Chapter 1

Alison DiLaurentis was currently sitting in jail. She was sitting here for 2 crimes she didn't commit.

The first was the murder of Bethany Young. That was going to be a hard one to beat. She always hated that girl. Only a few people knew just how deep that hatred truly ran. She did hit the bitch with a shovel. That much was true. However she learned that the cause of death was not blunt force trauma to the head. The true cause of the death of Bethany young was asphyxiation.

It turns out there was dirt in her lungs. She was buried Alive after Alison had left and subsequently suffocated. She didn't miss the girl, but she wasn't going to be punished for a murder she didn't commit. Spencer's older Melissa buried Bethany thinking it was Spencer who hit Bethany with the shovel.

The other crime was the murder of Mona Vanderwaal. They tried to make her out to be the killer by pointing out there history. It was true she hated Mona, but so did everyone else. Even her four former friends hated her at one point.

Aria still hated Mona. However, it wasn't because of there past. It was because Mona is or was dating her brother. Alison didn't really know which word was needed to correctly complete that sentence.

She didn't kill Mona but she heard about the attack. It was an easy task for whoever this was. In fact, it was almost too easy. Then it hit her. After all the things Mona has done, she should have been more prepared to face what was coming for her. Mona Vanderwaal must still be alive.

After all, she would never let herself be in that much danger so she must have had a plan. Alison was sure of that. Mona was a lot of things, but careless was not one of them. The good news was she figured it out. She should have seen that coming after all the stunts Mona has pulled over the years.

The problem was there was no way to prove it. All of her friends hated her. Her father tried helping, but there was nothing he could do. Even her brother turned his back on her.

They were never that close, but his betrayal felt like a knife going through her heart.

However, that didn't mean all hope was lost. There was one person would could help. That person was Aria Montgomery's brother Mike. Mike was Mona's boyfriend before all this happened. She also knew they had gotten to a fight before the attack and possible murder of Mona Vanderwaal.

She had heard about the argument slash fight. Everyone knew about it, but only she knew details. Mike had told her and not Aria. That might be one of the reasons why Aria cant stand the sight of her.

Anyway, she could remember the facts. Mona had talked about a plan she had hatched. This plan involved her and a lot of blood. At first, she didn't realize whose blood she planning to use for this plan.

Mike didn't like this plan of hers. He had told her and Mona his feelings on this matter. Alison may be a bit biased given the situation she was in, but she couldn't agree with Mike more.

This plan of Mona's was no good. For starters, she ended up in jail for a murder she hasn't committed. If the rumors were to be believed then she was in jail for a crime that no one committed.

Also, this plan would hurt the people Mona cares about. Normally, Alison wouldn't give a damn about that. In fact she would encourage Mona to go along with this plan in different circumstances.

Unfortunately, this plan would hurt Mike. This was the only person who could help her. Mike was loyal to Mona, she didn't doubt that. The good news was there were some things Mona did that Mike had zero tolerance for.

Her plan was one of them. Mike had visited her shortly after he heard about her plan. He told her what Mona planned and told her that he would figure out a way to fix this mess.

She was skeptical at first, but there was something in his eyes that told her he would do it. At first, she waited patiently for Mike to fix this. Now, she thinks he couldn't fix this fast enough.

This place was never good but at least it wasn't this bad at first. Now she has to look over her shoulder all the time. She was attacked as soon as Mike left that day after promising to free her.

They tried to strangle her to death at first. Luckily she managed to jam her thumb into her attacker's eyes. Alison thought that was the end of it. She was dead wrong. Alison was attacked in the laundry room. The attackers tried to hang her with a bed sheet, making it look like a suicide.'

She once again tried a finger to the eye and it worked. Well she thought it worked anyway. As soon as her attacker was down she ran to the door. Alison had opened the door only to find herself shoved right back in the room.

Her attacker had two friends who decided they were going to kill her. All three of them took turns attacking her. They slammed her against the wall numerous times. They kept kicking her when she was down.

That wasn't the worst part though. The worst part was when one of her attackers put there hands under her clothes. They were feeling her up and acting like they were going to rape her.

They chose not to for some reason, but that didn't mean they were done with Alison yet. They ripped off her shirt and started choking her with it. She tried to fight back, but at that point she couldn't do anything. Alison's vision faded and she quickly passed out thinking that this is where she will die.

She didn't die. Alison woke up in the infirmary a little while later. She truly believed that Mike was doing everything he could to get her out. However, she was losing hope quickly.

This was Mona's plan. Mona wanted her in here. She told Mike she was going to come back and get her out eventually. Alison didn't believe that. She knew Mike wasn't making it up though. She still knew how to read people.

That meant Mona was lying to her boyfriend. She realized why Mona lied to him. They both know that Mike wouldn't tolerate this. Alison knew Mike didn't really care for her, but she still trusted him.

After all, Mike was honest about not caring for her. He never pretended to be her friend. Mike never lied to her. He was the only person who was consistent in her life. That list of people included her father Kenneth DiLaurentis. Her father loved her, she had no doubt about that.

However, he was dealing with work and Jason's constant mistakes. Even if he wasn't, he wouldn't be able to find the info she needed. Once Mike found proof Mona was alive, they would have to let her go.

They didn't have anything on the Bethany Young case. If Mike found proof, there was nothing keeping her here. That didn't mean she was hopeful. After all, she has been taken beatings left and right lately.

The only time she wasn't worried about being attacked was at night. This prison was locked down tight at night. On top of that, she didn't have a cellmate.

At night she was safe from the beatings. She was safe from the violence. The most important thing was she was safe from the rape. Those three girls that attacked her didn't rape her, but for a while they looked like they were going to.

They terrified her. She could still remember the hands under her clothes. It was horrible. She felt violated. They were breaking her. They were actually causing her, Alison DiLaurentis, to break.

She fell asleep that night praying for Mike to find proof Mona was alive.

Alison failed to realize that her cell door was wide open.

Mike Montgomery was going through his room.

He was currently trying to find some evidence that his girlfriend Mona Vanderwaal was alive. Before Mona disappeared she had mentioned a plan to him. Mona was going to fake her death and frame Alison.

He didn't like this plan. Mike demanded that she tell him why, but she adamantly refused to do so. Then she told him that she would free Alison once she returned to Rosewood.

There were so many things that he didn't like about this plan of hers. He had so many questions. One was why did Alison need to be in jail in the first place.

Mike didn't care for Alison. She was a bitch, that's for sure. Alison cost him his relationship with Hanna Marin. However, he wasn't mad about that anymore. In fact, he really should thank her for that.

If it wasn't for her, he would have never had this shot with Mona. Alison was a bad person, but she didn't deserve to be in jail. Jail is the worst possible place for Alison DiLaurentis to be at this point in time.

Alison is essentially a sitting duck for A at this point. He knew all about A. Mona told him although she did so reluctantly. A was a psychopath who would only stop when all of them were dead.

Then again , now that he thought about it, death would be merciful when you looked at all the horrible things A has done over the years. Then he got to thinking about what was A's latest stunt.

Mona said that A wanted Alison in jail. Alison was in more danger there than she was when she was on the run. Mike knew that Mona was aware of this fact. This is what pissed him off.

She knew that this would put someone in more danger and she did it anyway. He knew what happened in prison.

It would be brutal for Alison. Alison was a young, beautiful girl. He had to admit she was beautiful, although he never said that where Mona could hear him. Anyway, the worst thing you could be in prison was a young, beautiful girl.

He had to work fast. The other prisoners and the guards are probably looking at her like she was a piece of meat. He knew the look they were giving her well. There were girls who gave him that look all the time.

Mona saw those girls give him that look. He tried to explain that it wasn't his fault. Sometimes she believed him and things turned out okay. However, there were sometimes she didn't believe him and life was hell for weeks after that.

The point is that girls gave him the look, but they didn't try to force themselves on him. That is the case for a number of reasons, but the only relevant reason is because he had Mona.

Alison had no one at this point. Her friends abandoned her before she got arrested. Her brother is screwing around causing problems in his fathers business. Her father tried to help. He did everything he could to help get his daughter out of jail.

The problem was that he couldn't get the one piece of information needed to get her out of jail. If he tried, he would find out about all his daughter's activities and that wouldn't end well for anyone involved.

On top of that, Alison was a bitch. He knew that and so did everyone else. Her attitude would not make her any friends in jail. In fact her attitude could make her situation worse.

This meant he was the only who would be able to help her. He had to act fast. Mike didn't know exactly how much she suffered in prison already, but he knew she suffered a brutal beating at least once.

It seems that A was taunting him. A wanted nothing more than to keep him from succeeding. A wasn't going to get away with this. Mike wasn't going to let it happen. Tanner had said Alison was arrested for the murders of Mona and Bethany.

He wasn't worried about Bethany. The police had nothing on Alison for that. Mona told him that herself. He knew she was telling the truth because Mona had access to the police database.

Alison was worried about that. In fact she was so worried she gave him a tape of what happened that night. This tape could help her , but it has a much bigger chance of hurting her in the long run.

However, that didn't mean the video was entirely useless. In fact he could use the video to his advantage. After all, Spencer Hastings wouldn't want this video given to the police.

Spencer could be useful. Besides Mona, she was the one who hated Alison the most. If he could get her to say that to Tanner , Alison could get off. If she refused to cooperate then he would do some editing of the video.

All he had to do was cut out the first part of the video before sending it in. Without the part where Alison hits Bethany, whose to say that Spencer didn't do it herself before Melissa buried the girl alive. It would be easy for people to believe that story since Melissa believes that is exactly how it happened.

He couldn't worry about the Bethany Young murder now. He had to find some proof that his girlfriend was alive. He checked his computer for anything that might help him and he did find something. It was an email that told him he had a package that would be delivered to his house.

The problem with that was he didn't order anything. The email also said it was from Mona. This was it. He had the information he was looking for. He could get Alison out of jail.

Wait a minute there was a problem. This message didn't have a date on it. There was nothing on the email that proved Mona was alive. After all, Mona could have ordered this before she disappeared.

Now that he thought about it, she did talk about a surprise for him. The email wouldn't help anything. He went back to looking around the room and throwing things in frustration.

There isn't one fucking thing he can use to free Alison. Mona, A, or both of them are going to get away with this. He had walked outside to clear his head. Tomorrow he was going to have to tell Alison that there was nothing he could do.

He just got back from his walk and noticed there was a letter addressed to him. He read it but it made no sense.

This letter just went on and on about some crazy things that made no sense. Why would anyone send him this? He was just about to destroy it when he stopped. Mike just saw the name Mona in the letter.

The first letter of the last four lines spelled her name. Now this letter seemed valuable. He took a look at the first letter of every line in the letter. There was the message that could save Alison.

The message read : Don't worry. I am alive. Please don't be mad at me. I had to do it to bring him down. This is the first step. Once this all over, we can get out of Rosewood and be together for the rest of our lives. Love, Mona.

That was a step in the right direction, but it didn't tell him where she would be. The letter had the answer. he looked at the first letter and then he looked at the letters diagonally from it.

Doing this revealed the word docks. Mona was alive and at the docks. This is exactly what he needed to free Alison. It seems that Mona realized he was right and gave him the info he needed to put a stop to this crazy plan.

He was a bit worried now. Mona was stubborn and it wasn't easy to change her mind once it is made up. Before now he would have said it was impossible to change Mona's mind.

A probably had something to do with it. He knew it wouldn't be he sister Aria or Mona's best friend Hanna. They both turned on Alison and they decided to let her rot in jail. He felt sorry for them.

Alison was hurt before but she is probably angry now. Once Alison gets out of jail, things will get bad for his sister and her friends. This is one of the reasons he decided to get Alison out of jail.

He didn't want to become one of Alison's enemies. Her enemies had a habit of disappearing. Hopefully him helping Alison means that she will spare Aria. Another reason was the reward.

He knew Alison saw this as business. Mike knew how she did business. If he succeeded in getting her out, he would be paid well down the road.

Before that he had to get her out of jail first and so he rushed out to his car.

In his haste he failed to notice the car that was following him.

Tanner was looking over the Alison DiLaurentis case in her office.

She was in here for the murders of Bethany Young and Mona Vanderwaal. There were so many problems with both cases.

First there was the Bethany Young case. She knew a lot about the case. Bethany suffered head trauma due to being hit with a shovel. She was found in Alison's backyard. Alison's former friends helped her a lot.

They told her that Alison and Bethany had an unpleasant history. No one could or would elaborate on that, but it did help the case that Alison DiLaurentis did it. However, one thing was bothering her.

Alison's dad Kenneth was cooperative until the Bethany Young story came up in conversation. That was odd to her. He spent all this time going on about how Alison was innocent and he backs off when there is a chance to prove it.

Tanner had tried another tactic. This normally wouldn't work, but she had luck on her side. There was DiLaurentis DNA at the crime scene, but it was impossible to tell which DiLaurentis the DNA belonged to.

So in theory, she could make a case against Alison's dad. Once she told Alison that, she confessed to the crime. Alison told her that she committed this crime by herself and she had no help whatsoever.

There were problems with that story though. One problem was that Bethany died of asphyxiation. Alison's original story was that she may have accidentally hit Bethany with a shovel.

That story could be true since an intentional shot would have killed her. Besides if the first intentional shot didn't killer, the attacker would have known and subsequently dealt a fatal blow.

There was only one shot so it could have been unintentional. Tanner could actually picture how that would happen. Alison is carrying the shovel on her shoulder. She turns around for some reason and shovel in turn hits Bethany in the head.

Bethany falls into a hole. This backs up her story so far. The problem is what happens next. Even if you didn't notice Bethany fall into the hole, you would have known something was wrong when you looked at the blood on the shovel.

However, if you threw the shovel down and walked away without looking back, you wouldn't notice anything was wrong. Alison knew exactly what time this all happened.

According to Alison she went inside for something and she fell asleep for a few hours. That means a killer would have a decent window of time with which to bury Bethany and leave before Alison woke up.

This was so confusing. Was this girl telling the truth or not? That wasn't even the only case.

The other case was the murder of Mona Vanderwaal. There wasn't much to say about it. Alison hated Mona. There was blood all over Mona's house and her body was found in the trunk of Alison's car.

Again, there was a problem. The problem was the body wasn't able to be recovered. Someone must have moved it. Without a body or weapon she couldn't prove that Alison killed anyone.

" Detective Tanner there is someone here to see you" said an officer.

" Tell them I'm busy."

" Its about Alison DiLaurentis. The kid says he has got proof that Mona Vanderwaal is alive."

" Send him in."

Tanner took one look at Mike and started asking him questions.

" Who are you?"

" Mike Montgomery. You questioned my sister Aria about Mona's death."

" How can you help me?"

" I am Mona's boyfriend."

That was an odd way of answering the question. In most cases people would say was instead of am. Mike however said is. Since he isn't trying to correct himself afterwords, Tanner bet he knew something.

" Why are you here?"

" I am here so people know the truth."

" What is the truth?"

" Alison DiLaurentis did not kill Mona Vanderwaal."

" Who killed her then?"

" There is no killer."

" So this is some sort of suicide?"

" There is no killer because there was no death. No one died. My girlfriend Mona is still alive and I know where she is now."

Before Tanner could ask how Mike knew that he gave her the letter he got earlier.

" Look at the first letter of every line."

Tanner did so and was shocked. Alison's stories might not be stories after all.

" Why did Mona write to you instead of just visiting you?"

Mike told her all about Mona's plan. He wanted to avoid A talk, but since Mona made a reference to A it was impossible.

" Why didn't you come forward earlier?"

" I didn't have anything that proved Mona was going to do this. I thought I could change her mind before she pulled this stunt. Mona might be a victim on the run instead of the planner."

" Where is she now?"

" All that letter said was docks. I highlighted that part."

" With this Alison will be able to be out by tomorrow."

" She cant wait that long."

" Why not?"

" That letter mentioned "him". This "him" sent me a video of what was happening to Alison in jail." He showed Tanner one of the videos and afterwards she got on the phone.

" Go get her out of jail. She will be ready to be picked up by the time you get there."

A had done it.

A finally broke her. This place was worse than hell. She was stripped of everything in her. The last thing to go was her spirit. That went when the guards had come by her cell last night.

They did a strip search. She had to get naked in front of two men. After they were done with the humiliating search, they went further.

Both of them violated her. She could still feel there hands and other parts roaming all over her body. She didn't want to live anymore. She was better off dead anyway. Alison was never getting out of her and her friends are the ones who put her here in the first place.

She saw the bed sheet on her bed and decided to end things once and for all.

Fortunately, a female guard had came by and stopped her after a few seconds. A few seconds later and she would have died. The guard had told her that someone was here to free her.

That meant Mike had done it. Mona's boyfriend had gotten her out of this hellhole just like he

Mike had finally made it to the jail. They sent him because they didn't want the press to have a field day. They believed sending Mike was the best option since no newsman would give him a second look.

He thought it made sense for him to go. After all, he was the one who found the letter which would set Alison free. When Mona finds out about this anything can happen.

As he was sitting in his car he pondered the matter further. Mona didn't write the letter. She was alive, but she didn't write that letter.

The letter was a good imitation. The way the clues were given was perfect. Anyone else would have been fooled. The letter was Mona's style, but whoever wrote didn't use the same words Mona uses to tell him something.

Whoever wrote it had Mona's help. No one but her did this style when they were writing something to him.

He then thought about Aria. What would his sister think about this. She wouldn't like it at first. Aria would probably slap the hell out of him and then kick him in the groin. However, after awhile she would come around.

He walked into the jail and waited for Alison. He was worried about what would be coming out.

Would this be the same Alison? He hoped so. She was bitchy, manipulative, and resilient. He hoped that is what was coming out. Mike wasn't friends with her, but he did respect her.

She has done incredible things. Granted, most of those things were horrible, but still she has managed to do things most adults aren't able to do. However, he doesn't expect the same exact Alison to come out.

A had shown him what Alison was suffering. He would be lucky if Alison was anywhere near the same person she was when she came in.

Alison had just come out.

He expected to see the same defiant look he always gets. Mike wanted to see a happy Alison or at least an unbroken one. That wasn't what he got. What he got shocked him.

Mike thought nothing could shock him after hearing about A, but this did.

Gone was the girl that broke up him and Hanna. Gone was the girl who did horrible things to protect her friends. Gone was the girl that would fight through anything to get what she wanted.

In her place was a broken Alison DiLaurentis.

What happened next shocked him even more. She didn't say anything. As soon as she saw him she wrapped her arms around him and broke down crying. His first instinct was to push her away, but he didn't do that.

This person was not the same Alison DiLaurentis that went into jail. He could have pushed her away easily if it was. Now all he could think about was helping her become the old Alison once again.

Once he calmed her down a bit they walked out to the car only to find a certain someone standing in the way.

" What the Hell are you doing?"