Here we go, chapter 2. I am happy and the sadly limited, but over all positive response I got for the first chapter.
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Mona stayed, her face mere inches from Hanna's, for another couple of seconds before she bush and turned away. Hanna stood there, still shocked at Mona's action. "That's why I got burned," Mona repeated, to herself this time.
A couple more seconds, and then Mona made her way downstairs. Once Mona was out of sight, Hanna collapsed against the wall. She couldn't quite comprehend what just happened. Mona loved her. Hanna couldn't quite wrap her head around it.
Arriving back downstairs, Spencer looked a fair bit less aggressive. From the look on Emily's face, it seemed that she had gotten a real talking to while Mona was up with Hanna. It also seemed like had left. "Is Hanna coming down as well?" Emily asked.
"Maybe, but I gave her a lot to think about. If you want to check in on her, you can," Mona replied.
Emily just nodded before heading up the stairs. "So, you mentioned some data servers to pick up. Where are they?" Spencer asked Mona.
"I'll need to grab my ID card so we can get to them, but you can come with me to pick them up," Mona replied.
"Well then, shall we head out?" Spencer asked, holding up her car keys.
"Yeah, but we'll need to change cars when we get to my place," Mona stated. Spencer gave her a raised eyebrow, so Mona expanded, "None of the cars out in the driveway will be able to hold all six. I have a truck at my place that will, so we'll be using that. I'll even let you drive it if it makes you feel better."
"Okay, that makes sense. Let's get going before it gets too early," Spencer said.
"You don't mind if I change my clothes while I'm at my house, right?" Mona asked as she made her way to the door.
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Emily arrived at the top of the stairs to find a still shocked Hanna sitting against the wall. "Hanna, are you okay?" Emily asked her friend.
"I don't know," Hanna replied shakily.
"What did Mona tell you? What's shaken you up so much?" Emily asked.
"She…. She kissed me," Hanna said after a full minute of silence.
"She WHAT?" Emily yelled.
"She kissed me, and I could tell from just that kiss that she loves me. She loves me, and that's the reason that she got burned, her feelings for me. How am I supposed to be able to even comprehend that, or come to terms with it?" Hanna spewed out.
Emily collapsed against the wall across from Hanna. "Yeah, I can't imagine having to deal with that. The person who has been torturing us for what feels like forever loves you," Emily replies.
"Can I even try and forgive her for what's she's done. Has what she said she's been doing, if it's even true, enough to redeem her for what she did to us because of a grudge against Alison? Is it bad that I didn't mind that kiss?" Hanna questioned herself out loud.
Emily just stared at Hanna for a half a minute. "Did I hear you correctly that you enjoyed the kiss?" Emily asked.
Hanna laughed a little, finding it kind of funny that of all the things she had said there, the part about her romantic life was the part her friend wanted elaboration on. "Yeah, I guess I did. I was too shocked to do anything about it at the time, but it was nice. I'm scaring myself just thinking about the fact that I want her to kiss me again, just so I can kiss back," Hanna said.
"I don't think I know how to respond, and I'm supposed to be the gay one of the group," Emily responded.
"We'll I guess I could take your spot, but it's not like I don't enjoy men as well. It's just; I'm finding myself not opposed to the idea anymore. I guess I can blame you for that," Hanna says, reaching over and giving her friend a teasing slap on the shoulder.
"Oh, yeah, it's all my fault," Emily responded lightheartedly, a smile adorning her face for the first time that night.
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Spencer and Mona arrived at Mona's place within 10 minutes of leaving Emily's house. Mona took out a pair of keys and unlocked the door. Opening it, she turned to Spencer and said, "You can come in if you want."
Spencer just nodded and walked through the door. The house itself was a small one story house. The inside was not what Spencer expected. Instead of looking like a place someone would necessarily live in, it looked like a storehouse, with weapons and various pieces of high tech equipment throughout the dining room style room right off the door. "This doesn't look like much of a house," Spencer stated.
"I have been living here since I got out of Radleys, but it's intended as a safehouse slash workplace for me. This place is really nice because I have a set of jammers that makes it so nobody can listen in on what's going on in here," Mona explained to Spencer as she pulled off her hoodie. Mona walked out of the room and into a room that looked like it was supposed to be a bedroom. There was a mattress on the floor and a couple hotel dollies that were being used for hanging clothes.
Spencer followed Mona into the room, where she was now getting changed out of her A outfit and into an outfit typical of a teenager. "This looks more like a jail cell than a bedroom," Spencer commented.
Mona just laughed as she walked over to the vent on the far side of the room. "Yeah, but I like it. I guess this is just one of the ways I'm punishing myself for what I did to all of you, as I am trying to redeem myself. I got caught up in my game, and I lost myself. I've been snapped back to reality, and I need to atone for all that I did, both to the four of you, and to Alison," Mona explained to Spencer as she took the grate off the vent, and grabbed out her badge. After putting things back in their place, Mona turned and showed the badge to Spencer, who gave it a very close examination.
"It looks good, and with everything you've done so far tonight, I'm having less doubts about your story, though there is still much you need to explain to us," Spencer said after finding none of the tell-tell faults you would find in most fake badges.
"Okay, then let's go. I imagine a lot of those answers will be a lot easier for you guys to believe if I have the data off those towers, so come on," Mona says, walking to one of the few actual doors in the house, as most of the doorframes didn't actually have doors on them. Walking out it, with Spencer on her heels, the pair arrived in the garage which contained a slightly older looking truck. "Do you want to drive or should I?" Mona asked.
"You drive, so you don't have to keep giving me directions," Spencer said, climbing in the passenger side. Mona walked around the front of the car and climbed in on the driver's side.
It took the pair 15 minutes, most of which was dead silent, to get to a rather normal looking warehouse. Mona pulled the car to a stop and got out, Spencer following quickly behind her. The main door to the warehouse had a keypad lock on it. Mona's fingers went too fast for Spencer to be able to make out what the code was, but within seconds of finishing, the door opened up.
After seeing the outside of the location, Spencer didn't know what to expect, but what she found definitely wasn't it. The first room was a short hallway to another door, no windows or other doors in sight. Mona just walked up to the second door, pulling out her badge and put it up against a device against the wall. After a quick ding, she pulled the badge away and placed her hand on the device. After another second, a voice sounded overhead, "Name confirmation."
"Agent Mona Vanderwaal plus one," Mona said. A second later, the door opened. Mona held it and gave a signal for Spencer to go first. What Spencer saw next really surprised her. It looked like a war room almost, with various people at different desk, all of them working on high tech computers. The far wall was covered in TVs showing all sort of stuff, ranging from maps and graphs, to security footage from around town.
"Agent Vanderwaal, you're here to pick up the towers I'm guessing," Said a woman in a suit as she came walking towards the pair.
"Yes, we are Agent Filton. Agent Filton, meet Spencer Hastings. Spencer, Agent Lily Filton," Mona said, introducing the two women to each other.
"It's nice to finally meet you Miss. Hastings. We have been observing you, and we have to say, we are impressed. You managed to figure some things out about the whole A mess that would have taken us months to figure out," Agent Filton said, shaking Spencer's hand.
"I'm honored that you think highly of me," Spencer replied.
"I think highly of all you girls. You've dealt with this better than some; though you guys do have you're moments of stupidity," Agent Filton replied before turning to face Mona. "Agent Vanderwaal, we edited the footage so it appears that A's doing it, but also given you an alibi so that it can't be nailed on you. You're cover is that you were at the hospital for a server case of smoke inhalation. The story is that you were taken out and taken up to Spencer's family lodge and locked inside when it was set on fire. This makes it seem like someone is trying to take you out at the same time, and gives a plausible reason for the fire at the lodge. You got out on pure luck, as one of the walls collapsed early on providing a hole for you to get out of the house by," Agent Filton explained.
"Will any of us be looked into with the fire at my family's lodge?" Spencer asked the agent.
"We are making sure none of you four are real suspects. Your sister is actually the likely candidate for investigation, as we've had our eye on her for a while in relation to this whole ordeal," Agent Filton replied.
"Sounds good, now, we should get those towers and get back to the other girls," Spencer said.
Agent Filton nodded in understanding and led the two girls to where they could pick up the towers. It took 10 minutes for the pair of them to load all six towers into the back of Mona's truck. Once they were done, the pair headed back, stopping and Mona's house so Spencer could pick up her car, before arriving back at Spencer's house around 2 am. Hanna and Emily were already asleep, and Spencer was glad her parents wouldn't be around tonight, as they had a prior engagement. Spencer knew that Aria had to leave so that she could get home before her mother noticed she was out, but otherwise, all the girls would be staying over at her place for the night.
"You're free to stay here for the night, and we'll find a place to put those towers tomorrow," Spencer said.
Mona smiled and joined the three other girls still at Spencer's house in getting some sleep, knowing that tomorrow would bring even more changes to her life, and the lives of the liars.
There you guys go, Chapter 2, tell me what you think.