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"I'm here. That blast sent me over the counter and I was out momentarily. Anyone know whats going on?" Zeke said as he climbed to his feet and was rubbing the back of his head.

Ray grins and chuckles, "It's okay to admit you were terrified, Zeke. No'll think less of you. 'Cept maybe Larry. But, I don't think he thinks much of you, anyway." She grins and gives Zeke a wink, then squeezes Larry's arm.

"Pink fluorescing sky, you say? Is it pretty?" She smiles, trying to picture what the sky might look like.

Ray's comment shakes Jacob out of his shock.

"Pretty?" he says. "Pretty in the way the devil is pretty. The end times are here, and I must prepare."

With that pronouncement, Jacob stands and leaves the diner, walking with a steady pace in the direction of his farm, a good five miles out of town.

Larry, for a change, doesn't say anything about Jacob's religious views, but glances outside at the pink sky again, as if trying to decide if Jacob might not be right.

Ray frowns at Jacob's words, then starts to rub one of her arms. She closes her eyes and stands still a moment, then starts to tremble a little. "You sure you're okay, Ray?" Mike asks.

She opens her eyes and smiles, but doesn't move her head. "Mmhmm. I'm fine..." She coughs slightly, then musses Larry's hair again. "So...wh-who needed more coffee?"

John quickly tries to catch up to the man jogging to the coast yelling, "HEY! HEY! SLOW DOWN! WHERE ARE YOU GOING!" While at the same time looking up at the sky feeling a bit of peace but also very disturbed.

John manages to catch up to the young man just as he is shrugging off his leather coat and dropping it to the ground. The man continues jogging at the same speed, and seems to be ignoring John.

Derek watches the two men run. "What are those damned fools doing?"

Larry sits at the counter again, looking out the windows at the light and the sky.

"I could, and make it black," he says.

Mike pats Ray's shoulder as he steps out from behind the counter. "Be right back, Ray, gotta make a call." Mike heads to the pay phone in the far corner of the room, inserts a quarter, and dials. After a moment, he shakes his head and hangs up.

"Phone's dead," he announces as he heads back behind the counter.

Ray smiles slightly and speaks in Derek's direction, "I guess they're running away?" She chuckles slightly then smiles as Mike pats her shoulder and she nervously pours a cup of coffee for Larry. "Here ya go, sweetie."

At the announcement of the phone being dead, Ray winces slightly--trapped... Finally, she whispers to Larry, "Larry, there's nothing behind me, is there?"

Larry glances behind Ray reflexively, then shakes his head.

"No, nothing behind you. Don't worry, Ray, I've got the creeps, too."