"Stop right there!" Colton suddenly shouted and stopped Mulder just as he was about to pass through the checkpoint.

In an instant, everyone tensed up. Mulder's hand instinctively moved to the hilt of his blade, and Warrick clenched his fists, ready for a fight.

"Mr. Dane, is there a problem?" Mulder turned, smiling calmly.

"Are these men your soldiers?" Colton's gaze swept over the men, scanning each one from the front to the back.

"Of course. I trained them myself." Mulder nodded, the easy