Hey kids!

I'm so so so sorry that I've not updated in FOREVER. I've just been super busy with work and other things. I hope this chapter makes up for it!

One more thing! I made this birthday video for Liz and it would really mean a lot if you guys watched it: watch?v=Ip-b9gXimt4 :{) I'm really trying to get Liz to see it.

Anyways, enjoy!

xoxo

Jade groaned as her hand painfully ached and prevented her from sleep. She looked down at her injured hand and winced as her knuckles seemed to get more and more swollen each time she looked at them. Bravely, she gently pushed on them in a weak attempt to pop them back into place - but she only ended up gasping in pain and biting down on her lower lip.

"I'm sorry you got hurt," Beck whispered from beside her, reaching out and resting a bruised hand on her thigh.

She shook her head, "It's not your fault, don't worry about it," she breathed, gently laying her hand back down by her side, doing her best to ignore the pain which spread through her arm as she did so.

"I should've done more to protect you," he sighed, shaking his head. He was unbelievably angry with himself for letting Jade out of his sight. His jaw clenched and he banged his head back against the wall he was leaning against.

"Stop," Jade breathed, "Just... stop."

"Sorry."

Jade sighed tiredly to herself and moved to lean her head against Beck's shoulder, silently letting him know that she wasn't mad at him. She desperately wanted to sleep, but she knew that it wouldn't be an easy thing to achieve due to the fact that they were trapped in a psychopath's basement.

Cat, on the other hand, had no problem falling asleep from pure exhaustion. She had promptly passed out on Beck's lap with her thumb in her mouth for comfort. But even though she was fast asleep, her dreams were plagued with visions of what had happened to them, and visions of what couldhappen to them if they didn't get out of there soon.

The little redhead jumped awake after a particularly horrifying dream and knew that she probably wouldn't sleep for a while afterwards. She yawned and sat up beside Beck, rubbing her eyes tiredly like a child would do.

"You okay?" Beck whispered to her.

She shrugged, "Sure," she breathed, resting her head against his shoulder.

"We'll get out of here," Beck breathed, "Don't worry."

"But how?" Cat questioned, sitting up straight again and looking Beck in the eye, "He got you this time? What if he gets Robbie? And Andre? And Tori!-"

"Shh, relax," Beck cut her off, knowing she would end up having an anxiety attack.

Suddenly, the door above them slammed open loudly, making the teens jump in fright at the unexpected noise. They looked up at the staircase, expecting to find Stanley carrying plates of food for them like he had done earlier, but what they found instead made their hearts stop.

It was Stanley making his way down the stairs, but he wasn't carrying food. Instead, he was dragging a barely conscious Robbie down behind him.

Cat's entire body froze and her eyes teared up, blurring the sight in front of her. Beck took her hand tightly and squeezed it, doing his best to help.

Stanley smirked at them as he made his way across to them before throwing Robbie down in front of him.

Beck's stomach churned at the sight of his friend's beaten, bruised and bloodied face in front of him, knowing that Robbie had probably been treated the same way he had been treated when he first arrived. Robbie's glasses were broken, his nose was bleeding profusely, his eyes were a mixture of black and blue, and his lips were painfully swollen and bleeding.

Stanley stared down at the curly haired boy and chuckled before slamming his foot into his ribs, making Robbie choke out a painful cry.

"Stop!" Cat cried, looking up at Stanley, her eyes desperate and pleading.

Stanley looked back at her and smirked before leaning down and snapping one of the free cuffs around Robbie's ankle. He then stood back up before leaving them and making his way back up the stairs. As soon as the door slammed behind him, Cat broke away from Beck's hold and scrambled over to her boyfriend's beaten body.

"Oh my God," she whimpered, tears running down her face.

Jade and Beck crawled over behind Cat, knowing that both she and Robbie needed comfort. Jade reached up with her free hand and rest it on Cat's back, rubbing softly, just letting the redhead know that she was there for her.

Robbie groaned loudly in pain as he attempted to roll onto his back. Cat whimpered and wiped her tears away from her face. Robbie looked up at her through his bruised eyes and the smallest smile appeared on his face. Cat giggled softly at his smile and leaned down to press her lips to his carefully, not wanting to hurt him.

"I'm okay," he whispered, his hand finding one of Cat's and squeezing it tightly, "I'm okay."

"I feel bad," Tori whispered through the darkness of her room, causing Andre to roll over and face her,

"Why?"

"Because we're not doing anything to help. We're just lying here. I feel like we should be doing more," she sighed, rubbing her tired eyes.

Andre reached out and brushed her hair away from her face, "Baby, we don't have any leads yet. If we went out and started looking, we could be going in the complete wrong direction," he assured her.

She sighed and nodded softly in agreement, "I guess you're right."

"We'll find them, don't worry. We did it before, we can do it again," Andre told her, repeating the words Tori's father had spoken several times.

She nodded again and yawned tiredly, deciding that she really needed to get some sleep. Staying up late and worrying about them wasn't going to help anything. Her father was good at his job, and she had faith that he would be able to find Cat and Jade. She just hoped he would find them sooner rather than later.

Just as Tori closed her eyes, ready to fall asleep, her father suddenly shouted from downstairs, jolting both herself and Andre completely awake.

"We got something!" her father yelled from downstairs.

Immediately, Tori and Andre scrambled out of bed and rushed out of the room, their hearts full of hope, praying that whatever it was would get them one step closer to finding Cat and Jade.

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