Chapter Seventeen: Dangerous and Moving

"Get up!" Kasey screamed.

Ashley slowly lifted herself off of the floor, and stood next to Aiden, her hands up in surrender. Aiden jerked his head to his belt, raising his hands up so his jacket rose higher as well. Ashley glanced over to see that Aiden had a handgun on his hip. She nodded to him, signaling that she knew what to do. Ashley lowered her hands slowly to her shoulders, but before she could grab the weapon, a loud crack erupted.

Kasey looked dazed for a moment before she collapsed onto the ground. Standing behind her, with a table leg in hand, was Spencer. Ashley looked shocked, but quickly regained her composure as she stepped over Kasey's body and enveloped Spencer in a hug.

"This is sweet and all, but we need to get our asses out of here. Alaric was still conscious when we locked him in the basement."

Lauren stepped out from behind Spencer. Ashley let go of her girl, and pointed a finger at the other.

"What the FUCK is she doing here?"

Spencer pushed Ashley's arm back to her side and leaned into her ear.

"She saved my life. Leave it alone for now. I'll explain later."

Ashley looked skeptical, but she nodded. She trusted Spencer, but not Lauren. She had every right to hate and distrust the girl, after all, she was the one who knocked her out and threw her in a lake to die. Not exactly warm memories.

BOOM

"BLONDIE!"

"Oh, god. Lauren! He got out!"

Lauren grabbed Spencer and Ashley and pushed them at Aiden.

"I'll distract him, you guys get out of here!"

Ashley stared at her.

"You've seen way too many action movies."

"Shut up and get the hell away from here! GO!"

Spencer shook her head.

"No. We're not leaving you to deal with that scum."

Lauren looked back at Spencer, ready to argue once again, but Ashley interrupted.

"Look, Lauren, we're obviously not leaving."

She nodded. Aiden was beginning to feel left out.

"We need to hide somewhere."

Ashley turned to stare at him.

"Why? We can just go out the same way we came in."

"No we can't."

Spencer was standing next to the only other door in the room, the back door. She jiggled the handle to find that it was inexplicably locked…from the outside.

"Seriously, what idiot puts a lock on the outside, but not on the inside?"

"Someone who doesn't want someone else to escape."

"Shit. How're we gonna get out of here then?"

Ashley had a panicked look on her face that matched the one on Spencer's.

"Calm down. Let's just find a good place to hide until we can figure out a way to get away from this place, okay?"

All the girls nodded at Aiden as he lead them out of the dining room and into what appeared to be the living area. He motioned them to continue walking behind him. They found the front door, and a large walk in hall closet near it.

Aiden quietly told the girls to stop, and then motioned toward the hidden closet. They all nodded and pushed themselves inside. There were papers all over the wall in here and a few boxes stacked in the corner.

"Oh my god…"

Spencer's hand flew up to cover her mouth in shock. Ashley rushed over to her and grabbed her shoulders.

"What's wrong, Spence?"

She quietly pointed to one of the papers taped to the wall. Ashley leaned in to read it, and gasped at the contents of the paper. It was Spencer. A picture of her at Gray's. Aiden clicked on the overhead light bulb so they could get a better look at their surroundings.

They were all shocked. Every sheet of paper that was hung up, had Spencer on it or mentioned in it. Aiden walked over to the boxes that were stacked in the corner, and opened the one on top. He picked up a manila folder.

"Carlin, Spencer Marie" he read.

Everyone gathered around him as he flipped open the folder. Spencer's eyes went wide, and she turned to bury her head in Ashley's neck. He flipped through the pages. It was Spencer's school records, her birth certificate, her current residence, her high school name, her family's names and location. It was everything.

"Shh, baby. It's okay."

Ashley stroked Spencer's hair softly as she whispered these words of comfort in the blonde's ear.

Aiden replaced the folder, but noticed more peculiar ones as well.

"Dennison, Aiden Michael" he read the first one.

"Davies, Ashley Christine"

Ashley's head shot up, and she yanked the folder out of Aiden's hands. It was the same as Spencer's. Her whole life was in this folder. As she flipped to the last page, she noticed some obscure red writing on the corner of the page. She lifted it up to her face, and read it.

"DAVIES: GIRLFRIEND OF TARGET. ELIMINATE ASAP."

It had been circled multiple times in the same red pen. Ashley threw the folder back into the box, and glanced over at Aiden's.

"DENNISON: BEST FRIEND OF TARGET. REMOVE ASAP."

"He knew all about us. Every single detail."

Ashley nodded, still dumbfounded by the things they just found. Aiden threw his back in with Ashley's and shut the box. He turned to the door, just as loud banging erupted from it.

"BLONDIE!"