"So this how John McClane feels." I say as we crawl through the vents. "Always crawling through vents, saving the day and shit."

Paige huffs behind me. "Just keep moving Sam."

"Having a hard time back there?"

Paige pokes me in the ass. "Sam. Move."

"Ouch bitch. Don't be mad I am having an easier time than you. Not my fault you're tall and I'm short. Being small has it's advantages." I was moving through the vents a lot easier then Paige. My size gave me wiggle room as for Paige, she was truly feeling like a tv dinner.

"How much further? I feel like we been at this forever."

"I think we been crawling for at least five minutes. These vents go deeper than I thought. Wait stop." I come to a full stop causing Paige to run into my ass.

"Hey!" She smacks my backside.

"Shush! Listen." I can hear voices, a ton of them below us. I crawl a bit more before I found an opening and peek through it. "Yup. We reached our destination." I start to open the vent.

"What are you doing?" Paige asks with panic in her voice.

"Getting out the vent. Duh." I simply reply before slipping through the opening. I hit the ground quietly and look around. As I thought, we was above the actually meeting. There are double doors that lead to this area and stairs that lead to ground level. I look down and see a ton of people, mostly our age, gather in what seem like a warehouse. I go back to the vent. "Come on Paige. It's clear." Paige looks down at me and starts to slip through the opening. I help her down so she doesn't make too much noise on her landing.

"Thanks." she simply replies, dusting herself off. She looks down. "That is a lot of people. Does look like a small army gathering." Paige notices the doors. "We could simply walked through the doors. The vents was a waste of time."

"Well sorry for being careful." I shot back while looking at the doors. Wait. Something's off. I walk over to the doors and notice they had the Celtic symbol for control all over them. I look the ground and the word rialú was sprawled underneath the door.

Paige looks over my shoulder. "Whoa. What is that? It's beautiful." She reaches out to touch the door. I smack her hand down. "Ouch. What was that for?"

"Don't touch that. It's the Celtic symbol for control. And the word on the ground" I point to the ground and she looks. "That's the Irish word for control."

"Why? That seems odd right? Why would someone do that?"

I was about to give a response when I am cut off by a chime song, playing throughout the area. "What time is it?"

Paige looks at her phone. "Nine on the dot. Wait you hear that?" Music suddenly feels the area. "What is that?"

Suddenly everyone below us freezes in place. From the corner of my eye, I see the symbol on the door glow red. Paige notices it too and starts to back away. I look back down to the floor to see the faces of the people. Their eyes were completely white. "Oh shit…"

Paige sees what I see. "What the hell is what their eyes?"

"Spirit possession."

"Wait. You mean something has everyone under it's control? Everyone? Why aren't we under the influence."

"Because we didn't go through the door. Guessing when people went through those doors, the spirit or spirits entered them."

Paige has a questioning look on her face. "They was fine just a minute ago. What changed? The music! When we heard the chime then the music starting playing."

She's right. The music is something I never heard before. I don't under the lyrics that keep getting repeated. Never heard of the language before. Whatever this song is, it has controlling abilities. The crowd below us suddenly start to direct their attention to the front of the building. There was a stage and a podium. Something was about to go down.

Paige eyes widen and she pulls me down. "What the hell Paige?"

She simply points to the left of the stage. "Look."

Entering from the left was five people. One of them was wearing a black hoodie. Bingo. That had to be A. From what the reports had on this A, it don a black hoodie. I look over to Paige and the color from her face is gone. "Paige?" I shake her and she doesn't respond. "Paige. What's the matter?" She doesn't say anything and points to one the figures on stage with A. I look at the figure and had to blink twice. Oh shit. This isn't good. The figure was no other than Lyndon James, the mentally unstable bastard that kidnapped Paige and was going to force Emily watch as he kill her. Emily while defending herself, put an end to his life. Seeing him makes me look at the other figures. Sure enough, two more spirits was up there. Darren Wilden, the police detective who harassed the girls non stop during his investigations, Hanna mostly. He was found dead but no one knew who killed him. The other figure was Garrett Reynolds, the police officer accused of the murders of Alison and Maya St. Germain, Emily's first real girlfriend. He was later cleared. The last figure looked like something out of Tim Burton. That had to be Hector Lime. They all reach the center of the stage looking out across the floor. Paige grips me hard on the shirt and I take her hand. "Paige. Relax. They don't know we are here and I wouldn't let anything happen to you. Remember, if it goes sideways…" Some of the color to her face is restored.

"I didn't think it would be this hard you know? Looking at the monster that killed Maya, wanted to kill me just to hurt Emily." she chokes out, wiping a tear from her eye.

"Paige…"

She cuts me off. "Look. A is about to speak." Pointing to A, I see it go to the podium.

"My allies…" A speaks and I couldn't help but look at Paige. She shoots me the same surprised look I gave her. The voice is strange. It's a mix between ominous and sweet. We can hear a teenage girl's voice fused with the entity. "We are one step closer to finally getting our revenge. One step closer to destroying Alison for good. She will pay for everything she has done." Alison is dead though. They are speaking if she is alive. "She hides but we will find her!"

"Alison's dead though right?" Paige asks with confusion laced in her tone.

'Yeah but remember the Alison masks. Could be some running around as her and these people think it's the real one."

Paige is about to say something when A continues talking. "However, I know some of you are here as well to destroy the four bitches Alison calls friends. You!" A points to a random body in the crowd. "What has Alison or her friends done to you?"

The person speaks, again mixing ominous and the person's voice. "Alison made me feel like complete shit. Walked all over me." A points to another person. "Spencer Hastings embarrassed me in class. Made me out to be an idiot." A points to another and another. Me and Paige sat there as well listened to reason after reason to why they was hated. Seems whatever these spirits were, they was making these people pour out their deepest hate for the girls. Paige attention was peaked when the next person spoke. "Emily took Paige away from me." I looked over to Paige and she mouths Shana.

"Who's Shana?"

"A rival swimmer from another school. She had a thing for me but I only had eyes for Emily. She didn't like being second best to Emily." Paige says deadpan.

"Yes. They are thieves." A replies and this earns a nod from Wilden. He did bust Hanna for shoplifting. "They are lairs." This earns a nod from Reynolds. "They are heartbreakers and takers." This earns a wicked smile from James. "And they are home wreckers." A pulls down the hood and I gasp. Standing both us was a teenage girl. Blonde hair that went past the shoulders and curly, as small as me, her eyes purple.

"Those are some freaky eyes." Paige tone laced with curiosity.

"She's fused with it. You was right….it wasn't Mona's hatred. It was hers. She's the reason why A is here. Why it's so damn strong. She called them home wreckers right?" Paige nods. "Guessing one on the girls did something very to her family."

Paige shakes her head. "Alison. Had to be Alison. The bitch had secrets about everyone."

"Yeah. Whatever the case, this girl is pissed to the point where A successful fused with her."

"What happens with the fusion isn't successful?"

"You get Mona."

"You mean you get crazy?"

I cringed a bit. "Yes. You get...mentally unstable." I try to sugar coat it. Moan might have went off the deep end after messing with A but she was still my ex partner and friend. Paige didn't know this though.

Paige sighs. "Wasn't her fault though. Look at the link. Alison. They have some much hate build up, it leads to well...this."

"That I can agree with it."

We are cut off when A speaks again. "Alison destroyed my home, my family. Drove me to insanity. I vowed to destroy her and everything she stands for." She raises her hands into the air and then lowers them. The crowd suddenly drops to one knee as if they are getting knighted. "You are my sheep. My herd. You will do my bidding. You will destroy her. You will destroy them." The crowd bows their head and say yes Bethany. Bethany? I look over to Paige and she shrugs. I look back to the stage and notice that James and Wliden wasn't there anymore. Bethany starts to speak. "My sheep. It seems we have wolves among us. It's that right girls?" Bethany looks up at us and we jump back. Oh shit. Not good. As we get up to move, Wliden appears in front of me and pulls me over the railing. I hit the floor and the wind is knocked out me. I cough as I see Paige hit the floor next to me, James clearly pulling her over. I reach my gun, removing from my back and point it to Bethany just for it to be kicked out my hand by a random person from the crowd then my hand gets stepped on. I scream out as I pinned to the floor by two more random bodies. Turn my head to see Paige getting disarmed and pinned to the floor as well. Bethany picks up my gun and examines it. "A rather nice gun. A glock 42 right?" She points it to me then Paige then back to me. I try to pull away just to be restrained harder to the ground. "Fighting against them is useless." She laughs coldly and looks at Paige. "Paige McCullers. Thought you would be here among the people. Haven't the girls hurt you enough?" Paige scoffs and tries to jump at Bethany just to be held to the ground and Bethany laughs. "That's right. You are dating Emily. However did you know that she was in love with Alison?" I watch as Paige face falls and she looks to the ground. Bethany moves over to Paige and kneels before her, placing a hand under Paige's chin and tilts her head up. "Hurts doesn't it? Knowing the love of your life loved your enemy? Sorry...still loves your enemy."

"Don't listen to it Paige. It's just trying to get into your head." That statement earns me a backhand with the gun from Bethany. I taste iron in my mouth as I spit blood towards Bethany. I look back at Paige. "It just wants you fighting against Emily. Besides, if it was remotely true, it doesn't change the fact Emily loves you dearly. I can see it."

"Yeah…" Paige says softly then repeats loudly with conviction. "Yeah! Sorry bitch but I know Emily loves me. Who she loved in the past is no concern of mine."

A wicked laugh escapes Bethany. "But it should. Alison loved her back. I can already tell you when she returns into the picture, Emily will dump you like yesterday's trash." She gets up and moves away from us, my gun still in her hand. "Sad really. This is how they do things. Isn't that right everyone?" The crowd cheers them on.

I struggle against my captors. "Bethany. You have to stop. You have something evil inside you."

Bethany looks at me and I couldn't help but gasp. Both her eyes were blue. Her voice completely normal. "You mean this?" She lifts her hand and a dark aura surrounds it. "I have control of it."

I shake my head. "No you don't. It wants you to think that. You can't control it."

"Shut up!" Bethany spits back. "I learned from Mona's mistakes. My hatred is pure enough to control it. I won't be weak minded like Mona!" After that statement me, she groans and stumbles back a bit, both hands covering her head.

"You call that control?!" Paige shouts at Bethany. "Some control! Seems to me that you are just a puppet!"

"Shut up! Shut up!" Bethany says, her eyes reverting back to being eerily purple. 'I have control." Her voice also regaining the tone from earlier.

Hector Lime suddenly joins her side. "May I ask for a favor?" His voice low and creepy. Yeah this guy must be what Tim Burton dreams of. Bethany nods and he continues. "Before you end their lives, may I take their faces? They would make very interesting masks." He comes over and cups my face, tilting my head side to side. I fight it against it and he holds my face in place. "Yes. Very interesting masks."

I see Bethany appear behind Hector with my gun pointing to the back of his head. "Bethany no!" She smirks and pulls the trigger, blowing Hector's brain all over me. Shit shit shit!

She tosses the gun to Hector's side. "Foolish man. Thinking I didn't know about the Alison masks. Just another wolf among my sheep. Now…" She picks up Paige's gun and points it to at me, pressing it against my forehead. "Time to leave this world. I am thinking murder-suicide. Paige founds out you being sleeping with Emily and kills you. Broken hearted, she takes her own life. Tragic really. Goodbye."

She was about to pull the trigger when the music abruptly stops. Everyone looks around when I see what look like a flashbang grenade hit the floor. It goes off, effectively blinding everyone momentarily and somehow disperses the three spirits and stunning Bethany. I regain enough of my sight to see Paige knocking off her captors and soon enough tackle my captors. I get up kicking one of them while they was on the ground. Paige rushes over and tackles Bethany to the ground but Bethany, using the power that comes with fusing with A, disappears, leaving the hoodie. I hear Paige swear to herself as she picks up her gun.

"Fuck she got away!" Paige says with hand in her hair, nearly pulling it out.

I pick up my gun and look at Hector's body before turning to Paige. "We gotta go now!" I grab her hand and we start bolting up the steps that lead to the vent we came through. Paige is about to protest but I cut her off. "I am not going through those doors. Help me up." Paige quickly gives me a leg up to the opening and I crawl through then reaches out for Paige hand. She grabs it and I help her up into the vent opening. We quickly crawl through till we reached the original point of entry. I fall through and Paige lands on me. We hop and run up the stairs, bursting through the door. The bouncers somehow saw us through the crowd of people still in the club. They rush over to us. They were two, tall, burly men. This wasn't going to be easy.

"What the hell were you doing coming out that door?!" Burly man number one grabs me. I twist his hand and kick him in the shin, bringing him down to my level then I grab his head and drive my knee as hard as I can into his face. Okay, I lied. This wasn't going to be a problem. He topples over in pain and his partner comes over to help but Paige trips him, causing him to stumble and I deliver a jumping roundhouse to his face, knocking him flat on his ass. "We need help over here!" The fool I kneed earlier speaks into his headset. Me and Paige look at each other and run onto the dance floor, using the crowd as a shield. We are weaving through the crowd and reach the entrance of the club.

I look up and notice the cameras. Shit. Can't have us on them. I turn on my phone and circle through my problems. "Come on...come on. Where are you? I know Tim put you on here."

Paige is about to reach the exit when she turns around and rushes back to me. "What the fuck are you doing? We need to go! Now!" She pulls my hand.

"Got it!"

"Got what?" Paige was losing her patience. "Come on before the bouncers can regroup!"

"Turn your phone off."

"It's already off! What the hell are you doing?" Paige pulls me again.

"Just wait! I gotta do this." I turn on the program I was looking for and place my phone against the wall. When I hear the ping noise that indicates it's ready, I hit the button. Suddenly the music in the club stops and everything goes dark. "Okay now we can go." I grab Paige's hand and we rush out the club, running full force till we reach her car back at the motel. We get into the car and just sit there, catching our breath. We sit there for at least five minutes in complete silence.

"Was that…" Paige breaks the silence.

I nod. "Mini EMP blast. Tim installed it into my phone. I did that so they would lose any CCTV footage of us at the club. Plus it comes in handy for a nice escape." She smiles a bit but then frowns.

"That was some scary shit Sam. I mean shit. Ghosts of people that hated the girls, that chick Bethany trying to control something evil, and Hector Lime...shit. He's dead isn't he? I know you had salt rounds loaded but even they can do some damage that close. What do we do now?"

"We go home and rest a bit. It's been a long night." I simply stated.

"That's it?" Paige asks with a tone that says I can't believe you are calm.

'That's it. Now drive."

Paige looks at me for a minute before turning on her car. This was going to be a long, quiet ride back home.

A/N Well chapter three done. Had a bit of a hard time writing this one but I think it turned out okay.

The music I had in mind when writing the control part was Succession of Witches from Final Fantasy VIII

The music I had in mind when the girls escape was the Metal Gear Solid 2 Tanker Encounter Theme

Hope you enjoy