Hello,
Thank you for the interest in this story, this chapter is hard, I mean, there will be struggle and someone will get hurt.
Note 1: In Italics, the storyteller speaking (moi ^^)
PS: Happy Halloween!
Chapter 16 – To Die For
(Emily's house)
Spencer.- "What the hell Em! What were you thinking?!"
Emily.- "Look, I don't have time for this ok! I need to go look for her!"
Spencer.- "And then what?! Do you think that 'A' or her mom will leave you alone?! Don't be naive Em! Have you any idea of the risk in which you put through?!
Emily.- "I know! I know that it's selfish of my part; that I broke my promise with you guys... but I love her and even without memories of the past, Alison fell in love of me again…"
Aria.- "She did?"
Emily.- "Yes! She did!"
Aria hugged her friend and said with happiness.- "Em, that it's amazing! That means she's your true love…"
Emily with a smile in her face.- "Yeah... She is..."
Spencer.- "Come on Ar, don't encourage her stupid behavior!"
Aria stood up for her friend.- "Spence, everybody here knows how much sucks our situation; but you can't fight against true love... (Aria gave a little push in Emily's back)... go Em, go for her..."
Emily smiled to her friend and left.
(In front of Blair's apartment)
Blair was arriving to her new home, she was carrying off the meal that she bought in the chinois restaurant of the corner; she got perplex when she noticed a girl in front of her door.
Blair.- "Alison?!"
Ali was barely standing; it was obvious that the girl had been drinking. Alison turned in direction of Blair and with a sexy drunk pose she said "Are you not going to invite me to get in?"
Blair with a confused look.- "Yeah, yeah… sure..."
She put her keys on the door and once the door was open, Alison made her way in; Blair helped the girl to come in; without help Alison would definitely ended in the floor. Blair was holding the blonde and she could smell the alcohol in her.
Blair.- "How much did you drink?"
Alison looked up to Blair, she looked at her with watery eyes and a huge sorrow was reflected in those blue eyes. Alison gulped and she pushed herself towards Blair's lips with the eyes closed. Alison opened her eyes slowly when she felt that her lips touched something... Once Alison opened her eyes, she noticed that Blair put her hand over her lips in order to avoid the kiss; Alison was astonished to see that the brunette rejected her kiss.
Blair with a serious look and a firm voice.- "I like you blondie, you know that I do, and I want you... but not like this... never like this..."
Blair grabbed Alison by the shoulders and looking to her eyes, she asked.- "What's wrong?! Why are you doing this?"
Alison clawed her nails in Blair's arms and asked with despair.- "Can you kill the butterflies?! Help me to get over the butterflies! Make them disappears! Please!"
Blair swallowed hard; Alison continued and with each sentence her voice was becoming louder and more broken.
Alison cried.- "You're so confident of you right?! You save me once... so do it again! Save me from my own feelings! Help me to forget! (She put her hands in Blair's cheeks) I think that if it's you, I will be able to get over her..."
Blair's eyes got bigger when she realised 'who' they were talking; Alison tried to kiss her again but Blair, once again, she avoided the kiss.
Blair looking down.- "Sorry blondie; I'm not the rebound of anyone, I have my pride..."
Alison pulled away when she realised that she was being unfair with Blair.
Alison.- "Sorry, I just... (Alison mumbling with tears in her eyes) Why is so difficult to be loved?! My mom hates me! And the only person who I thought would never hurt me... (She laughed at herself with tears in her face) You know Blair, I don't let people in, she knew that because I told her, I let her in and she broke me, she smashed my heart in pieces (Alison was crying as she covered her face with her hands) I just want to love and be loved! Why I can't have that?! Am I really so horrible person that I don't deserve any kind of love?!"
Blair was deeply moved by the heartbroken words of Alison; she hugged her tight and put a soft kiss in Alison's head.
Blair whispering.- "Cry, Alison, cry, let it go, all your sorrow, just let it go out..."
Alison broke into tears in Blair's arm.
(In front of Alison's house)
Emily was out of breath, she ran from her house to Alison's house, she was exhausted, she got a deep breath and when she was thinking to walk towards the front door; someone grabbed her from behind, the brunette was getting sleep with the wet cloth that was in her face.
(In the streets of Rosewood)
The girls were walking, when someone approached her.
Erza.- "Girls!"
Aria.- "Erza?! What are you doing here? What do you want?"
The other two girls took an offensive pose and put themselves in front of the little brunette.
Erza.- "I'm just worry about you, I heard something today and I just wanted to prevent you about the danger…"
Spencer.- "What danger?"
Erza.- "Mona is complotting something with your sister, Melissa, I saw them today in the brew, whatever it is, it's seems that they're working together to get revenge from Alison and I just wanted to tell you to be careful, I don't want you to get hurt in a cross-fire…"
Hanna.- "Since when your sister is friend with Mona?"
Spencer.- "They aren't?!... She can't be…"
Erza.- "Look, I'm not saying that your sister is a bad person, but it's obvious that she has bad-blood with Alison, just be careful ok…"
Spencer.- "Yeah, thanks for the tip…"
Aria.- "Yeah, thanks Erza"
Erza looking to the little brunette.- "Take care Aria…"
He left and the girls started to discuss the theory of Melissa being one of the minions of Mona; Spencer didn't like that idea but she would need proofs to defend her sister; the three girls decided to go to Spencer's house in order to investigate more about the connexion between Melissa and Mona.
(In the same warehouse of the 1st encounter of Alison and Emily)
Emily was opening her eyes slowly; she was still dizzy; she looked around and she recognized the place. Emily got more conscious and noticed that she was standing handcuffed to a pillar of the building; she was trying to move but it was impossible to the brunette to move a cm, there was tape in her feet.
Melissa.- "Hi Emily, you're awake..."
Emily shocked. - "Melissa?!"
Melissa approached to the other girl and she stood there in front of Emily when she said "Don't take this personal Emily…"
Emily struggling.- "What are you doing?! What is this?! Are you 'A'?!"
Melissa.- "Shhh…" (She put tape in Emily's mouth and with a crazy look she said) "Patience Emily, patience, I will explain myself once they bring Alison here…"
Emily's eyes got bigger when Melissa mentioned Alison; it was obvious that the brunette was trying to say something but it was impossible for her to talk with the tape in her mouth.
Emily thoughts.- "Ali?! No! Don't you dare to touch her Melissa! I need to get out of here, I need to do something and protect Ali!"
(In Blair's apartment)
Both girls were sitting in the couch; Alison seemed more calm after a lot of crying.
Blair with a soft voice.- "Do you wanna talk about it?"
Alison.- "No; no, particularly…"
Blair.- "Let me rephrase that; you need to talk about it, whatever it's, you can't carry it all by yourself…"
Alison.- "Actually, I have to… I'm so sick and tired of all the people who won't tell me the true, at this moment I don't know in who I can trust… this world would be easier if I didn't come back…"
Blair.- "But it wouldn't be my world without you in it…"
Alison laughed.- "You're a smooth talker, did you know that?"
Blair accepted the compliment and replied.- "And you know, that is the first true laugh that I've gotten out of you since I meet you…" (Blair patted Alison's knee) you look like you could use some coffee; let's drown your sorrows with a good coffee… I really want to know your history Alison DiLaurentis…"
Alison smirked.- "My history… that kind of information doesn't come free, at least not with just a coffee…"
Blair smirked.- "Well, what is the cost to know you blondie?"
Alison.- "Mmm… a mokaccino"
Blair laughed.- "Fine, a moka will be…"
Alison.- "Thank you Blair, thanks for being here…"
Blair.- "You're welcome (she grabbed Alison's hands) "Just remember that no matter how dark you see the sky, you will be never in the dark 'cause the starts will always be above... you just have to know where to look"
After a long talk, Alison said good-bye to her new friend; it really helped her to talk with someone. Blair offered her to escort her to her home but Alison politely decline; she wanted to walk alone for a while and clear her head. The blonde was on the corner of some block when she ran into a familiar face.
Alison surprised.- "Shanna?!"
Shanna.- "Hi Ali…" (She injected something in Alison's shoulder) "Sweet dreams…"
Alison lost consciousness within a period of seconds.
(In the same warehouse)
*** Music background: Daydream by Ruelle***
Alison thoughts.- "Mmm… I feel dizzy"
Alison was opening slowly her eyes, she was sitting on a cold floor, she looked at her and she noticed that she was chained to an old rusty pipeline.
Alison.- "What the hell?!"
(Distant clattering)
Melissa.- "Did you sleep well Alison?"
Alison looked up and her eyes got bigger when she saw Melissa beside a chained Emily; her first impulse was to go towards Emily but the inertia of her own chains put her in the floor.
Melissa laughed.- "Oh Alison, you should see you right now, how pathetic you look in the floor!"
Alison.- "You bitch! Let her go! Let us go!"
Melissa approached to Alison, she put her hand on her chin in order to force her to look at her and she said.- "Why you sound like you don't deserve this? There is a reason why you're here bitch… You're no innocent here! My whole life is falling apart because of you! Because of you Ian is dead !"
Alison smirked.- "You must be delusional!"
Melissa slapped Alison's cheek.- "All I know is that before you, my life was perfectly fine… you're the reason that I lost the love of my life and now I will be yours"
Alison got shocked by the meaning of that sentence.
Melissa smirked.- "Payback is a real bitch isn't it?!
Alison.- "I didn't kill Ian! You pathetic bitch! You're as manipulative and cruel as me and the only person you should be blaming for feeling so pathetic and alone right now is you!
Melissa slapped Alison again, and as results Alison got a slashed lip.
Melissa grabbed Alison by the hair and forced her to look to a big stopwatch.
Melissa.- "Look Alison, when that stopwatch measured up to zero, that will automatically activate the crossbow which is in front of Emily" (She said as she was pointing out the crossbow which was 3m of distance from Emily) "And well you can figurate the rest…"
Alison yelled.- "You pathetic bitch, that's sick!"
Melissa.- "Absolutely, I just want to see you miserable and I got my wish… I'm gonna leave you alone for a moment, but don't worry, I will be back to see to your face and look at your pain.."
Melissa left; Emily turned in direction of Alison and their eyes met.
Emily thoughts.- "Ali, I'm so sorry, please, no matter what happen to me, don't let it to destroy the wonderful person you've become… don't let this destroy all the good in you…"
Alison looked to Emily with fury, she looked to the stopwatch and she saw that she had less than 20 minutes to save her mermaid. Alison started to struggle with her chains, she balanced her body back and forth; each time she ended in the floor but she continued because she could feel how the rusty pipeline was loosen up… she was repeating the same move for more than 15 minutes; in her last attempt, she got a dislocated shoulder.
Alison in the floor.- "Ahh!" (a scream of pain)
Emily thoughts.- "Ali, please stop it! You're just causing you pain, it's not worth it, please Ali; stop…"
Alison was tired, she was sighing when she looked up to the stopwatch which was measuring up the time left and those 10 seconds were the longest and scariest ten second of her life.
*** Music background: Don't let me go by Raign ***
Melissa got back when the countdown begun; from that moment everything appeared to happen in slow motion.
Melissa.- "You will see your love one die in front of you!"
Alison cried "No!" as she put all her strength in one last effort to liberate herself; Emily closed her eyes as she was waiting for her dead so she didn't notice when Alison succeed in her effort; Alison got free of her chains when the pipeline broke, she got up and ran as fast as possible, she didn't have the time to liberate Emily so she just hugged her in order to put herself as a human shield.
Emily thoughts.- "This is it! No pain?! I can feel something warm... what is this smell?!... I know this smell… vanilla?!... Ali!"
Emily opened her eyes and her reality it was so much worse than death; in the last second Alison was fast enough to put herself in front of Emily and be her shield; the blonde received the arrow in her place; Emily was frozen, she couldn't speak for the Teflon tape in her mouth, she could only stay there like a statue with tears in her face. The arrow hurt badly Alison, it was becoming very difficult to the blonde to breath but, thinking that this was her last moment, she did her best for at least say her good byes to her mermaid.
Alison speech:
(Alison hugging Emily and with her head locked in Emily's neck) "I always wondered: what was my reason for existing in the world? Without creating anything, or giving anything to anyone, wasting so much time in superficial stuffs, causing the people around me trouble, suffering, worrying, and if I were just going to disappear in the end… I thought that so many times… why am I alive? I wondered for so long… but I finally feel like I've found the answer, I live for this moment…" (She moved and put her face in front of Emily, their eyes met) because if I can end my journey protecting the person I love, then everything was worth it…"(She gave a little smile to the brunette, Alison looked dizzy, she hugged Emily's face with her hands and over the tape of her lips, she put a little kiss, she pull away and continued to look to those brown eyes) "Em, I love you and I wanna tell you why I love you, I have to tell you this and you need to heard it, I've loved you since the day I met you, but I wouldn't allow myself to truly feel it until now, Em, if it wasn't for you, I would never have known love at all; I know that all was fake for you, that you don't love me, but I do love you, I didn't fake it… I understand why you wanted revenge, I don't blame you for that, I don't hate you… to be honest, for me it was a beautiful lie…" (She smiled, she gulped when she could feel that life was being draining out of her body but she continued to talk) "So thank you for being the person who taught me to love (Alison smiled to Emily and a little of blood got out of her mouth; Emily's tears increased as she was looking to the blonde) "Don't cry Em, it's ok, I couldn't make you to love me but at least I was able to protect you…" (Alison started to lost the strength of her legs to stand up so she lay her front-head in Emily's face as she grabbed with one hand Emily's arm in order to keep balance and her other hand was in Emily's cheek) "Sorry, looks like I couldn't keep my promise… but I did my best to bring you a happy ending…"
Alison faded and fell to the ground; Emily was in shock, she didn't stop to cry.
Emily thoughts.- "Why did you have to come to save me?! Ali don't die, don't you dare to die!"
Next chapter will be entitled: 'Dead or alive?'
