A/N: Yes, I know I said this was going to be a one-shot. This is the exception, not the norm. That said, I'm going to warn for major spoilers for the second half of "Fisher King" in this chapter. The book code has been deciphered and I will be including it here (despite the fact that I was wrong about the book). I'll have links to a picture of the cover of the book used to break the code (absolutely mind-blowing) and to the message board thread that broke it in my profile at least until "Fisher King (2)" airs.

Note: This chapter is mildly AU because I'm pretending the Elle-getting-shot scene never happened so I don't have to deal with it and can put her in this chapter.

Disclaimer: Standard disclaimers apply. The quote is from "Extreme Aggressor". Also, the honor of having broken the code goes to several people, none of them me. (My source is linked in my profile.) And, again, the CM fans at TVC were instrumental in the formation of the ideas in this chapter. Thanks, you guys.

Emerson said, "All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle."

The paper, now decoded but not demystified, lay innocently on the ground before him. Reid closed the book and sighed.

He'd been hoping for answers. A location, maybe. Something. Instead, he'd gotten another riddle, and more questions than answers. He read and reread the message, wondering all the while if the game would ever end. Finally, shaking his head in frustration, he got to his feet. However little sense it made, the rest of the team needed to hear about it.

Soon enough, the other profilers were wearing the same look of disappointment and frustration. Everyone stared at the clue-covered board in silence for a few moments, running the newest message through their minds.

THE PATH TO THE END
BEGAN AT HIS START.

TO FIND HER, FIRST CALM HER LONG BROKEN HEART.
SHE SITS IN A WINDOW WITH SECRETS FROM HER KNIGHT.

IS IT ADVENTURE THAT KEEPS
HIM OUT OF HER SIGHT?

Finally, Elle offered, "'She sits in a window'? Then why can't we find her?"

"No," replied Hotch. "There weren't any windows. He's not talking about Rebecca Bryant."

"Then who's he talking about?"

The agent's answer was to shake his head. "I don't know."

At a loss, they looked again at the rest of the message. "That last line," Morgan said. "'Him'. Him who?"

"Reid, I expect," suggested Gideon. "As in 'You have to help him find her'?"

Morgan nodded, then turned to look at Reid, a grin spreading across his features. "Been on any adventures lately?" he asked.

She calls them your "adventures".

Thrown, but starting to understand, Reid felt his response stick in his throat. Finally, he managed to nod.

"Yes. Yes, I believe I have."

Slowly, Reid walked into the room. The sun shone brightly through the window, everything casting lengthening shadows as it began to sink beneath the horizon.

His eyes traveled between the window and the woman in the chair near it, finally settling on the latter. He watched her for a moment before speaking.

"Hi, mom."

Fin

A/N: This is the end this time, I'm serious. And I'm sorry it's so short; the X-Files has been…taking over my life. Anyway, leave a review!