Tori woke abruptly, a scream piercing through the house. She shot up straight on the old sofa, covered in sweat and breathing heavily. She looked all around, trying to remember where she was. Her heart was pounding in her chest as she relaxed slightly knowing she was still in the cabin. Her eyes flashed around the room, making her tense with fear all over again as she saw Cat still lying lifeless on the floor in front of her. "Oh my god." She wiped a few beads of sweat off her forehead.

"Tori? Tori are you ok?" Trina ran down the stairs so fast she almost fell down them all.

Robbie, Beck and Andre followed seconds after, racing down the staircase and to the sofa. "What?"

Tori panicked. "I had a nightmare."

Beck moved towards Tori, placing his hand on her shoulder and giving her a squeeze. "I want to say the nightmares over and you're ok now. But it's not."

Tori's eyes fell onto her lap as she played with her thumbs. "I'm sorry for waking you guys."

"It's ok. I couldn't sleep anyways." Robbie looked and felt as though he hadn't slept for weeks. His eyes were bloodshot and had thick gray circles under them.

"Why are you down here?" Andre questioned, confusion on his face.

"I was here with Jade last night."

Trina scowled at her sister. "What did I tell you, Tori? It's not safe to be around her!"

"What?" Beck turned to face Trina.

"We all know she had something to do with Cat's murder. Come on, you're all thinking it, I'm just the only one saying it."

"It wasn't her." Tori defended her friend as she thought back on last night. It made her heart break all over again as she thought back on what Jade had said. Seeing her break down was the hardest thing for Tori to witness.

"Jade is scary, but I don't think she'd kill Cat." Andre felt sick just thinking of Jade killing Cat. He knew she could be crazy sometimes but he was trying to feel certain that she didn't do it, although he doubted himself more times than not.

"I agree with Andre. Jade isn't a murderer." Beck said with an uneasy tone. He had no idea what Jade was capable of anymore.

"She had something to do with her death. I'm so sure of it." Trina crossed her arms over her chest.

"I wouldn't be so sure." Tori replied to her friends. "Anyway, I was just down here keeping her company."

"So, where is she now?" Beck questioned, looking around the open plan room.

Tori felt her chest tighten. She'd woken up alone. She had fallen asleep in Jade's arms and now she was gone. "I don't know. When I woke up just now she wasn't here." Panic hit her hard.

"Ok, and none of you find that awfully suspicious that she's now suddenly gone too?" Trina rolled her eyes. "I'm getting out of here before I get hurt or killed."

"Trina, you can't leave!" Tori grabbed her sisters wrist as she tried to walk off. "It's only one more night and we just need to figure out what to do about this mess. You can't leave me here."

"I don't want one more night of madness and grief, Tori! I want her body in a hospital, I want the police searching for her killer and I want to feel safe again!" Trina bit her lip to stop tears from flowing down her cheeks. "I don't want to be here anymore."

"None of us do." Robbie added, his heart feeling heavy as he looked over to Cat.

"What if the person that killed Cat has Jade too?" Beck felt an all too familiar pain in his stomach as he thought of Jade being missing too.

"Do you think we should go look for her as well?" Andre headed for the window, peering out into the bright forest.

"She isn't missing too." Tori spoke, trying to laugh to brush off the shock and panic hitting her again.

"How do you know that?" Trina tapped her foot against the wooden floor. "I'm not taking my chances. I want out of here. Game over. I quit."

"I just know." Tori shouted back. She knew Jade. Jade was strong and tough and wouldn't let anyone touch her.

Robbie had moved towards Cat's body as the sisters argued on the stairs. He took the rare moment that Jade wasn't protecting her to take a look at her. She looked paler from the day before, her skin looking cool all over even though she had Jade's jacket wrapped around her now. Her eyes were still so gently shut in a sleepy position, her long lashes lay still. He would have believed she was just asleep like Jade had said if I hadn't been for the purple and brown marks that were on her neck.

"Hey guys?" Robbie called out in a panic. "Guys, were these here before?" He ushered his friends over.

The group of friends stopped arguing, moving over slowly towards Robbie and Cat.

"Bruises?" Beck stated as he squinted at the body.

"Yeah."

"So?" Trina cocked her eyebrow up at the curly haired boy, trying to get a better look at Cat's neck.

"So, it means she was strangled." Robbie felt himself tear up again. The moment he said the word all he could imagine was some monsters hands around Cat's throat, robbing her of every last breath.

"Fuck." Beck spat angrily. "You sure?"

Robbie nodded. "These marks show that hands were placed around her neck and an immense amount of pressure was put on her. She was strangled to death."

"How could anyone want to do that to Cat?" Trina felt her pain turn to anger as she tried to picture what happened. "How?"

"She must have been so scared." Robbie felt weak again. He tried to stop the tears that were forming in his eyes but the pain was too much.

"Was it quick?" Andre asked, wishing and praying the answer would be yes. The thought of Cat being murdered was painful enough. Knowing she would have suffered as well was heart breaking.

Robbie shook his head to his friends. "Strangulation can take a minute or ten. It all depends on the person."

"She really did suffer." Tori felt her stomach turn.

"A part of me thought she might have done it to herself, only a small part." Beck mumbled. "I don't know why. I guess it was what she said to me in the bathroom that got me thinking."

"She didn't do this to herself. Someone knew what they were doing to her. This wasn't an accident. Someone wanted to kill Cat." Robbie stood up. "We should find Jade."

"Not you as well, Robbie!" Tori uttered.

"In Jade's favourite movie one of the characters gets killed by asphyxiation, aka strangulation! It just screams, Jade West."

Tori felt betrayed by her friends. She looked to Beck for comfort. "Beck?"

"I think we should find her too. Then we can clear this whole thing up." He couldn't look at Tori as he spoke, he felt guilty for thinking Jade could ever do this. But the evidence was piling up and she was the slowly becoming the only suspect.

Before Tori could defend Jade anymore a loud knock sounded at the door. It echoed through the cabin, making the entire floor shake. The friends stood still, frozen in shock as panic drove through them.

"Should we answer it?" Beck whispered, still not moving an inch.

"Don't. It could be anyone." Trina mumbled back.

"What if it's Jade?" Tori said in a hushed tone, taking a small step towards the door.

"Tori, no!" Andre grabbed her back. "We have a freaking dead body in here, do you really wanna answer the door to a stranger?"

"How do we know it's not Jade?" Tori forced herself off him. "It's probably her." She said with confidence.

Tori walked carefully over to the front door. She turned around slowly to her friends with concerned faces before placing her hand on the door handle. Another loud bang sounded at the door as she swung it open. Fear kicked her in the stomach as she saw a large man in a blue suit.

...

"I know you kids were scared but you should have called us the moment you found your friend." The first police officer spoke as he stood over Cat's body. "We might have missed crucial evidence for this investigation."

The group of friends were squeezed onto the old sofa in complete fear. Undertakers, doctors and cops stood around the young girls body. None of them moved her too much as she had gone into full rigor. Not one of the teenagers could take their eyes off her.

"Is it just you five staying here?"

Trina shook her head. "One of our friend's is missing."

The cop looked confused. "What do you mean?" He ushered his eyes down to Cat.

"Not her." Trina looked to the doorway. "Another one."

"Ok." He sighed. "We're going to take your friend to the nearest hospital find out what happened to her. I'll send a search party out for your other friend and your parents will be called to come collect you." The large man walked back towards the body, leaving them alone.

"Who called them?" Tori felt nervous all over, her stomach was doing flips as she watched the policemen walk around the cabin.

"Not me!" Trina admitted. "I wish it had been me though!"

"Don't look at me, my cell broke." Andre held his hands up.

Beck shook his head. "Not me."

"Or me." Robbie added.

"Then who?"

As Tori spoke the front door swung open, letting in a cold breeze. In the doorway stood the silouette of a tall girl, her black hair flowing through the wind. As she moved forward everyone could see her eyes were red and blood shot. She looked physically exhausted.

"Jade?" Tori rushed to her feet, almost knocking both her and Jade out as she hugged her.

Jade's eyebrow cocked as she saw the cops in the cabin. "Oh good. They got here then."

Tori let go of Jade. She crossed her brows at the pale girl. "What?"

Jade walked towards her friends, her eyes fallling heavily onto Cat. "We need to find out who did this to her. We have to catch her killer. So, I called them."

A/N - Today was so hard to write. I had cheer until 9 this evening and I am super tired but I made sure I wrote this for you guys! I can't thank you enough for all the support and awesome comments, so thank you!

If you're super smart you'll notice that in every chapter there are clues that'll help you piece together who did it, so read carefully ;)