Chapter 55
Aria's pov
"Damnit!" I said as we smashed into the window, and failed to break through. I noticed some people looked up to the window as maya tried kicking the window and then they started pointing up towards us as a bunch of smoke came and I couldn't see anything. I felt for Maya's hand and I led her away from the window.
"One more time." I managed between coughing. Just as I was about to run towards the window, I lost grip of Maya's hand and everything went black.
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Toby's pov
I was about to ask a few more students if they've seen Maya or Aria when I noticed a bunch of people looking up at the school. I looked up to see Maya in the window, holding something. Wait no, someone... Aria! I quickly made my way over towards where most of the students were, maya saw me and smacked the window in a cry for help.
"I found the two girls, one seems to be unconscious. Front of school third window to the right, get them out now." I said into my radio as windows below them broke by the heat, it's only a matter of time before the second story goes too.
Before the fire truck could get towards the school, the window got busted by the heat and I saw Maya looking for me. She motioned for me to catch Aria, I prepared myself and nodded to Maya to toss Aria.
"One! Two! Three!" I yelled up to her. She somehow managed to toss Aria out the window when I hit three. The moment I caught Aria, I handed her over to the paramedics so they can get her checked out.
"I got you!" I yelled up to Maya, she looked behind her and backed away from the window.
"Where are you going maya?" I asked quietly and I saw her running towards the window and jumped out as flames blew the window. I caught her and rushed her over by the paramedics, where Aria was trying to pry the oxygen mask off her face. They took maya from me and I went to sit next to Aria.
"It's okay, I got you. It's just oxygen Aria, it's just oxygen." I said, trying o sooth her.
"Go find Spencer, Emily and Ezra." I said looking at Billy and he nodded before running off to find them.
"What happened?" I asked maya as she got checked out.
"I can't speak for her, but I had fallen asleep during history. Woke up hot and well half the classroom was on fire." She said and I noticed Aria was trying to pry the mask off again.
"It's clean air, I wouldn't let them hurt you okay? Breathe, in and out. It's only oxygen." I said as Ezra and Spencer came over as fast as they could.
"Make sure she doesn't take off the oxygen." I said and Ezra kissed the top of Aria's head as she snuggled into him.
"Emily will be here as soon as one of the teachers stops questioning her." Spencer said as she hugged Maya.
"Cavanaugh." I looked to see Officer Barry, who I'm shadowing today motioning for me to come by him.
"I'll be back." I said and quickly made my way over to him.
"That was something I haven't seen in a long time. I can see there's passion inside of you for this job, good job." He said.
"Thank you sir." I said and he looked around before leaning closer.
"We found Mona and she's now in custody. But she's saying things about her team and how she has people working for her, anything about what happened with Aria?" He asked and I nodded.
"I asked around, and a few people said they saw someone around 5'8" with dark hair with her around the time Spencer lost her. Also said it was a guy." I said and Barry nodded.
"Alright, I'll go find Hackett to get access to school records." He said and I nodded.
"Go see your sister." He said, motioning towards Aria and everyone else. I hurried back over towards them as Mike walked over and sat on the other side of Aria.
"Lucas... he's on the 'A' team." Aria said quietly and we looked at her concerned.
"Are you sure?" I asked her softly and she nodded.
"I got knocked out with laughing gas, but I know for a fact that I saw his face when he locked me in the closet." She said and Ezra kissed the top of her head. That explains why she didn't get out of the building in time, she was knocked out.
"How tall would you say Lucas is?" I asked Spencer quietly and she shrugged.
"5 ft 8 inches... why?" She asked and I pulled her aside.
"I was asking around to see if anyone saw anything with Aria, some people said they saw a guy about 5'8" with dark hair. Which does fit Lucas's description, along with most guys in the school. What if Aria only thinks she saw Lucas? He was the one who took her at homecoming, and we've both seen how she reacts to laughing gas." I whispered to her and she looked over at Aria.
"But of all the faces she could have seen, why his?" She asked and I sighed.
"Don't know, but if she's right... we may have unmasked an 'A' member." I said and she knew where I was headed with this.
"And we need to be ready for any attacks." She said, I wish I could just unmask all these 'A' bitches for them.
