Hi you! I'm trying to not leave you waiting too long :D, so, here the next chapter. I most say that we're approaching to the last chapters, yeah, the ending is close, not sure how close, but, close. Now, this chapter might look short, but, it's very emotional, or at least it was for me to write it...

Anyway, here the new chapter, and, thank you in advance if you've the time to leave a review. Have a great day!

HOME - 10

*** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ***

When we find ourselves between two words, between life & death, where do our soul go...? Where do we go...?

"The paramedics are here, do you hear us, Ali! The help is here! ALI!"

"OPEN YOUR EYES! PLESE! JUST OPEN YOUR EYES!"

(Crying & shaking emotional voice) "Please, don't die! DON'T DIE!"

Voices resounds in her head...

Alison groan. - "God, stop talking, stop..."

Another calm voice replies. - "Is that what you really want...? To stop the voices? The pain... the sorrow... but also... the love...? Is that what you want to do, Alison... ?"

The blonde has never heard that voice, she opens her eyes, and, she jumps back, with a little of fear when she sees the owner of this voice, a black hoodie, standing at her side...

Alison snaps. - "Who the fuck are you?!" (She looks around and mumbles) "Where Am I...? Wh...?"

The black hoodie who is looking at Alison, says. - "Where do you go, where do you stay..." (he puts on the floor a sand clock, and, says) "Just time will tell..."

From one glass bulb to the other, the sand slowly passes through, and, what for Alison seems to be an eternity, for others, it's a race against the clock...

(At the hospital)

Everyone is there, Mona, Aria, Hana & Caleb... no one has left, no one... especially two girls...

Emily walks in circles, mumbling like a mantra. - "She's gonna be okay, she's gonna be okay..."

Spencer wants more than ever to believe what Emily is saying, but, when she looks at her bloody hands, she can't think the same...

Aria grabs Spencer's by the arm, and, says. - "Spence, let's clean you a little up, you..."

Spencer mumbles in shock. - "I... I tried to stop the blood, I put pressure on the wound, I..."

Aria rubs Spencer's shaky arm and nods. - "I know, and, I'm sure that it helped..."

Spencer turns her head towards and says while she looks at her in the eyes. - "How can you be sure that it helped? I..." (She looks down at the blood in her hands and says) "I didn't help... I was just there..."

Aria leans her head over Spencer's arm and says. - "Sometimes, just being there, it's enough..."

*** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ***

Enough... there's a difference between giving up, and, knowing when you have had enough. And, I tried to do my best, I tried to be a good person, I tried to live a happy life, but, I'm tired... I'm so tired...

Alison asks. - "Where are we...?"

The black hoodie replies. - "Where do you think we're...?"

Alison looks around, the place is empty, a completely open, empty space, it's dark, but, not too dark, the floor is wet, a little of water, but, it's nice. And, Alison touches her torso, she recalls the pain she felt moments ago, but, now, here... there's no pain... no worries, no... nothing...

Alison looks at the hoodie and asks. - "Who are you...?"

The black hoodie replies. - "Who do you think I'm...?"

Alison snaps. - "I'm really getting tired of this game where you just reply with another question!"

The black hoodie. - "Tired..." (The black hoodie turns around and starts walking away while he says) "You're tired of many things, and, yet, you do nothing about it..."

Alison. - "What? What do you mean...?" (She sees the hoodie walk away and says very loudly) "HEY! Wait! I'm talking to you!"

The blonde runs after the hoodie, she stretches her hand, trying to grab him, but, when her fingertips could touch it, the blonde rises, she's been dragged, sucked into another place...

Alison screams while she's flying up. - "HELP!"

The black hoodie looks up, he sees Alison flying away, towards a big, bright, and, he just takes a deep breath, while he says. - "No one can help you besides you..."

The blonde screams while she rises fast, and, she can't stop it, she's been sucked into this bright light, so bright that the blonde has no other choice, but, to close her eyes when she gets closer to it. And, Alison thought that it would hurt, that she would burn, but, in the end, once she crosses the light, she realizes that it was nothing like that...

Alison slowly opens her eyes, and, she realizes that she's no floating in the air anymore, now, she's standing up, in the middle of a beautiful garden. The blonde smiles, looking at all the beautiful flowers around her...

Alison smiles. - "This is nice, this..." (She freezes when she hears a voice) "It's...? It can't be, but, it's his voice, it's..."

From a far distance, someone is standing, calling her name. Alison slowly turns her head, she chuckles with tears in her eyes when her eyes laid on this person...

Alison mumbles with tears. - "Jason...?" (She slowly starts to move, and, says with an emotional voice) "JASON!" (Her smile gets bigger when he waves his hand, and, she can't wait to hug him, she can't wait to see him, so, she runs, she runs fast while she says very loudly) "JASON! JASON!"

Heaven would never be heaven without those you loved. And, Alison doesn't care to understand why she can see Jason now, once again, the only that matters to her, it's that he's here, with her, he's here, smiling, and, she can't wait to hug him, but...

(Doctor voices) "WE NEED A BEAT! CHARGE TO 200!"

Alison runs faster, and, says. - "Jason!"

(Doctor voices) "CLEAR!"

Alison groans, she almost kneels when she feels a painful pain in her torso, Fuck, it hurts! But, she needs to keep moving forwards, she needs to see Jason, she needs...

(Doctor voices) "ONCE AGAIN, CHARGE TO 200!"

Alison shakes her head. - "No, no, no, no..."

(Doctor voices) "CLEAR!"

Alison's body shakes, for one moment, she can feel being in the middle of a surgery room, but, then, she's back to the garden. There's no time, she realizes that now, so...

Alison runs faster and yells with tears in her eyes. - "JASON!"

(Doctor voices) "WE NEED A BEAT! CHARGE TO 200!"

Alison stretches her hand and says with a wrenching voice. - "JASON!"

Jason says with watery-eyes. - "Not yet, Ali... it's not your time yet..."

Alison mumbles, standing just a meter of distance from him. - "What? What do you mean, I...?"

(Doctor voices) "CLEAR!"

Alison feels pain again, she groans, kneeling and bending with pain. - "Fuck! It hurts!" (tears of pain) "Fuck it hurts..."

And, the real pain from the living side was getting more real each time that the doctors were trying to bring her back...

(Doctor voices) "CLEAR!"

Alison twists in pain. - "Fuck! It hurts!"

The blonde is giving up, she's ready to give up, but...

Jason rushes to hug her and says in her ear. - "Life hurts, but, you need to go through the pain, Ali. You can do it! You're strong! YOU HAVE TO SURVIVE THIS!"

The blonde can't formulates words, she just grips hard on her dear brother, the one who raised her, the one who always protected her, and, she cries while she hugs him... once again...

Alison mumbles with tears. - "It hurts!"

Jason caresses Alison's head, and, says. - "I know..."

Alison cries. - "You left me alone!"

Jason cries in silence, and, sobs. - "I know..."

Alison nails her fingers on Jason's back, and, says with a wrenching voice. - "I don't want to lose you, again..."

Jason hugs her tight, and, says. - "You never lost me..."

(Doctor voices) "WE NEED A BEAT! CHARGE AGAIN!"

He breaks the hug, a little gap between them, just enough to let them look at each other in the eyes. He looks happy, he looks at peace, that's what Alison thinks while she looks at Jason's face.

Jason caresses Alison's face and says while he looks at her in the eyes. - "I love you, Ali, my little sis, I'll always love you..."

Alison says with a wrenching voice and tears in her eyes. - "I miss you, I miss you so much!"

Jason's tears appear too, and, he says. - "I know, I can see it, I can feel it. But know that everytime you need me, I'm there, I'll always be there..."

(Doctor voices) "WE NEED A BEAT! CHARGE AGAIN TO 200!"

Alison hugs him tight, and, pleads. - "Please, stop, make them stop... I..."

Jason hugs her and says. - "You need to go back, you need to live..."

(Doctor voices) "CLEAR!"

Another shock of electricity runs over her body, so strong, that Alison soul is dragged out of Heaven,... far away from Jason...

(Doctor voices) "YES! WE HAVE A BEAT!"

Alison screams while she feels a strong force dragging her away. - "JASON!"

Jason looks at Alison, who's being dragged out of the garden, the blonde it's floating in the air, she's being sucked to another place, and, the only that keeps her here, it's the fact that Jason is holding her hand...

Alison. - "JASON!"

Jason smiles to her, and, says. - "Live, Ali. You've to live..." (He lets go, sets Alison's hand free, and, says with tears while he sees her, flying away) "Live... for me..."

The blonde kicks, she tries to put resistance, she tries to stay with Jason, but, before knowing, she's back with the hoodie...

The hoodie looks at her, and, says. - "Sick of crying. Tired of trying. And, yet... you're back..."

Alison sighs, she lies down and closes her eyes, too tired to argue with the hoodie, but, not too tired to die... really die... at least not yet. It looks like Alison is not giving up, and, neither those who're waiting for her...

(At the hospital)

After hours of waiting, everyone was half sleep when a doctor finally approaches to talk with them.

Mona. - "How is she?!"

Hanna. - "She's alive, right?"

Aria. - "Can we see her?"

Spencer snaps. - "Say something!"

Emily sobs with Hope in her arms. - "Please, tell us if she..." (Sobs, she can't finish her sentence)

Everyone is talking at the same time, and, the doctor can see that there a lot of people who cares for his patient, and, he smiles when he says...

Doctor. - "She's alive..."

Everyone hugs, they feel like they can breath again with the good news, but...

Doctor. - "But, even if we were able to control the bleeding and repair the damage done with the murder weapon, the patient is still at risk of dying..."

Everyone gasps, in shock...

Spencer. - "Why?!"

Doctor. - "The object used to hurt your friend, it was poisoned. We are using all our resources to control the spread of the poison, but..."

Emily hugs a sleeping Hope very tigh, and, asks with fear. - "But?!"

The Doctor takes a deep breath and tries to find the proper words to say. - "But, we haven't been able to figure out the nature of the poison, and, because of that we can't make antidote..."

Everyone steps back, feeling taken by the news...

Doctor. - "We're running blood analysis, and, lots of tests, but..." (He looks at the clock and says) "It's a race against time, and, I'm afraid we're not winning it. I'm sorry..."

Everyone stays in silence

Doctor. - "I'll come back to you to tell you when you can see her, or, if we get any other news..."

Everyone nods, still trying to process the news, and, the doctor was ready to leave them alone, but, he stops when someone holds his arm, and, approaches to ask...

Spencer. - "How much time do you think we have till..."

Death, she can't even name it, but, the brunette doesn't need to say it, the doctor knows what she's trying to say...

Doctor. - "My guessing, no more than 24hrs..."

The brunette sighs deeply, she lets him go, and, then, she goes back to the others, and, she's thinking when a cop approaches...

Emily. - "Toby! Do you know who did this!"

Toby. - "I'm sorry, Em. We're still investigating. There's no witness or murder weapon on the scene to give us a hint of who's behind the attack..."

Spencer. - "So, you're useless..."

Emily. - "Hey! It's not Toby's fault!"

Spencer rolls her eyes, of course Emily could come to defend her ex...

Toby. - "It's okay, Em. Anyway, I'm here to see if I could speak with Alison. Maybe she can ID the culprit..."

Aria. - "She just got out of surgery, the doctor said that it's too soon to see her..."

Mona. - "And, she's not conscious..."

Hanna. - "And, she has been poisoned..."

Toby. - "What?!"

Spencer. - "It looks like the culprit put poison in the weapon used against Ali..."

Emily. - "And, the doctors haven't figured out what poison is, so, they can't apply an antidote..."

Spencer. - "The culprit is the only one who knows the poison used, so, you've less than 24hrs to find him, and, make him talk. Do you think you can do that...?"

Toby gulps hard, he looks at Emily, and, even if they're no longer together, he would love to be able to give her any kind of hope, but, he knows that his team has never dealt before with a situation like this. And, with the storm, and, all the chaos around, he doesn't feel confident to do it in time, so...

Toby. - "We will try our best..."

Spencer snaps angrily. - "Trying?! Trying is not enough!"

Toby. - "Well, it's the only thing I can give you, right now..."

Spencer doesn't like the answer, she just walks away furious, and, Aria goes after her, to calm her down...

Toby pats Emily's arm and says. - "I'm sorry, Em..."

Emily sighs deeply. - "It's okay, Toby. It's not your fault..."

Toby nods, and, they start talking while in another corner of the waiting room, Hanna puts Mona against the wall, and, says...

Hanna. - "Mona, what happened tonight, it can be linked in whatever you & Ali were getting into...?"

Mona sighs deeply. - "I don't know... maybe...?"

Hanna groans angrily. - "Fuck! What the hell where the two of you getting into?!"

Mona. - "I told you, Hann, the less you know..."

Hanna cuts her off. - "The better for me, I know, but, I also know that I can't stay here, doing nothing!"

Someone, who's more composed than before, she comes back and says...

Spencer. - "So, we do something about it..."

Just like Aria, and, Spencer are back with the others, Emily approaches too, when Toby leaves, just in time to hear...

Spencer. - "According to the doctors, we have less than 24hrs to find the antidote for Ali..."

Aria. - "The cops of Rosewood took 3 days to find my mom's cat. I really doubt they will be able to find the culprit in such short time..."

Everyone sighs deeply, sadly, the Rosewood police force is far to be good resolving cases...

Spencer. - "We can't rely on the cops, neither in the doctors to find a cure for Ali in time..."

Emily grips hard on her sleeping baby, she has never felt so helpless in her life...

Spencer looks at everyone in the eyes and says. - "We are not all friends..." (She looks at Emily and says) "Some of us less than friends..."

Emily sighs deeply

Spencer looks at everyone again, and says. - "But, we all have something in common, we all care for Ali..."

Everyone looks at each other and nods...

Spencer. - "We don't know each other well enough to trust each other, but we need each other. So, I say: let's find the son of a bitch who did this! Let's find out what poison he used to hurt Alison..."

Mona. - "If we find the culprit, we find the poison used, he might even have an antidote with him..."

Spencer nods. - "Or at least the ingredients used to create the poison..."

Aria. - "And, if the doctors know the ingredients, they might be able to create the antidote for Ali..."

Everyone smiles, with this plan, there is still hope...

Spencer. - "We've less than 24hrs, every second counts..."

Hanna steps forwards and says. - "So, what do we do...?"

Spencer starts walking away and says. - "Follow me..."

Hanna has never liked to follow orders, especially Spencer's orders. But, she must admit that Spencer has a big brain, and, in this moment, this brain might solve the case, so, she follows without second guessing. She just tells Caleb to stay and wait, he doesn't want to let her go alone, but, Hanna is very firm in her decision, so, he just asks her to be careful...

Hanna. - "Always, if anything happens with Ali, please, keep us informed..."

Caleb nods, and, he offers to bring Hope, to Hanna's mom's house, Hanna's kids are with Ashley, Hope can stay with them too. Emily accepts the offer, and, she just softly kisses the sleeping girl, while she whispers into Hope's ear...

Emily. - "We will save mommy, I promise..."

Spotted: Spencer, Mona, Hanna, Aria & Emily. 5 pretty little liars reunited to save the Queen's life. With friends like these, who needs armies? If we were you, Jenna, we'd be worried. Because in this little town of Rosewood, a lot can happen in one night. And, very soon, Jenna, you'll realize that you messed up with the wrong crowd. Especially when backup it's on its way...

(At the Airport of Philly)

Taxi driver puts the baggage in the trunk, and, says. - "So, where do we go...?"

The blonde passenger says. - "Rosewood..."

Everyone needs a right-hand man, someone to trust, someone who will die for you, someone who will kill for you without asking why, and, in this war, it's no one else than...

(Phone rings)

The blonde answers the call. - "Hi, I just arrived. My flight got delayed by the bad weather. I didn't make it to the party, but, when we landed, I heard your messages, I'm on my way to you..."

Spencer on the phone. - "Good, we might really need your help on this, Ali needs you, Cece..."

Cece says on the phone. - "And, I'm here..." (She ends the call, she asks the driver to drive fast, and, she says to herself) "Just wait I put my hands over you, whoever you're, no one dares to hurt Ali, no on my watch..."

Who's prepared for war? Our most dangerous enemies are the ones we never knew we had beside us. Rivals working side by side, old friends coming back to the picture, and, dark secrets ready to get out, to the light. No one knows what will happen next, we just know that the clock is ticking, and, it's time to take a side. Wondering what these girls will do for her dear Queen. Because in this little town of Rosewood, anything can happen... anything...