Ellis

"Weston!" my throat hurts at how hard I'm screaming, but I have to get his attention. He's talking to Landon. Shit. Landon.

"What is it, Ellis?" Weston asks, and I turn to him. I haven't got time to get distracted yet.

"It's Dae, he's gone."

"He's been taken? But I have men all over this floor?"

"I think he left to get Nikki back." I keep my eyes down. I can't look at Landon right now. It's my fault they got Nikki. Weston swears under his breath, turning to grab a uniformed officer and I finally look up at Landon, who looks shellshocked.

"Nikki?" he asks blankly, his face whiter than I've ever seen.

"I think they thought he was me. I'm sorry Landon. I was in the gift shop. I wanted to send a teddy bear up to Dae because he's really down, I was only a minute. They were waiting for me outside the doors. I was walking there when I saw the car drive up. It only took seconds and I saw all the blood. I'm sorry. Shit, I'm so sorry. It should have been me."

I'm looking at the floor, so I don't expect the huge strong arms wrapping around me.

"Ssh, Ellis, it isn't your fault. This isn't a good day, but there's no way it should have been you. It should have been no one."

I sob into Landon's broad body, nearly as consoling as Suzu's would be, but it doesn't help, not really. It really should have been me, and now Dae's gone too, and put himself into God knows what danger, and it's all my fault.

I don't know how long Landon holds me, but I can feel the shaking of his body as he cries along with me. I finally feel his arms being pulled away, and can feel Suzu's strong body taking over, but I try to move away – it's Landon who deserves comfort now. He won't let me, though, and I manage to peek out and see Dexter hugging Landon, who's stopped crying, but his eyes are red and liquidy. 

A/N: I know, that one was impossibly short, but Dae will follow, probably tomorrow. Hang in there my angels 😇