Hey guys!
I know what you must be thinking if you decided to click on the story, it's not the usual because it's a crossover. It's the first time I've done one but I thought it'd be a good idea so I hope you give it a shot.
Most, if not all, of you know me for writing Victorious and in case you don't know the show "Lie to me", it's about a group of people who can tell when you're lying and they solve cases and stuff. It's really good so go see it! :)
But just so you know what you'll be reading, the characters of that show that I'll be focusing on are:
Cal Lightman: the expert reading people's faces, a little overconfident, has a particular way of looking at people and saying things haha but he is a good guy.
Gillian Foster: A psychologist who works with him, she is intelligent and nice and pretty, she is played by Kelli Williams.
(I ship Gil with Cal by the way)
AND IF there is anyone from the Lie to me fandom reading this, thank you for giving it a shot!
I hope you all enjoy it!
Jade West was in the best moment of her life; she was young, she was beautiful, she was talented and she had love, she had her friends, her family and she had Beck, her boyfriend. Everything about her life seemed to be perfect, she was happy and that was the most devastating aspect of the situation…because she was gone. Nobody knew what had happened, one day Jade simply vanished, she went to school and never arrived or came back home.
"It's been a week and no news" Tori commented worriedly during lunch at Hollywood Arts and Beck sighed as he looked down, he suddenly hit the table and pushed his hair back in frustration.
"If they wanted something, they would have called" Beck said and shook his head. "What if…What if she's dead already?" He asked, his voice cracked near the end of the sentence and gulped just imagining the terrible scenario.
"No, let's not be negative! She is alive and she will come back, her father is doing everything he can" Andre affirmed. "This was probably to get back at him, he is a judge…and he has many enemies"
"But what if isn't about him? What if someone just saw her on the street and decided to take her?" Beck asked trying to contain the tears. "Jade is beautiful, maybe…maybe some assholes wanted to…hurt her" He said avoiding the word rape because he was so frightened by the idea of Jade going through that pain that just thinking about it made his blood freeze. "If they wanted her for that, then she might as well be dead in some pit as we speak"
"She is not, don't be negative…You're just driving yourself crazy, she'll appear" Tori said and took a breath. "Let's go to her house after school, maybe they have news"
"If I'd picked her up, she…she told me her car wasn't working, she asked me to pick her up and I said no, I went to the fucking doctor instead, I could have saved her!" Beck said, regret and guilt dripping from his voice.
"Enough, Beck! We've told you a hundred times that you couldn't have saved her, if she was a target then they would have found another time or killed you in the process" Andre affirmed but Beck shook his head and wiped a tear off his face. "Look at me!" he demanded and Beck turned to him. "Jade is alive and she will be back and she is gonna need you to be strong for her, you can't be weak, not now, okay?" He said and Beck nodded. "Good"
Later that day the gang arrived to the West residence and found Mr. West, his brother and two detectives talking in the living room. "Oh hello guys" Mr. West said as he stood up to greet them so the rest of the men stood up as well.
"Any news?" Robbie asked and Jade's father sighed as he shook his head sadly.
"Nothing concrete yet" One of the detectives, Mr. Woods, said. "But we think she's alive"
"Why?" Tori questioned.
"First because no one has found her body yet and second, because we believe this to be linked to Mr. West" The other cop, Mr. Davis, responded. "The kidnapping was clean, there's no footage, no witnesses, no nothing! Whoever did this is a professional and it's probably a way to coerce Judge West into doing something"
"Then why haven't they called? I will do anything to save my child" Mr. West affirmed.
"They may be doing it on purpose to increase your anxiety and psychosis, that way you'll give in easily" Mr. Davis explained.
"Either way, I believe we should contact the Lightman group, they have helped the FBI solve many cases like this" The other detective commented.
"I'm sorry, who?" Andre asked.
"Human lie detectors, those people can tell when someone is hiding something and when they lie" The man explained. "They've solved cases like this several times and when the kidnappers communicate they'll be able to tell us more about them"
"Get them"
Gillian Foster walked into her office as she did every morning and was greeted by Cal Lightman sitting on her chair with his feet on her desk, she let go of a small sigh and smiled a little at him as she shook her head before taking a sip of her coffee. "Good morning, Doctor Foster" He said casually.
"Good morning, Doctor Lightman" She responded in an equally serious manner and left her purse on the desk. "What's the matter?" Gil asked curiously.
"Emily, she is the matter" Cal said and sat properly.
"Your daughter is the matter? Why?" Gillian asked with a small chuckle.
"You see, she…she's going through a phase and I think she should talk to you, you know, in a professional manner" Cal said.
"What kind of phase requires a psychologist?" Gil asked.
"You know, a phase…She's seventeen and you know she's not a virgin anymore" Cal commented awkwardly and Gil looked to the side with a smile feeling a little uncomfortable.
"I don't think we should be discussing your daughter's sexual life" Gil commented sincerely.
"No, we should! We should because she has introduced me to two boyfriends in a very short time and I…I don't think that's good for her" He responded and she sighed.
"The fact she has a boyfriend doesn't mean she's sleeping with him and even if she is, Emily is a very intelligent girl and I'm sure she's taking proper precautions" Gil affirmed and he stared at her emotionlessly. "Get over it, Cal, she is a teenager discovering her sexuality, let her be!"
"You can't be serious" He responded.
"I am" Gil said cynically and smiled before taking another sip of coffee so he covered his face.
"I just…Imagining Emily with…" He started as he cringed.
"Stop, stop it! You don't have to imagine it, Jesus!" Gil said and shook her head as she laughed. "I think you need to face the fact Emily is becoming a woman"
"Is that your professional opinion, Doctor Foster?" Cal asked and she nodded. A few seconds later Eli Loker and Ria Torres walked into the office holding a folder and they turned to the door to see them.
"I thought you'd be here" Loker said when he saw Cal on the chair. "We have a new case…and I think we will be travelling to Los Angeles today"
"What are you talking about? Which case?" Lightman asked.
"A judge's daughter disappeared a week ago and he contacted us to help him find her" Torres explained and walked towards Gil and Cal to give them the folders. "Her name is Jade West and she is eighteen, they think it was a kidnapping" She commented and they saw two pictures of Jade inside the folders; in one they saw a pale young woman with black hair, blue eyes, black clothes, piercings and blue streaks on her hair and in the other photo she looked very different, her hair had no streaks, her piercings were gone, she was smiling and she was wearing a red dress in one of her father's cocktail parties.
"Maybe she just ran away with her boyfriend or friends, maybe she just decided to take a little vacation without telling her father, she looks…rebellious, do they have proof it was a kidnapping?" Gillian questioned after looking at the picture.
"She is not with her boyfriend, he is the city just like the rest of her close friends" Torres commented.
"According to her father she has a perfect life, she goes to an arts high school in L.A., she is healthy, doesn't do drugs, doesn't smoke, doesn't cause trouble…She is perfect, he didn't mention anything bad about her" Loker added.
"She doesn't look like the model daughter of a Judge if you ask me" Cal commented. "I'm almost sure Jade isn't the perfect girl he described"
"So? She disappeared and he wants to find his kid, of course he is not going to be telling us about his problems with her, his priority is to find her" Torres said.
"She is right" Foster said and turned to Cal. "As a father who is looking for his daughter, he is not anxious to let the world know she was a problematic teenager, it would only cause him to lose credibility"
"We don't know if she was problematic yet, appearances are not always right" Torres commented
"We'll know more if we take the case and interview her friends and her parents" Loker said. "So?"
"Let's find this girl" Foster said to Lightman and he stared at her for a few seconds.
"Fine"
"I'll tell them to buy four tickets" Loker said.
"Four? Oh no, Foster and I are going…You and Torres stay here to take care of the other cases" Lightman and Loker sighed disappointedly while Torres chuckled.
"Let's go, I'll give you a cookie and a toy, darling" Torres said sarcastically to Loker as they walked out and Gil smiled at them.
"What do you think?" Gil asked Cal.
"I think this is going to be an interesting case" He responded.
"What's interesting about it? It's just a kidnapping" Foster commented. "Maybe revenge against her father or coercion…or maybe she just ran off"
"Yes but that isn't all, just look at this…The picture her father chose to send us versus the picture Loker found on the internet" Cal said and opened the folder. "The one he chose shows us what he wishes she were, not what she is"
"That's normal, all parents want to show the world their kids are perfect…Especially if they're in such a respected position, he is a judge" Foster commented.
"Not when your child is missing, not if she is your priority" Lightman said. "He must be hiding something"
"You think he has something to do with it? Why would he contact us if he did?" Foster asked.
"Let's find out"
I hope you guys liked the first chapter!
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