A/n: I feel sorry for Katie.
Chapter 9: Babynapped
"You think you're..." Logan trailed off.
"I've never been late before." She mumbled sadly. "Never."
"But we've already proven you're unfaithful." Nicole hissed. "There's no proof it's Logan's."
"I never slept with Clayton ok!" Katie defended herself. "I made out with him because I hoped it'd push Dana out of the picture. If IAM pregnant it's definitely Logan's. I'm scared guys. I know this can't be like a MILLIONTH as bad as what happened to Dana. But... I didn't know he raped her." Katie sighed. "Go ahead then Dana, hit me, I deserve it. But uh... watch the stomach."
Dana was pale and shaken.
"You're... pregnant." She mumbled. Dana's large brown eyes became teary and she looked at Logan for help.
"I dunno what to say!" He said eventually, he couldn't handle the look in her eyes. She wanted to be kissed and have it all made better and he couldn't do that for her.
"You can say I'm jealous... if you want..." She whispered sadly. "Because I am." She glanced at Scott in his arms and sighed. "I'm not gonna press charges." She spat at Katie. Katie nodded.
"Thanks SO much."
"But I am gonna walk out." She said decisively.
"Dana don't?" begged Zoey.
"Reconsider." Pleaded Chase.
"Like I can show my face around here!" Dana cried. "I've got the man who raped me strutting around like he owns the place. The girl who ruined my life walking around carrying the child of the boy I'm in love with. And the guy I'm in love with who thinks I'm a jealous bitch." She muttered the last part. Logan didn't know what to say.
"Stay tonight." He said eventually, when his tongue stopped twisting itself in knots. "Stay, let everyone get their heads sorted out. You can leave tomorrow." Dana sighed and nodded. She stood up and took her son from Logan.
"Oh and uh..." She paused then looked at Katie before looking back at him. "Congratulations." He sighed as she left talking to Scott. "How about mommy gets you some ice cream yeah?"
"Kay Dana."
"For the last time kid, it's MOM." She mumbled. Everyone looked at Katie who fell to a seat on the bed. She looked sick. Logan sat beside her, not knowing how he was supposed to react.
She lay her head on his shoulder, her face a picture of depression. Half his mind told him to cuddle her, to promise her that he'd stay with her and that he loved her, the other half wanted to strangle her. She was the cause of all Dana's grief. Dana... the look on her face had made him want to cry. Did he love Dana?
Dana surprised everyone by sitting with them at dinner. She sat across from the silent Katie and Logan, between Chase and Quinn.
"So..." She said eventually.
"Where's Scott?" Chase asked, hoping to start a conversation.
"Upstairs asleep." She snickered. "Hopeless thing."
"Cute though." Katie mumbled.
"Shut up." Logan snapped. "You don't have the right to talk to her about him." Katie cringed at her boyfriend's sharp tone.
"Sorry." She muttered softly.
"S'ok." Dana shrugged. The two girls could not look each other in the eye, and Logan couldn't look at either of them. He felt guilty about letting Dana get hurt, and sick at Katie for hurting her. How could he not have noticed?
Nicole gave a squeak, causing everyone to stare at her. She pointed at a looming figure.
"Hey Logan, mind if I steal your girl for a little while? Things to discuss." Katie leapt up and shocked everyone.
"YOU!" She howled. Clayton looked ataken back.
"Yes me..."
"YOU!" Katie saw red. She grabbed Logan's fork and went to attack him. Logan lifted her around her waist clean off her feet. She was hysterical, kicking and screaming as Logan tried to stop her.
"You think you can take him!" He snapped. "Don't be an idiot."
"You wanker." Katie said, still in her boyfriend's tight grasp. "You're wicked! You're horrid! How could you!" She started towards him again and Logan forced her into remission. It was now beyond everyone's doubt that she had not known about the rape. She was furious.
"How could I what?" He demanded.
"You don't get it do you! You ruined her life! You're the reason she stopped talking! You're the reason Logan hates me!" She screamed.
"I ruined her life. I seem to recall you weren't exactly innocent in this!"
"YOU RAPED HER!" Katie howled. "I DID NOT TELL YOU TO DO THAT!"
"Yeah you did."
"Don't you DARE!" She screamed. "Don't you DARE make me out to be the bad guy in this!" Her voice was a high shriek. Logan was having to fight to keep her still. "You're the one with a three year old son upstairs asleep! You're the one who took it upon yourself to casually rape her!"
"You said 'do anything it takes I just want her out'!" Clayton snapped. At this Katie paled. She stopped struggling and slid to the floor.
"Oh god." She whispered. Tears spilled down her cheeks. "I did. Oh god." She repeated.
"You weren't to know." Dana said very quietly. "It's ok Katie. You're..." The word felt weird. "forgiven."
"This is my fault." Katie said tearfully. "I am so sorry!"
"It's not your fault." Nicole said sympathetically.
"No Katie, it's not." Logan said with a hefty sigh. He took her arm and pulled her up, she stood slightly away from him, as though ashamed to be in his presence.
"It is!" She wailed. "I should just go throw myself off Mystic Cliff! Nobody would miss me." She buried her face in her hands/
"Mystic Cliff." Clayton smirked. "Nice place to end life. Really pretty." He said eventually.
"Now," Clayton said. "That that's cleared up. I just wanted to ask you the result of the test." Logan paled. He had totally forgotten. Katie scowled.
"I'm not telling you." She snapped. Clayton stepped towards her, placed two fingers under her chin and raised her head, he darted down and hissed in her ear.
"Could always thump you in the stomach to ensure it's negative." He hissed. Katie yelped. At this Logan reacted, he jumped forward and grabbed Clayton. He punched him very firmly in the jaw.
"Dana might not let me fight her battles, but Katie does. Now back off, before I hurt you." He hissed. It felt good to get revenge on Clayton even if it was only one punch.
"Wrong move Reese." He snapped. "You'll all pay for that." He turned on his heel and stalked off.
"Thanks." Katie whispered sadly.
"Positive or negative?" Logan asked coldly. She forze at his cold tone. Knowing he wouldn't like the answer
"Leave me alone." She mumbled. Logan felt the bottom drop out of his stomach.
"Kay." He muttered hopelessly. He sat back down at the table, stabbing his plate pathetically. Katie's adrenaline levels were too high though. She couldn't sit still, and she kept fidgetting. It made everyone nervous, when half an hour later she still hadn't calmed down.
"Will you behave." Logan growled.
"I'm scared." She said earnestly.
"Why, it's me he's mad at." Logan growled.
"I'm scared for you too."
"Don't read me the innocent act Katie." His voice was horrid.
"Logan." Dana snapped. "She's right." Katie looked shocked at this. So did everyone else. None more so than Logan. "She's scared for us all. She's worried for herself, for you. And I think maybe even a bit for me and Nicole too." Katie nodded in agreement.
"Dana! I heard you were back, but when I went to your room you weren't there." It was Vicky
"Hey." Dana said hollowly.
"Still the messy one I see." She giggled.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Zoey questioned.
"Her bedroom. It's a car wreck." Vicky laughed. She waved and walked off.
"Your room... it was tidy." Chase said eventually. Without another word Dana leapt from her seat and sprinted towards the building. Logan seemed to have the same realisation as her.
"Scott!" He said in shock. Everyone abandoned their food and hurried up to the girls dorms. They found Dana on bended knees in her dorm on the floor. The room had been absolutely totalled. Scott wasn't there.
"We have to call the police Dana." Zoey said terrified at what that man could do to a three year old boy. Dana was distraught.
"Oh god." Katie said, bursting into tears again. Nicole started to shake.
"Shut up." Snapped Logan. "Zoey call the police. We have to send out a search party."
"No point." Katie sobbed.
"She's right he's probably dead." Dana whispered.
"Not yet." Katie said shaking her head.
"WILL YOU SHUT UP YOU'RE SCARING HER!" Logan warned. "Dana he'll be fine. We have to go look for him."
"DON'T TELL ME TO SHUT UP!" Katie said suddenly, turning on her boyfriend very violently.
"YOU'RE NOT HELPING!"
"I KNOW WHERE HE IS!" Katie screamed at him.
"You do?" Chase asked in shock.
"Where?" Dana begged. Katie's bottom lip trembled.
"It's a pretty place to end life." She whispered, repeating Clayton's words.
"Mystic Cliff!" Logan said. Dana gave a stiffled wail, chewing on her fist. "God I love you." He said kissing Katie's cheek. Everyone hurried downstairs.
"My car won't hold everyone." Logan said. "Dana, you're Scott's mom, you come. Katie, Nicole, you know Clayton best. Chase, you might be needed to help me if he has to be fought off." he beckoned the aforementioned four inside.
"Whatta we do?" Dustin asked.
"Call the police." Logan ordered. Dana sat in the passenger seat beside Logan. Her face was totally blank. "It'll be ok." Logan promised her, squeezing her hand. She said nothing, but continued to stare ahead. Logan hit the gas pedal and drove towards their destination. The three girls in the car were crying, Chase was all nervous and Logan felt his heart beat.
The cliff was a beautiful place. The sun was setting and made everything glow gold and red. Logan stopped the car a few metres from the one infront. Everyone piled out. Clayton was there, on the ledge, Scott in his arms.
"Clayton. Don't you DARE!" Katie snapped.
"Shh." Chase ordered. "Sensitive situation. Can't rush in."
"Hey Dana!" Scott said excitedly. "Come look! S'pretty like grandma's painting!" He crowed, looking over the edge. Clayton let him teeter before dragging him back into his arms. Dana squeaked lightly.
"He's a baby!" Katie cried.
"Yeah and he's my baby, so I can do whatever the hell I like."
"Awww, Dana he said a bad word!" Scott tattled. For a three year old who's mother had barely ever spoke to him, he had amazing language skills.
"I know, baby. I know." Dana said, for lack of anything else to say. She didn't like how close to the edge Scott and Clayton were.
"S'a long way down." Clayton said. Dana nodded. She stepped closer towards the two, but Logan snatched her wrist.
"Don't." he warned
"Get off Logan." She snapped. "Clayton, can I approach?" She asked desperately.
"One more step and I'll throw him off." At hearing this Scott suddenly howled.
"Mommy I'm scared." He cried, thrusting his arms out for his mother. Dana gasped.
"He just..." Dana felt her tears choke her. "He's never called me mommy before." He had on occasion refferred to her to other people as 'My mommy' but had never addressed her as it. Logan rubbed her shoulder.
"Clayton, he's only three."
"I won't press charges." Dana promised. "I'll leave and you'll never have to see me again. Just PLEASE don't hurt him." She begged.
"Shut up you." Clayton snapped. Dana chewed her lip.
"What'd she ever do to you Clayton? You were hurting her for me... I want it to stop. This has gone too far." Katie said. "I call it off. Give him back to her."
"He's part mine." Clayton snapped. "She's had him for three years."
"Then apply for Custody!" Dana said desperately."Throwing him off Mystic Cliff will get you put in jail." Scotts wails made her feel dizzy.
"Jail doesn't scare me." He said with a smirk. He lifted Scott by the shirt and dangled him over the cliff. Dana clenched her eyes shut.
"I love you baby." She promised her son.
"MOMMY HELP IT'S TOO HIGH!" He screamed. Dana placed her hands over her ears, unable to deal with her sons please for life. She turned her back on him. Unable to see him so distraught. Logan held her close to him. "MOMMY!" His screams became louder and more desperate as his shirt began to ride up.
"Scared Katie?" He asked.
"Deadly." Katie whispered, staring at the terrified looking child writhing in his grasp. "Gimme him Clayton. Please? Don't do this." He scowled at her.
"You'd all deserve it." He said, looking at the boy, struggling. He smirked evilly.
"Say goodbye to mommy kid."
A/n: LITERALLY a cliffhanger!
