Scully later returned the pendant to Padgett because she couldn't return any feelings for him. He was currently working on a novel which dealt with victims whose hearts were removed. Mulder believed he was the hooded man who was attacking the victims. Padgett was later released, due a murder being committed while he was in jail. After his release, he was confronted by the hooded man, who was actually Ken Naciamento, who was a character in Padgett's novel. Naciamento and Padgett had a psychic connection which allowed Naciamento to come back to life and remove the victims' hearts exactly the way Padgett wrote in his novel. He convinced Padgett to end his novel with the death of Scully and agreed.