Silence is the worst thing (Emison)

Chapter 16

Chapter 16
Emily's eyes fluttered open and was greeted with a bright light, causing them to close again. After some time had passed she slowly reopened her eyes and took in her surrounds. Nothing was really any different; the room was empty besides the small table that had been holding the laptop earlier.
Emily's eye was hurting from being hit by Noel, it was so swollen and her cheek bone was throbbing that badly she could barely see from that side. After sleeping for so long the brunette didn't feel as dizzy but the pain still remained and it was becoming much harder for her to focus.
After fully adjusting to the change in light Emily's eyes focused to find Noel entering the room, his gun was clipped to his waist and his knife was in his hand. He no longer had a hoodie or a mask on; Emily found this interesting because it meant he had no intentions of hiding his identity anymore.
"Good morning Fields. Sleep well?" Noel pulled a bottle of water from his back pocket and unscrewed the lid while sitting next to Emily on the bed. As the brunette moved to try and get away from him she realised her hands were tied above her head instead of her side and it was significantly tighter than before. It was so tight she could barely move her wrists and Noel watched as Emily struggled.
"I'll be able to watch what you're doing this way." Slowly Noel moved the bottle towards Emily's lips, it was only then that she realised how parched she was but she was unsure of whether to drink or not, she didn't trust Noel. Moving her face away Noel laughed softly.
"It's not poison Fields there'd be no sense in killing you, yet." Noel smiled and motioned the brunette the bottle of water while raising an eyebrow in a questioning manner.
"What do you want from me then Noel?" Emily's tongue licked the lining of her lips, she desperately wanted water but she felt it was a trap.
"I told you. Just say a few bad things about the DiLaurentis family on a live video." Noel moved the bottle of water to Emily's lips and tipped the liquid down her throat. Emily could feel the refreshing sense run through her body as Noel helped her drink.
"But why? What did they do to piss you off to the degree of kidnapping me?" Emily was so curious as to why Noel went to such an intense amount of work just to keep the brunette from being found.
"When I see something I want I have to have it Fields." Noel spoke with hunger in his voice, his thoughts elsewhere as he placed the water bottle on the table.
"So you kidnapped me because you couldn't have Alison? You're seriously messed up." Emily's wrists began struggling in their hold though she knew it was hopeless, it seemed Noel had a knack for tying knots.
"Well you make it sound so terrible but yes I believe Alison will want me back when you say such awful things about her and her family." Noel smiled and pulled the camera from the pouch on his waist.
"I will never say anything bad about them Noel. Ever." Emily's lips were stinging from being dehydrated for so long and having the water slip through the cracks in them.
"You will Emily. I'll make sure of it." Noel played with the knife that had remained in his hand the whole time, it was a small threat he had been constantly playing with and Emily could feel a large lump develop in the back of her throat as she watched him. As Emily tried to swallow it Noel's smile grew and his hand that held the knife went to her cheek.
"Alison wouldn't go back to you." Emily's words were soft with fear but were filled with courage. Noel's smile disappeared and his knife pressed on Emily's unbruised cheek. There was a searing pain as Noel slowly dragged the knife across Emily's cheek, it wasn't overly painful but Emily believed the reason for that was because she was somewhat used to such pain.
"I see Jason did a good job of building up your immunity to pain." Noel said as he disconnected the knife from Emily's skin and cleaned the blood from it.
"How do you know about Jason?" Emily said as she felt the blood drip from her cheek.
"I have my ways. Now Fields, can I rely on you to say those things over a video? I assure you once it's said you can go." It was obvious to Emily now that Noel was lying; the brunette knew she would not be leaving this room alive. Not with Noel, so she decided to stall time. To create as much as she could in hopes that someone out there was looking for her.
"You must be mad Noel. I'm not stupid; I know you're not letting me go regardless of what I say so I'm not saying anything. I'm not giving you what you want." Emily spoke bravely but the lump in her throat caused her words the crack. Noel grew impatient and angry; he stood from the bed and grabbed his camera. Quickly heading into the back room Noel sat at his laptop which had been connected to some monitors controlling how and where the video was being sent. Coding it to send when he pressed the record button Noel returned to Emily whose breathing had increased the fear obvious in her as she watched Noel grow frustrated.
Flicking the camera open Noel looked at Emily, smiling slightly he placed his ski mask to cover only his mouth.
"Just say a few bad things Emily and I won't have to hurt you. Get ready to say hello." Noel positioned the camera so it was facing him and pressed the record button.
"Hello again Rosewood, I hope you're all well. I know Emily Fields is, just a quick update that she wanted to say a few things to you before I let her rejoin your community." Noel smoothly moved the camera to face Emily, the brunette was becoming tired of the games he was playing so in an attempt to hide from the camera she moved her arms to cover her face.
"Oh come now Emily, don't be shy." Noel placed his camera on the table so that it was recording him grabbing Emily's arms and holding her face towards the camera. Pulling his knife to Emily's neck he moved his lips to her ear. "Repeat after me." He whispered.
"No." Emily whispered back, her arms fighting against the rope that securely held her. Noel pushed the knife harder on Emily's neck, the brunette could feel the blade cut her skin at the pressure but she merely closed her eyes and tried to occupy her thoughts.
"I don't understand you Fields. The DiLaurentis' hurt you the most..." Looking towards the camera Noel smiled and had an ideal pulse through his mind. As Noel moved away from Emily she could feel herself release the breath she had been holding.
Toby and detective Tanner were just on the way out to follow a lead when the video of Emily appeared on the television screen in the main office of the police department. They watched with careful eyes as the brunette struggled against the mysterious person.
Toby had spoken to Spencer not too long ago and she explained that it was Noel; she also said Caleb had managed to record the private chat and wanted to show it to the police, that was where they were heading before the next video lighted up every screen in the police department.
"You see everyone; Emily Fields before she moved here lived in Philadelphia. When she was in junior year she went to a party and well, from what the police record said she was raped..." Toby's mouth opened in shock, he had never met Emily but he was sure if Spencer knew she would have told him something so important.
"... and in the investigation she made statements but when she finally made it to court charges were never filled. Isn't that interesting Emily?" Noel's hand moved to Emily's waist, he knew about the scars and he wanted to show everyone else. Emily tried to struggle against him but it was pointless.
"Looking at these scars it would seem that it was definitely an attack. So why was there never any charges filled? Or a better question would be why did the defence win Emily?" Noel's hands made their way to Emily's cheek and held tightly. When the brunette didn't respond Noel's patience's grew thin, Emily tried to move out of his hold but it only angered him further.
In fact Noel was losing the very little patience's he had to start with, he honestly thought Emily would have said what he wanted her to say and he would be back with Alison in no time. But the brunette wouldn't budge and Noel was beginning to run out of ideas.
Alison had spent the whole evening sitting by her phone waiting for a video call to come from Noel and when her phone had finally buzzed she had almost leaped to answer it. As Hanna, Caleb, Spencer and Aria did the same they were greeted Noel, though he was wearing a ski mask Alison knew it was him, his voice was no longer disorientated as he spoke and his hair was obvious.
As Noel revealed all the secrets Emily had spent so long hiding Alison felt tears fall from her eyes, her friends looked between her and the phone when Noel spoke.
"She was raped?" Hanna asked almost protectively, the blonde was slightly offended that Emily hadn't told her but at the same time she could understand why.
Alison nodded and continued to watch the video, she knew exactly where Noel's thought process was going and she knew it was going to hurt Emily significantly.
"Why did you lose Emily?" Noel's hand tightened around her cheek in a crushing pain until she finally opened her mouth to speak.
"They had a good lawyer I guess." Emily's words were cracked and broken, the pain was becoming evidently more obvious as each video progressed and it made Alison feel so helpless.
"And who was the lawyer?" Noel's hand left Emily's face to let her speak; it seemed she was finally giving in.
"His name was Ken Laurens." Emily paused before she spoke, she wanted to remain strong but it was proving to be difficult.
"But his real name was?" Noel pushed the answers out of Emily and as the brunette contemplated what to say next. The pain in her bones was becoming sore and the cut on her cheek was searing.
Alison looked at the cut and almost felt the pain herself.
"Kenneth DiLaurentis." Even from the camera Alison could see the tears beginning to fall, Alison herself felt more tears well in her eyes.
"What?" Spencer asked as looked away from her phone and towards Alison, in fact all set of eyes were on her as she whipped away her tears. "Did you know?" Spencer continued.
"She told me not too long ago."
"Who raped her? Do you know?" Hanna and Caleb had been too interested in the video to even bother looking at his laptop; the group had migrated downstairs to wait for Toby to arrive so they could show them the video Caleb had recorded.
When Alison went to speak they were all interrupted by Noel's voice.
"Isn't it interesting that she became friends with his daughter Rosewood? But wait, that's not the only twist!" Alison's eyes widen in shock, surely Noel wasn't going to do this to Emily. As Alison watched Emily react, the brunette began moving in her hold, she wasn't going to do this. This had nothing to do with Alison.
"Perhaps the biggest twist in history Rosewood is who actually raped Emily Fields. Why don't you tell them?" Noel looked over at Emily who continued to struggle in her incarceration. The brunette shook her head and tried to free herself but within seconds Noel had grabbed Emily's neck with one hand and the knife in his other quickly moved to her throat.
When Alison looked closely at the blade it was covered with blood, Noel must have been pressing hard on Emily's neck but not hard enough to seriously injure her.
"What was his name Emily?" Noel's words were so fierce that it sent shiver down Alison's spine, she was scared for Emily and she could tell her friends were so concentrated on the video that they completely forgot Alison knew.
When Emily's didn't say anything Noel's knife moved from her throat to her waist, it danced across her scars underneath the fabric of her shirt and before she could respond he quickly tore the fabric to reveal each and every scar.
"Who?" Noel's voice was almost a scream but it didn't scare Emily enough to answer. Alison prayed that she would, the blonde was hoping Emily would just do what Noel said and then she would be back with her safe and sound.
Emily refused to answer and Noel had lost all sense of patience's, he dragged the blade across Emily's skin, the brunette couldn't help but yelp from the pain, it was nothing like the glass Jason had used, the blade was so sharp and was making a significantly larger and deeper cut.
"Who?" Noel repeated as the blade left Emily's skin to give her a chance to reply. The brunette looked down at her waist where the new wound sat; it was bleeding excessively and was extremely painful.
"Jason DiLaurentis." Tears fell from Emily's eyes, she wasn't sure if it was from the pain or because of Alison, she knew the blonde would be watching and the brunette was sure that she was going to hate her for revealing the secret.
"Oh my god." Hanna, Spencer and Aria said in unison. Looking over at Alison Hanna could tell instantly how much harder this was, the struggle was surreal and the only thing she thought was appropriate was bring Alison into a deep hug.
"Now after all that, with Jason and then his father humiliating you at the trail, surely you can say they're bad people." Noel continued to play with the blade; he continued to move across Emily's skin lightly so that it was not leaving a mark but making the brunette aware that it was there.
"No." Emily said through a deep breath, she was very aware of Noel's intentions and she knew what he would do next and she began preparing herself for it.
Emily knew it was wrong to give Noel what he wanted and she was sure someone was out there looking for her.
Noel's rage flowed through him and he couldn't but move the blade to Emily's arms and quickly dragged the item across her skin.
Emily felt a scream fall from her lips, she was feeling weak and tired and it was becoming impossible to hold back.
Blood began seeping down her arms and onto her ripped shirt. Alison looked at Emily and felt her heart breaking, the blood that covered her was unbearable to witness and it was already becoming obvious that Emily was beginning to feel dizzy.
"Ali I'm sorry." Emily looked over at the camera and her eyes began to close in exhaustion, Noel's hand moved to cheek to keep her awake, it seemed he was not finished but Emily's eyes closed but she fell unconscious and Noel himself looked over to camera.
Alison saw Noel sigh in frustration before her reached for the camera and Alison's screen went black. The blonde felt her hopes begin to fall, she knew Emily was in a lot of pain and was growing weaker by the minute. Falling deeper into Hanna's hug Alison burst into tears.
"It's okay we're going to find her." Hanna murmured while stroking Alison's hair, though looking at the other's they all seemed to have unconvincing looks on their faces.
About half an hour later Toby and Detective Tanner arrived but Alison remained on the lounge, almost lifeless as Caleb showed them the private video between them and Noel.
"So, what business does Noel Kahn have with Emily?" Detective Tanner said when the video had finished, Toby looked over at Spencer who had been making coffee for everyone.
"Well, um, Noel and Alison..." Spencer looked between Alison and Toby but couldn't find the right words to continue.
"We had some form of relationship but when I told him I wasn't interested he got angry and jealous. At a party he drugged me and attacked me and a few months before that he almost raped me, Emily saved me and I guess he's just never really liked her since then." Alison's friend's eyes widen in shock.
"He tried to rape you?"Aria murmured, forgetting that the police were there.
"Yes but Emily pulled him off me. It was when we were doing the biology assignment a few months ago." Alison's hands wrapped around the cup of coffee Spencer had made her and she sipped. The hot liquid fell down her throat causing the blonde's cold body to warm.
"Why didn't you report this Alison?" Detective Tanner seemed unimpressed by the fact but Alison wasn't in the mood to be dealing with any judgement.
"Because Noel used to be a sweet guy and I didn't want to ruin his life, I felt like it was my fault anyway." Hanna's hand went to Alison's shoulder supportively; Alison moved into Hanna's hold and rested her head on the blonde's shoulder.
"Okay well we've got everything we need right now. We'll let you know if we find anything but we will be in contact with Emily's parent's first." Tanner closed her little note book and headed towards the front door, Toby quickly kissed Spencer and followed.
There were several awkward moments of silence, Alison hated not knowing where Emily was, it was becoming difficult to think straight, the only thing the blonde could think of was Emily. The sound of her cries echoed in the back of her head.
"I hate this waiting. I just want her back." Alison whipped the last tear that fell from her eyes before falling asleep in Hanna's arms.
It was the early hours of the morning when Alison's phone vibrated in her pocket. She looked over at her friends who were fast asleep and wondered who could possibly be messaging her. The only sound that was in the room was Caleb's laptop running a program to find a code to Noel's signal.
Pulling her phone out of her pocket and was met with a message from an unknown number.
The waiting must be hard. Be at the lookout outside town in half an hour or I'll hurt Emily further. Come alone.
That was the only information provided and Alison knew it was Noel but there was no way for her to know she could trust him. Deciding she couldn't sit around and wait anymore Alison moved from the lounge and grabbed her car keys.
The blonde knew she wasn't acting smart but they only thing she could think of was Emily.
She had to save Emily.