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The camera pans up from Preacher slowly arranging scalpels on his open bible. Eek, talk about symbolism. We're in a warehouse or something near Track 17. Dr. Girardi, who's tied up to a bunch of pipes, is telling Preacher that this in insane. Yeah, like, I think you might want to refrain from telling the crazy guy with the scalpels that the situation is insane, doc. Girardi says that Cole can't hold him responsible, and Preacher goes all preachy on him and smacks the doctor. Girardi is trying to tell Cole that he volunteered for the experiments. Then we hear a door open and close, and ominous footsteps approaching. Girardi wants to know who it is, because he can't see without his glasses. Okay, that right there, ladies and gents, is some lovely script work, because it's making us feel sorry for the guy, despite his involvement in the heinous experiments. Preacher says that Girardi knows who it is as we see shadows of men in helmets approach. Preacher crosses himself, and we see the ghost of Willig in uniform brush by the doctor on his way to pick up a scalpel from the open bible, along with the rest of the squad. Preacher is all testifyin' and stuff, quoting from the bible as the music gets all edgy. Ooh, I just noticed one of the ghost soldiers had a scalp hanging from the sight of his rifle. Cool, and really gross. One by one the squad members pick up scalpels. The doc is looking kinda nervous.

Next we see the Boys' nondescript speeding sedan come roaring into the warehouse. They see the car that the cops pointed out from the video parked there. Whipping out his flashlight (yes, I said flashlight) Krycek gets out of the car first, and joined by Mulder they shine their lights into the parked car. Then they hear a scream, and the drums of Oh Shit Something Is Going Down start pumping as the Boys run through the warehouse, only their flashlights illuminating the scene. It's very cool to see just the flashlight beams cutting through the darkness. They both have their guns drawn, Krycek is pointing his straight ahead and Mulder has his pointed down, alongside his thigh. Mulder spots Girardi's glasses, and lights them up with this flashlight. See how they worked Girardi not having his glasses in to allow the Boys to find the clue? Mulder picks them up and Krycek shines his light at them, so Mulder can see that both lenses are broken. Mulder then spots a pool of blood, leading to the slumped form of Dr. Girardi. Mulder tells Krycek that the doctor's still alive, and to put pressure on the back of his neck and to radio for help. Those scalpels didn't do as much damage as I thought. I guess Krycek is kind of standing their gawking, although we can't see it, because Mulder yells at him, "Now!" to get him in gear. Krycek then runs over and puts his flashlight down as Mulder goes running off in search of Cole. We hear Krycek radio that he needs immediate assistance at Track 17 at the freight warehouse. His voice sounds a little shaky.

Cut to a shot of Cole standing on the edge of what looks like the warehouse dock. The camera then spins and turns as it travels down to see what he's looking at, and it's a rusty piece of metal sticking out of the floor below. It's a really nice piece of camera work. They probably had to do that with a crane shot. Mulder comes around the corner and sees Cole standing there looking over the edge of the loading dock. He puts his flashlight down and draws a bead of Cole, telling him to step away from the edge. Cole is holding his bible, not really listening to what the nice FBI agent with the gun is saying. Mulder identifies himself as a federal agent and tells Corporal Cole to step back. We never heard his rank before. Cole's holding the back of his neck with his left hand, and his bible in the other. He turns around and tells Mulder to shoot him. And oh brother, here's Mulder telling Cole he didn't go up there to shoot him, and he PUTS DOWN HIS WEAPON! Oy! He tells the guy that murdered two people and almost killed a third that he just wants to talk, and afterwards Cole is free to do whatever he wants. Hmm, like kill the stupid FBI man who just put down his gun in front of a guy who can manipulate reality? Cole tells Mulder that he's tired, and we see an ambulance drive into the warehouse lot in the background. Mulder says he knows Cole is tired, but just wants to talk. We hear sirens and cop cars approaching as Cole tells Mulder that the military cut out a piece of his brain and made him into somebody else. At this point Cole is crying, and Mulder tells him that he can testify against the military to bring the men that did that to him to justice. Cole says he can't get back what they took away from him, but he can prevent them from taking anything more. Then Cole sees Krycek standing behind Mulder with his gun drawn. We hear him cock his weapon as Mulder urges him to put down his gun and leave.

Alex looks like he means business, however, as he slowly advances forward. His eyes are locked on Cole, and he's gripping his weapon in the traditional two-handed way. Strangely enough, Mulder sounds like he's saying "Krychick" when he tells him to leave a second time. Krycek takes a moment to glance quickly at Mulder, but keeps advancing toward Cole, his hands shaking slightly. All of a sudden Cole raises what looks like a standard U.S. military-issue Colt 45 handgun at Mulder. Nice touch. Mulder is still telling Krycek to put down his gun and leave. But no, Alex just keeps walking slowly forward, his face contorted in concentration and his weapon aimed at Cole. Mulder turns to look at Cole, who's holding out his bible, and finally realizes that Krycek must see Cole holding a gun on him instead. He yells "Nooooooooo" as we see Cole's finger almost pull the trigger, but Krycek shoots him twice in the stomach/chest/body area instead. Cole falls as the Boys both run over. Krycek is obviously in distress, sweating and panting as he searches for the gun he thought Cole had. Cole looks up at Mulder and whispers "Good. Night." as he dies. Next we get a close up on poor Alex, who's adamant that Cole had a gun. His eyes are actually a little teary here, his hair is all over the place, and he's shaking. Aw, his bottom lip is even trembling when he says that Cole was going to shoot Mulder. Mulder gives an almost imperceptible nod at the young agent and tells him that he did the right thing. The camera crosses over for a shot of Cole's bible lying there, and if you look closely, you can also see a shot of Krycek's hand that's obviously shaking. Just look at the watch that's on his wrist. It's shaking back and forth. Kudos to Nick on that scene; I never realized he imbued Krycek with that much real fear before.