I've got to stop disappearing like this. But work has really taken a number on me and I still have two weeks to go. I haven't had much time to do any writing for OA2 or Will You Love Me? because this chapter and the upcoming one on WYLM? need a LOT of work. Especially this one. I've only been able to write one shots and trial stories.
If you are easily offended, or sensitive to certain content, I'd recommend that you stop reading here. If not, continue reading. I have given you fair warning, so I do not want to receive any complaints. Try to understand, dear reader, I'm simply exploring forbidden grounds (as I like to call it), as I'm only curious to see what I can write and how I can write. I guess you can consider this a trial chapter. So, do tread carefully.
(A/N: After rethinking about both stories, I realized that, in the first one, I hinted at Sam having sex but in this one I hinted that she was still a virgin. If anyone else noticed this, let me clear it up now. Sam IS a virgin, she never had "her turn" out of fear of how she would react. Whenever offered, she'd decline. So, Cat will be the first.)
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Cat sat with her knees pulled up to her chest and her back up against the wall. Jonah leaned in the door frame, staring at her. Cat didn't meet his eyes, her gaze was casted to the floor. Neither of them had spoken since Mandy left them alone, but Cat was determined to act out her plan. And she needed to do it now. With a roll of her eyes and a long dramatic sigh, Cat put her legs down.
"What?" Jonah sneered.
"Nothing, I just can't believe you're still doing this." Cat said.
"What are you talking about?" Jonah said.
"You're still following her around like some sad and lost puppy." Cat said. "Letting her boss you around and making you do everything she says is right."
"Shut up!" Jonah yelled, slamming his fist into the wall. "I'm not her fucking minion! We're in this together!"
"And you keep telling yourself these lies. That's some real sadness." Cat said. "She doesn't care about you at all. Why are you even working with her?"
"Because we both want the same thing." Jonah said.
"Which is what, exactly?" Cat asked.
"We both want revenge on you two. Mandy wants revenge for you taking Sam from her, I wanted revenge on Sam for ruining everything."
"Why don't you just do your own thing?" Cat said. "Why do you need her to do what you could've done by yourself?"
Jonah laughed, but the sound was odd and uneasy. "I just might do that." He used his foot to push himself off of the wall and stalked up to Cat. "Remember that time when I had you in Carly's room? When you were all helpless and weak?"
"Yeah, I remember." Cat said.
"Well that's what I want to get back at Sam for. She fucked up me getting a nice taste of you." Jonah growled.
"You're still a disgusting pig." Cat said, unable to hide the trembling in her voice.
"You've never even had sex, have you?" Jonah said. "You're still a virgin aren't you?"
"So what if I am?" Cat said.
"And you probably don't even know what a cock feels like, going for girls and all." Jonah pressed on. "Let me ask you, when did you start going for girls?"
"That's none of your business." Cat said. He's trying to get in my head!
Jonah got down on one knee in front of Cat, a devilish smirk on his face. "You know, I just realized something."
"What?" Cat asked.
"There's no one here." Jonah said. "No Sam to save you, and no Mandy to tell me no."
"S-so?" Cat said.
Jonah grabbed Cat by her forearms and lifted her up. The smirk on his face turned into an evil grin and she could see the wild look in his eyes. "So, I think we're going to have a lot of fun. And doing my own thing sounds like a great plan."
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"Where. Is. Cat?" Sam said, standing before Mandy.
"What are you talking about?" Mandy asked.
"Don't fucking act dumb!" Sam yelled, slamming her fist on the wall.
"I'm not!" Mandy lied through her teeth, trying to keep up her terrified facade.
Sam grabbed her by the collar of her shirt. "I'm not going to play these games with you, Mandy!"
"Sam, calm down!" a voice said from the stairs. Carly. "You're not going to get anywhere acting like that."
"Like I'm going to get anywhere being nice!" Sam said. "She's going to tell me where she has Cat one way or another!"
"Sam, please-"
"Shut up!" Sam shouted.
She groaned and put her fingers to her temples, rubbing them slightly and her body twitching. Carly jumped down from the stairs and went up to Sam, putting a gentle hand on her shoulder. "This is what I mean. You're hurting yourself and I guarantee you're going to hurt someone else."
"And how do I know she hasn't hurt Cat?" Sam said, glaring at Carly.
"I haven't touched her! I don't know what you're talking about!" Mandy said.
"Liar!" Sam snapped. "You have her and I fucking know it!"
Sam was in front of her at an instant, her fingers locking around Mandy's throat. Her teeth were gritted and her face was red. Mandy's mouth hung open as Sam's grip became tighter. Her vision was starting to go black just as Sam was yanked off of her. Her head fell forward as she gasped violently.
"Sam, calm the fuck down!" Carly said. "You're gonna kill her!"
"I don't care!" Sam replied. "This bitch has my girlfriend! How am I supposed to know that she's not dead?! How am I supposed to know that she's safe?! If she's not okay, Mandy just may be joining her!" Sam turned to her, a wild glint in her eyes. "How does that sound, Mandy? Dying the same way Cat probably did? Feeling the pain that she felt?"
"She's not dead!" Mandy said between breaths.
Carly and Sam turned attention to her. "What are you saying?" Carly said, raising an eyebrow. "I thought you didn't know anything."
"I-I-" Mandy stuttered.
"Where is she?" Sam demanded. "Tell me!"
It was like Mandy suddenly turned into someone else. One second she looked terrified, the next she looked smug. Like everything was on her side. She sighed. "Fine, bravo. You've seen through my ruse. I'd applaud you, but my hands are a little tied up."
"Stop being such a smart ass!" Sam said.
"What the hell did you do with Cat?" Carly said, trying to keep Sam restrained.
"Oh, she's fine." Mandy said. "She's in safe hands."
"Who's hands?" Sam said.
"That needn't to be known." Mandy said.
"You better fucking tell me!" Sam said.
"Why are you doing all of this?" Carly asked.
"For one reason." Mandy said. "Sam."
"What?" Sam said.
"I did this all for you, Sam. I still love you, and I know you feel something too." Mandy said. "And that bitch, Cat-"
"You shut your fucking mouth!" Sam said, getting riled up again. "You honestly think kidnapping my girlfriend would make me love you?! It only makes me want to kill you!"
"You think I'm scared Sam?" Mandy chuckled. "I'm not scared of you."
"Carly, let me through." Sam said. She was trying to get past her. "Let me through!"
"No, let me handle this." Carly said.
Sam gave Carly a confused and hesitant look, but nodded and took a step back. Carly turned her focus to Mandy and stepped up before her.
"What can you possibly do to me?" Mandy asked.
"Oh, I don't have to do anything." Carly said. "It's not me you should worry about."
"Then who?" Mandy said nonchalantly.
"You've never seen Sam lose her mind, have you?" Carly said. "Like, go all out."
"No, why?" Mandy said.
Carly grabbed the bottom of her shirt and turned it upward, exposing the long scar on her side. "Now, I won't lie. Sam wasn't mad when she did this. She was just a little...how should I say this? On. Still, she got too far into her mind and lost it. She did this with only her finger nail."
"And I should be impressed?" Mandy said with a roll of her eyes.
"A few years back, this kid stepped on her foot." Carly said. She looked at Sam. "You remember that, right, Sam?"
"Yeah. I put that kid in a wheelchair for a year." Sam said, regret in her voice. "I could've killed him if Freddie wasn't there to pull me off of him."
"But did that kid ever step on your foot again?" Carly asked.
"No, he avoided my feet whenever we walked by each other." Sam said.
"She has very explosive emotions, especially when it comes to anger. She inherits it from her mom." Carly said.
"What is the point of all this?" Mandy said, growing impatient.
"The point is, I suggest you start talking or I'll anger Sam so much there will be nothing left of you to identify." Carly said.
"Go right ahead." Mandy said with a shrug.
"Suit yourself." Carly said.
Carly turned on her heel and walked right up to Sam.
"Carly, don't." Sam warned with a firm shake of her head. "I can't have this on my conscience. You and I both know that once I'm calm and this is all over, I'll be carrying this on my shoulders."
"You didn't have a problem nearly choking her to death a few minutes ago." Carly said.
"Even then, I didn't want to do it! You know I can't control my anger!" Sam said. "Besides, I thought you didn't want me to kill her."
Carly lowered her voice to whisper. "I don't, but this bitch is gonna crack one way or another. Something's gotta give. Now, come on. You want Cat back, right?"
"Of course." Sam said.
"Then get angry!" Carly said. "She took Cat, we know it! For all we know, Cat's lifeless body could be in some ditch halfway across the country! She could be beaten to a pulp!" It didn't take very much to piss Sam off. Her breathing was deepening, her eyes were regaining their wild gaze and her fists were clenching. Carly gave a small grin for her quick progress. "She's probably scared and bruised! She's probably crying for you and you can't hear her because Mandy has her!"
That did it. Sam gritted her teeth and practically leapt at Mandy. The chair fell backward and Mandy's head hit the wall hard before the chair skidded downward on it's back legs, making her head hit the concrete floor. She cried out in pain, the back of her head throbbing. Sam was putting her weight on Mandy's chest, not quite cutting off her oxygen but making breathing very uncomfortable.
"Tell me where she is!" Sam said. "Who has her?!"
"I'll...never...ta-lk..." Mandy gasped with a fierce glare in her eyes.
Sam picked the chair up and slammed it down again. The back of the chair was splitting and splinters were breaking away. Sam pressed down harder on Mandy's chest. " Tell me!"
Mandy closed her eyes to hold back the tears that were welling up in them, turning her head to the side. She was suffocating and her vision was going hazy when she looked up. She coughed once, twice. Carly winced and focused her attention to the wall, though looking out of the corner of her eye. Sam reached into her pocket and pulled out something. Her switchblade. Mandy heard a click.
"Tell...me." Sam said in a dangerous tone, lowering the blade to her cheek. "Or I swear I'll slice you so far open they'll never be able to stitch you back up."
"Ware-house!" Mandy coughed out.
"What was that?" Sam said.
"She's...at a...ware-house just up...the highway... Exit thirt-een..." Mandy said. "J-Jonah...has her..."
"Jonah! Of all people, you partnered up with Jonah?!" Carly exclaimed.
Mandy couldn't speak with her restricted airways. Sam stood up and put her switchable back in her pocket. Carly came up by her side with a somewhat 'I-told-you-so' expression. "That's not important right now; I'll deal with him later. Come on." Sam said. "I have a girlfriend to save."
"Don't be so hopeful!" Mandy yelled after them as they ran up the stairs. "Jonah has full reign right now, there's no telling what he's doing!"
Sam shut her out as they raced out the door towards the parking lot, Carly in tow. "Carly, stay here and call the cops." Sam ordered upon reaching her motorcycle.
"What? No way!" Carly said. "I'm coming with you!"
"We don't have time to argue about this!" Sam said. "One of us has to wait for the cops, I'm going to see if I can delay him escaping if he's still there. Call the cops, I'm going."
Carly opened her mouth to say something, but thought twice and shut her mouth again. Sam had a point. She nodded. "Fine, go."
Sam swung her leg over her bike and put her helmet on. Don't worry, Cat, I'm coming.
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I feel the need to apologize...but really, I can't. This is the job of a writer, and if I apologize then I'm not a true writer to me. I tried to make this as long as possible, you guys deserve it for being so patient and not blowing up my reviews and PMs demanding that I upload. Hope to see you in chapter 11, reader!
Thanks for reading!