Nicole bent down to see if he was all right. With the circle broken, the image within the crystal ball dissolved and random colors exploded again. A bolt of electricity shot out of the crystal ball and singed a hole in the curtain. Another bolt targeted a ceramic lamp across the room causing it to blow up in a shower of sparks and shatter into hundreds of pieces.
"Give me your hand!" Madam Lawrence screamed to Nicole.
"But, Douglas-" Nicole protested. Madam Lawrence reached over and yanked Nicole closer to her. Nicole tried to break away, but the old lady somehow had her locked in a vise-like grip. The colors reassembled on the crystal ball and the image within reformed.
"I see her again. This is happening right now, while we speak..."
They all peered into the crystal ball an
