Under the Badlands of South Dakota at 11:53 p.m., FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder regains consciousness but he is at first disoriented. Continuing his audio recording for Scully, he realizes that he has been moved – by whatever stunned him – to a cavern that is entirely unfamiliar to him but where he finds an unconscious Laurie Skye and begins to wonder if they are being kept as offerings of food for one or more devilish beings. Scully and the deputy are busy making their own escape from the proximity of the shack while rocks around them begin to crumble away.