Hello hello my dear readers, I felt really inspired so this chapter is a bit longer than the others but I'm sure you'll enjoy. Make sure to review!
Previous chapter:She immediately checked if Emily was in the car and dashed to the lake house.
Aria joined her friends at the lake house, she got a message telling her to head back to the lake house ASAP.
"Here you are, you need to see that" Caleb had tears in his eyes "it's really not pretty so hold on"
The girls held their breath, he played a video on a new website called The Freaky Games . In the video we could see camera monitorings of 4 teenagers separated in empty rooms, just like Spencer. They all seemed terrified and all had the same expression as Spencer. There were two blonds and two brunettes. The images looked old and when they looked at the date, they could see they were all from the same year " 2003". Under the video was a comment box with people reviewing what they saw on screen. Some of the comments were "This is totally fake, the girls are just actresses!" Another was "This empty room stage of the Freaky Games is my favorite can't wait for the next episode"
On the side of the video there were recommendations, with videos called Nashville confessions. There were confessions videos for all the states they saw before on -A's website. They started watching a video called "The Californian solve" In which they could see 4 girls which made them think of themselves. The four girls in the video were solving a mystery left by a certain -A.
"So the -A thing started way before we knew Ali" Said Emily.
Aria was watching the video realizing their calvary was nothing but entertainment for those psychopaths watching the videos. The girls had also a friend held by -A. And the video ended with a slogan "Will they earn their lives back?"
Aria put a hand on her heart, she eyed a video called "The Californian Freaky Games final" and asked Toby to click on it. She had to see how it ended up for Jade, Amy, Lea, Ebony and their held friend Anissa. She had to see what they will have to go through.
In the video, the four girls were all blindfolded and had weapons on them which A gave them. To free their friend they had to find their way to the house where she was held, defying the animals on their way. Ebony was running from a snake with her hand in front of her to avoid any obstacles. She felt a knife stabbing her in the stomach. It was her friend Lea whom thought she was an animal. Ebony cried of pain and her friend fell to the ground understanding what she had just done. Lea bursted into tears and had a panic attack. Amy fell on a rock and didn't survive.
Jade was the only one who got in the house. The house's floor was coated with pieces of sharp glass. With her shoes on she didn't hurt her feet but she slipped and cut her right cheek. She cautiously wiped the glass enough to stand up again with only one cut at her hand. Once she got out of this room, the screen went black and they could hear appalling screams.
The video stopped there and all the girls were in tears. The lake house was very calm and the last video shocked everyone in the room. Especially when they knew the whole thing was real unlike the people commenting. Emily couldn't read more comments like "The final was awesome, I wish I saw what happened to Jade and Anissa though." She didn't really realize what was going on there. But then her eyes stuck to the headline of the site.
"Do not miss the new season of The Freaky Games of Rosewood, Spencer Hastings held hostage, watch her live right now click here." They clicked on the link their heart pounding.
In the video Spencer was not tied up to her chair. The video was live. She seemed out of her mind.
She was running across the room from left to right shouting and crying at the same time.
"Why do you do that? What did we ever do to you? Ahhh!" She was yelling
Spencer was angry she punched the wall, she cried of pain and couldn't move her right hand anymore. She was crying and her feet were blue. She must freeze in that room! A guy in a hoodie approached her, Toby held his breath, he couldn't take it anymore. He was carrying a PC with him. He was showing her a video.
Spencer's POV at the same time
A's dog showed me a video and even though my wrist still hurts, I had to watch.
I could clearly see Hanna, Aria and Emily from afar in a place which looked like my lake house. They all were watching something on Caleb's computer. Hanna moved and sat on a chair, she was really sad. The angle of the video was perfect, I could see every detail. Caleb joined his girlfriend and held her hand which gave me the occasion to see Toby's back of head. Hanna moved her lips and he turned his head towards her. He looked so desperate, it broke my heart. I took a look at their screen and I could see a dark room with two people in it. -A's guard zoomed in when he realized I couldn't see what it was. Now everything was clear, in the screen not in my head.
The two people on screen were me and -A's dog. Toby could actually see me right now and I could see him. -A had her own way of letting her victims know that she had an eye on them.
"Oh my god!" Was all I could say, then the screen went black and -A's guard left the room.
External POV At the lake house
The guy in a hoodie left the room and Spencer looked disconcerted. They all wondered why.
"What did this guy show her?" Does she know she's being watched by millions of psychopaths? Asked Toby
No one could answer because what they saw earlier kept them from imagining what -A could have done. Their screen went black and another slogan appeared Don't miss the next "The inside room live"
Aria couldn't stay any longer in this place, she felt like she was choking. She took her purse in a hurry and left the house in a heartbeat. She headed to Ezra's apartment and drove so fast that she couldn't see the road signs.
When she got to his place, she knocked frenetically, when he finally opened the door she threw herself into his arms and bursted into tears. She needed to feel his arms wrapping her, she needed him to reassure her and tell her that she was going to be fine. That all of this -A story was just a hallucination, that she was going to wake up and all this would be a very long and bad nightmare. He dragged her into the apartment and asked her what was going on. She shook her head as to say no and ran to the bathroom. She was throwing up. This was too much for her. The images she had seen never left her mind. He followed her in a hurry she was scaring him. He gathered her hair out of her face. Gently letting her know that he was there for her. Once she was done, she rinsed her mouth and brushed her teeth with the tooth brush she left at his place.
"Aria, you need to tell me what is going on, ever since you told me about -A, I feel like you are hiding something from me." He went to the kitchen and started to make some coffee
"I am glad I told you about -A, but I don't want you to get hurt." She replied
"The only thing that hurts me Aria is to see you get hurt, besides, you didn't look very bad when you were hiding all of those -A problems"
She faked a smile " Well I'm glad I had you going because you really don't know a thing about how I felt this year. I felt clueless, used and abused. I felt like a puppet. You really don't want to feel like me because you couldn't take it."
She chuckled "I don't even know how I could get up every day with this sword of Damocles above my head. Every day, every single freaking day I had to smile and forget that my life was game for some psychopath!" She runs a hand through her hair "I don't think you realize just how much you didn't know about me. How much I have to handle and every other day is a challenge. I feel like I'm choking every night when I am alone in my bed, every turtleneck makes me feel like I'm being strangled. Each time it gets too dark outside I get shivers. The thunder makes me startle. And I haven't felt safe for a very long time. You couldn't take a quarter of what I go through every day. I just saw the worst images of my life, and I heard a sound my head won't let me forget. And maybe I hold on to life because I'm not alone. Because I know that my friends too live the same thing. And as much as I would have preferred for them to be safe, I can't help but feel relieved that there are actually people that get what I am going through. I never had the occasion to talk about everything I told you tonight with anyone else. And I told you this because I don't need to add your name to the already too long list of people in danger. Because yes, I am in danger, we all are, so sue me for wanting the best for you. Hate me for keeping this amazing burden from you." Her throat tightened and she took a deep breath, he pressed his lips against hers to make sure she knew that he intended to stay by her side, no matter what happened.
Ezra felt useless, and as much as he wanted to help Aria, this situation was completely out of control. He exhaled loudly, speechless; he had no idea what she was going through. But as dangerous as it sounded, he couldn't let her suffer that much. -A definitely was threatening Spencer.
"Aria" He started slowly" I know that I don't know anything and that's exactly what bothers me, I don't want you to worry about me or anyone else. And I can't just watch you fall apart day after day without doing anything about it. You have to tell me what is going on. It's the only way you can stop this," he said calmly, he was trying to convince her.
"Ezra, I'm sorry but I have to leave," she left the apartment crying.
He stood inside quietly for a minute then ran to catch her up. She was walking towards her car.
"Wait Aria, I love you, please don't leave like that, it'd kill me" he said gently grabbing her hand
"Ezra, I love you and as much as I'd like to be completely honest with you, I can't. You just have to trust me when I tell you that it's a matter of life and death." She kissed his lips " I live in a constant nightmare but you make it vanish with your love. It's only when I'm with you that I get the feeling that life is worth living. You help me everyday with your voice, your kisses or even with a little text telling me to buy some sugar on my way over. Because you give me confidence, you give me hope. You are my Ezybear and I am telling you that you help me enough just by being here for me." Her tears fell again down her cheeks and his lips eagerly pressed against hers. She responded with equal eager and let her passion submerge her.
What did you think of the Ezria scene?
