The immortal's Quickening flashed and radiated from ground to sky, around Methos' body, crashing through him as most others had done in the past. When it finally ended, the world around him would be dark and quiet once more.

Only the ringing of his cell phone could now be heard as Mac tried calling him, worrying over the amount of time that had passed and the fact that Daniel was still sitting in bed, pistol in hand and not saying anything.