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Season 7 · Episode 12

X-Cops

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

Production code7ABX12Original airdate · February 20, 2000

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Scene 01

Opening scene

Music

♪ bad boys what you want what you want ♪ ♪ what you gonna do ♪ ♪ when the sheriff john brown come for you ♪ ♪ tell me what you gonna do ♪ ♪ what you gonna do ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ ♪ bad boys, bad boys what you gonna do ♪ ♪ what you gonna do when they come for you ♪ ♪ bad boys, bad boys what you gonna do ♪ ♪ what you gonna do when they come for you ♪ ♪ nobody na give you no break ♪ ♪ police na give you no break ♪ ♪ that old soldier man na give you no break ♪ ♪ not even your idren na give you no break ♪ ♪ bad boys, bad boys what you gonna do ♪ ♪ what you gonna do when they come for you ♪ ♪ bad boys, bad boys what you gonna do ♪ ♪ what you gonna do when they come for you ♪♪

Man Narrating

Cops is filmed on location...

Unidentified speaker

With the men and women of law enforcement. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Yeah, I don't know what it is about a full moon. It's just, uh-- there's something about it. People just go off the wall. These are some pretty scary neighborhoods to begin with. I haven't been on the job that long myself, but I've seen more than my fair share of crazy stuff. When the moon is full, it's just like times ten. I don't know, uh-- I don't know. Maybe it's the tides or something. But irregardless, we're on the job. And if that makes people breathe a little easier knowing we're out there... Or being a little less nervous walking the streets at night, well, that's a good feeling. Okay. We got a report of somebody lurking around the neighborhood making noise. Actually, I take that back. We got a report of a-- a monster lurking around the neighborhood. What-- hey, it's a full moon. A lot of drug activity in this district. We're probably looking at somebody rattlin' doorknobs... Trying to steal some money for a quick fix. Usually, they're not the stealthiest of criminals, so maybe we'll get lucky, sneak up on 'em. 212-adam is 10-97.

Dispatch

212-adam is 10-97 at 543 vogel.

[ car door closes ] [ dogs barking ]

[ siren wailing in distance ]

Deputy Keith Wetzel

212-adam to Dispatch. I don't see anything. Can you let the lady know inside her house-- know I'm out here?

Dispatch

212-adam, copy your request. Calling now.

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Figures, doesn't it? Psst!

[ phone ringing ]

Deputy Keith Wetzel

A lot of scratches. Maybe a big dog's probably what she saw. Sheriff's department!

[ lock rattling ]

[ speaking spanish, sobbing ]

Mrs. Guerrero

Uh--

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Senora? [ shouting in spanish ] man, she's scared of somethin'.

[ dogs barking ]

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Hey, you, there! You, freeze! Sheriff's department! Freeze! Sheriff's department!

[ crash ]

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Run! Run to the car! Back to the car, now! Now! Run! Run, [ bleep ] run! [ Cameraman panting ] now! Now! Come on! Get up! Go, go, go! Back to the car! Come on! Run! Run! Get in the car! Get in the car!

Cameraman

Holy [ bleep ]

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Come on!

[ Cameraman panting, grunting ]

Deputy Keith Wetzel

10-33! 10-33! Patrol adam needs assistance! I need assistance at the 500 block of vogel! I need assistance! I need-- [ groans ] 9-9-9! 9-9-9!

[ screaming, shouting ]

[ sirens approaching ]

[ grunts ]

Scene 02

Sergeant Duthie

Everybody all right? Hey, you all right? You all right? Keith. What was this?

Deputy Keith Wetzel

I was responding to a 9-21 at this house right here, and, uh-- it was a prowler call.

Sergeant Duthie

You flipped it?

Deputy Keith Wetzel

No, no. Hell, no, I didn't-- I didn't flip it. It was-- we were parked. The-- we were attacked.

Sergeant Duthie

By who? By gangbangers?

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Uh--

Sergeant Duthie

Keith?

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Yeah. Yeah, it was-- it was gangbangers.

Sergeant Duthie

Okay. Fan out and search.

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Hey, you'd better double everybody up.

Sergeant Duthie

Okay, hold on a minute. Uh, everybody double up. Set up a command post and check on that air shift. How many? Keith? Keith?

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Um, you know, I didn't get a good look. Maybe--

Dispatch

4-17 suspects on foot just one block north of holly.

Sergeant Duthie

Armed suspects! Bring some units around side holly street!

Officer

Get your hands up! Get your hands up!

Unidentified speaker

We're the FBI!

Officer

Turn around!

Fox Mulder

I've got ID in my back pocket!

Dana Scully

We're investigating a case! Hands behind your head!

Fox Mulder

Check the ID! [ shouting, indistinct ]

Officers

Hands behind your head!

Fox Mulder

Check my ID in the back pocket.

Sergeant Duthie

They're Both FBI give 'em back their guns.

Fox Mulder

Thank you.

Dana Scully

We're investigating a case.

Sergeant Duthie

What case?

Fox Mulder

Same case you're working on.

Sergeant Duthie

So who we looking for?

Fox Mulder

Not "who." what.

Dana Scully

Mulder, what the hell is going on here?

Fox Mulder

I don't know.

Sergeant Duthie

You okay? You all right?

Fox Mulder

See the claw marks here? Someone tried to get in. Hey, deputy? Deputy, can you describe for me what you saw?

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Um-- well, I mean, it's pretty dark, and I-I didn't really see. I don't know what-- I don't know.

Fox Mulder

You must've seen something... In order to run away from it. Huh? You were responding to the same call we were... Of a monster prowling the neighborhood.

Sergeant Duthie

We've been to this house before. The lady has a history of medication. You know what I mean?

Fox Mulder

Yeah, maybe. But she's not the only one seeing monsters. There's been half a dozen such sightings in this area in the past 60 days. Were you aware of that?

Deputy Keith Wetzel

No.

Fox Mulder

Yeah. Also, these sightings only occur on nights when there's a full moon, which tells me something.

Sergeant Duthie

What?

Fox Mulder

What you saw was large, right? Maybe seven, eight feet tall... When it stood up on its two legs, and it was covered in fur... And had glowing red eyes and claws-- claws sharp enough to gouge the wood off that front door.

Sergeant Duthie

You're not serious?

Fox Mulder

And dare I forget teeth? It bit you, didn't it? Yeah, look at that. Deputy, how long were you gonna hide that from the e.m.t.s?

Sergeant Duthie

I don't-- where'd you get that, Keith?

Deputy Keith Wetzel

I don't even know where that came from. I mean, I didn't see anything that he's talking about.

Sergeant Duthie

Big teeth, eight feet tall. What the hell are you describing?

Fox Mulder

A werewolf.

Sergeant Duthie

Excuse me?

Fox Mulder

It's what did that. It also attacked one hymen escallera 29 days ago during the last full moon. Hymen died of his wounds in compton general hospital, but not before giving a detailed description of what attacked him. My partner and I are here to catch it. Unfortunately, though, deputy, you've been bitten. The skin is broken. Werewolf law pretty much universally holds that... Someone who's been bitten by such a creature is gonna become such a creature himself. So--

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Wait a minute. I mean-- but see, that's not really what happened, though.

Fox Mulder

I'm sorry, but you're gonna have to be isolated and kept under guard.

Sergeant Duthie

With all due respect, what the [ bleep ] are you talkin' about?

Fox Mulder

I'm talking about preventing this man from becoming a danger to himself and to others.

Sergeant Duthie

Can I see your badge again?

Dana Scully

Agent Mulder? Can we have a word a second?

Fox Mulder

Excuse me. What is it?

Dana Scully

What is it? Mulder, have you noticed that we're on television?

Fox Mulder

I don't think it's live television, Scully. She just said [ bleep ]

Dana Scully

But it's a camera, and it's recording. It's recording everything that you are saying. Do you understand that? I just wanna make sure that you're clear on that.

Fox Mulder

Sure, I'm clear on that, Scully.

Dana Scully

My point being, Mulder, that we are on a case.

Fox Mulder

Well, this presents an opportunity. I feel we're very close here. And the possibility of capturing concrete proof of the paranormal-- of a werewolf in front of a national audience, even an international audience-- what's not to love? Well--

Dana Scully

Look, Mulder, you wanna talk about werewolves to me, you can knock yourself out. I may not agree with you, but at least I'm not gonna hold it against you. But this-- Mulder, this could ruin your career.

Fox Mulder

What career? Scully, I appreciate it. You don't want me looking foolish. I do. I appreciate that.

Dana Scully

I don't want me looking foolish, Mulder.

Fox Mulder

Okay, fine. Well, do me a favor. Will you just escort deputy Wetzel to the hospital? Just keep an eye on him in case I'm right? Thank you.

Dana Scully

I'm gonna call Skinner, Mulder.

Fox Mulder

Okay.

Dana Scully

I'm sure he's gonna wanna say a couple words about this. Guys, give it a rest, huh?

[ woman speaking spanish ]

[ Both speaking spanish ]

Deputy Juan Molina

She says, uh-- I guess she's calling it a claw monster... Was trying to break into the house and get her. Uh, it was big and had claws pretty much. Keeps going on and on.

Fox Mulder

Yeah, all right. Tell her to describe it in detail to the sketch artist. Will you work with her? Yeah.

Ricky (sketch artist)

Claw monster?

Sergeant Duthie

Just do it, Ricky.

Ricky (sketch artist)

Okay.

Fox Mulder

Hey, look at that. Excuse me. Look at this. It's like five claw marks. Just like the human hand has five fingers. Pretty much the same spread too.

Sergeant Duthie

Agent, you seriously believe... Huh? We're lookin' for some kind of a--

Fox Mulder

I'll show you. This. This is what hymen escallera described... Just before succumbing to his injuries. Ten to one, that's what mrs. Guerrero's gonna describe too.

[ spanish ]

Deputy Juan Molina

Sir? Sir? We got your suspect.

Mrs. Guerrero

Claw monster! Claw monster!

Deputy Juan Molina

Claw monster. Boy, you know, they kill him in every movie, and he just keeps coming back.

Fox Mulder

Now, this is-- this is strange. Mm-hmm.

Sergeant Duthie

Gracias, mrs. Guerrero. We're lookin' for gangbangers.

Ricky (sketch artist)

Um, you don't think it's some guy dressed up like freddy krueger, do you? Can somebody walk me to my car? It's dark out, and I'm parked up the street.

Deputy Juan Molina

Yeah, come on, Ricky. I'll walk you to your car.

Ricky (sketch artist)

Can I return this vest later?

Deputy Juan Molina

Yeah, you can return the vest later.

Fox Mulder

This is what she was tellin'--

Deputy Juan Molina

That's what she's saying. That's the claw monster.

Mrs. Guerrero

You catch? Catch-

Fox Mulder

Catch him?

Mrs. Guerrero

Si. Si. You catch.

Fox Mulder

How's deputy Wetzel? You let him get released?

Dana Scully

Well, those weren't teeth marks, Mulder. They turned out to be insect bites. Individual welts or stings of some sort. Together, they just look like a larger pattern, especially when we want them to. Although, it was an understandable conclusion... That I'm sure anybody would have made.

Fox Mulder

So what did Skinner say?

Dana Scully

He said that the FBI has nothing to hide, and neither do we.

Fox Mulder

If it makes you feel any better, I'm not entirely convinced... That we're looking for a werewolf anymore.

Dana Scully

Oh. All right. Good.

Fox Mulder

Yeah, it's something else. I'm not sure what. Some other kind of creature though. I have a-- hey, what's going on? [ police Radio chattering ] six blocks from here. Could be what we're looking for.

Dana Scully

No. You go with someone else.

Dispatch

Man down at the corner of--

[ continues, indistinct ]

Dana Scully

Guys, watch out. I'm a doctor.

Deputy Juan Molina

Oh, man, it's Ricky.

Fox Mulder

That's what I was afraid of, Scully.

Scene 03

Deputy Keith Wetzel

When a fellow officer goes down in the line of duty, or even if it's-- even if it's not a fellow officer-- if it's just somebody working part-time with the department... In a support, uh-- artistic capacity... Like Ricky there-- we all feel it. Uh, that there is every cop's worst nightmare. But that's when you gotta cowboy up and give 150 percent... And catch the bad guys.

Dana Scully

Last call from his phone was made to the road club. Ricky called in requesting roadside assistance for his flat tire. He asked them to hurry. He said he didn't feel safe. What's that?

Fox Mulder

Our suspect, apparently. [ scoffs ] the slash marks match up pretty well, wouldn't you say?

Dana Scully

Somebody lost a nail.

Fox Mulder

Nice color.

Dana Scully

Check out this color, Mulder. Blood red.

Fox Mulder

Hey, uh, who called 911 on this?

Sergeant Duthie

Steve and Edy? Sergeant paula.

Fox Mulder

The Steve and Edy?

Sergeant Duthie

They're good folk. They usually call us if there's trouble in the neighborhood.

Steve

Ooh.

Edy

Oh, my god! Look at this! Look at all these people. Lord!

Sergeant Duthie

How are you doin' this evening?

Steve

We fine.

Sergeant Duthie

Can y'all tell us what happened out here?

Edy

Not with me lookin' like this. Mm-mmm. Now, you should know better than that, Sergeant paula!

Steve

Like she gonna run from a camera. Look it here. We heard all this screamin', peeked out the window, and this boy with crazy hair was having a conniption fit... All rolled up there by the phone.

Dana Scully

You didn't see his-- his attacker?

Steve

Mmm.

Edy

I'm ready for my close-up.

Steve

Ain't nobody care about your scabby ass. This is police business. What? Now, I didn't see-- what'd you say? Attacker? Attacker. No, he was just kind of all rolled up and yellin'.

Edy

Mm-hmm.

Fox Mulder

Did you see anything... That looked like this?

Steve

Ooh, stop!

Fox Mulder

Or this?

Steve

Ooh! Excuse me?

Edy

That's gonna give me nightmares.

Dana Scully

So you didn't see anything at all? Uh-uh.

Edy

No.

Dana Scully

Did you, uh-- did you see a woman?

Edy

Mmm. Mm-hmm.

Both

Mm-hmm.

Edy

Chantara. I know that skanky-ass color anywhere. Mm-hmm.

Steve

Sure do.

Sergeant Duthie

Chantara a streetwalker?

Edy

Mm-hmm.

Steve

She work the corner.

Edy

Mm-hmm.

Steve

She on the pipe, so we don't associate. Oh, yeah. Mm-mmm. No. You know what I'm sayin'?

Fox Mulder

Well, we should go-- we should go talk to Chantara then.

Steve

Well, I wish you would. Mm-hmm. That's right.

Edy

Hey! Hey! When I'm a-get my own TV show? ♪ if I didn't care ♪

Steve

Oh, she's showin' off now.

Edy

♪ more than words can say ♪

Steve

Stop! Stop! Get in there! Stop this! Would you excuse us? Excuse us. ♪ if I didn't care ♪♪ get in there! Stop this! Bye, y'all. Bye.

Fox Mulder

So apparently, we're on the lookout... For someone whose hair matches her fingernails. Bubblegum pink. That would be a good color for you, Scully. I'd have to say that at this point in the investigation, I'm-I'm usually a little more secure... In-in what it is we're actually investigating. But we've had so many conflicting eyewitness reports... That it's hard to ascertain exactly what it is we're looking for. But the crimes we are investigating are-- are paranormal. I can say that... With absolute conviction. And the nature of these crimes, they're-they're notoriously hard to quantify... In any kind of rigorous scientific level, as agent Scully will tell you.

Dana Scully

Oh, yeah.

Fox Mulder

Yeah, which in its own way... Is a kind of a validation, if you think about it, in and of itself. But, you know, that's our job. That's why they pay us the big bucks.

Dana Scully

Bubblegum pink. Don't run! FBI!

Fox Mulder

Chantara Gomez? Chantara-- Chantara Gomez?

[ chuckles ]

Dana Scully

Don't run! It's okay. [ car doors opening, closing ] it's okay. [ panting, sobbing ] it's all right.

Fox Mulder

Chantara Gomez?

Dana Scully

Can I see your hands, please?

Chantara Gomez

I didn't do nothing!

Dana Scully

Can I see your hands, please? It's okay. We need to see your hands.

Fox Mulder

Show her your hands.

Dana Scully

Earlier this evening, a man was attacked. He was badly slashed. And do you realize that this places you at the crime scene?

Fox Mulder

Fisher and delmont. That's your usual hang, isn't it, Chantara?

Chantara Gomez

Look, I heard screaming, okay? And I went and I tried to help this guy. And when I heard the sirens, I just ran away, okay? I didn't do nothing!

Fox Mulder

Look, I believe you. I think you saw something. You witnessed something. Tell me what it is.

Chantara Gomez

I can't.

Dana Scully

You can tell us, Chantara. Come on. It's okay.

Fox Mulder

Chantara. If you're afraid that what you tell us, we're not gonna believe it, don't be. So whatever it is you saw tonight, whatever it is, whatever you think you saw, however strange or terrifying or bizarre, you are not gonna surprise me. Okay?

Chantara Gomez

You'll protect me from chuko?

Fox Mulder

Who's chuko?

Chantara Gomez

Mi novio. He's the one who cut that guy up, not me! I didn't do anything!

Fox Mulder

I'm sorry. What?

Dana Scully

Mi novio. Her boyfriend.

Fox Mulder

No, I got that.

Chantara Gomez

Look, he's been chasing me for a week, okay? He said he was gonna twist my neck off like a little chicken if I didn't give him more money.

Unidentified speaker

Chuko. Chuko munos.

Chantara Gomez

The cops know who he is.

Officer

This is my favorite part of the job-- knockin' down crack houses.

Deputy Keith Wetzel

I heard that.

Chantara Gomez

I don't understand. I told you everything you need to know!

Sergeant Duthie

Chantara, first of all, I just wanna go home now! You are not out of the woods yet as far as possible accessory charges, all right?

Chantara Gomez

Chuko's the one you want!

Sergeant Duthie

So the sooner we find him, the sooner we can let you go.

Chantara Gomez

He's gonna kill me! You don't understand! He's gonna kill me! He told me he was gonna twist my neck off like a chicken!

Dana Scully

Chantara, no one's gonna kill you.

Chantara Gomez

He's gonna kill me!

Sergeant Duthie

Chantara, look around-- look around you! You see all the deputies here? You see? No one is going to get you. Now, what's more, deputy Wetzel here... Is going to keep an eye on you while we go and put the cuffs on chuko. No one is going to get you.

[ police Radio chattering ]

Dana Scully

Chuko munos. The man himself. Only distinguishing feature is a tattoo on his skull.

Fox Mulder

He's not our guy.

Dana Scully

What do you mean?

Fox Mulder

I don't care how bad his rep is, he can't turn Over a squad car.

Dana Scully

Maybe not by himself, but he's probably got friends, right?

Fox Mulder

There's something else going on.

Sergeant Duthie

Let's hit it.

Man Over Radio

Units on a warrant. Let's hold all Radio traffic.

[ banging ]

[ yelling, shouting ]

Sergeant Duthie

Go, go, go! Hands above your head! Get your hands above your head!

[ shouting continues ]

Unidentified speaker

Clear above your head! Let's see your hands!

Officer 1

Have you seen chuko munos? You, mother-- [ bleep ]

[ spits, yells ]

[ yelling, shouting ]

Officer 3

Put your hands on the wall! On the wall!

[ shouting continues ]

Man

Get your [ bleep ] hands off me. Oh, man.

Sergeant Duthie

Agents! Agents, in here. Hey, what happened? Wake up. What happened to your friend in there? Check the tattoo. Looks like he o.d.'d.

Fox Mulder

Yeah, but how long ago?

Dana Scully

Couple days. Maybe a week. He didn't attack Ricky kola, that's for sure.

Sergeant Duthie

Shots fired!

[ yelling, shouting ] [ gunfire continues ]

Sergeant Duthie

It's here! What? It's gettin' away! What you got? What you shooting at? What are you shooting at? Keith, what are you doin'?

Deputy Keith Wetzel

It came back. It was here. [ panting ] it-it was here. Keith! Oh, man. I heard her screamin', and I tried to-- I tried to stop it. I swear to you, I tried. I did everything I could do.

Sergeant Duthie

Oh, sh--

Deputy Keith Wetzel

I did everything I could do.

Dana Scully

What is it, Mulder? What-- [ sighs ]

Sergeant Duthie

Call it in.

Officer

212-40, I have a possible 9-27.

Scene 04

Sergeant Duthie

I wish someone would explain to me what the hell is going on here. It just doesn't make sense. Keith Wetzel may be a little green, but he is a solid deputy. Nothing could've gotten past him and killed that woman.

Officer

There's no sign of what he was shooting at. This is all we found. Nine millimeter. It's our issue.

Dana Scully

Where did you find that?

Officer

It was lying in the middle of the street. Doesn't look like a ricochet.

Fox Mulder

Maybe Wetzel hit what he was aiming at. Excuse me. Hey, deputy. You ready to talk to me now? You and I Both know you saw something. We're way past claiming you didn't.

Deputy Keith Wetzel

I only know what I thought I saw.

Fox Mulder

Well, describe it for me.

Deputy Keith Wetzel

[ sighs ] the wasp man.

Fox Mulder

The wasp man?

Deputy Keith Wetzel

It's ridicu-- it's ridiculous. Scary stories my older brother used to tell me when I was a kid... About a monster, head like a wasp... And a mouth full of stingers instead of teeth. He said that it would come get me in my sleep, and that-- and that it would sting me to death.

Fox Mulder

So you're saying that the wasp man attacked you Both times... Here and earlier in the patrol car?

Deputy Keith Wetzel

I-- I'm not saying that that's what it was, okay? I mean, they didn't see it. It's not on the videotape. This-this can't be real.

Fox Mulder

No, I think maybe it can. Just relax a minute. Excuse me. Scully, we came on this case lookin' for a werewolf, right?

Dana Scully

No, you did. That's correct.

Fox Mulder

Hymen escallera claimed he was attacked by a werewolf, and the wounds that he sustained would seem to bear that out, right? And then, uh, Wetzel Over here sees a wasp man... With stingers for teeth, and he gets a bite mark... That you say is irrefutably insect-like, right?

Dana Scully

Mulder, that's not exactly-- [ sighs ]

Fox Mulder

And another eyewitness claims she sees freddy krueger. Scully, what if-- what if we're dealing with one creature, one entity, that when it attacks appears to you as your worst nightmare? Fear. Maybe that's what this thing feeds on.

Dana Scully

Okay, well, for the sake of this argument,

Fox Mulder

Yeah?

Dana Scully

How would one catch something like that?

[ chuckles ]

Fox Mulder

Probably by-- by figuring out how it chooses its prey. I mean, they're-- it seems to spread like a contagion. One person's fear becomes the next. There's a definite chain of victims. Tonight it went from mrs. Guerrero to Wetzel and the sketch artist. And then from the sketch artist to Chantara Gomez. And then-- right.

Dana Scully

Chantara Gomez back to Wetzel. But you're missing someone, Mulder.

Fox Mulder

Who?

Dana Scully

Edy. Steve and Edy. They're a part of this chain too. And according to your theory, they would've been attacked, right?

Fox Mulder

So we're back at the home of Steve and Edy. We should probably check on them because they seem to fit a victim profile.

Dana Scully

I'm sorry. Are you talking to me?

[ Steve, Edy screaming ]

Steve

Shut up! What's going on with you? Hey!

[ screaming continues ]

Steve

What the hell are-- what the hell is this?

Dana Scully

Steve, are you gonna be all right?

Steve

I'm all right.

Edy

Somebody ask if I'm all right! I'm the victim! I'm the victim here! He don't treat me right. All right. You better appreciate me, or I'll walk!

Steve

The hell you would!

Fox Mulder

We're not here to get involved in any kind of personal--

Edy

He treats my mama with disrespect! He treats me with disrespect!

Steve

Oh, shut up!

Fox Mulder

We're not here to get involved with personal problems.

Edy

See? You! You shut up!

Fox Mulder

Settle down.

Edy

He won't make love to me.

Fox Mulder

Oh. Uh--

Steve

I should have never touched your stupid ass! All right.

Edy

Oh, no, no!

Dana Scully

Look, you guys. Steve, Edy, the reason why we are here... Is because we are concerned about your safety. How's that? We're concerned about your lives. You witnessed a violent attack right across the street from your house.

Steve

So you say! I just saw a rolled up boy with crazy hair!

Fox Mulder

Well, take our word for it. Because of your proximity to the attack, we think you may be targeted as well.

Edy

Why? Because we called the police?

Fox Mulder

No, no, no. That's not why. I can't really explain it exactly, but-- I think the key is to remain unemotional, okay? Try to stay calm. Try to keep your heart rate down. Try to keep your adrenaline down. Try to-- just try to relax.

Unidentified speaker

Oh, no! Good luck! You don't know who you're talkin' to about that!

Fox Mulder

Oh, you! Yeah, I think maybe we should stay here for a little while. All right, let's just-- let's just-- let's just, uh, relax. Just relax.

[ toilet flushing ]

Steve

Mr. Mulder, lookee here. I got to go to bed.

Fox Mulder

How ya doin', Edy? You still upset?

Edy

I'm scared.

Fox Mulder

You're scared?

Edy

I'm scared he's gonna leave me.

[ sobbing ]

Unidentified speaker

Oh!

Steve

No, man. No.

Dana Scully

You think we should take 'em to a hotel?

Steve

We don't need no hotel. Mm-mmm. We've been livin' in this house for 17 years. Oh, yeah. Ain't nobody gonna chase us out.

Edy

Mm-mmm.

Fox Mulder

You're not afraid?

Steve

Now, I didn't say that. I said ain't nobody gonna chase us out.

Edy

Mm-mmm. No.

Dana Scully

Oh, god. More of you?

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Are we any closer to an arrest?

Dana Scully

I'm afraid not. Mulder, what next?

Fox Mulder

Well, I'd say... We should station a couple deputies out here, but I don't think it's coming back here. We're just playing catch-up with this thing. It doesn't do what you'd expect. And, uh-- well, we got four or five hours till the moon sets. The attacks only occur on a full moon. Then we're out of luck.

Dana Scully

Well, I want to examine Chantara Gomez.

Fox Mulder

For a possible contagion?

Dana Scully

Your contagion of fear?

Fox Mulder

Yeah.

Dana Scully

No?

Fox Mulder

No.

Dana Scully

But if I can't figure out what this thing was, at least I can figure out what it wasn't.

Fox Mulder

Make it fast. And fill that tank up with gas. Uh, deputy, you're the only person that's seen this twice, so I'd like to ride with you if you don't mind.

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Let's go.

Fox Mulder

Thanks.

Deputy Keith Wetzel

You really believe me, huh? You really believe I saw what I thought I saw?

Fox Mulder

Yeah, I believe you.

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Why?

Fox Mulder

Why do I believe you?

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Yeah, I mean, what proof do you have what I'm saying is real? I mean, it's not-- it's not on the videotape.

Fox Mulder

The camera doesn't always tell the whole story.

Deputy Keith Wetzel

And what about your partner? Does she believe me?

Fox Mulder

I don't think she thinks you're lying.

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Yeah, but what? Maybe I'm crazy? I've been on the job 18 months. It's all I ever wanted to do. Right out of the gate, I get some kind of rep like I'm crazy. I mean, you know how cops are. How's somebody supposed to live that down?

Fox Mulder

I don't know. I guess just do good work.

Deputy Keith Wetzel

I mean, it's a hard enough job already, you know? You want to help people, but it's like the freakin' wild west out here. You know people hate you? Every shift I go out thinkin'-- go ahead. I go out thinkin', "you know, there is somebody out there... "who wants to take me out. Am I gonna run into him tonight?" it's hard to have a fast-track career in law enforcement... When everybody thinks you're nuts.

Fox Mulder

Tell me about it.

Dana Scully

Chantara Gomez, age 31. Apparent cause of death is the fracturing... Of the second and third cervical vertebrae. There are contusions consistent with a choking... Or a throttling by very powerful hands.

Coroner’s Assistant

People are saying her pimp killed her from beyond the grave. That's the story going around. It's crazy, huh?

Dana Scully

Well, let's see if we can put that story to rest, shall we?

Coroner’s Assistant

The other thing I heard was, uh, something about contagion. Like, with this body?

Dana Scully

That's-that's completely inaccurate. It's, uh-- the investigation is-- we're moving towards an apparent chain of victims. And I seriously doubt that we're gonna find anything... That looks like a contagious pathology here.

Coroner’s Assistant

Because, I mean, if we were, we should be taking precautions. If the body could be contagious, you-- we're not even wearing masks.

Dana Scully

Look, this is obviously a murder here. I mean, this woman died of a broken neck, right? Not the hantavirus.

Coroner’s Assistant

Who said anything about the hantavirus?

Dana Scully

Nobody. I just-- I was, um-- it was a figure of speech.

Coroner’s Assistant

The reason I ask is, why is it so urgent... To do an autopsy at 3:00 in the morning? I mean, that kind of rush. It's just unheard of.

Dana Scully

We are trying to look for the killer.

Coroner’s Assistant

We got murder victims stacked three deep in the freezer. Plus, you got this camera crew recording everything. Why?

Dana Scully

Because the FBI has nothing to hide. Look, there is no ulterior motive here. It's-- are you gonna help me out here or what?

Coroner’s Assistant

Yeah, of course.

Dana Scully

Thank you.

Coroner’s Assistant

Why did you mention the hantavirus?

Dana Scully

Look, I--

Coroner’s Assistant

Oh, my god.

Dana Scully

Call 911. Call 911! 911! Get out of here! Come on!

Scene 05

4:41 AM

Dana Scully

It's not the hantavirus. It looks for all the world like the hantavirus, but I can promise you that it's not. Well, I mean, she exhibited all the symptoms-- the hemorrhagic fever, the severe chills, acute shock-- I mean, the thing is that they all developed in a matter of seconds. And the hantavirus doesn't kill that fast. I mean, no virus in the world kills that fast.

Fox Mulder

You were talking about the hantavirus right before she died? Why?

Dana Scully

Because she kept bringing it up. I mean, it was like the power of suggestion, Mulder. She was standing there. She was saying that she was afraid of contagion. And then all of a sudden, she just--

Fox Mulder

She was afraid. She was afraid, and her fear killed her in the worst possible way that she could imagine.

Sergeant Duthie

And what do you mean by that?

Fox Mulder

It's the same. It's the same m.o., what we've been looking for all night. This entity or force somehow vectored off Chantara Gomez to attack this other woman.

Dana Scully

No, Mulder. I was standing right here. I didn't see anything. They didn't see anything.

Fox Mulder

Yeah, but you weren't afraid.

Dana Scully

The hell I wasn't afraid. I don't know what's going on here.

Fox Mulder

No, you weren't afraid for your life. Neither were Steve and Edy, and it left them alone. Mortal fear. I think that's what it comes down to. This thing, whatever it is, is attracted to that. Everybody who was attacked felt that intensely.

Sergeant Duthie

For [ bleep ] sakes.

Fox Mulder

No, no, no. It makes perfect sense. You asked me earlier, "what would this thing be doing in willow park?" well, where else would it go but a high-crime neighborhood? Somewhere where people live behind barred windows and are afraid to go out at night. Where's deputy Wetzel?

Sergeant Duthie

Back on patrol.

Dana Scully

Mulder, you were-- you were walking around with him for three hours. You didn't see anything? No, no.

Fox Mulder

But I was with him. I was backing him up.

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Like I said, there's something about a full moon. Things definitely get strange. Well, we checked everyplace else tonight. Let's check this place again. [ whispering ] aw! Come on. God-- [ bleep ]

[ rumbling overhead ]

Deputy Keith Wetzel

I'm callin' for backup. [ rumbling continues ] get out! Get out now! Get out! It won't open! Let's go! I got it! I got it! Come on! I can't open it!

Cameraman

Oh, god!

[ shouting ] [ rumbling continues ]

Unidentified speaker

Oh-- [ bleep ]

[ siren wailing ]

Sergeant Duthie

That's Wetzel's car.

Fox Mulder

Wetzel!

Sergeant Duthie

Get the battering ram.

Unidentified speaker

Let's go around back.

Fox Mulder

That gun's not gonna do ya any good.

[ banging ]

Dana Scully

That's the battering ram.

Fox Mulder

Well, how come they're not in yet?

[ rumbling ]

Dana Scully

Wind?

Fox Mulder

If you say so.

Unidentified speaker

[ rattling ] I wonder who's in there.

[ Both screaming ]

Dana Scully

Damn! I hate you guys.

Fox Mulder

Where's Wetzel?

Cameraman

We don't know. There's something out there.

Fox Mulder

Stay where you are.

Cameraman

Yeah!

Fox Mulder

Look at this. Scully.

[ rumbling ]

Dana Scully

Deputy Wetzel?

Sergeant Duthie

Scully! Have you found him?

[ rumbling continues ]

Fox Mulder

Wetzel? Wetzel? [ Wetzel screaming ] Wetzel! [ shouting, indistinct ]

Deputy Keith Wetzel

Wetzel! Help me! Please help me!

Fox Mulder

Wetzel, don't be afraid! It can't hurt you! Don't be afraid! [ shouting continues ] that's what it wants! Look-- Wetzel! Help me! It can't hurt you! You're a [ bleep ] sheriff's deputy, Wetzel! Don't be afraid now! You're on national television, so cowboy up!

[ shouting continues ]

Unidentified speaker

Jeez!

Fox Mulder

Wetzel.

Dana Scully

He's alive.

Sergeant Duthie

Deputy Wetzel!

Dana Scully

We're up here!

[ footsteps ascending stairs ]

Sergeant Duthie

What happened?

Fox Mulder

The sun just came up.

Officer

Hang in there, kid.

Dana Scully

Do you think the deputy stopped it, whatever it was?

Fox Mulder

Maybe it just went away until the next full moon. I don't know. You gotta figure there's enough fear in the world... That if it doesn't show up in willow park, it's gonna show up someplace else.

Dana Scully

You didn't get the proof that you wanted, Mulder.

Fox Mulder

Well, hey, it all depends on how they edit it together.

Dana Scully

This is gonna be a hard one to write up.

Female Officer On Radio

132 at bush. I've got him at gunpoint.

Female Dispatcher

Okay, gunpoint. 132 and bush. Cover's code three.

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