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Note 1: In Italics, the storyteller speaking (moi ^^)
Note 2: The arc of the next two chapters will be the darkest; to answer some questions; there is no rap**, beside the fight nothing bad happen to Alison and also –A will not rap** her; it will be more like a psychological torture like what happen in the hunger games with Peeta. Like in seasons 6-7; the black hoodies will use masks and pretend to be the liars (Spencer – Aria – Hanna – Emily) to torture Alison and 'cause Alison will be under too many drugs and sedatives she will lose track of reality and really believe that the girls did it eventually…
Note 3 : In this chapter, there will be some hallucinations so to distinguish them I'm calling them 'fictitious xxx'; that means that they are not real.
Note 4: 'Americano' is a nickname for Emily
Note 5: The last part of the chapter it's a struggle of Alison with herself, she's debating with herself if she should turn off her emotions and embrace her dark side.
Chapter 30 – Broken doll
It has been some weeks since the girls have been rescued; when the police arrived, they found another girl hostage in there: Sarah Harvey. It was that same night that Alison disappeared; after 48hrs, she was declared as a missing person, no one have contact the family to demand money for rescue neither –A has send any message; time passed and the family and friends started to lose any hope to see ever again the blonde.
Weeks and there is no clue to indicate where is Alison or if she's alive; since the disappearance of the blonde, Emily has started to drink excessively, failing school, fighting with her mom; recently, she hurt her shoulder while swimming drunk and according with the doctors she might not be able to swim in a competition level; that incident might cause her career as a swimmer but she didn't care… Even with the therapy that her mom has forced her to take since the dollhouse, Emily found herself in a very dark place.
(In the streets of Rosewood)
Emily was walking towards the groceries' store, when someone intercepted her. When the brunette saw who was, she huffed.
Emily said with a bitter tone. –"What do you want Spence…?!"
Spencer. – "I left you messages…"
Emily. – "I know…"
Spencer. – "We need to talk…"
Emily said as she tried to walk away from the girl. – "I don't think that's a good idea…"
Spencer grabbed her by the arm and said. – "Emily! Please! You need to listen to me ok…"
Emily turned and pulled off as she said with anger. – "No! I don't! I did listen to you! And now Alison is missing! We betrayed her and she sacrificed herself for us! Her life is in danger and that's on us! I might never see her again!"
Spencer gulped. – "I'm sorry…"
Emily said with a sarcastic tone. – "Ohh… you're sorry?! Good…!"
Spencer. – "Please Em… I just want to talk… the girls want to talk with you too… we really wish that we hadn't…" (Sighs) "Em, I did a terrible mistake accusing Alison…"
Emily yelled. – "I made the mistake! I listen to you! To all of you! I turned my back on her! I left her alone! I believed you instead of her! And there is no way to take that back! We accused her to work with –A into her face!"
Spencer. – "I know… I don't think this will be as any surprise for you but I can be really certain about things…"
Emily. – "It's a funny thing for you to say… not a surprise at all…"
Spencer. – "I like being certain ok! It's where I'm comfortable… so sometimes I go to the shore when I know that I shouldn't and –A knows that and she did a very good job of using it against me…"
Emily. – "-A played us but it was 'us' who chose to betray Alison…" (A tear appeared in Emily's face)
The brunette started to walk away and she just heard from the distance what her friend told her but she didn't turn back.
Spencer. – "Emily! Don't walk away! We need to stay together! Emily! Drown your sorrows by abusing alcohol will not bring her back! …. Emily!"
(In Emily's house)
Emily arrived to her home and she put the groceries in the kitchen; her mom has tried to give her space and don't push too hard on her since all the incident of the dollhouse and the disappearance of Alison.
Pam said with a soft tone of voice. – "Thank you honey for going to the store…"
Emily nodded and once she put everything in its place, she walked towards her room.
Pam said as Emily went upstairs.
Pam. – "Honey don't forget you have today your appointment with the psychotherapist…"
Emily didn't reply, she just went to her room and closed her door. She opened her laptop and checked her e-mail; her eyes got bigger when she found a new e-mail from Alison's e-mail address. She gulped and her hand was shaking when she pressed the button to open the e-mail. There was no text just a hyperlink. She clicked it and a video started to play…
*** Video played***
It was a dark place, Alison was chained and laying on a cold floor wearing an hospital gown; she was very dopy with all the drugs on her system; her hair looked darker, it has been days since she took a shower, her hair was all over her face but under that mess of hair, it was possible to notice bruises and blood in her face. Someone approached to the blonde between all the shadows.
Alison tried to keep her eyes open and she sees a blurry figure approaching, it's a girl disguised as Emily, the girl has a tanned skin and she's wearing a silicone mask which give her the appearance of Emily. Even, with the drugs, Alison recognizes the face and a smile appears in her face.
Alison whispered. – "Em… mermaid… you came to rescue me…"
The other girl just smiled to her, she bends down, with one hand she careless Alison's head since she keep hidden the other behind her back. The blonde smiled under the touch and she got confused when it stops.
Alison. – "Em…?"
The girl disguised as Emily pulls off what she was hidden, Alison's eyes got bigger of fear when she sees the cattle prod.
Alison gulped. – "Em…?!"
The girl disguised as Emily smiled to her and she put the cattle prod on Alison's body, the blonde shook immediately when she felt the electricity running all over her corps. The girl continued repeating the same action over and over again without stop and between each time, the screams of Alison were lauder and lauder.
Alison screamed. – "No! Please Em! Stop! Stop! … Emily please! God please Stop!"
*** End of the Video ***
Emily saw the video with horror, tears appeared in her face, she tried to stop the video but it didn't stop, it repeated itself over and over again.
Emily cried loud. – "No please! No please! Stop! Make it stop!"
Emily fell from her chair and she was on the floor crying very loud. Her crying was so loud that her mom got scared and started to knock the door.
Pam. – "Honey! What's wrong! Emy! Open the door! Honey talk to me…!"
(In the Police station)
Spencer. – "Hey Toby! Where is she?!"
Toby pointed out a room. – "She's out there, Spence… she's a complete mess… the video really affected Emily…"
Spencer. – "What video?"
Toby grabbed her from the arm and showed her the video in a investigation room.
Spencer shocked with a hand over her mouth said. – "OMG…!"
Toby. – "We checked the website storage of this video and we found other videos like this but…"
Spencer. – "But what Toby?!"
Toby. – "But in the other videos, it's you, Hanna and Aria who tortured her…"
Spencer. – "What?! How?!..."
Toby. – "I know that it's not you or the girls but you may get prepare to declare, it's very possible that Tanner will question you about this…"
Spencer. – "They are torturing her with our faces Toby…"
Toby rubbed Spencer back and said. – "We will found her Spence…"
Spencer gulped and said as she looked at him in the eyes with watery-eyes. – "And what if we can't…? What if we don't found her in time…?"
Toby hugged her and said. – "We will… you need to have fate that we will…"
Pam needed to stay in the police station to do some paperwork; she asked Spencer to take Emily with her and she did; in the way of Spencer's house, they didn't talk, Emily was speechless with a lost look which just showed tears.
(In Spencer's house)
When they arrived, Emily served herself a drink and Spencer didn't have the heart to stop her. She just sat in the distance and saw her friend ended a complete bottle of whisky. She was trying to think what to say when she received a sms from Aria.
Spencer gulped. – "Can I leave you alone one moment; I need to check something in the barn…"
Emily didn't reply, she just continued looking to the emptiness. Spencer went and entered to her barn where Aria was with a lot of papers; Aria was in front of a white board; she was writing something on it. Once Spencer was in the barn, Aria turned towards her when she noticed her presence.
Spencer. – "We should call it for today… Em… she's here and I need to keep an eye on her until her mom gets back…"
Aria was going to say something but she just gulped when she noticed that someone followed Spencer.
Emily said with a sarcastic tone as she walked in with a new bottle of liquor in her hand. – "What's coming on here…? Are you looking up on new ways to betray your best friend…"
Aria. – "Emily… you know how sorry we're… how sorry I'm … Jenna was threatening my brother's life and I did wrong but I can't take that back…"
Aria sighed and made motions with her hands in order to point out all the papers, photos on the board and table as she said.- "We've been trying to trace Alison's location… we haven't saying anything to you because we don't want to hurt you again…"
Spencer. – "Yeah… Aria went to Radley and took some files about Charles…'
Aria. – "I've been going over these documents just trying to figure a way out of this wholeness…."
Emily launched an ironic laugh and said with irony as she drank from the bottle. – "Well… good luck with that… -A is a master of manipulation; she has ruined me… my advice is to just drop it… you will find nothing as always…"
Emily huffed and started to walk away towards the door but she stopped when she heard Aria talking.
Aria. – "Yeah thanks for the help!"
Emily turned back and said as she looked the little brunette in the eyes. – "If I could defeat –A, do you think that I'd be here drinking alone unable to be with the woman I love! Maybe you should do some research and find yourself a hot tub time machine so you can go back and undo your creative accounting…"
Spencer said as she tried to pat Emily's back. – "Em…"
Emily yelled as she pushed her off. – "Save it Spence! I'm so done with all of you!"
The brunette walked away and left the other two speechless. Aria started to cry.
Aria cried. – "This is my fault…"
Spencer. – "Hey, hey, hey, calm down… it's not your fault… it's –A fault… she's just hurt Ar… she needs time…" (Sighs) "I'm texting Hanna, we need to stay together and keep an eye on Emily… I don't think that it was random that –A contacted Emily with the video…"
Aria. – "What video…?"
The girls continued talking as Spencer explains to the little brunette the new development concerning Alison.
(In Lucas's house at night)
Lucas was treating a party that Friday as always and Hanna was walking towards the front door as she was speaking with someone on the phone.
Hanna on the phone. – "Hey Spence, believe me, if she wants to get wasted, she will be here…"
As soon as Hanna entered to the house she could notice that she was right and Emily was beside the beer barrel trying to stay up.
Hanna on the phone. – "I found her… she's here…"
Spencer on the phone. – "Ok, we're coming in… don't lose her ok…."
Hanna on the phone. – "Ok…"
Hanna fights her way to Emily between all the crowd, she arrived beside Emily and the drunk brunette lays on her.
Emily yelled to the entire crowd with a drunken voice. – "Hey looks everybody, who is here! It's Hannnna ba-ba-ba-ba-na-nnn- ah-ah!"
Hanna. – "Yeah… yeah… it's also nice to see you… come on… let's sit a moment in the sofa ok…"
Hanna sat Emily in the sofa and she said. – "I'm going to bring you some coffee, don't move ok! I will be back in just a second!"
*** Music background: Shattered by Trading Yesterday***
The drunk Emily just nodded and she lay down in the sofa; she was so drunk that into her eyes everything was very blurry and passing like it was in slow motion; her drunk mind started to give her hallucinations and her eyes opened wildly as she thought to see Alison walking between all the crowd; She stood up and started to follow her hallucination; she arrived to the backyard of the house when she grabbed her hallucination from the arm and the fictitious Alison turned towards her; when Emily saw those blue ocean eyes again she smiled.
Emily smiled with watery-eyes. – "It's you… I know you…"
The fictitious Alison. – "Stop following me…"
The fictitious Alison tried to walk away but once again Emily stopped it.
Emily. – "Stop! Stop! Please…"
The fictitious Alison turned again towards Emily and looked at her in the eyes.
Emily cried with tears in her face. – "You left… you left me alone… and now… you're here and I'm here and … you shouldn't be here…?"
The fictitious Alison. – "Neither should you…"
Emily said with tears. – "I love you… I love you…" (More crying and sighs) "I just want you to come back…"
Emily tried to hug the fictitious Alison but the fictitious blonde pushed Emily away
The fictitious Alison. – "Stop following me… just stop…"
Emily confused. – "Why are you being mean?"
The fictitious Alison. – "I want you to leave me alone… Don't you understand? You have to let me go… just go… go away!"
Emily. – "Go? Go where? Where I'm supposed to go? I'm failing school, I'm failing to my family, I failed to my friends and I failed…" (More crying) "I failed YOU! I failed YOU! … Where do you want me to go? I don't even know what to do, where to start…!"
The fictitious Alison. – "You start by saying good-bye to me…"
Emily looked up to her hallucination and shook her head as she said with tears. – "No… NO! NO! NO! I can't!"
The fictitious Alison. – "Yes you can…"
Emily was shaking her head and repeating "No, no, no!" when someone approached to her.
Sarah Harvey said as she put her hand on Emily's shoulder. – "Hey, are you ok?"
Emily got back to reality and she got sad as she noticed that Alison wasn't there and everything had been a creation of her mind.
Sarah. – "You're Emily right?"
Emily. – "Yeah…"
Emily started to walk away and she almost fell but Sarah grabbed her first.
Sarah. – "Where are you going?"
Emily. – "Home…"
Sarah. – "You can't walk by yourself, let me drive you…"
Sarah grabbed Emily from the waist and put Emily's arm under her shoulder and they left the party. At the same time, Hanna was looking for Emily and the other girls arrived to the party but they didn't found Emily anywhere.
(In Emily's room)
Sarah was dropping Emily's drunken body in the bed as she was talking with Pam.
Pam. – "Thank you for bringing her back… I'm sorry for the troubles that she caused you…"
Sarah. – "It's ok… bring her here wasn't a problem at all…"
Pam. – "You're really kind… I will bring her some coffee… can you stay with her for a moment…"
Sarah nodded and she kept her eyes on Pam until she went downstairs; once Pam out of the picture, Sarah pull off her phone and she went in bed beside the drunk Emily as she prepared herself to do a selfie; Sarah took a selfie photo and a video of her kissing Emily in the lips in Emily's bed and as soon as she checked that the photo and the video were ok; she sent them to someone. She heard Pam footsteps and she stood up out of bed.
Pam. – "Thank you… can I offer you something?"
Sarah. – "No thanks, I already did my job here, I should be going…"
The girl said her good-byes to Pam and left.
(In the DiLaurentis house)
Mary, Kenneth and Blair have been working together looking for Alison; Mary and Kenneth were heartbroken after seeing the recent videos of Alison being tortured; The police wasn't able yet to locate the source of the videos but Mary could take a copy of the videos and she gave it to Blair to check it. Kenneth was sitting in his living room and he looked like he was praying. He stood up when he heard the sound of the door open.
Kenneth. – "Did she found something?!"
Mary. – "She found an address… it looks like a warehouse…"
Kenneth. – "Should we inform the police?"
Mary cried. – "No! I don't trust them!"
Kenneth. – "So what we do?"
Mary. – "I'm going to get her back!"
Kenneth. – "I'm going with you… just let me look for my gun…"
(In the bunker underground)
The room was dark and humid; Alison has lost track of time, she's not sure how many days or weeks have been since she's been the toy of Cece and her hoodies. She was laying on the floor, she has blood in her face, her blood; she was alone for the moment and it was in times like these that she used to get her mind in a safe place. Alison took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Her safe place wasn't a place but it was a person: Emily.
Alison murmured as she was thinking on Emily. – "Her smile shines… she's so beautiful… just like the sun… shining on my dark and cloudy heart… her hugs felt warm and safe… like being washed in sunlight…"
The blonde was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't notice when someone got into the room.
Cece. – "What are you doing? Thinking on her again?!" (Mocking smiles) "Do you really think that Americano will come and rescue you?"
Alison opened her eyes and turned towards Cece and smirked. – "I'm doing a vow… that I will bear it, all of this… no matter what!"
Cece laughed. – "Ha… we will see…"
Alison smirked. – "Bring it on bitch!"
Cece glanced. – "I like when you're bitchy but don't push it…" (She approached and looked Alison in the eyes) "Do you really believe that your friends, that Emily are looking for you?! Then why are you still in this room with me?! Why they have let this happen?! Those friends that you love so much… they abandoned you… Emily has moved on without you…"
Alison. – "Why are you doing this? Why are you trying so hard to make me hate them?! What do you really want?!"
Cece. – "To give you a lesson… you belong to me Ali! Do not question my judgement, I'm always watching… what I want is to bring back the old Ali, help you to embrace your real nature; we're the same Ali… You will accept who you are… no matter how long it takes… we could rule this world but your trust and love on those bitches is overrated… especially your love and fate on Emily…."
Alison smiled. – "She's the only bright light in my darkness… she's my anchor…"
Cece. – "Ack… Even after all the torture that she's been doing on you?!"
Alison confused. – "I refuse to believe that it's her! I-I… It can't be her…"
Cece mocked. – "I see… you still need a little push… so let me show you what did your precious mermaid today as you're here with me…"
Cece showed her the video and the picture of Emily and Sarah kissing; Alison couldn't control the tears following from her eyes.
Cece.- "Does it hurt?"
Alison sighed. – "More than all the torture that you've been done on me all this time…"
Cece said with a bitter voice. – "Argh… you're hurting my ego saying that… I'm putting all my efforts on our little sessions…"
Alison smirked. – "You know, since –A appeared in my life I just never thought you'd have the nerve to show your face… you may've taken my freedom now but I'm not afraid of you and I will not let you to ruin my life!"
Cece mocked and she approached a laptop. She turned it on and it showed a live transmission video call from an empty warehouse. She forced Alison to watch directly to the screen.
Alison. – "What are you doing?!"
Cece. – "Well, we've been filming our little sessions with you, we put the videos in an icloud and if someone tried to crack the source of those videos, they will have the address of that warehouse…"
Alison gulped. – "And then what…?"
Cece gave her a devious smile when she said. – "You will see, when someone arrives… look, there are some lights… someone arrived!"
(In the warehouse)
*** Music background: At the Ivy Gate by Brian Crain***
Kenneth. – "Are you sure that this is the address… it looks empty?!"
Mary said with a desperate tone of voice. – "This must be! She has to be here!" (Sighs) "We need to find her… she's suffering…" (Tears)
Kenneth hugged her and as they were hugging, they could hear Alison's voice. They followed the voice and they arrived in front of a laptop which was transmitting on live: Alison hostage beside Cece.
Both parents approached to the screen; Mary mapped Alison's face on the screen, she cried. It was a video call, so both parts could hear and see themselves.
Alison cried. – "Mom! Dad!"
Kenned cried. – "Darling! You're alive! Thanks God!"
Mary cried. – "We will found you Ali… we will…"
As Alison was watching her parents on the screen; Cece approached to her ear and whispered…
Cece. - "Say your good-byes…"
Alison. – "What?!"
Cece showed a wireless remote control in her hand and she pressed a button; as soon as she did it, the warehouse blew up apart and the live transmission ended with interference.
Alison yelled with a huge pain in her voice and tears in her face. – "NOOOOO!"
(In the bunker underground)
Cece left alone Alison after the explosion of the warehouse; before leaving, Cece fixed her chains to the wall and gave her another dose of a cocktail of drugs; the blonde ended in an uncomfortable position which forced her to kneel on the floor; she was looking down with a lost sad look and tears when she started to have hallucinations. A fictitious character appeared in front of her, the old version of herself, the Queen Bee.
*** Music background: Bloodstream by Ed Sheeran ft Rudimental***
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee huffed. – "I can't believe they locked us up here!"
Alison. – "Those demons! What they will do to me tomorrow?! And the next day? Next month? Even after that… How long do I have to endure this? Why should I… I have no reason to fight… they're dead… mom… dad…"
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee huffed. – "I can't believe what I became! Just seeing myself, seeing you make me sick!"
Alison looked up and saw her hallucination on the eyes.
Alison yelled. – "If you don't like what you see why you just don't leave!"
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee huffed. – "Why you just don't admit it already! You're exhausted! You hate feeling this way! Open your eyes Alison! Everyone around us has moved on or passed away… and here we are… wondering what the hell is the right thing to do?! Come on!"
Alison. – "What are you expecting me to do then….?"
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee huffed. – "Eventually, everyone sees us as a monster… maybe it's time to embrace that and be one!"
Alison. – "It's not that simple! "
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee. – "Yes it is!
Alison. – "How do you know?! You don't know anything about me anymore…"
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee huffed. – "Remember our own words… we're who we are and the tiger can't change her stripes… you know that deep inside… you're dying to make everything like it used to be… to the time where everyone was afraid of us!... come on you miss it and you know it!"
Alison. – "No I don't! I-I-I just wanna feel better again…"
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee huffed. – "So turned it off… turn off your emotions… come on! That humanity is killing us! All that guilt! The struggle to do the right thing! The act of the sweet girl! All of that is exhausting! Turn it off! Let me take control again…"
Alison. – "No!"
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee yelled. – "All this pain! All this suffering! You have the power to make it stops! So turn it off!"
Alison. – "No! it's wrong!"
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee smirked. – "We're all kinds of wrong… and this will be just the beginning… so turn it off… let me in… let me take the control…"
Alison. – "No!"
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee huffed. – "Ack! Why are you resisting so much to be who we're! Is it because of Emily?! Don't you see that she's a waste of time and effort! Do you wanna know what I see? Because I finally see Emily Fields clearly…"
Alison gulped. – "And what is that you see?"
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee. – "A fraud! A cheaper who has no business with us! A cheater and a liar!"
Alison. – "No! You can't believe anything Cece says… She's lying about Emily!"
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee smirked. – "Is she? So what about when Emily lied when we lost our memory? What about the fact that she was planning to lie and keep it as a secret what happen with Talia?"
Alison. – "She was waiting for the right moment …"
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee. – "She lied and kept that to herself and played us like a fool!"
Alison. – "Yes but she would never hurt us intentionally…"
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee huffed. – "Please, do you really believe that?! That her kissing the other blonde is a trick?! … She betrayed us! She turned her back on us! Do you really believe that all of that is also a trick! You are absolutely crushed! Come on Alison! This version of you! It's not us!"
Alison yelled. – "Stop! Stop! I know who I'm! Get out of my mind!"
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee smirked as she cupped her hands in Alison face and forced her to look her in the eyes. – "You're strong but not that strong… Turn it off! Embrace your darkness! Accept who we are mean to be!"
Alison mumbled with tears in her face. – "No…"
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee. – "They're coming back, they will torture us until we ended dead… no one is coming to rescue us… we're alone… turn it off! We're running out of time…"
Alison whispered. – "No…"
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee. – "Come on Alison… it's the easier thing in the world… just let go the part of you that cares… just let it goes away… no guilt… no shame… no regret…"
Alison looked down and started to cry.
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee. – "Are you not tired of being the victim?"
Alison nodded
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee smirked. – "So what are you waiting for? All you have to do is flip the switch inside of you and let me take control…"
Alison swallowed hard and closed her eyes; the fictitious Alison Queen Bee smirked and both were laying their front-head together when the fictitious Alison Queen Bee said…
The fictitious Alison Queen Bee whispered. – "You're making the right call Ali…"
*** Music background: Devil Inside by London Grammar***
Alison was with her eyes closed when her hallucination disappeared; She opened again her eye as she heard the lock of the door, someone was getting in; and once she opened her eyes, those blues eyes looked darker as they never did, you could see the devil inside her. The door opened and it was Shanna; she got into the room and Alison turned her face towards her; Shanna shivered as she saw the look of the blonde which made her be scared.
Shanna gulped. – "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Alison got an evil look in her eyes when she said with a devious smile and a bitter tone. – "Oh… this will be fun…"
The danger of facing your demons is that sometimes the demons win…
Next Chapter: CH31 – Dark Ali
