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I've been thinking. (Scary thought I know) but I have been thinking about getting my own web page and this would be JUST the type of thing to put in an X-Files section. Should I ever get around to it. Well it was just a thought. I'll let it rattle around in there for a while.
It has occurred to me that I have this long list of abbreviations and I'm not even sure if I'm going to use a good number of them again. Oh well. It gives me an excuse to play with the color. Heh heh.
Archivist's note: This of course was written before I started this website. When I'd started this site, the Archive With No Name was around I hadn't put it up here before.
On to the "show."
The X-Files: Fight The Future: That's gratitude for you.
Abbreviations to date
Caveman 1: CM1
Caveman 2: CM2
Boy 1: B1
Stevie (a.k.a. Boy 2): ST
Boy 3: B3
Boy 4: B4
Captain Miles Cooles: CMC
Men in Biohazard suits: MIB
Dude with Tie (Bronschweig): DWT
Deputy Type Guy: DTG
Skinner: Sk
Generic Agent Type 1: GAT1
The Big Cheese (AKA S.A.C. Michaud): TBC
Scully: S
Mulder: M
Rent-a-cop 1: RAC1
Generic Agent Type 2: GAT2
Nameless Agent: NA
Nameless Agent 2: NA2
Number of times Scully has called Mulder by his last name:
17
Number of times Mulder has called Scully by her last name:
6
FBI Headquarters
Washington, D.C
Office of Professional Review (OPR)
The scene opens up withS in the hot seat. There's a second seat next to her but it's empty. Someone is conspicuously absent. PoorS has to deal with the dimwits in power all by herself. Among the -er dignitaries? is A.D. Skinner. He doesn't seem particularly pleased to be there either. Even the way he is sitting makes him look as though he's trying to set himself away from the rest of the geniuses. <Was that sarcastic enough?> One particularly annoying piece of work is this irritating, annoying wench (IAW) who drones on and on about Ruby Ridge and Waco. <Blah, blah, blah.>
IAW: In light of Waco and Ruby Ridge there is a heightened need of the Attorney General's office to place responsibility, as early as possible for the catastrophic destruction of public property and loss of life due to terrorist activity. Many details are still unclear but we're under some pressure from the Attorney General's office to give an accurate picture of what happened so that she can issue a public statement. <God forbid we consider something like say the facts while we attempt such an endeavor.> We know now that five people died in the explosion. Special…
M walks into the room. S looks back at him with a look somewhere between relief and irritation. IAW looks at him with thinly veiled disgust. Sk looks at M but keeps his face neutral. M approaches the table while straightening his badge. <Nice way to make an impression Mulder.>
IAW: [continues] <I wish she wouldn't> Special Agent in Charge Darius Michaud, who was trying to defuse the bomb. <Not!> Three firemen from Dallas and a young boy. I'd like to begin this session…
M: [interrupting] Excuse me. The firemen and the boy were found in the building? <This man has balls. He shows up late to a meeting where they're trying to fry his butt then interrupts. No punk action in this scene.>
IAW: Agent Mulder since you were unable to be on time for this hearing I would like you to step outside so that we can hear Agent Scully's version of the facts so that she will not be paid the same disrespect. <This woman talks entirely too much. I don't like her. I say we implement Rainey's solution number one on her.>
M: We had been told that the building was clear.
IAW: You'll get your turn Agent Mulder. Please step outside.
M looks as though he was about to be insubordinate again. Sk motions for him to do as he's told. M leaves the room albeit reluctantly.
Outside, M cracks on his sunflower seeds <okay, we've established for all the heathens that M eats sunflower seeds. Really, now where the hell is he going to put the husks? M isn't exactly neat when he eats these things.> The door opens and Sk steps out. M stands up ready to take his turn with IAW.
Sk: Sit down they're still talking to Agent Scully.
M: About what? <Good question. IAW's speech aside I'm not sure why they want to grill S.>
Sk: They're asking her for a narrative. They want to know why she was in the wrong building. <Well you're looking at the reason. Hello!>
M: She was with me. <Duh!>
Sk: You don't see what's going on here do you? <No he doesn't. The man's supposed to be freaking brilliant but time and time again he has to be hit over the head with the bloody obvious. He's been battling these people for how long and he STILL doesn't know a set up when one slaps him into hearings? I bet Krycek would have smelled a set up.> There's 45 million dollars worth of damage to the city of Dallas. <Really?> Lives have been lost. <No shit!> No suspects have been named. So the story that's being shaped is that this could have been prevented.
M: They want to blame us? <No this hearing is being held for the hell of it. Hello!>
Sk: [sits next to Mulder] Agent Mulder you and I both know if it looks bad it's bad for the FBI. Blame has to be assigned somewhere.
M: If they want someone to blame they can blame me. Agent Scully doesn't deserve this.
Sk: She's in there right now saying the same thing about you.
M: I breached protocol, I broke contact with the S.A.C., I ignored a primary tactical rule and left him alone with the device.
Sk: Agent Scully says it was she who ordered you out of the building, that you wanted to go back in.
M: No.
The door opens again and S comes out.
S: [quietly] They're asking for you sir.
Sk: Thank you. [He leaves and goes back into the room.]
M: Whatever you told them in there you don't have to protect me.
S: All I told them was the truth.
M: They're trying to divide us on this one. You can't let them.
S: They have divided us. They're splitting us up.
M: What are you talking about?
S: I have a meeting with OPR the day after tomorrow for remediation and reassignment.
M: They're the ones who put us together. <I thought it was Section Chief Blevins who put them together. I don't recall seeing OPR on the door.>
S: Because they wanted me to invalidate your investigation into the paranormal. <Uh oh extraneous explanation alert.> But I think it goes deeper than that now.
M: This is not about you Scully, they're doing this to me. <Me, me, me. Not everything is about you Mulder.>
S: They're not doing this. [sighs] Mulder, I left behind a career in medicine because I thought that I could make a difference at the FBI. <Oh God more extraneous dialogue for the benefit of the heathens.> But it hasn't turned out that way and now if they were to transfer me to Omaha or Cleveland or some field office it just doesn't hold the interest that it once did. Not after what I've seen and done. <Which I will promptly forget next week so that I can give you a rational explanation for the next case.>
M: You're quitting. <Insert comment meaning "duh" here.>
S: Maybe you should ask yourself if your heart's still in it.
The door opens up once again with Sk peeping out.
Sk: Agent Mulder you're up.
M approaches the door sans jacket.
S: Mulder. [She hands him his jacket] <This man doesn't need a partner. He needs a keeper.> Good luck. <You're SO going to need it.>
S looks wistfully at the door M goes through before turning and walking away.
Oh my God where do I start?
First of all what a bunch of bleeding ingrates. Granted M and S were looking in the wrong building but they found the bomb and S was the one who had the building evacuated. If it weren't for them HUNDREDS of people would have died while TBC and GAT1 were on a wild goose chase across the street. So why are they being blamed for the deaths of 5 people? Shouldn't TPTB be kissing M and S feet and offering them their division back with an office with TWO desks, two nameplates on the door and windows on a floor other than the basement for saving all those lives? Instead they're wenching about protocol when following protocol would have resulted in hundreds of deaths. If protocol is so bleepin' important fine reprimand them but don't blame them for the death of 5 people when their actions saved HUNDREDS. It's amazing anyone gets arrested by the FBI with these Einstiens running the joint. (They can't even do simple subtraction. Sheesh!) No wonder the consortium thought bombing the building was a good idea. These idiots couldn't find a clue if it came up and bit them in the butt.
Second, while I liked the outfit S was wearing, and I know GA is short, am I the only one who was a little disturbed by the outfit. I don't think S would wear a split that high to work and the heel were pushing FM level. (Maybe they were FM level. I am not a wearer of high heels myself.)
Sorry Ish I STILL don't see Sk looking S up and down like he was checking her out.
I like the interplay between Sk and M in this scene. I LOVED how M wouldn't go out in the hall until he got the nod from Sk. Also, it looked like Sk was on their side but he couldn't be overt about it so they couched everything in formal language. Thus Agent Scully this and Agent Scully that instead of the usual S this and S that. (The walls probably have ears.)
Did I mention that I hate that IAW?
To be continued…
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