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Logger Camp. Scully's still studying the mites through the microscope. Hot Larry says that Jackhole should've been back by now. Why do you even care, Hot Larry? He's gone. You should be celebrating. Scully tells them that the bugs aren't moving anymore, so they must either be dead or asleep. DDD says that they don't like the light. Scully thinks that's weird since bugs usually are attracted to light. DDD's like, "haven't we already established that these bugs are not what we'd call 'normal'?" Mulder's walking around and finds more of that greasy film on surfaces around the cabin. Mulder asks Scully what she knows about insects. I have to slap Exposition awake. "Just what I learned in my biology courses. That they're the foundation of our ecosystem. That there's lots of them, something like 200 million per person on this planet." Scully also says that insects have been around since before the dinosaurs. Mulder points out that the tree is around 5-700 years old "and these rings represent a history of climatic changes, which means that in this year or season in the life of the tree, there was some kind of strange event that produced an abnormal ring." Mulder then says that it could've been a volcanic eruption and that the "whole chain of mountains running from Washington to Oregon is still extremely active. Remember Mt. St. Helens?" Scully wants to know how that explains the bugs. Exposition groans some more. Get a grip, yo. This is your job. You should be grateful that this isn't a mytharc ep. Mulder posits that when Mt. St. Helens erupted, tons of radiation seeped into the earth and strange things grew. Like "a kind of amoeba that can literally suck a man's brains out." Scully rolls her eyes, "Oh, a brain-sucking amoeba." Love. Her. DDD cuts in, "no, it's true. Spirit Lake. And there's documented cases of swimmers being infected." Remind me not to go swimming at Spirit Lake. Oh, I have heard of this brain-sucking amoeba. Several youths died from swimming in the man-made lakes in Arizona recently because of something like that. There is no cure. Basically once it gets in, you're a goner. Yuck. There's too much bug stuff in this episode. Ok, where were we Exposition? "But an amoeba is a single-celled organism. It can be mutated. An insect is a complex animal. It would take years and years to evolve," Scully says. Mulder and Scully then come to the conclusion that when the loggers cut down that tree, the ancient insect larvae was freed to cut loose on humanity. DDD calls it "poetic justice," that the loggers would cause their own deaths and even Jackhole's. "And who knows? Maybe [ours]. Sweet dreams." Dude, you're annoying me too. Is your death scene coming up soon? Hot Larry tries to keep positive by saying that maybe Jackhole just "hiked out of here."

Next Morning. DDD sneaks out to the generator and grabs the gas can. Mulder catches him and accuses him of trying to cut and run. DDD tells Mulder his sob story about his friends he left behind at his camp and how they need the gas for their generator. Mulder wants to know why DDD has to sneak around. He says that Hot Larry would never trust him. Mulder's like, "well why should we trust you?" DDD says that he can be their savior. He'll come back the next morning with a jeep and get them all out of there. He asks Mulder to trust him. Some time later, Mulder's trying to fix the radio. He gets it to turn on but all he gets is static. Don't worry, though! It's not green static. Regular static. Mulder then announces that the "radio is back up." Scully runs in the room, hoping Mulder meant that it actually works. It's only the static however, but Scully aks if they could send a message. Mulder says he'll try. He sends out a call for help, informing whoever of their "emergency and possible quarantine situation." He's about to give their position when the generator goes out. Mulder and Scully go outside and find that Hot Larry turned it off. Mulder wants him to turn it back on because he got the radio to work. Sort of. Hot Larry then asks about the missing gas can and Mulder tells him that DDD took it and promised he'd come back for them in the morning. Hot Larry thinks DDD's "personal guarantee" doesn't amount to jack squat. He reminds Mulder of DDD's sabotage skills, his defiance of authority and the fact that he probably was the one who put a bullet through the truck's windshield. Mulder gets defensive and says that they've been given one more chance at getting out of there. "Or one less," Hot Larry replies. He tells Scully that "[Mulder] let [DDD] leave with the last of the gas. This generator's got about a quarter tank left, maybe less." Scully asks about the gas in the trucks and Mulder tells her that the tanks are busted. Ok, this is getting boring. Let's speed this up, shall we? Hot Larry basically busts Mulder's balls about trusting DDD and Scully thinks they should send out a mayday. Hot Larry doesn't want to waste fuel because they need to get through the night.