- The next day, Eric gets out of bed and takes a long, cold shower. He's starting to feel a little more clear-headed, to remember some things.
- He was here to investigate Blessed Island and find out about the dragon orchids. And then he thinks of Merle and remembers falling in love with her.
- Eric darts out of the house and rides the bike up the hill to the pathway, where he forces his way through the bushes and past the rocks with animal faces on them.
- When he can stand up, he sees that he's on a causeway that will take him to the western side of Blessed Island.
- Once he gets onto the western side, he starts to see the dragon orchids; there are thousands of them in fields, and they look like dragons with dark-purple black petals. Eric wants to touch one but decides against it—they're kind of freaky and might not be kosher.
- He travels a little further west and comes across a little church. It's abandoned and looks like an old ruin, so he goes inside to check it out.
- Inside, he finds a cloth draped over a gigantic painting. When Eric pulls back the cloth, he sees a terrifying and bloody scene painted there. Not good.
- Suddenly, a lock clicks behind him and Tor is in the doorway along with the other four wards of Blessed Island.
- Tor says he's glad that Eric saw the painting because mow he knows why the gods brought him to Blessed Island: Eric is there to help them. Cryptic much?
- Tor gives an order to seize Eric and people start to fill the church. They grab Eric and drag him to another room in the church where there is stone table.
- Eric is terrified, but Tor's followers are holding him so tight that he can't get away. He struggles and screams, but he can't make a break for it.
- They tear off his shirt and force him onto the stone table. There, he sees Tor pull out a massive, curved knife and hand it to Henrik.
- Merle is there, too. She looks down at him and whispers, "I followed you."
- Eric screams, but in his terror he has one last incredible thought: All this has happened to him before.