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AD Jane Cassidy sat at the table in her office. She was in a meeting with ADs Kersh and Skinner as they were holding their monthly review on the progress of the X Files unit and whether or not it should stay open.
She was still trying to decide what to do as she knew Agent Mulder was a very talented agent so it would be a loss to the FBI if they lost him. Agent Scully was talented and knowledgable and she had helped Mulder look at things through a scientific point of view. AD Cassidy felt she needed Scully on the unit too as she can help them make sense of Mulder’s findings.
She sighed as she listened to the argument between AD Skinner and AD Kersh and what they thought about the X Files. She was considering agreeing with Kersh as he took a no nonsense attitude to the X Files. But then again, AD Skinner had been working with Mulder and Scully for longer and had nothing but glowing reports about them.
Cassidy decided to look at things in a practical and logical way as she listened to the heated debate with Kersh and Skinner.
“Agent Riley’s report makes complete sense,” AD Kersh was saying as he held up some papers. “She only accepts hard facts and always obeys protocol. Mulder’s a loose cannon. He can’t be trusted to produce work that the FBI need him to do,” he added. Skinner sighed. “Agent Riley doesn’t have all the facts,” he argued back. “AD Skinner, as I know you’re well aware that there are hundreds of X Files in that office that one can read through and they are full of Mulder’s ‘facts’. She has all the information she needs down there to come to this conclusion in her report,” AD Kersh shot back.
Skinner glared at him. As much as he was fighting for Mulder, he was also fighting for Scully- maybe more so as he knew how much she loved working with Mulder. “I’ve been their superior longer than you have, AD Kersh, and I can tell you Agents Mulder and Scully make a brilliant team,” he argued. “What, with their low arrest on percentage due to the fact their cases involves aliens?” Kersh said.
Cassidy felt they needed a break. She could feel the tension in the room and she needed to take control back again before things got out of hand. “All right everyone. You’ve made your cases. As things are getting heated I feel we need a break before we can make a final vote. We will meet back here in ten minutes,” she told them, to which both men agreed before leaving her alone in the office.