Unable to resist the obsessive-compulsive disorder, Ronnie drops to his knees and begins picking them up. Scully finishes the second autopsy, and realizing Mulder is in danger, races to the motel. She draws her weapon and fires, striking Ronnie right in the chest. Though still in a drug-induced haze, Mulder gives chase, eventually staking Ronnie. Back in the present, a coroner inadvertently reanimates Ronnie's corpse by removing the stake.
Skinner informs the agents of the new development, and the pair fly back to Texas.
There, the pair meet up with Sheriff Hartwell. As Scully and the sheriff stake out the cemetery, Mulder makes his way to the RV park, certain it contains Ronnie's resting place. Sheriff Hartwell, it turns out, is a vampire. He drugs Scully's coffee, and she passes out. Using handcuffs, he traps the vampire inside the box.