"What happened?" Mr. Vega, Cat's parents and the rest of the gang waited for news in the Vega's residence. It was already the next morning and nothing had been informed yet so they were freaking out.

"We were driving back and we stopped by a store, I told Jade it didn't look good but she didn't listen to me…she and Cat went inside to buy us blankets and a few minutes later the door opened and I saw them fighting with two men" Tori started. "They were trying to make them stay but Jade managed to free herself and then Cat and they started coming to car but then…"

"Then I tripped" Cat said sadly and looked down feeling guilty. "I tripped and Jade came back to help me, she made sure I ran before she did and that's when they caught her, it was my fault!" she affirmed and started crying her eyes out so her mother hugged her.

"No, sweetheart, it wasn't" Her mother affirmed.

"And then what?" Mr. Vega asked.

"Well, Cat got in the car and I was waiting for Jade but…but the man had her and the other one was coming to us so I panicked and drove away, we left her there but I called the police as soon as we were safe" Tori said sadly.

"As soon as you were safe…" Beck said coldly. "You abandoned Jade, you left her there, how could you?"

"Beck…" Andre said trying to calm him down.

"What? It's true, she preferred to save herself than to wait for her friend. Now Jade must be going through god knows what because she trusted the wrong people" Beck said angrily.

"If we had stayed, we would all be missing" Tori responded.

"Yes, and she wouldn't be alone and maybe you would've figured out a way to escape together but now it's just her against those two beasts, I hope you are happy" Beck commented.

"Beck, you're not seeing things clearly…At least two of our friends are okay" Andre said.

"I agree, Beck, you need to calm down and stop blaming my daughter for what happened…she did what she had to do" Mr. Vega affirmed.

"She betrayed Jade and now she is probably dead in some pit, those men are not idiots, they know you two saw them and therefore they'll get rid of her as soon as they can, haven't you thought about that?" Beck questioned full of rage and Tori looked down. "Jade's probably never coming back, I hope you're satisfied with what you've done"

"You should ask yourself the same question" Tori asked as she stood up.

"What are you trying to say?" Beck questioned.

"How come you are so angry at me for not waiting for Jade when you have basically ignored each other since you broke up? You shouldn't be this upset" Tori commented and he stared at her coldly.

"Oh so I'm wrong for caring that a girl we all have known for a years is going through hell right now? It's called empathy but I understand that's an unknown concept for you" Beck responded angrily.

"No, you are acting like this because you still love her but you weren't enough of a man to tell her that and now you are afraid of not seeing her again, you are angry because you don't want Jade to die thinking you don't care about her, isn't that it?" She questioned and Beck looked to the side thinking about it. "I knew it…Yes, I know it was horrible of me to leave her but I had to do it and if something happens to Jade, I'll feel guilty forever but you need to stop putting your guilt on me too" Tori said seriously and sat down again. The room remained in silence for several seconds but then Jade's parents arrived.

"What happened? I got the messages" Mr. West said worriedly as he and his wife stepped into the living room.

"Umm…" Mr. Vega said but before he could tell them what had happened, his phone rang. "Hello, any news?" He asked and closed his eyes in frustration, he continued listening for a couple of minutes and sighed. "Yes, thank you…keep me updated, I'll be there later"

"What happened?" Beck asked worriedly.

"They found the house" Mr. Vega said.

"Can someone explain what's going on?" Jade's mother asked. "Where is Jade?"

"She was captured by two men last night and they had her in a house in the middle of the road" Mr. Vega explained.

"That's the house they found, right? Did they rescue Jade?" Mr. West questioned anxiously and Mr. Vega shook his head sadly.

"The house is empty but there was a lot of fresh blood in the store, and the dogs have localized several bodies that were buried around it" Mr. Vega informed.

"Dear god" Cat's mother said as she covered her mouth.

"The cops found a room with different items that belonged to several young women and a few men who have gone missing in the last year…over fifteen, those cases haven't been closed yet but they probably will once we examine the DNA of the corpses" Mr. Vega said. "I'm really sorry" He commented and Tori looked down shaking her head as Beck covered his face trying to assimilate the news.

"No, no Jade is not dead, you're lying…she can't be dead, my daughter was okay yesterday" Jade's mother, whose name was Evelyn, said as she shook her head with tears in her eyes.

"It's not confirmed yet but possibilities are high, we must be prepared for the worst" Mr. Vega said sadly.

"You don't know if she is dead so go do your job and find my daughter" Mr. West demanded coldly and hugged his wife.

Mr. Vega and the police continued examining the area and all the bodies they'd found at the scene. Three days later, he reunited everyone in the police station. "We've got the full report on the case" He informed.

"And?" Evelyn asked nervously.

"Well, as we suspected all the disappearances in the area are linked to this house; those two men are serial killers" Mr. Vega informed. "They're sadistic, the postmortem test showed that the victims were tortured before they murder; they follow certain patterns, for example they like to mutilate their victims by cutting off their fingers and ears"

"Dear god" Evelyn whispered.

"They raped the girls and also burned them with hot iron and when they were done torturing them, they stabbed them to let them bleed or simply slit their throats and proceeded to bury them" He explained as everyone listened completely terrified of what he was saying and they couldn't help to assume Jade had gone through all that pain. "However, they also burned some of them alive…five of the corpses were burnt to death so we cannot ID them but we know two of them are male and three are female; two of the females were killed about a month ago but the other one died a few days ago; I'm really sorry but we think that's Jade, the blood on the store belonged to her so we believe they might've raped her, mutilated her inside the store…which would explain the blood and then set her on fire, we know that's what caused her death. They also burned the other two males, who were probably captive as well but I suppose they had to hurry so they killed the three of them that night" He said sadly and Evelyn didn't even know what to say; she was just there having trouble articulating and then she broke out crying.

"NOOOOO!" She screamed desperately. "My baby can't be dead, she can't…"

"Please tell us this is not true" Mr. West demanded.

"I'm sorry, it is…we have declared Jade West dead, again I'm really, really sorry" Mr. Vega said with teary eyes.

"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" Beck said as he grabbed Tori's shoulders violently. "Are you happy now? Those animals raped, tortured and burned Jade alive! All because of you!" He screamed madly and pushed her back.

"Back off!" Mr. Vega immediately said and pushed him back. Tori was just there still assimilating the fact Jade was dead as she cried; she remembered the last time she'd seen her and how horrible it'd been and she just wanted to die, she felt so guilty.

"You know this is on you, Tori, Jade's death is on you!" Beck affirmed coldly as lots of tears streamed down his face. "I hope you can live with it" He said and walked out of the police station.

"Forgive him, Tori, he's losing it…" Andre said sadly. "You did what you had to do and we are happy you and Cat made it out of there alive"

"Thanks" Tori said sadly and looked down. Andre simply nodded and went after Beck to calm him down while Robbie and Cat stayed with Tori.

"What about those bastards? Where are they?" Mr. West questioned coldly as he tried to remain calm but his eyes were full of tears.

"I don't know but we are looking for them, I swear to god we'll find them and they'll pay for this" Mr. Vega affirmed.

"I'm so sorry, please forgive me" Tori said to Jade's parents as she cried her eyes out and they stared at her not knowing what to say. They knew she'd had reasons to leave but they couldn't bring themselves to accept it. Evelyn simply looked down without saying anything and walked out followed by Mr. West as Tori stared at them completely heartbroken.

"I'm sorry…I'm sorry…" Tori said several times even after they'd left and then collapsed on her knees while crying her eyes out. "I'm sorry, Jade, please forgive me, I'm sorry..." she said and her father hugged her. "She's gone! Jade's gone, dad and I could've saved her"

"No, you couldn't…don't blame yourself. You could only save yourself and Cat and you did, I'm proud of you" Her father affirmed but Tori couldn't stop feeling responsible; she kept remembering every second of what had happened and wondered if Jade would be alive, had she just hit the man with the car or turned around when Jade freed herself or done something else but no, she had not done anything. Tori had turned her back on Jade when she needed her the most and that had cost her a lot of pain and her life in the end. Tori understood why Jade's parents had refused to forgive her, she couldn't forgive herself either.

Yes, it's tragic I know.

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