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Special Agent Dana Katherine Scully opened one eye as she reached for the phone. Six a.m.? It's Saturday. Scully knew of only one person would call at such an ungodly hour.
"What's wrong Mulder?"
"Why would you think that something's wrong?"
"If there isn't anything wrong there will be something wrong with you soon for waking me up so early on a Saturday."
"Sorry Scully duty calls."
Sorry? Yeah right. She thought. "What is it this time?" She groaned.
"I'll let you know when I pick you up. I'll be there in 15 minutes."
Scully dragged herself to the bathroom. Yet another weekend shot to hell. I wonder what far out location Mulder has on the itinerary this time. Why can't we ever go someplace where I don't end up ruining a perfectly good pair of shoes? Scully sighed. No point in wondering what Mulder had up his sleeve. He'll fill her in when he showed up.
"Okay, so what is this about?" She asked 15 minutes later as she locked up her apartment.
"There was a beheading in New York three days ago."
"What makes this an X-file? It sounds like a homicide to me."
"About two years ago, a man was found in a parking garage, his body was riddled with bullets and his head was severed from his body. No one was ever charged with the murder." Mulder said. "About ten years ago, there were a series of decapitations the NYPD believed that a man named Russell Nash was behind the killings. He disappeared before any evidence was gathered against him."
"So, we're after a serial killer," Scully said.
Mulder grinned. "There's a little more to it than that," he said cryptically. "Read the file. Tell me what you think."
Scully quickly skimmed the file. "Mulder, one of these cases is almost ten years old. The other is two years old. What does this have to do with a murder which occurred three days ago?"
"Ten years ago several bodies were found in the New York metropolitan area with their heads severed and evidence of electrical disturbances. The NYPD believed that a man named Russell Nash was behind the murders. They were unable to make a case and he disappeared. Two years ago, a man's body was found in a parking garage. The victim had been shot several times and beheaded. There was the same electrical disturbance in the area. No one had been arrested in the case."
"Do the NYPD believe that this Russell Nash is responsible for the murder two years ago?"
"They haven't found any evidence of Nash's involvement," Mulder said. "They weren't able to find Nash at all. For all intent and purposes he had disappeared from the face of the earth. Then three days ago, a woman, Angela Smith was found in Central Park."
"The latest victim. She was beheaded?"
"Right. After she was shot once in the chest. Very similar to the victim from two years ago. The crime scene shows the same electrical disturbances as the cases from two and ten years ago. In addition all the victims had shaky histories."
"Shaky histories?"
"Yes. They seemed to have established histories as adults but there were no medical histories to match. No one could find any record of immunizations, hospital stays, not even dental records."
"It's possible that those records were lost somehow. Probably in a fire or a flood. It's common for records to be lost that way before everything was computerized."
"All three?"
"Are you trying to say that there was no medical histories because the records never existed?"
"There were no childhood records on the victims either. Almost as though they made up their childhood histories. You have to admit that it's strange."
"Maybe. But that doesn't change the fact that what we're talking about is a homicide case. I don't see an X-File here Mulder. You have no proof that this Russell Nash had any connection with the murders from two years ago or even these latest killings. You said so yourself. So why is it that we are investigating this case instead of someone in VCS?"
"The victim from three days ago was involved with a member of the New York congressional delegation. He pulled some strings to get FBI involvement."
"I'm surprised it took three days for the strings to be pulled," Scully said.
"Well there were extenuating circumstances," Mulder said. "Anyway for some reason everyone seems to think this is right up our alley. So the case is ours."
"I can't see why. It seems all perfectly normal. Well as normal as a beheading can be considered."
"What about the lightning Scully?"
"I doubt the lightning has anything to do with the bodies. What you probably have are cases where bodies were found near lightning strikes."
"Two? In a matter of days?"
"You're talking about three in a matter of years."
"There was another murder last night. A man was found in a secluded area of a park in Brooklyn. He was shot once in the chest and he had no head. The same electrical damage was found in the area. The weather in New York was clear. No meteorological conditions for lightning whatsoever."
Scully looked at the file again. "Well, at least I don't have to worry about ruining my shoes," she said.
"Don't be so sure." Mulder smirked "I heard that the pavement in New York is murder on shoes."
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