Sparia (LGBT)

Emily is Gone

"Em, what-what is all this?" Hanna asked.

"Oh, Han, sweet heart. You were always on my side, always standing up for me. You were my favorite." Emily breathed.

"Why are you saying were? You're still here, we are still here. Why are you doing all of this?" Spencer asked.

"I was bored, when it all started, it was an easy way to get rid of anger without losing friends. Then I got bored with that, nothing was enough. So, I kidnapped us. And as for the 'were', did you really think I would just spare your lives? I mean, if you live, you tell. If I live, I face the consequences. If I die, you tell. If you die, I seem innocent and just went through a tragic event. I get sympathy and my secrets go to the grave with all of us." She smiled innocently at us.

"How did you do all of this on your own?" I asked. My insides twisted, one of my best friends is the one who messed with us all these years.

"I didn't." She looked behind her and we all watched as both Maya and Paige walked around the corner.

"Maya?" We all gasped in unison.

"What? You actually think I would let some creep kill her? No, she has just been hiding out here for a while."

"I'm sorry I had to lie to you guys, I feel horrible about it, but it was the best thing for Emily." She pouted at us.

None of us knew how to respond and all I could hope for was a way out of this. Emily began to slide a gun out of her pocket, we all screamed and ran into the forest behind us. There was a loud bang of the gun and then I heard footsteps running behind me. I looked back and saw Paige on my tail, she had a gun similar to Emily's in her hand.

"You don't have to fight this, Aria! You know that I'll win." She yelled from behind. She fired the gun but missed by a foot.

"You're insane!" I screamed back, now aware of the tears running down my cheek.

"Come on, you didn't really believe I wasn't going to shoot, did you?" Her voice was calm, but I knew she would fire again. Instead of wasting my breath trying to negotiate, I made a sharp turn off the path and into complete darkness. My eyes adjusted and I ran down a winding path of shrubbery.

"Aria?!" She screamed from far behind. She was still following me, but she was walking now, now unsure of where I was.

I kept quiet but I wanted to scream so badly. A whimper came out instead. Paige stopped. I stopped. I put my hand over my mouth to muffle the breathing, I hadn't ran this long for a while, why was Paige such a jock?

I heard Paige start moving again, so I ran, I didn't know where I was going, but I ran.

***

I'd been running for about 15 minutes now and I could hear Paige anymore but in the distance I heard a faint scream. Then a gun shot. Then silence.

I couldn't tell who screamed, but I knew Paige was probably close now. I ran again until I heard a car in front of me, maybe a few yards away. I ran towards the sound of the engine and came to a halt when I saw the dirt road. I was an amazing sight.

"Aria?" I heard my name come from the car, it had stopped a little ways up. The voice was Toby's. He hopped out of the passenger seat and sprinted over to me, "are you okay? Where is Spencer? And Emily? And Hanna? Who took you here? How did you get out? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, stay quiet though, Emily, Paige and Maya are the kidnappers. Hard to explain all of this, but we got out and now we're being chased by Emily and her girlfriends. They all have guns. Get back in the car. Now." I took a long breath at the end of each sentence.

"Okay, go, get in." He replied while nodding. He pushed me towards the back doors and I got in.