Pretty Little Liars: Paying the Cost
Chapter 9 of my Pretty Little Liars story, enjoy.
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Season 2: Episode 9
Reaching the location mentioned by A in their latest message, Alison, Hanna, Spencer and Aria stood nervously as they looked at the admittedly normal but run down old building on the edge of town.
"This is A's hideout?" Hanna gasped. "But, what is all this about, are we really…?"
"It's possible. But, we don't know what we're dealing with, we'll have to be very careful. A could be hiding anything in there, they've been hiding in plain sight all this time, that's for sure." Spencer explained.
The girls all nodded, that was a given of course, it was the only way that A could know everything that was going on, spying on them while flying under the radar by simply blending into the crowd. That just made the girls more nervous, as it meant A could be anyone.
"Where's Emily, didn't she?" Aria began.
Alison shook her head. "Said she'd catch us up, she promised she'd be here, she just needed to get something."
"Or maybe she's just a coward who has abandoned you all." A distorted voice came seemingly out of nowhere, startling them all.
They then spotted a camera which likely had a microphone built in.
"How dare you, you don't know Emily at all!" Alison snapped.
"Manners, don't make me hurt the hostages." The voice, now clearly A, taunted. "I know Emily better than any of you, she's a coward, accept it, now...welcome."
With that the door opened next to them and they shared a worried look before entering A's 'Fun House'.
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Meanwhile, Emily sat rigid, tense, as she drove, she had gone straight back home after getting the message. She needed to grab something and now that she had what she needed she drove to the address that they had been given. That was when she saw something that surprised her, it was Ryan and Tony, now having repaired their friendship, standing and looking frantic. Ryan was holding something that looked like a large folder under his arm. Seeing and recognizing her family car, Tony began waving her down. She slowed to s stop next to them and lowered the window.
"You guys, what-?"
"Em, where are you going?" Ryan asked.
She narrowed her eyes, remembering the earlier suspicions of Ryan from Spencer and Hanna. "Why?"
"We want to help, we know something is going on, Ryan's found out something...unbelievable." Tony explained. "Let us come with you?"
Ryan then surprised her by revealing the address she had been given by A.
"What, how…?" Emily gasped, but then shook her head. "Okay, get in."
With that the boys climbed in and Emily began to drive again. As they drove for a while, Emily glanced at Ryan in the rear view mirror.
"What did you find out?"
Ryan took a slow, careful breath. "I've found A's real identity."
Emily's eyes widened. "Holy shit, okay, before you tell me anything. Tony, I'll need you to make sure we're all ready, open the glovebox."
He did so and gasped, for there, in the glovebox, was Emily's gun, she had indeed come prepared.
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At A's Fun House, the four girls grimaced as they made their way down a corridor into yet another room.
"This is crazy, this is way too crazy, how could we…?" Aria said desperately, red-faced and scared.
The other girls did their best to comfort her.
Spencer spoke up gently. "It's okay Aria, we're all...we're all hit hard here, Emily's lucky, she didn't have to see any of her things being broadcast around."
Alison just shook her head at that, blushing. "Not a word to her about it guys. I don't intend on saying anything, not unless she does first."
The others nodded, Hanna sighed. "What next, what else could A do with us?"
They had been forced to make their way through so many rooms which had video screens set up on them, every time they went in they got locked in until the video that played on the screen finished, it was texts, pictures and such that showed all their secrets, there had been five rooms, one for each girl, even with Emily not here, they'd been exposed to her secrets, no doubt A hoping they'd question Emily about it and that would torment her. A had taunted them over the built in speakers through each room.
"What next, Hanna?" A's voice came over the speaker. "I think it's time we actually met, come and see me...and my hostages."
They had heard it twice now and here was the third time, muffled screams coming over the speakers, not distorted like A's voice and certainly not repetitive enough to be recordings, A wasn't bluffing, they had hostages and this made the girls even more wary. But as if to make things even more ominous, the door ahead of them opened, showing them where to go.
Entering their eyes widened in horror as they saw A standing there, clad in all black with a hoodie and a mask on. They were holding a remote of some sort while sitting in the middle of the room, tied to chairs with large circular saws set up right above their heads, their mouths taped shut, were Paige and Morgan who both started screaming into their gags upon seeing the girls.
"Welcome to our final showdown." A greeted them. "Now, I think it's time we sort out this little problem."
"You-" Alison began.
She began to step forward but A held up the remote.
"Ah, no." They said. "Get any closer and I press this button, turning on those saws, then you can say goodbye to these fucking sluts."
"MMMMMMMMMM!" Paige and Morgan shrieked.
Alison froze, they all did and began to wonder what they were going to do. They were trapped, A had the advantage. That was until suddenly the door opened again and Emily entered, along with Ryan and Tony.
"Ah, finally you show up, Emily." A taunted. "Decided to stop being a coward?"
Emily scoffed. "You're the coward, A. Now drop the remote, it's over."
A laughed. "Oh please, as if I-"
"I said, drop it." Emily snapped as she drew her gun and took aim,
The others gasped, A froze, clearly caught off guard.
"What, no...no!" They cried out, dropping the remote and stepping back.
It was clear A had not anticipated Emily bringing a gun. Regardless it gave them the edge as the other girls relaxed, Tony rushed to free Paige and Morgan and get them out of the way of the death trap. Then Ryan stepped forward and shocked them all.
"It's over, Mona."
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