Title: Road Trip 2: Colorado Springs
Written by: Cassie & Kristi
Date Written: May 6 - 10, 2002
Final Draft: June 30, 2002
Summary: With a second chance at life, the gang is brought back to the moment they drove into the tornado in the Season 3 finale "Road Trip", and their adventure continues.
Spoilers: None.
Disclaimer: I do not own John Doggett, Fox Mulder, Alex Krycek, Dana Scully, Walter Skinner, or Marita Covarrubias. They belong to Chris Carter, Ten-Thirteen Productions, and 20th Century FOX Broadcasting. Robert Alfredo belongs to me and my partner in crime, Kristi. Oh and the dog they found is created by us as well :)

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Previously on "Fox & Rat"... the gang had gone and got themselves killed when Krycek drove them into a tornado near Salina, Kansas. The gang wandered around aimlessly in The Afterlife and were eventually told by Death that it was not their time to die and that they would be brought back to life at the moment from which they came...

FADE IN

EXT. SALINA, KANSAS - MARCH 28 - 11 PM

Krycek, Marita, Scully and Skinner are running from the van to hide in a muddy ditch. Running to protect themselves from the coming tornado. The wind is strong and some debris swirls around them, it is pouring rain and they are drenched and very unsuspecting of where they have been placed upon being given a second chance at life. Doggett and the stray dog he picked up are already lying in the ditch.

Suddenly everyone running stops. They have realized where they are and that they are alive... but... where is Mulder?

ALL
MULDER!

They turn and run back to the van. Mulder is comfortably sitting in the back of the van, he has a pained expression on his face.

MULDER
(points at his ankle)
Guys... it hurts again!

Skinner slams the side door of the van shut. The tornado is approaching them. Krycek is staring out the front window bug-eyed with terror. He doesn't want to die again and here he sits, wanting to drive off. But if he did that, they would die because that is exactly what he did before. So he sits there and does nothing.

The van starts to shake and rattle, as if it's being picked up by the tornado. Could it happen again? Could they all face their death for the second time?

Everyone grabs on to the persons around them, they close their eyes and scream at the top of their lungs. The noise grows louder and louder. The wind is howling and lightning strikes nearby.

Then.

All is quiet.

The tornado is gone.

Inside the van, everyone has fainted.

Outside Doggett comes running back to them with the dog in his arms. He opens the side door to the van and sees that they have passed out. He sets the dog inside the van and lets out a sigh. That was a close one. He shuts the door to the van and goes around to the driver seat and starts the engine and drives off, to find the closest hotel he can.

Off of the van getting smaller and smaller against the background of a severe storm, we:

END TEASER

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