Here is the next chapter. I think each one is going to focus on a different girl, the first one being Aria, and this one is mainly Hanna. Enjoy!

Is 'A' capable of killing us?

The girls stayed quiet whilst thinking about the spine-chilling answer to that question, the answer they all knew was true. Whatever 'A' has on them, he or she will keep torturing them until… they break.

Suddenly the silence was interrupted by Aria yelling out in pain. Emily immediately hit the help button while Spencer and Hanna ran to Aria's side. She screamed in agony, her hands clutching her stomach. Her heart rate was speeding up, as shown on the monitor sat next to her bed. Her breathing quickened as she tore off her bed sheets to reveal a dark red patch forming under her hospital gown. Spencer watched in horror as Aria's screams died down and her skin turned pale. Emily was clinging onto her hand like it would stop her from falling unconscious. Hanna was shouting into the corridor for doctors to save their friend. Aria slipped into the deep water that she was trying so desperately to stay away from. The thick water clouded her vision and put pressure on her limbs, immobilising her. The heart monitor was going quicker and quicker, until all the little hills shrinked to form one line. A horrific beep was filling the silence as the three girls stared at their petite friend who was dying.

A sudden flurry of doctors and nurses filled the room and gathered around Aria, forcing the others to move out of the room.

"This is all a nightmare. We're all going to wake up and Aria will be fine. This is all just a nightmare, just a… just a night… mare." Spencer recited over and over as she slid down the wall and hugged her knees, her eyes wide with fear.

"What if… What if she…." Hanna began, her face creased with worry, mascara smudging when she wiped her eyes. She didn't dare to finish her sentence and she too slid down the wall and let her head hang low.

Emily stood there. Muted tears rolled down her tanned cheeks. Her eyes kept wandering to the window, but she ripped them away every time. None of them wanted to answer Hanna's question, but they all knew inside that it was a possibility. They could lose Aria…

Hours later, after an emergency surgery had been performed on Aria's stomach, she was transferred to the critical care unit in another hospital near the edge of Rosewood. Hanging onto her life, Aria had managed to hold on for a bit longer, until she got the care she needed. Her heart had stopped beating for several minutes, and she was still unconscious when she started breathing again. Emily called Ezra when the doctors took her into the operating theatre and he rushed to the hospital. No one was allowed to visit her until the next day, so everybody went home and spent the rest of their night lying awake in their beds, preparing themselves for the worst.

Hanna awoke from the two hour slumber she had managed to lull herself into when her alarm went off. Almost falling back to sleep, Hanna suddenly remembered what had happened last night. She searched unsuccessfully for her phone under her duvet until seeing it on her bedside table. The hospital said they would call her when Aria starts to wake up, but the only messages she had were from Caleb.

"Dammit." Hanna muttered under her breath. Caleb must have heard about the explosion in The Brew, but the nurse wouldn't let her call anybody after her wound on her arm was stitched. He was in New York doing a job for some guy he knew so it would take him a while to get back.

I heard about The Brew, are you okay?

Hanna?

Hanna text me back I'm worried.

Don't do this to me, your mom won't answer either. Please if anything has happened to you, call me.

Hanna please.

She went to dial his number when her mom called her from downstairs. "Hanna I'm leaving for work are you going to be okay by yourself?"

"Yeah mom I'll be fine, school's been cancelled and I'm going to the hospital later to see Aria." She shouted in response. A few moments later she heard the door slam and she threw back the covers of her bed and started to get ready, forgetting about Caleb. She jumped when she looked in the mirror and saw a blonde with mascara-stained cheeks and tangled hair; when she got home the night before she simply put on pyjamas and collapsed into bed, checking her phone every thirty seconds. She grabbed makeup wipes and a hairbrush and set to work. Half an hour later, she looked somewhat presentable, not including the thick bandage that was strapped around her wrist.

Just as she was heading into the kitchen to grab some breakfast, a powerful knock on her door scared her out of her skin. Frozen, she held her breath whilst playing out all the possible scenarios in her head: 'A' was coming to finish her off, Officer Wilden was still alive, Officer Holbrook was coming to end what they had started just a few weeks previous. However, all those horrible thoughts were wiped away when she recognised Caleb's panicked voice coming from the letterbox.

"Hanna? Mrs Marin? Is anyone home?" She remembered that he must be worried sick, and rushed towards the door. She flung it open and was greeted by a tight embrace.

"I thought I lost you. I was so worried." He spoke breathlessly.

"I'm okay. I'm so sorry I didn't call, the nurse wouldn't let me budge until she was sure I didn't have a concussion." Hanna whimpered into his shoulder.

"So you were there? What happened? Did you get hurt?" Caleb's relieved voice turned to worry when he looked her up and down to check for any damage.

"There was an explosion, and we think it was 'A'. I sliced my wrist but I'm okay."She explained quickly. Hanna knew he was going to ask about the others, but she couldn't bring herself to think about what had happened to Aria.

"We? The girls were there too? Is everybody okay?" He frantically questioned as he examined her injured wrist. He paused when Hanna's eyes started to water. "Oh Hanna…" He pulled her in for a hug when her sapphire eyes overflowed with tears and she started to sob.

"A-Aria… she got h-hurt. We th-thought she w-was going to d-d-die." Her voice shook as the tears continued to roll down her cheeks and onto Caleb's grey hoodie.

"Everything will be fine. She's gonna be okay, I promise." He murmured words of comfort into her hair between soft kisses on her head. "It will get better."

Just after Caleb spoke those very words, Hanna's phone buzzed from her pocket. She pulled it out and cried harder when she saw what the message read.

I wouldn't be too sure that everything will work out fine. Aria's not the only one with a rough time up ahead, trust me.

Kisses, A.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, the next one will be posted within the next ten days. Leave me a review telling me whether you want the next one to be focused on Spencer or Emily. xx