.

Fox Mulder

All right. Well, thanks for talking to us, Lucy.

Lucy Householder

Yeah. Hey. When do I get out of here?

Dana Scully

As soon as your doctors feel it's okay for you to go.

Lucy Householder

No, they say it's up to you.

Fox Mulder

No. We can't hold you here. You're free to go.

Dana Scully

I guess she's not too big on confined spaces.

Fox Mulder

Yeah.

Scene 06

Scene 06

[ horn beeping ]

[ chattering on dispatch radio ]

Tow Truck Driver

You're the one that called for a tow?

Carl Wade

No, not me.

Tow Truck Driver

Gary mosier?

Carl Wade

No, uh, wrong guy.

Tow Truck Driver

[ sighs ] while I'm out here, I might as well give you a hand.

Carl Wade

It's okay. We'll be fine.

Tow Truck Driver

Think it looks like you're in a world of hurt. Blown sidewall. You're gonna need a new tire.

Carl Wade

Yeah, yeah. It looks that way.

Tow Truck Driver

Got a spare in the trunk?

Carl Wade

Yeah.

Tow Truck Driver

Twenty bucks cash. My boss don't got to know about it. Have you on the road in five minutes.

Carl Wade

I can't pay you.

Tow Truck Driver

Make it ten. Pop your trunk. Take me five minutes, max.

Carl Wade

Leave me alone!

Tow Truck Driver

Hey, man. What the hell's your problem?

Carl Wade

Leave me alone! Get out of here!

Tow Truck Driver

Lunatic! Freak!

Scene 07

FBI REGIONAL FIELD OFFICE

[ chattering ]

Agent Eubanks

Agent Mulder. Lucy Householder. You get anywhere on that?

Fox Mulder

I'm workin' on it.

Agent Eubanks

Got one of my guys on the line. Says she's got a criminal record. Prostitution, narcotics convictions--

Agent Eubanks

She's done some time.

Fox Mulder

That doesn't surprise me, given her history.

Agent Eubanks

She's also got a boyfriend doing time for assault and child endangerment. Used to live with him up in the hills. Pretty sketchy characters.

Fox Mulder

I don't think she's involved.

Agent Eubanks

Closest thing I got right now to a lead. I can tell him to shift some men--

Fox Mulder

No, let me follow up on that, okay? Thanks.

Dana Scully

Mulder. Got something. Something weird.

Fox Mulder

What?

Dana Scully

I was going over Lucy Householder's medical workup, and something hit me. Her blood type is "o" positive.

Fox Mulder

Yeah?

Dana Scully

Forensics lifted two blood types off of her work clothes: "o" positive and "b" positive. Two guesses as to what Amy Jacobs' blood type is.

Fox Mulder

How could it be Amy Jacobs' blood? Lucy was all the way across town.

Dana Scully

I don't know, Mulder, but it begs the question.

Fox Mulder

Because it matches the victim's blood type? How many have "b" positive blood, Scully? One in five? That's hundreds of thousands of people in the local population alone.

Dana Scully

We're not talking about the local population. We're talking about a woman who's tied to this case, who had somebody else's blood on her.

Fox Mulder

Lucy is a victim, Scully. Just like Amy Jacobs. If she's got any connection to this case, that's the extent of it.

Dana Scully

Well, we'll know soon enough.

Fox Mulder

What are you talking about?

Dana Scully

I'm running a p.c.r. On her blood to see if there's a d.n.a. Match.

Fox Mulder

Will you keep that under your hat?

Dana Scully

Why?

Fox Mulder

Because I don't want Lucy Householder treated like a suspect in this case... Until it's absolutely certain that she is one, okay?

[ sighs ]

[ shivering ]

Scene 08

BRIGHT ANGEL HALFWAY HOUSE

Henry

Lucy?

Lucy Householder

I'm cold.

Henry

Brought you another blanket. [ gasps ] we should call the doctor.

Lucy Householder

No!

Henry

[ gasping ] let me see your face. What did you do to yourself?

Lucy Householder

It's dark. Why is it dark? I can't see.

Henry

You hold on now.

Lucy Householder

I can't see! [ panting ]

Scene 09

BRIGHT ANGEL HALFWAY HOUSE

[ latch opening ]

[ gasping ]

[ woman chattering on police radio ]

[ microphone clicking ]

Dispatcher (radio)

Uh, give your e.t.a., please.

Paramedic (radio)

Base, this is 17. Our e.t.a. Is five minutes.

[ microphone clicks ]

Paramedic (radio)

Over.

[ woman continues, indistinct ]

Fox Mulder

How's she doin'?

Paramedic

Fine. Blood pressure's back to normal.

[ door closing ]

Paramedic

Temperature's back up. She must have gone down the rabbit hole for a while. You should get something to eat soon. Get your blood sugar back up.

Fox Mulder

Well, what do you say, Lucy? Can I take you to dinner?

[ door closes ]

Fox Mulder

You feelin' better?

Lucy Householder

Better than what?

Fox Mulder

Better than Amy Jacobs.

Lucy Householder

Wouldn't know.

Fox Mulder

If anybody knows, I say you do.

Lucy Householder

I got my own set of problems now, thank you.

Fox Mulder

How'd you scratch your face?

Lucy Householder

Must have done it in my sleep.

Fox Mulder

Are you using again, Lucy?

Lucy Householder

I'm clean. Passed my test last week. Ask henry.

Henry

With flying colors.

[ slurping soup ]

Fox Mulder

Have you ever experienced temporary blindness before?

Lucy Householder

I've probably experienced just about everything once or twice. It's all been pretty temporary.

Fox Mulder

That girl's in trouble, Lucy.

Lucy Householder

And there's not a damn thing I can do about it. You understand? I can't help you.

Fox Mulder

I think you can, Lucy.

Lucy Householder

How?

Fox Mulder

Well, that's something you have to tell me.

Lucy Householder

What can I possibly do?

Fox Mulder

Lead us to her.

Lucy Householder

I don't know where she is. I don't care. I'm not interested.

Fox Mulder

That's too bad, Lucy, because right now I think you're her best hope.

Lucy Householder

If I'm her "best hope," then that little girl... Is in a hell of a lot more trouble than you think.

Scene 11

Scene 11

[ door closing ]

[ switch clicking ]

[ frightened panting ]

[ strobe flash clicking ]

[ charger whining ]

[ beeping ] [ gasping ]

[ strobe clicking, whining ]

[ sobbing ]

Amy Jacobs

What do you-- what do you want? Why are you doing this?

[ sobbing ]

[ whining increases in intensity ]

Amy Jacobs

I want to go home!

[ sobs, screams ]

Lucy Householder

[ woman, indistinct ] [ screaming ] stop!

Dana Scully

Mulder, I've got--

Fox Mulder

Scully, take a look at this.

Lucy Householder

Stop!

Nurse

How about you just slip under the cover?

Dana Scully

[ screaming continues ] is that Lucy?

Fox Mulder

Yeah. It was taken in 1978, the week she was found.

[ screaming, sobbing ]

Fox Mulder

She'd been held in the dark for so long, her eyes were hypersensitive to the light.

[ indistinct, squeals ]

Fox Mulder

Whoever held her captive wasn't very big on conversation either. She's 13 years old here and can barely string two words together. It's amazing she's gotten anywhere in life.

Dana Scully

Well, by most yardsticks, she hasn't, Mulder.

[ Lucy screaming ]

Dana Scully

I think we've got a break in the case. A big one.

Fox Mulder

What is it?

Dana Scully

One of Eubanks' men discovered it.

Fox Mulder

Who's the photographer?

Dana Scully

It's an outfit called larkin scholastic. The photographer checked out, but his assistant was fired the day after the shoot. A man named Carl Wade.

Fox Mulder

Well, what have you got on him?

Dana Scully

Dmv's an old address, but he spent a good part of the past 15 years... Institutionalized for a bipolar condition. The only thing current we have on him is this photo. It was taken by his employer trying out a new camera.

Fox Mulder

Have you shown this picture to Amy's little sister?

Dana Scully

They're doing it right now.

Fox Mulder

I'm gonna take it and show it to Lucy.

[ footsteps passing ]

[ engine starts, sputters ]

[ engine chugging ]

[ breathing heavily ]

Scene 13

Scene 13

[ grunting ]

[ grunting ]

Fox Mulder

Lucy? Lucy, wait.

Lucy Householder

No, I'm done with you.

Fox Mulder

I just want to ask you a question.

[ knocking ]

Fox Mulder

Lucy, wait a second.

Lucy Householder

Don't... Touch me. I don't like to be touched.

Fox Mulder

I'm sorry.

Lucy Householder

I was doin' okay until this, you know? [ scoffs ] figures.

Fox Mulder

I just want to show you a photograph, okay? You recognize him, don't you? Lucy!

[ engine chugging ]

[ whimpering ]

[ gasping, whimpering ]

[ banging, clattering ]

[ clattering continues ]

Carl Wade

Hey! Stop!

[ panting ]

[ sobs ]

[ muttering ]

[ gasps, whimpers ]

[ gasps, whimpers ]

[ crying in pain ]

[ crying in pain ]

Amy Jacobs

Ow! Ow!

[ whimpering ]

Fox Mulder

Lucy?

[ sobbing ]

Fox Mulder

Lucy?

Lucy Householder

What's happening to me?

[ crying ]

Scene 14

Scene 14

Fox Mulder

He's probably changed a lot over the last 17 years. Did you even know his name? Carl Wade. He worked as a photographer's assistant. School pictures, mostly. That's where he saw Amy Jacobs.

Lucy Householder

So what do you want from me?

Fox Mulder

I want you to tell me what you're going through. It might feel good to tell somebody.

Lucy Householder

I feel like it's happening all over again.

Fox Mulder

You can actually feel what she's going through, can't you?

Lucy Householder

I don't want to go through this again.

Fox Mulder

Lucy, she needs your help.

Lucy Householder

There's nothing I can do.

Fox Mulder

Lucy--

[ car approaching, stopping ]

Fox Mulder

Wait here a second, okay?

[ door opens, closes ]

Fox Mulder

What's goin' on?

Agent Eubanks

We're here to arrest Lucy Householder.

Fox Mulder

Why?

Agent Eubanks

I think you know why, agent Mulder.

Fox Mulder

What the hell is happening?

Dana Scully

Mulder, the blood on Lucy's uniform was an exact d.n.a. Match. Lucy was covered in Amy Jacobs' blood.

Fox Mulder

She didn't do it, Scully.

Dana Scully

Mulder, it's incontrovertible evidence.

Agent Eubanks

Agent Mulder! Where is she?

Fox Mulder

She was just here.

Agent Eubanks

Well, she's gone now.

Scene 15

Scene 15

Amy Jacobs

Please! I-I'm thirsty.

Carl Wade

You shouldn't have run. I was taking care of you. I thought you understood that. Why did you run away?

Amy Jacobs

Please, mister. I need some water!

Carl Wade

You shouldn't have run!

[ footsteps ]

Amy Jacobs

Please. I-I'm so thirsty. [ gasping ] I want my mom!

[ breathing sharply ]

[ footsteps receding ]

Amy Jacobs

I don't want to die here.

[ crying ]

Amy Jacobs

Please? Please, mister. Don't let me die! [ door slamming, echoing ]

[ mutters ]

Scene 16

Scene 16

[ chattering ]

Fox Mulder

You're gonna drive her away with this.

Agent Eubanks

She's been driven away, Mulder.

Fox Mulder

A half-dozen witnesses placed her across town at the time of the kidnapping.

Agent Eubanks

I'm well aware of the facts.

Fox Mulder

Then trust me on this. She's not working with Wade.

Agent Eubanks

How'd she get the blood on her?

Fox Mulder

She may have bled it.

Agent Eubanks

She bled Amy Jacobs' blood?

Fox Mulder

Yes, it may explain why there was so little of it... On the carpet in Amy's bedroom.

Agent Kresge

[ man ] agent Eubanks? Line three.

Agent Eubanks

I don't have time for this nonsense, agent Mulder. We've got a young girl's life at stake.

Dana Scully

I hate to say this, Mulder, but I think you just ran out of credibility.

[ paper crumpling ]

Fox Mulder

He's wrong, Scully.

Dana Scully

You're protecting her beyond the point of reason.

Fox Mulder

I'm protecting her because I think she's connected to Amy Jacobs. Just not the way everybody else thinks she is.

Dana Scully

Did you consider for one minute that the person she's connected to is Carl Wade?

Fox Mulder

Carl Wade. Why would she be connected with Carl Wade?

Dana Scully

For the same twisted reason that abused children crave their parents' love... Or hostages develop sympathy for their captors. I mean, maybe Lucy developed some kind of emotional dependency.

Fox Mulder

After five years in a dark pit, I'm sure she developed some kind of connection with Wade. Just not the kind that you're suggesting.

Dana Scully

It makes more sense than the notion that she's bleeding Amy Jacobs' blood.

Fox Mulder

I don't how to explain it, but I think that Wade's abduction of Amy... Triggered some kind of physical response in Lucy. That's how I account for what Lucy's going through. That's how I account for the identical words that corresponded to Amy... And the spontaneous wounds and blood as well.

Dana Scully

Then why did she run? If she's innocent, what was she running from?

Fox Mulder

Because she's afraid.

Dana Scully

You don't see what you're doing, do you, Mulder? You are so close to this that you just don't see it.

Fox Mulder

What don't I see?

Dana Scully

The extreme rationalization. Your personal identification with the victim-- or, in this case, the suspect. You're becoming some kind of an empath yourself, Mulder. You are so sympathetic to Lucy as a victim-- like your sister-- that you can't see her as a person who's capable of committing this crime.

Fox Mulder

You don't think I've thought of that? I have. And not everything I do and say and think or feel goes back to my sister. You, of all people, should realize that sometimes... Motivations for behavior can be more complex and mysterious... Than tracing them back to one single childhood experience.

Agent Eubanks

Agent Mulder! We've got a man on the way in who spotted Wade.

Tow Truck Driver

Yeah, that's the guy. I offered to fix his flat. Tried to do the guy a favor. He went wacko on me. Started freakin' the minute I got out of my truck.

Fox Mulder

What about the girl? Was she with him?

Tow Truck Driver

I didn't see anyone else. -guess she could have been in the trunk. -

Agent Eubanks

Can you give us an exact spot?

Tow Truck Driver

Yeah.

Agent Eubanks

Right in the middle of nowhere.

Fox Mulder

Which way was the car headed?

Tow Truck Driver

West.

Fox Mulder

Interstate 12, county 15, north. 903. Look at this. Right off the 903.

Agent Eubanks

Easton?

Fox Mulder

That's where Lucy was found 17 years ago.

[ tires squealing ]

[ arguing, indistinct ]

[ engine starting, chugging ]

Scene 17

EASTON, WASHINGTON

Fox Mulder

It's a small town, Scully. Somebody's bound to know Wade's face, where he lives.

Dana Scully

But we already stick out like a sore thumb, Mulder. If we start canvassing main street, somebody's gonna pick up the phone to him.

Fox Mulder

But he's a photographer, right?

Dana Scully

Yeah.

Fox Mulder

He should have an account here.

[ seat belt clicks ]

Scene 18

Scene 18

Dana Scully

[ whispers ] go.

[ sobbing, gasping ]

Fox Mulder

Amy?

Dana Scully

Mulder?

Fox Mulder

Yeah?

Dana Scully

What's happening? Did you find her?

Scene 19

Scene 19

[ footsteps ]

Agent Eubanks

Where are they, Lucy? Tell us where Wade took Amy.

Lucy Householder

I don't know.

Agent Eubanks

Anything happens to that girl, Lucy, and you'll be tried as an accomplice. Were they here when you arrived?

Lucy Householder

No.

Agent Eubanks

You haven't seen him? Spoken with him?

Lucy Householder

I said no!

Agent Eubanks

Then why are you here?

Lucy Householder

I don't know.

Agent Eubanks

Just showed up for no reason in particular? That's what you ask us to believe?

Lucy Householder

I've been here before. A long time ago. It was where he kept me.

Agent Eubanks

So, why are you here now? Take her outside and place her in custody.

Fox Mulder

No. I'll take her. Come on, Lucy.

Agent Eubanks

Agent Mulder--

Dana Scully

It's all right.

[ car door opening ]

Lucy Householder

He hasn't touched her. Not yet. He wants to, but he can't. That's why he takes the pictures.

Fox Mulder

What else, Lucy? Tell me what else.

Lucy Householder

If he can't have her all to himself, that's when he's dangerous. That's when he'll start hurting her.

Fox Mulder

Lucy, you came here to help her.

Lucy Householder

No!

Fox Mulder

Why else would you come back here, if not for Amy? You're sharing her pain.

Lucy Householder

I can't.

Fox Mulder

You're the survivor. You're the strong one. Now Amy needs some of your strength.

Lucy Householder

She's not gonna make it.

Fox Mulder

She has to make it. And you have to help her.

Lucy Householder

[ shivering ] she's cold.

[ coughing ]

Lucy Householder

She's cold and wet.

Fox Mulder

Lucy, Lucy, sit down. Sit down.

[ continues coughing ]

Dana Scully

Mulder, they found Wade's car north of here.

Fox Mulder

They're in the water.

Dana Scully

What?

Fox Mulder

There's a river near here. I think that's where they are.

Dana Scully

But the river's east, and they found Wade's car a mile north.

Fox Mulder

Well, Wade lives here. He knows these woods. He could be doubling back.

Dana Scully

Did she tell you that?

Fox Mulder

No, but I think that's what she's trying to do.

Dana Scully

Mulder, wait! [ sighs ] stay with her, and get word to Eubanks that Wade may be heading towards the river.

[ coughing ]

[ coughing ]

Amy Jacobs

Please. Stop. I can't.

[ siren wailing ]

Carl Wade

Come on! They're comin'!

[ sobbing ]

Amy Jacobs

I can't! Please.

[ siren continues wailing ]

Carl Wade

Nobody-- nobody's gonna spoil us.

Amy Jacobs

No! No, no! [ screaming shrilly ]

[ gasps ]

Agent Kresge

Can you sit up? Can you breathe? Are you able to breathe? [ static burst ] this is agent kreski. I've got what looks like an emergency medical situation. Requesting e.m.s. Over.

Fox Mulder

Wade! Federal officer! Hold it right there! She's not breathing. No pulse either.

[ blowing air ]

[ sighing ]

[ softly ]

Dana Scully

One, two, three, four--

[ exhales ]

Fox Mulder

Come on, Amy, breathe!

[ gasps ]

Dana Scully

Two, three, four, five.

[ puffs air ]

Dana Scully

[ sighs ] there's nothing. [ panting ] Mulder, it's no good. I'm sorry.

Fox Mulder

Damn it, Amy! Come on!

Dana Scully

Now stop. You can't help her.

[ puffing ]

Dana Scully

Mulder, it's no use. Mulder, stop it. Stop it! Mulder, stop! [ gagging, gasping ] Mulder!

[ choking, coughing ]

Dana Scully

She's breathing.

Agent Eubanks

Have you got her?

Dana Scully

Yeah, we've got her.

[ coughing continues ]

Dana Scully

You have to get an e.m.s. Unit here right away with some heat and oxygen.

Agent Eubanks

They're close. We've got them up at Wade's place right now. They're working on Lucy Householder.

[ coughing ]

Amy Jacobs

I'm cold. I want to go home.

Dana Scully

It's getting dark. We have to get her off the river.

Emergency Radio

Rescue 22, clear frequencies.

Agent Kresge

I don't know what happened. She started coughing, then she couldn't breathe. By the time the e.m.s. Guys got here, she was already gone.

[ chattering continues on police radio ]

Emergency Radio

This is unit 11. Copy that.

Scene 20

BRIGHT ANGEL HALFWAY HOUSE

Fox Mulder

How's Amy?

Dana Scully

She's exhausted, but it looks like she's gonna be fine. The doctors want to keep her for a day or two, just to be sure.

Fox Mulder

How serious were her injuries?

Dana Scully

Wade must have left her alone. There were no injuries.

Fox Mulder

He must have dragged her through the woods for at least a mile.

Dana Scully

I know, Mulder. I can't explain it. She didn't have a cut on her. And nobody wants to talk about that right now. Everyone's just relieved... To have her back again, to have her safe.

Fox Mulder

They finish up on Lucy?

Dana Scully

Yes, they, uh-- they brought in the state pathologist last night. So I stopped by to get the autopsy reports on my way.

Fox Mulder

She drowned, didn't she?

Dana Scully

[ sighs ] they found five liters of water in her lungs.

Fox Mulder

She saved Amy's life.

[ intakes sharp breath ]

Dana Scully

Mulder, whatever there was between them, you were part of that connection-- did you think about that? Lucy may have died for Amy, but without you, they never would have found her.

Fox Mulder

I think she died for more than Amy.

Dana Scully

What do you mean?

Fox Mulder

I think, finally, it was... The only way she could escape. The only way she could forget what happened 17 years ago. It was finally the only way she could outrun Carl Wade.

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