Elle jumps back at the physical contact, hitting her shoulders and head against the stone wall. She instinctually curls into herself as her eye dart around to find the danger. Her vision isn't quite able to focus on anything, so she only sees the shape of a person in front of her.

Her lungs catch and she no longer seems to be able to draw a proper breath. Her hands dig into her head and pull at her hair as a static-like noise fills her ears. Any attempt to talk comes out as frantic, high-pitched exhales rather than anything resembling words.

She has two thoughts, now. "They're gone" and "I can't breathe."