The X-Files

Wen aqui!

¢Encontr6 algo importante?

- Deberiamos dejarlo en paz. - Vayamos al anciano, él sabré qué hacer.

Esto es malo, muy malo. Nos va a traer problemas para todos nosotros.

Tenemos que decirselo al Dr Roosevelt. Inmediatamente.

- Dr Roosevelt? - What is it?

We found something I think you should see.

- It's an Amaru. - I know.

It's fantastic. It's nearly intact.

- We can't take it. - What do you mean?

They say the body of a female shaman is sacred to the tribe.

They won't allow us to disturb her.

We are not disturbing her. We're saving her.

You know the situation here. I thought you could handle these people.

Dr Roosevelt, I think this is dangerous. I don't think this is right.

Have the piece cleared and packed. It's going with us.

Mr Homing, are you still here?

Mr Homing?

What the hell...?

How did you learn about what happened last night?

Tim Decker, a security guard, called me when he first discovered the blood.

The police say you feel the murder may be an act of political terrorism.

I think Homing was killed because of what he was working on.

Is that the... "survey and excavation of the burial grounds of the Secona lndians"?

This is a letter sent to the State Department on behalf of the Secona...

- ...demanding the return of an artefact. - The Amaru urn.

- It was among the antiquities we rescued. - Rescued?

When Petroecuador announced plans to build a pipeline

through the burial grounds...

...Carl Roosevelt and I organised the dig.

As I understand it, Roosevelt disappeared...

...under circumstances not unlike the ones here.

The Ecuadorian government claimed he was carried off in a wild animal attack.

- But that's not what you believe? - Not after last night.

- Have there ever been any death threats? - No.

Well, what about the curse? The Secona believe that great evil would befall...

...anyone moving the remains of an Amaru - a woman shaman.

That they would be devoured by the jaguar spirit.

A myth that gained currency among them...

- ...when Dr Roosevelt disappeared. - I'm sure.

The unfortunate thing is somebody exploiting it to promote fear...

...to pressure us into returning the bones - which I have no intention of doing.

- Can we see it? - Yes, of course.

Mona!

If someone digs me up in a thousand years, I hope there's a curse on them too.

They should have left it. None of this would have happened.

- Do you believe the bones are cursed? - Might as well be.

Did you know Craig Homing?

Yeah. I've been helping Craig catalogue the Ecuadorian artefacts.

I'm a PhD candidate at BU.

Did he have any warning this could happen?

Craig? No.

He was so dedicated. He was just doing the work that Dr Lewton asked him to.

He had no political feelings about it being here?

- No, not Craig. - Are you aware that a letter of protest...

...was sent to the State Department concerning this urn?

I'm aware of several letters of protest.

This one was written by a man named Alonso Bilac.

Dr Bilac. He was the liaison with the Secona Indians.

- Is he still with the project? - No.

He either resigned or was forced out by Dr Lewton, depending on who you talk to.

Why's that?

Dr Bilac feels the Secona have the right to determine the fate of their ancestors.

Do you know where we might find him?

- Dr Bilac? - Yes.

We're with the FBI.

We're investigating the disappearance of an associate of yours...

...Craig Homing.

Yes.

May we ask you some questions?

Come in, then.

You were part of the expedition that brought back the Amaru urn.

- Who told you that? - Mona Wustner.

I objected from the beginning.

But you were Dr Roosevelt's liaison in Ecuador.

At what point did you part company with him on the taking of artefacts?

When I felt like he had gone too far. Against the wishes of the Secona.

Did you express that to him?

Yes. He wouldn't listen.

Were you speaking for yourself or for the Indians?

I spent the last six months living with the Secona...

...learning from them...

...coming to understand the nature and... the depth of their culture.

Well, apparently they've learned something from you too.

Yes. I've been teaching them the joys of American bureaucracy.

Dr Lewton believes that the protest over the Amaru urn...

...has something to do with Craig Horning's disappearance.

You say "disappearance" as if you expect to see him alive again.

- What do you think happened to him? - You don't want to know what I think.

Yes. We would like to know.

We'd be very interested in what you think.

I think whatever happened to Craig Homing will continue to happen.

Until the bones are returned to their rightful place.

Let me ask you, Dr Bilac:

How far would you go to defend the rights of the Seconas?

Farther than writing a letter to the State Department?

If you think I did this, then you're a fool.

- (Scully) Where were you last night? - I was here.

- Alone? - Yes.

Your investigation is a waste of time.

That's something I can assure you of.

It's nice to meet people who really believe in something.

You mean the kind who would kill for their cause?

- Do you think Bilac's a suspect? - No, I think he's the suspect.

- Based on what? - Based on the arrogance of his politics...

...his rift with Dr Lewton,

his sympathy for the Indians and the lack of any other suspects.

- He did look a little squirrelly back there. - Maybe he was up late, murdering Horning.

Remember, we don't have a body

and not much more forensic detail than a lot of blood.

Craig Horning's blood. What do you think he did with him?

- I'm not sure he did anything. - You think Bilac's innocent?

That the victim wasn't murdered, but devoured by a mythological jaguar spirit?

Go with it, Scully.

Why did you lie to them?

You're drawing suspicion to yourself, Lonnie.

You should have told them the truth.

I'm worried about you.

Let me come over.

Why? Why not?

Dr Lewton's here. I gotta go. I'll call you later.

- I thought you'd already left. - I... really need to keep working right now.

- I'd feel better if you weren't alone here. - The guard knows I'm here.

Was that Dr Bilac on the phone?

Yes.

We have a responsibility, Mona. To history and posterity.

Dr Roosevelt did as any good conservationist would have done

in bringing the urn back.

Otherwise it would certainly have been destroyed.

I know.

Before you get caught up in the politics... We lose sight of that.

Mona, let me give you a little free advice.

You have a bright future here.

Be careful where you plant your flag.

Oh, Sugar!

- Label that. - As what?

"Partial rat body part."

Excuse me. Can I have a word with you?

We're done here.

You were working here when Dr Lewton was killed.

He stopped by my office on his way out.

Did you notice anything out of the ordinary? Was he behaving strange?

- Did he seem nervous about anything? - No, not at all.

Did he say anything to you about Dr Bilac?

No, he didn't.

Do you have any idea when the two of them last spoke to each other?

I really don't know.

I'm gonna give you my card.

Call me if anything comes to mind.

Mulder!

- They turn up a body? - No.

They've been over the entire museum grounds. Have you found anything out here?

If Dr Lewton was brought through here, it'll be hard to determine.

It rained hard last night.

They determined the hood release had been pulled,

and they found a flashlight by the car.

I'd say he was checking the engine when he was attacked.

Maybe someone didn't want the car started.

I don't think so, Mulder.

We found two mutilated rat bodies down in the engine compartment.

Rats?

The museum has always had a rat problem.

They must have crawled into the engine to keep warm.

You know, Mulder, there's hardly a thing about these deaths that adds up.

What's the estimate on the time of death?

Between 9.30 and midnight, when the guard discovered the blood.

It's about the same time as Craig Homing.

- What's the connection? - I don't know.

- I think Mona Wustner knows something. - Why?

She seemed to get nervous when I asked her about Bilac.

Maybe she's protecting him.

I think it's startin' to rain again.

I don't think so, Mulder.

What the hell is that?

Lonnie?

Lonnie?

Don't!

Lonnie?

I came to tell you...

Dr Lewton is dead.

Did you hear what I said?

- Say something, please. You're scaring me. - I told you not to come here!

Why not?

What's happened to you?

Ever since you came back, you're acting like some stranger.

- Like someone else. - The blood has to stop.

You know something, don't you?

You wouldn't understand.

Then help me to understand!

You... You can tell me. You know that, don't you?

What is that?

Vine of the soul.

Yaje? You're drinking yaje?!

You're sick, Lonnie. You need help.

Don't you see what's happening here?

Can't you see what you're doing to yourself?

Go.

- Let me help you. - I said get out!

Well, it's human. Small intestine.

There's four feet of jejunum and another foot of ileum.