9x12 Scary Monsters

Written by Thomas Schnauz
Directed by Dwight Little
Airdate: 14 April 2002

Transcribed by Intrepidly
Edited by Libby

FAIRHOPE, PENNSYLVANIA

(Camera pans across the wall where a child's drawings hang. The first picture is of a boy in a red and yellow long-sleeved shirt and jeans walking on green grass. The second picture is of a man and a woman driving in one-seat open vehicles/wagons (with steering wheels) in opposite directions. The third picture is of a boy flying a kite and running toward the edge of the hill.)

(It's night. A little boy lies in bed. He is awake and staring at the ceiling. He doesn't seem tired at all. The tree branches outside his window scratch against the glass. The little boy seems afraid. He closes his eyes and the scratching noise stops.)

(After a brief moment, the scratching resumes. The little boy gasps and opens his eyes. He looks around the darkened room. He sits up in bed and glances at himself in the mirror. He peers under the bed. He doesn't see anything. He gets up and looks in the mirror again and sees something move under his bed.)

TOMMY (yelling):

(The bedroom door opens slightly and a dark, shadowy figure appears at the doorway.)

JEFFREY CONLON:

TOMMY:

(Tommy's father leans a little further into the bedroom.)

JEFFREY CONLON:

TOMMY:

JEFFREY CONLON:

TOMMY:

(From the doorway, Tommy's father crouches down slowly to peer under the bed. He sees something about a foot long scurry across the floor under the bed. Tommy is above on top of the bed watching his father closely.)

(Tommy's father gets up, a little shocked at what he's seen. He takes a breath and lies to his son.)

JEFFREY CONLON:

TOMMY:

JEFFREY CONLON:

(Tommy's father backs out of the bedroom door and closes it. Tommy settles back down on the bed and turns to look at his reflection in the mirror. He stares at the dark corner under his bed. The scratching he heard earlier resumes and grows louder. He imagines he sees something.)

(Tommy jumps out of bed and runs screaming to the closed door.)

TOMMY:

(Tommy grabs the door handle and tugs at it. It won't budge.)

TOMMY:

(Tommy pulls on the door handle and the door refuses to open. On the other side of the door in the hallway, Tommy's father holds the door pulled securely shut tight. His son's screams are heard loudly in the hallway.)

TOMMY:

(Tommy's father braces the door shut keeping Tommy inside his bedroom.)

TOMMY:

FADE TO BLACK.

FBI ACADEMY
QUANTICO, VIRGINIA

(Daytime. A class bell rings. Students and teachers fill the hallway. Scully rushes quickly to her office to grab a quick bite to eat before her next class. An FBI Cadet tries to get her attention.)

FBI CADET:

SCULLY:

(Scully rushes into her office. She seems to have something on her mind. She does. It's lunch. Right behind her is Agent Leyla Harrison.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

SCULLY:

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Scully reaches into her desk and pulls out a plastic storage container.)

SCULLY:

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Scully opens the container and pulls out her sandwich wrapped in wax paper. She pauses and looks up at Leyla.)

SCULLY:

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Scully grabs half of her sandwich and prepares to take a bit when Leyla opens a thin file she carried in with her. On one side of the file is the gruesome picture of a dead woman covered in blood. Scully has the strangest face on.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Scully puts her sandwich down, composes herself and picks the file up.)

SCULLY:

LEYLA HARRISON:

SCULLY:

LEYLA HARRISON:

SCULLY:

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Leyla pulls out a photo of Tommy Conlon. Cute kid.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Scully looks at her sceptically. She picks up her sandwich again preparing to eat it.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Leyla once again opens the file and puts it in front of Scully before she has a chance to take a single bite.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

SCULLY:

(Leyla nods her head.)

SCULLY:

LEYLA HARRISON:

SCULLY:

LEYLA HARRISON:

SCULLY:

LEYLA HARRISON:

SCULLY:

(The class bell rings, ending their conversation. Scully stands and re-wraps her uneaten lunch. She hands the sandwich to Leyla then leaves for her next class.)

SCULLY:

GEORGETOWN
6:42 PM

(Scully's apartment. Night. The phone rights. Scully exits the next room (presumably William's room) and partially closes the door behind her.)

SCULLY (into phone):

REYES:

(Reyes is on her cell phone in a car. Doggett is driving. They're going somewhere.)

SCULLY:

REYES:

SCULLY:

(Reyes glances to the person in the backseat of their car. It's Leyla Harrison.)

REYES:

(Reyes listens to Scully on the other end of the phone.)

REYES:

(Reyes glances over at Doggett who is listening in on the conversation. Leyla smiles sheepishly.)

REYES:

(Reyes hangs up.)

REYES:

LEYLA HARRISON:

DOGGETT:

(Doggett's not happy with what he's hearing. He turns the car around.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

DOGGETT:

LEYLA HARRISON:

(LEYLA lets out an exasperated sigh.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Reyes looks over at Doggett. He glances back at her. They exchange looks at which Doggett nods his head slightly in agreement.)

FAIRHOPE, PENNSYLVANIA

(Night. A large two story house sits in darkness. A man with a shovel is busy burying something in the yard. He works diligently covering the hole with dirt mixed with snow. He finishes his job. He is tired. He looks up at the approaching car. It's Jeffery Conlon, Tommy's father.)

(The Agents' car drives up the road and parks in the driveway. The agents get out of the car and approach the man.)

REYES:

JEFFREY CONLON:

REYES:

(Doggett holds out his ID.)

JEFFREY CONLON:

LEYLA HARRISON:

JEFFREY CONLON:

DOGGETT:

JEFFREY CONLON:

DOGGETT:

JEFFREY CONLON:

REYES:

JEFFREY CONLON:

DOGGETT:

JEFFREY CONLON:

DOGGETT:

REYES:

TOMMY:

(Just outside the door, Tommy is standing on the porch in his PJs. Jeffrey Conlon walks toward his son. The agents follow.)

JEFFREY CONLON:

TOMMY:

REYES:

LEYLA HARRISON:

JEFFREY CONLON:

REYES:

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Tommy tells the agents woodenly:)

TOMMY:

JEFFREY CONLON:

(Leyla looks at Doggett. She's disappointed at the uneventful exchange. Doggett remains silent and thoughtful. Jeffrey Conlon turns his back on the agents and picks up his son. The two go into the house.)

JEFFREY CONLON:

(The door closes behind them.)

(The agents stand there in silence. Leyla sighs. The three slowly make their way back to the car.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

(When they reach the car, the agents stop. Doggett turns around to face Leyla.)

DOGGETT:

(Leyla looks surprised.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Reyes concurs.)

REYES:

DOGGETT:

(Leyla is stunned. She sighs. She's surprised that she was right after all.)

[Tommy's upstairs bedroom]

(From above, the agents are observed moving toward the car. They are preparing to leave. Jeffrey Conlon stands near the window looking down at them.)

TOMMY:

(Jeffrey Conlon turns from the window to look at his son who is standing by the door.)

TOMMY:

JEFFREY CONLON:

(Jeffrey Conlon watches the agents get into the car.)

TOMMY:

(Jeffrey Conlon turns to look at his son.)

[Inside the car.]

(Doggett turns the ignition. The engine sputters but doesn't start.)

DOGGETT:

(Reyes looks concerned. Doggett tries the ignition one more time and as the engine sputters, blood burst through the a/c vents splattering the agents. Reyes screams. The agents look surprised.

[Outside the car.]

(Doggett opens the car hood. There is blood all over the inside engine. Reyes and Leyla stand on the side looking down at the mess.)

REYES:

DOGGETT:

(Scully's apartment. The living room is dark. Some light from the vicinity of the kitchen and a nearby fishtank pierces the darkness. There is someone knocking on the door. Loudly. A lamp light is turned on. Scully rushes out of her bedroom tying the sash to her robe. She peers through the door's peep hole and sees a young dark-haired man standing there ... someone she's never seen before.

SCULLY:

GABE ROTTER:

SCULLY:

GABE ROTTER:

(At the mere mention of Leyla's name, Scully unchains and opens the door. She can't believe it.)

SCULLY:

GABE ROTTER:

(Gabe Rotter holds out a small dirty box for Scully to take. Scully takes a step back at the stench coming from the box.)

SCULLY:

GABE ROTTER:

SCULLY:

GABE ROTTER:

(Scully puts her head in her hands. Could the day get any worse?)

SCULLY:

(Scully takes a step back and begins to close the door. Gabe Rotter, not one to be left out of anything, quickly steps into Scully's apartment, uninvited. Him and his box.)

GABE ROTTER:

(Scully stands near the door. It's still wide open.)

SCULLY:

(Scully's voice rises.)

GABE ROTTER:

(Gabe Rotter opens the box exposing the dead cat to Scully who, once again, turns away from the stench. Her hand covering her mouth, Scully glances down at the cat. She sees something. Scully walks past Gabe Rotter and picks up her phone. She begins dialing.)

GABE ROTTER:

SCULLY:

(Scully turns attention back to the telephone.)

(Conlon's residence. Reyes is holding her cell phone. Her phone is on "ROAM". She presses the button twice; the phone beeps twice. She holds it to her ear but doesn't hear anything.)

(Doggett and Jeffrey Conlon come inside the house.)

REYES:

DOGGETT:

JEFFREY CONLON:

(Jeffrey Conlon leaves the room.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

REYES:

LEYLA HARRISON:

DOGGETT:

LEYLA HARRISON:

REYES:

DOGGETT:

TOMMY (screaming from upstairs):

(Doggett gets up off of the couch in a flash and begins running.)

TOMMY:

(Doggett runs up the stairs. Reyes not far behind him.)

TOMMY:

(Doggett turns the corner into the hallway and sees Jeffrey Conlon holding the door to his son's bedroom closed.)

[CLOSED CAPTION:

TOMMY:

DOGGETT:

JEFFREY CONLON:

(Doggett pushes Jeffrey Conlon away from Tommy's bedroom door. Reyes opens the door and sees Tommy huddled on his bed. On the floor are two huge earwig.)

REYES:

(Doggett appears behind Reyes. Reyes reaches Tommy and pulls the boy into her arms while Doggett pulls out his weapon. Leyla arrives at the bedroom doorway. Doggett fires at one earwig. The creature breaks upon impact. The agents all watch in horror as the two pieces of the broken earwig grow into two newly formed creatures. They both scurry away under the bedroom wall.)

FADE TO BLACK.

(Conlon residence. Tommy is sitting at the downstairs table colouring. It is a picture of a woman wearing black standing next to another person wearing sky blue.)

(Reyes is standing quietly on the side watching Tommy. Doggett enters the living area. Reyes approaches him.)

DOGGETT:

REYES:

DOGGETT:

(Doggett glances down at Tommy who is still colouring. He approaches the table and sits down in the chair next to Tommy.)

DOGGETT:

(Tommy doesn't say anything.)

DOGGETT:

(Tommy nods his head. Doggett points to the woman in black in the picture Tommy's colouring.)

DOGGETT:

TOMMY:

(Reyes smiles. Doggett turns to look at her.)

REYES:

TOMMY:

(Doggett quietly gets up and leaves.)

(Tommy's bedroom. There's a picture that Tommy drew that's hanging on the wall. It's a picture of a boy, his cat, his bike and his house. Jeffrey Conlon is looking at the picture. Doggett and Leyla are also in the room.)

JEFFREY CONLON:

DOGGETT:

JEFFREY CONLON:

DOGGETT:

JEFFREY CONLON:

(Jeffrey Conlon rolls up his shirt sleeves to reveal large welting scars on his forearms.)

JEFFREY CONLON:

DOGGETT:

JEFFREY CONLON:

DOGGETT:

JEFFREY CONLON:

(Leyla stands there silent.)

JEFFREY CONLON:

LEYLA HARRISON:

DOGGETT:

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Scully's kitchen. Spread out on paper towels are an array of kitchen appliances, from knives, to tongs, a champagne opener, meat tenderizer, salad tongs ... every kitchen utensil available. Scully reaches for the salad tongs and begins working on Spanky, the Conlon's dead cat.)

(Gabe Rotter stands by the doorway watching as Scully (in her "Something smells goo-ood!" green bar-b-que apron and yellow rubber cleaning gloves) begins to autopsy the dead cat on her kitchen table.)

GABE ROTTER:

SCULLY:

GABE ROTTER:

SCULLY:

GABE ROTTER:

SCULLY:

GABE ROTTER:

(The phone rings.)

SCULLY:

(Scully and Gabe Rotter switch places. Scully answers the phone.)

SCULLY:

SHERIFF JACK COOGAN:

SCULLY:

SHERIFF JACK COOGAN:

SCULLY:

SHERIFF JACK COOGAN:

SCULLY:

SHERIFF JACK COOGAN:

SCULLY:

SHERIFF JACK COOGAN:

SCULLY:

(Conlon's back yard. Doggett is digging. Jeffrey Conlon and Leyla are standing nearby. The shovel hits something hard. Doggett reaches into the shallow hole and cuts his finger on a piece of glass. He's bleeding.)

DOGGETT:

LEYLA HARRISON:

DOGGETT:

(Doggett pulls out a dirty shard of glass with a around sticker on it and holds it up for Conlon to see. It's the same kind of sticker that was on the mirror in Tommy's bedroom at the beginning of the episode.)

JEFFREY CONLON:

DOGGETT:

JEFFREY CONLON:

DOGGETT:

JEFFREY CONLON:

DOGGETT:

(While Doggett gives Jeffrey Conlon instructions, Leyla kneels and looks into the shallow hole at the broken mirror pieces. She looks up after Jeffrey Conlon leaves.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Doggett listens to Leyla finish her theory. He doesn't believe it.)

DOGGETT (dryly):

(Doggett walks away leaving Leyla standing next to the shallow hole. Leyla follows him inside.)

(Up in Tommy's bedroom, Jeffrey Conlon is busy packing a bag like Doggett instructed. Doggett is there helping grab things from the boy's closet. Reyes and Tommy are both there also.

DOGGETT:

TOMMY:

JEFFREY CONLON (interrupting):

(The agents all watch Tommy's reaction to the mention of the Sheriff. Tommy seems upset that no one's listening to him. He walks around the bed and into Reyes' arms. He clings to her.)

REYES:

(Someone is knocking on the door downstairs. Doggett reaches for his gun.)

DOGGETT:

(Jeffrey Conlon looks silently at his son. Tommy doesn't say anything.)

[Downstairs]

(Doggett walks to the nearby window to see who is outside. It's the Sheriff. Doggett opens the front door.)

DOGGETT:

(The Sheriff walks into the house. Doggett closes the door behind him.)

SHERIFF JACK COOGAN:

DOGGETT:

(Leyla and Reyes make their way down the stairs. Jeffrey Conlon and Tommy are behind them.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

REYES:

SHERIFF JACK COOGAN:

DOGGETT:

SHERIFF JACK COOGAN:

JEFFREY CONLON:

(Doggett turns his back on the Sheriff to look at Jeffrey Conlon.)

DOGGETT:

(While his back is turned, the Sheriff reaches for his gun. Reyes calls out a warning to Doggett.)

REYES:

(Doggett manages to knock the gun out of the Sheriff's hands. The two men fight. Reyes moves in closer but doesn't interfere with the fighting. Tommy watches with interest.)

REYES:

(The two men continue fighting. Doggett reaches back and punches the Sheriff in his abdomen. His fist goes clear through. Doggett has a look of horror on his face. His fist is covered with blood.)

JEFFREY CONLON:

(Jeffrey Conlon pulls his son into his arms to shield him from the sight. Doggett pulls his bloodied fist out of the Sheriff who falls back on the floor motionless. Doggett's hand is drenched and dripping with blood.)

(Reyes, who was standing just behind Doggett, slowly lowers her gun. Her eyes on Doggett's bloodied fist.)

FADE TO BLACK

(Scully's apartment. Gabe Rotter has somehow gotten his hands on Mulder's ID badge. He holds it up, looking at it.)

GABE ROTTER:

(Scully approaches from behind and snatches Mulder's ID badge from Gabe Rotter. She is on the phone. Gabe Rotter continues to mumble to himself.)

GABE ROTTER:

(Scully hangs up the phone and sighs.)

SCULLY:

GABE ROTTER:

SCULLY:

GABE ROTTER:

SCULLY:

GABE ROTTER:

SCULLY:

GABE ROTTER:

SCULLY:

(Scully picks up the phone one more time and begins dialing.)

GABE ROTTER:

SCULLY:

(Reyes is picking at the hole in the Sheriff with a wooden spoon. The spoon is bloodied and red. Doggett appears behind her wiping the blood off of his hands with a towel.)

DOGGETT:

REYES:

DOGGETT:

(Doggett finishes wiping his hands and moves to gently lay the towel over the dead Sheriff's face.)

DOGGETT:

REYES:

DOGGETT:

(Doggett seems to have an idea. Reyes looks a little confused by what Doggett just said. He leaves the room. Reyes follows.)

(Tommy is busy drawing another picture. It's a picture of a blonde-haired boy in a light blue shirt standing in a rowboat fishing.)

DOGGETT:

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Jeffrey Conlon look up. Tommy ignores Leyla and continues drawing. Reyes moves toward Tommy.)

REYES:

TOMMY:

(Tommy gives Reyes a hug.)

REYES:

(The two leave the room. Doggett watches them leave. He turns to address Jeffrey Conlon.)

DOGGETT:

LEYLA HARRISON:

DOGGETT:

(Jeffrey Conlon is offended by Doggett's insinuation.)

JEFFREY CONLON:

DOGGETT:

JEFFREY CONLON:

DOGGETT:

(Tommy's bedroom. Tommy opens a dresser drawer and pulls out a stack of drawings. He gives them to Reyes.)

TOMMY:

REYES:

(Reyes goes through the drawings one by one. We don't get to see the first one. The second one is a picture of a boy in a sky blue shirt riding his scooter down the sidewalk. The third picture is of the two earwigs. The next picture is a picture of a dark-haired woman wearing black with an earwig inside her belly. Tommy points to the picture.)

TOMMY:

REYES:

(Tommy is watching Reyes with eyes filled with a strange glint of anticipation. He says the words, but we no longer believe him.)

TOMMY:

SHERIFF'S STATION
SOMERSET COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

(Scully and Gabe Rotter enter the Sheriff's Station.)

SCULLY:

SHERIFF JACK COOGAN:

SCULLY:

SHERIFF JACK COOGAN:

SCULLY:

GABE ROTTER:

(The Sheriff turns and points to the Fairhope map hanging on the wall.)

SHERIFF JACK COOGAN:

SCULLY:

SHERIFF JACK COOGAN:

(Gabe Rotter looks at the Sheriff, his mouth open. Scully has pretty much the same look on her face also.)

(Conlon's residence.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Leyla turns her head to indicate the body of the Sheriff on the floor.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

(The two agents slowly walk to the empty space on the rug where the Sheriff's body was and no longer is.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Off to the side, Reyes makes her way down the stairs. She's in pain and clutching her stomach.)

DOGGETT:

(Doggett turns toward the stairs and makes it barely in time to catch Reyes as she collapses onto the ground floor.)

REYES:

(She is in pain and can barely get the words out.)

REYES:

(Doggett lifts up Reyes' shirt to reveal something moving around insider her abdomen. Leyla is absolutely horrified.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Reyes continues to scream in pain. Jeffrey Conlon slowly approaches the agents. Doggett turns angrily to him.)

DOGGETT:

JEFFREY CONLON:

(Doggett gets up and grabs Jeffrey Conlon. Reyes is still screaming in pain.)

DOGGETT:

JEFFREY CONLON:

REYES:

(Reyes knows that Tommy is doing these things deliberately. Doggett is angry at the uncontrolled son who inflicts pain and ineffective father standing before him.)

DOGGETT:

(Doggett leaves Jeffrey Conlon and runs up the stairs to confront the child.)

(Doggett turns the second floor corner onto the hallway. Tommy is walking down the hallway as if he were nearby watching Reyes in pain. He is about half the hallway away from Doggett. He turns around slowly.)

DOGGETT:

(Tommy has a grin on his face and defies Doggett by turning his back to him and running down the hallway back into his bedroom. Doggett takes off after him. Tommy shuts the door in Doggett's face. Doggett opens the door and enters the room across from Tommy's bedroom and falls down into darkness where the floor once was. Doggett continues to fall.)

(Doggett hits the floor with a loud thud. He rolls over and sees the light from the hallway through the door quite a distance above him. In the darkness around him, there is a scratching noise. All around him, giant earwigs converge upon him. Covering him completely.)

(Doggett yells.)

FADE TO BLACK

(Outside Conlon's residence. It's still lightly snowing outside. Icicles hang from the tree branches, the car is still parked in the driveway and Reyes' cries of pain fill the air.)

(Inside. Reyes is screaming. Leyla is holding Reyes arms down--restraining her- preventing her from hurting herself.)

REYES:

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Leyla struggles to hold Reyes down. She turns her frustration to Jeffrey Conlon who is still where Doggett left him.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Jeffrey Conlon cowers nearby. Leyla stops and lets go restraining Reyes as something happens to her eyes. She covers her eyes with the palms of both her hands. When she pulls them away, they are covered with blood. Leyla's eyes are bleeding.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

REYES:

(Jeffrey Conlon makes a decision and leaves the two women to venture upstairs where Tommy is.)

(Tommy's bedroom. Tommy is drawing a new picture. It's a close-up of a blonde-haired woman whose eyes are bleeding.)

(Hallway)

(Jeffrey Conlon walks purposefully down the hallway toward Tommy's bedroom. Just as he reaches to open the door, Doggett appears, unharmed, and stops him.)

DOGGETT:

JEFFREY CONLON:

DOGGETT:

JEFFREY CONLON:

DOGGETT:

(Jeffrey Conlon realizes that his son had deliberately caused his wife's suffering that led to her death. A brief flash of anger takes hold of Jeffrey Conlon and he lunges for the doorknob to his son's bedroom. Doggett stops him.)

DOGGETT:

(Inside Tommy's bedroom, Tommy has completely coloured Leyla Harrison's eyes red. Tommy stops drawing and looks up. All is silent.)

TOMMY:

(There is no answer.)

TOMMY:

(The house is still silent. Tommy goes over to the window and looks outside to the grounds below. Doggett his helping Reyes; Jeffrey Conlon is helping Leyla. The four of them are making their way to the car and away from Tommy.)

(Tommy watches from the second floor window. Everyone is getting into the car. Tommy isn't going to let them leave.)

(Front yard. Both Reyes and Leyla are in the car. Doggett turns back toward the house. Jeffrey Conlon runs after him.)

JEFFREY CONLON:

(Doggett picks up a gasoline can. He turns around and instructs Jeffrey Conlon.)

DOGGETT:

(Doggett goes back into the house.)

(Back inside the house. Tommy is standing on the staircase. Doggett opens the gasoline can and begins pouring the liquid all over the living room.)

(Tommy watches from above. Curious. Unafraid.)

TOMMY:

(Doggett doesn't answer him. He continues to pour the liquid from the gasoline can all over the living room floor. Tommy walks further down the stairs.)

TOMMY:

DOGGETT:

TOMMY:

DOGGETT:

(Doggett tosses the empty gasoline can aside and faces Tommy who also reached the ground floor.)

DOGGETT:

TOMMY:

(Doggett pulls out a single match from his pocket and with a flick of his thumb, the match flares to life. Doggett holds the flame up in front of him for Tommy to see.)

DOGGETT:

(Doggett throws the match to the floor igniting the liquid from the gasoline can.)

(Flames roll across the rug as the liquid catches fire and spreads rapidly around the room. Amidst it all, Doggett doesn't move. His angry, disapproving gaze is fixed solely on Tommy. He shows Tommy no fear at all as the flames rise higher and higher around them both.)

(Tommy watches as the fire spreads from the floor rugs to the chairs, the sofa and along the floorboard behind him. Tommy's eyes widen as the fire spreads. He looks back at Doggett who hasn't taken his gaze off of Tommy. Neither has he moved. He has no intention of leaving and makes no move to do so either. Tommy's eyes finally widen in fear as he realizes that the fire around him is real.)

(Inside the car. Leyla moves the towel away from her eyes. The towel isn't bloodied and neither are her eyes bleeding.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

REYES:

LEYLA HARRISON:

REYES:

(Both Reyes and Leyla Harrison look out the car window. They see a Jeep cross the bridge, over the driveway and park. Scully and Gabe Rotter get out of the car and start running toward the house.)

(Back inside the Conlon residence. Gabe Rotter bursts through the door, trips and falls on the floor hurting himself in the process.)

GABE ROTTER:

(Doggett gently lifts Tommy off of the floor. Everyone walks back in to the house.)

JEFFREY CONLON:

(Doggett gives Tommy to his father who is worried about him. Leyla Harrison helps Gabe Rotter up off the floor. Reyes walks in to the living room.)

DOGGETT:

SCULLY (to Jeff Conlon):

(Doggett sees Reyes and walks toward her. His eyes darting downward toward her abdomen.)

DOGGETT:

(Reyes calmly looks around the living room. She sees the empty gas can lying on the floor. The floor and carpet is soaked. A worried look crosses Doggett's face. Reyes kneels to examine the liquid on the floor from the gasoline tank.

REYES:

DOGGETT:

FADE TO BLACK

(Inside the X-Files office. The camera lingers on the "I WANT TO BELIEVE" poster. Leyla Harrison is standing in the middle of the X-Files office staring at the poster. Gabe Rotter comes to stand next to her.)

GABE ROTTER:

(A smile crosses Gabe Rotter's face.)

GABE ROTTER:

(Leyla Harrison smiles.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

(Leyla turns to look at Scully. Scully looks up at Leyla and smiles.)

LEYLA HARRISON:

REYES:

SCULLY:

DOGGETT:

GABE ROTTER:

LEYLA HARRISON:

DOGGETT:

LEYLA HARRISON:

SCULLY:

REYES:

(Inside the Psychiatric Centre. Jeffrey Conlon walks down the corridor and stops at a closed door with a window.)

SCULLY (Voiceover):

DOGGETT (Voiceover):

(Jeffrey Conlon looks inside. Tommy is sitting in a recliner chair watching 30 television sets.)

FADE TO BLACK

THE END