Hello, thanks dle48, alwaysdream1, Hermione, 'waiting', fictionloverrr, LauratheChef, Leapyearbaby29 and all the guests for asking me to update sorry if it took me a moment to update but I've been overloaded with work. So, to reply some reviews: I haven't seen GG recently but I'm a big fan of Blair W and GG and in this arch of AD, I did use a lot of GG quotes.

This chapter will follow after the last scene of the previous chapter. AD will be revealed… are you ready for it?

NOTE: Please note that the scenes will happen in parallel, I mean, while Alison is dealing with Ben and all that, the girls are on their plan to catch AD at the Radley hotel. There'll be a connection between them and I hope it will be clear…

Here this chapter, I hope you like it and like always, thank you if you have the time to leave a review, have a great week-end!


Chapter 73 – Back where you belong

(In the DiLaurentis-House)

*** Music background: Survivor by 2WEI***

Spotted, Alison DiLaurentis-Fields back where she belongs, claiming her mermaid as hers, defending her loved wife and beating the crap of Ben with a swing…

Alison says with anger as she smashes the bat against Ben. – "You! Fucking bastard! I'll KILL YOU! I'll KILL YOU!"

Overwhelmed by her emotions, Emily stretches her arms towards the blonde with tears on her eyes…

Emily cries. – "Ali! Ali! Ali!"

Hearing the crying of Emily, it always breaks Alison's heart; the blonde stops her motions and drops the bat away, she runs towards her mermaid, leaving a beaten Ben in the floor; the blonde rushes towards the brunette. Emily was in shock, crying without stop and she's just able to feel safe till she feels the warm embrace of her Queen…

Emily cries as she grips Alison's arms. – "Ali… Ali… Ali…"

The blonde hugs her very tight and kisses Emily's head as she keeps the brunette into her arms…

Alison says with a soft voice. – "Ssshhh… it's ok… you're safe, you're safe…"

Emily sobs. – "You're here, right? I'm not dreaming… You're alive, right? You're awake, right? You're back, right?"

Alison. – "Yeah… You're not dreaming, I'm alive… I'm awake… I'm back and I'm here… I'm here with you…"

Emily curls up in Alison and cries very loud. – "Don't ever leave me like that! Ever again!"

Alison says with a heartbroken voice. – "I'll not… I'm sorry, Em… I'm so sorry!"

The brunette was in an inconsolable crying, hugging the blonde, and Alison shows tears in her eyes, as she feels so bad for causing so much pain to her beautiful mermaid. They keep hugging, not wanting to break the contact since the time apart has felt like millenniums for them; it felt like an eternity since the last time they were like this, together and there's no more emotional moment that being reunited with the love of your life…

Ben looked unconscious, but he wasn't, he was just steeped in his own blood and Alison was distracted, hugging Emily. The bastard of Ben slowly moves his hand, trying to reach the bat but before he could put his hands on it, someone who was hiding in the shadows steps very hard on his hand…

Ben. – "Aaarghhh!"

Noel laughs, he steps harder in Ben's hands, like if he wanted to smash it, Noel points out a gun to Ben's head and says…

Noel smirks. – "I wouldn't do that if I was you… stop moving if you don't want me to put a bullet in your fucking skull…"

Ben gives up, he's afraid and he just lies down on the floor, swallowing hard the blood that was coming from his mouth…

The blonde was still hugging the brunette, comforting her and she couldn't be more grateful with her friend for always having her back…

Alison. – "Thanks Noel…"

Noel smirks. – "No problem… you know I always have your back…"

They smile at each other and then a noisy sound is heard, sounds of a phone ringing. Alison looks around, she notices that Ben's phone was ringing; the blonde breaks the hug and walks towards the noisy phone…

Emily. – "Ali…?"

The blonde blends downs towards Ben and Noel just nails the tip of his gun between Ben's eyes…

Noel says to Ben. – "Don't move…"

Ben gulps hard, looking at the gun nailed in his head, he just nods and don't move. Alison looks in Ben's pockets, and takes the phone, she cleans the blood from it.

Noel says as he looks at the phone. – "It's a private number… no indications of who's calling…"

Alison stares at the phone, yes, the number was private, yes, there was no indications of who was calling but the blonde just knew who was calling. The blonde stares at the phone with anger, with a lot of rage… she slips her finger over the phone and takes the call…

Noel mutters to Alison. – "What are you doing?!"

The blonde doesn't reply to her friend, she just yells over the phone, with a lot of anger to the person who was calling…

(Phone's conversation)

Alison. – "You might think you're winning the battle… but I'll win this war!"

There was an awkward silence for a long moment but, in the end, the other person replies…

AD says with an angry bitter voice. – "You.. you're alive…"

Alison smirks. – "I'm not such an easy target… it's in my DNA to survive… it's in my blood and if you thought, just for a second, that you could kill me so easily, then you're more delusional and stupid of what I thought…"

AD doesn't reply but, Alison smirks as she can hear AD… gnashing its teeth in anger…

Alison. – "Here's my advice: outrun… hide… or even better, armed yourself to the teeth… but, just know, no matter what, you can't escape from me… I'm coming for you and I'll show you what real fear is…"

AD. – "Are you really threatening me?!"

Alison. – "I'm saying: give it up! You, fucking bastard! I'm Alison DiLaurentis-Fields and I'm going to END YOU! I'm actually good at it… and unlike you… I never fail… I actually know you, better than yourself… your stupid tricks, your childish game won't work with me anymore… you're at your limit…"

AD mocks. – "I'm at my limit?! Who knows my limits since you took away my future?"

Alison. – "Say whatever you want… just know this means war… me versus you…" (She says with a challenging voice) "Are you up for it?!"

AD doesn't reply, he just let out a nervous laugh from his mouth.

AD. – "You do realize that I'm the one with the higher hand of cards… right?"

Alison smirks. – "And you do realize that I'm Alison DiLaurentis… right?"

AD. – "Wow, and I thought high school was over, but I see some things never changes… you keep feeling untouchable… but you're not… I hurt you once and I will do it again…"

Alison smirks. – "Oh, you, foolish soul! You're the one who's going to end up being hurt! This is end game and there's only one thing on this earth scarier than evil… and that's ME!"

AD yells. – "I'm not scared… you can't kill me… you can't stop me… I'm AD! I'm…"

Alison cuts AD off. – "Oh honey, if you think 'Death' is the worst thing I can do to you… then you don't know me at all…"

AD swallows hard again as someone else beside Alison, has caught his attention…

Alison. – "Soon you'll realize you should have never messed with me… I'm going to send you back where you belong and when I'm done with you… you'll beg for Death…"

AD doesn't say a word, Alison doesn't hear a reply but, the blonde just smirks when AD hung up the phone.

In the battle between good and evil, score one for the Queen Bee. Better step on it, AD. Because your clean getaway just got very messy; don't say we didn't try to warn you. But when you bring Ben to hurt the sweet mermaid of the Queen; it's a declaration of war. Hide, run or prepare yourself to fight… whatever you decide, the Queen Bee is coming for you… are you ready for it? We know, we're… this is a fight no one wants to miss… time to make your bet… QB vs AD… in whom you'll bet on?

(At the Radley hotel)

Spencer. – "That's the plan?! Disguise Hanna with that Japanese hooker dress and wait?!

Mona. – "Patience, Spencer… if AD is the kind of person I think he's… he will come to watch how we play the game…"

Aria doesn't say anything, they are in the vigilance room of the hotel, looking at all the monitors…

Spencer. – "This is just a waste of time…"

Mona says as she moves the controls and stares at all the monitors. – "Don't you love Fashion week… I mean… fashion is the most powerful art there is. It's movement, design and architecture all in one. It shows the world who we are and who we'd like to be…"

Spencer mocks. – "Yeah, just like your hoodie shows the world you'd like to be a stalker…."

Mona doesn't get angry, she just laughs and keeps moving the controls as she looks at all the cameras…

Mona. – "Your lady has talent, Spencer, thanks to Blair I've access to all the cameras of the town within a 5-km radius around the hotel… nice…"

Spencer doesn't reply, she just grins with pride as her cheeks blush…

Caleb. – "Hey! I helped too!"

Mona smirks. – "Yeah… yeah… by the way, why you're still here? Go to your position! NOW!"

Caleb. – "You don't give me orders, Mona!"

He sighs hard, he takes on his hand a communicator and gets ready to leave the room…

Aria. – "I asked Erza to help us tonight… he's coming, or he might be already here…"

Caleb nods. – "Ok, tell him to give me a call and like that we can patrol the perimeter like a team… I'll be near Hanna in case she needs something…"

Spencer. – "Ok… Blair and Marco are also walking around too… checking if they find anything suspicious… be careful…"

Caleb nods and leave them alone…

Mona says as she puts on a headset microphone. – "Ok… it's play time… Hanna can you hear me?"

From the monitors, they see Hanna in a big room, waiting for the Japanese investors, Hanna looks at the camera and nods…

Mona smiles. – "Good… so, are we all ready to make the fat lady sing? Oh sorry, this isn't the opera…"

Spencer. – "Ha, ha, ha… very funny…" (Sighs) "I'll settle for making AD shows up and confess..."

Aria. – "I really don't get how it's that we will catch him…"

Mona. – "Human's perception is a funny thing, no matter the truth, people see what they want to see… some people need to take a step back for finding out they were looking at the same big picture all along… some other people might see that their lies have almost caught up to them and then… some other people may see what was there all along, hidden right in plain sight…"

Aria. – "What do you mean? Are you saying that we know who's AD?!"

Mona. – "I'm saying that I've a sharp perception and I can see things you can't see…"

Something catches Mona's attention and she makes zoom at one camera…

Spencer. – "There's no way that AD has been in front of our eyes all along and we didn't notice it…"

Mona hears the girls talk but she's really focus on something and the other girls notice it; they turn their look towards the monitor that has caught Mona's attention…

Aria. – "What did you find…? What we're looking at… it's that the entrance of the hotel? Wow, a lot of people is coming for Hanna's fashion show…"

Spencer. – "I see nothing beside a bunch of people… Mona…?"

Mona takes out a laptop, she starts typing very fast on the keyboard…

Aria. – "What are you doing…?"

Mona. – "I'm intercepting all the calls in the perimeter…"

Spencer. – "Why?"

The little brunette doesn't answer Spencer's question, she just connects her headphones on the computer and after some minutes of hearing, a huge grin appears in Mona's face…

Aria. – "What is it?!"

Mona presses the headphones against her ears, trying to hear better…

Mona smirks. – "Oh my… I can't believe it…"

Spencer. – "Mona! Answer us! What is coming on! Wh-….?!"

Mona cuts off Spencer's questions when she puts, on speakers, what she was hearing…

*** Phone conversation intercepted ***

*** Alison's voice. – "You might think you're winning the battle… but I'll win this war!" ***

Spencer and Aria drop their jaws open, they can't believe what they were hearing…

*** AD's voice. – "You... you're alive…" ***

There was an awkward silence for a long moment as they keep hearing the intercepted call…

Aria gasps. – "OMG! It's… it's Ali… right?!" (Big smile) "She's alive… she's alive!"

Spencer mutters. – "It can't be… she's dead… we… we buried her…"

Mona smirks. – "Well, it wouldn't be the 1st time you give her for dead when she's not…"

Spencer says with a bitter voice. – "You've a big mouth, Mona… this's not funny… we lamented her dead… we were shattered by her absence…"

Mona. – "Look honey… cut out with the whining… the important it's that this is our cue to put a face on your tormentor…"

Aria. – "It's just me or that voice of AD, it sounds familiar…"

Spencer. – "I… I'm not sure…"

Mona moves her fingers in the computer very fast and says. - "I'm isolating the signal… we will be able to see the source of the call…"

Aria. – "You mean: the person calling? It's AD here? In front of our eyes?!"

Mona smirks as she makes zoom in one camera where there's a person on the phone…

Mona smirks. – "I spy with my little eye, someone getting busted…"

Poor AD. You made your bet and now, you have to lie in it.

Aria gasps with shock. – "OMG… he's… he's AD?! I… I can't believe it… this can't be true! He… he was on our team! He was supposed to come and help us… he…"

The little brunette is in an emotional break down, finding out that Alison is alive, having the revelation of AD's identity, it's too much for her and she falls on the ground, crying without stop…

Spencer tries to help Aria to keep it together, but her motions are interrupted when she notices Mona looking nervous…

Mona. – "Crap!"

Spencer. – "What is wrong…?!"

The brunette looks at the same thing that Mona was staring, and she feels chills of fear as she watches the monitor…

Spencer mumbles with shaking lips. – "Oh no, no, no, no…"

They say the truth will set you free. But some truth comes at a price. Better watch out, Spencer. I think you're going to be the one footing this bill….

*** Music background: Who are you By SVRCINA ***

In the entrance of the hotel, all the guests to the fashion show get inside the hotel, just one person stay alone, someone who got caught in the moment, outburst of rage, anger, saying more of what he should…

AD yells at his phone. – "I'm not scared… you can't kill me… you can't stop me… I'm AD! I'm…"

Someone who was around approaches as this person clearly heard what AD said…

Blair says with shock. – "What did you say?!"

AD stops talking, he turns his head towards the brunette doctor and he stares at her in silence…

*** AD's narrative***

We wear costumes, masks for so long that we can't even remember who we were before putting them on; but every so often, the mask slips and our true selves are laid bare, for all the world to see…

Blair shakes her head and says. – "You… all this time it has been you…"

AD doesn't reply, he just swallows hard and stays there, in silence as he has the QB on the phone too…

Alison's voice over the phone. – "Soon you'll realize you should have never messed with me… I'm going to send you back where you belong and when I'm done with you… you'll beg for Death…"

Blair. – "You… how could you?! Why?! How you have been able to see her in the eyes, all this time and pretend to be good, how…?"

Her phone starts ringing while AD hung up his call with Alison. Blair notices that's Spencer calling her, but she decides to turn down the call…

Blair stares at him into the eyes and says. – "She doesn't deserve all the pain you've caused, no one of them, I lost my BF because of you and, I'll not let you out of this so easy…"

Spotted: One people who should know better getting caught. And two people that don't know what will hit them.

Blair shakes her head in disbelief. – "Who are you? I thought I knew you… but I don't know you… I see you, but I'm really not seeing you… who are you?!"

AD doesn't reply, he just smiles with a creepy smile….

*** AD's narrative***

So, the mask slips and we scramble to put it back on, like a kid in a cheap Halloween costume, but it's too late… people have already seen what's underneath… true natures are revealed. Tricks are turned into threats and it's terrifying how much chaos and death is created by just one person… ME

Spencer runs all over the hotel, she passes trough the lobby, constantly looking at her phone as she has been trying to contact Blair since the moment she saw her over the vigilance monitor. Spencer couldn't stay doing nothing in the vigilance room as she was watching her beloved, face to face with AD, so she rushed to their encounter but sadly, the only thing she found, was an empty spot…

Spencer turns her head in all directions, looking for Blair but there's no one around, she's freaking out and when she steps on something, the feeling gets worse as she finds Blair's phone in the floor…

Spencer says with tears. – "No…"

And just when B and S had built a bridge, it all has to come crashing down because looks like B could end up being the next saintly sacrifice in this sadistic sick game. Careful S, he who runs with fear falls into the pit and, looks like you're about to take a tumble. Get ready to find out what you're made of. Because to survive on this game and rescue your lover, you better be fearless.

Next: Chapter 74 – Who are You?