Shay, Elijah
Adjusting to life outside of a cage, and one without Adam, was hard. Elijah was thankful he had Shay, or else it would have been a he'll of a lot harder. He'd been keeping in touch with Parker and Murphy, and it was strange how easy it was to continue their friendships in the real world. Lijah had been terrified that he might lose touch with the both of them, afraid they wouldn't need him anymore or want to know him because of the bad memories. Luckily, that wasn't the case.

Knowing that Adam was out there somewhere was unnerving. Elijah tried to pretend he was fine, and that he wasn't scared, but it was hard. When he wokeup from a nightmare, he shot up in bed and blinked rapidly as his heart raced. For a moment, he was absolutely terrified that he was back in that basment, and he reached out blindly until he felt Shay next to him. He sniffed back the urge to cry as he sank back down and pressed his face in against Shay's neck.