Finale
Finally finally finally! I am so glad to have finished this work. I appreciate everyone that read and commented even when it got confusing. I hope you all enjoyed it. Please comment and let me know what you think of this final chapter.
If you haven't already I would really appreciate it if you checked out my story "The Light From The Second Floor". It's mid revisions so just keep that in mind.
Caleb and Ezra were in the Hastings kitchen. They were transfixed on the news.
Missing girls found dead
There were pictures of Alison, Aria, Hanna, Emily and Spencer on the screen.
"This can't be real" Ezra said.
"I have to go see Hanna's mom" Caleb said blinking as if he was trying to get a grip on this new reality.
"Good idea" Ezra said "I'm going to be with Aria's family"
Caleb and Ezra were heading out to their cars when the cops pulled up
"Caleb Rivers? Ezra Fitz?" A middle aged cop with blonde hair in a tight bun and watery blue eyes asked. She had a young dark haired partner with her.
"Yes?" They asked at the same time.
"You are under arrest for the kidnapping and murders of Alison Dilaurentis, Spencer Hastings, Emily Fields, Hanna Marina and Aria Montgomery."
"You can't be serious Ezra said
"This is complete bullshit" Caleb yelled
"We were the ones that reports their kidnapping and there is no way we could have killed them" Ezra fumed.
They were already handcuffed and being led to the squad car.
"I have a feeling we are being set up" Ezra said.
"Oh ya think?" Caleb asked irritated.
*48 Hours Earlier*
Spencer hugged and kissed one last time before the guys left. The girls could tell how concerned the men's wives were.
"Alright ladies" Anna said chipperly "Let's pull ourselves together and make a delicious meal for ourselves."
Alison, Violet, and Spencer followed Anna into the kitchen. Aria and Emily slowly followed behind them. Hanna was about to follow them when she realized that she and the girls could end up staying here forever. On impulse she dashed out the door and sprinted to the road.
She ran out into the road and flagged down the first car she saw. A tall dark haired man got out of the car.
"Are you okay?" he asked squinting at her
"No, me and my friends were kidnapped and are being held hostage in that house." She said in a rush as she pointed to the house.
"Hanna? Hanna!?" she heard her friends screams. "Hanna, where are you?"
"Let me get you out of here and we will contact the police to get your friends" he said "What's your name?"
"It's Hanna, Hanna Marin" she said panicking as her friends were getting closer. She wondered why they hadn't started toward the car.
"Well Hanna Marin" he said with an unsettling smirk. "You're certainly having a bad day"
Just then Hanna felt a sharp white hot pain.
"Hanna! Hanna" She could still hear her friends yelling for her. She finally realized she'd been stabbed as she collapsed to her knees.
"You're okay" Alison said as she fell to her knees applying pressure to the wound. Violet was right behind Alison with Todd and they tackled Hanna's assailant.
"Is he dead?" Hanna asked when she could finally look over at the lifeless body.
"Yes Hanna, He's dead" Alison said hugging her tightly.
Violet pulled out a small phone and pressed a button.
"We need a car at the house" she said.
"We do not need a car we need an ambulance before I bleed out!" Hanna rasped.
"We need to split up" Spencer said.
"She's right" Todd said. "Everyone get back to the house and pack your things"
Todd picked Hanna up carrying her to the house while applying pressure to her side. When the others got to the house they split off leaving Aria and Emily to follow them. Aria followed Spencer and Emily followed Ali.
"What are you doing?" Emily asked as Ali began packing her things.
"We have to leave" Ali said "get your things and get downstairs"
*Meanwhile in the room down the hall*
"Spencer what is going on?" Aria asked as Spencer frantically packed her bags.
"Go get Hanna's bag for me" Spencer said as she continued to pack.
"Not until you tell me what is going on" Aria said firmly.
"The guy that attacked Hanna, there will be more of them. They won't stop until they get what they are after and they will kill anyone that gets in their way."
"What are they after?" Aria asked.
"Me" she said staring off into space for a moment. At that moment Aria realized the severity of the situation and left to go pack her bag.
Twenty minutes later everyone was downstairs with their bags. Hanna was looking like she was fighting to stay conscious.
"I'm going with Hanna" Spencer said "We're going to an off the books doctor. We'll be safe there."
"Emily is coming with me" Ali said authoritatively.
"Aria can come with me" Anna said "Todd and Violet will run interference."
There was no time to discuss any further. The girls all hugged and kissed each other goodbye just in case and then they went their separate ways.
"This is what you meant" Hanna said weakly. "We thought you were threatening us but you weren't you were protecting us. This is all my fault"
"No Hanna" Spencer said "It's our fault for not being honest with you. You probably saved all of us though"
After that Hanna drifted in and out of consciousness. When she woke up she was in a dimly lit room in a hospital bed. In the recliner next to the bed Rosalie was asleep. Spencer was sitting in a hard uncomfortable chair. Hanna couldn't believe Spencer had just had a miscarriage a couple of days ago.
"Spence?" Hanna whispered.
Her head snapped back and even in the low light Hanna could still see her tears.
"Is everyone okay?" she asked almost afraid to hear the answer.
"Anna and Aria are in Seattle, Alison and Emily are in Florida, Todd and Violet are in Philly somewhere"
"So everyone is safe?" she asked hesitantly.
"Yeah, except for my husband, the father of my child" she snorted. "I don't even know if he is alive"
"Have faith" Hanna said "Toby is a strong guy"
"How are you feeling" Spencer asked shaking off her attitude.
"Better. Like I'll live" she said with the smallest of smiles.
"I need you to do something you're not going to want to do"
*Present*
"Hey! We haven't gotten our phone calls!" Caleb yelled banging on the two way mirror. Just then a cop came in and led them to the phones. Ezra and Caleb both called the Hastings. They told them that they would tell everyone what happened and that of course they believed their innocence.
After their phone calls they were led back to an interrogation room.
Mrs. and Mr. Hastings showed up to help them.
"What evidence do you have against these young men?" she demanded of the police. The officer in the room put tapes out on the table.
"What's this?" She asked.
"This is a recording of a 911 call yesterday." She said.
My name is Hanna Marin. I was kidnapped by my boyfriend Caleb Rivers. When I said I wanted to leave he stabbed me. I bleeding profusely and will be dead in a matter of minutes.
The cop turned the recorder off.
"She was brainwashed to say those things" Caleb insisted. The cop showed him a photograph of Hanna laying in the morgue. "She really is dead?" he cried
"Yes, she is" The cop said solemnly.
"What are the other ones, we don't need to hear them" Ezra said
"Ezra, we need to hear them, no matter how unpleasant" Mr. Hastings urged.
My name is Aria Montgomery. I'm being hunted down by my ex boyfriend Ezra Fitz. He's going to kill me.
The rest of the tape was unintelligible between Aria's grunts and whimpers. "Here is one you may be interested in." The cop said to the Hastings.
My name is Spencer Hastings. I found out 5 years ago that Ezra Fitz had kidnapped Alison Dilaurentis. When I tried to tell my friends, we had a falling out and I ran away and faked my death to keep them off my trail but because of my friends persistent searching they have found me and I have no doubt in a matter of hours we will all be dead.
"We are being framed!" Caleb and Ezra insisted to the Hastings. We had nothing to do with Spencer and Alisons disappearances and we surely had nothing to do with their murders. We loved them. This is all some weird twilight zone setup.
"The man responsible for all this is Jackson Madagan." Ezra said.
"It was either him or his employees that murdered the people we love. Go after him. He is the bad guy." Caleb added.
"We'll look into it but I am sorry until we find concrete evidence proving otherwise you are going to remain in custody." The cop said. The next day Caleb and Ezra were dragged into the interrogation room. The Hastings were back as well. They were weary of Caleb and Ezra now after seeing and hearing the evidence the police had but they knew the police had done 100 things wrong in the execution of Spencer's missing person case so they were keeping an open mind.
"We have some bad news gentlemen" The cop from the night before.
"Your friend Jackson Madagan died in a police raid last night" The cop said. "And we have a paper trail a mile long that proves you two were in cahoots with him. You two are going to jail for a very long time." she said with a note of finality. With this new information The Hastings quit the case.
"We're screwed man, we're so screwed" Ezra said.
"How do you even care what happens to you. The woman you love is dead. All your friends are dead. Why not go to jail?" Caleb said despondently. The cops were just about to return them to their cells when a man and woman showed up in black pinstripe suits. They recognized them as Todd and Violet but didn't say anything.
"We have an order issued from the Federal Bureau of Investigation for you to release Mr. Rivers and Mr. Fitz into federal custody." Violet said.
"You can't be serious?" The cop said.
"Does this document look like it is laughing" Todd said firmly.
"No sir" The cop said handing over the paperwork. Ten minutes later Caleb and Ezra left with "Agent Adams" and "Agent Hallman".
"That was great, you two pretending to be FBI agents" Caleb said.
"Who said we were pretending?" Violet said putting on a pair of dark sunglasses. "Fitz, you're with me" she said getting in a police looking sedan.
"Come along Rivers" Todd said.
They dropped off Caleb and Ezra at their homes.
"What do we do now?" Ezra asked.
"I don't know" Violet said.
The next week each of the girls families held a funeral. After the funeral Caleb and Ezra both left town going their separate ways.
*One Year Later*
"I'm glad we did this" Melissa said clinking her glass with Jason, Caleb, and Ezra.
"You know the strangest thing happened last week" Ezra said "I got a card in the mail, it was just an address, strange right?"
He looked up to see three stunned faces.
"What was the address?" Caleb asked
"Somewhere in Seattle" Ezra said "I'm not sure exactly....I wasn't the only one that got an address was I?"
"Texas" Caleb admitted
"487 Prescott St. Big Horn, Texas?" Melissa asked.
"Yeah, how'd you know" he asked.
"That's the address I had too." She said.
"Mine was somewhere in Paris" Jason said finally.
"I say we go to the addresses and meet back here in a week" Ezra suggested. They all agreed.
Caleb and Melissa went together. It was the only thing that made sense. It was a house in the country. They opened the fence and began walking up the path. The was a young girl picking flowers off to the side.
"Who are you?" she asked still picking the flowers.
"We're lost, we need to ask someone at this house for directions" Melissa said. She had been convinced all this was some awful prank.
"Why don't you come inside then" she said taking their hands.
All of a sudden they heard a harsh scream.
"Don't be scared, Mama's just having a baby" The little girl said.
"Rosalie Lynn, What have I told you bout talking to strangers, why I reckon one of these days....." The blonde stopped in her tracks. She had a sheer white summer dress on.
"They're lost Auntie" Rosalie said.
"I don't care if they are aliens from another planet you know not to talk to anyone you don't know now scoot!" she said smacking her bottom slightly.
"How can I help ya'll?" she said putting her hands on her hips.
"Hanna?" Caleb said.
"Anya, Anya Pruitt" She said crossing her arms.
"Caleb Rivers" he said "This is Melissa Hastings."
"Well ya'll just plum picked the worst time to get lost in these parts, why my sister in law natalie is fixing to have a baby in there and...."
Before she could finish they could hear the cry of a newborn baby.
"Well, then why don't you all come in" she said with a smile. "Caleb and Melissa was it?" she said giving them a slight wink.
Ahh finally we have reached the end of our saga! I hope you all enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed telling it. Comment and let me know what you think of this ending.
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