As Walter Skinner stands outside Agent Mulder's apartment door with two other FBI agents and bangs on the door, Mulder is alarmed, inside his apartment, to see his reflection in a mirror seem savagely gruesome. Skinner and the agents smash Mulder's door open, only to find a bloodied Mulder lying on the floor, so Skinner shouts for the agents to immediately fetch an ambulance. Skinner meanwhile visits Scully's apartment. She thanks him for having arrived there quickly and gives him the flash drive. As he leaves her apartment and heads outside, he is watched by the mysterious man.