Don't you want to keep it?
When you find her, give it to her.
“Ascension” · Season 2, Episode 6
In this episode: Fox Mulder (5), Walter Skinner (2), Cigarette Smoking Man (2), Alex Krycek (2), Margaret Scully (2), Mr. X (1)
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.
I found this. (He shows a cross) It's something I... I never considered about her. If she was... if she was such a skeptic, why did she wear that?
I gave it to her on her fifteenth birthday.
Don't you want to keep it?
When you find her, give it to her.
[holding up a cigarette butt] 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 Skyland 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 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.
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 I can do, Agent Mulder. As of right now, I'm reopening the X-Files. That's what they fear the most.
If Mulder is such a threat, why not eliminate him?
That's not our policy.
It's not? After what you had me do?
Kill Mulder and you risk turning one man's religion into a crusade.
You wasted a trip, Mister 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.
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