3 weeks later...

My heart pounds against my chest rapidly, wanting to break free. Wanting to hide forever but it's trapped inside with nowhere to escape. My eyes wander along the trees, the darkness stopping them from seeing past ten feet ahead of me.

My legs carry me as fast as they can, being careful not to trip over a log or a loose limb. My breathing is heavy as I get tired from running. I can't believe this is happening to me. Why can't he just leave me alone?!

"You can run but you can't hide, Ali." His voice is somewhere behind me, making me scared all over again. I can't go through that again. I have to keep running.

I hold back the sobs that I want to let out as my side starts to throb once again. I thought the pain was gone but really, it was just me trying to forget that it's there.

At this moment, I wish Emily was here with me. I know she would protect me but she made up her mind whenever she told me to leave.

I want to scream at him to tell him to leave me alone but I know it won't do any good. He will know where I am if he doesn't know already.

Headlights form up ahead, giving me hope. I run faster or at least it seems like I am. Tears finally fall down my cheeks as I get closer to the dirt road. If I don't make it to this car, I am as good as dead. I can't let that happen!

I'm almost there!

As soon as I get to the road, I wave my hands in front of the car, getting them to stop. That's when I let the tears out. My body shakes as they roll the window down.

"Oh my God, are you okay?!" They immediately get out of the car and come to my side.

"We need to get out of here! Before he catches me!" I scream out, crying. "Please, get us out of here!"

"Of course." They open the door for me to get in before closing it. They run to their side and get in before locking the doors immediately and driving down the road.

My breathing is heavy as I cry.

"I'm taking you to the hospital, ma'am." His voice is deep, almost scaring me. I nod my head, not saying anything. I'm just happy to be out of there. "Can I get your name?"

I don't answer.

"I'm Dean Winchester." He introduces himself anyways. I nod my head before looking out the window. "I don't know what happened but if you need to talk about it, I'm here to listen." I stay silent.

**

"We are at the hospital, ma'am." Dean gets out of his car before coming around to my side and opening the door for me. I slowly get out, my legs wanting to give up on me. He walks beside me all the way inside before calling for a doctor.

Beep...Beep...Beep...

My eyes slowly open, the light nearly blinding me.

"Look, I don't care who the hell you are, you're not seeing her!" It's Aria's voice, I think. Who is she talking to?

"I just need to see her to make sure she is okay."

Who is that?

"She's fine. You're the reason why she's in this mess to begin with!" Aria sounds angry.

"I need to see her."

"Well, too bad. Now, go." Spencer is the one to speak up next.

What is going on? I want to turn my head to see if the door is open but I can't. It hurts too much to move.

A sharp pain shoots throughout my side causing me to scream out in pain. Before I know it, the door busts open with Aria and Spencer right by my side.

The pain gets worst, making me scream even more.

"We need a doctor!" Spencer runs out of the room. Aria grabs me by the hand, squeezing it.

"It hurts!" I cry, not being able to handle the pain.

"The doctor will be here soon, Ali. We are here for you." I only continue to cry as the pain continues.

"Step aside." The doctor steps in the place of Aria, next to my monitor where the bag of oxygen is hanging. They take the needle and place it inside. A few seconds later, my eyes began to droop.

I have been in the waiting room for a few hours, waiting to hear the news on Alison. I have no idea what happened or if she is even going to be okay. Aria and Spencer won't talk to me so I have been playing it by ear.

I only know she's in here because Hanna saw it on the news apparently. All that was said was Alison was found running from the woods with a stab wound in her side. I have no idea what happened, all I knew was that I had to see her.

And now Spencer and Aria won't let me see her. All because they know I am the one who kicked Alison out. I shouldn't have and I regret it. I can't let this happen again and I won't. I just have to convince Alison to come home with me. But something tells me, that won't be easy.

"Well, what happened?" Hanna comes up to me with a concerned look.

"I don't know. They won't tell me anything!" I run my hand through my hair, getting stressed out.

"And this is why I am here." Hanna's expression turns serious as she turns around and walks up to the nurse's desk. Good luck, Hanna. I already tried that.

"I am here on an investigation for Alison Dilaurentis."

Well, that's new.

"What company are you working for?" The nurse asks with a bored look, probably not falling for it.

"I work for Mr. Hobbs. If you want me to, I can get him on the phone. Although, he may not be pleased to get a phone call while he's on vacation with his family." The nurse immediately straightens up. "And judging by your facial expression, you know who I am talking about."

"Of course, Mrs..."

"Mrs. Austin. I just have a few questions."

"Anything."

"Do you know what happened to Mrs. Dilaurentis?"

Damn, Hanna is good at this.

"As far as we know, she was stabbed in her side, she has a concussion from where her head has been bashed into something, and she has been raped."

My blood starts to boil hearing the awful things that have happened to my sweet, Ali.

"Any news on the person who did this to her?"

"Not a trace. It's like this person was prepared for this."

"When is she allowed to see visitors?"

"Whenever she is awake. She's on heavy doses, keeping her asleep for now. Trying to help ease her pain. She's woken up three times in severe pain. We are trying our best to help her with the pain when she is awake."

"Thank you. I'll stick around for a little while to see if anything changes." The nurse nods her head before Hanna walks over to me.

"You can thank me later."

Now I just have to wait for Alison to wake up.