Jake, with Joe and Lily, were taken to a small diner where they met up with a unique cast of characters. "Welcome," said a brunette girl who appeared to be in her early twenties. "The name's Creek, this here is Fiji, Manfred, Creek, Lemuel, Olivia and Reverend Sheehan."

Jake's mind was running on instinct he had already met an angel clearly every one of these people possessed a special ability. He looked to Lily. "I don't know why I'm here?"

Fiji, the beautiful African American woman with long curly hair stood up. There was a cat at her feet. She took Jake by the hand. In his hand, she placed seven crystals. "You are the chosen one."

"We should step outside," the orange cat said.

The first crystal she held up was a dark black. "Summon the moon," the woman whispered.

Jake looked to the bright sky. "Summon the moon?" With his words, the sky suddenly went from day to night.

Fiji cupped her hands over her mouth. "That was amazing. Try these."

"What are they?" Jake asked.

"Lily says you're a doctor, so I'm certain you can figure them out."

The red, "Summon fire!" A blaze erupted from his hand.

The blue, "Summon water!" A rush of water washed over his body.

The green, "Summon.. earth?" Nothing happened. "Summon plants?" Still nothing. "Summon… life?"

"No!" Lily cried.

Jake was shot back into his body.

Amelia had managed to stop the bleeding in his brain. Jake wouldn't go blind, but he was far from stabilized. There were broken bones in his legs, hips, and chest, along with severe organ damage. There was still the possibility he would never walk again.

When his wife finally was allowed to see him he had a breathing tube down his throat. Addison couldn't speak. She had lost so many men in her life to tragedy.

Charlotte held her hand. "He's strong"

"When I proposed to him, I said 'I want you to be the last man I say I love you too' and I meant it," she said with tears in her eyes.

"I love you, Addison."

Charlotte stood by her with her strong southern confidence. "Focus Addison- you need to go home, bring the baby here, we can have one of the residents look after him. And you need to contact Jake's step-daughter."

Angela was spending a semester in Europe with her boyfriend, but she still had e-mail.

"Dear Angela, you need to come home," Addison wrote. Jake raised the girl as his own and when her mother died when she was only eleven he cared for her as a single dad. "Your father was in a very bad accident. I'm going to purchase a ticket for you if you show up the flight- which I know you will. I will see you tomorrow."

Addison drove back to the hospital with the baby. When she returned to his side Amelia was with him. "Amelia, why does he still have a fever?"

"His spleen had been ruptured, and his kidneys are failing. But he's already on emergency dialysis," she explained. Emergency dialysis meant a port was cut into his abdomen.

"Get him back into surgery!" Addison shouted.

"He can't be put under again, not this soon after cutting into his brain," Amelia pointed out.

Charlotte entered the room. She extended her arms for both a hug and an offer to take the baby. "Give the medications time to do their thing."

"Would you be so calm it that was your husband?" Addison cried.

"No I wouldn't be," Charlotte said holding the now crying baby. "If you want him to go under again, say the word."

"What?" Amelia said. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. "He could have a stroke! You wouldn't risk this for any other patient- why risk it for him?"

"Because we can't watch him die," Charlotte replied.

"He's in too much pain," Amelia said. "You put him under again his body will be forced to fight a battle on multiple fronts."

"Get his spleen out," Addison said, leaving the room.

"You don't even know if that's the source of the infection!" Amelia cried. "His legs are broken, his ribs are broken – you can't do this."

"I want him in surgery," Addison said quickly before she could change her mind.

Amelia left the room to prep. Jake survived the surgery, but moments later he had a very bad seizure: the scar tissue in his brain was bleeding cutting off oxygen. Addison would have wanted Jake back in the OR but Amelia refused. "Jake," the young neurosurgeon said as she held his hand. "Look for the angels."

The pain Jake's chest was becoming unbearable. It was then he noticed he was still holding the stone. He closed his eyes and said to himself, "Summon death."

When he opened his eyes he was back in Midnight, back at the diner as if he had never left. Fili grabbed his arm, "We need to speak privately."

The tall blonde woman stood up. "Whatever you need to say to him you say in front of all of us."

"Fine, Olivia. Jake, I need to explain you about the use of the death summons. It is vital that you use 'summon life' to periodically return to your body," she explained. "During your time in midnight, your body will be suffering deep fevers that your colleges will not be able to treat because they have no source. The longer you are here, the more your body will break down. Your organs will start to fail, and then your brain will begin to shut down. And when it's all over your body will go up in flames."

"Then let me go back now!"

"You just saw what happens when you go back. As long as the demon has you cursed your body will never heal."

"A demon?" Jake asked as he started to back away.

Olivia stood up. "Oh my god, is this guy for real? I'm an assassin; my lover is a vampire- hell you were brought here by your dead wife and an angel."

The tall African American vampire grabbed her arm. "He is afraid, his reaction is only human."

Fiji offered Jake as a seat at the table. "This is a real town. If you drove her in your body you can and would find all of us here."

"Why am I here?" Jake cried.

Manfred, the tall sexy gypsy who looked like Johnny Knoxville stood up, "You are here because it knew to target you- it caused the accident. But if you can kill it, you will hold back the invasion."

"Summon Life."