Note-Here's part 2. I hope you enjoy and thanks for all of the reviews, reads, follows, favorites, and overall support for this story and my others. I truly appreciate it. Song is "Battlefield" and belongs to Jordin Sparks. As I said previously, this is not how I want it to turn out. I want everyone to have a happy ending even stupid Alison (character, not actress).
Part 2
"I never met to start a war,
You know I never wanna hurt you
Don't even know what we're fighting for,
Why does love always feel like a battlefield?
Why is it the smallest things that tear us down?
Why we gotta fall for it now?"
Paige's POV:
Don't try to explain,
I know what's happening here,
One minute it's love,
And suddenly it's like a battlefield
Alison's house
I don't know what's going on, but if that text means anything, then I've been discovered. Damn. Emily, why did you have to do that? Why can't you trust me for one in your life? Well, in a few hours, it won't matter anymore. I meant what I told her about ending it.
I hope I got here in time to save Alison before she got kidnapped again, or worse.
Alright Paige. Let's do go through tasks for the rest of the day. First, check on Alison and tell her to meet up with the other girls. Fat chance she'll listen to me, but it's worth a shot nonetheless. Second, hope Emily will get the letter I wrote her and delivered to her house. Third, notify the cops of the situation. Fourth, become Batman and thwart the bad guy's plan. Fifth, well, I guess try not to die. I know the last one sounds morbid, but I'm dead serious. With all the shit going on these days in Rosewood, it's only a matter of time before another body turns up. I hope its not my own. But, it's a risk I'm willing to take in order to protect them all and truly finish this stupid thing Alison started. I'm tired of waiting and playing games. This has gone on for far too long, and everyone needs peace.
Ok, here goes nothing. I take the keys out of the ignition, get out of the car, and approach the house. Oh boy, this is scarier than I thought. Never in a million years did I ever predict being in this position. No turning back now.
I get to the door and ring the doorbell. An older, middle-aged man opens the door. Mr. Di, I assume.
"May I help you?" He asks.
"Ahh...yes, I went to school with Alison before the…yeah, anyway...is she in right now sir?" I stutter.
"Actually no she's out the moment. Can I leave a message?" He questions.
She's not here? Crap! I'm too late then. These people like to torment as much as Ali does, so I'm sure they left a note or something.
"Umm...no thanks sir. I'll try again another time. Did she by chance leave a note or something? It's important I talk to her asap." I suggest.
He looks at me, equally parts confused and worried. But, he goes back in the house, and returns a few minutes later with a sticky note.
"Here. This is what she left. I hope it helps." He tells me as he hands me the message.
I take it from him and quickly scan it.
'Dad, I have something to take care of, won't be home until late tonight. Don't wait up. Love, Ali.'
Well that's not good. She either received something from Uber A or Mona and went to confront them, or the worse scenario of she got kidnapped and the kidnapper left the message as a distraction.
"Thanks again sir for giving me this, I did help. Oh, may I also ask if she by chance take her phone with her?" I probe him for as much information as I can gather.
"I don't know, let me check." He rushes back inside again, and returns with the item in question.
My eyes widen. If Alison went of her own free will, she would've taken her phone unless she was in too much of a fit to remember to grab it.
"May I see the phone please?" I ask him politely.
"I guess. What is this about?" He hands me her phone.
"I can't say for sure. But it's not looking good. I believe someone has taken your daughter again after she went to confront them, although this time I suspect something much more sinister than the first time." I gently tell him.
"Excuse me? But who are you? What's going on? Where's my daughter?" He asks fuming with frustration.
"I'm Paige, it's hard to explain, but please trust me. I got to go. Thanks for the assistance sir. I really appreciate it. Here's Alison's phone back. Also, please call the cops and have them GPS locate this vehicle." I tell him as I hand him my plate numbers.
"Is Ali ok?" He sounds so heartbroken. I can't help but give him a short hug.
"I believe so sir. The kidnappers need an audience before doing anything harmful, and I think I know where they took her. Oh, and I'm terribly sorry for your loss. I'll bring your little girl back. I promise. Goodbye." I assure him.
I wave at him. He just looks at me in disbelief before closing the door behind me.
As I'm approaching my car, the text message is flashing before my eyes.
'Stupid Alison. Now you've done it. Your time is up. You're getting buried deeper than any grave. Payback is now, and karma is a bitch. Catch me if you can. I'll be waiting at the place where water, air, earth, and fire combine. Where your torments began-AML.'
When I get in my car, I relay the facts in my head. Ok, so Alison is chilling in her house when she receives the text. In typical Ali fashion, she acts, and leaves the sticky note for her dad. Then she heads to the school without her phone, and confronts Uber A, Mona, and Lucas who then proceed to capture her and leave her as lure for a trap.
The only thing I don't know is the exact location within the school. Air and earth refer to the grounds of the school, fire refers to either the chemistry lab or the cafeteria, and water obviously refers to the pool. But the chem lab isn't near the pool, and there's no way, they would attempt something outside. 'Where your torments began.' Hmm...the hallway maybe?
Oh well, I don't have time to dwell on it now. I'll scour every inch of that school until I find her. I have to find her. Now, not later. I turn on the engine and drive toward my destination.
School
When I reach the school, I park in the lot and get out. As I'm walking, I feel as though someone is watching me. I turn around, and find no one. Not a soul. Hmm, get it together Paige. Quit making up ghosts that aren't real.
I pull on the doors and realize they are locked. Of course. Wait, my keys. I have an extra set I use to get in for extra swim practice. Dang, that's right. I gave those keys to Emily the other day. Stupid Paige.
Ooh I know, I'll just try and climb the fence or dig a hole under it and get in that way.
I rush around to the side of the school where the fence is and I attempt to hop over it. Without much difficulty, I'm successful and head inside to confront my past tormentor and my current intimidator to protect the woman I love.
I sneak around, peeking in classroom windows, making my way down the hallways. This is pretty exciting, all this spy stuff. I feel like James Bond. Too bad, it won't last. Bummer, a girl could get use to saving the damsel in distress and stopping the evil. Oh well, I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts.
Suddenly, I hear what sounds like whispering and struggle coming from the cafeteria. Ahh of course! The cafeteria is near the pool. And it would make sense Ali would bully people here during lunch where she can show her control and humiliate her poor victim.
Hang on Alison, I'm coming. I start sprinting in the direction of the noise and open the doors. My mouth drops. I see Alison tied and bound to a chair in the center. To the left and right of her is both Mona and Lucas, in the same situation as Alison. And in front of them is someone in a black hood with a video camera. They three of them look at me which gets the hooded figure's attention. The shadow turns and looks at me with an evil smirk.
The last thing I see before blacking out is the fear in Mona, Lucas, and even Alison's eyes.
I'm not here without a shield,
Can't go back now
Both hands tied behind my back with nothing,
These times when we fall so fast to fall again
Spencer's POV:
Alison's House
Emily and I pull up to the house. We have to hurry. I decide that I'm going to call Hanna and Aria and have them follow the clues while the two of us investigate Alison and her whereabouts. Unfortunately, since Paige went awol without her phone, we can do much to help her right now. But, odds are if we track down Ali, we find Paige. That's all I care about right now.
I glance over to Emily. I can't read her expression right now. It's stoic mixed with a blank stare. Man, I wish Paige were here. She can read Emily like a book. But, I need her to focus and get her head back in the game.
"Emily?" I gently ask.
She turns her head and answers, "Yes?"
"We're here at Ali's house. You ready?" I question.
Without hesitation, she replies. "Yes, let's do this."
"Ok." I nod. We get out of the car and approach the front door. Emily proceeds to ring the doorbell.
Immediately, the door opens to reveal a shaken Mr. Di.
"Emily? Spencer? I'm sorry I thought you were the cops or Ali. What are you girls doing here?" He asks us.
Emily speaks up. "Wait….Ali isn't here?!"
"Yes, a nice young girl stopped by earlier looking for her too. She was really sweet and asked for the note Ali left me and her phone."
A nice, young girl? It can't be, can it?
"Excuse me sir, did this girl have a name?" I ask him softly.
"Yes, she did. Paige. She also told me to call the cops and have them track her car's GPS. She said she knew who took Ali and why and that she would try and get her back for me." He admits.
Good job Paige. She's much smarter than I realized. I mean I knew she much smarter than people perceived her to be, but this is mind-blowing. I won't ever underestimate Paige again. If there is an 'again.' Stop Spencer, stop the bad thoughts. Paige and Alison will both be fine. But, you have to have faith that Paige knows what she's doing.
Hang on guys, we're on our way. I tune back into the conversation between Emily and Ali's dad.
"Emily? Get all the information you can here, I'm going to be in the car, making a couple phone calls. Thanks Mr. Di. We'll get her back." I smile and wave goodbye.
When I get to my car, I instantly hit speed dial #3. It's Hanna's number. She picks up on the first ring.
"Hey Han, it's me. Yes listen, how are you and Aria coming on the clues?" I urgently ask.
"Pretty good so far. We're on our way to the next location." She answers.
"That's great. Let me know when you reach the end of the bread trail." I tell her.
Then she asks me on our search is progressing. "How are you guys doing?"
"It's fine. Emily is getting some useful information from Mr. Di, I'll explain everything later. I got to go. Bye. Be safe."
Before she can say anything else, I hang up and call the cops as well.
"Hi, yes. I'm Spencer Hastings and I was wondering if the police had located the car Mr. DiLaurentis called you about earlier?"
"Ok. Thanks for the information." Hmm…weird, the lady said Paige's car was at school for a while, and is now missing. Someone must've of disconnected the tracker.
I see Emily heading toward me. She looks determined and fierce.
"What did you find out?" I probe her.
"Mr. Di showed me the last text message Alison received. Apparently, Paige figured it out and was headed there. But, I don't know what it means. Did you get in contact with Hanna and Aria?" She asks.
"Let me see the phone." I command. Emily complies with my requests, and hands me Ali's phone. Of course! It makes sense. How Paige figured this out without my extra knowledge of her last vehicle whereabouts is beyond me.
"Yes, they are following the clues to the tee and promised to keep me updated. I also know where Paige went." I tell her.
"What? You do? How?" She's firing all these questions at me.
"I'll explain in the car. Let's go. Time's a wastin'." She nods and we hop in my car.
Along the way to the school, I explain the connection between Paige's car and Alison's text message. Emily nods in understanding and it's pretty silent the rest of the trip.
When we reach our destination, my phone starts buzzing. It's a call from Aria.
"Aria? What's wrong?" I ask, concerned.
"Spence? Yeah, we made it to the final location, and we saw Paige's car parked there and went to investigate. A shrouded figure in black surprised us and started attacking us. We were able to escape, but then Hanna went after them. I'm chasing after Hanna as we speak." She explains.
"Where are you guys at?" I question.
"The Brew. And it looks like they're heading in the direction of the school." She replies.
The school? Oh I see…this was just a distraction from the real threat. I bet they wanted us to find Paige's car even with the GPS turned off. Then they wanted Hanna and Aria to follow them back here. Get the whole group together for once last meeting.
"Ok Aria. We're at the school too. But, be careful, it's a trap. They are luring you here. Emily and I are going to go on ahead. Join us when you two get here." I tell her.
"Alright. See you soon." She answers before hanging up.
"What's wrong?" Emily asked concerned.
"Trouble. Aria and Hanna were attacked." I tell her.
Emily is shocked and worried. "Oh my god. Are they ok?"
"Yes. But they are following the attacker here. I don't know how far behind they are though, I told Aria we would go on in and check it out. Hopefully they can get here in time." I explain.
Emily looks unsure, but after a few moments she agrees. "Alright. I hope we're not too late. Spencer, I have bad feeling about all of this." She admits.
I give her a quick hug and re-assure her. "I do too, but we have each other and whatever happens we'll get through it together like we always do."
She nods and we exit the car. I head in the direction of the fence since odds are the doors are probably lock, and the last thing we need is to be caught breaking and entering. I mean and Paige and I are basically the same size, so if she could do it, why couldn't I? Emily, apparently, has other plans and proceeds toward the front doors.
"Em? Why are you going this way? We have to hop the fence to get inside." I call to her.
She stops and answers, "No we don't. I have keys." She jingles the keys. I don't argue and race to catch up with her.
"Where did you get those from?" I ask curious about the item in question.
"Paige. She gave them to me the other day when I was training Sidney in the pool." She answers, her voice almost failing her.
Hmm, I wonder if that was also part of Paige's plan? I wonder if she figured all this out long ago, and had this as a back-up plan. Clever chick. She's like my twin. Anyway, I nod, and continue following Emily as she unlocks the doors.
"Where are they?" She whispers.
"I don't know. But's it's eerily quiet in here. It's freaking me out a little bit." I softly answer.
"Yeah, I agree. Maybe we should split up and cover more ground that way? Then signal the other once they find something?" She asks.
Hell no, this is already too close to a horror movie, we're not going down the typical 'let's split up' cliche.
"No way. We stick together and search together. It's safer this way." I reason.
"Ok." She agrees.
I start walking again down the hallway, peering in all the classroom windows. Emily does the same thing on the other side.
As we're making our way toward the cafeteria, I faintly hear voices coming from that direction. Since I'm closer, it doesn't surprise me Emily doesn't hear it too.
I silently walk across and whisper, "There's voices coming from the cafeteria. Let's check it out." I suggest.
She nods and follows my lead. Oh crap! I nearly forgot. The weapons. I turn around and stop Emily in her tracks.
Emily looks confused. "Spence, what's up?" She asks.
"Nothing. Here, this is for you." I reach into my bag and hand her a can of pepper spray.
"Uhh thanks?" She says.
"For insurance purposes of course." I joke. Emily obviously doesn't find it funny. Tough crowd. Nonetheless, I grab her hand and drag her toward the doors of the cafeteria.
"What about you?"
"Trust me. I've got in under control." I smile at her. Emily nods and we continue. When we reach the doors, I push them open and gasp.
Unbelievable. There's Alison, Mona, and Lucas tied up. But where's Paige? There's also a fourth chair set-up, but the occupant must've escaped. At a girl.
"Freeze. Drop the weapons and put your hands on your head. No sudden movements." Well shit, this sucks. How could I let this happen? I drop my knife and Emily follows suit.
We're both frozen in fear and awe. Although, the voice sounds familiar to me. Before I can decipher it, we're led across the way opposite the three captives. With our backs still turn, I hear a smack and see Emily collapse.
With rising anger, I scream at the top of my lungs, "NOOOOOOO!" before attempting to fight our assailant with no success. They quickly overpower me and I fall down and smack my head hard against the ground. My vision blurs as the shrouded black-hooded figure is standing above me. That's the last thing I see before passing out.
Emily's POV:
Can't swallow our pride,
Neither of us wanna raise that flag
If we can't surrender,
Then we're gonna lose what we had
Cafeteria
Ow! Boy does my head hurt. As I slowly gain consciousness, I open my eyes and take a glance around. The scene is similar to how Spencer and I found it awhile ago. The only difference is Paige is still missing, and Spencer is on the ground nearby passed out. The person in the hood is looming over her.
I have to do something. This is my fault. It's my fault Spencer and the rest of them are in this situation.
"Hey, you creep. Leave her alone." I muster up as much courage and strength I can and confront our tormentor.
"Oh don't worry, you're pretty little head about Spencer, we would never harm her." The person answers.
Wait...what? Who is mysterious shape?
"You, however, I have no problem with hurting." The other voice says behind me before they cock their gun.
"Settle down. Once Spencer wakes up, and Aria and Hanna get here we can proceed with the final step. Get over here and finish setting up the cameras. Our victims have to be fully ready for their debut. Besides, I don't think little Emily is stupid enough to try anything, right 'Em? Did you take care of Paige?'" The menacing figure orders and questions.
Voice two laughs and says, "Yes. The little brat is taken care of, and I'll get on the cameras right away."
Paige? No! Oh God, no. Don't make it be true. Tears start cascading down my face as I'm stuck in spot, fearing for my life and mourning for the girl who stole my heart. The girl I never got to apologize to, the girl who I promised to protect, and failed. And now she's gone, and I won't get her back. It's like Maya all over again.
Alison. I swear, if we get out of this mess, I'm staying away from her. She's toxic, always has been. Too bad I didn't realized how much so until this event. It's funny, this event, more than any other close calls has broke me to my core. It has shattered me to pieces, and there's no repair. And the reason is because my rock, my constant, is gone. Forever.
I fall to my knees and cry even harder. I'm so sorry Paige. I'm so sorry I let you down. But, I won't forget you. You'll always be in my heart. And I promise I will get revenge for your death. They won't get away this time. Even I have to sacrifice my life, at least we'll be together again.
"Oh get up, you pathetic weakling. Paige was more a fighter than you ever pretended to be even with her inner storm raging inside. She was confident, beautiful, tough, talented, and charming. All things you used to be before Alison. Look at her. The woman who has single-handedly ruined your life multiple time. The woman who indirectly has caused the death of the love of your life." The voice begins egging me on. Well, two can play at that game.
"Shut up you monster! You know nothing about Paige! About who she was or about how she'll be remembered. Alison may be a manipulative, lying, controlling, bitch, but she's a much better person than you'll ever hope to achieve." I shout in response.
"Ouch. That hurts Emily. Truly. Actually, I knew Paige more than you ever did since you broke up with her those few months ago. I kept an eye on her, stalked her if you want to get technical. Of course, not without help." The person smirks.
I'm disgusted. Who are these two? And why take Mona and Lucas as well? Well, while I'm at it, I may try to keep distracted them until the cavalry comes. 'Hurry up.' I beg.
"So, what's your plan, who are you? And how does it involve us?" I ask.
"Whoa! Not so fast, let's wait for our sleeping beauty to wake up first. All will be revealed once our other two guests arrive."
Spencer is still out like a light, but I hear Hanna and Aria calling our names. They can't can't be far behind. They have to be close if they are within ear shot.
"Speak of the devil. We have company, go get them." The menacing voice commands to his partner.
"With pleasure. Once we have them, everything will be ready to go." Voice two replies.
"Excellent. I'm very proud of you, my dear." Voice one tells to voice two.
I'm half convinced to warn the girls, but I decide against my worse judgment, and remain silent. It'll only make things for the rest of us.
After voice two leaves, I notice behind me, using my peripheral vision, a person approaching to where Alison, Mona, and Lucas are tied to the chairs. The person begins untying the restraint and releasing the captives. They nod to me as if saying keep going with the conversation.
Who is that? The person, whoever they are, are limping severely, and appear to be struggling walking. Wait...could it be? No way! Paige? Oh my God! She's alive, she survived. Barely, but that's more than enough motivation for me to end this as soon as possible. Paige and the rest of us don't have much time left.
I hear fighting and screaming outside the cafeteria which must mean the girls are giving voice two a run for their money. Good, buys us time. Once Spencer wakes up, we can rush them. After all, it's two against one.
"Dammit. What now?" Voice one announces. I notice Spencer is stirring, which is great for us and sucks for them.
'Come on Spence, wake up, please.' I pray.
"There, there Spencer. Get up, you're fine." Interesting, voice one actually helps Spencer to her feet.
"Where am I?" Spencer asks.
Oh no, she must've suffered a concussion from the blow.
"Spence, we've been captured. Our plan failed." I tell her.
"Emily?" She looks over to me and breathes a sigh of relief. I smile in return and see that Paige has freed everyone, but disappeared again. I hope she didn't collapse and is dying someplace nearby. I'll never forgive myself, and I feel so helpless right now.
"Now, we begin the fun. Once my partner returns." Voice one says.
"How about we cut the crap, and you tell us who you two are right now?" I ask, very annoyed and angry.
Spencer shoots me this shocked, but supportive smirk. Before we can continue, I see Aria and Hanna stumbling through the doors with voice two behind with a gun pointed at them. Although voice two now has their hood and mask off, and I recognize the person. I'm not surprised, and from Spencer's expression, she's more confused than surprised. A 'what the hell' moment.
"Melissa? But why?" Spencer squeaks out.
"Oh come on now sis, you know full well this was bound to happen. I bet you didn't expect who my partner is though, I was shocked at first as well." Melissa confesses.
"What does she mean?" Spencer asks. I just remain silent and watch this play out, Aria and Hanna follow suit. All three of us just watch the scene unfold while we each try to think of a way out of this mess.
"She means that it's me Spencer." The mysterious voice one takes their hood and mask off. Impossible! But how? And why? How does he know?
"Dad?!" Spencer exclaims.
Both hands tied behind my back,
With nothing
These times when we fall so fast,
To fall again
Paige's POV:
After I get Alison, Mona, and Lucas to safety, I tell them to call the cops and then to get back here quickly to provide assistance to me. I mean, after all, now the playing field has pretty much been evened out. It's eight on two. The odds, even with my awful injuries, are still in our favor.
I start coughing. I look down and see blood. 'Crap.' This isn't good. Damn, this hurts. The bitch got me good. I knocked the gun out of her hand, but she pulled out a knife and stabbed me between the ribs before nearly beating me to death. I know she pierced something, judging by the blood and the coughing, it's more than likely my lung.
I limp back to the other set of doors of the side of the cafeteria after patching up my leg wound and shoulder wound. The fatal one was tougher, but the bleeding has stopped for now. I probably have thirty minutes tops. I collapse against the doors and take a ragged, short breath.
I slowly pull myself up, grasping my side, and ignoring the wincing pain, I open up the doors, and quietly sneak closer to the situation.
I crouch down a few feet behind the mysterious man. Yes, I know it's a man. I can tell by the posture and walk.
I wait in the shadows preparing for my strike and listen to the present conversation. I notice Spencer glancing at my presence with her peripherals and she gives me a slight nod.
"She means that it's me Spencer." Me? Whose me?
A few moments later, I get my answer.
"Dad?!" Spencer exclaims. Poor chick. It's bad enough your sister is an 'A,' let alone your own father too. He must of been 'Uber A' all along. He probably killed Alison's mom and caused most of the trouble between all of us the last few years.
"But why?" Spencer asks. The way she addresses it sounds more like she isn't shocked at all at the revelation, but more like curious.
"To protect you of course. Don't you see? I, did, all of this to protect you from Alison's whore of a mom, to Alison herself and everyone in between. Your sister, just wanted to get revenge at Alison. Well, both of my girls will now get their chance at it." Mr. Hastings states matter-of-factly.
Like hell. If I have anything to say about it, I'll wipe that smug grin off his monstrous face. I'm about to strike, when Spencer warns me against it. Fine, two more minutes. But I'm dying here, I can't wait much longer.
"So what? You blackmail and use Mona as a distraction to get to Alison? It was a diversion then I take it. Was the exposure plot even Mona's idea?"
"Yes and yes. Mona is very clever, she always knew who I was from the beginning. Call me the puppet master. However, at the last minute, Mona grew a pair and stood up to me. She said she doesn't want to physically hurt Alison anymore, just wants her to get caught. So, Melissa here tried to persuade her otherwise that all we plan to do is force Alison to confess to all the lies with proof too of course. Her lackey Lucas overheard, so I figured I had to take care of them personally so we took them. In fact, besides Mona, the flip-floppy bitch, the only other person to provide resistance was Emily's ex-girlfriend, Paige. As I told Emily earlier, she let a great one go, and now it's too late." He explains.
Not quite, you dick. But I can tell he's not quite finished yet, so I bid my few remaining moments. I look over to Aria and Hanna and I can see hurt and concern in their eyes at this piece of information. Hanna looks ready to explode and Aria has her game face on. Those are some strong girls. Emily is lucky to have the three of them in her life, hell I'll even throw in Alison despite all her flaws.
He continues, "She was quite the scrappy, stubborn underdog who fought bravely. I should never of underestimated her. But no matter, onto the main feature. Ladies, I present to you for one night, the one, the only Alison DiLaurentis." He turns and points to Alison's chair.
Haha. Jokes on you dumbass. And Melissa, make sure the job is finished before you run away. With their faces shifted toward the emptiness and jump forward and tackle him to the ground and start punching him.
While I'm doing that, I briefly see Hanna elbow Melissa hard in the jaw and she drops the gun. Aria reaches over and kicks it away. Melissa though, has other ideas, and knocks Hanna down against the wall. Then she goes after Aria and starts strangling her.
"Spencer! Emily! I got this! Help Aria and Hanna!" I yell at them.
They are startled by my request and start making their way over to the other side of the cafeteria.
When all of a sudden, I hear a bang. I look over and see Alison standing over Melissa.
"Drop the knife Melissa. It's over! Let go of Aria or else!" She screams at the top of her lungs.
The moment distraction of the gunshot allows Mr. Hastings to regain the upper hand and he headbutts me. We wrestle for a few moments before I feel a sharp sensation in my chest. 'Damn, the bastard stabbed me.' Then I suddenly see Spencer and Lucas pulling him off me. He drops the knife and Mona picks it up and hold it threateningly against his throat. Spencer and Lucas continue to restrain him.
"Don't touch her again! Do you hear me?!" Hmm, I guess deep down Mona does care about me. Boy, I've never been more happy to see them in my life.
I look up at my friends, my saviors, before lying back down and closing my eyes. All the adrenaline is leaving my body and now I'm reeling from all the trauma.
"Paige?!" Spencer calls out to me. It's like a whisper, and as I'm drifting away, I hear the voice of an angel.
"Paige! No!" It's Emily. Emily's voice. It must be her, but due to my blurry vision, I can't see her, but I can hear her as she cries and holds me.
"Em? Is that you?" I cough.
"Yes, it's me. I'm so sorry baby. But you're going to be ok. Do you hear me?" She commands me while cradling me in her lap. She starts stroking my hair. I reach up and grab her hand like it's a lifeline and without it, I may drown. Once I know she's real, and not a hallucination, I relax and focus on her. She's all that matters.
"Baby ehh? A girl could get used to that." I joke with my raspy voice.
"I'll call you whatever you want, just don't leave me please. I need you so much." She pleads.
"About damn time. Too bad, it's too late for me Emily. We both know and understand fact."
"What? No, I mean, you're strong, these are just flesh wounds. The cops and paramedics are almost here. You'll be fine and recover." She tries convince me.
I chuckle. "We both know you're a terrible liar. But, I'm glad you're safe and here and ok. I'm glad we got to be together and I don't regret one moment of it. I never will. Goodbye Emily. I love you, I always will." I confess in a whisper before the lights start to fade and head into the abyss.
I did it. I'm a hero. No, I'm Batman and I couldn't think of a better way to go out. With more love than I ever thought possible. We'll be together again Emily, just don't forget me. I'll be waiting for you. Hey, at least I kick ass set of wings. I mean that's what guardian angels get right? I mean, who will protect these silly women without me?
This isn't the end, it's only the beginning of something new. The beginning of peace and the end of heartbreak and pain. And I wouldn't trade it for the world.
The End
P.S-There you go folks. Thanks for sticking around for this concluding part. If this climactic ending didn't bring out all the feels. The epilogue will. Stay tuned! Thanks again for reading! :)