I'm sorry this update could fit on a napkin but there was a poll on twitter so..
I dedicate this to Nikki in on honour of videos & signs *love heart emoji*
And happy total solar eclipse to you all. I'll post more during the next one ;) *shooting star emoji*
Olivia watches the car in front of them come to a complete stop.
Her eyes dart from Elliot to the couple who are now racing from their vehicle and towards the scene, their doors are left open - the ignition still running.
She knows Elliot just pulled a gun from the trunk of their beaten up Camry and has tucked it into the back of his jeans.
"What happened?" the man calls out. "Is everyone okay?"
It registers then, these people aren't connected, they're just witnesses to the scene of the crash but confusion is swarming as to why Elliot had gone for his gun.
"No," Elliot calls out, his voice low and the way that he has said it makes her heart thrum once more with anxiety.
"Has anyone called an ambulance?" the woman yells, rushing over to Olivia while the man heads towards the beaten up cars.
"Oh my god," the flushed, out of breath brunette gasps when she sees the extent of Olivia's injuries and bloodied nose. "Are you okay?" the woman starts to move closer to her.
"She's fine," Elliot steps forward with a hand out, almost as if he doesn't want her to touch her. "But the others.." Elliot motions to the wreckage with his eyes.
The woman stills, her focus still on Olivia almost as if she needs confirmation from her directly but when her eyes move back to Elliot's something flickers in the woman's expression before she quickly moves to join her husband.
That's when Olivia feels it. A cold, hard, urgent hand around her wrist as he begins to tug her closer to the couples car. The doors are still open, the ignition is still on and he is practically pulling her towards the passenger door. She stumbles forward and when she realises what he is intending she stops short, his body incidentally ramming into her back with the motion.
"What the hell Elliot?" she whispers through gritted teeth but his body is unmoving. She has nowhere to go.
"Get - in," he whispers behind her ear and she doesn't understand. She doesn't comprehend why he isn't just calling an ambulance, the cops – anyone.
Trust that I'll protect you Olivia.
Her chest begins to pound, her eyes pricking with tears, that's all she can bank on right now to 'trust' that he knows what the hell he is doing. He grabs her again, shocking her back to reality and suddenly that cold stoic man from the trailer is back in full force with no qualms adding grand theft auto to his jacket.
She hears car doors opening in the distance and sounds of dismay as the couple register the state of the bodies in the car. She feels him grasp the gun from the back of his pants and force her further towards the open door.
She doesn't feel the barrel of the gun press into her back but it might as well have as he forcibly moves her forward. She thinks about the lives of this couple and how easily things could turn south if they're caught so she gives in at that moment, her whole body shaking with adrenaline as her blood soaked dress makes contact with upholstery.
She closes her eyes, her heart thudding a mile, knowing that at any moment this could be all over for them and when she opens them again she sees Elliot retching the gearshift into drive and slamming the accelerator to the floor with one mighty screech.
TBC
