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Skinner reads Mulder's report, and tells him that the allegations are serious. Mulder contends that they're true, and Skinner reads the report in which Mulder says that Krycek was hired by an outside agency to impede their investigation and that Krycek might be responsible for Duane Barry's death and the possible murder of Bob. Now, see, that sucks because we get confirmation that Bob was killed, but we never see if the bonk he sustained on the head lead to his death. Skinner growls that Mulder better have facts to back up these allegations, and asks his secretary to get Alex Krycek. Then the Skin-man says that he can't protect Mulder, that it will become a larger Bureau matter. But Skinner asks what proof Mulder has anyway.

Mulder tosses the cigarette butt onto Skinner's desk, where it lands next to the ashtray filled with the CSM's other butts. Mulder reports that he found it in Krycek's car, but Krycek doesn't smoke. He goes on to say that Krycek was the last person to see Duane alive (which he wasn't -- it was the cop Krycek told to keep an eye on Duane), and that Alex was the last person to see Bob before he disappeared which is true, but how could Mulder have known that? And why would Skinner say that Bob was dead when he's really missing, as Mulder mentions here? Mulder continues to say that he saw an unmarked helicopter at the summit of Skyland Mountain, and believes that Krycek (he calls him Krychick again, here) gave away Scully's and Duane's whereabouts to whomever he's working with. He thinks they took Scully because she got too close to whatever it was they were trying to deny, because she had the implant in her possession. Mulder also hypothesizes that Scully's "termination" would prevent the further involvement of Mulder and his work. Aww, sniff. Skinner wonders if Scully is dead, and Mulder says he doesn't know, but he wants to know how far They'd go.

Then Mulder asks Skinner what he knows about Krycek , and Skinner says that he didn't give him the assignment. The rest of his statement is cut off by his ringing phone, as the caller informs him that Krycek didn't show up for work and his home number has been disconnected. Mulder is pissed, wanting to know why these people just keep getting away with murder. Skinner tells him to let it go, but Mulder is on a rant, and wants to know what Skinner can do about it. Skinner decides to re-open the X-Files!

Mulder is sitting outside when Mrs. Scully appears. She thanks him for calling her. She better not sit too close to him; he's probably really stinky right now. He tells her he doesn't have any more that he can tell her, but she seems grateful knowing that he's doing all he can. She says that she had that scary dream again in which Dana is being taken away, and Mulder says it's scarier if she stops having the dream. Mulder fishes Scully's cross from his pocket and asks Mrs. Scully why Dana wore it if she was such a skeptic. Mrs. Scully says that she gave it to Dana on her 15th birthday. This, of course, contradicts a later episode in which we see Dana and her sister Melissa getting the crosses for Christmas. Duh, writers. Mrs. Scully hands the cross back to Mulder, telling him to give it to Scully when he finds her. Aww. Let's pretend Mulder and Mrs. Scully had a really nice relationship over the course of the show, unlike his relationship between him and his real mother. It makes me happier to imagine him going over to her house to bake cookies and do "mom things" with her.

Back at Skyland Mountain, Mulder walks over the ground again and up and over the hill where he first found Duane Barry, and stops. He looks up into the star-filled night sky, and we fade to black.