I'm going to find Trepkos.
What if he's already dead?
Then he'll have a lot of trouble answering my questions.
“Firewalker” · Season 2, Episode 9
In this episode: Fox Mulder (3), Dana Scully (2)
[voice-over] Scully and I are in the third day of a month-long quarantine, undergoing level 4 decon procedures. We are so far without symptoms of fungal contamination. All our specimens and field notes were confiscated by the military biohazard corps prior to our evacuation. Their presence has delayed for an indefinite period the arrival of the USGS data retrieval team. I suspect, though, that there will be little left for them to retrieve. There are no plans at present to explore further any of the hundreds of volcanically active mountains in the Cascade Range, including Mount Avalon. All access points to that volcano have been sealed off by army engineers.... Of the members of the Firewalker descent team, only Trepkos and O'Neil remain unaccounted for. They are presumed dead, and the search for them has been abandoned. Firewalker, however, was recovered, though its sensory and locomotive systems were found to be irreparably damaged. The data it collected from the earth's interior will never be known. And of the events that occurred at Mount Avalon between the 11th and 13th of November, 1994, mine stands as the only record.
TTrepkos
You still believe you can petition heaven and get some penetrating answer. If you found that answer, what would you do with it?
Scully? I don't think it's a good idea for you to go.
Mulder, I appreciate your concern - but I'm ready. I want to work.
Well, maybe you should take some time off.
I've already lost too much time.
TTrepkos
[on video] Scientific data? We're talking about revisiting the very origin of the earth, peering into the fire where it all began - a human endeavor more important even than man's exploration of space.
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