To say Veronica Hastings was worried would be an understatement. She was standing like a spare part on the car park of Campbell's farm along with her husband, her daughter's English teacher, Ezra Fitz and Caleb Rivers. Whilst her daughter was god knows where with a psychopath that had been terrorizing her and her friends for nearly two years.
"They're not here." Caleb voiced the thought that was crossing all of their minds. If the girls and A were here surely they would have been out already. Letting out a relieved sigh as she saw Officer Toby Cavanaugh approaching them. He shook his head at their unasked questions.
"They're not here. But this is defiantly A's new lair. But there's a CCTV system downstairs for somewhere else, maybe you should come look."
"Mona!" A voice came from the bottom of the stairs as they walked down following Toby's careful steps.
"You're not her alone anymore. There's five of us and one of her/him/it/bitch." It was Hanna Marin's voice but it was filled with that much venom it was nearly unrecognisable.
"Han…" Caleb all but knocked Toby down the remainder of the steps as he rushed forward to look at where his girlfriend's voice was coming from. Lieutenant Tanner was stood in front of the TV screens.
She had paused the video and it showed all four girls in orange jumpsuits around a table with their hands covering their ears. Sitting at the head of the table was Mona Vanderwall. Her hair was blonde and she was dressed like Alison DiLaurentis was on the night she disappeared.
"Is this a live feed?" Peter questioned.
"No, this is from two days ago." Tanner said, gesturing towards the date at the bottom of the screen.
"This is where the live feeds meant to be but all that's showing is static." Toby informed them.
Caleb moved as if somebody had set him on fire but slammed his hand down on the desk fairly quickly. However this seemed to work as the screen came on, "I didn't so that." Caleb informed them.
The small group of people crowded around the desk and all took in a sharp breath when they saw the girls in a fenced area.
They were running towards the fence when Spencer, who was decked out in a purple and black checked dress, yelled "STOP!"
She gestured towards a sign that read 'Danger Electric Fence.' The girls had just stood back and were taking in their surroundings when music came through the speakers at the top of the fence.
Aria linked her arm through Emily's who seemed to be struggling to stand. Veronica took in the tall brunette's appearance and saw that she had a cut down her leg. It was bleeding and she looked like she was in pain. Ezra too had noticed this. He let out a strangled gasp at the sight of the wound.
"How did she get that?" He questioned. "Can we get CCTV coverage of it?"
Caleb started tapping on the keyboard. "The power must have gone down. This is the last footage we have." He said before pressing enter on the keyboard. On every screen the same scene was playing.
It showed Spencer, Emily, whose leg was wound free, Aria, and Hanna all in a room which looked like it had been decorated for a party. They were all dressed in the same dresses they were wearing in the enclosed area and they were standing anxiously in the middle of the room obviously looking for something or someone.
There was a static noise before a woman's voice introduced Alison DiLaurentis, the prom queen. The group exchanged disturbed looks as Spencer headed up the stairs to reach for a girl in a mask's hand before addressing the room.
"Charles, we have something for you." She said.
"Charles?" Toby asked. "Is that who A is?" He was ignored as the group watched.
"You should be up here too. That's what you want. Isn't it?" Nobody stepped forward.
This is when Hanna spoke up. "This is your prom too Charles, you should be crowned king."
The girls all looked around; Aria had got a camera in her hands. For a moment it seemed like he would not come forward. But he stepped out from behind a mannequin. He was wearing a suit and a white and red mask. The group watching and the girls all inhaled.
"Wait for it." Came Spencer's mumbled instruction as he approached them. "NOW!" She yelled.
Aria pressed the button on the camera and there was a flash of light. Before the cameras went out the girls started running as Charles/A tried to regain his eyesight. That was when the static filled the screen and speakers again.
"Can we find where that feed is coming from?" Veronica asked.
Caleb gave a distracted nod. He had already started tapping away on the keyboard. Toby had broken away from the group and was looking through CCTV footage on the other screens. He needed to see Spencer. To hear her voice.
"It has a name." She whispered.
She was lying on a bed in a room that looked scarily like her own. Her hair was messy, she had big dark circles under her eyes and she was wearing her orange jump suit. But to Toby she still looked beautiful. He continued to fast forward. She was fighting with Emily, but it looked fake. Toby knew her as well as he knew himself there was no venom behind her voice and no hatred in her eyes.
"I've got it!" Caleb's voice broke him out of his thoughts. He turned to look at the computer screen. An IP address was showing on the screen. He continued on tapping and got a set of coordinates.
"Cavanagh, call it in." Tanner told him.
"All units we've got a possible address for the location of the hostages and the kidnapper. Be aware Mona Vanderwall is also there and seems to be a hostage as well."