It's You

Updated: August 28, 2017. Changed Anahbella to: Annabelle. Changed Aadlyn to: Madeline. Corrected grammar/spelling mistakes, etc.


Reply to reviews (chapter 26):

Emilie2601: Hello, I think your last review was supposed to be this name. This chapter is going back to Hanna and the children but I promise Spence and Em are going to get rescued real soon. :) Thanks for the review.

Yvette23dope: Here is a semi-longer chapter. Sorry that's it's been over a month; I didn't have any ideas for the next chapter. I usually get an idea, then go crazy writing it. But I will address several things in this chapter. Thanks for the review. :)

Infinitefalling: Hey! Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, I don't think I will be able to have a little sibling for Hanna as there are many risks for babies who are born when their parents are in their mid- to late -thirties.

LittleLiarLovesEmily: Thank you for the review! I don't know if I'll get to it in this chapter, but I will have one, maybe a stand-alone chapter that has Samara and Zoe where they realize Cara is missing. As for Hanna and her trusting people, this chapter may be the one where that 'trust in people' will start to be restored.


Disclaimers: I do not own PLL or the characters. I do own all characters not associated with the show unless otherwise specified.
Spoilers: This story has spoilers for part 2, The Demons in My Life. Please go and read that story. It will explain a lot of things.
Rating: T to be safe.

Hours missing:*Hanna and Justin* Approximately 75 hours and 15 minutes (3 days, 3 hours and 15 minutes), *Caroline, Madeline and the twins* 4 hours and 15 minutes.
Person(s) Missing: Hanna Marin, Justin Jameson, Annabelle and Skyelynn
Marin, Caroline Cook and Madeline Johnson.
Location: Wooded area on New Jersey/New York boarder.


*Back with Justin and Hanna*

Hanna continues to stand there as Justin talks to Rob and Lisa. She doesn't feel very good; she's starving and the pain meds are starting to wear off. Steven seems to sense this and, after seeming to be sizing Hanna up, grabs Justin's attention.

"Justin," He says and Hanna's eyes go wide. "would it be ok if Hanna showed Susan and I where to get something to eat in the kitchen?"

Justin smiles. "Oh, don't be silly, Stevie," he says. "Hanna will fix you whatever you want. Isn't that right, honey?" The nickname makes her sick, but she nods and smiles anyway.

"Yes, of course. Please, come with me to the kitchen." The three walk to the kitchen and Hanna begins pulling things from the cabinet and fridge.

"What would you like me to make you, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery?" Hanna asks as she begins to make sandwiches with the ham, turkey, and cheese she pulled out.

Across the room, Susan and Steven share a glance and Steven nods to his wife. Then Susan gently goes over to Hanna and takes the knife she is spreading mayo with away.

"Hanna, I need you to listen very carefully to me. Okay?" Hanna just nods, a frightened look taking over her face. Susan nods too, "Okay, good. Good. Now, come sit down at the table please."

Hanna begins to protest; Justin requires her to be at his every beck and call whenever they have guests. Never is she allowed to sit and rest, when she could be getting snacks, refills on drinks, taking plates and trash from the living room to the kitchen, etc., etc.

So, when Susan asks her to sit, Hanna hesitates greatly, afraid that this is just a ruse to get her in trouble when Justin walks in. But then, Susan smiles. It's a gentle smile and it reminds Hanna of her mother and her best friends.

"Please, Hanna? I promise you, this is not a trick." Susan says gently. Hanna finally nods and takes a seat at the counter. She does it painfully and Steven immediately asks where her pain medication is.

"It's down in the basement," Hanna answers. "But I can go and get it. It's no problem. Really. Just let me get it and then I will fix the food." Susan once again protests and holds Hanna's arm gently in order to get the blonde to stay seated.

"Nonsense," She says. "Steve will go and get them. You stay right there while I get you a glass of water." After Steve comes back with the meds and Hanna takes a pill with the glass of water, Susan insists on making a sandwich for her. Hanna just complies, terrified that if she refused any more of their help, then the couple would immediately tell Justin.


*Back in the basement; with Emily and Spencer*

After Spencer holds Emily in her arms while the brunette cries all her tears, she gently gets up and goes to the door.

It's a steel door and, after careful examination, Spencer finds that it has absolutely no door knob or another way to open it. Then, she looks around; concrete walls, concrete floors, even concrete ceilings. There is one window, towards the very top of the wall to the right of the door. It is the only thing telling Spencer that it is getting dark out.

The last thing she remembers is Aria and Ezra deciding to go out to get some pizza. Samara and Zoe decided that they should go to local store, about five miles away, and get more things such as bread, milk, eggs, the necessary things to make soup and some items to make sandwiches with, while Alison and Emma went to pick up the other necessities; extra blankets, pillows, warm pjs, toiletries.

Emily and Spencer chose to stay home. They would need to come and pick the girls up before the snow began to fall, and Ella wanted to take a nap. She was exhausted from her time in that dreaded place where had been held.

Emily watches as her best friend walks the perimeter of the room, surveying it; looking for a way out, looking for a way to get help, but mostly, just keeping herself busy so that she doesn't break down in front of Emily.

"Spence," Emily whispers from her place against the wall. She's watched the older and taller brunette walk the room a total of four and a half times and it's beginning to make her dizzy.

"Spencer," She calls again when it is apparent that Spencer is not listening to her. "Spence, come sit down, please. You're making me dizzy going in circles like that."

"Well, maybe if I wasn't the only looking, then we could find a way out faster and I wouldn't need to walk circles like this." Spencer snaps at her, immediately regretting it when Emily's eyes flash hurt before going neutral. After all, Emily doesn't remember how they got here no more than Spencer.

"Wow, okay." Emily nods and glances away for a moment before looking back at the other brunette. "Well, then I guess it's my fault we were drugged and that we are here in the first place. Right? I mean, since it's my fault that we can't get out, then it just has to be my fault we're in this situation in the first place."

Spencer lets her eyes fall closed and her head tilt back. "Em, I-" She sighs. "I didn't mean it like that. I'm sorry; I'm just cold and tired and the last thing I remember is saying 'bye' to Samara and Zoe when they left for town. I have no idea how we got here or who put us here. For all I know, it could have been ~A."

Emily's eyes widen at that. "Don't be stupid, Spencer! ~A is behind bars. We went to her trial and testified!"

Spencer sighs again, "I know, Em." She plops down beside her best friend of over twenty years. "I really am sorry." She whispers as her head drops to Emily's shoulder.

"I know, Spence. Me too." The two sit there for a while, listening for any sound of life at all from outside the door. Sometime in the late afternoon, the two fall asleep.


*Meanwhile, with Aria, Ezra, Ella and the others*

When Aria and Ezra arrived back to the house, it's snowing heavily and it takes a joint effort of Sammy, Zoie, Zak, and Brandon along with Aria and Ezra just to get all the groceries inside.

Once they are inside though, Zach and Trevor decide they want to watch a movie with the girls.

"Mamma," Zach says. "May we go pick a movie out to with Scarlett, Cara, and the twins?"

"Sure, baby." Maya answers. "Go on and we'll make some hot chocolate for you all." As Zach and Trevor take off towards the living room, Maya and the others begin putting groceries up.

"Hey, speaking of the other kids," Aria starts. "Where are Em and the kids? I figured they would have come running for the pizza the moment we arrived."

Charlotte pauses in the middle of stocking the pantry with the cans of soup. "You know, now that you mention it, it seems awfully quiet around here without Caroline and the twins running around. I wonder where they are."

"Emily and Spencer left some time ago." Ella finally speaks up just as Trevor arrives back to the kitchen to inform them of the missing little girls and his aunts.

"What do you mean 'they left', mom?" Aria asks. "Where did they go?"

"Well, they went to pick Cara and the twins up from down the street where they had gone with some little girl to build snowmen in her backyard."

Aria nods; she remembers helping the girls get dressed but had forgotten about it. She glances at Toby who has arrived back to the house at some point during the conversation.

"Mrs. Montgomery," Toby steps forward and everyone who was doing anything has stopped. "What time did they leave?"

Ella glances at the clock and does the quick math in her head. "About an hour or so ago. They really should have been back by now."

"Do any of you know the address Emily and Spence went too?"

"Three blocks down the street." Aria answers and Toby takes off out of the kitchen, down the hall and out the door with everyone following him.

He runs down the street; the snow is falling so hard that it covers his footsteps the moment they are made. Toby pounds on the door and when he doesn't get an answer, he calls for backup and then kicks the door down, gun drawn.

"This is police! Show yourselves!" He yells as goes through the house. Ten minutes later, the backup arrives.

"Officer Cavanaugh," James says in his professional voice. "What do we have?"

"My girlfriend, Emily Fields and three possibly four children are missing." Toby sighs. "We just got them back, man, and now the twins are gone again." He shakes his head.

"Okay, Toby, calm down, man, we will find them. All of them, I promise." He gestures behind him to the other five officers. "Officer Thomas and Officer Jones will check the upstairs, you and I will do a sweep down here, the living room, kitchen, closets, etc. and Officer Riley, Darren, and Jackson will take the downstairs. It looks like that door may lead to a basement." He points to a door that Toby missed.

The officers split up while the others stand just inside the doorway watching on in fear. A few minutes later, Officer Jackson yells out,

"Down here, guys! I found a door!" It's all a blur to everyone; Toby almost tripping to get down the stairs, the officers calling in the fire dept. to cut open the door, Emily and Spencer being brought out, them being checked by paramedics and…

"Where the hell is my daughter!?" A voice yells and Emily turns around just in time to see Samara and Zoe running towards them.

"W-we don't know." Emily stutters as she shivers in the cold and one of the medics wraps her in a blanket. "They're gone, 'Mara. The last thing I remember is watching a movie with Car and the twins and some little girl name Taylor. Then we woke up in the basement."

"What!?" This time, it's Zoie. Her face crumples from the angry expression into one a mother only wears when her worst nightmare comes true. Emily should know; it happened to her a couple of days before: her daughter, her baby girl, has disappeared.

"Oh, baby, come here." Samara whispers as her wife crumples in her arms. Zoe has a closer connection, so to speak. She was the one that carried Caroline after Samara lost the coin toss on who would carry their baby.

"It's going to ok, sweetie. We are going to get the bastard who did this." She whispers, all the while, her own tears falling. The tears are falling for the loss of her baby girl, for hearing her wife's heart-wrenching sobs, and for seeing the pain on her life-long best friend's face. She knows Emily blames herself for this.

Soon, the girls are being taken to the hospital. Brandon goes with Emily and Toby goes with Spencer. The rest of them go back to the house to wait for the news of progress James is going to give them after he files the missing persons reports on the twins Caroline and the still-unknown girl Taylor.


*Back with Hanna *

After Hanna gets finished eating, she looks up to Susan and Steven. "W-why are you being so nice to me?" She asks timidly.

"Well, Hanna, we have some news for you." Steven says. He then does something very strange; he goes to the sink, rinses his finger off and then…he sticks his finger to his eyes and takes out…contact lens?

He then turns to Hanna and she gasps as she recognizes his natural eye color. Steven then takes his plaid button-up shirt off. Underneath is a white tank top. On his right forearm is a scar, a scar that Hanna knows the exact origin of and, over the scar, is a tattoo. A tattoo that Hanna also knows the origin of.

After all, she was there when he got it and she even has an identical one, just on her ankle where her mom wouldn't see it.

After she catches her breath, Hanna's eyes fill with tears and she looks the man in the eyes. "—?"


Here it is! I just love cliffhangers, don't you? Let me know what you think! Who is Steven really? Who is Susan really? Do they have good intentions?

Next up is a flashback! It's going to skip ahead, you won't quiet figure out who Steven is just yet, and Hanna will be upstairs with the kids. She will telling the flashback as a 'bedtime story'.

Let me know! I want 15 reviews for the next chapter! :)

Next Up: Sleepover at Spencer's House - Hanna tells the little girls a bedtime story.