So after two months, I'm back... and with another chapter! :) YAY! I've been really busy with life, but I managed to write this in my spare time. It's not my best chapter, but its something that could get the story moving along. ;)

I think you guys would like it though... We'll see.

Anyways, here's the chapter, and I hope you like it! :D

XOXOs,

Luv, Shevil

*Important Authors Note At the End About The Course Of This Story... Don't Worry, I'm Not Abandoning It :)*


Despite the recent murders, Beck was in a good mood for the first time in a long time. The FBI were well on their way to bring the serial killer to justice, and Beck's friends were on their way to safety. Well, most of them.

Maria was digging up information on Jade West and Annie Colt, bringing Beck one step closer from being reunited with Jade. Life was good, Beck's mind was calm.

Except for one part of his mind. Beck couldn't keep his mind away from the black hole at the back. The thought of putting one of his old classmates to a lifelong sentence in prison was that black hole. And Beck couldn't stray away from that thought. Especially with the feeling Beck had; he couldn't help but think that he was rather close to this killer at one point.

If this murderer was indeed on of his friends, how will he be able to put their hands behind their back?

Beck sat at his desk, a pen twirling between his fingers, staring at his computer screen. His eyes scanned the happy group of people; him, Tori, Trina, Andre, Cat, Jade. None of them looked capable of doing anything Beck's mind was accusing them.

He opened a new window, and decided to stare at that. He couldn't bear looking at the faces that could have possibly murdered his friends... out searching for the rest of them. Out of all those possible faces, who could it be?

There was a possibility of Ryder, the boy who he, Andre, and Tori embarrassed in front of the school, but that wasn't enough for him to be killing people for it. Unless someone had done something to him that had him seriously pissed off after that incident.

And Sinjin, whom their little group had bullied for years. Yes, he could be very well be the killer, but him commiting the near perfect crime? It was unlikely. Very unlikely.

But despite his doubt, he typed in Sinjin's name in the empty word document.

Who else had reason to do this? Who else had the manipulation and stealth to commit such a perfect crime?

He minimised the window, which he quickly regretted. His eyes focused on Jade. Beck had been close to Jade, definitely. She could very well be – No, don't think that! It wasn't Jade. It won't be Jade.

Beck slowly typed in Jade's name under Sinjin's. Then, he quickly erased the letters.

It can't be Jade.

But even when he thought that, why did that thought still linger in the back of his head? Why didn't it just fly away when Beck denied it?

"Maria?" Beck called, not that he needed to talk very loudly to get Maria's attention - her desk was just adjacent to his.

"Yes, Beck?" Maria leaned over.

"Did you find anything on Jade?" Beck forced the words out.

"No, nothing that we could work with now," Maria sighed. "I have everything about her from her birth to two years ago, including her address from then."

"Two years ago?" Beck questioned. "That we could work with."

"We can't, Beck. From what I discovered, Jade has moved eight times in three years, the years after graduation. If we go to her place of residence from two years ago, there's a very high chance that she won't be there anymore."

"Then what happened between then and now? Why can't you get anything on Jade between now, and two years ago? Isn't that like Jade falling off the face of the Earth?"

Maria nodded. "But from what I can see, she doesn't have a death certificate. She's still alive, unless she hid from society and died in isolation, and no one found her body. But two years is a long time; someone's ought to find her body in two years and file a death record for her."

"Then we go visit her home."

"What if someone else lives there now? Do you really want to get them involved too? The murderer is trying to hide, and the more people we get involved, the easier it would be to catch him, and the more people that gets killed."

"But what if Jade is still there? She's still living on her own?"

"Look, Beck, we'll call the house later. If it's Jade who picks up, we'll go pay her a visit. If not, we'll just leave the people living there in peace."

Beck sighed. Maria had a good, strong point going here. But it wasn't enough for him.

The girl who he'd been in love for so long could finally make another appearance in his life.

He needed to see her again, no matter how Maria tried to stop him.

Yes, that was what he'd do. He would go to Jade's house; if it wasn't Jade who lives there, then that was his mistake for getting his hopes up so high.

If it was indeed Jade's current house, he would do everything he could to protect her and to love her as he did before.

Beck smiled to himself as Maria turned away. This plan was sure to work for him.

Now, the only thing left to do to fulfill this plan was to get Jade's address from Maria's computer.


So there's the seventh chapter! And I hope you liked this chapter! It gave you some suspects, and also, Jade might be showing up soon! :D

And here's the IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE HERE: So I've been watching Twisted, and I've been thinking of intertwining this story with some of the characters from that show. I'm kind of hesitant to do it though, since I had this whole story planned out from the beginning, but it would add a lot more suspense to this story, making it much more fun to write ;). I don't know.
Should I make this some kind of Victorious/Twisted crossover or should I just keep this story the way it is?

Tell me in the reviews, or a PM, and we'll see what I do in the next chapter :)

Thank you guys so much,

XOXOs,

Luv, Shevil