Eric was pissed, really pissed. Had he been so focused on the past that he didn’t see the present?

Or even more troubling. Was this new entity, new adversary, so powerful as to snatch the girl, literally right from under his nose, without his knowing?

For the first time since the Becoming the demigod was experiencing fear… and he did not like it.

What had started out as a mildly amusing adventure, was now not only a serious pain in the ass, but a potential threat to The Combine as a whole.

Playtime was, officially, over.

In a flash, he returned to his non-corporeal form. A transformation which took Ker more than a bit by surprise, sending him tumbling backwards, mouth agape.

Eric reached out, searching, deeper and deeper still. As far as he could reach into the mist that surrounded this world… nothing. She was simply nowhere to be found.

Without warning, a ghostly form appeared on the pedestal where the Avatar had been… Dreanna.

“It was her, when I died, there!” Ker screamed.