| They arrive at the Cedars-Sinai hospital in northern Seattle where Alice is being kept. The two enter Alice's hospital room. Alice is laying on the bed, i.v. in arm, heart monitor beeping. They look at eachother reminiscently. The girl's parents are sitting at her bedside crying. The mother looks at them, and then away. Her husband puts a reassuring arm around her. Having gone through this with her own child, Scully feels for them. She decides to talk to them. Scully Mrs. McGee? I'm Agent Dana Scully with the FBI. Mrs. McGee What do you people want with our daughter? She's never hurt anyone! Just go away and leave us alone. She turned back to her unconscious daughter and held her hand. Scully I'm sorry, ma'am, but we can't go away. We need to ask you some things. Mr. McGee You'll have to forgive my wife. She's very protective. I don't know if you'll get any cooperation from her, but I'd be glad to help you. Scully Thank you sir. Do you want to discuss things in the hallway? Mr. McGee I think that would be for the best. The three leave Alice's room and the sobbing Mrs. McGee. Mr. McGee looks back at her sadly, and then at his shoes. Mulder was first to talk this time. Mulder Sir, has anything like this ever happened to your daughter before? Mr. McGee Yes, actually... but never this severe. She's passed out several times. Now, don't tell my wife I said this, but Alice can be a violent child. She fights a lot, and that's mostly when she faints, after fights. It's the darndest thing. The doctors have no idea what's causing it. She just goes out for a couple minutes, and then she's fine, but never like this... A tear trickles from his eye as he looks longingly back at his poor daughter's limp body. This hits a chord with Scully. She remembers Emily lying in her hospital bed, but she shakes it off. Scully Mr. McGee, do you have any idea what causes her fights? Like the other child taking something from her, or saying something nasty? Mr. McGee No ma'am. She won't tell us. I guess she's just a natural born bully. But maybe her real parents have something to do with this. Do you beleive in curses, Agent Scully? Scully (smiling) My partner would be the one to talk to about that, sir. Mulder What kind of a curse, Mr. McGee? Mr. McGee Well, you've heard why she was taken away from her parents, didn't you? The social workers that gave us Alice said that when she was being hauled away, her parents were yelling nonsense words after her, and saying 'see the red and see them dead!' I'm a supersticious man, so I think that those evil people done somethin' to hurt my baby. |