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excruciating.
    Evil flowed from Eric as I held onto his hand.  I could feel that he was having some sort of battle with something deep inside himself.  I closed my eyes and concentrated solely on him and nothing else.  He was blocking me from entering his mind.  From something that I couldn’t see.  I didn’t understand what was going on.  How could he have gotten into this mess without me knowing it?  The worst part is that he was totally alone with whatever it was that was trying to hurt him.  Not a single soul could reach his mind to help him and I was frantic.  The other members of the Circle were growing more alarmed with each minute that passed.
    “We have to move him away from here.  Somewhere where no one can accidentally walk up on us.”  Air King said as he broke the Circle and picked Eric up in his arms.
    “Follow me.”  He said without looking at any of us.
    I was immediately snapped up from my place in the house and moved to the lake.  This spot was beginning to become a place that I was sure to be avoiding in the future.  Unsure of how I got here, I looked around in a quick scan of the area.  Looking for anything that might seem out of place.  There was nothing.
    Air King laid Eric gently on the ground in front of us.  He was still unmoving.  Everyone formed into a circle around him.  I took the hands of my fellow members of the Circle, not allowing my eyes to leave Eric.  I didn’t want to risk not catching a signal or any small sign that he was ok, or in more trouble than thought.
    As I stared at his face, it was easy to see that Eric was being hurt, but I couldn’t tell what was causing it.  Whatever it was that was tormenting him was invisible.  The pained look on his face was almost unbearable to look at, but I had to be calm.  If I didn’t then I was sure that I wasn’t going to be any help to him at all.
    Every member in the Circle had joined powers and was directing everything we had into Eric. I could feel the power leaving my body and flowing into Eric’s body.  He was so still.  The only real difference I noticed from it was that he didn’t look like he was in pain anymore and that was a major plus.  At least we were helping a little.
    After a long time, Eric stirred.  His eyes remained closed, but he looked as if he was trying to wake up.  We all waited patiently, still flooding his body with every ounce of power that we had.  Several moments later, he woke. 
    He was very shaken and disoriented at first.  Eric was taking several deep breaths to try to calm himself.  I tried once more to speak to him with my mind.  The only thing I could say was…I love you .
    Tears ran down his face as he stared at me.  Not a thing in this world could have prepared me for the hurt that caused me deep in my soul.  It rattled me and I started to cry too.
    The thing that worried me the most was that he didn’t answer me back.  He just looked at me.  I didn’t see any emotion on his face.  I was scared.  Maybe something had turned him as they had done to Raylan. 
    Eric collected himself and rose from the ground where he had been lying.  He gave me a quick warning glance as I took a step forward to go to him.  Instead of rushing over to him, I stayed with the Circle, not letting go.
    I watched him carefully in confusion and fear as he slowly walked up to me.  He looked quickly at my hands and back up to me, then to Earth King and with one quick turn he was facing the same direction as the rest of us.  His hands came out to his sides reaching for ours.
    I felt Earth King’s grip loosen.  He looked at me and then looked to Eric and I knew right then what it was that I was supposed to do.
    Eric took a final step backwards.  Earth King broke the Circle and we both grabbed Eric’s hands as fast as we could.  Finally, our Circle was complete.
    Only, our troubles were just beginning.  With Eric’s power strengthening the Circle, the horrible thing that was