When her face was cupped, Elizabeth had quickly put her hands over Aleksey's as if to try and keep them there, just like that, closing her eyes and leaning into his hands just the same, but her eyes quickly opened when Aleksey had tensed and stood straight again. She was about to ask what was wrong, but she was already being pulled by the hand, very nearly stumbling at first before quickly following after him, staying rather close to him.<br/><br/>She heard nothing, but then again, she knew that Aleksey had better hearing than she did, if anything. Yet the brisk walk had kept accelerating until they were running, and Elizabeth was very nearly tripping over herself to hurry and keep up the best she could. “They’ve found us,” She might as well have frozen from that whisper, and she probably would've come to a dead stop where they were running then, but Aleksey still holding onto her hand and dragging her along really was the only thing that kept them moving. Terror immediately struck her heart, but she scolded herself for being such a coward. Was there anything else to do but to be fearful, though...?<br/><br/>There was no way she'd ever be able to fight physically towards William and his group, they were too strong, and she was too weak. Of course she had no weapons, and really there wasn't a way to just 'convince' them that she wouldn't make a very good vampire. Oh, how she wished that'd simply work though.<br/><br/>They rounded a corner- THWACK! - Aleksey was on the ground. Elizabeth very nearly screamed but instead it came out as a loud gasp with a hand over her mouth, "Aleksey!" She shrieked, stumbling back from where she now saw William only to land on her bum, but even then she was cowering further back. Her protector was down- No one else was around.<br/><br/>Quickly she scrambled to her feet, and the first thing she did, was run. More like, sprinted as fast as she could. She sprinted towards the nearest exit, but around another corner, and she ran straight into William, who had stepped out from the corner as if it were a casual thing. And, immediately, she felt as if she was being toyed with. She stumbled back after running straight into him, and ended up on her bum again, where she was quickly scrambling to get to her feet and run again. In that instant, tears started rolling down her cheeks. They had already been at the brims of her eyes, but now they were flowing over, and she couldn't keep them back. There was a lump in her throat and she couldn't speak, but looked at William in horror and fright, as if he were something from a nightmare.<br/><br/>William didn't move after her, but Elizabeth sprinted again, the opposite way. But when she rounded another corner - Oof! - She had run straight into William again. Instantly she fell back on her rear again, scrambling to get up just the same, the tears only coming harder. He was toying with her. "Stop, please," Elizabeth just barely choked out her words in a sob, and just as she scrambled to her feet and turned around to run, William was there again, and she hit his chest again, stumbling back as she had before.<br/><br/>Only crying harder, she got up to run around another corner, but he was there again. He pushed her back roughly when she did hit him, and she yelped when she hit the ground, for a moment the wind was knocked out of her, and she was left gasping for air. "You always manage to get away, little deer." William mused, staring down at her. Elizabeth quickly scrambled and ran again, but it was futile for she was simply pushed back again when rounding a corner.<br/><br/>"Stop it, please," Elizabeth begged again before scrambling up, but this toying would only continue. It wasn't until she was out of breath, her breaths heavy and her heart beating what felt like 100 miles an hour, that this stopped.<br/><br/>This time when she ran into him, William grabbed her arm roughly to keep her in place. Truthfully she felt like a cornered animal, running from the hunter each and every way, though each time was cornered again, only being toyed with before they'd be shot. The grip on her arm might as well have been as tight as steel and it made her flinch with a small yelp, the tears rolling down her cheeks as she gazed up at William before her, terror still in her eyes at the triumphant grin that was on his face. He'd finally get her, and this time Aleksey wouldn't get in the way.<br/><br/>"But you won't get away this time." He cooed coldly to her, while Elizabeth was trying desperately to push him away but with no prevail. "Please," Elizabeth started again, her vision blurred as she was having a panic attack quite literally now, easily feeling as though she was about to pass out, her heart racing like a cornered rabbit's. "Just, leave me alone," She continued as he looked as if he were about to shove her back again.<br/><br/>Tears practically streaming by then, the panic was only getting worse the more she struggled against William's grasp, and after just a short time more, her vision got even more blurry, and before she could do anything more, she was out like a light. Laughing beneath his breath cruelly, William simply heaved Elizabeth over his shoulder casually. "Poor thing, scared her to death." He mused before starting to walk.<br/><br/>---------------------- ~*~ ----------------------<br/><br/>When she did wake up, the panic was still there, and instantly her heart was beating fast again. But she wasn't on the ground, more so the grass, she was on the floor, so far as it felt. She was terribly afraid to open her eyes or to move in the least though- Because she didn't know where she was. Something in her told her not to open her eyes or move- Because if anyone was in the room, they'd know she was awake. That is, if they didn't know already, from the way her heart was pounding, and a tremble had come to her body again.<br/><br/>Elizabeth could feel her dried tears on her cheeks, and she very nearly started crying again. Like a lost child without Aleksey, she was already terrified and she hadn't even opened her eyes yet. She tried convincing herself that it was just like when she went to bed. If she closed her eyes, nothing would happen, nothing bad at least. Because when she closed her eyes, all those things would go away. She was already curled up on the floor, as far as she could tell from what she could feel, but in all truth, she was afraid to learn anything more.