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Spencer's POV

Emily, Hanna, Mr. Fitz and I all rush to the stairs that lead to the second floor. Everyone is in their last class of the day, so the halls are empty. I make it to the steps first, and stop in my tracks, causing everyone to nearly crash into me. There is a little red puddle surrounding the knife halfway up the stairs. We all walk wordlessly up to it, and I am shaking. I feel like I want to throw up. This is Aria's blood. I think. Everyone with me looks sick to their stomach and we were all silently shedding tears. There are a couple drops of blood leading up the stairs, and I'm afraid to follow them.

"Guys, wait a sec." Hanna said. She ran her finger through the blood and then put her finger to her tongue.

"Hanna what the heck?!.." Emily began.

"This is fake!" Hanna announced.

"What?" we all questioned hopefully.

"This isn't Aria's blood! It's corn syrup and food coloring!" Hanna shouts excitedly.

"Thank god!" Mr. Fitz shouted. Everyone's smiling, Aria still has a chance. This is not her blood, she wasn't stabbed. Emily's phone beeps, and we all flinch. She checks it, and an expression showing hate yet hope appears on her face.

Getting closer to your pet… -A

Somehow this cheered us all up, even if only a little bit. I still think there is something odd about it. An A text that only made us happy? I didn't know there was such at thing, so I don't trust it quite yet.

"Guys, we should follow this 'blood'" I use air quotations with my fingers and walk up the steps to the second floor. Everyone follows my lead. We get to the top of the stairs when the bell rings and students pour out of every classroom to get out of school. Amazingly, no one notices the knife or the fake blood. After the hallways are clear, all of our phones beep at the same time. We check them, and at the same time, Hanna, Emily, Mr. Fitz and I read

"If it helps, she is somewhere outside. –A" Mr. Fitz practically pushes Hanna over the get down the stairs and outside.

"She has to be somewhere near the school!" He shouts over his shoulder. "We can split up and find her faster!" he suggests.

Aria's POV

I groan when I realize I'm awake again. More torture until I pass out. The sun is STILL up. I can feel the sunburns on every part of my arms, legs, and face. Moving in any way burns like hell. I have no option but to sit still, silent, waiting. I didn't think it was possible, but I felt even drier. I wasn't even sweating anymore. I'm so dizzy, it feels relatively like I'm on a merry-go-round. Please let someone find me soon. Come on Spence. Hanna. Emily. Hell the person I want most is Ezra. I want his arms around me, protecting me from anything and everything. He's the one person I can always count on more than anyone else. I have no idea why I haven't been found yet. I'M RIGHT HERE! I wanted to scream, but all I could do was cough into my gag, and my throat burned so horribly. I can't stand sitting here another second, I can feel myself burning. I try to wiggle my hands out of the ropes again. It was a mistake. A burning, fiery, unnerving, hellish pain enveloped my wrists. I cried out soundlessly and stopped moving. Please let someone find me soon. I'm to a point where I have to fight for consciousness, but I'm hurting so bad, I let go and fall into the darkness.

Ezra's POV

I'm hoping to god that this A character isn't lying about Aria being outside. We have to find her soon. My heart aches when I think about her. I just want to hold her in my arms and keep her from anything that could hurt her. As it turns out, there is a forest near Rosewood High, and I enter through a few trees to look for Aria.

Spencer's POV

Hanna, Emily, and I didn't split up because we couldn't go into the woods alone when we knew A could be in there. The three of us walked into the woods practically clinging to each other. The leaves rustle above us, and twigs snap beneath us.

"It's going to be dark soon, we should probably head back so we don't get lost." Emily points out. She's right, it is getting darker by the minute, but I don't want to leave Aria somewhere overnight. A twig snaps behind us and Hanna screams.

"SHHH!" I whisper-yell at her. We stand stock still and hear another twig snap. We all scream and jump out of our socks. Mr. Fitz appears through the trees and we all sigh in relief. Now it's sunset, we don't have long to find her. We all receive a text and jump out of our socks. Mr. Fitz reads it out loud.

"You're getting colder… -A" He swallows lets a frustrated tear escape his eye and run down his cheek.

"I DON'T WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME!" I shout into the woods, hoping A hears. Obviously, I get no response.

"Guys, why don't we play this by our own rules?" Hanna suggests.

"A could hurt Aria." Emily answers.

"Well she's going to die with these rules!" Mr. Fitz adds to the argument.

"I agree with Hanna and Fitz." I say.

"Are you NUTS?" Emily asks.

"I don't think A would kill Aria, because then A can't play this little 'game'." I reason. My phone rings, and I answer it.

"Hello, Spencer? Is Aria with you? She never came home." Ella says in a worried voice. I make a last minute decision and answer

"No, she's missing. We can't find her." I hear silence on the other end of the line for what seems like forever, and then she says

"You and the girls stay at your house tonight, I'm calling the police."

"Alright. I hope they find her." I mutter into the phone before she hangs up.

"SPENCER!" Emily complains.

"What?! I'm not telling the police, Ella is!" I argue.

"That won't matter to A!" Emily argued back.

"Emily, I think we should leave this to the police." Mr. Fitz says.

Aria's POV

I wake up for only a short period of time, and every second of it is hell. I try to cry and scream, but it just makes be cough more painfully. My wrists are constantly burning, the sunburns are on every part of me that's showing, the ground underneath me feels like a frying pan, and the rope around my waist is digging in. I try to shout one more time and everything goes black.

Hanna's POV

Spencer and Emily wake me up, and I groan,

"We're late for school!" Spencer yells.

"We're going to school?" I question.

"We're going to school, just not attending classes." Emily says. I quickly jump up and get ready. Within ten minutes we are in Spencer's car driving to Rosewood High. The drive there is silent. Spencer parks and we all get out. We walk towards the front of the building.

Aria's POV

I'm conscious again, and I feel like I'm burning alive. I almost let myself slip away when I see Hanna, Emily, and Spencer walking up to the building. I start screaming and shouting like a maniac, and I jerk against the ropes, only making things worse. The pain almost knocks me out, but I have to get their attention. I shake the beanie off my head, and somehow manage to get it to my foot. With my foot I throw it off the edge of the building. I don't get to see if it worked, because I pass out.

Spencer's POV

We're walking towards the building when I see something falling.

"Oh my god it's Aria's beanie!" I shout. Hanna and Emily look and see the fallen object.

"SHE'S ON THE ROOF!" I yell. I text Mr. Fitz and we run into the building to get to the roof.