To Be Or Not To Be
Chapter Ten: The End Of The Line
'CeCe?' Emily gasped, walking towards her.
'Don't act so surprised, Emily. Me and you both know you worked out a long time ago I was involved somehow' CeCe replied, walking towards a power box on the wall.
'What are you doing?' Toby asked, watching her as she dismantled it.
'I am sure you are loving listening to all this but I need the power for something else' CeCe said and suddenly the PA system stopped working.
TBONTB
Alison managed to wear away the rope that was keeping her tied. She stood up. Wren turned to her and laughed.
'Not bad. I was expecting you to take longer'
'So your mom paid off Radley to protect you. She has protecting you your whole life so why did you kill her?' Spencer questioned, raising an eyebrow.
'Her loyalties changed. We had an argument. It was an accident' he replied, and for the first time she hinted a sense of regret in his voice.
'Charles, give it up. It's over' Alison said, softly.
'It is over when I say it is' he grabbed something from his back pocket. Both girls gasped when they realised it was a gun 'This is Toby's. I stole it when he was arrested. Quite poetic if you ask me. Getting killed by your boyfriend's gun'
'Please, don't do this' Alison begged, crying.
'It's not nice being labelled a monster. Getting accused of trying to drown your sister then getting accused of killing someone. So I showed them what a real monster is' he cried, his hands gripping the gun tight.
'So all this was to prove a point?' Spencer questioned, angry.
'I never wanted to get involved with Mona's game then I saw what she achieved with it. I knew I needed that power for myself. To take back what was taken from me. What you took from me' he told her, looking down.
'Are you seriously telling me this was all because I didn't love you back? Are you freaking kidding me?' she shouted in disgust.
'Not everything is about you, Spencer' he said, pointing the gun on her. Alison suddenly had a surge of bravery. She lunched forward, trying to grab the gun from him when it went off…
TBONTB
'There's only three places they can be. Melissa is missing too. Wren found out she was double crossing him but he doesn't know that I am too' CeCe said, opening up a map.
'We don't have long. Where can they be?' Emily asked, looking at the map.
'Well we have a room which is perfectly sealed on this floor, well perfectly sealed if you don't know the building. There is one two floors up and then there is the roof. We just to stick tog-'there was a gun shot that echoed through the building.
'He wasn't supposed to shoot them yet!' CeCe hissed, annoyed.
'Yet?!' Toby said, in dismay.
TBONTB
Spencer screamed. Alison and Wren sprang apart. She checked herself and saw she wasn't shot. Alison collapsed back into her and Spencer realised it was her who had been shot.
'ALI!' she felt herself crumpled under Alison's weight and fell to the floor. Alison was holding her stomach and Spencer saw blood, a lot blood.
'It wasn't supposed to happen!' Wren said, quietly, turning away from them.
'Spence, run!' Alison whispered, looking at the wall.
'How can I run?' Spencer questioned, her voice low.
'That wall it is a door. Run, please. Tell Emily I love her' Alison cried, her voice getting fainter.
'Ali, I am not leaving you' Spencer replied.
'God damn it, Spencer, for the first time in your life, just do as I tell you' Spencer sighed and stood up. Wren was collapsing to the floor, his head in his hands. She squeezed Alison's hand and walked towards the wall. Alison was right. It was a door…
CeCe ran to the end of the corridor, kicking the wall.
'CeCe, where did that come from?' Emily frantically asked her.
'I don't know. This wasn't part of the plan. That is why Melissa took Spencer today. It was supposed to give us enough time to bring him down once and for all' Cece proclaimed. She was close to tears.
'We need to find them now' Toby said, looking around.
'I don't know where they are. I don't eve-' CeCe stopped in her tracks as she saw a figure at the end of the corridor through a glass door 'Spencer?' she rushed to the door. Toby and Emily quickly followed her…
Spencer ran as if her life depended on it. She saw a fire extinguisher at the end of the corridor. She ran towards it. She struggled to get it off but managed to.
'Spencer?' she turned and saw CeCe Drake. She gasped and picked up the extinguisher, though she struggled and ran back to Alison and Wren. If she had waited a second longer, she would have seen Toby and Emily…
'Great. She thinks I am going to kill her' CeCe said as she ran after Spencer.
'The last time she saw you, I was about to slice in half. Can you blame her?' Emily questioned as her and Toby over took CeCe…
Spencer struggled with the weight of the extinguisher as she tried to get back to the room.
'Spence? Spencer?' she turned and saw Toby and Emily running towards her.
'What are you doing here? How did you..' Toby was the first to reach her and hugged her tightly.
'Melissa sent us a tip off. Where's Alison?' Emily questioned, walking towards Spencer and gave her a hug.
'There was a struggle and she was shot. She told me to run then I saw this and I knew I couldn't leave her' Spencer cried, dropping the extinguisher because the weight was getting too much. Emily caught it.
'We need to spilt up. There is another entrance to the room up them stairs' CeCe had caught up them and saw pointing to a set of stairs behind them. Toby's arm tightened around Spencer…
'Are you just going to sit and watch me die?' Alison asked, her voice faint.
'I watched our mother bury you nearly three years ago. I have patience' Wren replied, sitting beside her.
'Why did you try and kill me? Was because I was the reason you ended up in Radley?' Alison questioned, coughing.
'Partly yes but Mom always had more time for you. Your little games with your friends. She forgot about me so I made sure she would never forgot me' he told her, lightly touching her face.
'I'm your sister. Did that ever cross your mind?' she said, her eyes falling.
'I'm going to make this easier for you. Almost painless' he moved his hand around her throat and tightened his grip 'Bethany died of suffocation so will you'
Alison closed her eyes then his grip was gone and he was lying across her. She snapped her eyes open and saw Spencer and Toby standing above her. He was holding a fire extinguisher. Behind them, she could just make out Emily and CeCe Drake.
'Emily…'
TBONTB
Alison and Wren was rushed to hospital. She knew a blood transfusion and fast. And the only match they had at that moment was Spencer who couldn't give it because she was pregnant.
'How long before they find a match?' Aria asked, as she brought Spencer a cup of coffee.
'There is one in Harrisburg. It is already on its way. It shouldn't be long' Spencer replied, taking the cup from her.
'Might be too late' Emily muttered, sighing.
'Don't talk like that, Em. She is Alison Dilaurentis. The girl has nine lives' Toby told her, walking towards her.
'Wren, Charles, whatever his name is, is he alive?' Aria questioned, raising an eyebrow.
'Unfortunately' Toby said as Hanna walked into the room and hugged Spencer.
'We have to go. The doctor is ready to do you a scan, Spence' Hanna said, hugging her again before leaving with Emily and Aria.
'Hey, you okay?' Spencer asked Toby, as he sat on the edge of her bed.
'When I heard that gunshot, I feared the worst. I know Emily is going through hell right now but I am relieved it's Alison not you' before Spencer could reply, the doctor was coming through the scanning machine.
'Hello, Spencer, I'm surprised to see you again so soon but under the circumstances, I am happy you are well. We just need to check the baby and you should be okay' her doctor told her as he set up the machine.
'I can not only tell you the baby is okay but I can also tell you the sex of the baby if you wish' the doctor said a few moments later as Spencer was wiping away Toby's tears.
'Do you want to know?' she asked Toby, smiling.
'Do you want to know?' he asked back. She nodded and turned back to the screen.
'I can happily tell you from what I can see, you are having a boy'
TBONTB
'Em, please just sit down, Alison is going to be fine. She's a Dilaurentis' Aria said, walking towards Emily and sitting her down when Jason Dilaurentis walked in.
'Jason, how's Ali?' Hanna asked, looking at how tired and upset he was.
'The blood transfusion is here. She should be okay' he replied, breathing heavily.
'And Wren?' Emily's perfectly drawn eyebrow shot up.
'Charles. And he is fine. It's gone take a lot more than a hit to the head to get rid of him. He and Ali have that in common' Jason replied, sighing.
'Have you been see him?' Hanna asked, as Spencer and Toby walked towards them.
'They won't let him. You think they would let me see my own brother' Jason put his head in his hands.
'How's the baby, Spence?' Aria asked her, trying the change the subject.
'Fine, actually we have something to tell you' but she didn't have time to say anything because Alison had started to flat line.