 Davey locks Banton in with the particle accelerator, but is shot by X. Mulder and Scully arrive soon after, seemingly too late to save Banton from being vaporized by the accelerator; Mulder realizes that X has betrayed him, and tells X to never contact him again.The case is considered closed, but Mulder notes that Davey disappeared after the incidents.The episode ends as X enters a research facility where experiments are being performed on a despairing Banton.