From: martin@abacus.mc.duke.edu (Michele Martin)
Message-Id: <9504100101.AA10771@abacus.mc.duke.edu>
Subject: The Witness part 14
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 21:01:52 -0400 (EDT)

scene 18
Holding cells
12:10am
  "It looks like your conspiracy theory may be right, Mulder," Scully 
said over the phone.  Mulder had called her as soon as other officer's 
arrived to deal with the mess.  He'd been rather surprised to learn that 
the guards weren't as seriously, well, _dead_ as he thought they'd been.  
They'd been taken to the hospital, but one of the officer's who'd 
examined them had sworn the wounds looked almost superficial.  Mulder 
wondered if Paul had anything to do with that.  Some of George Fox's 
reports had mentioned an ability to heal, though Fox hadn't dwelt much on 
that facet since it sort of contradicted his premise that the alien was a 
threat to all of humanity.  At any rate, he'd wanted to let Scully in on 
what had happened so she could prepare for when the bodies arrived.  And 
prepare poor Dr. Lambert, who probably would not take finding out that 
Greene...or whomever he was...was now dead.
  "There's something else that might interest you, Scully.  Just before 
the assailant was going to cut off our suspect's head, he said something 
very interesting...and familiar."
  "'There can be only one?'"
  "Close--'There can be only one, _MacLeod_'"
  "MacLeod?  What do you think that means?"
  "I think it means I need to have another talk with Mr. _Duncan_ 
MacLeod.  And now I have something more to go on.  I have a feeling we're 
really close to solving this one."
  "And when we solve this one, I take it there's something else you want 
to look into?"
  Mulder glanced over to where Paul 'Edwards' was talking with the 
somewhat shaken Detective Schanke.  Mulder thought it also somewhat 
suspicious that Schanke was so affected by the incident.  True, it wasn't 
pleasant, but he was sure Schanke had seen alot of unpleasantness in his 
years as a homicide detective.  He wasn't sure what to make of it.  
"Let's just say I have a few questions for Mr. 'Edwards' that don't 
necessarily have to do with beheadings."
  "Just as long as you don't do anything to jeopardize this case.  I 
really think you're off track here, Mulder. Paul and Scott seem like 
a pretty ordinary father and son...about the only ordinary thing we've 
seen since we got here.  I still think someone's trying to set you up.  
Maybe in order to distract you from finding out what's really going on 
with these beheadings.  If it is some kind of conspiracy of some kind, 
it may involve people with the wherewithal to pass phony UFO information 
on to you."
  "Scully, are you suggesting that there's a goverment conspiracy to 
cover up mysterious beheadings?  You're starting to sound like me."
  Scully sighed.  "Maybe I have been working with you to long.  What do 
you want me to look for when these bodies arrive here?" she changed the 
subject back to the case, which didn't really surprise Mulder.
  "I think you should take a look at our mysterious assailant first.  
See if he has any marks indicating prior experience in sword fights, 
etc.  It's a dangerous pasttime, after all, and there might be some 
scars.  Actually, me and the detectives will be coming over as well.  I 
think Knight wants to make sure Dr. Lambert is okay..."
  "Not surprising...there's something going on there...."
  Mulder smiled. "Hey, this isn't Love Connection here.  Unless, of 
course, you think it has something to do with the case.  I think I'll 
bring Mr. Duncan MacLeod along so I can talk to him while you're going 
over the autopsy.  Maybe he'll know something about the other victims or 
the other swords...and maybe this time I can get him to talk.  Especially 
about why the assailant called his friend 'MacLeod'.  I hardly think he 
mistook him for Duncan MacLeod."
  "Unless Duncan MacLeod isn't his real name...."
  "Oh, I think that's his real name alright, or at least an alias he's 
stuck with a long time.  I did a check with Interpol, and you'll never 
guess where else his name has turned up."
  "I'm afraid to ask..."
  "Paris, France.  Yet another city where the occassional mysterious 
headless body surfaces now and then.  It appears that MacLeod 
intermittantly owns a houseboat on the Seine."
  "Intermittantly?"
  "Well, for unknown reasons, MacLeod shows up at the same time every 
year and buys back the same houseboat he sold the year before.  I don't 
know yet what to make of _that_.  Anyway, we should be over there 
shortly.  I'll tell you more when I get there."  With that, he hung up 
his flip phone and scanned the room.  Knight had finished talking with 
the officers who'd arrived to help sort out this incident and was now 
talking with a disgruntled looking Captain Cohen.  MacLeod was being 
questioned now by Schanke.  Mulder thought the expression on MacLeod's 
face was more like a "oh no, not again" look than a grieving look for the 
death of his friend.  Of course, that could be due to the fact that his 
friend had turned out to be some sort of homicidal maniac, but Mulder 
suspected that "Greene"'s activities were well known by MacLeod.  In 
fact, he was counting on it.  Because with "Greene" and his assailant 
dead, MacLeod was the only real lead they had.  Unless someone caught the 
man who'd attacked Scott, but he couldn't count on that. 
  "Agent Mulder?" Paul's voice caught his attention.  He turned and faced 
the man he was sure was an alien, more than a bit nervous at speaking 
with him.  He really wished he could wrap up this other case so he had a 
chance to confront 'Forrester'. To ask him the question that had haunted 
him for 22 years--what had happened to Samantha.  He didn't even consider 
that Paul might not know.
  "Um, yes Mr. Edwards?"
  "Do you know what's going on here?  It seems that the man Scott saw was 
not the only man who cut off people's heads.  Do you think there're more 
of them?  Do you think Scott will be safe?  I don't want another...person
...to attack Scott because of what he saw."
  "I wish I knew the answer to that.  But I think we're pretty close to 
finding it out. The autopsies might tell us more..."
  "Autopsies?"
  *Let me guess--he doesn't know what an autopsy is* "Yes...Agent Scully 
will examine the bodies and see if she can find anything that gives us 
clues to this case."
  "That sounds interesting.  May I come with you?"
  Mulder was caught a little off guard by that request.  Not something 
_most_ people would ask, especially in such a gruesome case.  Then again, 
Paul 'Edwards' was not most people.  Besides, it would keep him where 
Mulder could see him.  Why not?
  "Okay...I don't have any objections.  Just don't get in the way."
  At that moment, Knight signalled that they were ready to head over to 
the Coroner's office.  Mulder motioned for Paul to follow him.  Both 
Knight and Schanke seemed a bit surprised to see Paul coming with them, 
but neither objected.  Which saved Mulder from having to come up with a 
good explanation.

scene 19
Coroner's Office
12:30 am  	
  Scully was glad when Mulder and the detectives finally arrived, though 
she was somewhat shocked to see Paul Edwards tagging along as well.  
She'd been a bit worried about Natalie Lambert, who hadn't taken the news 
of Greene's death very well.  Scully couldn't blame her--it had probably 
been an emotional roller coaster of a night.  Though she was a bit 
confused about why someone like Natalie would be attracted to someone 
like Greene...of course, she hadn't really seen his good side that 
night.  Knight and Lambert made a much nicer pair...though she really 
shouldn't be indulging in matchmaking at a time like this.  Though seeing 
how well Knight seemed able to talk to Natalie...  
  Mulder showed her the sword the assailant had, which was an altogether 
different type from the one found at the scene of the incident earlier 
that evening or the one found on Greene. No similarities there.  However, 
there was something interesting Mulder needed to know about the first two 
swords...and their connections to the murders.  As she motioned for the 
body of Greene to be temporarily stored in the morgue adjacent to the 
examining room she intended to use, she called Mulder over.  She and 
Mulder made their way to the examining room where the unidentified 
assailant was being prepped as she revealed the findings she'd made earlier.
  "Mulder, we just got the lab results back comparing the metal fragments 
in the bodies with the metallic contents of the swords..."
  "So soon?"
  Scully paused...now that she thought about, it was quite an amazing 
turnaround time. In fact, it was downright incredible.  Hmm.  That was 
odd.  Oh well...
  "Anyway, the fragments from tonight's victim match the metal in 
Greene's sword, which in combination with Scott's testimony, proves he 
did kill that man.  However, the fragments from the bodies of the other 
victims matches the metal in the sword found at the scene of tonights' 
slaying.  The sword Scott claims belonged to the victim."
  "So that means that Greene killed the man who killed the other victims..."
  "Maybe he is...or was...the good guy," Scully suggested.
  "That's a pretty scary thought, you know...someone cuts off someone 
else's head and that makes him a _good_ guy?"
  "Well, let's face it Mulder.  We really don't know what's going on 
here." At that point they arrived in the examining room.  The mysterious 
assailant's body was laid out on the table.  The assistants had just 
finished up and were on their way out.  One of them informed the agents 
that Greene's body was in the adjoining room, along with the first two 
swords, in case they needed any of those...items...later on.  Scully 
nodded and proceeded to glance over Greene's body. 
  "Do you have everything you need?  I'm going to go back and see if I 
can get MacLeod to tell us anything more.  I think the detectives are as 
fed up with his silence as I am, given that we _all_ heard Greene 
referred to as 'MacLeod'. Maybe with the three of us there we'll break 
his stubbornness." Mulder grinned mischievously. "Maybe I can get Paul to 
give us some help as well."
  "Why exactly did you bring him along?"
  "He wanted to come--said it sounded interesting."
  Scully just shook her head.  She knew perfectly well why Mulder had 
permitted him to come along.  He didn't want to lose track of his 
'alien'.  She turned to look over the body in front of her as Mulder made 
to leave the room.  Suddenly she gasped.
  "What is it, Scully?"  Mulder asked as he came up behind her.
  "The chest wounds...where Schanke shot him...they're gone!"
  "Gone?" Mulder asked.  He looked at where she was pointing.  She turned 
to face him. The movement exposed her gun, which the Canadians had 
somewhat reluctantly let her keep.  Suddenly, the arm of the supposedly 
dead man on the table reached up and grabbed her gun.  Before the stunned 
agents could do anything, the man leaped off the table and grabbed Scully 
around the throat with his other arm.  Mulder reached for his own gun, 
but didn't get very far.  The man shot him at close range..in the 
stomach, however, since Scully's struggling made him miss his aim. Mulder 
staggered back against the wall and crumpled to the floor.   
  "Mulder!" Scully screamed in horror.  Suddenly, the door to the 
adjoining room burst open.  The apparantly not-quite-so-late Robert Greene
stood in the doorway, brandishing his own sword.
  "Let her go, Murdoc!  This is between you and me!" Greene said as he 
slowly advanced on them.  The man apparantly called Murdoc backed toward the 
doorway of the room, holding Scully against his chest.  From her 
vantage point, Scully couldn't tell if Mulder was still alive or not.  
She feared the worst. Murdoc laughed as he pressed the gun against 
Scully's temple, confirming her fears that her own life was also in danger.
  "Forget it, MacLeod," Murdoc said. "I don't stand a chance against you 
in a _fair_ fight, and I know it.  So I'm not going to play fair. She's my 
ticket out of here.  I'll just have to deal with you later....because I 
really _hate_ people named 'Mac'."  
  "We're not very fond of you, either," said a voice behind them.