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Chapter 36

Alison's POV.

I've never sprinted to a car that fast in my life. I'm closely followed by aria Spencer and Hanna, while Caleb was shutting down his computer systems. I get in the car at the same time as Aria. By the time all of us girls in the car Caleb still isn't out of the house.

"I will go see what's going on." Hanna says. She jumps out of the passenger seat and run into the house. Two minutes later Caleb runs out with Hanna, desperately trying to put his laptop back in his bag. Aria giggles slightly and then sighs.

"Their cute." She states simply and I nod. She's right, their adorable. Caleb is the perfect guy for her, he's resourceful and good looking but most importantly cares for Hanna more then anybody else. We all love her so much, in the most platonic of ways but he fully loves her as a best friend and a girlfriend. They get into the back seat at the same time and we drive off. It's a bit crowded in the back because theirs three of us but I don't focus on that. As Caleb gives us directions on how to find her last known location, my heart beat begans to pick up speed. Just like the wings of a humming bird desperately trying to cling to some kind of flight, of normality. Hanna's voice from beside me, interrupts my thoughts.

"Stay on this road for the next 60 miles Spence." She states and I lean my head against the window. Slowly my eyes begin to shut and settle and for the first time in what feels like forever, I sleep.

My dreams begin instantly. They start out simple just Emily, the girls and I walking down the street. Its almost as if I'm overlooking the scene as it unfolds beneath me. Dream aria looks back and starts to scream, running away from whatever is behind us but when I look, there's nothing. The road that we'd already walked on. Then Spencer grabs my hand and pulls me forward, running from blankness. Dream me still doesn't understand what's happening but looks up directly at me. As if she could tell I'm witnessing myself be terrified for no reason. Emily starts to run along side Hanna but falls. I look back and see she has fallen so I unlatch myself from spencers grasp, running back for my mermaid. As soon as I touch her though, the girls disappear and I am left alone with Emily. Surrounding us is A, hundreds of them, maybe even thousands. Emily looks terrified and I look up to myself. I scream but no sound comes out. Then one A steps out then another and then another. All of them have masks on but they're not of my face. They are of Emily's. Then they all disintegrate except one. This one has her mask still on, with Emily's face but it was the worst one of them all. This one's face had a dent, one that would cause death.

"ALI!" I hear somebody yell and I jolt awake. I don't know where I am or why I'm pushed against something cold. Looking up I see its a window and I'm brought back to reality. The car, the drive, Emily. I look to Hanna who is beside me, looking shocked and I turn back to my window. The car ride is silent for a couple minutes until Spencer starts a conversation with Aria about some university. Hanna stares at me until I think there might actually be burn marks from the looks she was giving me. I turn around and am surprised to find her looking at me worried.

"What." I whisper, attempting to make the conversation private in some way.

"You were shaking and sweating Ali... You kept saying A over and over again. I thought you were having a panic attack while you were sleeping."

"I'm... It's... I can't explain it but don't worry it's okay... I'm okay." She looks at me for a second more before nodding and giving me an awkward car hug before turning her attention back to Caleb.

"How much longer Spence?" I ask.

"Don't ask me I'm not the one with the high top computer program that's giving us directions."

"Spencer, it's google maps for the directions and I have a hotspot with me... It's really not that high tech." I laugh at Caleb's response and look at him. "And to answer your question Alison, five more minutes tops." I nod and feel the nerves return. I start to play with my hands, twirling my thumbs until a hand covers mine. I look to my left. Hanna is smiling at me and enclapses our hands, calming me down slightly.

"Emily going to be okay, Ali. She's tough."

"I am hoping." I say and think of what Hanna just told me. She's right Emily is tough, the strongest person I know but A is brutal. Nobody can last long against them, not even her. We pull in front of a metal looking box with the symbol that clearly looks like the one in the background of the photo I received. I look to Caleb and he pulls out a gun.

"Caleb!" Spencer shrieks.

"What it's for protection, just in case." Aria nods and passes out flashlights that I didn't even know she had. We get out of the car and start walking I'm a group to the barn. The door to enter has no lock so Spencer cautiously opens it. The scraps of the metal door moving against driveway make a noise but only faintly. Looking inside I see nothing but darkness, not even the faintness of light. I switch on my flashlight and walk inside, followed closely by the girls and Caleb. We spin our lights around the room looking for any sign of our lost friend but find nothing except another door at the far end of the room. I run towards it, turning the door handle and it opens without hesetation. And there she is, my sweet Emily sitting there in a chair tied up and broken. Sprinting to her, I drop to my knees, hugging her as tight as possibly can. The only response I get is a cough and I let go, moving my hands to her bruised face.

"Emily I'm so sorry baby, I didn't mean for this to happen... I'm just, I'm so so so sorry but its going to be Ok now. I brought the girls with me we're going to get you out of here." I try to untthe the ropes that bind my broken girlfriend but I hear a lock. Snapping my head up, I look at the once open door that has obviously been shut. Standing at the door is a black hoodie, holding Spencer with a knife to her neck.

"Well shit." Spencer say's, trying to not cry.