The crystal clarity was for Jack alone, only him. Both Henry and Donna stood, trying to understand the foreign gibberish spewing from Jack, who was acting like someone on a bad acid trip.

“W..What do you s…see? Can y..y you describe it t.. to us?”

Henry spoke slow and controlled as he knelt by his side. Jack sat Indian style on the ground looking at them.

“Is he ok Henry?” Donna asked staring into Jack’s eyes. “And what about the Orb’s? Are they coming back?, Didn’t you say they were?”

Holding up his hand to Donna, motioning for her to be quite, Henry refocused his attention on Jack.

“Jack, c…c..can you t..tell us any more?”

“I can’t find the words to explain. I can see it, it’s so simple, but, I don’t have the words to make you understand.”

He still sat, Indian style, staring forward, back straight.

“We have to go somewhere, I have to take you. I can show you, then you’ll understand.”

The words coming from Jack’s mouth were not robotic, like Donna had been just a little while ago in front of her TV. But, they were not the regular Jack, either. Looking up at Donna, Henry continued the questioning.

“W….W..Where are you going t…t..to take us?”

Turning his head to one side, meeting Henry eye to eye, he responded, “To enlightenment and understanding of all this.” He motioned with his hands as he completed the sentence like a magician or a stage performer.

Donna pulled Henry up from the ground and away from Jack.

“What was in that injection?” She demanded in a worried tone.

“Too much to l…l..list. It’s very c…c…complicated.”

“Was it supposed to turn him into some Shaman or something? How can we know he hasn’t just bought right into the Commandant’s brain washing?”

Rolling his eyes at the woman who was vowing her life to that very person only an hour ago, he responded, “No, this isn’t l…l..like you were when w…we found you. T….T..This is differn’t”

Looking down at his watch, Henry glanced up at Donna, “It’s b…b..been long enough for them t…t..to have returned, I tt..think it worked”

She returned a puzzled look.

“The Orb’s” Henry grited.

“Right.”

Turning back to Jack, Henry helped him off the ground.

“Ok Jack, l…l..l..lead on.”