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Sorry that this chapter is short. AND FOR THE LATE UPDATE! School started Monday! ): Is it just me or are the chappys getting shorter and shorter? Well, that's about to change in the next one and future ones. So I have decided that I will make a sequel to this and it's pretty crazy.

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The Clues Of Caterina Valentine

Chapter Fourteen: Cat's Bookbag

Cat's POV

I wonder how my mom and dad are doing. I really hope that they're safe and that they are looking for me. I miss them so much and I just can't take this anymore. I think I'm slowly losing my mind. Every time I look into the small mirror in the bathroom, I don't see me. I'm constantly putting my hands on the side of my head in frustration like a crazy person would and everything's becoming too much for me to handle.

"Hey, Cat."

"Hi." My voice is barely above a whisper, but I'm pretty sure she heard me. It's that one girl; she doesn't want to tell me her name. She walks up to me and places the tray of food in front of me along with the water bottle. I'm so scared of what happened to me yesterday. What if that guy tries to do something to me? Tears start sliding down my cheeks as I think back to it. "Are my parents okay?" I ask her because I really want to know. She just shrugs. Oh no! If something bad happens to them, I won't be able to live with myself.

"Last time I heard, they were vacationing in Hawaii." I freeze and anger builds up in me. I furrow my eyebrows and she just stares blankly at me.

"So, while I'm here going through hell, they're having the best times of their lives?" I shout in disbelief. She puts her hands up in mock surrender. I can't believe my parents are in Hawaii. Don't they have the slightest clue that I'm suffering so much and I'm crying for them?

"Hey, hey, calm down. I heard that a month ago. I don't think that they are still there because I saw your mom on the news crying for you and being interviewed. The news finally got out that you've been kidnapped, you're missing, and that you're being held captive. It's going around the whole country. They're thinking about spreading it around the world. People love you and miss you, Cat." I give her a small smile, but it immediately fades. She sighs. "Look, I'm sorry about what happened yesterday." Why do people always apologize for things they didn't do? I don't understand that.

"How do you know about that?"

"Camera." She says pointing at the camera in the corner. I sigh and then after she leaves, I start crying again. I can't believe they went to Hawaii without me! It's so like them to do that!

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Andre sucked in a breath as he walked along the streets of Hollywood along with his friends. Every person he's passed, he gives them a flyer and beg them to tell him if they know anything about his Lil Red. Many people have heard of the incident, well everyone all over the country, but people in LA were taking this the hardest.

The worst part. No one knows anything.

They've asked a couple of celebrities, too. Normally they would be happy to meet famous people, but not right now. Andre sees a man and he immediately runs to the stranger. He shoves the flyer into the mans face desperately.

"This girl," Andre points to Cat who was smiling in the photo, "please tell me you know something about her." Andre's voice cracks and the man looks at him with wide eyes. That usually meant no.

"I-I'm sorry, son. I-I wish I knew." The man stutters out. He was frightened by Andre's actions. The depressed teen shoved the flyer into the man's arms.

"Keep it, please. Tell everyone you know about here and ask about her whereabouts." The man nodded realizing how much this girl meant to Andre. Tori and Trina walked up to Andre.

"Did he know anything?" Andre shook his head and the two Latinas frowned. "Somebody has to know something!" Tori exasperated waving her arms around furiously. Andre saw Jade and Frankie walking over to them in a hushed conversation. Something was going on between the two, and Andre couldn't put his finger on it, but it was their life not his. "Anything?" Tori asked once she saw them as well. Jade and Frankie looked at each other and then to their friends.

Jade nodded. "Yeah, a big something." Trina pushed Tori and Andre out of the way and shook Jade.

"Tell me! Tellme! TELLME!" Trina begged. Jade looked at Trina in disgust and pushed the brunette away.

"Never touch me. And let's wait for Beck and Robbie." Andre groaned and walked to a curb and sat down with the others following him. Andre put his head in his hands. His Lil Red was gone, suffering, and could possibly die. He couldn't do anything about it, either. The only thing he could do was help police find her, spread the news, and well comfort his friends. He was never going to take anyone for granted again. He never thought that Cat would be taken away from his life this way. He always thought of her as the bubbly kind of crazy girl who was always happy. He never realized how important she was to him or how important he was to her. It just didn't make sense though. Out of all the people in the world, why would Cat be the one to go missing. It's not like she was the only random girl on that street. Someone must've planned this well out. Tori placed her head onto Andre's shoulder and rubbed his other shoulder trying her best to comfort him. He mustered a small smile appreciating what she was doing.

"Anything?" Tori asked Beck and Robbie as they walked over to them and sat on the curb as well. Beck rolled his eyes and huffed while Robbie shook his head no. Beck was still acting like a jerk. "Jade and Frankie found out something." Tori motioned to Jade next to her while keeping her head on Andre's shoulder.

"Yeah, we ran into this guy who said he used to work with these guys who were gloating about kidnapping a girl with bright red hair." Frankie told them. Tori and Andre's heads snapped and they all turned to Frankie with a shocked expression on their faces. Jade just kept a smug smile on her face. "He said that he could go undercover for us and-"

"And he could start working for them and send us information about Cat if it is her. We told him that if he could please do that for us and he said alright, that we just have to pay him." Jade finished for Frankie happy that they were going to find Cat. Beck scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"What? So he can be killed by his friends like Kevin?" Beck sarcastically remarked. Jade had enough of this. She stomped in front of him. All of the sudden a loud SLAP was heard that made the others jumped. Beck was clutching his now bruising cheek while Jade glared at him with her face tomato red. "What the hell was that for?" Beck screeched with hot angry tears forming in his eyes. Jade grabbed the collar of his flannel shirt and jerked him closer to her.

"For being such an ass." Jade growled through clenched teeth. They were both furious as they glared into each others' eyes. They looked like they wanted to kill each other. "You've been acting so cold to everyone around you! You of all people should be breaking and be happy that we have the chance to find the love of your life, but no, you're acting like this!"

"Wanna know why I've been acting like such an ass!?" Beck screamed into the goth's face starting to break. "I'm so pissed that they took her away from me! I love her SO much and she didn't do anything wrong to deserve this! But they still planned it perfectly out to kidnap her. Not some random girl to have their way with, but her, Cat, to make her and us suffer!"

"Look, I know you have every right to be pissed off about that, but acting like this is no-"

"NO! You had you chance to talk! It's my turn!" Beck yelled cutting of Jade. The others stared in astonishment at the scene that was unfolding. Beck was getting tired of this too. It was like how they were in their relationship. Jade constantly cutting him off; not letting him explain himself. Another reason why they broke up. "It's not fair! They had to take her away! It's MY FAULT! I let her walk ALONE! I knew I shouldn't have let you go! You have no idea what I'm going through! I have to live with the guilt everyday that I let her go! I-I-" Beck dropped to his knees sending Jade falling with him. Beck wrapping his arms Jade's legs while he sobbed into her knees, which she knew because she felt her leggings getting wet. Jade loosened her grip on his collar and patted his back in comfort. Trina sat on her knees and rubbed his shoulder as well. She was close to tears.

"Beck, we're hurting too. We all are. Cat's our best friend and touched our hearts in some way. We know exactly how you feel." She reassured him with her voice cracking.

"Really?" Beck asked showing the others that he was crying.

"Yeah, man. We're here for you. You just need to talk to us." Andre told the crying teen. Frankie, Jade, Tori, Robbie, and Trina nodded when Beck looked at them. Andre felt sorry for Beck. His best friend was trying to keep all of his pain in and trying to act like a sarcastic, rude, jerk. Hopefully that act was over now. Beck's phone went off and Beck stopped hugging Jade's legs to answer it. It was his mom.

"Mom…?"

"Beck, a cop is here. Get over here. Now. Bring your friends." Beck's mother answered. He could tell she was crying and his heart fell. If something bad happened to his mom, he didn't know what he'll do. Just as he was about to ask why, she hung up. Beck gave a nervous look to his friends.

"There's a cop at my house. We need to go there. Now." The others nodded and piled into his car. The drive was silent except for the music playing from the radio. Once they arrived they saw a police car in the driveway, Beck's mother, Mr. and Mrs. Valentine, and two police officers on his porch.

"Have you found Cat?" The teens shout simultaneously at the cops while Frankie stands next to his parents.

"Umm, no, we haven't found her, but we did find this." The police officer pulls on his blue gloves and another officer brings a bag. The teens watch with intensity as he takes out a beaten pink backpack. It was found ten miles away from your home, Beck." He tells them sadly.

"Cat's book bag." Andre chokes out. A female officer takes out her notepad and writes down some information.

"May we see what's inside to make sure that it is Miss Valentine's?" She asks. They all nod and soon they're dumping the contents onto the patio table. Notebooks, a song book, white high heels, the pink floral dress she was wearing before she had to change into her performance outfit, pens, pencils, Mr. Longneck, the pink piggy with a mustache, candy, and a binder. A purple CD case with a CD in it fell out in front of Tori's feet. Tori picked it up and hid it in her bag. An officer rose an eyebrow at her. She shrugged and smiled a million dollar smile.

"My pearphone fell, sorry." The female officer nodded and continued searching through the pink soiled bag with her blue gloves on.

"We're going to take this and her things to the station to scan for fingerprints." Beck quickly placed his hand on Cat's favorite stuffed giraffe.

"Wait! Can I keep it?" The female cop rose an eyebrow at Beck's sudden outburst, but shrugged.

"I guess." Beck grabbed the stuffed toy and hugged it to his chest. It still smelled like strawberries. He finally felt a little at peace. As, the officers emptied from the porch, Tori grabbed the two people who were closest to her, which were Andre and Robbie, and ran into Beck's RV. "Hey! Where are you guys going?" The wild haired boy yelled trying not to drop the precious creature in his arms. Poor Cat must miss Mr. Longneck. "Um, I think we should see what they're up to." Beck told the two girls that were still with him. Jade glared while Trina nodded. They walked in a single file line to the RV.

"You guys, HURRY! Plug in the DVD player!" Tori whined as Andre and Robbie struggled to plug in the small player to the TV. Tori was clutching a purple CD case for dear life.

"Alright! Dang girl!" Andre yelled almost dropping it to the floor. He whacked Robbie in the head when Robbie was taking forever just to plug the wires to the TV. He noticed that there was someone missing from the group. "Where's Frankie?"

Jade rolled her eyes. "He left with his parents. What are you guys doing anyways?" Jade snapped not in the mood for surprises. Knowing this, Tori ran up to them and shoved the item, in her hands, into their faces.

"Look! This fell out of Cat's backpack!" Tori exclaimed her eyes wide. Jade snatched it from her and then showed it to Beck and Trina who had the same confused expression. It was a blank disc with "PLAY ME" written in black sharpie.

"You better hurry with the-"

"Done!" Robbie cried out. Beck took the disc out of it's case, placing it into his small DVD player, pressing play, and sitting on the couch with the others. Andre sat nervously waiting for the movie to start playing. He had no idea what would be revealed.

"NO, LET ME GO! I WANT TO GO HOME!" Cat's scream echoed from the TV and into the small RV. They watching in horror as they attached a metal cuff to her ankle. She sobbed as those guys locked her into the room leaving. She sobbed, but then passed out from the loss of blood and probably pain. In the corner of the screen was the date and time it was recorded. 01/28/12. The day after Cat was kidnapped. The day when they had the video chat with Danny. And that's where it all goes down hill.

Cat crying, Cat screaming, Cat being abused, Cat being starved, Cat eating desperately whenever she received the meal for the day. Cat's skin getting pale. Cat getting skinner. Cat begging for help, begging for them. Cat, Cat, Cat. Now it was on another clip and everyone was either crying or close to it. Cat was pressed up against wall with a guy on top of her. She was crying and trying so hard not to look into his eyes. She wasn't saying a word or fighting free though. He slaps her and then kisses her. She looks like she bit down on his mouth and she ran as quickly as she could, but she tripped when that damned chain pulled her back. The man threw her onto the bed and went on top of her. Jade lets out a sigh of relief when he gets of her. Her tears running freely now. Cat hasn't been raped. Not yet anyways. Jade then notices the date.

"You guys! Look at the date it happened!" 03/06/12. "That was yesterday's date." The Vega sisters were sobbing silently and Jade rolled her eyes trying to prove that she was tough even though tears were running down her cheeks as well. Robbie sat there silently wondering why this was happening to them. Andre and Beck just sat there in horror. They were trying not to cry for the sake of their friends. "The next clip is from today." Jade pales looking at the date and the time. 10:47 am 03/07/23.

The clip ended when Cat went into the bathroom while the blonde girl sat down to make sure Cat didn't try to escape. They were talking about Cat's parents and how the news of Cat went national. The screen went blank and in bold white letters it said: "BETTER HURRY IF YOU WANT TO SEE CAT AGAIN." Andre shuts off the TV and turns to the others.

"We better hurry."

Preview for Chapter Fifteen: If This Don't Stop Them From Talking, Then I Know What Will

"Murder." Andre whipped his head around to face the conceited jock. Didn't Beck just tell him to shut the heck up? Beck stomped up into the jock's face and cracked his knuckles.

"Keep talking, and see what happens." Beck warned. The football player kept a smug smile on his face while people crowded around him, Andre, and Beck.

"Look, we don't want to fight, so why don't you shut up already?" Andre glared while Beck balled his fists together.

"Maybe, that's just you, Andre." Beck growled not breaking eye contact with Alex. He was willing to do anything to save Cat and make this guy shut up. Maybe breaking his face would help. Beck smirked. Sounds like a plan.

"Why should I? So you can kidnap me and lock me in a cell for your own selfish purposes?" Alex chuckled and then Tori pushed Andre, Beck, and Alex apart.

"You guys, stop! It isn't worth it!" Tori tried to reason with them, so they wouldn't beat Alex in a bloody pulp. But what Alex said pissed her off.

"Oh, so you can make your boyfriend kidnap me?" Tori snapped her head to face him and pushed him. She was so sick and tired of Alex. He always would try and find ways to crush and hurt you.

Beck was wondering if Tori would give them permission to beat this idiot up. And he smiled when she did. "You know what? You deserve whatever's coming to you."

Ooh, so maybe this was longer than the last few chapters. Lol. Well, please review. I'm almost done with the next chapter, so it should be up no later than Saturday. See you soon!

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