Elora's point of view:

What else was there to do besides spend all the time I could with Flynn? Lorelei was kind enough to give us privacy in her own apartment. Everyone cleared out so we could see each other for a while. I had such a considerate family, and I knew I was lucky to have them around.

"What happened to you? Where did you go?" He asked. I didn't want to explain to him where I had been or what I had done. What I had done was so simple, barely anything, and yet it was still painful to elaborate on. How come I couldn't just say that I was in a hotel? It made me sick just to think I was even there and I didn't even do anything there.

"I couldn't bear to just sit there and wait for them to get me. I couldn't do it, so I left when you were asleep. Then I drove almost an hour out of the city and ended up in this dingy little town where I slept in a motel for two days. I was so busy trying to figure out what to do, and I didn't even realize that I could just come home. I'm so glad that I didn't ignore that idea, because now I'm here," I explained. Flynn held me as we stood in the living room, being as together as we could. I knew that I didn't have much time before I would have to start running and fighting again.

"You never had to disappear. I could have helped you more," he replied. I shook my head and placed my finger to his lips to shush him. He stopped talking as my eyes gazed up at his, a romantic and concentrated stare established as soon as it happened.

"Don't talk about that right now. I don't want to deal with it yet. Let's just be here for a while," I whispered to him. I took my finger off his lips and he took a small breathe before he slowly and passionately brought his lips to mine. I didn't want to run anymore, it was so exhausting. I just wanted to be in Flynn's arms for a little while before all the seriousness came back again. He was all that mattered to me right now. I didn't want anything else but to be by his side for a few more hours.

Every time we touched was like the very first time for me. My heart fixed itself when he held me in his arms and loved me like he always did. There was no division between us for that time, the calm before the storm. I didn't want my ship to be wrecked, and I hoped he would save me from that later on. Until then, I was striking the match of passion between us for the time we had alone.

We lay in bed together after all of it was complete. He held me close to him as I rested my head on his chest. His breathing and his heart beat were like a melody in my ear as I listened. I felt so at peace when I heard him take his breathes, when my hand touched the tattooed skin of his chest as we relaxed in alluring bliss. I would never understand how I could get a man this beautiful, this caring and compassionate, this strong and this devoted to me. God looked down upon me when Flynn came into my life, and He gave me all I would ever need to be as happy as I could be.

"I'm going to help you get out of this," Flynn said to me quietly as we lay in bed. My eyes were closed but I was hardly asleep, I was just concentrating on his breathing and the beat of his masculine heart.

"How will you do that?" I asked. I knew he would always try to help even when he couldn't. I feared that this was one of the instances in which he wasn't able to help me. What if I couldn't be saved and I was doomed to either run forever or die a painful and agonizing death? I never wanted that out of my life, no matter how much adventure I craved. I never asked for anything like this, and now I was deeply in the very centre of it.

"I have my ways. There's never going to be a day where I won't try to make sure you're alright. I don't care what I have to do, whether it's kill or be killed. I will always make sure you turn out alright and safe with your family," Flynn replied. I sat up a little and leaned on my arms as I stared at him. It made me nervous when he said things like that.

"I don't ever want you to think you have to die for me. If I'm going to be with my family, then you'll be there too. I don't want you going off and getting yourself killed just because you think it'll make me alright. I'll never be alright if you're not there," I explained. Flynn chuckled and took a deep breath as he looked at me with a serene expression. I had never seen his face so satisfied and calm. He always had something on his mind, so he never had a face like that. It was gorgeous, but I couldn't relish in it because of the dark circumstances.

"I'll be quiet about it, but that doesn't mean it's going to vanish. I'll always think that way of you. I love you more than I have ever loved anyone in my entire life. For that, I owe you more than just my life," he replied. I loved this man so much that I couldn't even bear to think about him being gone due to me. The things he said to me only made me more aware that he'd do all of this in a heartbeat if I wanted him to. That was terrifying to me, that I had such affect over him.

"What are you going to do?" I asked. He turned his head away from me and looked up at the ceiling as he thought for a moment.

"I'll have to get to the base and grab some things. Then, I'll come back and get you. We'll get to your place and pack some things, and then we're going to have to, excuse me, get the fuck out of here," he replied. I was on my way to running away again. Maybe it would be better if Flynn was with me when I was doing it. He always had a way of making bad things feel better.

"Where are we going to go?" I asked. He shrugged his shoulders and sighed.

"I'm not sure. Anywhere is better than here. Maybe Oregon," he replied. He was lost but not nearly as much as I was. He seemed to always end up figuring it out in the end. That's why I trusted him so much, not to mention I loved him so much that it clouded my inhibitions, and sometimes my sense.

"Should I wait here?" I asked. Flynn nodded and got out of bed as he began to get dressed. I was still laying there, trying to make sense out of it all. Everything was just so much harder now, and I wished it wasn't so. I wished I could go back to the way it used to be, when all I worried about was what I was going to do for fun that night. Now I was busy worrying if I was going to live through the day. Funny how life sets itself in its own path.

"I'm going to tell your parents what is happening, and then I'm going to the base. You take this, it'll keep us in contact if you need anything," he said as he handed me a radio that I could talk through. I nodded and sat in bed as I watched him shuffling around the room to get ready as fast as he could.

"I love you," I said to him. He stopped and leaned down to kiss me quickly before he left. I didn't want him to let go of me, but I knew he had to. I still couldn't believe that I was depending on him this much.

"I love you too. I'll be back, be safe. Remember the radio, keep it with you at all times," he said to me. I nodded and felt my eyes begin to rim with tears as I watched him leave the room and then the apartment. I despised the quiet the apartment had when he left. It made me realize that I was alone for a while again. That was the last thing I wanted to be right now.

I shuffled around the room as I put all my clothes back on. When I was done, I held the radio with me as I went into the kitchen. I grabbed a glass of water to try and calm my nerves, but I found it to be ineffective. Nothing would be able to calm me down, nothing that didn't contain a whole lot of alcohol at least. I didn't want to have a drink when the situation was so dire. I had to be attentive to everything around me. Drinking would only block that from me.

Once I had finished my glass of water I went to the living room and sat down on the couch. I tried watching tv, but it didn't do a thing. It only made things worse. Usually I was pretty good at distracting myself. But right now, all I had on my mind was when Flynn was going to be here. As every minute passed it felt like an hour, and he hadn't even been gone thirty minutes. I knew I had at least another thirty before he would be on his way back here. That was the thing that disturbed me the most.

I had this terrible feeling that right now was the least safest time to be alone in Washington. I could practically feel the KKK tailing me, trying to find me and, without a doubt, kill me twice. The clock ticking on the wall and the sound of my nails as I buy them made time go even slower. Oh, Flynn, when will you be here?! My mind was racing like a dog being bet on.

After sitting on the couch kept me from going crazy, I heard this sound. It was like a crack in the walls, but there was nothing there. I went to the door, and as I looked out into the hallway, there was no one there. All the other doors were closed, but I could make out faint sounds of what was happening inside. I heard a woman and a man fighting, I heard children laughing as they played. I smelled the scent of cooking on someone's stove. But there was no one in sight. Not a single movement that came from the hallway.

I shut the door and turned my back to it. I went to the window beside the dining room, and gently poked my head out to see who was out there, if they posed as any reason to the crack I kept hearing. When I looked outside the glass, I knew the danger I was in was more apparent than what I had thought out. I looked down to see two men, guns in their hands, the cracking coming from them loading and reloading it. I knew who they were the moment I saw them, they were looking for me. How in the hell did they find me?!

With a gasp, I turned away from the window and placed my back against the wall. I took quick and shallow breathes as I shut my eyes to calm my nerves. I needed to act as sensible as I could in this situation. I didn't want to die nor did I want to run away without Flynn, but I couldn't just for him. I had no time for that now that they knew I was here.

Just then, I remembered the radio that Flynn had given me. I left it on the coffee table when I was sitting on the couch. I ran as fast as I could to it and took it in hand. I took one more breath as I did my best not to cry as hard as I ever had. I let my finger press the button to tune in to the set channel he had, and I placed the radio close to my lips so he could hear me.

"Flynn, are you there?" I asked, quiet but not quite whispering. I waited for a few seconds, but it felt so much longer than that. When I finally heard him tune in, relief pooled over me.

"I'm here. What's wrong?" He asked. I knew he was concerned instantly, I could tell in his voice. I stayed crouched behind the couch so I could be avoided in sight. How could they see me anyway? They weren't even here yet. I just felt safer when I was on the floor and hidden.

"They're here. They found me," I said to him. I could hear him swear under his breathe as I told him. I squinted my eyes as I tried not to cry. I knew if they were coming, they would hear me sob and know I was in here. I hoped that they were only guessing that I was here and needed a lead.

"Alright, I'm almost there. I'm in the car about ten minutes away. You don't have time to wait, Elora. So you'll need to follow my instructions so I can help you," he explained to me through the radio. I took a breath and turned to hear the steps of people coming from the level below me. Sitting on the floor was a mistake, because fear washed over me as soon as I heard them.

"What do I do?" I asked. I was unbelievably scared right now. I hadn't feared like this even when I killed those people at that riot. Nothing could compare to the horror I felt as I sat on this floor.

"They'll come inside there, so I don't want you to hide. What I want you to do is try to run out of the window. You have to climb the walls to get down to the ground. Keep the radio with you at all times. I'll be talking you through it," he explained. Climb out the window?! Was he crazy?! I couldn't do that, I'd fall and die before they could even find me!

"I can't do that! I'll fall!" I replied. I just wanted Flynn to be with me now, to be able to help me out of this. At least if I had to run, he would be with me when I did it.

"You have to, Elora. You'll be fine, you have to trust me. Climb out the window and go down the walls," he replied. My shaky breathing kept me somewhat frozen, but I managed to find the strength to get out. I ran to the window in Lorelei's bedroom and opened it up.

"Jesus..." I whispered. I shook my head to keep the adrenaline rushing so I was motivated. I lifted my foot out the window and rested it carefully on the ledge of the outside walls. I took my other foot and placed it beside my first one. I latched onto the window to keep me from falling. I looked down to see the people, looking like ants as they didn't notice me there. To see the ground from this angle was dizzying and made me sick to my stomach. I ignored it as I tuned into the radio once again.

"Alright, I'm here. What do I do now?" I asked. The wind of the summer air was blowing in my hair as it came out of the braid it was tied in. It was in my face, and that made me even more afraid of falling down and plummeting to my death.

"You need to climb down. Go slow and be careful. Make sure you know where you are stepping every time you move," he explained. I nodded and silently prayed as I stepped down to the lower platform of the wall. I kept stepping down as carefully as I could, taking caution every time I moved a muscle. I could hear the faint sounds of the people crashing into my sister'd apartment. I couldn't believe they were destroying it like that.

My feet reached the cement of the floor and my back sat against the wall. I took desperate breathes as I began to cry due to the fear I felt. I held the radio tightly in my hand as I tried not to think about the ways these people would kill me if they found me and took me away. "Flynn, I'm on the ground," I said as I tuned into the radio again.

"Alright, I'm almost there. I need you to run North. That's the way I'm driving. I need you to stop in the middle of the road when you see the car. Can you do that? I'm close," he asked. I nodded and told him I would. I placed the radio in my pocket as I ran as fast as I could without a second look at that apartment building.

I sprinted as fast as I could down the main road going north. Surprisingly, I saw no cars coming that way. This was a massive city and no one was driving down this road? How does that even happen?! It doesn't matter, I tell myself as I run quickly down the cement road. I can now clearly see the car making its way fast down the road. When it reaches me, I stop in the middle of the road and it halts quick. I see Flynn in the driver's seat as he motions for me to get in. I quickly get in, and shut the door as he drives off the other way.