Cat's P.O.V.

I screamed and kicked as hard as I could, but I couldn't fight off the creepy scientists that were trying to hold me down. There were five or six of them, and I would never in a million years even be able to take on one.

Three men held me down while a fourth forced my mouth open and a lady poured something down my throat. I was laying down, so I didn't have any choice but to swallow it. I wasn't listening when they told me what it was supposed to do; all I knew was that I didn't want to take these tests. Especially when Jade said they were bad.

A little bit after I swallowed the liquid, I started feeling really weird. My head got all fuzzy and I couldn't focus on anything, and I felt like I was going to be sick. I tried to raise a hand to my stomach, but my limbs were too heavy to pick up.

My vision started fading, and I passed out.

Later

I woke up with a little headache and stomach ache. I opened my eyes and looked around to see if the scientists were anywhere near me, but all I saw was the familiarity of the cage Jade and I had been put in. However, I didn't see Jade.

I heard the jingling of keys and looked up to see Devin standing in front of the door. I squeaked and threw myself as far away from the cage door as I could.

"Please don't hurt me again!" I cried, shielding my face with my arms. I could still remember the pain I had awoken to after he made me hit my head on the wall, and I started tearing up. My eyes shut, I heard the door open and a low thud, then the door slammed closed again.

I slowly removed my arms from my face to find Jade slumped on the floor. She looked hurt, but at least she was awake this time. I got up and ran over to her, then pulled her into a hug. "Jade, I was so scared!" I cried.

She hugged me back, and at that moment I realized just how weak she was. Her arms were loose around my back and she wasn't talking to me. I pulled back and looked her over. She was half laying, half sitting on the ground, supported by the metal bars of the front wall. She was crying.

"Cat," she said softly. Her voice was rough, as if she'd been yelling. "We've got to—" I shushed her. Tears were flowing freely down both our faces now.

"Don't talk," I told her. "You're going to make it worse. I know we have to go, but how?" It was a rhetorical question, and Cat didn't expect Jade to try to talk to her.

"Cat, are you okay?" she asked. "That monster knocked you out on the—" Jade broke off, coughing.

"I'm fine," I lied for the first time in my life. I didn't want Jade worrying about me, especially when she also had her boyfriend to worry about. Neither of us had mentioned Beck in a while, but I knew we were both scared for him and Andre. Tori and Robbie, too, but I felt better about them because they were in the same room.

Which made me think. Someone must have brought Jade in here; she couldn't sit up, let alone get herself back here. I was sure Tori and Robbie would have tried to get her attention, if just a little, but I hadn't heard their voices when Jade came in. I peered through the bars to the left. I didn't see anyone in the cage on the far side of the room, the one that belonged to Tori and Robbie. They must have been testing.

That reminded me of something else. I swear, I'm remembering more things than I ever have at one point in my life! I did see Andre earlier, and I had managed to tell him what room we were in before I was whisked away by those scientists.

"Jade! I saw Andre earlier!" I gasped. "I told him which room we were in, and he could have told Beck! We might see them!" I smiled a little. At least I had a little good news to share with Jade.

"Don't get your hopes up," Jade told me between fits of coughing. "They're not allowed in here, remember? They could get hurt..."

I couldn't take it anymore. Jade was supposed to be so strong! Nothing could make her give up, nothing could hurt her! "Jade, what happened to you?" I yelled uncharacteristically. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see the guys in the cage beside us staring.

Jade just shook her head. I sighed and lay down to go to sleep. Maybe that was all Jade needed, a little sleep. It didn't take long at all for me to doze off.

I woke up to someone shaking me. "Cat!" I heard Jade hiss in my ear. I blinked open my eyes and found Jade crouched in front of me, grinning.

"Jade? Did something good happen?" I asked, since I couldn't find any good reason why she would be smiling like that; she barely even did that when we weren't held captive by a creepy lady.

"Yes!" she exclaimed. To my relief, her voice sounded a little better. "Cat, you were right! Andre and Beck are here; look!" Jade moved to the side a little, and I saw the two guys outside the cage. I squealed and got up to get closer to my friends.

"Beck! Andre!" I yelped. Jade stood beside me, holding Beck's hand through the bars. Andre smiled just a little bit, but he didn't look as happy as he normally did.

"Hey, Little Red," he said. "How're you guys holding up in there?" he asked. I frowned a little and looked at Jade. She glanced at Andre, then shifted her gaze back to Beck. I guessed I'd have to tell them about what's been happening.

"Guys, the mean scientists hurt us!" I whispered. "They pushed me into a wall and made me swallow stuff that made me sick, and Jade came back earlier and she couldn't even sit up straight!" The words poured out of my mouth, and I wasn't able to stop them. "I wanna leave!"

I started crying a little, and noticed that everyone else was teary-eyed too. "Guys, what do you do here?" Jade asked. I didn't know why it mattered, but Jade had to have a reason for asking. Beck and Andre shuddered, then looked from me to her. Beck leaned as close to the bars as he could and whispered something to Jade that I couldn't hear.

"An incinerator?" Jade gasped. She looked horrified, an expression I'd never seen on her face before. "What about outside? Are we still in Hollywood?"

"I have absolutely no idea where we are," Beck responded. We could still be in California, or we could be in Tennessee for all we know. I've only been outside once. There's a giant forest out there, and a huge fence around the facility."

"Is the forest really thick?" Jade asked eagerly. Now Beck, Andre and I were all staring at her really weird.

"Um, yeah, it is...why...?" Jade nodded and moved to the opposite corner of the cage, then beckoned Beck over. He went around the cage to meet with her. They whispered a few things together, then Beck started looking really upset and angry.

Jade and Beck joined Andre and I again after a few minutes. "What's wrong?" I asked Beck. He ran a hand through his hair and sighed.

"Jade is convinced we're all going to die in here," Beck stated. "And we're not," he said firmly before Jade could butt in.

"I'm just saying, if this keeps going on, we're eventually not going to be able survive these tests. I was almost asphyxiated the other day!" Jade insisted. "And from what Beck's told me, we wouldn't be the first!"

I was about to tell Jade she was wrong, but a buzzing interrupted me. "Great," Beck muttered, looking down at his feet.

"We gotta go," Andre said. He stepped away from the cage. "We'll try to get back in here tomorrow, alright?" Jade and I nodded, and the guys left the room.

I sighed and sat down. Jade walked up to me and pulled me to the wall farthest from the other cages and sat, motioning for me to do the same, and I did.

"Cat, I need to tell you about something," she said.

I'm about to head out for Band Camp now! Wish me luck! So, we have Beck and Andre in this chapter.

JadePlusBeck: Don't worry, I'm getting there XD There'll be plenty more Bade soon.