Chapter 21

Hannah and Emily had planned to get police department to transfer them to Radley. But, it was proving to be more difficult than they ever thought it would be. They just couldn't pretend to be mentally unstable until and unless they admit that they killed Aria. But was it worth it? There was no guarantee that they will be able to find CeCe or Alison. Both must have ran away as far as possible from Rosewood by now.
"What to do now, Em? Should we tell Spencer about our plan and somehow convince her?", Hannah said desperately. She was thinking (yes, thinking!) for last two days continuously but couldn't device any plan to get free. She now tired of it.

"Hannah, you have been asking these same questions since yesterday now! Can't you just shut up and think!",Emily finally snapped. It was already frustrating enough without Hannah's continuous whining. This police custody was making them lose their mind now.

Hannah chose to just do what Emily told – shutting up. She rested her head on not-so-soft pillow and started thinking about the normal, not necessarily happy, but normal life. She missed being carefree. She missed not worrying about the lives of people she loved. She missed her life before A came and destroyed it. She never really got chance to think about life without Aria. Reality was now slowly sinking in. She had lost her best friend, and it was partially her fault. She glanced at Emily on the other side of room. She looked very tired too. Hannah dejectedly closed her eyes and started to think about all the happy memories. She about to slip in peaceful sleep, when Emily started jerking her and calling her name frantically.

"What is it, Em?", Hannah almost screamed at her. She was too tired for A nonsense right now. "It's midnight! Just let me sleep! I'm tired." With that she jumped back in her bed and was about bury her head in her pillow when Emily's next words stunned her.

"Ezra is A!"

Ezra looked down at Aria's weak body again. With each passing second, he was getting more worried. He couldn't even move. Escaping from this place was like an impossible dream now. He had thought of almost everything. But, he came up with nothing. Everyone thought it was Aria who was dead. So, no one would really try to find her now. It was his only hope, because no one would try to find him as he was supposed to be on a vacation. Maybe Alison will truly come and will prove herself useful for the first time. He chuckled dryly remembering the time when he was infatuated by her.

Thak thak thak...

That's when he heard a noise of something hammering on the wood. It was not coming from the house though. It seemed to come from the window outside. It continued for some time and then with final cracking noise, then window was gone. There stood yet another hooded figure. It came in with knife in the hand. Ezra couldn't recognize it. But, he was sure that it wasn't any girl. The figure walked towards them silently. It stopped in front of Aria and bent over her. Ezra fought with his bounds even more now. He couldn't let anything happen to Aria. When finally figure moved away from her, she was unbound and sprawled on the ground. Ezra calmed down after he saw that the figure didn't hurt Aria. Figure just went behind Ezra and cut down the rope of his hands. Before Ezra could do anything, figure dropped it's knife in Ezra's lap and took off through window. Without wasting any time, Ezra cut all his own ropes and started checking if Aria was alright. She was breathing, but it was slow as if she was sleeping. He tried to wake her up, but there was no response. He just put her over his shoulder and left for the way figure came in through. As soon as the cold air of outside hit him, he started to run in woods trying to get as far as possible from A and all the danger to save himself and his love of life.

Alison DiLaurentis was now getting very impatient. That stupid man was supposed to give her information an hour ago. She started pacing incessantly. She was afraid now, but she had to do it. She was ready to do anything in order to save herself from A. She knew now that real A was on her trail. She had to find him, before he finds her. The soft sound of footstep brought her back to reality. She moved in darker corner of ally. She tensed. She didn't want her another plan to go flop. But to her relief it was him. He came nearer and said, "Vivian?"

Alison came out of her hiding place.

"Took you long enough. So what's the news?"

"I have tracked down the location of A. He is in one small house out of the town. I will write down proper directions for it. But, I couldn't track Ezra Fitz. It is like he disappeared in thin air. I tried my best."

Alison eyed him suspiciously. How can he not track Ezra, when he could track A. But, she decided to let it go. She passed him bag of money with one hand while accepting the address from other.

He just nodded his head in acknowledgement and turned back. She waited till his hooded figure disappeared in dark of night and then took off to find new place to stay in.

What has her life become now?

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