Days went by and Jade seemed to be fine, she went to school and participated in class like she used to and even though she stayed alone, she didn't look sad anymore; she looked confident and angry as usual but more. "Look at her, she is acting like nothing happened" Tori commented as they stared at her during lunch.
"She really does hate us now, doesn't she?" Cat asked sadly. "I miss her"
"I miss her too" Beck added.
"I wish she'd just trust us" Andre commented.
"The worst part is that we hurt her for nothing because her life was never in danger, we were fooled" Beck said angrily.
"But we didn't know that and we tried to protect her" Robbie said.
"Yeah, and look at us now…"
A couple of weeks later Tori, Beck, Andre and Robbie were in Tori's house as usual, they'd accorded to play cards and watch a movie but Cat hadn't shown up. "What's going on with Cat? She never misses our play dates" Tori commented.
"She didn't go to school yesterday and today, maybe she's sick" Andre commented.
"But she didn't even respond to my text" Tori said. "That's weird but I'm starving so let's just eat now…" They spent the night waiting for Cat to show up but she never did and she continued to miss school the next day; however, that day Cat's mother showed up at Hollywood Arts.
"Guys, Cat's mother is here…and she'd like to talk to you" Lane commented as he approached the gang in class. "You too, Jade" he said to her because she hadn't even moved. They followed him to his office and saw Mrs. Valentine with puffy eyes and a mortified face waiting for them.
"Guys, guys…have you seen Cat? Has she talked to you?" She questioned and they looked at each other.
"No, no…she didn't answer our texts, what happened?" Tori asked confused.
"I don't know, she said…she said she would go visit you" Mrs. Valentine said to Jade but she didn't even blink.
"I didn't see her" Jade said emotionlessly.
"But how? She went to see you on Sunday, it's Wednesday… and she has not returned" Mrs. Valentine informed.
"Well, I don't know where she is" Jade repeated and Cat's mom looked down mortified. "Sorry…and if that's all, I'll go back to class" she said and left the office so the gang stared at each other confused, it was like she didn't care and she wasn't even surprised.
"If we get any news, we'll let you know…" Lane said to Mrs. Valentine and she nodded as a few tears streamed down her face. "You can go too, guys" The gang left the office as well and sighed mortified.
"I hope she is okay" Tori said worriedly.
"But…why would she go see Jade without us?" Andre asked.
"Maybe she thought Jade would feel better, they were closer" Beck commented.
"But Jade doesn't seem to even care" Robbie affirmed and they sighed.
"I guess she wasn't lying when she said she hated us…"
A couple of days went by and the police finally found a hint, Cat's purse appeared on the side of the road along with her jacket, which had some blood on it and the tests showed it belonged to her to they had the worst scenario. "I can't believe this, Cat's dead?" Tori asked with her eyes full of tears.
"Maybe someone robbed her and she saw him…" Andre said sadly. "They haven't found the body yet but it's probably buried somewhere"
"God…" Beck said and covered his face. "I can't believe this" he commented and then they saw Jade walking by so they stared at her; she looked so normal that it scared them.
"She really doesn't care, Cat was her best friend, I just don't understand…" Tori commented and Beck sighed. It was true, not even he could understand Jade's attitude…
A week later another disappearance took place and this time it was Robbie; he'd been walking home when he went missing and the police were looking for him as well; they found Rex completely destroyed and bloody buried in a park near Robbie's house so they'd assumed the worst as well.
In Hollywood Arts, things were starting to get tense because it was too much coincidence that two students had been presumably murdered in the such a short period of time but what disturbed Tori, Beck and Andre the most was the way Jade was taking the news; she never seemed appalled or mortified, it was like she didn't feel anything.
"Guys, this is starting to scare me…First Cat, and now Robbie and I just don't get it, it's too much coincidence" Tori commented.
"And Jade's attitude, it's creepy" Andre added.
"What are you suggesting?" Beck asked slightly upset.
"I don't know, but look at the circumstances, the last thing Jade said to us was a death threat, she took the bracelet off because she didn't want any record of her moves…and now Cat and Robbie are gone, and she doesn't seem surprised or sad over it" Andre responded. "What if she's behind it?"
"That's ridiculous, Andre, she wouldn't do it…she had the chance and didn't take it, remember?" Beck commented.
"That was a long time ago and things have changed, she has changed…" Tori said. "We should look more into this, I'm afraid"
"If she's the one responsible for this, she has to pay…we told her the truth, said sorry and tried our best to protect her, it's not fair" Andre said upset.
"I agree, I really hope she is not behind it because I would hate her, I don't care how much she suffered…it doesn't compare to this" Tori added.
"I don't think she's behind it but we can ask her, if that's what you want…" Beck said and they sighed. Next day Jade went to school as usual and the three of them decided to approach her. "Hi" Beck said nicely and she simply stared at them emotionlessly.
"Jade, you do know that Cat and Robbie are dead, right?" Tori asked and Jade shrugged with a confused facial expression.
"I guess, I heard they haven't found the bodies though" She responded casually.
"And you don't care about it? They were your friends" Andre commented.
"No, they weren't and no, why would I care?" Jade asked and they looked at each other.
"Did you have something to do with it?" Beck suddenly asked and Jade chuckled as she shook her head.
"No, I didn't…but it's funny that you think I would simply confess it to you" She commented and smiled cynically. "Don't be ridiculous, you really do consider me an idiot but i'm not"
"It's not like that, we were hoping you'd be honest" Beck responded.
"I am, I didn't do it but whatever…believe what you want" Jade said calmly and then a small smirk appeared on her face "I suppose that if you're here blaming me for it, you must believe i have reasons to do it" Jade simply said and walked away so they stared at her even more disconcertedly.
"I don't know what to believe anymore…" Tori said in frustration. "I hope she's being honest"
"Me too…"
Another week went by and this time Andre was the one who went missing, he'd been home at the time but it looked like something had made him go out or he'd opened the door; the point was that he had disappeared and no news were given so Tori and Beck were freaking out.
"Oh my god, oh my god…" Tori said as lots of tears streamed down her face. "She killed him, she killed him too!"
"We don't know that, Tori" Beck said as he walked around the living room anxiously.
"God Beck! When will you accept it? This is not a coincidence, she is finishing us and she is leaving the two us for last because she wants us to be afraid, don't you see? She is sick!" Tori affirmed full of anger. "I just can't believe someone can be this evil"
"Remember everything we did to her, Tori, she has the right to hate us" Beck responded.
"No! We did it to protect her and we begged her to forgive us but she chose not to, and nothing gives her the right to kill us" She commented as she cried. "I'm so scared"
"Nothing bad will happen to you…" Beck said.
"Yes, it will, she will kill me like she killed Cat, Andre and Robbie" Tori affirmed. "She is a murderer, I'm starting to believe she deserved what we did to her, maybe she's a psychopath…it would make perfect sense, I mean her life isn't the best and she's never had a bond to anyone, just you…and maybe it wasn't real after all"
"No, she didn't deserve it and you're hallucinating, Tori, Jade is not a psychopath" Beck affirmed. "And nothing will happen to us, we'll be fine"
Beck was just as worried but he didn't want to feed Tori's fear and hatred towards Jade so he was trying to make her feel safe. However, it didn't last because two weeks after Andre's disappearance Tori went missing as well; she'd been in a mall shopping when she'd gone missing and no news were given until two days later when Beck found Tori's jacket outside his RV with a note that said "Miss me".
He didn't want to believe Jade was behind it but there were no more excuses, it was painfully obvious that it was her and she was doing everything in her power to make sure he realized it without being open about it, all his friends were gone and he was left with so much rage and frustration he didn't know how to control, he had to face her, he needed to face her and make her pay.
Dun dun duuun!
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