As Jack and Eric talk, you suddenly hear a tinny tune, followed by the cheery lyrics of, "Pick it up, Muthafucka! Pick it up, Muthafucka!"<br/><br/>Rachel is standing in the street, holding two cell phones and looking shamefaced. "Ah shit, my stupid brother programed that in my phone and I can't get rid of it," she said, frantically punching a button on her phone. She smiled at Eric, handing his phone back to him. "You were right. I can call myself, on your phone. So local calls work."<br/><br/>The girl frowned then. "Then, how come I couldn't reach my friend? Unless she left town ..."<br/><br/>She was so distracted by the phone issue, she barely registered Jack's presence.<br/><br/>Jack and Eric were both facing Rachel, which is why she couldn't see what happened next, though they could.<br/><br/>Apparently from the sky itself, a scintillating blue column of light, like a beam, strikes down somewhere in the town. Eric and Jack can see the beam clearly, which appears to be touching down a few miles to the north-east, though they can't tell for sure. The sight of the thing is surreal because there is no sound at all associated with it. Just there, behind Rachel and far away, is a beam of blue light descending from on high.<br/><br/><br/>