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Big Mistake
Digidestend Angel
I Do NOT Own Victorious
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Chapter Nine
Found A Body
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A couple days later…
A knock was on Jade's bedroom door and the door opened right after. Jade was asleep in bed when her father shook her awake gently. "Jade, dear. Wake up."
Jade groaned and her eyes opened after a few seconds. She noticed the sun was barely coming up. She gasped and sat up. "Did they find Cat?"
Her dad gulped. "They…may have."
Jade's stomach dropped. "Dad…what's wrong?"
Her dad had tears in his eyes. "They found a body that matches Cat's description. Her hair is brown though, but the kidnapper could've colored her hair."
Jade slapped her hands over her mouth to hide her sobs. "Oh my god!"
"Cat's parents are out of the state, as you know, to do a press conference in San Diego." Her dad continued cautiously. "They've given permission for both you and Beck to go to the morgue and identify the body."
Jade sobbed, but nodded. She was silently praying it wasn't Cat…
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Beck didn't bother to wipe away his silent tears that he no longer had control of. They just came down and down, never stopping. He wondered if he would ever stop crying. Probably not. He just received a call from Cat's parents…one that's going to haunt him forever. The police found a body matching Cat's description. They said the hair didn't look like it was dyed over, but stranger things have happened.
Anything's possible.
It wasn't possible for Cat to be kidnapped, but it happened. So yes, anything can happen.
Beck prayed with all his heart it wasn't his beautiful, petite girlfriend he adored and just wanted to hold her. What if it was though? He'd kill himself, that's what. He'd go home with his parents and hang himself with a sheet. He couldn't live without Cat. When he and Jade broke up, he was lost and didn't know what to do next. Cat helped him through it and he just fell in love with her. It was the most ironic thing he had ever witnessed, but it happened.
And then his heavenly dream come true was snatched from him just like that. Stolen, taken, snatched, and possibly…murdered?
"What if it's her?" Beck's voice croaked out as he was in the backseat of his parents' four door truck.
Beck's mother also had tears streaming down her cheeks, but tried not to cry loudly for the sake of her fragile son. "Baby, you need to pull yourself together here, okay? Cat would want you to be strong. You were her protector and her shelter, so you need to prove to her that no matter what happens to her, you'll stay that way. It may not make sense now, Beck, but it will one day. But then again, it may not be Cat."
"But she told Jade in the phone call that if Damian found her on the phone or that she had made a phone call…he'd kill her." Beck sniffled, which was the opposite of what anybody thought he would ever do. He hated sounding so helpless and pathetic, but frankly…why should he care what anybody thinks right now? "She told Jade he hoped he'd kill her because he was…hurting her…and that he touched her." Beck sobbed. "I just want to hold her!"
Beck's father reached back from the driver's seat and gave his son's knee a pat. "Beck, I know this is so hard. I couldn't possibly imagine the agony you're feeling. No one can. But listen to me: Cat needs you to be strong for her. Don't let her down."
Beck took a deep breath and his father removed his hand. "Okay." He sat up straight and stared out the window, lifelessly. "Okay."
They pulled up to the morgue, the same time Jade's parents and she arrived. They went inside, without communicating with one another, and the medical examiner came out and gave them a sympathetic smile. "Miss West, Mr. Oliver…I've seen you both on TV." She greeted them softly. "I'm Dr. Richards and I'm the medical examiner."
Jade nodded as Beck kept his hands in his pockets.
"As you've been told, the police found a body in a dumpster in the downtown Hollywood area around 3am today." Dr. Richards continued. "The body was naked and looked to be recently killed. Maybe around 10 or 11pm last night. The body matched Caterina's descriptions, but her hair is brown. It doesn't looked to have been colored, but again…things have happened." She sighed. "If you two will follow me, your parents can wait out here."
Jade and Beck silently nodded and followed her to the back.
It was cold, very cold. Autopsy freezers were all over one of the walls and there was just so much light in the room. Dr. Richards led them to one of the tables that had a body on top, covered with a sheet. "Now I do warn you that this body has a few scratches on her face." The woman told them as they stood on the other side of her. "I'm going to pull it back and if you can tell me as soon as possible if it's Caterina or not, that'd be great. Take a good look though. Are you ready?"
Beck scoffed. "No…but do it." Jade nodded in agreement.
The doctor grabbed the top of the sheet and slowly brought it down until it was laid at the body's chest.
Beck collapsed to the ground, taking deep breaths, saying "thank you, God" over and over again.
Jade sighed in relief. "It's not her. It's not Cat."
Random Fact About DA: I was a dancer (hardcore one) from the early age of 4 years old to when I became pregnant with my firstborn son at the early age of 19. Anybody else have a sport they're in?
