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Hollywood Arts Main Lobby, Thursday Afternoon (4PM)
Cat's POV:
For the last few days, Beck's been acting differently than usual.
Maybe it's because Tori isn't here, I thought to myself. We could all see that Beck and Tori were into each other, but they made their relationship opportunity happen. It was probably because of how nuts Jade was. Speaking of Jade, she hadn't been in school for a few days now and no one where she was.
Tori had also missed more than a few days of school and we were very concerned about that. Robbie thought that Jade and Tori's disappearances were connected in a way, but none of us wanted to believe that. We were also worried about the baby that Tori was carrying. Right now, she is currently about six months pregnant and we didn't want anything happening to that baby.
Everyone at Hollywood Arts is falling apart, I thought as I walked to my locker nonchalantly. It was almost Friday, so I could cheer everyone up by inviting them to hang out somewhere tomorrow. When I opened my locker, Robbie strolled over to me.
"Hey Cat. What's up?" he asked as he looked down at his expensive phone.
I smiled at him, "Just chilling and stuff."
"Sounds ordinary," he responded as he scrolled through his phone.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I blurted out.
"Nothing!" he exclaimed as he looked up from his phone.
"Oh," I paused. "Heard anything about Tori or Jade?"
He sighed sadly, "I heard nothing."
"Are you concerned about her baby?"
"I think everyone is concerned. It's a baby; no one wants to see it get hurt."
"What about Jade?" I asked him.
"I still think that there is a connection-," Robbie began before I cut him off.
"There is no connection what so ever," I told him.
"So you keep saying," Robbie sighed.
I huffed and continued to leave school with Robbie following closely behind me.
Danny's Car, Thursday Evening
Jade's POV:
So I stole Danny's car this morning and by stole, and by stole I mean taking the keys that he let me borrow and using it as my own. Currently, I was driving in it because I didn't want Beck to see me in my car. Yes, I was going to get ready to see Beck, so that we could have a little meeting.
Since I told Beck that Danny was meeting him and I am really Danny when I texted Beck, I would have to act and dress like Danny. Basically, I had to put all of the blame on Danny. I attempted to dress like Danny by dressing in purely black clothes because that's what Danny was first dressed in when the plan begun.
As I put on the black ski mask as Danny had done, my face felt suffocated and tight from the black felt covering it, but what needed to be done had to be done. I would not let Beck rip off the mask I was wearing, like Tori had ripped off Danny.
On the other side of my brain was another other side of the plan to meeting Beck. Somehow, I would have to get Beck to think that Tori was with me so that he wouldn't leave the Black Box Theater, but I knew that I could handle it.
The only reason that Beck was coming to me because he thinks that Tori will be with me, I thought and smirked, his precious Tori Vega.
II decided that I would change the time of Beck's little 'appointment' with me for five o'clock instead. I know that the staff in school had a meeting today and that only the janitors would be in the school tonight. They usually locked the Black Box Theater early since there were no plays being produced this weekend.
No play rehearsal means an unoccupied Black Box Theater, which makes a happy Jade, I thought happily.
After thinking about what I would text Beck, I texted him:
Hey Beck. How about we make our meeting a bit earlier? Say five?
I grinned to myself as I zipped up to Hollywood High School. Then I thought to myself viciously, I should really bring a surprise into this plan. I bet Beck would enjoy that.
Hollywood Arts High School Lobby, Thursday Evening
Beck's POV:
I felt very out of it all day. My mind was consumed with finding Tori and her baby. I knew that this was one of the most important things I had to do because I was going against Danny and that was pretty dangerous. He himself was not dangerous; it's just that I had no idea what I was going against. I definitely had to mentally prepare myself.
I still wasn't sure why he abducted Tori. It made literally no sense to me. Last time I checked, Danny and Tori were on mostly good and mutual terms. I don't know how that changed.
As I was on the way into the Convince Store to get some water, I received yet another text from Danny. He wanted to change the time of our meeting. I looked down at my watch which read four thirty one. Quickly, attempting to beat Danny there, I sped to Hollywood Arts and I hopped out of the car at a quarter to five.
I strolled to the Black Box Theater at a very quick pace. There were no play rehearsals going on this weekend, so I was surprised that the theater door was unlocked.
Probably Danny, I thought frustrated as I contemplated swinging the door opened. Instead, I opened the door an inch and peaked inside. The lights were out and it was pitch black in the theater, so hesitantly I walked inside.
Using my phone as I flashlight, I shed a bit of light around the room. Nothing was different than usually; there were play props scattered around the room and the seats were in the same position as usual. Quickly, I checked the time on my phone.
4:56 PM
I heard some very quiet footsteps, or so I thought.
Maybe they were boot steps? Maybe it was just my imagination? I thought crazily.
I just stood my ground and waited. The footsteps started to become louder; it couldn't have been my imagination. The stepping was scattered and I couldn't tell where they were.
And suddenly, the steps stopped for a minute.
Slowly, they started once again.
One step.
Another step. Louder this time.
Closer to me.
Then, the footsteps retreated.
The steps sounded more hesitant and farther away from me. They were distant and then they were gone. I was tempted to pull out my phone to see who was sneaking around, but then the lights were flipped on. I covered my eyes because the sudden light hurt them. About thirty seconds later, I took my hands off my eyes and the slowly adjusted to the new light in the room.
As I looked around, there was nothing different about this theater than usual.
Suddenly, I heard an eye piercing scream as I covered my ears. It was a blood curling scream that made my blood cold and myself terrified. The noise sounded like a girl, but I had never heard the voice before.
Maybe it's Tori, I panicked internally. I had never really heard Tori screaming, so it was a possibility.
"Forget that thought because I know what you're thinking," I heard a voice from out of nowhere. It sounded like Darth Vader, which confused me a lot.
I looked around as I tried to keep calm.
"Don't worry Beck. It's not Tori Vega," the voice paused. "It's just some sound effects for an upcoming play."
"If this is Danny, then get out here," I hollered to the roof of the theater.
Suddenly, I heard the curtains on the stage move. I flipped around and looked at the figure standing in front of me.
The figure was tall and was adorned in all black. The guy had a ski mask on and all I could see was the person's mouth and eyes.
We were too far away from each other for me to see the person's eyes and tell if it was Danny.
"Don't try running Beck," the voice paused once again as I looked down. "I just had some 'friends' lock the doors. We're both locked in here unless you just want to sell yourself out. We just need to 'talk' for a few minutes."
"I just want Tori back," I mumbled and looked up to the figure in front of me as the person's lips in front of me began to smirk.
"After this little 'meeting', we'll see if you real want her back," the person told me with a close mouth smile as I sat there confused.
