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Ascension

Brief synopsis: Mulder searches for Scully, who has disappeared mysteriously.
KRYCEK: You know, Chernobyl, Exxon Valdez, Three Mile Island... they were all linked to sleep deprivation. The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that over 190,000 fatal car crashes every year are linked to sleepiness.
MULDER: Did they estimate how many people are put to sleep listening to their statistics?"

MULDER: Now what happened after you took her out of the trunk?
DUANE BARRY: We walked a little ways up to the top of the mountain, right where you found me.
MULDER: Then where'd you take her?
DUANE: I didn't. They did. That was the deal. Her instead of me.
MULDER: Did you kill her?
DUANE: No. I swear!
MULDER: How'd you get this?" (indicating burns on face)
DUANE: From the ship.
MULDER: What ship?
DUANE: You saw it!
MULDER: I saw a helicopter.
DUANE: They were here. I'm not lying to you. There they are. Ask them. They know what happened!
MULDER: Sit down, Duane.
DUANE: No! You've got to stop them! Hurry, hurry! They were just out there! They were right outside!
MULDER: Duane, settle down!
DUANE: They'll tell you where she is! The military's in on it, just ask them!
MULDER: Did you hurt her?
DUANE: No.
MULDER: Did you hurt her?
DUANE: No!
MULDER: What is this?
DUANE: I'm sorry. They had to take her. I hope they're not hurting her... too much with the tests. I'm sorry.

KRYCEK: Skinner's expecting my report on the Duane Barry incident. What do I tell him?
CSM: The truth.
KRYCEK: What do you mean?
CSM: Confirm Mulder's version of events. You've earned his trust, the object now is to preserve it.
KRYCEK: For how much longer?
CSM: Until this assignment is completed.
KRYCEK: If Mulder's such a threat, why not eliminate him?
CSM: That's not policy.
KRYCEK: It's not? After what you had me do?
CSM: Kill Mulder and you risk turning one man's religion into a crusade.
KRYCEK: What about Scully?
CSM: We've taken care of that.
KRYCEK: How?
CSM: We tell you only what you need to know.
KRYCEK: I think I have a right to know.
CSM: You have no rights, only orders to be carried out. If you have a problem with that we'll make other arrangements.

SKINNER: What are you saying, Agent Mulder?
MULDER: That the autopsy is incomplete. That the military covered up the toxilogical findings."
SKINNER: And why would they do that?
MULDER: Because they may know where Scully is.
Man: Why are you so paranoid, Mulder?
MULDER: Oh I don't know. Maybe it's because I find it hard to trust anybody.

MULDER: I need his help.
Mr. X: No one can help you now. Your channels of appeal and recourse are closed.
MULDER: Your predecessor could have helped me. Oh... you know, don't you? You know what's happened to her.
X: This reaches beyond any of us, Mr. Mulder. Even my predecessor.
MULDER:I want an answer!
X: Why kill Duane Barry if there was nothing to hide?
MULDER: You mean the government?
X: There are no answers for you, Mr. Mulder. They only have one policy... Deny everything.

MULDER: 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 Skyline 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.
SKINNER: And who is that?
MULDER: I don't know, the military? Some covert organization within the government? Whoever it is that man who smokes those cigarettes works for.
SKINNER: Why?
MULDER: 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.
SKINNER: Do you think Agent Scully's dead?
MULDER: I don't know. How far do you think they'd go? What do you know about Agent Krycek?
SKINNER: I didn't give him the assignment, I only... Agent Krycek didn't show up for work this morning. His home number has been disconnected.
MULDER: That's it? He's gone, he just disappears into the woodwork?
SKINNER: So it would appear.
MULDER: Who are these people who can just murder with impunity and we can't do anything about it?
SKINNER: Let it go, Agent Mulder.
MULDER: Like hell.
SKINNER: There's nothing you can do.
MULDER: What can you do about it?
SKINNER: 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.

MAGGIE SCULLY: I had that dream again last night. About Dana being taken away? I can't tell you how it scares me.
MULDER: It's probably scarier when you stop having the dream. Don't you think? I found this. (He puts SCULLY's gold cross in her hand) It's something I... I never considered about her. If she was... if she was such a skeptic, why did she wear that?
MAGGIE: I gave it to her on her fifteenth birthday. (gives the cross back to MULDER)
MULDER: Don't you want to keep it?
MAGGIE: When you find her, you give it to her.


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