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G Street, Washington. This is a crappy section of DC, yo. Skinner's walking through a run-down apartment complex and he's got "Kritschgau" written on his hand. With all the abnormal brain function going on in Mulder's head, it's good to know that he can still spell a name like that correctly. Especially since the person is someone he hasn't seen or spoken to in two years. Skinner knocks on KR's door. KR opens it and is like, "Dude. It's 6am." If someone knocked on my door at 6am, I wouldn't even have answered it. But judging by the time it took for KR to open the door, I'd say he was already up. Skinner tells KR that Mulder's in "serious condition" and he wants to talk to KR. KR's like, "No." He starts to shut the door, but Skinner slams his foot into it. KR starts bitching, "You know, I had a job ... with a government pension coming and two years ago, Fox Mulder asked me to do him a favor -- blow the whistle on Uncle Sam's UFO propaganda mill. And all it got me was this swanky address." Dude, worse things could've happened to you. At least you didn't have to undergo the Crispification that Spender did. ["Yeah, but now Spender's finger lickin' good! Going to hell now. Quit blocking the gate, Fowley!" - raceguy] Skinner says that Mulder doesn't have much time. KR tells Skinner that he ain't no doctor. I personally don't get how, through Skinner's words, he would immediately jump to the conclusion that Mulder's situation was medical. He could've been in prison or something, waiting to be sentenced to death after sitting through a fake trial put on by the army and his FORMER employer.

GMH. Mulder's still in his bed, restrained and doped up. He's basically just lying there and drooling. There's a monitor in the room, tracking Mulder's brain activity. KR wants to know if Mulder recognizes him but Skinner's got no idea. As Skinner speaks to Mulder, the monitor registers activity but Mulder doesn't move at all. Skinner and KR chat about the treatment Mulder's being given. KR starts to ask something, and Mulder's brain monitor buzzes before he can finish the question. Same thing happens again. KR tells Skinner that Mulder anticipated the questions. Skinner tells KR that Mulder "claimed to be hearing voices."

Some time later, Skinner and KR wheel Mulder into a med room. Skinner doesn't want to be held responsible for anything happening to Mulder. KR's like, "You're the one who came for me, so you better be ready to handle the responsibility in case this all goes horribly wrong." KR grabs a syringe and informs Skinner that he will be injecting Mulder with Phenytoin. Skinner is not pleased by this turn of events. Skinner thinks they should consult the doctors first. KR thinks Skinner's being a pussy. Mulder? Still sitting and drooling. KR tells Skinner that he's seen this before in a study done by "the CIA" of an ESP-like condition called "remote viewing." Skinner then injects Mulder with the syringe, which was really full. Mulder closes his eyes and swallows, becoming more aware. In a raspy voice, Mulder tells Skinner and KR that "they're coming."

Out in the hallway, Diana and the Jugs are berating the nurse for not noticing that Mulder was AWOL. Diana is pissed, blah blah. Diana and the nurse walk into Mulder's hospital room, to find Mulder in bed and Skinner standing next to him. Skinner tells them that he found Mulder down the hall. Diana looks suspicious. Skinner orders Diana out of the room, after reminding her that he's her boss. I assist Skinner by kicking Diana out of the room with my steel-toed boot. Once she's gone, Mulder tells Skinner that "she knows." Skinner's shocked that he can read Diana's mind. Skinner wills himself to not think about his late night Male Connection Hotline phone calls. Mulder tells Skinner that they need to act fast. Skinner wants to get the doctor. "No doctors. Get me Scully." Yes! He needs the one person that without which he cannot live without which with! Take a note here recap readers: Mulder asks for Scully. ["Scully, not Fowley. Not Fowley at all." - raceguy] Skinner tells Mulder that he has no idea where she is. "Look ... I know you've been compromised. I know Krycek is threatening your life ... Blackmailing you. You don't think I can trust you but it's not you that I need." Mulder tells Skinner that he needs KR to prove that what's causing his condition is alien. KR looks like he thinks Mulder really does belong in the psych ward.

Ivory Coast. Scully's in her tent, putting her rubbings together on the floor like a puzzle. This makes me wonder how long Scully's been in Africa. It sure would take a while to get all those rubbings. Scully's journal v.o. is in full effect: "The work here is painstaking -- a slow and tedious piecing together. It appears to be a craft, its skin covered in the intricate symbols you and I both saw but which I now understand are part of a complex communication. [CDB] has broken some of the symbols into letters using an ancient Navajo alphabet and, though it has helped to uncover some of what's here, it has also made for greater confusion." Led to greater confusion? Like Seasons 8 &9, perhaps? "On the top surface of the craft I'm finding words describing human genetics." Scully translates some symbols into four nucleotides: CYTOSINE, GUANINE, ADEMINE and THYMINE. Either Scully or the aliens spelled that wrong, because it's AdeNine. You know what? I'm just going to blame Chris Carter. "Efforts to read the bottom of the craft have been harder." Darn! I bet the bottom had all the cheat codes for the new Zelda game! ["Or what William is, where he came from, and why he's important to the mythology." - raceguy] "Our workers were scared away by phenomena I admit I can't explain -- a sea of blood, a swarm of insects. But what little we have found has been staggering -- passages from the Christian Bible," Is there a Bible that's not Christian? "from pagan religions, from Ancient Sumeria ... science and mysticism conjoined. But more than words, they are somehow imbued with power. I've ignored warnings to quit this work, remaining committed to finding answers, afraid only that our secret here won't last and that I might be too late." Outside the tent, Amina gives CDB the stank-eye before running into the tent with some papers. She joins Scully on the floor with some rubbings she had translated. They're from the Koran, foretelling the "day of final judgment." Scully tells Amina that she discovered the 24 pairs of chromosomes, ["Again with the sciency nitpicking, aren't there only 23 pairs?" - raceguy] "a complete human genome. I mean, it's like ... it's the most beautiful, intricate work of art." Scully is in awe, yo. Amina thinks that it's God's Word. At this, CDB enters the tent and puts a sack underneath a table. He starts yapping that there is no God, only aliens. "What's out there on the water ... is only what we call "God" ... What we call "creation" -- the spark that ignited the fire that cooked the old primordial soup." Mmmm. Primordial soup. I had some for dinner last night. And it was good. ["You've GOT to give me the recipe. Mine turns out tasting like a mix between shaving cream and mouthwash." - raceguy] Amina thinks that CDB's gone mad from the sun. CDB says that he's "perfecty sane." I beg to differ. And his lips are really white. They're freaking me out. Scully thinks CDB needs to lie down and rest. CDB grabs Scully's machete. See, Scully?! See?! GET YOUR GUN, WOMAN! CDB's all "You think you're going to take the credit? This is my discovery." Scully tells him that "I'm only here to help my friend. Well, I guess you could call him that. I mean, of course he is my friend. He's my best friend. But that word doesn't really come close to describing our relationship. I really have no idea how to describe it. I mean, I like him. Actually, I might be in love with him. Which is why I'm over here suffering in this African heat, living in a freaking tent with dead bugs and a crazy biologist. Plus, I'm having these visions of a half-naked shaman who keeps disappearing. I guess I should be thankful that he's at least partially covered because I don't think I could handle that right now. But anyways, I couldn't care less about winning the D.C. Science Fair. I just want to find a way to save my parter/best friend/future lover from dying." I added that last part. CDB takes the machete and stands guard at the tent entrance, telling them that nobody's gonna leave the tent before he does. Scully and Amina look kindof nervous.