Hi! Thanks dle45 for asking me to update, I'll try to update sooner the next time. This chapter will start the same night of the previous chapter. Warning: some deaths in this chapter so, be prepared. Anyway, hope you like it and thank you in advance if you have the time to leave a review. Have a great day!
Chapter 77 – Endgame part 2
*** Aria's narrative ***
Who's in the shadows? Who's ready to play? Are we the hunters? Or are we the prey? There's no surrenders... there's no escape... this is it... now or never... this is a whild game of survival... win or lose... live or die... there's no turning back so: are you ready...? Are you ready to kill? Or to get killed...?
With a lost look, Aria drops the knife; the metal hits the floor, but blood is still dropping from her hands...
Aria says with tears in her eyes. - "What I've done...?"
Noel stares at the dead dogs and says. - "You saved us..."
Aria looks at her bloody hands, they're shaking...
Caleb. - "Hey, you did nothing wrong..."
Aria snaps. - "Nothing wrong?! I killed something... I... me... I took a life by my own hands!"
Noel. - "it was them or us..."
Aria shakes her head, she's crushed by her own actions and Caleb & Noel don't know what else to do besides stay at her side; in the middle of nowhere, they stay there, thinking they're alone but they're not alone since someone is watching... someone is always watching...
AD laughs looking at an Ipad. - "Ha-ha-ha! Look at that... the little Aria becoming an animal killer..." (He looks at Spencer and says) "And you call me, the villain..."
Spencer. - "Killing to survive it's not the same that messing with our lives just for fun..."
AD. - "Fun...? Do you really believe I'm doing this for fun...?"
Spencer. - "Fun... vendetta... who cares what would be your reasons, nothing justify what you're doing..."
AD smirks. - "And, what I'm doing... exactly?"
Spencer. - "Ian, what do you want...?
He gets closer, so close he sniffs Spencer's hair and Spencer feels disgusting by it...
Melissa says angry. - "What the hell are you doing, Ian?!"
AD smirks. - "Geez, calm down Melissa, I'm just trying to smell her fear..."
Spencer. - "I'm not afraid..."
AD & Spencer stare at each other into the eyes without blinking, neither of them dare to break the gaze till AD turns and starts walking away...
Spencer says louder and louder while he keeps walking away. - "I'm not afraid! Do you hear me, Ian! I'm not afraid of you!"
AD smirks. - "But you will... you will..." (He looks at Melissa and says) "Settle the next game... don't stop till you break them..."
Melissa. - "Where are you going?"
AD doesn't reply, he just looks at his Ipad and smiles with his deviously smile while he stares at the camera which is showing a crying brunette; without turning back, he leaves them alone.
Spencer mumbles. - "Melissa... please you..."
Melissa cuts her off. - "You've no idea how long I've been waiting for this..."
Spencer's eyes get bigger of shock...
Melissa smirks. - "Time to play little sis... and this time... I'll win... I'll beat you and prove to the world who's the best Hasting!"
Spencer gulps with shock...
Spotted, Spencer learning that just because you're family doesn't mean you get out of the game. Sometimes the person you'd take a bullet for, ends up being behind the gun; so careful Spencer, in your family feud, once darkness descends true natures emerge and everything is fair game...
*** Hanna's narrative ***
In Rosewood, everyone wears a mask, not just AD. Things are not always as they seem. Every so often, you can be deceived, the mask slips and you see what's underneath. And it's terrifying to realize how close from death we were...
Hanna. - "I can't believe you shot her..." (She stares at the dead body and says) "You killed Jenna...!"
Mona approaches with the gun down and sighs hard, realizing what she just did...
Mona. - "She didn't give me another choice, she was behind you, ready to shoot you..."
They look at each other into the eyes...
Hanna teases. - "You know, for a second I thought you were going to shoot me..."
Mona teases. - "Maybe one day..."
Hanna. - "WHAT?!"
Mona laughs, looking at the shocking face of Hanna...
Hanna pouts. - "It wasn't funny!"
Mona pats Hanna's arm. - "Yes, it was..."
Hanna rolls her eyes and then they stare at each other into the eyes...
Mona. - "Even in my crazier moments, I would never hurt you, Hanna... you're the only person I really love from this fucking world..."
Hanna smiles and then, when she remembers something from the past, she says with a sarcastic voice...
Hanna. - "You say you wouldn't hurt me, but once, you tried to roll me over with a car!"
Mona rolls her eyes. - "Well, well... I will never hurt you again... how does that sound?"
Hanna squints her eyes with an angry pout. - "Uhmmm..."
Mona smirks and says while she pinches Hanna's cheek. - "Awww... I had forgotten how cute you look when you pout angry..."
Hanna pouts. - "Shut up..."
Mona chuckles
Hanna looks around and says. - "Now what...?"
Mona smirks. - "Follow me, we've a plan..."
Hanna. - "We?! What do you mean with 'WE'...?"
*** Emily 's narrative ***
Yes, when the battle chooses us; that's when the pain can turn out to be more than we can bear...
Emily cries. - "No... no..."
The brunette is a complete mess, so overwhelmed with her pain, that she doesn't notice when someone emerges between the shadows...
AD. - "Look at you, the 'killer' of the Queen... you look so pathetic... please, you can't kill even a fly..."
Emily. - "YOU! You did this! You killed her!"
AD smirks, he opens the door of the other room, giving them access to the room where Alison is; AD enters into the room where Alison's body is lying on a table and, Emily rushes, trying to follow him but, he closes the door behind him, denying any access to the brunette...
Emily hits the door and says with desperation. - "Let me in! You bastard! Let me see her!"
AD smirks. - "Oh you will see... but from there..."
Emily stares through the fake mirror which allows her to see what is happening on the other side; her eyes get wildly bigger when she sees AD grabbing an electrical saw...
Emily says with fear. - "No... what... what are you planning to do with that...?"
AD looks at the blonde, he smirks with a devious smile, then he turns on the saw and looks at Emily. Standing there, with Allison's body behind him, he smirks with a deviously smirk to Emily and; the brunette fears the worse...
Emily pleads.- "Please, don't... don't..."
AD. - "I didn't have the pleasure to kill her but I'll happily have the pleaseure to tear her apart... and you'll watch!"
(Sounds of the saw)
Emily begs while she hits the mirror. - "NO, no, no, no... PLEASE!"
AD laughs. - "YES! YES! YES!"
*** Emily 's narrative ***
Yes, when the battle chooses us, that's when the sacrifice, the loss can turn out to be more than we can bear... You think you'll die, you think there's no escape, there's no hope, there's no one to save you... till an opening appears and the hidden player gambits everything, just to win the game...
AD was looking at Emiy, laughing and feeling invincible, unstoppable...
AD laughs. - "Yes, yes, I win... Iiiiaaaaahhhhh!"
He can't keep laughing, he doesn't feel unstoppable anymore...
Emily gasps with shock. - "OMG!"
AD drops the saw on the floor, he's not laughing anymore, he can't keep laughing since it has become very hard for him to breath. A piercing pain is tearing him apart since he gets electroshocks from a taser gun. He feels dizzy and when he looks behind him, his eyes get bigger of shock when he sees the taser wire nailing two probes on his back...
AD mumbles. - "Whaaa-t?!"
Stained with shock, driven by the impulse to see the person who could be attacking him, he turns around, he wants to do something about it but his body is too numb; AD is only capable to slowly turn his head towards the person who's fiercely squishing the cardridge and pushing the trigger without stop...
AD. - "Y...Y-ou... you...?!"
Alison smirks. - "Game over, asshole!"
Emily. - "ALI!"
*** Spencer's narrative ***
Fear. It's the most basic, the most human emotion. As kids, we're afraid of everything. The dark. The boogeyman under the bed. And we pray for morning. For those monsters to go away. But what happens when you realize the real monster is not under the bed...? Don't fear the monsters who hide in the shadows... fear the fake smiles which can cause much more damage than what you will ever imagine...
Spencer. - "You can stop this sick game..."
Melissa doesn't reply, she just smiles; she grabs a remote controller and, then she says with a devious smirk...
Melissa. - "So, the game is simple, I make a question, you answer, if the answer is no correct, well..."
Melissa pressess a button from the remote controller and, immediately, Blair receives a dose of electroshocks...
Spencer. - "NO! Stop it!"
Melissa stops pushing the bottom and Blair's seizures stop...
Melissa smirks. - "Well, I think I made my point..."
Spencer stares at Melissa with a mix of emotions and Melissa just laughs...
Melissa smirks. - "What's with that wimpy gaze?! We're finally face to face... give me a little more fun than that...?"
Spencer says with a bitter voice. - "Why...? Why you're playing this game...?"
Melissa. - "It's not just a game for me..."
Spencer. - "So what is it, then?!"
Melissa doesn't reply immediately, she just keeps waving the remote controller between her hands.
Melissa. - "Everyone has their thing, maybe is a breakup, death, an accident, whatever it's, you used to be one thing till you're something else... we all have our own problems, our own issues, our own demons... I'm the big sister, the one who came 1st in this world and somehow I always stays at your shadow..."
They stare at each other into each other and, at the distance they can hear voices approaching, Spencer smiles since she recognizes those voices...
Spencer. - "It looks like it's game over for you and Ian..."
Melissa says with anger. – "Game's not over until I say it's…"
From behind them, two girls appears and one of them points her gun towards Melissa while she says...
Mona smirks. – "Then have fun playing with yourself…"
Melissa looks at Mona and says. - "Looks like 'Mona' stands for betrayal..."
Mona smirks. - "My only goal was to win this and I'm doing it, I'm wining the game; your plans are falling into pieces and, your name is primed for a fall..."
In the battle between good and evil, score one for the liars. Looks like leaves aren't the only things changing colors this fall, Mona playing on the good team? We can say we've seen everything right now so, pleasant dreams, sweet angel, AD's game is over... at least for now...
Alison says while she tries to grab Emily's hands. - "Em, calm down! Stop hitting me!"
Emily says with tears rolling over her eyes while she pushes her hands against Alison's chest. - "You made me believe you were dead! AGAIN!"
Alison smirks. - "In my defense, you weren't supposed to be here and see me like that..."
Emily pouts angry. - "ALI!"
Alison smiles and hugs her, it just under the hug of the blonde that Emily is capable to calm down.
Alison rubs Emily's back and says. - "It's ok Em, it's over..."
Emily pouts. - "Don't scare me like that again, ok?"
Alison nods and the brunette just hugs her very tight; they're hugging each other when the brunette says while she's staring at AD lying down in the floor...
Emily. - "What are we going to do with him...?"
Alison sighs. - "Lets call the cops..."
Emily mumbles with anger. - "We should kill him..."
Alison. - "No..."
Emily. - "ALI! He can scape! He can hurt us again, he..."
Alison. - "We're not killers, Em, we're not monsters like him..."
Emily sighs and, looks down; she knows Alison is right but even then, she just want to be sure that her family will not be in danger ever again...
Alison. - "Look at me, Em..." (She rises Emily's chin and says while they look at each other into the eyes) "I can't kill someone with my hands and use those same hands to hug our children..."
Emily sighs
Alison. - "Our boys don't have monsters as moms, Em..."
Emily nods. - "You're right, they don't have monsters as moms..." (She smiles) "They have a QB & a mermaid as moms..."
Alison chuckles. - "You're such a dork..." (She kisses her in the lips and smiles) "I love you..."
Emily smiles. - "I love you too..."
It seems like love can conquer all, after all. Find your seats, honored guests. Justice is served and, a new shining day is rising for these girls...
They call the cops and in a blink of an eye, cops are everywhere. Detective Tanner puts the handcuffs on AD who's now awake...
Tanner. - "Come on, move; you're coming with us Marco... I mean AD... I mean Ian... I mean..." (Sighs of frustration) "Whatever! It's over! You're under arrest!"
They start walking and the liars are there, watching how the cops are arresting AD & Melissa...
Aria. - "Where's Erza?"
Caleb. - "I saw him get inside an ambulance with Nicole..."
Aria stares at her friends, they don't need to say another word, the girls just nod and Aria walks away in direction of the hospital.
Spencer turns her head in direction of another ambulance and says. - "They're taking Blair, I'm going with her..."
The brunette climbs the ambulance and Alison gasps with surprise when she sees Spencer kisses Blair in the lips...
Alison. - "Wwwwhhhaaat?!"
Hanna. - "Oh yeah... they're a 'thing' now..."
Alison. - "Really? Since when?!"
Hanna shrugs, they were talking between them when AD pushes Tanner away and tries to scape. With fear in the eyes, the girls hug each other and then, they close their eyes when they hear the shot from a gun. For a brief moment, everything stays in silence till the girls open their eyes again and, gasps in shock when they see who pulled the trigger...
Hanna mumbles. - "Mona..."
Mona stares at the body of AD, he's dead but to be sure, Mona keeps shooting till there's no bullet in the gun...
Tanner says while she points a gun towards Mona. - "Miss Vanderwaal, put the gun down, now!"
Mona drops the gun on the ground and cops puts handcuffs on her hands; the brunette looks around and, she sadly smiles to Hanna...
Hanna shakes her head. - "No, Mona... you..."
Mona. - "Someone had to do it..." (She smiles to Hanna) "It's ok Hanna... it'll be ok..."
The cops take Mona and Melissa with them and, Hanna with Caleb follow them; the blonde is going to be there for Mona, for her friend...
(In Rosewood hospital)
Aria hesitates in gets inside the room but, she does it anyway. Since the moment the cops arrived, everything happened so fast that she couldn't get the opportunity to hug the one she wanted to save: Erza; she enters into the room very quietely, her presence hasn't been noticed...
Aria mumbles. - "Erza, I..."
The little brunette is stopped on her tracks when she notices that Erza and Nicole are hugging each other...
Aria whispers. - "Erza..."
Erza kisses Nicole's head and hugs her thight while he says. - "It's ok, you're safe, we're safe... nothing bad will happen to you again... I promise..."
Feeling out of place, Aria feel a pain in her chest when she hears those words, so, she slowly walks away and she's shaking in the hallways when someone approaches...
Noel. - "Hey, are you ok?"
Aria doesn't reply, she just hugs him and cries. Noel doesn't know what else to do besides hugging her too...
Noel kisses Aria's head and says. - "It's ok, you're safe, we're safe... nothing bad will happen to you again... I promise..."
She hear the same words but, for some reason, this time, there's no pain in her chest...
*** Blair's narrative ***
You can have the worst crap in the world happen to you and you can get over it. Maybe because when we see how little we actually need to survive, it makes us realize how powerful we actually are. To strip down to only what we need. To hang on to only what we can't do without. Not just to survive, but to thrive...
She hasn't yet open her eyes but she's already smiling since she recognizes the aroma next to her...
Blair opens her eyes with a smile and, says with a sore voice. - "Hey..."
Spencer smiles. - "Hey..."
Blair. - "You saved me..."
Spencer chuckles. - "Actually, Mona saved you, I don't know what would happen if she wouldn't have arrived at time..." (She shakes her head) "No, I don't want to think about it..."
Blair chuckles, she closes her eyes for a moment since, she's really tired. Spencer holds her hand and the young doctor smiles when she feels how Spencer massages her hand, making little cercles with her thumbs. Blair turns her head and looks at Spencer into the eyes when she says...
Blair. - "Well, Mona might saved the day but, you Spencer Hasting, you're my hero..."
Spencer blushes and chuckles. - "Shut up!"
Both girls chuckle and Spence climbs into the hospital bed and wraps her arms around Blair, buring her head on Blair's neck while she says...
Spencer. - "Thank you for not dying..."
Blair kisses her head and replies. - "Thank you for being my reason to survive..."
*** Alison's narrative ***
There's an end to every storm. Once all the trees have been uprooted. Once all the houses have been ripped apart. The wind will hush, the clouds will part, the rain will stop, the sky will clear in an instant. But only then, in those quiet moments after the storm, do we learn who was strong enough to survive it and see the sun rise once again...
Alison pouts. - "Why I've to pass the night at the hospital?"
Emily says while she puts a blanket over the blonde. - "Because the doctor said so..."
Alison rolls her eyes. - "I feel fine, I..."
Her mouth gets muted when Emily seals her lips with a kiss. Emily slowly moves back, breakin the kiss and says...
Emily. - "Please don't argue this, the doctor just wants to check you're ok... I need to know you're ok..."
Alison doesn't like hospitals but, looking at those deer brown eyes of her wife, how can she win this battle with those eyes lookiing at her like that...
Alison sighs. - "Fine... but you're keeping company, right?"
Emily smiles. - "Off course I do; the boys are safe with my parents, they will stay with them till you get out of the hospital..."
Alison smiles when Emily lies down on the bed beside her, Alison curls on Emily and her smiles her bigger when the brunette starts putting soft kisses all over her head and, caressing her hair...
Alison mumbles while her eyes start to close. - "That feels nice..."
Emily smiles. - "Good..."
They keep like that for a while in silence till...
Emily. - "I can't believe you teamed up with Mona..."
Alison sighs. - "Me neither but I don't regret it..."
Emily. - "Did you ever think we would lose against AD?"
Alison says without hesitation. - "No..."
They look at each other into the eyes and the brunette can't believe how sure Alison is about her words...
Emily. - "How could you be so sure we would survive this game?"
Alison caresses Emily's face and smiles. - "Because, you & me, we're endgame, mermaid and, no one, not even AD can change that..."
Emily blushes, she smiles and she kisses the blonde with a lot of love before falling asleep into the arms of her beloved...
*** Emily's narrative ***
After the storm, after the rush, after the heat of the moment has passed, we can cool off and celebrate we made it. We survive, we win, we live to see another day and maybe now, we can try to let go the bad times and focuse on the love... focus in investing our time on what is important: love...
Next: Chapter 78 – Investing in love
