Kidnapped
The girls were outside, hanging out and laughing, the guys following close behind. They couldn't let them out of their sight, not after the Dollhouse which occurred less than five months ago. The girls were shaky and terrified by every little thing the first two months-of course only the guys and their parents knew, the girls were good at hiding it from others. And now even though they seemed happy, they intended on going out together more often and laughed all the time-they even had a do-over of prom night with everyone else and all the things were getting back to normal, but they still weren't. Their closest ones knew that they still had nightmares and refused to go anywhere alone and were still scared by the faintest of noises. They knew that they would eventually either break down or get better.
Today was one of their regular days when they hung out with the guys keeping an eye on them.
As time passed, the weather seemed to change, from the warm and sunny morning to a dark, cold and uncomfortable atmosphere. Dark clouds filled the sky and cold and noisy wind blew from every side.
The girls decided they went far enough, noticing how they almost got to the city line, so they headed back, the guys still following behind.
They passed a group of girls who were whispering and pointing at them.
"Hey, would you like to take a picture of us? Or maybe we should give you hair samples instead?" said Hanna sarcastically.
The girls embarrassedly scurried away.
Aria heard one of them whisper to the others: "Being kidnapped for so long can change people completely, even turn them evil."
She rolled her eyes and scoffed. She wanted to tell off that girl but decided it's none of her business. But the girl had a point, kidnaping can change someone. She and the girls have been closed up this whole time, they went to see a therapist-Dr. Sullivan, but they only pretended to tell her everything when they didn't. They were too scared to talk about that, scared that maybe one day it will all come back to haunt them even more-if it was possible, or even that it may happen again. They barely talked to each other about that but refused to mention it or talk about it all the time-lately they didn't mention it at all since it was enough that it was haunting their dreams, they didn't need it back in their reality. Aria couldn't remember a moment when she was alone since then. She was always surrounded by people, people she knew. She was either with her parents or Mike, out with the girls or anywhere with them or she was snuggled with Ezra on the couch.
She turned around to look at the others, they all had that haunting look in their eyes. Their eyes held a lot of emotions only a few people could read. They might have seemed happy, laughing and smiling but if the right person looked at them in the eyes, they knew that all of that was just a mask, just an act to fool everyone, and maybe even try to fool themselves that everything will be alright. They also had red eyes meaning that-just like her-they weren't able to catch any sleep. She would always go to bed, hoping the next time she wakes up would be in the morning, not in the middle of the night, covered in sweat, full of fear and screaming, but in vain. She always woke up like that.
The girls kept walking and their talk died down and now they tried making small-talk just to keep themselves for having their thoughts to themselves. That was the most frightening thing, being left alone with your thoughts. The last time that happened to Aria, she freaked out, she thought the pictures in her room held secret cameras so she broke every one, crying, yelling out in anger and trembling from the fear that her guess was true.
Spencer was now talking with Emily about something she read online and neither of them seemed to care but they both tried to pay attention as much as possible just to not be left in silence. On the contrary, Hanna was passionately telling Aria about a new handbag she found in a store and Aria got involved in the conversation, adding suggestions.
In a while, they all stopped talking and it was awfully quiet with the occasional thunder in the distance that encouraged them to walk faster.
They clutched onto the arm from the person next to them and started walking faster. Hanna jumped on every sound of thunder and rushed the others to hurry up, turning around to check if the guys are still behind them.
They were now walking closer than before and were more alert, looking around every few minutes to check if there was anything or anyone there.
It started raining and they all started running as fast as they could to get to the town and out of the road since they were surrounded by trees on both sides. They covered their heads with their hands.
The girls were before the guys and heard a loud thud behind them. They turned around to see a tree fell between them and the guys.
The girls were frightened, they wanted to wait for the guys to come on the other side of the really large tree but they rushed them to keep running.
They listened to them and kept running forward when Emily pushed Hanna on the ground right when a big tree collapsed where she was standing.
They all screamed.
"What do we do?" asked Aria, covering her head with her arms wrapped around it.
The rain didn't seem like it would ever stop, there was a lot of wind and the sky was as black as coal. Thunder was heard often and they could smell the smoke coming from the surrounding forest's damaged (struck by lightning) trees.
"Over there!" Spencer yelled, shielding her head and pointing at a nearby big white building.
They tried walking as fast as they could which wasn't very fast considering the weather that was slowing them down.
In about fifteen minutes, they got to the building and so did the guys.
They barely opened the doors and entered the big building, shielding themselves from the blizzard outside.
Once they entered, they checked everyone was here.
They were completely wet, clothes and all. Water was literally dripping from them, especially the girls' hair.
They looked around and didn't quite recognize their surroundings.
They seemed to be in a white lobby. Half-dimmed neon lights were on the ceiling, the floor had white slightly dusty tiles. On their right (right from the door) were a small dark-green dusty sofa, two armchairs the same color and condition as the sofa and a wooden brown coffee table with a couple of newspapers on it. There were a few plants here and there. A window was behind the back of the sofa and right from the sofa and armchairs was a medium length white hallway that ended with a metal fence-like door with a lock. On their left, the room wasn't much expanded like the right side. There were two small white, plastic and a bit dusty benches and a few chairs close to them with a big window behind all of that. In front of them was a white wooden old counter with a couple of papers on it and an older woman sitting behind it. Next to her was a big bookshelf with lots of dusty brown, identical books probably untouched for years. The woman had a white coat, covering her outfit underneath. Her brown-greyish hair was in a bun and she wore glasses. The coat was a probably a uniform since the other three women standing close to the counter wore it too. They seemed slightly younger than the woman behind the counter. All of the women including the one behind the counter had frowns on their face and you could see they weren't pleased, either by the storm or the unexpected visitors. Behind them and the counter there was another metal fence-like rusty door with a lock. You could see what seemed like a common room behind it. It looked like a bit bigger room than this one, it looked warmer and more comfortable. It also had a sofa and armchairs with a coffee table and newspapers, just that there were more than in this room. It had a few tables with chairs and a piano in the far right corner with a chair in front of it. There was also a drawer with a couple of small boxes on top of it and locks on the drawers. The room was pretty spacious.
This was 'Radley Sanitarium'.
The girls and their significant others sat down in the armchairs and sofa in the lobby.
Hanna and Caleb huddled in one of the armchairs, Hanna sitting on Caleb's lap, enveloped in his hug.
Spencer was snuggled next to Toby on the couch. He had his arm around her and his other arm around Emily's shoulders. Emily was leaning her head on Toby's shoulder with her arms wrapped around herself.
Aria and Ezra were sitting in the other armchair, Aria in Ezra's lap, almost invisible in his embrace.
They squeezed the water out of their hairs before sitting down and took off any extra clothes like their jackets and shoes.
Of course, before doing any of this, they asked the nurses and receptionist if they could stay while the storm blows over and they, not-so-kindly allowed them. All along, even now, they were glaring and looking suspiciously at them.
One hour later the storm was still going and it was getting late so they decided they'll probably have to stay the night at 'Radley'. Not a person's dream place.
They tried reaching their families but there was no reception.
Spencer managed to reach Melissa for a brief minute and now they were all hoping she understood that they were safe and in 'Radley', okay maybe not completely safe, especially since the nurses seemed as they would kill them any moment, but at least they were away from the storm.
Hanna was already dozing off in Caleb's embrace, Emily was already napping for a solid half an hour and Aria and Spencer were still awake, not being able to get a shut-eye.
Spencer was quietly chatting with Toby about the weather and all sorts of things like that to keep herself from going crazy in the silence and constant supervision of the nurses. She felt like she was a 'Radley' patient once again. Sure, she didn't pass too bad back then, but it wasn't comfortable either, especially since she was now afraid of her own shadow.
Aria on the other hand didn't say a word since they got here. She's been constantly sobbing on Ezra's chest. He'd run a hand through her hair, or brush his hands on her back and plant small kisses on her head and hand but she wouldn't stop crying. She got triggered by the storm and something inside her broke. She hasn't cried in two weeks, holding in all her fears and now she finally let it all out. She cried the whole two hours since they got there. All the things that happened, in the Dollhouse and since have terrified her. And now with the storm, she had a gut feeling that something really bad was about to happen and she was scared, really scared. The only thing keeping her from getting a panic attack or completely breaking down was that she was with Ezra. And she knew she was safe, he's got her.
Another half an hour later, the storm had quieted down a bit but it was still going, and it was not a good weather to walk or drive at. And it was late anyway.
Everyone was already asleep, even Aria. One of the guys would occasionally peek once or twice to check if everything is okay-yes, they didn't actually sleep, they were just napping and extremely alerted to any kind of noise, whether it be Hanna turning around, Emily snoring, a mouse passing by on the ground or the rain increasing.
The sanitarium was already closed, the nurses and receptionist all went to their rooms here at the sanitarium, turning the lights off and leaving the unplanned guests to stay in the lobby. Not trusting the guests, they locked all the doors and cupboards and put the record bookshelf under protection.
It all seemed to be alright but you know what they say, new day, new beginning. Let's see what the new beginning's going to bring…
A person sneaked into the lobby in the middle of the night.
He pulled out eight small injections full of liquid from his pocket and handed out six of them to the other three people in the room.
He opened the injection and stuck it in the creek of Caleb's hand, right in the vein.
'The fun had just begun.' thought the person.
Author's note
Hi!
Okay, so I know I'm already writing a Pretty Little Liars fanfiction: Secrets kept for too long-5 years forward but this is not going to be a full story. I planned on making it that way but it just didn't really work out.
Though I could make it into a story some other time if I get an idea to turn it in a another direction.
For now it's simply going to be a one-shot.
I only posted it because I didn't feel like deleting my work, I really hope you like it cuz it has a lot of description in it and it makes it look too long!
Please review and let me know if you like it and if you'd like me to make it a full story.
Oh and, *shameless promoting* if you haven't, read my story Secrets kept for too long-5 years forward. If you want to of course. Please read it, I'm begging you! Just kidding, I'm not. Okay maybe a bit.
Thanks for reading though, I hope you liked it!