It had been chaos.  Both Gwen and Lucy were dead.  Running on pure adrenaline, there hadn't been a window of opportunity to process what had happened.  With a moment to breathe and the horde somewhere behind, only now could they feel the weight of their most recent loss.  Sitting between the men, she could tell the women's deaths hit them hard.  It put Elizabeth in an uncomfortable position since she didn't what to say—if anything at all—to console them.  Keeping an eye on Dallen as he buried his head in his hands, she hesitantly reached out for him to show some type of support before withdrawing her hand and letting it fall back in her lap.  She barely knew him.

Whether she'd done the right thing by letting him be or not, she didn't have much time to think about it as a new problem was quick to arise.  Leaning forward, she craned her neck to peer out the window.  Lightning flickered across the sky as the fog slowly enveloped the area.  Having witness the effects of the fog first hand in Mecha city, she could feel a knot of dread twisting in the pit of her stomach.  It was just one bad thing after the other.  Elizabeth had been hoping to catch a break from all of the fighting and running to sit down with Erin.

With a loud gasp, she suddenly reached to clasp her hand on Dallen's shoulder.  “Erin,” she said.  “We need to find Erin!”  Maybe it made her a worse person, but she could have cared less about anyone else at the ranger station.  Right now, that little girl was her main priority and those people weren't anything other than strangers.  Getting everyone out alive on such short notice would be impossible.  The best they could hope to do was escape before people started dying and turning into whatever those things were.

As soon as the ambulance stopped at the ranger station, Elizabeth had already reached over Dallen to open the door and was clamoring over him to get out first.  The abnormal change in weather had people curious more than anything as to what was happening.  They gathered around outside, pointing at the sky marveling at the anomaly.  None of them were prepared for the horror and devastation that were soon to follow.

Cupping her hand to the side of her mouth to amply her voice, she yelled, “Erin!”  Her eyes scanned the area for the little girl hoping to find her before things got worse.  Unable to see her anywhere, she called again.  “Erin!”

“Lizzy!”  A small high-pitched voice called behind her.  Elizabeth whirled around, kneeling down with her arms open.  The girl ran into them, allowing her to pick her up in her arms.  They hugged each other tightly.  As she pulled back, she could see the look of fear etched on Erin's face.  “The sky,” she said.  Her voice wavered as she tilted her head back to look at the streaks of lightning brightening the darkness brought on by the clouds.  “It's like it was at home.”

“I know,” Elizabeth said.  “That's why we're gonna get the hell out of here before things get any worse.”  Erin gave an understanding nod before Elizabeth sat her back on the ground.  Following closely behind, Erin suddenly found herself frozen as one by one the people around them began succumbing to the fog.  Erin cowered in fear, whimpering, while Elizabeth held her arms out trying to shield her as they stood in the middle of the crowd.