<strong>Eric</strong><br/><br/>Eric left Rene to tend to Desmond, made his call to Rachel, who seemed happy to hear from him, and got into his car. He pulled out of the clinic parking lot, feeling much more assured as to where he was going now. He steered through the streets of Biscay's business district, heading toward the highway, when he began to feel a strange sensation.<br/><br/>Before he could put his finger on it, his car was suddenly bathed in bright, blue brilliance. This might have astounded Eric, had it not been for the blinding pain that assailed him. Eric screamed as he clutched his head, the car careening out of control. It felt to Eric as though his entire body was on fire, burning through his skin, nerves and right through to his bones.<br/><br/>The car jumped the curb and rolled to a stop. Eric reactively reached for the door, to try and escape the pain, and rolled out of his car onto the asphalt, where he blacked out.<br/><br/>Eric blinked, finding himself staring up at the sky. The pain was gone, and for a moment he thought it had all been a dream. When he sat up, though, he found he was lying in the street, one leg still inside the car as he lay where he had tumbled out. Clambering to his feet, his eyes grew round as he looked in his car.<br/><br/>The driver's seat was flattened and distorted, as if it had melted. He thought of the building he had seen earlier, and how similar this looked. There was nothing left of his steering wheel, although a plastic-like brown puddle on the floor of his car might have been what was left of it.<br/><br/><br/><strong>Jack</strong><br/><br/>Rachel receives a call from Eric, saying mission accomplished and he was on his way back. Rachel smiled at Jack.<br/><br/>"We're getting out of here, soon," she said in reassurance to Stephanie.<br/><br/>Less than a minute later, you see another blue column appear, coming from the direction of the new downtown.