What question do you most dread?Probably "Can you identify his body ( Read more... )

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who will guard the guards themselves?)That's always been the conundrum. Especially when working on the X-Files. We laid our lives on the line to find the truth and protect people from what was out there -- but who was there to protect us? There wasn't anyone. We all had to protect each other. Without each other, we ( Read more... )

Talk about a time that you were sick."How are you feeling?" Victor asked Stark, setting a fresh mug of coffee down in front of her when she finally wandered into the kitchen of their rented beach house ( Read more... )

Thirteen.Thirteen years ago was 1996. Thirteen years and a few months ago, I was on leave from the Fugitive team, starting as a scrub at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. At the bottom of my life, at the end of my rope, searching for a reason to believe. It's not something I'm eager to revisit ( Read more... )

Write about a time you were outsmarted.I had that feeling a lot when I worked on the X-Files ( Read more... )

The End.The gun made a heavy sound as Stark laid it on the nightstand ( Read more... )

Start something.Stark had always prided herself on her "can-do" attitude. The fact that she wasn't afraid of many things (at least not at that point in her life, anyway; three years later and that would change). In any situation, she was willing to at least put forth an effort, without hesitation ( Read more... )

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

Somewhere after/during this storyline.Telling Stark that the girl she had come to consider a daughter had been raped was literally, the worst possible thing to say to her. Anyone that knew her at all had to know it would spin her out of control, especially when she and John were trying to conceive their ( Read more... )

Write about receiving a present that was not what you had hoped for.My introduction to Dana Scully wasn't a particularly good one. I don't remember what we said, but I'm pretty sure it was formal and to the point. She knew who my partner was, and she'd met him by throwing water in his face. There wasn't any reason for her to trust me, either ( Read more... )

What do you hope for?I hope for a lot of things. Some more important than others. I hope the Orioles will win another World Series. They haven't won one since 1983. My brother and I were just kids back then, and as much fun as we had? He's put his soul into the team and I want to see him get a ring. We haven't even been to the playoffs since 1997. ( Read more... )