Horatio, Alexx, and Calleigh were on a mission. Eric had taken off from the scene, and seemed shaken up. They went back to the lab, and ran into Tim. He smiled, and told them "Eric is in the break room". They rushed in, and Eric was asleep. When their eyes landed on his small curled up frame, they saw the small amount of exposed back. Calleigh gasped as she saw the start of a rather nasty scar. She went over and pulled his shirt down. His body started shaking, and she heard small sobs coming from him. She sat down, and pulled his small frame into her arms. He startled awake, and wrestled with her until he settled into her arms after realizing it was her. She told him "Hush now, its ok. Calleigh's got ya". He laid his head down, and snuggled to her. She asked, "Eric, sweetie will you tell us why you are so upset, and why you left from the scene"? He shook his head furiously, and Alexx grabbed him. She lifted his arms, and he cried hysterically as she lifted his shirt off. Everyone gasped at the nasty scars on his back, and he curled into the fetal position still crying.
Alexx asked, "Baby what is it what's wrong"? He just curled tighter, and Tim asked, "Eric buddy please tell us what happened"? Eric choked out, "No!" He cried forever, and finally fell asleep. He mumbled, "momma h-h-help me" and settled down. Horatio told Calleigh "stay with him ok". She nodded, and he left. Half an hour later he returned with Eric's medical files, and found Eric curled up next to Calleigh.
He got the others, and he told Eric, "either you tell us or I will look in the medical files." Eric's eyes filled with tears, but he saw fear take over the youngest of the team. He looked so scared, and Horatio dropped the file to catch Eric as his knees buckled as he stood to go to Alexx. He shushed Eric as he cried, and told him "It's ok". Eric nodded, and all eyes looked down at the picture of a teenage Eric lay in a hospital bed with a torn up back, and a few other nasty injuries. He looked up, and saw they were now watching him. He climbed back onto the couch, and into Calleigh's arms. He started from the beginning:
-Flash back-
Marisol and Eric were goofing off at the annual trip they and their mom took. He was so happy to spend time with just them, and not the others. He was by the edge when Marisol scared him. Marisol laughed at her 17 year old brother being such a wimp. He had twisted his ankle when he jumped, and was limping to his mom. She was at the back and, started up the boat when the waves were getting rough. As if in slow motion Eric tripped over his injured ankle, and fell over. He cried for his mom, and a wave took him under. She heard two screams, and looked back to Marisol who was pale, and looked back to her baby. He was being tossed under roughly, and crying out for her to help. As she reached for him, he was taken under but tossed backwards to the propeller. It caught his back slightly before another wave knocked him into it a bit harder. Carmen screamed, and reached for her baby. She pulled him in, and was thankful the boat had been off, and he had not been pushed into the blade hard enough to severe his back. He lay limp in her arms, and Marisol called 911 as Carmen held Eric as she started the boat toward the shore.
-end flashback-