Mulder, it's me.
I just had something incredibly strange happen.
This piece of metal that they took out of Duane Barry--
it has some kind of a code on it.
I ran it through a scanner
and some kind of a serial number came up.
What the hell is this thing, Mulder?
It's almost as if...
It's almost as if somebody was using it to catalogue him.
Come on, lady!
Mulder! I need your help!
Come on! Mulder!
Come on, lady!
I need your help!
Mulder!
I'm sorry, ma'am,
but we can't disturb the crime scene.
But this is my daughter's apartment.
If you'll just wait... Let me go!
I have to get through!
I have to get in!
Mrs. Scully?
She's not in there.
Where is she?
This is Holly Reardon reporting live.
Police have refused to identify the kidnapping victim.
However, we have received unconfirmed information...
I knew it would happen this way.
I had this dream about Dana being taken away.
It's so strange.
I, uh...
I was going to call her,
but I was afraid I was going to scare her.
She would have laughed at me anyway.
She doesn't believe
in that kind of thing, you know.
According the reports I've reviewed, Agent Scully's
research states that Duane Barry's propensity
for violent, deviant behavior
is due to brain damage from a bullet wound in the head.
Is this the operational opinion?
Yes, sir.
Is there another?
He's convinced
he's going to be abducted by aliens,
that by taking someone
to the abduction site, he won't be abducted himself.
That he's following orders from alien voices in his head?
Yes.
That's an interesting spin
on the Nuremberg defense.
Which explanation do you subscribe to, Agent Mulder?
There's a question of how he could have gotten to her
in the first place.
And you think these alien voices told him?
Agent Scully was carrying a small piece of metal
that was removed from Duane Barry's abdomen--
an implant he described as a tracking device.
Agent Scully
thought that you had made
a major miscalculation in Duane Barry's psychosis.
Is that true? Yes.
But that still doesn't explain how he could've found her.
Where would he be taking her?
I don't know. He...
He talked about a mountain,
but he wasn't specific about the location.
Well, however he got to her, and whatever his motives,
he took Agent Scully's car and her weapon.
I think we all understand the seriousness
of this matter and should proceed ahead quickly
with all possible resources.
I need you to turn over your files to HRT.
I'd like to brief them myself, sir.
Go home, Agent Mulder. You've been up all night.
Get some sleep. Sir, I know Duane Barry.
I've been in his head, I know how he thinks.
You're too close to this case!
If we can use you, we will.
Sir...
That's an order, Agent Mulder.
Make sure he gets home safely.
Come on.
♪ You'll see him in your nightmares ♪
♪ You'll see him in your dreams ♪
♪ He'll appear out of nowhere ♪
♪ But he ain't what he seems ♪
♪ You'll see him in your head ♪
♪ On the TV screen ♪
♪ Hey, buddy, I'm warning you to turn it off ♪
♪ He's a ghost, he's a god ♪
♪ He's a man, he's a guru ♪
♪ You're one microscopic cog ♪
♪ In his catastrophic plan ♪
♪ Designed and directed by his red right hand... ♪
Sir, could you
turn off your radio?
I would, Officer, but I got to keep going.
An FBI APB has been issued
for a suspect in the abduction of an FBI...
Sir, I asked if you mind turning that off.
Okay.
But could you just give me the ticket now so I can go?
I got to be someplace.
Where?
I'm not sure,
but they'll tell me when I get there.
Sir, put your hands
on the steering wheel where I can see them.
You don't understand.
They're waiting for me.
I-I can't be late.
Put your hands up
and exit the vehicle.
No. I got to keep moving.
Please?
For your own sake?
Don't stop Duane Barry.
Sir, put your hands up.
Right there.
Okay.
Back it up a few frames.
Okay, now magnify this area.
My God.
She's still alive.
Print this up.
I just want to go back to the place.
What place?
Where it first started.
Where they first came and got me.
Where is that?
A mountain.
We went, uh, up and... up.
Ascending...
ascending to the stars.
Ascending...
Coffee?
Yeah?
Thanks.
Yeah.
How'd you sleep?
I didn't.
They're not taking Duane Barry again.
A mountain.
We went, uh, up and... up.
Ascending...
ascending to the stars.
...ascending to the stars.
What is it?
Where was that patrolman killed again?
Rixeyville, Virginia.
Route 229.
Doesn't 229 lead to the Blue Ridge Parkway?
I don't know.
What?
"Ascend to the stars.
Skyland Mountain."
You know where he's going?
Get your car and meet me downstairs in five minutes.
Where are we going?
Just get your car.
What about Skinner?
I'll deal with Skinner.
He thinks Scully's
been taken up to Skyland Mountain.
I'll hold him off until they locate her.
Wait. Here he comes.
I'll be in touch.
Come on. Let's go.
Hey!
You're dozing off.
Maybe I should drive.
I'm fine.
Well, you haven't slept yet. I have.
I said I'm fine.
You know, Chernobyl,
Exxon Valdez, Three Mile Island--
they were all linked to sleep deprivation.
The U.S. Department of Transportation
estimates that over 190,000 fatal car crashes every year
are caused by sleepiness.
Did they estimate how many people are put to sleep
listening to their statistics?
I'm just trying to keep you awake.
Look, I know you think we should have told Skinner,
but if he sends in the whole cavalry,
Duane Barry might go over the edge.
You're right.
If we find him first, we'll notify the Bureau.
All right?
Yeah.
You really think he tracked her down with that implant?
Well, that's the easiest explanation.
It's also the most implausible.
Is there another possibility?
Somebody could have given him her address.
I don't know who.
There's our turnoff.
Have you seen this guy?
Yeah, he was here.
He's wanted for kidnapping a federal agent.
Did you let him go up in the tram?
No way. It's shut down in the summer.
I told him to take the back road up.
How long ago? About 45 minutes.
Did he have a woman with him? No.
How long's it take to drive to the top?
Little over an hour.
You got to get me up there. No. No way.
We just got done refitting the cable.
It hasn't been tested
with passengers yet. You'll have to drive.
I don't have the time. You don't have a choice.
No, you don't have a choice.
Okay, I can't stop you from going up there,
but if there's a problem with the cable,
I'm shutting this thing down.
I'm not going to be responsible for your death.
What are you doing?
Stay here, and whatever happens,
don't let him stop the tram.
Okay, you hit your "run"
and "up" button on the panel.
Speed indicator controls your ascent.
Now, when you want to slow down...
Don't crank it
faster than 15!
What the hell is he doing?
I told him not to go that fast.
Base to car one, pick up.
Do you hear that sound?
At this speed, the cable can't hold.
...the handset.
Can you hear me? Slow...
Base to car one, pick up.
Go ahead.
Slow it down.
You're breaking up. Slow down
or the cable will... the tower.
Second tower's coming up.
Slow it down
through the next tower.
How close is he?
Should be up top in a minute.
There he is.
What are you doing?
Turn this back on.
Krycek, what's happening down there?
Krycek, do you read me?
Tell the operator to restart the tram.
Hello?
I've got him stalled up there.
Hello. Krycek, can you read me?
I'll hold until you advise.
Is there an emergency system on board?
Can you read me down there?
Can anyone read me?
...cloudiness with scattered rain
and intermittent thundershowers throughout the evening.
Look for highs tomorrow around 65 degrees,
with tonight's low dipping to 48 degrees.
That high-pressure ridge has moved east now.
There will be unstable activity on into the weekend.
Joining me now for the business report is Sue Roberts.
The dollar turned in a mixed performance
on the foreign exchange markets while closing stronger here.
Gold dropped almost two dollars in spite of
continued speculation about inflationary trends.
Silver was down 80 cents.
The blue-chip indicator rose slightly in moderate trading
with gains outnumbering declines by a margin of four to three.
A government source stated
that the U.S. will abolish...
Yeah!
Federal agent!
Yes!
Freeze!
Yes, yes!
Freeze!
Yes!
I said freeze!
Where is she?
I'm free, you son of a bitches!
You can't touch Duane Barry anymore!
Don't move!
I'm not going anywhere!
Where is she?
Where did you leave her?
They took her.
Who?
Them!
I told you they were going to take somebody else.
They did!
No! No! No!
No!
No! No!
No!
Sheriff, search and rescue chopper
has found them on the mountain.
We've sent out five teams
to search for that missing federal agent.
Some water?
We'll wait outside.
Now, what happened
after you took her out of the trunk?
We walked a little ways up to the top of the mountain.
Right where you found me.
Then where did you take her?
I didn't.
They did.
That was the deal.
Her instead of me.
Did you kill her?
No.
I swear.
How'd you get this?
From the ship.
What ship?
You saw it.
I saw a helicopter.
They were here.
I'm not lying to you!
There they are. Ask them.
They know what happened.
Sit down, Duane. No!
You've got to stop them!
Hurry! Hurry!
They were just out there!
They were right outside!
Duane, settle down.
They'll tell you
where she is!
The military's in on it.
Just ask them.
Did you hurt her?
No.
Did you hurt her?! No!
What is this?
I'm sorry.
They had to take her.
I hope they're not hurting her
too much with the tests.
I'm sorry.
Hey.
Yeah?
What's the matter? What did he say to you?
He's giving me nothing.
Were you out here alone?
Yeah, why?
Nobody goes in or out of that room.
Hey, Mulder.
What are you doing in there?
I heard him...
Come here. Come here.
I heard him gagging in there.
He couldn't breathe.
He said you choked him. No one... no one...
no one is to interrogate the suspect.
Except you?
Except me.
Did you ask him about Scully?
Yeah.
What did he say?
He started whistling "Stairway to Heaven."
Keep an eye on him.
Okay.
You got Duane Barry?
Yes, sir.
Agent Mulder, you disobeyed my direct order.
Call the paramedics!
What happened?
He was gagging.
Duane?
Duane!
Coming through!
Respiration?
Mmm, nothing.
Start CPR.
Ready? Yeah.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three...
Excuse me.
I'm Agent Mulder.
I'd like a copy of this man's autopsy report.
I'm sorry. It's still incomplete.
Are you the pathologist?
Yes.
Can I ask what your preliminary findings are?
Um... "second-degree burns on the face.
Contusions about the neck, bruised larynx..."
If I had to list cause of death at this point,
I'd have to say asphyxiation.
Were you expecting something else?
You haven't run a toxicological yet?
They should be finished shortly.
I'd be interested to see what you find.
When will it be on file?
Later this morning.
I'd like a copy as soon as possible, please.
Well, I'm sorry-- you'll have to go
through regular military channels.
What do you mean, "military"?
You're not FBI?
Quantico's under military jurisdiction.
There wasn't an FBI pathologist
available this morning.
Skinner's expecting my report on the Duane Barry incident.
What do I tell him?
The truth.
What do you mean?
Confirm Mulder's version of events.
You've earned his trust.
The object now is to preserve it.
For how much longer?
Until your assignment is completed.
If Mulder's such a threat, why not eliminate him?
That's not policy.
It's not?
After what you had me do?
Kill Mulder, and you risk
turning one man's religion into a crusade.
What about Scully?
We've taken care of that.
How?
We tell you only what you need to know.
I think I have a right to know.
You have no rights, only orders to be carried out.
If you have a problem
with that, we'll make other arrangements.
Victim appears to have expired
from prolonged hypoxemia secondary to asphyxiation.
Of several possible etiologies,
the most likely is strangulation
due to the presence of contusions
and a bruised larynx.
Do you want to speak to this, Agent Mulder?
I didn't kill him, if that's what you're suggesting.
But you attacked him?
I was interrogating him about Agent Scully.
He wasn't cooperating, so I pushed him.
And you lost control.
Momentarily. But then I left the room.
He was very much alive.
I spoke to him.
Agent Krycek spoke to him.
Agent Krycek says he entered the room
because the suspect was gagging.
Is Agent Krycek asserting that I killed him, too?
No.
He corroborates your story.
But the fact is, we've got a dead suspect, Agent Mulder,
and no other plausible cause of death.
OPC wants the both of you to take a lie detector test.
You're to report there immediately.
There is another plausible cause of death.
Which is?
Poisoning by injection or ingestion.
Poisoning?
You won't find that on the Navy
pathologist's report.
What are you saying, Agent Mulder?
That the autopsy is incomplete.
That the military covered up the toxicological findings.
And why would they do that?
Because they know where Scully is.
Why are you so paranoid, Mulder?
Oh, I don't know.
Maybe it's because I find it hard to trust anybody.
Alex. Alex, can I borrow your car keys?
Why? Where are you going?
There's somebody I got to see.
Yeah, but we're scheduled at OPC.
I know. Just give me the keys, please.
Thanks.
Don't forget, 1:00!
You wasted a trip, Mr. Mulder.
There's nothing the senator can do for you now.
What?
Not without committing political suicide.
Why? Do they have something on him?
They have something on everyone, Mr. Mulder.
The question is when they'll use it.
I need his help.
No one can help you now.
Your channels of appeal and recourse are closed.
Your predecessor could have helped me.
Oh.
You know, don't you?
You know what's happened to her.
This reaches beyond any of us, Mr. Mulder,
even my predecessor.
I want an answer.
Why kill Duane Barry if there was nothing to hide?
You mean the government?
There are no answers for you, Mr. Mulder.
They only have one policy.
Deny everything.
This is a serious allegation, Agent Mulder.
Only so far as it is true.
"Agent Krycek was hired or suborned
"by an outside agency to impede a federal investigation
"and may be responsible for the death of a suspect
in a capital murder case"?
It goes on.
"And the possible murder of the tram operator
at Skyline Mountain."
There's a lot of blood on this document, Agent Mulder.
Are you standing behind this, going on the record?
Yes, sir.
Well, then you damn well better
have the facts to back it up.
I need to see Agent Krycek immediately.
I can't protect you, Agent Mulder.
Past a point, this will become a larger Bureau matter.
All right. What do you got?
I found this in Agent Krycek's car.
He doesn't smoke.
Agent Krycek was the last person
with Duane Barry before he died.
He was also the last person
to see the tram operator before he disappeared.
When I got to the top of Skyline Mountain,
I saw an unmarked helicopter working the area.
I believe that Agent Krycek
gave away the whereabouts of Duane Barry
and Agent Scully to whoever he's working with.
And who is that?
I don't know. The military?
Some covert organization within the government?
Whoever it is that the man
who smokes those cigarettes works for.
Why? Because Agent Scully
got too close to whatever it is they're trying to deny.
Because she had hard and damning evidence:
that metallic implant in her possession.
Or because her termination
would prevent further involvement
with me and my work.
Do you think Agent Scully's dead?
I don't know.
How far do you think they'd go?
What do you know about Agent Krycek?
I didn't give him the assignment. I only...
Yes.
Thank you.
Agent Krycek didn't show up for work this morning.
His home number has been disconnected.
That's it? He's gone?
He just disappears into the woodwork?
So it would appear.
Who are these people
who can just murder with impunity
and we can't do anything about it?
Let it go, Agent Mulder.
Like hell.
There's nothing you can do.
What can you do about it?
There's only one thing that I can do, Agent Mulder:
As of right now, I'm reopening the X Files.
That's what they fear the most.
Agent Mulder?
Thank you for calling me.
I'm sorry I don't have better news.
Do you know something? Is Dana okay?
We don't know anything more about her.
I know you're doing all you can.
I had that dream again last night
about Dana being taken away.
I can't tell you how it scares me.
It's probably scarier
when you stop having the dream.
Don't you think?
I found this.
It's something I...
I never considered about her.
If she was, um...
if she was such a skeptic,
why did she wear that?
I gave it to her on her 15th birthday.
Don't you want to keep it?
When you find her, you give it to her.