[ Alan doesn't know it, but things are already beginning to unravel. His determined statement to not let go of her is already being tested as they make their way closer to Mirror Peak. Danger follows them even before they get there, as Taken are lurking around. They survive the encounters with Taken, if it can be called surviving, but suddenly, a switch flips. There's a scream, and abruptly, Alan's senses dial up to 11. Suddenly he's on high alert, and he tells Jesse to stay there, to stay in the light while he goes and finds out what's going on.
His hurried steps propel him away from Jesse and further off down the path. Everything is really spiraling out of control now, and Alan seems to be caught up in it. But as he's running, as he's trying to do something, a sinking feeling pulls at him. What if this was all a trick? What if Alice was never in danger?
We don't have his wife! We don't know where she is!
... It was all a lie. He did all this for nothing, and now he's no closer to finding out where Alice is. Maybe Alice was never here at all. Maybe she's back in New York where she's supposed to be. And now Alan's dragged Jesse into this and put her and himself in danger for nothing, for no reason at all.
I'm an idiot! A stupid idiot...
But Alan has no more time to react than Jesse does. He's not swept away by an invisible force. It's more that he's pushed away, and all the pushing back that he tries to do proves to be fruitless no matter how hard he struggles against what might as well be a wall of darkness. ]
Alice...! Jesse...! NO- [ Alan's desperation is clear, but there's nothing he can do as he's being pushed closer to the edge and to the drop off that he knows must be there waiting.
I said I wouldn't let her go. I said- I want to stay with her...!
It's too late. The Dark Presence launches Alan off solid ground and into the air, and for just a second, he seems to hover there before he starts to fall. A scream of terror rips from him, but it's silenced just as quickly as he falls into the waves.
Drowning. Coughing. Choking. Water's filling his lungs. I'm going to die.
But that sensation of drowning only lasts for a minute. The water recedes, and in its place is an overwhelming closeness to home. Home. Alice. ...But there's someone else. Someone besides Alice. Who is it?
His mind feels like it's soaked in water and it won't dry off. I know this. I know who this someone else is. I- I can't forget her. I promised her.
His thoughts are interrupted and his attentions pulled towards the direction the footsteps are coming from. He holds his breath until the person the steps belong to appears, and he lets that breath go all in a rush. He knows her instantly, even though he's only just getting to know her.
She's not wearing what he remembers her wearing, but then again, his memory seems to be hazy. But he knows her and knows that red hair. ]
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His hurried steps propel him away from Jesse and further off down the path. Everything is really spiraling out of control now, and Alan seems to be caught up in it. But as he's running, as he's trying to do something, a sinking feeling pulls at him. What if this was all a trick? What if Alice was never in danger?
We don't have his wife! We don't know where she is!
... It was all a lie. He did all this for nothing, and now he's no closer to finding out where Alice is. Maybe Alice was never here at all. Maybe she's back in New York where she's supposed to be. And now Alan's dragged Jesse into this and put her and himself in danger for nothing, for no reason at all.
I'm an idiot! A stupid idiot...
But Alan has no more time to react than Jesse does. He's not swept away by an invisible force. It's more that he's pushed away, and all the pushing back that he tries to do proves to be fruitless no matter how hard he struggles against what might as well be a wall of darkness. ]
Alice...! Jesse...! NO- [ Alan's desperation is clear, but there's nothing he can do as he's being pushed closer to the edge and to the drop off that he knows must be there waiting.
I said I wouldn't let her go. I said- I want to stay with her...!
It's too late. The Dark Presence launches Alan off solid ground and into the air, and for just a second, he seems to hover there before he starts to fall. A scream of terror rips from him, but it's silenced just as quickly as he falls into the waves.
Drowning. Coughing. Choking. Water's filling his lungs. I'm going to die.
But that sensation of drowning only lasts for a minute. The water recedes, and in its place is an overwhelming closeness to home. Home. Alice. ...But there's someone else. Someone besides Alice. Who is it?
His mind feels like it's soaked in water and it won't dry off. I know this. I know who this someone else is. I- I can't forget her. I promised her.
His thoughts are interrupted and his attentions pulled towards the direction the footsteps are coming from. He holds his breath until the person the steps belong to appears, and he lets that breath go all in a rush. He knows her instantly, even though he's only just getting to know her.
She's not wearing what he remembers her wearing, but then again, his memory seems to be hazy. But he knows her and knows that red hair. ]
... Jesse?