The four girls got out of Ali's car.

'This is so ridiculous. Why is A leading us here?' Ali said, locking the car.

Hanna rolled her eyes.

They walked down the turning and stood outside the buzzing sign of the Lost Woods Resort.

'Is it just me, or does this place get creepier every time?' Hanna asked.

'Shhh.' Mona said, pushing the girls behind her. 'Look.'

The black SUV had pulled up outside. A figure clad in a black hoodie walked out of the Lost Woods and got into the car, driving away.

'Do... Do we follow them?' Emily whispered quickly.

'You two go.' Mona motioned towards Ali and Emily. 'Hanna and I will stay here and check things out.'

'We will?' Hanna asked as Ali and Emily made for the car.

Mona looked at her. 'Yes...Come on.' She said, walking out from behind the sign. Hanna followed and the pair headed towards the front door of the run down resort.

'Did you see which way the car went?' Ali asked accelerating down the road they had just come down.

'Left, I think.' Emily replied.

Alison turned the car and spotted the SUV up ahead. She slowed down her own car and tailed it.

'Where do you think it's going?' Emily asked.

'Not sure.' Alison squinted at the car in front. She turned to Emily. 'Although, I am glad that I have you as my sleuthing partner, not Mona or Hanna...'

Emily smiled. 'What exactly is your deal with Hanna anyway? It's not like you were head over heels for Caleb... Were you?'

Alison scoffed loudly. 'No Em.' She glanced at her quickly before returning her eyes to the road. 'Don't worry.'

Emily smiled as she glanced out of the passenger window.

'It's just we have a lot to deal with right now, and Hanna didn't have to go and make it 50 times worse by kissing him, but she did.' Alison continued. 'We already have A.D trying to spilt us up, she went and made it easier.'

'You're right... But don't you think you were a little harsh on her?' Emily replied.

'I don't know... Probably. I'm not exactly the queen of subtlety.'

'I've noticed.' Emily chuckled.

Alison smiled back.

The two shared a tender moment of quiet, before Alison returned her eyes to the road.

'It's gone.'

'What?' Emily looked from the driver to the windscreen in disbelief. 'Where... Where did it go?' She looked to the sat nav in the centre console. 'We've been on a straight road for miles!?'

Alison pulled the car over.

'They probably turned onto that dirt track down there.' She pointed it out with her finger, both hands still on the wheel and restarted the car.

'I'm going to have to call Hanna from here... My phone is somewhere on the backseat.' Emily called out, pointing to Ali's handsfree on her dashboard. 'Is that okay?'

Ali nodded. 'Hopefully they've got further than we have.' She said as the pair took to the dirt track.

'I don't understand why we couldn't have just...- ow!' Hanna grumbled as she was unexpectedly hit in the face by a tree branch. '...why we couldn't have just used the front entrance.'

'Because Hanna, it was locked... And we don't want to risk it.'

'Ugh. Risk what? This is stupid.' She said, almost tripping over a tree stump.

Mona stopped walking and turned around to face her. 'A.D clearly lured us here for a reason. He came through the front...-'

'He. She...It. Bitch...Whatever.' Hanna corrected.

'Right... Look, they probably planned for us to follow them... I don't know... Maybe they set a trap or something out the front...-'

Hanna laughed loudly as she continued to follow Mona, who had resumed walking again.

'A trap? What... Like a mouse trap? Seriously, Mona?...'

Mona rolled her eyes.

'Will you just hurry up, please?' She begged.

'Fine...' Hanna said, sighing as she kicked the stones at her feet.

'But if I fall and die on one of these stupid twigs... It's your fault.' She said as she raised an eyebrow.

'That's a root, Hanna...' Mona corrected.

Hanna squinted her eyes.

'A root...' Mona repeated.

'...Like how trees get their food...' Mona continued when she saw that Hanna's face of confusion hadn't disappeared.

'Oh.' 'Right.' 'Yeah.' Hanna replied.

The pair made it down the last part of the pathway and approached the old rear door, which itself was flaking with paint and covered in moss.

'...So like... does that mean that my roots get their food... From like... My brain?' Hanna asked.

'Clearly...' Mona replied sarcastically to a still, very confused Hanna.

'Anyway...' Mona continued, inspecting the door. 'Do you want to do the honours, or shall I?' She asked, pointing at the rusted doorknob.

'Ew. Gross.' Hanna replied quickly, looking at the decaying wood door. 'I am not touching that.'

Mona rolled her eyes 'Fine. Looks like I will.' She sighed as she turned the rusted doorknob with, what felt like, all her strength, before it finally caved in.

'God, for what it's worth... This place could seriously use some TLC.' Mona coughed as the door flung open, releasing what looked like about 50 years of dust.

'Yeah tell me about it...' Hanna said, peering in when it had cleared.

Mona looked to her friend before sniggering to herself.

'What?' Hanna asked, annoyed.

Mona looked to the top of Hanna's head. 'Your roots could use some TLC too, Han.' She answered, chuckling.

Hanna's mouth opened and her hand went straight to her head.

'...Lets go... before someone hears me laughing.' Mona continued as she walked through the doorway. Hanna trailed slowly behind, using her phone as a mirror.

'They're not that bad!' She shot forward to Mona who was inspecting the hallway and stifling giggles.

The exchange was interrupted as Alison's caller ID photo and Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' took over Hanna's makeshift mirror.

Hanna sighed and rolled her eyes.

'Yikes... Who's 'Bad Blood'?' Mona questioned.

Hanna slid her finger reluctantly over 'Answer call'.

'What do you want, Ali?' She spoke into the phone, loud enough for Mona to hear down the hall. Mona scoffed to herself.

'It's Emily.'

'Oh'

'We're sort of lost... Maybe... We're down some dirt track-...'

'...We lost the car.'

'Ugh, are you on speaker... Was that Ali?'

'No... I'm not on speaker... Have you guys found anything?'

'A gross rusty door, lots of dust and some stupid mouldy hallway.'

'...Great.'

'So you are on speaker. Ugh. Ali. Please. Can I just talk to Emily?'

'... It's me now, Han.'

'We're going to keep looking here. But we haven't got a car... Mona left Ezra's at the bell tower so you guys will have to come get us later.'

'...Great.'

Hanna rolled her eyes at Alison's voice.

'We'll just-'

The call was cut off.

Hanna looked down at her phone.

'No signal. Perfect...'

'Hanna!' Mona shouted from upstairs.

'Hanna! Quick!'
'It's Spencer!'

Dun Dun Duuuuuun. Sorry this chapter was so short, but the next is much longer and there's some Ezria coming up. I also really appreciate reviews... they help me write faster ;) ... Thank you all again for reading :) -smolturtle