TITLE: The Last Scene
AUTHOR: Christine Leigh
RATING: PG
CATEGORY: MSR
SPOILERS: None.

SUMMARY: A vision of the last scene between Mulder and Scully in the series finale. Script format.

DISCLAIMER: All characters are the products of Chris Carter. They also belong to Ten-Thirteen Productions and the Fox Network. Two lines of dialogue are also Chris Carter's. No copyright infringement intended.

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The Last Scene
by Christine Leigh

Note: This is predicated on Mulder being there prior to the last scene, since I hope that they can get David Duchovny back for more than a cameo.

EVENING

Mulder, sitting on the couch in Scully's living room. Very similar to the scene from "Small Potatoes." William is in his bassinet, which is placed next to the couch at the end where Mulder is sitting. There is a bottle of wine on the coffee table and two wine glasses. There are candles lighted on the table, too. Scully enters from behind the couch and pauses a bit to take the scene before her in. She likes what she sees, but is still taken by surprise at the reality of it all. She sits down next to Mulder.

SCULLY

So, what's the occasion? (Looking at the wine and candles.)

MULDER

Well, seeing as it's the end, and all, I thought...

SCULLY

The end, of what Mulder?

MULDER

Well, uh...The first part? Us, Scully. The end of the first part of us.

SCULLY

Nine years is a long first part, Mulder. (Mulder pours wine into the glasses, picks them up and hands one to Scully. She smiles. They touch their glasses together in a silent toast, and then each take a sip.)

MULDER

Did it seem long to you, Scully? It didn't to me. (William is heard crying from the bassinet. Mulder sets his glass down and gets up and takes him from his bassinet, returning to his spot on the couch. He rocks William a few seconds, and the crying subsides.)

SCULLY

(Looking at the two of them with pure love in her eyes.) No. It didn't seem long. I suppose you could say it flew, when it wasn't disappearing.

MULDER

(Grinning) Why, Scully, are you positing that time can disappear?

SCULLY

Possibly.

MULDER

William, you're a witness.

SCULLY

Mulder, he's asleep.

MULDER

Doesn't matter; I believe he heard you. (Mulder gets up and puts William back into the bassinet. Music is playing now in the background. Mulder returns to the couch and sits down next to Scully.)

MULDER

Funny, the things that have come to be, that once, I never would have believed.

SCULLY

There was definitely a time that I thought we'd never be here.

MULDER

But we are. (He leans in closer to Scully's face.)

SCULLY

Yes. (They are looking at each other now, the same way they had so long ago in the hallway. Mulder leans down and kisses Scully on the lips. She kisses him back, and they continue, passionately, for a few seconds. They finally break, and Mulder stands up. He extends his hand to Scully. She rises from the couch and takes it and is now in his arms. The scene is reminiscent of their dance from "Post- Modern Prometheus," except for they are really slow dancing as opposed to the slow-motion dancing from that episode. The camera pulls back and the scene fades to black.)

(The sound of someone knocking on a door.)

MULDER VOICEOVER

Sorry, nobody down here but the FBI's most unwanted.

SCULLY VOICEOVER

Agent Mulder. I'm Dana Scully, I've been assigned to work with you.

MUSIC

The first six notes of The X-Files Theme.

END