CHAPTER 22: Found

Shane slammed the phone down, making everyone in the room jump.

"Shane, what's wrong?" Amy asked fearfully.

"She hung up." Shane replied. "She won't tell us where she is, all she said was that we needed to find Jeff."

Matt nodded. "She said he was hurt."

"Ok, well we should find him. Maybe he knows where Nicole is." Shannon reasoned, speaking for the first time.

Amy nodded, standing up. "We should split up and go look."

"Yeah, we should get Adam, Jay, and Chris to help. The more people the better." Matt added, grabbing his cell phone. He called all of them and asked them to meet him at the house.

*~*~*~*~*

"Damn batteries!" Nicole woke up with a start, hearing the familiar voice yell. She opened her eyes and looked in the direction she heard the voice. She noticed the man, sitting on a chair a few feet from her. He was holding a cell phone. He looked up and noticed Nicole. His frown turned into a smile. He got up from the chair and made his way to Nicole.

Nicole closed her eyes, hoping he would go away. She cringed when she felt him touch her face.

"Look at me." He said quietly. Nicole squeezed her eyes shut tighter and she looked away. "I said look at me!" He commanded, grabbing her face and turning it towards him. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at him. "Good girl." He said, stroking her face.

Flinching, Nicole pulled away.

"Sweetheart, you seem to have a problem listening to me. You do what I want, when I want. Got it?"

Nicole looked at him, but didn't reply. She pulled her knees to her chest and hid her head.

"Fine then, you don't wanna listen to me? I'll just have to make you listen." He replied, laughing.

Feeling a sense of fear wash over her, Nicole slowly picked up her head. She gasped when she saw the man walking towards her, with a steel chair in his hand. The same steel chair he'd used on Jeff.

*~*~*~*~*

"Look around, and look closely." Matt advised as he and Amy drove down the street, looking for Jeff.

"I will Matt, but do we have any clue as to where he is? Did Nicole say anything that could help us find him?" Amy asked.

Matt shook his head. "She didn't know, I don't think. She sounded so scared. Like, like she wasn't supposed to be calling."

"Then why would she say that she's fine? Why wouldn't she ask for help?" Amy countered, looking over at her boyfriend.

Matt shrugged, looking out his window. "I really don't know Ames."

*~*~*~*~*

"Do you see him?" Shane asked from the driver's side.

Shannon shook his head. "No man. I don't see him anywhere. It would help if we had a clue as to where he might be."

"Yeah well, Nicole wouldn't tell us." Shane said bitterly.

"Something's up with her." Shannon said, looking out the car window. I wish we knew what it was though."

"Yeah, good luck with that." Shane said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

"Man, you don't need to get snotty." Shannon said, looking around.

"Whatever, let's just find Jeff." Shane replied.

*~*~*~*~*

"Adam, turn here." Jay ordered, pointing left. Adam gave him a confused look.

"Why?" He asked curiously.

Jay shrugged. "I don't know. I just have a feeling."

Adam rolled his eyes and turned left. They drove slowly down the street, looking around for any signs of Jeff. "I don't see..." Adam started, only to be cut off.

"Look! Stop!" Jay yelled. Adam quickly hit the brakes. Jay jumped out of the car and ran over to what he had seen.

"Jay, what is it?" Adam asked, coming up behind him.

Jay touched the thing in front of him. He bent down and looked closely, gasping when he recognized that bloody, battered person in front of him.

"Jay, what is it?" Adam asked again, bending down.

Swallowing hard, Jay answered. "Jeff."

A/N: Ok, I'm promising one thing... it will get sadder. I was trying to figure out how to let my evilness out, but it'll take time. Haha. Hope you like, thankz for reading so far... R&R!!! LOL :)Nicole***