The X-Files Movie - Crossroads Scene (Alt. Music) Mark Snow
BLACKWOOD, TEXAS
Scully turns to face Mulder.
We see houses behind him.
SCULLY:
I don't know, Mulder.
I don't see any evidence of an archeological
or any other kind of a dig site.
MULDER:
This is where he marked on The Map.
Where he said those fossils were unearthed.
The camera pulls back to show our heroes as tiny figures in the left corner of the screen, the sky above huge and cloudy, the houses dwarfing them.
You're sure those fossils were infected
with the same virus you saw at the morgue?
SCULLY:
Both sets of bones were porous, as if The Virus
or the causative microbe were decomposing it.
MULDER:
And you've never seen that virus before.
SCULLY:
No.
He looks down, dejected, then his gaze wanders to the side.
MULDER:
Look at that.
They walk over to an oasis in the surrounding desert,
a brand new playground.
MULDER:
That look like new grass to you?
SCULLY:
Looks pretty green for this climate.
MULDER:
Uh huh.
They reach the playground,
Mulder bends down and picks up a piece of the sod.
MULDER:
Ground's dry about an inch down.
This was laid recently.
SCULLY:
The equipment looks brand new too.
MULDER:
No irrigation system.
Somebody's covering their tracks.
They both look around for any kind of clue and see 3 kids riding towards them on bikes.
MULDER:
Hey! Hey!
(Mulder and Scully walk towards the kids and they stop their bikes.)
SCULLY:
Do you boys live around here?
KID:
Yeah.
MULDER:
You see anybody diggin' over there?
KID:
We're not supposed to talk about it.
SCULLY:
You're not supposed to talk about it?
Who told you that?
KID 2:
Nobody.
MULDER:
Nobody? The same nobody that built that playground?
Nobody buy you those new bikes, too?
SCULLY:
I think you better tell us.
KID:
We don't even know you.
SCULLY:
Well, we're FBI Agents.
KID:
You're not FBI Agents.
MULDER:
How do you know?
KID:
Cause ya'll look like door-to-door salesmen.
(laughs)
MULDER:
(he pulls out his badge)
Hey, you wanna buy a badge?
The kids all look at his impressive badge and spill the beans.
KID:
They left about an hour ago, going that way.
He points, then the other two kids point in the same direction.
SCENE 17
TEXAS
The camera pans stylishly alongside Mulder and Scully's brand new Oldsmobile Intrigue.
Next we see inside as they chat.
MULDER:
Unmarked tanker trucks.
What are archeologists hauling out in tanker trucks?
SCULLY:
I don't know, Mulder.
MULDER:
And where are They going with it?
(Scully's consulting her map.)
SCULLY:
That's The First Question to answer
if we're going to find them.
(The stylish Intrigue screeches to a halt at a Stop sign.)
MULDER:
What are My Choices?
SCULLY:
About a hundred miles of nothing in both directions.
MULDER:
Well, which way do you think they went?
(Scully puts down the obviously useless map.)
SCULLY:
We've got two choices :
One of them's wrong.
Mulder looks left down the long highway.
MULDER:
I think They went Left.
Scully looks to her right.
SCULLY:
I don't know why,
I think They went Right.
They look at each other, Mulder looks to the Right-Side highway then begins drumming his fingers on the steering wheel as he stares straight ahead.
The car takes off with a squeal.
As usual, Mulder's taking a leap of faith
and forging straight ahead.
The road's unpaved and they leave a cloud of dust as they bump along.
MULDER:
Five years together, Scully.
How many times I been wrong?
(she rolls her eyes, thinking, do you want a list?!)
Never.
(she looks at him in shock and mild humour.)
Not driving, anyway.
The car races ahead, towards we know-not-where.
Miles and miles of nothingness.
Soon, time has passed and nighttime has settled.
The crickets chirp and the car suddenly stops.
They've reached what appears to be a dead end.
Scully undoes her seat belt,
shoots Mulder a disgusted look,
exits the car and slams the door shut.
Ouch, be nice to that Intrigue, Scully,
cost The Big Boys a lot of dough!
Mulder gently closes his door as he exits.
Scully stands in the beams of the car's headlights
and turns around to properly berate him.
MULDER:
I was right about the bomb, wasn't I?
SCULLY:
This is great, this is fitting.
MULDER:
What?
(he pulls out the map.)
SCULLY:
I have to be in Washington, D.C. in eleven hours for a hearing,
the outcome of which might possibly effect one of the biggest decisions of my life,
and here I am in the middle of Nowhere, Texas
chasing phantom tanker trucks!
MULDER:
We're not chasing tanker trucks, Scully,
we're chasing evidence.
(still consulting the useless map.)
SCULLY:
Evidence of what exactly?
MULDER:
That bomb in Dallas was allowed to go off, to hide something. Bodies infected with a virus you yourself detected!
SCULLY:
Mulder, they haul oil in tanker trucks,
they haul gas in tanker trucks,
they do not haul viruses in tanker trucks!
MULDER:
Well, They may be hauling A Virus
in these tanker trucks.
She looks at him quizzically.
SCULLY:
What do you mean? .... Mulder?
.... What are you not telling me?
he is folding the map elaborately, avoiding her stare and her question.
Mulder?
MULDER:
(hesitant)
The Virus may be extraterrestrial.
She stares at him with her mouth open, he gives a small grin,
looking like a little kid about to be yelled at by his mommy.
SCULLY:
rolls her eyes and turns her head
I don't b ... Mulder, I don't ...
Her words are cut off by the sound of a train crossing's warning bell,
which is a good thing for young ears out there in Movieland.
Ask me by email what she actually said before the movie's rating was changed, hoo boy!
Anyway, as the train approaches, they both turn to look and then Mulder walks towards the tracks.
SCULLY:
What?
she holds her arms out by her sides,
asking what the heck he's getting worked up about
Mulder, what?!
She stands behind him as they both watch the train go by.
Its cargo includes white unmarked tanker trucks.
He turns to face her, their eyes meet and together
they race back to the car and hop in,
a team again and off in pursuit of The Truth once more.
The car follows next to the train as it races towards its destination.
Soon, the car stops and Mulder and Scully get out,
looking at something we can't see yet.
SCULLY:
What do you think they are?
MULDER:
I have no idea.
They continue to stare at the unseen sight,
then begin to walk towards it.
The camera now pans over the crest of the hill
Mulder and Scully have begun to walk down
and we see white domes appearing to glow
in the middle of a desert, surrounded by a cornfield.
Out of The Darkness of The Night,
they arrive at the cornfield and walk through it.
SCULLY:
This is weird, Mulder.
MULDER:
Very weird.
SCULLY:
Any thoughts as to why anybody would be
growing corn in the middle of The Desert...?
MULDER:
Well, those could be giant Jiffy-Pop Poppers.
