Tucking her face against Sebastian's chest, she tried to hide from the man in the guard uniform. Panicked breaths puffed in and out of her at a rate that would cause her to pass out if it continued much longer. Shards of glass pressed deeper into her flesh as she gripped her father's shirt as they ran towards the exit. Fresh blood seeped through the wounds on her limbs and her face, staining the white fabric she was holding on to with all her might. "No more..." She whimpered, tears seeping from between her tightly closed lids. It was the first time she had cried since this whole situation started. Part of her knew she was on her way to safety, but she still couldn't make sense of what was going on. Her confusion raised her anxiety and just added to the panic that was clouding her judgement. "Please..." Her voice was nearly lost to the sounds of their footfalls. They had to be getting close to the exit as they had been on the move for a while already.

Taking the risk and pulling her face away from its hiding place, Alice looked up in time to see more disabled guards laying sprawled on the floor. A sound escaped her throat that was halfway between a whimper and a sob. She was almost free of this place.

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As soon as they were free of the station and the door was shut behind them, Elijah dropped Josephine's wrist like it was on fire and moved out of the easily accessible range. "I'm so sorry, Jo.. A m-million times, I'm sorry." Bringing his hands up, palm out, he felt the rush of the ploy run out of him, leaving him cold. "I-I-I had to sell it." Swallowing hard, he grimaced, his stutter only came out when he was really nervous. "They were losing i-interest, and chalking it up to a lover's s-spat." Tell number two reared it's head, over selling of the reason he was doing something. [i]God, Eli, just shut up![/i] He scolded himself, still keeping his sights on Josephine, his body on alert and ready to take off if she came at him.