I said that I was going to write another one-shot about the Halloween episode, so here it is. I hope you like it!
Spencer's POV
It had been less than an hour since we got to Ravenswood, yet so much had already happened. We had entered those black gates and it was like everything that happened in the past was incomparable to the terror and the pain we had yet to suffer. As the bravest one, I had kept my mouth shut and let the girls complain all they wanted, which they did and I have to say that I agree with everything.
All my life, my parents have created me to be independent and strong and I have followed their advises, in hope that I'd get the affection and appreciation I've always wanted, but it seems that whatever I do ain't enough for them. They only started seeing me as truly their daughter when this –A thing reached its alarming point and Mona tried to kill me, but still, they don't understand. I have tried so hard to be perfect just for them but now I realized it wasn't just for them, it was for me too. I wanted my friends to have me as their rock, someone they can count on to be strong a brave and who'll always be there for them and I think that I've done quite a good job.
Tonight, of all nights, I needed to be the strong and brave woman I've been raised to be because the situation was difficult, to say the least. We've faced so many things, from threaten to death, but it was nothing compared to everything we faced today. First, we went to a town that can be described as creepy or scary as hell and certainly not a place we'd like to live. We finally found out who was red coat, and for that I'm glad, but we have yet to find out if Ali is truly alive and breathing and who –A is. It has always been like this, every answer have always led to a bigger amount of questions.
Besides the physic part, seeing Ali and taking the risk of –A finding all of us and killing us, there is the mentally part, if we are ready or not to actually see Alison alive. I know that I'm certainly not ready to see her again, since I'm part of the reason she was killed in the first place. This is a secret I have kept from my friends and even Toby, who I feel like I could be completely honest with. Nobody knows that I was there that night, that I saw her body lying on the ground, covered in blood. Nobody knows how I was desperate or how much I blamed myself for her death and still do. I haven't told a soul about how I ran looking for help and when I came back she was gone, dead. I never even considered telling anyone about the note that was in the same spot where I had last seen her, with the words that haunted me for over two years.
TELL ANYONE AND I'LL MAKE SURE YOU ARE THE REAL MURDERER. REMEMBER THAT I HAVE MY WAYS, SPENCE. –A. This is another secret: I have always known about –A. Ever since right before the Jenna thing, I looked at Ali's phone because I wanted to know what the hell was wrong with her and I saw the messages. Not even a week later I got my first message from –A, telling me to keep shut o they'd hurt Ali. I didn't tell anyone, but I searched for –A, but I never found out who it was. On the night she died, Alison finally told me about –A (but I already knew) and she gave me a letter that is still hidden on a safe place. In the letter, she told me to take care of the girls if –A decided to come back and to try my best to find out who they were.
I have kept the first part of the promise for a long time, but I failed tonight. After we saw Alison and ran after her, Hanna suddenly disappeared. One minute she was with us, holding Aria's hand, and the other she was gone. I feel so guilty as I walk around the mansion (I think it's a mansion) but I tell myself to just keep walking and I'll find her. There isn't a single soon in sight and everything is quiet, which doesn't reduce my fear. Not just Hanna is gonna, but Aria and Emily are too. I'm not worried about being alone because I can take care of myself, but I worry about them. God, why didn't I look back when I started walking? I can feel the tears threatening to fall, but I stay strong.
I enter a room covered of plants and some tools and I'm able to see a large window. Yes, maybe this way I can get out of here and look for help. A lot of help. I already know that Toby and Caleb are coming and I wish that they find the girls before anything can happen to them. As I walk around the room trying to figure out how to reach the window, I hear a vase shatter behind me and I know that I'm no longer alone. I feel myself tense up as I think of the possibilities of who could it be. Only one comes to my mind and I know I'm right when I turn around and see a figure wearing a gas mask and an uniform I recognize from my history book. Why the hell is –A dressed as a soldier from the First World War?
I have no time to answer as –A takes a step towards me. I take a step back and my back hits the wall. I start getting scared and desperate, but I notice something next to me. I pick it up and hit –A with it before they can reach me. –A immediately steps back and as I hit him again, he falls to the ground and holds his injured hand. As he lies on the ground, I think that he is unconscious so I make the big mistake of taking a step and kneeling near him. As I try to take off his mask, he suddenly pushes me with full force towards the desk in front of me. I feel my head hit the desk and start feeling quite dizzy, but I don't give up. I try to stand up, but even sitting up is difficult.
My vision is starting to get blurred, but I can clearly see –A nearing me. I have no strength to fight him and I feel something cutting my dress really hard. I scream in pain and I'm sure the girls have heard it. Maybe they can get here before –A kills me. Who am I kidding, there's no way they are getting here fast enough. I look down to see a knife being pressed against my stomach and I only have strength to take it off before –A pushes me against the desk again. My eyes are almost closing and I know that I'm gonna die right now.
Suddenly, I see a figure behind –A and my eyes go wide with shock. It's her, I'm sure of it. I can't see her face, but I am sure that's her behind that red hoodie. Alison. She truly is alive. –A seems to notice that something is happening and he turns around. Once he sees Alison, he immediately get up and starts walking towards her, leaving me alone. The next minute she is gone again and so is –A.
Now the only problem is my cut. I look back down and try to inspect it, but I'm too weak. The darkness soon engulfs me as I fall into a slumber, one that I'm sure I'll never wake up from. My last thought before everything disappears is: I hope that the girls are okay. Then, I'm gone.
Toby's POV
As soon as my call with Spencer ends, I start feeling really nervous, I don't know why. As I enter my car and start following Mona, I can't shake the feeling that something bad is gonna happen. I knew that I should have gone with her and the girls to Ravenswood, why did I need to be so stupid? I sigh in frustration as I stop the car at a red sign. I think about calling Spencer again, but that's probably not a very good idea. She's probably okay and I'm just freaking out over nothing. That's what I tell myself, trying to calm down.
Not even thirty minutes later, the only thing I can think f is how stupid we've all been for thinking that Mona didn't have anything else to hide. We couldn't even imagine how wrong we were. I am now standing in the drivers sit in my car and looking at a very sneaky Mona, who is talking to SHANA! That's unbelievable. I would have never thought that these two were somehow connected. But of course that I should have known that Mona is always a fan of surprises.
The feeling comes back and it starts to really bug me, so I pick my phone again and call Spencer. To my surprise, she doesn't answer. After four failed calls, I finally come to a decision. Something is terribly wrong, just how I suspected and I fear that Spencer might be hurt. I can't even bear the thought of something happening to her and met not being able to do anything, so I call Jason and Paige and ask them to meet me at the train station. We're going to Ravenswood and I'm gonna kill A with my bare hands, it being Alison or anyone else. I'm so sick of this game and it's time for them to know that the game is over.
Jason is the first person I see when I get to the station and he looks tired. I get out of the car and lock the door before walking up to him. As soon as I'm close to him, he starts spilling questions.
"What the hell is wrong? Why did you call me at this time? Is Spencer okay? Has she gotten hurt?"
"Jason!"I scream and he finally stops talking.
"What? Just tell me, because I have no idea why I'm here."
"It's a very long story." I tell him as I look around, searching for –A. Every minute that we spend here Spencer or the girls could die or get seriously hurt.
"Why don't you start from the beginning?"
"There's no time right now, just know that the girls are in danger. I called you because I know that you worry about Spencer and I want you to help me save her."I tell him and his face go serious as he understands. I look around and spot Paige walking towards us.
"Hey, what's wrong? Why did you call me? Is Em okay?"She asked me as soon a she approached us.
"I don't know. I've tried calling Spencer, but she didn't answer. I just have a feeling that something wrong is happening."
Paige and Jason look at me worriedly and I know that they're thinking the same thing as me. We enter my car and they barely put their seatbelts on before I'm already driving fastly, trying to get to Ravenswood as soon as possible. In the way there, Jason calls Caleb and he tells us that we have to go to the graveyard because the girls are going on a party there.
When we finally get to the graveyard, I sigh in relief. I am extremely terrified of what could have happened, I can't bear the thought of something happening to Spencer or any of the other girls. We walk around the graveyard, but we can't see anyone we know. We hear aa voice behind us and see Caleb walking towards us.
"Hey, guys."He says when he reaches us. His face is pale and he looks very worried, just like the rest of us. We start walking together and we see a girl with their back to us. Caleb seems to recognize her as he walks towards her and puts a hand on her shoulder.
"Miranda?"He asks the girl and she turns around. She is actually pretty and looks nice and I start wondering how Caleb knows her. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, it happens my uncle's house led me here."Her face is pale and I recognize her expression as I've seen it in Spencer's face many times: She is holding back tears.
"What's wrong?"Caleb asks her gently but she pushes him away.
"Don't worry about me, okay? I'll be fine. But I think that your girlfriend needs a hug." The girls says and just in time Hanna walks in holding her phone in her hand.
"Caleb!"She screams when she seems him and he drops his backpack to the ground and they run towards each other before engaging in a tight, comforting hug. I can't help but smile at the gesture, as I am a secretly romantic inside. I just wish that I could be holding Spencer the same way right now.
"Are you okay? Where are the others?" Caleb asks as soon as he and Hanna depart from the hug and I watch as her face go pale at his words. This can't be good.
"I've lost them."She says quietly and softly and I feel my heart drop.
The next few minutes pass in a blur as we run towards an entrance that leads to a huge mansion. Hanna enters a room full of statues and we follow her inside.
"Okay, I know it doesn't look like, but this is a door."She says as she holds into one of the statues. We watch as she tries to move it, failing miserably, before she turns back to us angrily.
"Why am I doing this alone?"She complains and Caleb and I immediately join her. We put all of our strength to open the door, but it doesn't even move. Suddenly, we hear a scream and Hanna's face go pale again as well as everyone's.
"We need to hurry."She says and we try again, this time succeeding. I sigh in relief and we start walking around the dark tunnels, Hanna close to Caleb. As we walk, we can hear Alison talking to someone and I am confused because I still thought she was –A.
"You can't do this. She knows who you are."We look at each other in confusion, trying to figure out who is she.
"Spence? Aria?"Hanna Screams and we soon join here. To my relief, we hear Aria's faint voice and we start following the sound, trying to find her. We reach a big room full of plants and I spot Aria and Emily sitting on the ground as a figure lies down. My heart sinks as I already know who it is. We stare at them in shock but they don't seem to notice us because they keep talking.
"You need to call help, Aria. NOW!"
"I already called them, Em. They are coming."Aria replies.
"No, you're not understating me. She's not breathing anymore."Emily faintly says and my eyes move to the figure lying on Emily's lap. I can't see her face, but I'm sure it is pale.
"What do you mean she is not breathing?"Aria screams and that snap us out of our shock and we run towards them. Aria immediately stands up when she sees us and she hugs Hanna tightly. I kneel near Em and we hug before turning our attention back to Spencer. Her face is pale just like I expected and there is a huge pool of blood that her dark purple dress doesn't hide. My hand touches her cheek softly and I can feel her body temperature dropping.
"Come on, Spencer, you can do this."I say desperately as her chest is still unmoving. I hear Aria telling everyone what happened before we found them, but my eyes are solemnly focused on Spencer. To mine and Em's relief, her chest soon starts moving up and down. Her breaths are slow and hard, but at least she is alive.
"That's it. You're doing a good job. Just keep breathing."I murmur as my hand grabs her cold one and I kiss it gently. Suddenly, her eyes shot open and she sits up abruptly, lying back down not even a second later probably because of the pain. Her unfocused eyes stare at me and as soon as she can make out my face, her expression turns into one of relief.
"Hey."I say softly and I take a piece of hair out of her face.
"Hey."She answers weakly and tries to sit up again, succeeding with my help. I support her weigh as she leans into me, fighting to stay awake. She closes her eyes and sighs before opening them suddenly.
"OMG! I had almost forgotten. Where are the others? Are they okay?"She faces me and Emily with worry in her beautiful brown eyes.
"We're here, Spence."Hanna says and her eyes direct towards Hanna, Caleb, Jason, Paige and Miranda. Her expression softens and she smiles a half-smile.
"We need to get out of here."Em states and I nod before picking Spencer up against her protests and carrying her out of this hell. Jason, Emily, Spencer and I head to my car while the others head to Spencer's car. We drive in silence to Roswood's hospital and when at last we get there, Spencer's bleeding is much worser and her breathing has slowed down a lot. At least she is sleeping in my arms, safe from the rest of the world.
We enter the hospital and soon a doctor approaches us and takes Spencer away from me. Not even three minutes after she is gone I already feel cold, she is the only thing that can give me warmth.
One week later
I walk to the hospital excitedly. It has been two weeks since Spencer was admitted here and they wanted her to stay in bed rest, so tehy thought that it was better if she stayed here than going home. Everyday i come to vsit her, hold her or kiss her and, even though it isn't nice being here, we try our best to enjoy our moments together. Today she's finally gonna get out of here and since her parents are traveling, she's gonna stay with me for a while. I can't say i'm not excited to live with her.
I enter the room and she is already changed into normal clothes and she gives me a big smile. I cross the distance between us quickly and give her a Kiss to the forehead before she grabs me to connect our lips. We pull away a few minutes later with big smirks on our faces.
"Well, this is a nice way to be greeted."I tease her and she sticks her tongue at me. We are interrupted by a nurse coming into the room and saying that we can already go if we want. When she is gone, Spencer turns to me smiling that cute-smile I love.
"What's up with you, smiley?"I ask her in a teasing tone and she just keep smiling.
"It feels so good to be going home with you."She replies and I kiss her again, instead of answering. When we pull apart, I take her hand and hold it tightly while she puts her head on my shoulder.
"I know. I'm so glad that you're okay. Never scare me like that again, okay, Spence?"
"Okay. I love you."
"I love you too."I reply and we both stand up, ready to get out of here and face the world if necessary. The past is full of sadness and pain and the future is uncertain, but there's one thing that we know will never change: we're going to get through everything together. Forever and always.
I'm not sure how this turned out, but I think it is good. This is just an idea that popped in my mind when I read spoilers for season 4B. Maybe I can write more one-shots like this if you like them. Reviews are appreciated.
