EMPTY GOLD.
018. | ❛ i can't lose anyone else i love. ❜

Elena started getting changed into her elegant dress for the campaign party, but bringing an extra pair of spare clothes that she would change into afterwards.

Elena changed in the corner of her room, as she eyes Toby from the corner who was also changing, taking a quick peek at his abs. She bit her lip, before Toby caught her as smiling her way.

"Isn't that dress a little too tight?" Toby asked, coming behind Elena who made her way to the mirror as she applied some jewelry.

"Really? Then maybe later you wouldn't mind helping me get out of it?"

"Not that I'm not totally up for that, after tonight we will be exhausted."

Elena huffed as she sat down on the bed, Toby noticing that something was off with her. He kneeled in front of her, taking her hands into his.

"We are going to end this tonight, okay? Then we will have our wedding, and be happy." Elena was still looking down, somewhat happy at Toby's words.

"Tonight, we are playing a dangerous game. It's just- I can't lose anyone else I love."

"I think you found a way to get out of bed this morning. And that makes you the strongest person I know."

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Elena, Spencer, and Toby were in the basement of Radley, holding lanterns above their head to guide them in the dark abyss.

"One, two, three, four five, six, seven, eight." Spencer started to count her steps until she reached the destination.

"The door it's right behind here." Spencer pointed to the wall.

All of them put down their lanterns, as Toby tried to determine what he was going to do open it up.

"I can hammer through the drywall but I'm gonna need to saw through the plywood."

"I can do it."

"You remember how to use a power saw?"

"I had a good teacher." Spencer said pulling the handle, letting the power saw whirring.

After countless effort to open the wall, they got closer than before. A huge chunk of the wall was open as Elena leaned in giving Toby more light to hammer through.

It was until Spencer heard a sound that they stopped.

"Toby?" Elena whispered as she looked at the direction Spencer was to reveal a light being shown. Toby, pushed Elena behind her as he reached into his back pocket, getting his gun.

"Oh, my God. You brought your gun?" Elena whispered,

"Get behind me." He gestured to Spencer and Elena as they both moved behind Toby who was loading his gun.

Toby shouted,"I'm a police officer. Stop right there."

The flashlight shown right in their face causing the girls to cover their face until the person turned off the light.

"Mona. Are you still stalking us?" Spencer asked, very annoyed

"What are you looking for?"

"We don't know yet, we're about to find out." Elena replied stepping into the hole as she pushed the door opened. She roamed around looking at empty shelves with spider webs growing.

"There's nothing here."

"Yes, there is." Mona said out loud, looking at the one stack of huge paper which looked like a medical file.

Elena dusted the dust off and opened up the Radley file.

"Mary Drake. She was a patient here 25 years ago." Elena said flipping through the papers.

"Oh, my God, she had a child while she was here. Named Charles."

"He was adopted by Jessica and Kenneth DiLaurentis."

"Wait, you guys. Charlotte wasn't Jason's older sister. They were practically the same age." Elena looked closer at the paper

"Why lie about that?" Toby asked.

"Maybe Kenneth and Jessica didn't want anyone to know that Charlotte was adopted."

"Why would Charlotte go through so much trouble just to hide this file?" Spencer asked

"Maybe Charlotte didn't hide it." Toby said

"Maybe her mother did. Her birth mother." Mona looked at them with a serious look

"Mary Drake." Elena said looking down at the paper once again.
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Back upstairs, Elena and Spencer changed their attire to join in the celebration upstairs.

"May I have your attention, please? Quiet down, everyone. I would like to introduce you to your new state senator Veronica Hastings."

Everybody started to clap as Veronica stepped up, "Thank you everyone for all of your hard work. We did it!"

"Hey, congratulations." Elena said to Spencer

"Thanks. I-I really cannot thank you enough for all of the help that you and Toby gave me tonight." Elena wrapped her arm around Toby's as Spencer got an incoming call.

"Hey, Aria." Spencer spoke into her phone but her face told a tale that something was wrong.

"Spence, what's going on?" Spencer it a hold of Elena's shoulder before taking off leaving the engaged couple confused as they chased after her.

"Oh, my God. I'm so sorry." Spencer ran to Caleb embracing him in a hug. Elena covered her mouth seeing the floorboards ripped open and Hanna missing.

"Why the hell did you bring her here?" Caleb shouted at Mona who followed them.

"No, no, we didn't." Toby explained.

"I followed them." Mona said

"Guys, video's downloading." Ezra said as Spencer and Elena had uneven breathing patterns, still worried about their friend. They all huddled around Ezra who held the computer.

"Wait. R-rewind it. Look, stop!" Caleb said, touching the computer

"But could that even be possible?" Aria asked as she looked at the dark figure.

"Guys, it is Mrs. D!" They all looked at the computer outside now, trying to understand what the hell was happening and why the hell was Mrs. Dilaurentis alive.

Their phones beeped, Toby leaned in towards Elena's phone to see as well

"Thanks for giving me Hanna."

"You're free to go."

"A.D."

Elena leaned her head against Toby's shoulder, visibly upset and scared at the same time about this mysterious A.D person. Toby hugged her waist pulling her closer to him. Elena covered her mouth in shock as the rest of them looked out into the shadows of the woods, knowing that they were dealing with a bigger tormentor.

THATS THE END OF SEASON 6!