Scene 01
NAVAJO RESERVATION · TWO GREY HILLS, NEW MEXICO
[ helicopter rotors clattering ]
Albert Hosteen
There is an ancient indian saying... That something lives only as long as the last person who remembers it. My people have come to trust memory over history. Memory, like fire, is radiant and immutable. While history serves only those who seek to control it, those who would douse the flame of memory, in order to put out the dangerous fire of truth. Beware these men... For they are dangerous themselves and unwise. Their false history is written in the blood of those who might remember... And of those who seek the truth.
Scene 02
ALBERT HOSTEEN'S HOUSE
Soldier #1
Let's go!
Soldier #2
Get down! Get down! Don't move!
Soldier #1
On your knees. Hands behind your head.
Cigarette-Smoking Man
I want to know where Mulder is.
Albert Hosteen
I don't know.
Cigarette-Smoking Man
His car's parked outside! He was here! I want Mulder, and I want those files!
Albert Hosteen
You will find nothing here.
Dana Scully
What happened?
Albert Hosteen
There were men. They were looking for your partner.
Dana Scully
Where is he?
Dana Scully
Mulder!
Scene 03
NAVAJO RESERVATION · NORTHWEST OF LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO
[ helicopter approaching ]
Male Trooper
Out of the car! Come on! Hands on top! Spread your legs!
Dana Scully
Where's agent Mulder?
Male Trooper
Turn and face away! Where are the files?
Dana Scully
In the trunk.
Male Trooper
We need the dat copy!
Dana Scully
I don't have it.
Male Trooper
Who has it?
Dana Scully
Agent Mulder.
Male Trooper
Let's go!
Scene 04
FBI HEADQUARTERS · WASHINGTON, D.C.
Man
It is the recommendation of the office of professional conduct... That special agent Dana Scully... Be given a mandatory leave of absence... Until the full detail of her misconduct can be calculated. This summary action is justified under the o.p.c. Articles of review, and agent Scully will complete her suspension of duty... Without pay or benefits due to the nature of her insubordination... And the direct disobedience of her superior agents. We will have to ask that you check your weapon and your badge... Before you leave the building, agent Scully.
Walter Skinner
We'd also ask that you make yourself available to answer further questions... In our investigation into agent Mulder's whereabouts.
Dana Scully
I've told you everything I know. To the best of my knowledge, agent Mulder is dead.
Walter Skinner
Don't think that this hasn't been difficult for everyone. Agent Scully.
Dana Scully
Who are these people?
Walter Skinner
These people are doing their job.
Dana Scully
What they're doing is putting an official stamp on the perpetuation of a lie.
Walter Skinner
These people have a protocol to follow, which is something you and agent Mulder did not do.
Dana Scully
What about the people who were poisoning agent Mulder's water? Who's protocol was that?
Walter Skinner
The investigation--
Dana Scully
The investigation will be an exercise. The men who killed agent Mulder, the people who killed his father-- they aren't meant to be found.
Walter Skinner
We will find them.
Dana Scully
With all due respect, sir, I think you overestimate... Your position in the chain of command.
Scene 05
Scene 05
Syndicate Elder
Where were the safeguards against this? These files were never to be seen. Forty years of work. The damage could be incalculable. The damage is done.
Cigarette-Smoking Man
Gentlemen, we have control. The files have been recovered, and the men involved in their theft... Have been removed without incident. There is a small matter of concern with the FBI, but we'll handle that internally, as usual. The media attention will amount to nothing more than a few, uh, scattered obituaries. The Mulder problem. Special agent Mulder is dead. His body will not be recovered. He'll be officially listed as missing until the matter can be resolved quietly. And we've recovered the copy of the stolen computer files? Yes. Then all the pertinent parties should be informed that we can continue with our work.
Scene 06
MARGARET SCULLY'S HOUSE
Margaret Scully
Dana.
Dana Scully
Hi, mom.
Margaret Scully
What are you doing with your shoes?
Dana Scully
They, uh-- they started to give me blisters, so--
Margaret Scully
You walked here at this time of night?
Dana Scully
Oh, mom.
Margaret Scully
What is it, Dana?
Dana Scully
I've made a terrible mistake. Dad would be so ashamed of me.
Scene 07
NAVAJO RESERVATION · TWO GREY HILLS, NEW MEXICO
Albert Hosteen
The men who had come and threatened us... Did not return to our house again. But the following day, some of the boys from the reservation... Came to tell us they had seen buzzards flying out near the quarry... Where Eric had first encountered the men.
Albert Hosteen
The buzzard is a large but cowardly bird. It does not work for its prey, letting others provide the kill. When I see them circling in the desert, this can only mean that something has died, and they are going to pick its bones. Or that death is close, and they are waiting for it to do its work for them. We did not see what they saw, but I remembered something I had seen as a younger man. Just as my grandson had done, I, too, had found a body at the quarry... In a hole, half-buried under rocks. But even the buzzards, who will eat anything, would not touch it. This spot is where we found what the buzzards had come for. We could not tell at first who or what it was. But I knew what the buzzards knew-- that the smell of death was upon it. [ grunting ] the desert does not forgive man his weakness. Weak or strong, it takes no mercy... And can kill a man in less than a day.
[ speaks in native language ]
Albert Hosteen
To survive, one must develop skin like leather, know where to find water and when to take shelter. The FBI man would have surely died had he not stayed underground, protected like the jackrabbit or the Fox. Even so, death was near. In accordance with our ancient traditions, to summon the holy people... And tell them that a ceremony will be held. It is called "the blessing way chant." only the holy people can save the FBI man's life now. He is in their hands.
Scene 08
SCULLY'S APARTMENT
Dana Scully
Frohike.
Frohike
I know it's late. But I heard the news. Maybe I should go. Pardon my presumptuousness.
Dana Scully
How much have you had to drink?
Frohike
Do you recycle? He was a good friend. A redwood among mere sprouts. I guess this means he's passing you the torch.
Dana Scully
Uh, I'm afraid not. I'm soon to be out of a job.
Frohike
Those sons of bitches. They're rigging the game.
Dana Scully
And like rats they just scatter back into the woodpile.
Frohike
The rats that killed the cat.
Dana Scully
What's this?
Frohike
It's a news item about kenneth soona-- a.k.a. "the Thinker"-- the man who hacked the m.j. Files. The ones he gave to Mulder. "
Dana Scully
Kenneth j. Soona was killed execution style... "in what appears to be professional murder. His body found in the trenton city landfill." what's the date on this? This was the day before yesterday. This is after Mulder disappeared. Could they be so stupid?
Scene 09
NAVAJO RESERVATION · TWO GREY HILLS, NEW MEXICO
Albert Hosteen
This healing ritual called "the blessing way," has been passed down by our ancient navaho ancestors. Its songs and prayers... Must be followed just as they have been for centuries. Or the holy people will not be summoned. I watched my father perform the chants as a young boy... And saw their healing magic. But my fear for the FBI man... Was that his spirit did not want to be healed, that it wished to join the spirit of his own father... Who had died and did not want to return to the world of the living. His body has become tired and weak and it searches for rest.
Albert Hosteen
If the struggle to continue is too hard... Or the wish to join his ancestors too strong, the body will give up. But if the desire to resume life burns brightly enough, the holy people will be merciful. The days and nights now will be long and difficult for the FBI man... As the holy people come and help him to choose.
Deep Throat
I was first struck by the absence of time, having depended on it so completely... As a measure of myself and my life. Moving backwards into the perpetual night it consumes... Purpose and deed, all passion and will. I come to you, old friend, with the dull clarity of the dead, not to beckon you, but to feel the fire... And intensity that still live in you. And the heavy weight of your burdens which I had once borne. There is truth, you know, old friend, if that's all you seek. But there's no justice or judgment, without which truth is a... Vast... Dead... Hollow. Go back. Do not look into the abyss or let the abyss look into you. Awaken the sleep of reason and fight... The monsters within and without.
Bill Mulder
Hello, son. I did not dare hope to see you so soon. Nor ever again hope to broker fate... With a life to which I gave life. The lies I told you... Were a pox and poison to my soul. And now you are here because of them. Lies I thought might bury forever a truth... I could not live with. I stand here ashamed... Of the choices I made so long ago, when you were just a boy. You are the memory, Fox. It lives in you. If you were to die now, the truth will die, and only the lies survive us.
Fox Mulder
My sister... Is she here?
Bill Mulder
No. The thing that will destroy me, the truth I felt you must never learn, is the truth you will find, if you are to go forward.
Scene 10
FBI HEADQUARTERS · WASHINGTON, D.C.
Tour Guide
Okay, I just need everyone to step through the metal detector. And we'll begin the tour. The facility you're in is called the j. Edgar hoover building. It was finished in 1974 and built on the site of the original FBI headquarters. We'll also see a display on the "ten most wanted." you might see a few of your relatives there. [ laughing ]
Security Guard
Makin' you come in the front door these days, are they, agent Scully?
Dana Scully
For now.
Security Guard
You carryin' your weapon?
Dana Scully
No.
Security Guard
Sorry to have to run you through this.
Dana Scully
That's okay. That was weird.
Security Guard
I've had a straight pin set this machine off. But, uh, you can go on through.
Dana Scully
Thank you.
Walter Skinner
Scully, come in, please. You said you needed to see me concerning the investigation?
Dana Scully
Yes, sir. I came across a news article. A man's body was found in New Jersey, and I believe... That he was killed by the same man responsible for agent Mulder.
Walter Skinner
Can I see it?
Dana Scully
The date of death postdates agent Mulder's disappearance. Now, you already have the ballistics data... From agent Mulder's father on file. I would like you to run it against the ballistics from this man's case.
Walter Skinner
To try and prove what?
Dana Scully
Well, if both men were killed by the same weapon, we could prove that agent Mulder didn't kill his father. And it could also help us find the man who did.
Walter Skinner
You've been relieved of your investigative function.
Dana Scully
Yes, I know that, sir. I just thought this might be helpful.
Walter Skinner
I'm afraid not. This case would've been handled by the trenton p.d. They're on our drug/fire ballistics database. If there was a match on the two slugs, all the bells and whistles would have gone off by now.
Dana Scully
You don't want to check?
Walter Skinner
Miss Scully, I think you underestimate... The duties and responsibilities of my position as assistant director.
Dana Scully
I was just trying to cooperate with your investigation, sir.
Walter Skinner
To mitigate your situation and enhance... Your chances of reinstatement, isn't that right?
Dana Scully
No! I just want answers.
Walter Skinner
And so do I! I want to know why I was asked to execute a search warrant on your apartment... To look for a digital cassette.
Dana Scully
I don't have it.
Walter Skinner
Is this tape what agent Mulder died for?
Dana Scully
I believe so.
Walter Skinner
You want to bring me a smoking gun, Scully? You bring me this tape. Otherwise, I would ask you to go home, sit tight... And let us do our job.
Dana Scully
Is that all, sir?
Walter Skinner
Yes, that's all.
Cigarette-Smoking Man
Did you ask her about the tape?
Walter Skinner
She says she doesn't have it.
Cigarette-Smoking Man
Is that what she says?
Walter Skinner
Yes, that's what she says.
Cigarette-Smoking Man
Well, that's unfortunate for everyone.
Security Guard
Back again?
Dana Scully
I'm just curious about something. Would you mind if I went through here again?
Security Guard
Come on through.
Security Guard
This thing is more sensitive than a toothache.
Dana Scully
Would you mind running the wand over me one more time?
Security Guard
Sure.
Security Guard
You wearin' a necklace or something?
Dana Scully
No. Not today.
Security Guard
Then what the hell is that?
Dana Scully
What do you think it could be?
Doctor
I don't know. It's embedded in your soft tissue here. It looks like maybe a piece of buckshot or something.
Dana Scully
I don't know how it could have gotten there.
Doctor
I can feel it just under the skin. And now that I'm looking at it closely, there's a tiny little scar over it. If you want, I could do a local and pull it out of there.
Dana Scully
Yeah. Thanks for coming down here to do this for me so late.
Doctor
No problem. You were probably wounded in the line of duty, and you didn't even know it.
Scene 11
NAVAJO RESERVATION · TWO GREY HILLS, NEW MEXICO
Albert Hosteen
For three days, the "blessing way" chant was performed. The FBI man suffered great fevers, and his body burned like fire. There was doubt that he would recover, but the spirits were in attendance. Because on the night of the third day, he opened his eyes and asked for water. The ritual bath must be given outside the hogan before sunrise. The FBI man was weak from his journey and did not wish to speak. But like a rising sun, I sensed in him a rebirth. Still, it will take time to regain his strength.
Scene 12
FBI HEADQUARTERS · WASHINGTON, D.C.
Doctor
Well, it's definitely not buckshot. I, uh, know what it looks like to me, but I couldn't tell you how it got there. Take a look.
Dana Scully
It looks like a computer chip.
Doctor
That's what it looks like.
Scene 13
MELISSA SCULLY'S HOUSE
Dana Scully
I don't even know how long it's been in there. I have absolutely no recollection of it being put there.
Melissa Scully
That is frightening. Dana, this is very serious. You got to find out what this is.
Dana Scully
I don't have access to the FBI labs.
Melissa Scully
No. I'm talking about access to your own memory. [ scoffs ] obviously, you have buried this so deeply, you can't consciously recall it.
Dana Scully
Melissa.
Melissa Scully
I know someone-- someone who can help you.
Dana Scully
No!
Melissa Scully
What are you so afraid of, Dana? Yeah, I mean, you are so shut off to the possibility... There could be any other explanation... Except for your rigid, scientific view of the world. It's like you've lost all touch with your own intuition. You're carrying so much grief and fear that you can't see... You've built up these walls around your true feelings... And the memory of what really happened. Just do this for me... As your sister. Please.
Scene 14
DOCTOR POMERANTZ'S OFFICE
Mark Pomerantz
A modified form of hypnosis which involves what is called... Holotropic breath work. This will quiet your interpretive mind so that... We can cut through the interference with your memories and perceptions. Now, what I want you to do is to maintain a focus on your breath. Relax your breathing. Now, I want you to close your eyes and think of a place... Where you've always felt completely comfortable... And safe. You told me of your experience of being taken away... And losing time. Do you remember how you felt just before this happened?
Dana Scully
I was afraid.
Mark Pomerantz
Do you remember what you were afraid of? Uh--
Dana Scully
That I would die.
Mark Pomerantz
But you didn't die. Someone must have cared for you. Do you remember who that someone was?
Dana Scully
There were men, um-- a man took me. There was a light and... Loud sounds. My, uh-- my ears were pounding.
Mark Pomerantz
They performed a procedure on you. Do you remember any pain during this?
Dana Scully
I'm trying-- the sound is all screwed up. There was an alarm. Is it-- I remember, um-- they wanted to know if I was all right.
Mark Pomerantz
Maybe you trusted them not to hurt you. Could this be possible?
Dana Scully
I don't know.
Mark Pomerantz
At the FBI, you work with people you must entrust with your life. Could it have been one of these people?
Dana Scully
I had to trust them. I was powerless. I couldn't-- I could not resist them.
Mark Pomerantz
If this is too painful, I want you to go back to that comfortable place where we began... And try again. [ gasps ]
Dana Scully
No! I'm sorry. I'm trying. I'm trying.
Dana Scully
I don't think this is working. I don't think we're getting anywhere. Thank you, but you'll have to excuse me.
Scene 16
NAVAJO RESERVATION · TWO GREY HILLS, NEW MEXICO
Albert Hosteen
You must be careful now to end this ceremony properly. If you leave, you must not do any work, change clothes or bathe for four days.
Fox Mulder
That's really going to cut into my social life. [ men laughing ]
Albert Hosteen
The boys have a gift for you. You asked for them during your worst fevers.
Fox Mulder
During my fever I left here and traveled to a place.
Albert Hosteen
This place. You carry it with you. It is inside of you. It is the origin place.
Fox Mulder
It wasn't a dream?
Albert Hosteen
Yes. We are done now.
Scene 17
FBI HEADQUARTERS · WASHINGTON, D.C.
Walter Skinner
Skinner.
Dana Scully
You came to see me today.
Walter Skinner
Excuse me?
Dana Scully
You came to my apartment. I assume you wanted to see me about something.
Walter Skinner
I don't know what you're talking about.
Dana Scully
I saw you come out of my building.
Walter Skinner
You've obviously made a mistake. I'm sorry. I need some air. Excuse me.
Scene 18
SCULLY'S APARTMENT · WASHINGTON, D.C.
Fox Mulder
I have been on the bridge that spans two worlds, the link between all souls by which we Cross into our own true nature. You were here today looking for a truth that was taken from you-- a truth that was never to be spoken, but which now binds us together in dangerous purpose. I've returned from the dead to continue with you, but I fear that this danger is now close at hand-- that I may be too late.
Scene 19
GARDEN OF REFLECTION · PARKWAY CEMETERY · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Priest
So we are here to mourn the passing of William Mulder, to join in our grief for our loss, to share also the memories of a man whose life was rich and full. And who made his family's and his friends' lives richer and fuller as well. Sadly, I've been informed today by the mother of William's children... That his son, Fox, could not be here to join us in this time of sorrow.
[ mourners speaking softly ]
Dana Scully
Mrs. Mulder?
Mrs. Mulder
Yes?
Dana Scully
I'm Dana Scully. I work with your son. Um-- I know what you may have heard from the FBI, but I have a very strong feeling that your son is going to be found.
Mrs. Mulder
Oh, my goodness gracious.
Dana Scully
I think he's still alive.
Mrs. Mulder
How do you know?
Dana Scully
I just have a very strong feeling. I promise I'll let you know as soon as I do.
Mrs. Mulder
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Well-Manicured Man
Hello. I see you're a friend of the family. So am I. Do you think we might find a moment to speak?
Dana Scully
About?
Well-Manicured Man
Very serious matters. Please. Shall we find someplace away from the others? I couldn't help overhearing your conversation. You think the son is still alive?
Dana Scully
Who are you?
Well-Manicured Man
I'm a member of a kind of consortium. We represent certain global interests.
Dana Scully
What kind of interests?
Well-Manicured Man
Interests that would be extremely threatened by the digital tape... That you are no longer in possession of.
Dana Scully
Threatened enough to murder?
Well-Manicured Man
Oh, my, yes.
Dana Scully
what do you know about Mulder? -
Well-Manicured Man
That he is dead. Cui bono?
Dana Scully
You're lying.
Well-Manicured Man
I'm not here to tell you lies.
Dana Scully
What are you here for?
Well-Manicured Man
To tell you your life is in danger too.
Dana Scully
Leave me alone.
Well-Manicured Man
They'll kill you one of two ways. They'll send someone, possibly two men, to kill you in your home or in the garage... With an unregistered weapon which will be left at the scene. Using false documents supplied by associates of mine, they'll be out of the country in less than two hours.
Dana Scully
You said there were two ways.
Well-Manicured Man
Yes. He or she... Will be someone close to you, someone you trust. They'll arrange a meeting or come to your house unexpectedly. You have someplace else you might stay?
Dana Scully
Why? Why kill me?
Well-Manicured Man
You want something they don't. Justice. And because they are now quite certain you don't have... The computer copy of the files they're looking for.
Dana Scully
Why are you protecting me?
Well-Manicured Man
I feel... My colleagues are acting... Impulsively. Your death will draw unnecessary attention to our group.
Dana Scully
You're not protecting me. You're protecting yourself.
Well-Manicured Man
Why should that surprise you? Motives are rarely unselfish.
Dana Scully
What kind of business are you in?
Well-Manicured Man
We predict the future. The best way to predict the future... Is to invent it. Good day, young lady.
Scene 20
MARTHA'S VINEYARD · WEST TISBURY, MASSACHUSETTS
Fox Mulder
Mom.
Mrs. Mulder
Oh, my god! Oh, Fox. I can't believe it. I expected the worst.
Fox Mulder
I need your help, mom. I don't have much time.
Mrs. Mulder
They said something terrible had happened to you.
Fox Mulder
I'm okay. But I need your help. I need you to remember. I need to know more about dad. Who these people are.
Mrs. Mulder
It was all so long ago.
Fox Mulder
I need you to try to remember, mom. These pictures were taken in 1972. Where?
Mrs. Mulder
I don't know.
Fox Mulder
Dad was working for the state department. He'd go on the road. Where would he go.
Mrs. Mulder
I don't remember, Fox. Please.
Fox Mulder
Will you look at the pictures, mom?
Mrs. Mulder
Don't do this.
Fox Mulder
Look at them! He must have talked about his work. Don't do this to me. About the men he worked with. Did he ever bring them home? Were they ever here?
Mrs. Mulder
Yes. But I don't remember their names anymore. What does this have to do with, Fox?
Fox Mulder
I think it has to do with Samantha. I think it has to do with what happened to my sister.
Scene 21
SCULLY'S APARTMENT · WASHINGTON, D.C.
Dana Scully
Hello?
Melissa Scully
Dana, it's your sister.
Dana Scully
Hi.
Melissa Scully
Hi. Where have you been?
Dana Scully
I, uh-- I had to go to boston-- for a funeral.
Melissa Scully
Well, I was worried about you.
Dana Scully
Why?
Melissa Scully
Because I haven't heard from you since you saw dr. Pomerantz.
Dana Scully
Missy, something strange happened to me today. I'm-- I'm a bit freaked out by it.
Melissa Scully
Okay, look. I-I want to come over. I want to talk to you. Are you going to be there for a while?
Dana Scully
Yeah. Yeah, I will.
Melissa Scully
Okay, I'll see you in a bit. Bye.
Dana Scully
Hi.
Dana Scully
[ ringing continues ] come on, come on, come on.
Melissa Scully On Machine
Hi. This is Melissa. I'm sorry to have missed your call. Please leave a message and I call you back, okay? Have a really nice day. [ beep ]
Dana Scully
Missy, it's me. Please pick up. Missy. Missy, pick up-- I'm coming over to your place instead. I'll-I'll, uh-- I'll look for you on the way. Bye.
Walter Skinner
Scully, get in the car. I need to talk to you. It's very important.
Dana Scully
I was going to my sister's.
Walter Skinner
I'll drop you by there. Right now, I need for you to come with me.
Dana Scully
Where are we going?
Walter Skinner
To a place we can talk in private.
Scene 22
MULDER'S APARTMENT
Dana Scully
After you.
Dana Scully
Eyes forward. Keep your hands where I can see them. Don't turn around or I'll blow your head off. Don't think I won't do it, you son of a bitch.
Walter Skinner
No, I believe you. Just stay cool. I'm with you.
Dana Scully
Take two steps forward. Now move slowly towards the couch. Turn around and sit down on your hands.
Walter Skinner
Are you going to let me tell you why I'm here?
Dana Scully
I know why you're here. I want to know who sent you-- whose errand boy you are.
Walter Skinner
No one sent me.
Dana Scully
You've got the rest of your life to give me answers.
Scene 23
SCULLY'S APARTMENT · WASHINGTON, D.C.
Alex Krycek
Oh, no. [ sighs ] oh, damn it.
Hispanic Man
What's wrong?
Alex Krycek
Let's-- let's get out of here.
Scene 24
MULDER'S APARTMENT
Dana Scully
How high does it go, Skinner? Who's pulling the strings?
Walter Skinner
You can kill me, Scully, but you'll only be doing their work for 'em. Forget about your job and your family. You'll spend the rest of your life behind bars. There isn't a federal judge that they couldn't persuade.
Dana Scully
What the alternative? Let you kill me now?
Walter Skinner
I didn't come here to kill you. I came here to give you something. I've got the digital tape.
Dana Scully
You're lying.
Walter Skinner
I've got it in my pocket. I took it out of Mulder's desk.
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