The X-Files Page #21

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SCULLY:

Yes. I know.

There is a hush of murmured responses to this, the panel

members speaking to one another. Assistant Director

Skinner shifts uneasily in his chair. He's been here

before with Agents Mulder and Scully. He's sensing

something outrageous.

CASSIDY:

And you have conclusive evidence of

this? Something to tie this claim of

yours to the crime --

SCULLY:

(grudgingly)

Nothing completely conclusive --

We have returned to the OVER ANGLE on Scully, where we

see the BEE just below her jacket collar on the back of

her neck.

It CRAWLS back under her collar, DISAPPEARING from

sight.

SCULLY:

I hope to. We're working to develop

this evidence --

CASSIDY:

Working with?

SCULLY:

Agent Mulder.

Off Cassidy's knowing nod, a general shifting in chairs,

we:

CUT TO:

INT. DOWNSCALE D.C. BAR - LATE DAY

Mulder pushes through the front, scanning the room for:

ANGLE ON KURTZWEIL

Sitting at a booth at the dark rear of the

establishment. Mulder enters frame, sitting down across

from him. Kurtzweil is jumpy, but he sees from Mulder's

expression that something's up.

KURTZWEIL:

You found something?

MULDER:

Yes. On the Texas border. Some kind of

experiment. Something they excavated

was brought there in tanker trucks.

KURTZWEIL:

What?

MULDER:

I'm not sure. A virus --

KURTZWEIL:

-- You saw this experiment?

MULDER:

What did it look like?

MULDER:

There were bees. And corn crops.

Kurtzweil smiles at Mulder, laughs with nervous

excitement. Mulder doesn't quite realize it yet, but

this is news to him.

MULDER:

What are they?

Kurtzweil slides from his seat, rising.

KURTZWEIL:

What do you think?

MULDER:

A transportation system. Transgenic

crops. The pollen genetically altered

to carry a virus.

KURTZWEIL:

That would be my guess.

MULDER:

Your guess?

But Kurtzweil doesn't respond to this. He's moving

toward the back of the bar. Mulder slides out, pursuing

him.

ANGLE ON BARMAID

The few PATRONS sitting at the bar, all turning in

reaction to this sudden flurry of activity.

INT. REAR OF DOWNSCALE BAR - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS

Near the bathrooms. Mulder catches up to Kurtzweil.

MULDER:

What do you mean, your guess?

Kurtzweil doesn't stop. So Mulder must physically stop

him.

MULDER:

You told me you had answers.

KURTZWEIL:

Yeah, well I don't have them all.

MULDER:

You've been using me --

KURTZWEIL:

I've been using you?!

MULDER:

You didn't know my father --

KURTZWEIL:

I told you -- he and I were old

friends --

MULDER:

You're a liar. You lied to me to

gather information for you. For your

goddamn books. Didn't you?

Mulder is getting heated, rough with Kurtzweil. When,

unexpectedly A MAN suddenly exits the bathroom. REACTING

to this scene. Kurtzweil uses the moment to break from

Mulder. Slipping out the back door. Mulder takes a beat,

then goes after him.

Pushing out the back door into the blinding brightness.

CUT TO:

EXT. ALLEY BEHIND BAR - DAY

Mulder busts out the back door, chasing Kurtzweil.

MULDER:

Kurtzweil!

Kurtzweil turns to him. With restrained ferocity.

KURTZWEIL:

You'd be sh*t out of luck if not for

me. You saw what you saw because I led

you to it. I'm putting my ass on the

line for you.

MULDER:

Your ass? I just got chased across

Texas by two black helicopters.

KURTZWEIL:

And why do you think it is you're

standing here talking to me? These

people don't make mistakes, Agent

Mulder.

And with that he turns now, striding off. Leaving Mulder

to deal with the excellent logic of this. When suddenly

Mulder reacts to A NOISE. Somewhere above him.

MULDER'S POV

Up on a fire escape, A MAN is moving. Mulder can only

see his feet and legs from this angle, but it is clear

he has been watching Mulder. Upon being spotted, the

figure slides away and disappears.

ANGLE FROM INSIDE FIRE ESCAPE BUILDING

We get a glimpse of the man who was watching him. A face

we recognize as that of the man who brushed past Mulder

coming out of the vending room, not long before the

building in Dallas blew. He is moving quickly now,

disappearing into the shadows. CAMERA TILTING DOWN to

find:

MULDER. He stands staring up, but only for a moment

until he turns and hurries off in the opposite direction

Kurtzweil disappeared in.

CUT TO:

INT. MULDER'S APARTMENT - MAGIC HOUR

ANGLE OVER MULDER'S DESK at the far end of the living

room. The sound of keys in the door, then Mulder enters

his apartment in a hurry. Moving to the desk and going

at this pace through the drawers. Looking for... A

PICTURE ALBUM.

Which he takes now, leafing through it. Flipping the

pages, looking for:

ANGLE OVER MULDER

Finding old pictures of young Fox Mulder with his

SISTER, Samantha. With his father and mother. The

plastic-covered page is peeled back and one of these

photos is removed. It is an old family snapshot. A

picnic possibly.

Mulder stares at the picture.

INSERT PHOTO - In the b.g. of the picnic, his head

turned to camera, is a young KURTZWEIL.

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