Lost and Found

26

"Run."

Richard coughed out before he fell forward onto the grass.

Elyse ran over to him, while her heart threatened to escape her chest.

"Stop, put your hands by your head."

An unfamiliar man's voice stopped her in her tracks.
She looked up when he approached them, and noticed it was one of the older men who had been with Ben at the camp.

"What do you want?"

She cried, feeling as if she had lost her mind due to all the horror she'd experienced in a matter of 24 hours.
She had to bite her tongue and dig her nails into her palms to keep from running at him and daring him to shoot her if that's what he really wanted.

"I'm here for Richard Alpert, our big brave advisor. I might just spare you if you don't get in my way."

He replied in a taunting voice while he walked up to them and retrieved a rope from his pocket to begin tying Richard's wrists.

"Go, Elyse."

Richard choked out while Elyse watched in horror from beside them.

"No! I won't leave-"

She began, before she was cut off by the man with silver hair.

"Alright, I'll just get rid of this problem for the both of us."

He said, abruptly stopping in the middle of tying Richard's hands, to reach for the gun in his holster.

Before she could react, or think of what to do, Richard quickly launched up from the ground and head butted the man with all his strength, throwing him backward off of him while the gun flew out of his hand and in front of Elyse's feet.

She gasped in shock before quickly rushing to grab it, practically letting it fly out of her sweaty hand in the process. She remembered back to when Desmond had shown her how to use the same type of gun, and looked up at the two men wrestling in front of her for a moment, until the older man pinned Richard to the ground and began choking him.

"Stop! I'll shoot!"

She yelled, pointing the gun at him now while she braced herself for what she might have to do.

"Will you? You don't sound very convincing to me."

He responded, amusement in his eyes while he watched her intently.

"Let me see your hands."

She instructed firmly, making sure her voice didn't waver.

The man slowly lifted his hands and stood up off of Richard, looking as if he were plotting his next moves while he watched her.

"Don't move!"

She yelled when he slowly began stepping toward her. Richard instantaneously jumped to his feet and tackled the man, running over to Elyse with all his strength, before he took the gun from her and aimed it at the man confidently.

"You shouldn't have let him sway you, Gordon. You know he's not with Jacob any longer."

Richard told him, sounding as if he was struggling to breathe despite his alleged "immortality".

"Jacob won't help you. Jacob is only out for himself."

He spat at Richard, standing to his feet only to be immediately knocked back down to the ground, by a bullet from the gun Richard held.

Elyse winced at the sudden noise, and the image of the man, whose name she'd just learned, being shot in the head in front of her.