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Tori, Robbie, Andre and Beck were at the door. Cat had run out the door and driven home, taking Robbie's car by accident. Beck was getting nervous, waiting for Jade. Beck. Nervous. The calm, cool, collected Beck. Nervous. This was bad.

"Maybe we should go look for her..." Tori sighed anxiously. Beck shook his head, putting his hand up.

"You guys stay here, I'm going after her." Beck ran back into the long hallways of Hollywood Arts. Where on earth could she be? He ran through the building, scanning every room for his girlfriend. He ran past the acting classroom, and peeked in. Nope. Nothing. He ran and checked the voice classroom. He did a double-take when he saw the curtain move, his heart speeding up. But he soon realized that the window was open, and walked over to close it. Weird. Who would leave the- There! He saw something move. I know I saw something.

"Who's there?" He asked edgily, backing up against the wall. "S-show yourself!" Something moved again. It was dark, and quick. Very quick. Before he could run after it, something made him freeze. Instantly, foreign thoughts clouded his mind. Why do you want to find Jade? Has she ever been nice to you, or any of your friends? Don't waste your time, Beck! Let her be. She doesn't want you anymore. Give it up...

"No! Quit that, Beck! You love her, and you need to find her!" He sped out of the room, closing the door behind him, and continued his search, wiping the sweat off his brow.

. . . . .

"Oh, great! You're awake!" A voice called out. Jade's eyes burned behind her closed eyelids. She opened them slowly and sat up with a jerk. She tried to stand up, but found only that she was chained to dark stone walls. She looked around, confused and scared.

The dark room, lit by a few small torches on the walls, was cold and drafty. Bugs crawled around on the floor, which was enveloped in a mysterious fog, giving the room an eerie look that, any other day, Jade would have adored. But today, she couldn't even try to enjoy its beauty. Because sitting in front of her, was a huge Shadow, on a big pillow, torches on either side of him.

"Hello, Jadelyn." This shadow had a face. Red eyes, large, bony features, and a long robe.

"H-how do you know my name?" She asked. He stood and walked toward her. She backed away, until she was against the wall. He pierced her with his red eyes.

"That's not something you need to worry about. Now, hold really still. This won't hurt much..."

. . . . .

Beck saw Jade on the stage in the black box. What's she doing here? "Jade! Let's go, babe!" He walked up to her and slung his arm around her. She didn't move. She just stared straight forward. Finally, she turned her head to him, shook his arm off and walked away in silence. Beck followed her, wondering if she was okay.

She was at the door when he caught up. Everyone greeted her, but she ignored them.

"Hey Ja- Whoa!" She pushed past Andre. Robbie didn't say a word. Tori started to say something, but was interrupted by Jade's fist. Instantly, her nose was bleeding, and Jade was gone. "Did you guys just – did she – ?" Beck just stared after Jade. He looked at Tori guiltily.

"I- I don't... I'll go talk to her now..." He zipped out of the building, running after Jade. She was walking to her car, as if she hadn't just punched someone in the nose and walked away. Classic Jade! Beck rolled his eyes and grabbed his girlfriend's shoulder. She slapped it away, a stinging sensation ringing through his palms. "Gah!"

Jade turned to him slowly. "Jade, what's up with the assault on Tori? You and I are dating, and that's staying that way. Let's go to Creamy Queen and get a sundae, hey?" He pulled her hair behind her ear. Her eyes grew cold, the ocean blue bullets boring holes into his own brown ones. Her skin looked paler than usual, almost lifeless, with sickly pale lips pressed into a tight line. They stared at each other for what seemed like hours, but was really only half a second. She pushed him to the ground and stepped into her car, driving recklessly out of the parking lot. He stared after her, his confusing girlfriend. What is up with her? That's not the Jade I know...

He had no idea how true that was.

. . . . .

The shadow, residing in Jade's body, fumbled with the steering wheel. "Fah! I hate technology! What was ever wrong with carriages? Too country, I suppose, for these pitiful city folk!" He looked over at the passenger seat, at a shadow, much resembling Jade West. "Don't you think, Jadey?"

The shadow crossed her arms. "Don't call me that! Who are you? And what do you want with my body, for Pete's sake?" Jade's body may have been overtaken, but she still had her shadow, which, really, was only given to her because this "shadow person" who still wouldn't introduce himself, didn't have a shadow of his own. "And having no shadow would be too suspicious, now wouldn't it?" He had said with Jade's own lips. Well, what used to be her lips. So, she was his personal shadow, only able to respond to this mysterious monster. Through words, anyway. But if he caught her acting up while she performed as his shadow, he'd "Deal with that". Ashamed, Jade had to admit she was afraid of this nightmare.

"Well, if you must know something," He began, lazily turning the wheel left and right. "I am, theoretically, Marcus Trindle. Content?" He smirked.

"Theoretically, how?" She snapped. Suddenly, she recalled the name. "Marcus Trindle... From Detect! Our play!"

"Correct, dearie." He laughed. It's so weird, hearing a deep, ghostly voice come out of my own body! She realized. "I am that man."

"Hardly a man..." She mumbled sarcastically. He chuckled.

"It's only a matter of time until you can learn not to sass me, Jadelyn."

She rolled her eyes at the use of her full name. "What do you mean, theoretically?"

"Ah, yes! Well, after I, er, met my end, I was buried under the guest room, where the ruby resided. You now call it a 'Black box', which is odd, considering it looks nothing like a black box." He looked puzzled for a moment, but forgot about it. "Anywho, once I was, erm, deceased and buried, I lost everything. Everything but my knowledge, and my shadow, still standing proudly over my empty body. I took that shadow and claimed it, becoming who I am today."

"A body stealer?" She asked. He just laughed, and squeezed his fist. Suddenly, she felt a tight squeeze, like Indian burn, on her wrist. "Ahh!" She shouted. He laughed again, maniacally, releasing his grip on her shadowed wrist. She was ready to get out of this car, and think of a plan. But she was immobile here, courtesy of Marcus himself.

"Okay, so, you've beat up my worst enemy, so my hat is off to you; but then, you knocked down my boyfriend, so my hat's back on; I'm guessing you're a bad guy here?" She deduced. "Can you tell me why you're doing all this?"

He turned to her. "You see, Jadey," Jade clenched her fists, but remembered the Indian burn, and released her grip on her palms. "That's more like it. I saw that you were performing a play about the terrible jewel case at Rosina's house. Well, I thought I'd use your body; which is delightfully horrifying, if I do say so myself; to reveal the truth to your audience. That after "Red Dress" and I made our escape with the jewel, I learned my love for her was not so strongly returned. She killed me and gave me the ruby to cover her tracks. I did learn her name..." He remembered. "Ah, it was so long ago, I hardly remember her face! She was beautiful, yes. I loved her with all my heart, I did..." He reminisced. "No matter. I plan to reveal her secret, and her true name, bring dishonor to her whole family, and relive my life in my scrawny descendant, Robert Shapiro. I must get my revenge. If I fail, then I will, uh, return to my non-living state." He finished. Jade's face was the picture of horror.

After pinching herself for the 7th time, she came to terms with the fact that she wasn't dreaming. And it scared her. "Pfft! You don't want to live inside Robbie! Ew, he's... gross!" She laughed. It wasn't that she cared about Robbie, oh no. She just... wanted to get out of the situation, of course. Marcus just patted her shoulder, Jade quickly whisking it away, but in vain. Her hand slid right through his, being a shadow.

"Clever, what you're doing, but it won't work. I can only stay in someone's body for a month, unless we are blood-relatives, smart one. I have no choice. I won't live in his grandma." He shivered at the thought. "She's more disgusting than the puppet freak. Oh, why are my descendants so repulsive?" He moaned. Suddenly, a police siren neared them. "What is that?" He asked Jade.

"Why, I have no idea!" She lied. He returned that burning to her, through her leg, this time, so she confessed. "Okay! It's a police siren! They're pulling you over because your driving like a maniac!" She snapped. He would have dealt with her behavior, of course, but was distracted by the siren.

"AHH! I HATE THESE LOUD SOUNDS OF YOUR WRETCHED WORLD!" He screeched, letting go of the wheel. Jade tried to grab at it, but was quickly reminded of her current state.

"GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF!" She screamed at him. He didn't obey, and they flew off the road, toward a collection of tall trees. He didn't know the pedal he pressed on was the acceleration, and continued to push down on it. They instantly started zipping past trees, luckily not hitting any until several minutes later, deep into the woods. The air bags shot off, freaking Marcus out more than the sirens had. Jade bore a hole into her forehead with the palm of her hand. Grief. Out of all the shadows, I got stuck with the girly one? She sighed, trying to open the door. She couldn't grasp the handle. Marcus looked at her like an idiot.

"Idiot!" He muttered. "You can walk through the door!" She did so, waiting for him to finally open the door and step out.

"Well, so-rry, for not having your vast shadow-knowledge!" She sassed. She examined the situation, which looked bleak. They were lost, in the middle of nowhere, with a broken car. The police had obviously given up on them. Thank God. How am I supposed to explain this to my mom? "Oh, don't worry! That wasn't me, I was just possessed by a shadow of a dead man!" She moaned inwardly at the thought. "See what you've done? We're lost!"

She heard him shout out in pain. She winced as she felt the pain also. "And quit hurting my body!" She demanded, looking at the car, kicking the now-smashed-to-pieces hood, then reeling in pain.

"Augh! Stop kicking stuff!" He shouted from the other side of the car, hugging his, no, her, foot to her chest. This was going to be a long night...

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