{132}{214}Once when she was a girl,|a very little girl, {272}{322}Dana was in the woods. {351}{392}It was autumn. {399}{486}She had always been a tom boy,|unlike her sister, Melissa. {559}{622}For her birthday, Dana's brothers|had given her a BB gun... {622}{686}and were showing her|how to use it. {772}{848}The father had told them|only to shoot at cans. {881}{962}But in a patch of grass,|Bill Jr. found a garter snake. {1069}{1125}And the boys|began shooting. {1161}{1222}Wanting to fit in|with her brothers, {1222}{1278}Dana also shot|at the snake. {1295}{1366}It squirmed wildly,|desperately fighting for life, {1366}{1430}but as the boys|continued to shoot, {1456}{1508}the snake began to bleed. {1546}{1610}When she realized|what she had done, {1656}{1726}Dana began to cry|with irrevocable guilt. {1771}{1839}Through her tears|she was saying that... {1856}{1921}something was missing|from the snake. {1950}{2028}She had taken something|that was not hers to take. {2060}{2155}And although deathly afraid of snakes,|Dana held the animals if... {2155}{2221}sheer human will|could keep it alive. {2283}{2347}The snake,|its blood on her hands, died. {2347}{2423}There was nothing she could do|to bring it back. {2489}{2562}It's too soon, Mrs. Scully.|We can't give up. {2702}{2752}That day in the woods, {2774}{2825}I felt for my daughter. {2878}{2924}But at this moment, {2967}{3021}I know how|my daughter felt. {5080}{5131}We should stop. {5767}{5829}Sir. Sir,|you can't go in there! {5993}{6059}Well,|what would you recommend? {6312}{6385}- Who brought her here?|How did she get here?|- Sir, will you please... {6385}{6500}- How did she get here?|- Ms. Scully was in this condition|when I arrived for the evening. {6500}{6567}- If you step outside,|perhaps Dr. Daly may...|- Is that Daly? {6567}{6632}Are you Dr. Daly? What the hell|is going on? How did she get here? {6632}{6714}- Would you settle down?|- Was it paramedics? F.B.I.? Military? {6714}{6787}- I can't answer that.|I was just assigned to her.|- Answer me right now! {6787}{6835}- What? You're telling me|she just appeared?|- Sir... {6835}{6894}- Who did this to her?|I want to see her admission forms!|- Sir! {6894}{6968}Who did this to her? And I want|to see what tests have been done! {6968}{7078}Listen, if you are with them,|if you're hiding anything,|I swear I will do anything! {7078}{7162}Whatever it takes,|I'll find out what they did to her! {7327}{7400}Presently we have Dana listed|in critical condition. Comatose. {7400}{7479}There is complete unawareness|of self or environment. {7479}{7526}There is no evidence|of language comprehension. {7526}{7601}No evidence of voluntary|responses to external stimuli. {7601}{7667}My apologies, but, uh,|no one here... {7697}{7770}can determine how Dana arrived|at the hospital, {7770}{7845}administered or how she was attended to|in such a critical condition. {7845}{7875}Um, {7908}{7993}because of the absence of Dana's|recent medical history, {7994}{8043}I'm at a loss|for prognosis. {8043}{8114}I can't determine, with certainty,|how long she's been in this state. {8114}{8183}You haven't told us|why she's like this. {8198}{8259}We just don't know,|Mrs. Scully. {8275}{8358}There are no indications of a cute|injuries, traumatic or non-traumatic. {8358}{8435}I can't find any signs of|degenerative or metabolic disorders. {8435}{8501}We have conducted|every test possible. {8503}{8563}I'd like her examined|for trace evidence. {8563}{8647}Uh, she's been bathed and cleaned|since her admittance. {8651}{8749}Also, there is, uh, a situation|which I don't know if you're aware of. {8759}{8850}The F.B.I. has notified us|of the terms of Dana's living will. {8873}{8933}What is it?|What did she say? {8944}{8994}Well, Dana is a doctor. {9000}{9080}Her criteria for terminating|life support is quite specific. {9080}{9169}She states that, um, if her|Glascow Outcome Scale lists her... {9193}{9265}She doesn't want to live|in this condition. {9300}{9366}You've signed the will|as her witness. {9844}{9899}I've been told|not to call you Fox. {9899}{9954}- By who?|- Dana. Just now. {10055}{10112}Dana talked to you|just now? {10112}{10184}If she talked,|the E.E.G. would have moved. {10251}{10295}Her soul is here. {10361}{10397}Hi, Mom. {10437}{10499}I'm glad you could come,|Melissa. {10504}{10554}You're Scully's sister? {10727}{10779}Dana's choosing whether... {10793}{10851}whether to remain|or move on. {11067}{11112}You can feel her. {11155}{11187}Here. {11943}{11986}She's not here. {12006}{12044}Your anger, {12059}{12147}your fear's blocking any|positive emotion she needs to feel. {12303}{12383}I need to do more than just|wave my hands in the air. {13896}{13952}Male, nonsmoker. {13986}{14041}May I help you? {14112}{14159}Dana Scully, please. {14185}{14221}Frohike? {14270}{14360}Mr. Fenley|to radiology. Mr. Fenley to radiology. {14673}{14728}Hey, Mulder.|This is weird. {14819}{14910}- Good work sneakin' out these charts.|- Tucked 'em in my pants. {14910}{14972}There's plenty of room|down there. {14976}{15068}You look down, Mulder.|Tell ya what. You're welcome|to come over Saturday night. {15068}{15157}We're hoppin' on the Internet to nitpick|the scientific inaccuracies of Earth 2. {15157}{15205}I'm doin' my laundry. {15205}{15259}The chart shows abnormal|protein chains in the blood. {15259}{15342}The amino acid sequence is in a|combination that I've never seen before. {15342}{15418}I downloaded Scully's medical data|to the newest lone gunman. {15418}{15474}He goes by the name|"The Thinker". {15474}{15549}- This guy's a hacking genius. {15659}{15740}- What?|- The Thinker reports|the protein chains... {15740}{15805}are the by-products|of branched DNA. {15806}{15895}- Branched DNA?|- The cutting edge|of genetic engineering. {15899}{15960}Uh, the biological equivalent|of a silicon microchip. {15960}{16014}This is way beyond|cutting edge. {16014}{16080}This is technology|50 years down the line. {16080}{16154}- What's it used for?|- Could be a tracking system. {16154}{16212}The developmental stages|of a biological marker. {16212}{16260}You mean a high-tech|identity card? {16260}{16359}Or something as insidious as grafting|a human to something... inhuman. {16374}{16446}Good theories, gentlemen,|but all for naught. {16446}{16521}This branch DNA is inactive.|It's waste product. {16522}{16582}Whoever was experimenting|on Scully is finished. {16582}{16657}Now it's nothing more|than a biological poison. {16671}{16714}Will she live? {16831}{16900}Um, her immune system|has been decimated, {16949}{17001}and, uh, I doubt even... {17026}{17106}a healthy human body|has the ability to fight this. {17113}{17177}Mulder,|there's nothing you can do. {17369}{17426}Dana? Dana, honey? {17435}{17507}I know you can hear me.|This is Nurse Owens. {17518}{17584}I'm here to take care|of you, sweet heart. {17584}{17655}Watch over you,|help you find the way home. {17716}{17785}I know you're far away|from home tonight... {17785}{17850}and that where you are|is peaceful. {17857}{17917}It'd be nice to stay,|but Dana, {17953}{18022}you must leave here|only when it's time. {18126}{18190}I'll be here|when you need me, dear. {18420}{18490}Excuse me, sir.|I have to take some blood. {19010}{19094}- Code blue! Crash cart!|- Crash cart coming in! {19115}{19167}Let's get an airway in! {19226}{19280}B.P., 80 over 60. Dropping. {19280}{19335}Allright.|Let's shock her. Give me the paddles. {19335}{19414}- Two hundred joules. Clear?|What do we got?|- Clear. {19414}{19482}- Got a catheterin.|- Dropping 80 over... {19500}{19565}- Let's go again. 260. Clear?|- Clear. {19830}{19862}Hey! {20975}{21035}I didn't expect you here|till after visiting hours. {21035}{21083}- There was a man.|He took Scully's blood. He...|- Forget him! {21083}{21177}- Get that gun out of my face!|- This high-capacity compact|Sig-Sauer 40-caliber weapon... {21177}{21228}is pointed at your head|to stress my insistence... {21228}{21309}that your search for who put|your partner on that respirator|desist immediately! {21309}{21387}You ignore my call for help|and then you expect me to do|what you say? You go to hell! {21387}{21449}You got him killed!|You got her killed. {21449}{21506}That's not going|to happen to me. {21506}{21556}You're my tool.|You understand? {21556}{21607}I come to you|when I need you. {21607}{21672}Right now you're heading in a direction|that can lead them right here. {21672}{21720}What the hell|are you talking about? {21720}{21770}You're not supposed to know.|That's the point. {21770}{21852}I owe her more than just|sitting around doing nothing. {21854}{21951}She was a good solider, Mulder,|but there is nothing you can do|to bring her back. {21951}{22022}- She's not dead.|- Listen to you. Listen. {22084}{22141}You're a damn|school boy, Mulder. {22141}{22197}You have no idea,|no idea! {22200}{22257}Okay, then tell me.|Tell me! {22388}{22432}I used to be you. {22446}{22525}I was where you are now,|but you're not me, Mulder. {22571}{22619}I don't think|you have the heart. {22619}{22679}Walk away.|Grieve for Scully... {22705}{22757}and then never look back. {22773}{22849}You will be able to live|with yourself, Mulder, {22864}{22909}on the day you die. {23224}{23266}Federal agent! {24380}{24463}Federal agent. You know I'm armed.|Don't turn around. {24467}{24534}Put your gun very slowly|on the ground. {24620}{24705}Put your hands behind your head.|Interlock your fingers. {24713}{24797}Turn right towards the machine|and put your head on it. {25082}{25118}Face me. {25171}{25214}Who wants this? {25250}{25291}Who wants it? {25332}{25391}All right. Let's go.|This way. {26002}{26040}Stay there. {26079}{26112}Wait! {26191}{26274}You want to see what it takes|to find the truth, Agent Mulder? {26274}{26337}You want to know|the things I know? {26544}{26591}I'll attend to this. {26808}{26865}Discontinuing the respirator|does not necessarily mean... {26865}{26926}pulling the plug|and ending her life. {26926}{26987}Karen Ann Quinlan lived|for nine years... {26987}{27050}after cessation|of mechanical ventilation. {27050}{27161}I do believe, however,|that this is not the case|with your daughter, Mrs. Scully. {27167}{27229}My guess is that she's been in|this state since her disappearance, {27229}{27281}and she will not improve. {27314}{27405}- Is she below the criteria|established in her will?|- Yeah. {27424}{27513}It's possible branched DNA can|be treated with designer antibiotics. {27513}{27606}Agent Mulder, I don't know where you've|developed this bizarre diagnosis, {27606}{27654}but I do believe you're in|no position to continue here. {27654}{27749}You've never provided an answer as to|why she's here or what's wrong with her. {27749}{27822}- We need to study her.|- She's not a piece of evidence. {27822}{27889}She's here because of|unnatural circumstances. {27889}{27956}She's dying.|That's perfectly natural. {27991}{28089}We hide people in these rooms because|we don't want to look at death. {28091}{28167}We have machines prolong a life|that should end. {28211}{28306}That's a much more|unnatural circumstance|than any cause of her death. {28306}{28367}That is very|politically correct. {28387}{28432}That's very human. {28512}{28551}I love her. {28581}{28626}And this is right. {28773}{28827}Dana has made our decision. {28891}{28923}Fox? {28992}{29068}You and Dana had a friendship|built on respect. {29161}{29209}Now in the last year, {29234}{29284}I have lost my husband, {29322}{29400}and God knows, I don't want|to lose my baby girl. {29421}{29491}But like you,|I have always respected her. {29621}{29686}Fox, this is a moment|for the family, {29741}{29802}but you can join us,|if you want. {31221}{31273}Read it.|It's all there. {31301}{31401}If you're having trouble sitting|on Mulder, Assistant Director Skinner, {31413}{31488}- I'm sure you know we'd have no trouble.|- Uh-uh. {32148}{32213}- Yeah, come in. {32361}{32397}Sit down. {32456}{32548}I called you up here because|of rumors about an incident|at the hospital last night. {32548}{32634}Is this about the tooth that|was found in the cafeteria Jell-O? {32634}{32738}- The rumor has it that you were|involved in the laundry room?|- No, sir. {32747}{32821}- A man was executed, Agent Mulder.|- I was with Scully. {32821}{32900}- Traces of her blood|were found at the scene.|- May I see the police report? {32900}{32993}There is no police report of|this incident, and there is no body. {33016}{33100}Since I am unfamiliar with|any such incidents, sir, no.|How would I know that? {33100}{33157}- Knock it off!|- How does it feel? {33157}{33252}Constant denial of everything,|questions answered with a question. {33263}{33311}I want to know|what happened, damn it! {33311}{33365}Him.|That's what happened. {33384}{33460}Cancer Man. He's responsible|for what happened to Scully! {33460}{33540}- How do you know that?|- It's a rumor. Who is he? {33548}{33604}- It's not your...|- Oh, you can have it all! {33604}{33666}You can have my badge. You can have|the X-Files. Just tell me where he is. {33666}{33767}And then what? He sleeps with the|fishes? We're not the Mafia, Mulder. {33808}{33868}I know it's easy to forget, but|we work for the Department of Justice. {33868}{33914}That's what I want. {33922}{33983}Agent Scully was|a fine officer. {34016}{34089}More than that, I liked her.|I respected her. {34092}{34189}We all know the field we play in|and we all know what can happen|in the course of a game. {34189}{34303}If you were unprepared|for all the potentials,|then you shouldn't step on the field. {34432}{34505}What if I... I knew|the potential consequences, {34511}{34566}but I...|I never told her? {34636}{34733}Then you're as much to blame|for her condition as... the Cancer Man. {35800}{35855}Hello, Starbuck.|It's Ahab. {35979}{36030}People would say to me, {36075}{36146}"Life is short.|Kids, they grow up fast. {36181}{36242}Before you know it,|it's over". {36254}{36298}I never listened. {36350}{36413}To me, life went|at a proper pace. {36477}{36530}There were many rewards... {36585}{36637}until the moment that... {36667}{36723}I knew,|I understood that... {36767}{36823}I would never|see you again. {36869}{36911}My little girl. {36969}{37058}Then my life felt as if it had been|the length of one breath, {37126}{37167}one heartbeat. {37233}{37298}I never knew how much|I loved my daughter... {37298}{37355}until I could|never tell her. {37428}{37499}At that moment,|I would have traded every medal, {37499}{37547}every commendation,|every promotion... {37547}{37609}for just one more second|with you. {37765}{37827}We'll be together again,|Starbuck. {37875}{37922}But not now.|Soon. {38304}{38362}- Dana? {38400}{38465}I know death is|at arms reach tonight. {38509}{38569}But Dana,|your time is not over. {38729}{38779}You know, Fox...|Sorry. {38809}{38843}Mulder. {38880}{38966}You could spend the rest of your life|finding every person who's responsible, {38966}{39034}and it's still not|gonna bring her back. {39049}{39137}Whoever did this to her|has an equal horror coming to them. {39188}{39255}- Including myself?|- Pardon me. {39264}{39316}Sir, do you have change|for the cigarette machine? {39316}{39362}No. Sorry, I don't. {39435}{39489}What do you mean,|yourself? {39502}{39567}There's a pack already here.|Morleys. {39579}{39619}Not my brand. {40407}{40482}Cigarette break? How about smoke? {40668}{40705}Sit down! {40727}{40789}- How'd you find me?|- Shut up! {40803}{40880}Tonight I ask the questions, and you're|gonna answer me, you son of a bitch! {40880}{40972}Don't try and threaten me, Mulder.|I've watched presidents die. {41084}{41121}Why her? {41185}{41232}Why her and not me? {41284}{41322}Answer me! {41348}{41402}I like you.|I like her too. {41417}{41480}That's why she was|returned to you. {41554}{41602}You should be|the one to die. {41602}{41647}Why?|Look at me. {41717}{41764}No wife.|No family. {41779}{41818}Some power. {41832}{41919}I'm in the game because|I believe what I'm doing is right. {41945}{42018}Right? Who are you|to decide what's right? {42055}{42095}Who are you? {42170}{42247}If people were to know|of the things that I know, {42294}{42345}it would all fall apart. {42395}{42503}I told Skinner you shot|the man in the hospital,|but I didn't really believe it. {42503}{42570}And here you are|with a gun to my head. {42592}{42683}I have more respect for you, Mulder.|You're becoming a player. {42772}{42854}You can kill me now,|but you'll never know the truth. {43090}{43138}And that's why I'll win. {43138}{43201}Don't worry.|This'll be our secret. {43271}{43329}We wouldn't|want others to... {43351}{43392}start rumors. {44923}{45008}When I started out, this room|was where they kept the copier. {45008}{45084}At least back then|it wasn't just wasted space. {45266}{45311}It's unacceptable. {45378}{45439}Look, I know you feel|responsible for Agent Scully, {45439}{45519}but I will not accept resignation|and defeat as self-punishment. {45519}{45618}All the forensics, the field|investigations, the eye witness accounts, {45645}{45694}to still know nothing. {45703}{45760}To lose myself...|and Scully. {45835}{45887}I hate what I've become. {46145}{46195}When I was 18,|I, uh, {46231}{46276}I went to Vietnam. {46290}{46405}I wasn't drafted, Mulder.|I enlisted in the Marine Corps|the day of my 18th birthday. {46427}{46477}I did it on|a blind faith. {46535}{46605}I did it because I believed|that it was the right thing to do. {46605}{46664}I don't know.|Maybe I still do. {46678}{46732}Three months into my tour, {46746}{46849}a ten-year-old North Vietnamese boy|walked into camp covered with grenades. {46871}{46908}And I, uh, {46968}{47049}I blew his head off...|from a distance of ten yards. {47075}{47119}I lost my faith. {47123}{47201}Not in my country or in myself,|but in everything. {47259}{47330}There was just no point|to anything anymore. {47417}{47478}One night on patrol,|we were, uh, {47500}{47534}caught. {47571}{47628}And everyone...|everyone fell. {47653}{47689}Everyone. {47810}{47865}I looked down|at my body... {47915}{47962}from outside of it. {47963}{48023}I didn't recognize it|at first. {48032}{48115}I watched the V.C. strip my uniform,|take my weapon. {48129}{48174}And I remained... {48200}{48249}in this thick jungle. {48286}{48334}Peaceful.|Unafraid. {48427}{48478}Watching my dead friends. {48539}{48582}Watching myself. {48587}{48686}In the morning, the corps men arrived|and put me in a body bag until... {48705}{48775}I guess they found a pulse.|I don't know. {48778}{48850}I woke in a Saigon hospital|two weeks later. {48960}{49043}I'm afraid to look any further|beyond that experience. {49083}{49129}You?|You are not. {49215}{49276}Your resignation|is unacceptable. {49437}{49468}You. {49568}{49630}You gave me|Cancer Man's location. {49679}{49734}You put your life|in danger. {49766}{49832}Agent Mulder,|every life, every day... {49855}{49895}is in danger. {49910}{49954}That's just life. {50373}{50418}Your plane ticket. {50456}{50554}- But we barely know each other.|- I can't tell you why she was taken. {50560}{50643}It's too close to me.|I'm giving you the men who took her. {50643}{50717}- How?|- They believe you'll be out of town. {50730}{50778}They believe you have|information about Scully... {50778}{50847}being kept in your desk|in your apartment. {50847}{50924}At 8:17 tonight,|they'll search your apartment. {50941}{50989}They will be armed.|You will be waiting. {50989}{51076}- Waiting?|- To defend yourself|with terminal intensity. {51174}{51222}It's the only way, Mulder. {51222}{51287}The law will not punish|these people. {51403}{51486}After tonight, we cannot|make contact for several weeks. {52177}{52211}Mulder. {52362}{52395}Sorry. {52412}{52497}I came by. You weren't answering.|Your machine wasn't on. {52503}{52545}Can I come in? {52595}{52636}For a second? {52920}{53009}- Why is it so dark in here?|- 'Cause the lights aren't on. {53025}{53058}Okay. {53111}{53169}I just came|from the hospital. {53169}{53230}Dr. Daly says...|she's weakening. {53268}{53366}It could be any time, so I figured|you'd want to come down and see her. {53371}{53449}- Well, I can't.|- Well, I'd think that you would. {53468}{53533}Yeah, I would.|I can't. Not right now. {53624}{53659}Listen. {53699}{53787}I don't have to be psychic to see|that you're in a very dark place, {53787}{53851}much darker|than where my sister is. {53851}{53942}Willingly walking deeper into darkness|cannot help her at all. {53974}{54066}- Only the light will...|- Oh, enough with|the harmonic convergence crap. {54066}{54115}You're not saying|anything to me. {54115}{54217}Why don't you just drop your cynicism|and your paranoia and your defeat? {54227}{54319}You know, just because it's positive|and good doesn't make it silly or trite. {54319}{54392}Why... Why is it so much easier|for you to run around... {54392}{54456}trying to get even than just|expressing to her how you feel? {54456}{54525}I expect more from you.|Dana expects more. {54588}{54672}Even if it doesn't bring her back,|at least she'll know, {54687}{54730}and so will you. {55156}{55201}I.C.U. {55245}{55296}Yes, that was two units. {55354}{55391}Thank you. {55812}{55862}I feel, Scully, that... {55932}{55996}You believe|you're not ready to go. {56075}{56132}And you've always had|the strength of your beliefs. {56132}{56192}I don't know|if my being here... {56288}{56341}will help|bring you back. {56477}{56517}But I'm here. {58887}{58952}I'm afraid in this case... {58984}{59046}Let me check the chart. {59336}{59382}Call Dr. Daly. Now. {59965}{60046}Hello, this is|Fox Mulder. Leave a message please. {60046}{60082}I'm here. {60329}{60389}- Hello, Fox.|- Not Fox. Mulder. {60544}{60586}How ya feelin'? {60611}{60694}I really don't remember anything...|after Duane Barry. {60738}{60791}Doesn't...|Doesn't matter. {60847}{60899}I brought you|a present. {60929}{60977}The Super Stars|of the Super Bowls. {60977}{61039}I knew there was|a reason to live. {61124}{61185}Now you want|to get some rest. I... {61195}{61273}I just came by to see|how you're doing and say hi. {61381}{61416}Mulder? {61483}{61547}I had the strength|of your beliefs. {61837}{61893}I was holding this|for you. {63018}{63069}Can I see Nurse Owens? {63095}{63148}I've got something|I'd like her to have. {63148}{63186}Nurse who? {63276}{63309}Owens. {63322}{63388}Short with straight,|light brown hair. {63401}{63475}She watched over me in intensive care,|and I'd like to thank her. {63475}{63541}Dana, I've worked here|for ten years, {63564}{63637}and there's no Nurse Owens|at this hospital.