A/N: I think I finally figured it all out. I've made up my mind. Some will be happy, some won't be. But we'll see what the final thought is when it's all said and done. I have a feeling of about another 5 chapters or so (Not exact yet, but that's what I'm thinking). I've got a few other ideas on hold until I can get these other ones finished... thank you for all the support!

Chapter 20: Gone
Spenser Dormitory

Tyler stared at his cell phone in complete disbelief. She had called him to tell him, confess rather, that she had lied to him. Rub it in his face? He had finally let go, finally freed himself from Reid's shadow, and literally tore his best friend a new one because of her.

He couldn't help but overanalyze every aspect of the call. That's all she wanted to tell him? That she had lied about everything she just wanted him to know.

Tyler's eyes snapped wide open. She was trying to tell him something. The way she had exaggerated her words, the way she emphasized that she was lying. It was because…

She lying to him.

She was lying about lying. If that even made any sense? It did to Tyler.

Chase.

Chase had made her call him, the thought made Tyler's blood turn cold.

He had hung back in the halls when Penelope was talking to Sarah and Caleb. He had heard what they were talking about. He had been so angry with her. So terribly angry that he wanted to get away, but something told him to stick around.

Something told him to listen to what she was going to say.

When she confessed that she was actually in love with that psycho he felt uneasy, he felt almost betrayed. But when she told Sarah that she had fallen for him in the process. He felt a little more at ease at the thought.

She hadn't lied about liking him, she had.

But Chase… Tyler cursed. He was making her say these things. Making her lie even more. He realized then that Chase was jealous. Chase had made her say those things to try and embarrass him. To try and show Tyler that Chase was in control.

Penelope had cared for him after all. A part of him wanted to go run to her room and tell her that he forgave her for being in love with a schizophrenic-pyschotic-killer, and that he wanted to be with her. The other part of him told him that it wasn't a good idea. Chase could be looming around any corner.

He could use Penelope as a trap.

Just like his dream.

Shaking the thought, he went against his better judgment to look for Penelope. To find her and talk to her. Hopefully she was still in her room.

Darting up down a floor to get to the girls dorm floor; his pace picked up when a war raged in his head. An uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach that something was wrong; really wrong.

He found her room number and glanced around, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. He twisted the handle, it was locked. Pursing his lips together he racked his knuckles on the large oak door. She had to be there, she had only called him about ten maybe fifteen minutes ago.

No answer.

Taking a deep breath he let his eyes fall black and the door opened under his next twist of the handle. He released his grip on the power and looked around the room. It wasn't what he thought, at all.

The entire room was empty.

There was no sign that anyone had ever been in that room. Tyler, confused, took a step out of the room and glanced up at the numbers above it. Clearly it was her room, but where was she and where were her things?

Not being able to wrap his mind around it, Tyler rushed down to his room, he had to call Caleb. He'd know what to do. He always did.

Opening the door to his own room he found Reid pulling on a pair of jeans, his torso bare of any clothing. Tyler hurriedly asked Reid if he had seen or heard from Penelope.

"Not since… y'know…" He lifted his chin to the door.

"Fuck," Tyler ran a hand through his hair, uneasily.

"What's wrong?"

"Nel's gone," Tyler answered breathlessly grabbing his cell phone.

"What do you mean?"

"She's gone…" Tyler spat out again, his blue eyes dangerously dark. "I went to talk to her, and her room is completely empty… like she was never even there…"

Reid's eyes narrowed in on his best friend and he leaned across his bed to pick up his cell phone, "I'll call Pogue see if maybe he picked her up to go for a ride or something, you call Caleb… for all we know Chase has her and that's probably not good."

That was exactly what Tyler was afraid of. He pressed his number two speed dial and waited for Tyler to pick up. He was surprised to see how quickly the phone was answered, and even more so by the name that Caleb uttered out.

"Penelope?" His voice was full of surprise, shock and maybe even a bit of relief.

"No, it's Tyler…"

"Baby boy? Oh God, have you heard from Penelope?"

"About fifteen, maybe twenty minutes ago, and it wasn't anything important… not really anyway... but I went to go see her… to talk… her entire room is empty—she's gone."

"Gone?" Caleb's voice was wistful.

"Completely, all her clothes, all of her things… everything."

"Shit, this can't be good…" Caleb ran a hand through his dark hair. "She called me… about ten minutes ago… she said to meet her at Marblehead at ten o'clock…"

"Chase," Tyler muttered out angrily. "Chase is making her do these things, I can feel it."

"Pogue says he hasn't heard from her, nor as he seen her…" Reid groaned hanging up his phone.

"What are we going to do?" Tyler asked putting Caleb on speaker.

"We do what he wants, we got to Marblehead. I'll call Pogue and tell him… we have to do this together,"

"Agreed," Reid and Tyler announced before hanging up with the eldest member of the Covenant.

Tyler watched Reid finish getting dressed and shoved his phone in his pocket. He picked up his jacket and headed to the door.

"Where are you going?"

"To Marblehead… I'm not waiting…"

"Wait for me,"

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