All of us are standing, gathered around the table in the dining room, except for Ivy, who is sitting in a chair.
Ryan and I are holding hands, but no one has noticed, not even Axel.
"Ryan, since all you care about is saving Liv, you'll be in charge of sneaking into his lair and saving her." Axel tells.
"Isn't that dangerous?" I ask.
Only now does Axel see that Ryan and I are holding hands.
Ryan let's go of my hand and instead turns to face me, placing his hands on my arms and he looks me in the eyes and smiles.
"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine." He insists.
"You promise?" I ask.
"I promise." He says.
"Excuse me." Axel says.
Ryan turns back around to face everyone else and grabs my hand again. I squeeze it tightly, I never want to lose him.
"Spencer, Pearl and I will be fighting Exlatron so it'll be easy for Ryan to sneak in." Axel adds.
"But Axel had workers, like Damien." I say, trying to be sensitive when saying Damien's name around Ivy.
"He'll be fine." Axel shrugs.
"Shouldn't Ryan fight with us? I mean there is only three of us and we're trying to kill Exlatron. It'll be easier with Ryan's help and after that we'll all go in and save Liv together." Spencer asks.
"No, I need to see Liv as soon as possible to make sure she's alright. Besides, if I save her and you guys haven't killed Exlatron yet, both Liv and I can help." Ryan explains.
"And we plan on leaving Ivy here? By herself?" I ask.
"She'll be fine, but we need to go, now!" Axel orders.
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"Wait Ryan!" I call.
"Yeah?" He turns around to face me, even though we're all in a rush.
"I know we were going to keep our distance from each other, but..." I start, feeling a but guilty for delaying him from saving Liv but I need to talk to him.
Ryan just smiles and runs to me, grabs me and smacks his lips against mine, not aggressively or violently though. We kiss for a solid 10 seconds, actually maybe a bit more before I see him smile brightly and he runs away.
"Oh wow." Spencer smiles from behind me.
I can't help but to giggle when I see Spencer.
"Let's go." Axel orders.
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Axel is walking in front of Spencer and I. Ryan's already gone- somewhere.
"This is my first time fighting." Spencer sighs, "I'm actually really nervous."
"Me too." I gulp, "I've trained, but I've never actually had to fight someone."
"Tell me the truth, do you think ALL of us will survive?" He asks.
I shake my head, "I don't know. I mean, I know Axel and Ryan have more training before we came, and we haven't had much so...I have hope but at the same time I just don't know if we'll all make it."
"I don't know either." Axel stops.
"So...we could die." I stop too.
Spencer says nothing.
"Guys." Axel turns around, "Pearl."
Spencer and I don't say anything, I have tears in my eyes.
"I don't know what we are about to get ourselves into..but it's not good and what happens next will risk everything." Axel says, upset.
"Pearl." He says, hugging me.
"I love you so much. You're my best friend." I whisper.
"I love you too, and I really don't want to lose you." he let's go.
"I don't want to lose you, Axel, or you, Spencer." I say, tears slowly escaping my eyes.
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"Don't cry." Axel says, smiling, "I'm saying all this just in case, but we'll all be fine."
"I hope so." I say.
"I trust you. If you say we'll be fine, we probably will be." It's the first thing Spencer has said in a bit.
"Are you guys ready?" Axel asks, sighing.
It's now nine o'clock, so it's pretty dark.
I sigh, preparing myself, "Yes."
"I'm ready." I can't tell if Spencer is lying.
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Axel is horrible at distracting people.
"Exlatron, get out here!" He yells.
"Please." Spencer squeaks.
"Oh, hey there. What are you doing here?" A familiar voice asks.
We all turn around to see Dawn standing there, smiling.
"Hey, did you miss me?" She smiles wickedly.
I know, I know, another Pretty Little Liars quote. Oops.
"Why are you here?" I ask.
"Isn't it obvious?" She asks.
"Obviously not." Spencer says.
"Oh, I thought it was obvious. I mean you are waiting for Exlatron." Dawn frowns, "Come with me."
She starts walking, and we follow hoping she'll take us to Exlatron.
"Why would it be obvious?" I ask.
"You guys knew I was working for Exlatron, didn't you? I mean, that is why I left." Dawn smiles.
"Didn't you leave because of me?" Axel asks.
Dawn laughs, "Of course not. I didn't care about you, I just wanted to make Pearl angry. Oh wait, did that hurt your feelings? You liked me a lot didn't you?" Dawn laughs.
"I did a long time ago, I only dated you to make Pearl jealous and then I told Pearl I liked you to cover up the fact I liked Liv. I broke up with you to be with Liv, remember?" He smiles.
"Oh right, I remember when you almost died saving me, that's when you got your amulet. I guess we have history." Dawn winks at him.
"Yeah. I did."
"Well, you're stupid. I purposely fell. By then I was already working for Exlatron and I needed to 'die' so that I could get an amulet and get all Sir Blanchards secrets, ready to take him down and everyone else with an amulet I guess. I was going fine until you jumped off and the helicopter came." She laughs," I don't even know why you jumped after me but whatever, just for fun after you did, once we were both climbing up the rope ladder taking us to the helicopter, I pushed you off and you thought you just fell. It was so funny really."
"You pushed me?" Axel repeats.
"Yeah." She giggles.
The four of us walk into a huge field. The only way I can see is because of the bright moon light shining across the field. There's only one tree and no grass or bushes, only burrs.
"Here we are." Dawn spreads out her arms and turns to face us.
"Where's Exlatron?" Axel asks.
"He's coming." Dawn assures.
"Where's Ivy?" Dawn asks.
"We don't need to tell you." I say.
"I guess not. I mean, Damien's out looking for her, he'll find her soon enough."
"Leave Ivy alone!" Spencer yells.
"Oh and Ryan, he's with Willow right now. You all remember Willow right? Yeah, she's with us now." Dawn smiles.
"I swear, if anyone hurts Ryan, I'll-" I warn.
"You'll what?" Dawn laughs.
Dawn grins, "So, Axel, how does it feel?"
Axel squints his eyes, "How does what feel?"
"Pearl and Ryan." She states.
"Do you know if Exlatron really did kill Oscar?" I ask quietly, changing the subject.
"Poor Pearl. I mean, it's not like you'd ever see him again. You miss him though. How tragic." Dawn grins.
"Just answer the question." I demand.
"You're ruder than I remember, Pearl. Yes, we pushed him into a huge pool of acid. He's dead, sweetie." Dawn can't help but to laugh.
