ATTENDANT BRIANNA BRIANNAS_FATHER CIGARETTE_SMOKING_MAN ERIKA_PRICE KERSH MADDY MONICA_REYES MR_Y MULDER NIGHT_MANAGER SARAH SCULLY SKINNER TAD_OMALLEY THE_TRACKING_DEVICE TRUCKER WATCHING_MAN WILLIAM WILLIAM My name is Jackson Van de Kamp. Son of loving parents who took care of me in every way after my adoption 17 years ago. My original name was William, I’ve come to know now; given to me by my birth mother, Dana Scully. I have a very special bond with my birth mother, though we’ve never truly met. I feel her ghostly presence in sometimes violent episodes where we are connected to the future in ways I am just beginning to understand. WILLIAM I don’t know my role in the future, though I’m beginning to understand that, too. I have visions of it -- a world of confusion and pain and loneliness that I cannot escape, nor can I prevent. But I want no part in the suffering it brings. WILLIAM I’ve known happiness. I had a happy childhood, though no siblings to share it with. I had friends and, until I grew older, a life where I could dream of all the things that I wanted to be. But even then, I knew I had powers. Special powers. WILLIAM When I turned 11, my powers grew. I got in a fight with Jerry Marriott who used to pick on smaller kids who couldn’t defend themselves. I sent the boy to the hospital and had to change schools cause of it. WILLIAM I had to change schools many times and kids were afraid of me when it got out that I was different. Then I just became a kind of criminal. WILLIAM I was sent away to a school for bad kids and I know it hurt my parents but I couldn’t help myself. I went to psychologists but I just made up stories, cause I always knew what they wanted to hear. One day a man from the government came to talk to me and that’s when I knew something was up. That I had to just cool it. WILLIAM I was finally kicked out of school and got to come home, but everyday there would be a car on the street with guys in it watching our house. WILLIAM I didn’t make a mistake until I had to play a joke on two girls. Then my world came crashing down around me and I had to go on the run. WILLIAM My parents were killed by the men on the street, and I know they’re hunting me now. I’m afraid they might kill me, too, if they catch me. What I need most right now are answers. About who I am; about how I can get my life back. I want to ask my real mother these questions, but I know the truth can only come from my father. A man I’ve never met, but who I know I already hate. CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN You’ve searched for the truth -- but the truth is what kills you -- MULDER I don’t think you can do it. CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN Then you don’t know me very well. MULDER You’d shoot your first-born son? CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN I shot my second-born son once. But I need you to know, Fox, that when I gave you life I never fathomed a moment when I might have to end it. MULDER A man who can shoot his own flesh and blood is really no man at all. MULDER I’m an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. You have a guest here. Young man in his late teens. NIGHT MANAGER Checked in this morning. Paid me in hundreds. Is the boy a criminal? MULDER No, he is not. The boy is my son. WILLIAM I’m sleeping. Who is it ? MULDER My name is Mulder. I’m your father. KERSH Have you seen the internet?! Seen the load of b.s. Mulder’s spewing?! SKINNER I haven’t seen it. What is it? KERSH He’s gone off about a conspiracy -- on this Tad O’Malley show -- about a conspiracy to wipeout humanity -- KERSH Death will hunt you down - that’s a quote from Mulder - a quote - SKINNER I can’t speak for Agent Mulder - KERSH You’re his superior for god sake! You’re supposed to be in charge - SKINNER I am in charge. Let me find Agent Scully and try to find out what - KERSH you find her, and you shut her down. I’m closing The X-Files - I want Mulder and Scully’s badges - SKINNER What if it’s not just fake news? KERSH I don’t care if it’s true - that’s someone else’s problem - we’re not going to see panic in the streets - SKINNER Skinner - CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN I promised you a global contagion, Mr. Skinner. The countdown’s begun. SKINNER Are you out of your twisted mind? CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN I said I’d save your life. All I asked of you was to find the boy. SKINNER And if I find him? Will it stop? CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN Just find me the boy, Mr. Skinner. SCULLY I left you three messages - SCULLY Why aren’t you answering me ? SKINNER Cause I was getting my ass chewed. SCULLY it’s Mulder - he needs help - SKINNER He needs a hell of a lot more than that, Agent Scully -- where is he? SCULLY Virginia. Mulder’s with our son - SCULLY They’re being pursued and he needs your help - I need your help - SKINNER I was just told to shut you down - SCULLY what are you talking about ? SKINNER You’re asking for my help when I was just asked to take your badges. SCULLY By who?! Kersh?! Is he in there?! SCULLY He doesn’t understand what’s going down here - I need to talk to him - SKINNER Mulder’s lit a fuse you can’t put out - he made outrageous public statements on an internet site - SCULLY no he didn’t- I made them - SKINNER where in Virginia are they ? SKINNER I can’t help you, Agent Scully, if I don’t know what’s going down - SCULLY I’m going to put you on speaker - MULDER Who’s on the phone ? MONICA REYES -- it’s Monica Reyes -- I think they’ve got your son -- William -- MULDER Just tell me where, Monica - MONICA REYES Tennessee. Being transported on a private jet -- tail number N880 MR - - landing in Maryland in 2 hours -- this may be your last good chance -- MULDER which airport in Maryland ? MONICA REYES Newport News- southeast terminal. MULDER When you say, “last good chance” - MONICA REYES The person who controls your son is the person who controls the future. CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN is there word on the boy ? MONICA REYES nothing -- nothing to report - SCULLY He’s not on that plane, Mulder - MULDER Do you have reason to distrust her? SCULLY I don’t know how I know. I just do. MULDER What if he is on it? What if it is our last good chance, Scully - SCULLY Mulder - Just get back here alive. BLACK-FATIGUED SOLDIER stop there- face away - BLACK-FATIGUED SOLDIER now hands behind your head - MULDER Here I thought you were a liar - MULDER your secret space program - MULDER U.S. Military might try to do a better job watching your back - MR Y How the hell did you get in here? MULDER No way to keep it secret for long. Mulder moves on Mr. Y, who remains seated at his large desk. MR Y I’m unarmed. If you wouldn’t mind. MULDER I only came here to find my son - MR Y We couldn’t catch him. And I mean that quite literally, Mr. Mulder. MULDER Why does everybody want my son ? MR Y You still don’t understand, do you? Your son has what everybody wants - MULDER You were right, Scully - MULDER William wasn’t on that plane - SCULLY Why weren’t you answering me ? MULDER I had some payback to pay back - SCULLY I found something on the internet - I think it’s how they found him, Mulder -- there’s a lotto cluster in Northeastern Tennessee -- eight recent winners in a 10-mile radius. MULDER where was the last winner ? MULDER You had a winning lottery ticket sold here in the last week - ATTENDANT Don’t talk to me about that - I was about to take over the register when the kid bought the ticket - MULDER You saw the kid who bought it? ATTENDANT Told Dierdre the winning numbers. Like he’s got inside information. Hands her the ticket back and says he’ll split it with her. Did, too. MULDER He came back here. When was that? ATTENDANT This morning. Dierdre took the money and quit on the spot. Which is why I’m cleaning toilets now - MULDER You’ve got closed circuit cameras. ATTENDANT Oh my god. You’re not going to take back all that money now, are you? MULDER No. I’m just looking for the boy. SCULLY It was William, wasn’t it? MULDER Yes. And I’m looking at him - MULDER he cashed in and then hitched a ride with a trucker. I’m maybe two hours behind him, but I’ve got a general direction he’s headed in - SCULLY They’ll be traveling northeast - MULDER That’s exactly what it looks like. SCULLY you’ve got to find him, Mulder - MULDER I’m going to find him, Scully - SCULLY everything depends on that - every last thing in the world - TRUCKER Young fellow like you needs to be careful who to trust on the road. WILLIAM I can take care of myself okay. TRUCKER Forty years of trucking, I’ve seen it all. Driving can drive you mad. Fill the time thinking of trouble. WILLIAM What kind of trouble do you mean? TRUCKER Kind of trouble you looking for? WILLIAM You know why no one will mess with me? Because I’ve got superpowers. TRUCKER Right. You’re one of them X-Men. TRUCKER Now how the hell did you do that? WILLIAM Same way that I can do this - TRUCKER Lord afire! SCULLY It’s Dana Scully - listen to me - TAD OMALLEY I’m about to go on here - SCULLY There is going to be a contagion - TAD OMALLEY I’m going to call you right back - SCULLY people’s immune systems will be decimated - a virus is unleashed - TAD OMALLEY did you just say unleashed ? SCULLY a man-made contagion from an alien pathogen - everyone dies - TAD OMALLEY You’re saying this is imminent - SCULLY Death in the streets, Mr. O’Malley. TAD OMALLEY Are you prepared to go on air - TAD OMALLEY Can I say you’re my source ? SCULLY Your source is a federal agent - TAD OMALLEY Will Agent Mulder go on record ? SCULLY Mulder’s the only hope we’ve got - MULDER I lost him, Scully - he’s gone - MULDER He scared the truck driver - you don’t want to know - he got out - SCULLY you’re in grave danger, Mulder - MULDER I think I know where he’s going. SCULLY you’re not listening to me MULDER you’re not listening to me - I think he probably hitched a ride - I’m not that far behind him SCULLY I can’t lose you, Mulder MULDER I’m too close now. I’ve got to go. WILLIAM Hi. Thanks alot for stopping - WATCHING MAN No trouble at all. Long way from nowhere -- where are you headed? WILLIAM Norfolk. Where are you going? WATCHING MAN Passing right by there. Get in. MULDER Do you remember me, Brianna? BRIANNA I think I know why you’re here. MULDER Has he been here? Has he called? BRIANNA We broke up. We don’t talk now. MULDER I need you to be honest with me. BRIANNAS FATHER Who’s at the door, Brianna? BRIANNA I really have to go, sir - MULDER He was here, wasn’t he? BRIANNA He’s in really big trouble. MULDER I need to know where he is. BRIANNA You’re asking the wrong girl. SARAH I bet you went to see her first - WILLIAM I need to talk to you, Sarah - MADDY How come you didn’t call her ? WILLIAM my phone died - I swear - MADDY You couldn’t just charge it ? WILLIAM I can explain everything - SARAH My parents are coming home soon. MADDY I can’t believe you, Sarah - WILLIAM I can’t keep living like this. SARAH What are you talking about? WILLIAM If this is going to be my life, I don’t want to live anymore, Sarah - SARAH You can’t talk like that, Jackson - WILLIAM I don’t even know that’s my name - my mind is filled with thoughts I can’t stop - really bad thoughts - SARAH Maybe you need to go to the police. WILLIAM No. You don’t know what it’s like - I don’t know who to trust. If they killed my parents, what about me? SARAH Are they who killed your parents? WILLIAM Yes. Cause I’m some kind of freak - SARAH stop it -you are not a freak - WILLIAM You’ve seen what I’m capable of. And that’s why they’re after me. SARAH Then what are you going to do? WILLIAM I told you. I rather be dead - SARAH What can I say to stop you? WILLIAM Say you’ll come with me- please - I don’t have anyone else, Sarah - SARAH That’s my parents. Please - I can’t talk about this right now - WILLIAM Please just come. I have money - SARAH I can meet you somewhere - WILLIAM That motel. The Timberland. SARAH I will. Just go. Out the back. MULDER I need to know where he is, Sarah - SARAH I don’t know what you mean - MULDER He’s on the run. I can help him - SARAH Why should I believe you’re telling the truth if he doesn’t believe it? MULDER Because I’m his father. That’s why. MADDY I don’t believe you’re his father. BLACK-FATIGUED SOLDIER This side - ERIKA PRICE Somebody shine a light on this - I’m going to need a glove here - WILLIAM I’m sleeping. Who is it? MULDER My name is Mulder. I’m your father. MULDER I know this must seem strange, but I’ve been looking for you forever. WILLIAM So how did you find me now? MULDER It doesn’t matter. I’m here. MULDER I held you when you were a baby. WILLIAM Maybe you did. I don’t remember. MULDER You’re angry. And I understand. WILLIAM I don’t think you do understand. MULDER There’s so much I have to explain. WILLIAM It’s not safe for you to be here. MULDER I’ll protect you. Please trust me. MULDER I know you know who I am. You hid from me - and from your mother - WILLIAM cause I’m a danger to people - MULDER I can protect you if you’ll let me. WILLIAM No one can protect me. It’ll never stop. They’ll never stop. Never - ERIKA PRICE We still want the boy alive - WILLIAM I’ve seen the future - I’ve had visions of the future - the people who’ll die if they ever catch me - MULDER Your mother sees the same things - WILLIAM then why don’t you see them? MULDER I’m not saying they’re not real - WILLIAM I don’t want to live in that world - maybe I can stop it - maybe I can save people if I didn’t exist - MULDER This isn’t your fault, William - WILLIAM You don’t understand. It is ! MULDER Then let me help you stop it - WILLIAM You can’t. Because you die, too. ERIKA PRICE Mulder is shoot to kill - MULDER No one has to die here, William - if anything, you need to live - MULDER for Brianna and for Sarah - WILLIAM you think you’re helping me, but you’re not - you’re helping them - WILLIAM It’s too late - they’re here - outside - go out the back - MULDER I’m not leaving without you - MULDER Stand back - get down - WILLIAM No - you should get down - MULDER William ! NIGHT MANAGER The hell is going on here - MULDER I lost him - he’s gone - SCULLY Just tell me where you are - MULDER Still in Norfolk. You wouldn’t believe what just happened here - SCULLY I’m coming down there, Mulder - MULDER He won’t listen to reason - SCULLY He’ll listen to me. I know it - SKINNER I’m supposed to reign you in - SCULLY This is beyond taking our badges, Skinner - this is about our son - SKINNER Then I’m coming with you - TAD OMALLEY We’re working round the clock here to bring you breaking news about a global contagion -- Death Will Hunt You Down, says our FBI source -- as his superiors label it Fake News -- TAD OMALLEY Now we have eyewitnesses on site at a motel in Norfolk, Virginia, and a motel manager reporting a military style incursion - four individuals in a military vehicle assaulting a motel room occupied by a teenager - TAD OMALLEY That’s our FBI source, on camera -- after he witnessed the execution of military personnel in a blood bath so insane that one guest called it the worst horror movie imaginable - TAD OMALLEY We simply call it, The Future - MONICA REYES Federal Agent - can I talk to you? THE TRACKING DEVICE On the passenger floorboard. ITS RED LIGHT STILL BLINKING SCULLY Mulder’s not answering his cell - SKINNER Apparently he’s making news again - Asac Kersh is blowing up my phone - SCULLY You’re violating his direct orders. SKINNER Right now we have to find your son. SCULLY Why risk your whole career on that? SKINNER I think I’ve made it clear enough - SCULLY I really don’t think you have, sir. SCULLY Who was on the phone - outside Kersh’s office - who was that ? SKINNER There’s something you need to know. SKINNER Something you may not want to hear. SCULLY Now I’ve got Tad O’Malley calling. SKINNER Hold on -- there goes Mulder - SCULLY Go go go - MULDER Just let me talk to Sarah - MADDY I said, she can’t talk now - MULDER I need to know where William would go - where he’d go to feel safe - MADDY I’d pretty much say the harbor - MULDER okay - where at the harbor ? MADDY we’d all go down by the docks - MULDER give me a street or a landmark - MADDY I don’t know - the sugar factory - SCULLY Mulder ? SCULLY Mulder ? SCULLY Wait - don’t run - it’s okay - SCULLY William! SCULLY William - MULDER It’s me - CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN Go! CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN I said go! MONICA REYES No! SCULLY Skinner - MULDER Wait - MULDER he’s here he’s in here - SCULLY I saw him -I saw him run - MULDER he doesn’t want to be found - SCULLY if I can just talk to him - MULDER I talked to him - he told me everything- what he’s afraid of - SCULLY I know what he’s afraid of - MULDER just stop - it’s no use - SCULLY what do you mean, no use ? MULDER I’m asking you to let him go - SCULLY what are you talking about ? MULDER there’s nothing we can do - SCULLY we can protect him, Mulder ! MULDER we can’t no one can - MULDER he knows you love him - SCULLY how could he know that ? SCULLY how could he possibly know ? MULDER Scully ! MULDER Stop him ! SCULLY William ! SCULLY William ! MULDER William ! SCULLY you don’t have to run - MULDER Scully - SCULLY He’s over here, Mulder - MULDER He’s in the next building ! MULDER William ! CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN You really don’t give up, do you?