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A feeling of nostalgia washed over Jade and Cat as they huddled together in the back of the van they had been thrown into. They held each other tightly and cried softly together, unable to believe that this had happened to them again. Cat whimpered as the van suddenly ran over a deep pothole, causing it to jerk around. Jade tightened her arms around the redhead.
"I've got you, don't worry," Jade breathed, nuzzling her face into Cat's vibrant hair.
They were silent for a few moments, only the sound of the van's engine hummed through the air until Cat spoke again, her voice laden with tears, "I don't want to die, Jadey."
Jade swallowed her own tears and forced herself to be strong. She couldn't break in front of Cat. She wouldn't let it happen. "You're not going to die, don't think like that."
Cat sniffed and shook her head, "This is the third time it's happened, he's not just going to let us get away again!" she cried before Jade shoved her hand over the redhead's mouth.
"Calm down," Jade snapped. Cat looked up at her sadly and Jade sighed, hugging her tightly again, "Sorry, I'm sorry... sorry," she whispered hurriedly, cursing herself for snapping at Cat from the pressure and panic building up inside of her.
"Do you have your phone?" Jade whispered several minutes later.
Cat shook her head and wiped her eyes as she brought her head up from Jade's shoulder, "No," she breathed, "I left it on your bed."
Jade sighed, "I don't have mine either."
"We're not getting out of here," Cat whimpered.
"Shh... we will, okay? Trust me, we'll be fine," Jade assured her, hoping and praying that she was right.
Beck, Andre, Robbie and Tori sat in Tori's living room nursing cups of steaming coffee in their hands as Tori's father paced around the kitchen, speaking on the phone with several other officers. Beck sighed and took another drink of coffee, willing himself to stay awake. But honestly, he didn't think he would be able to sleep at all knowing Cat and Jade were missing. The teenagers looked up as David hung up and made his way over to them.
"I've got officers out around town looking for any trace of the girls or any suspicious behaviour. Do you know if either of the girls have their cell phones?" he asked, sitting down beside Tori.
Robbie shook his head, "We found both of them in Jade's room," he sighed, his stomach turning with every thought about Cat and Jade. His heart ached every time he thought about Cat and how terrified she must be. He just wanted to hold her and tell her that everything would be fine because he was there. But he wasn't there. He wasn't anywhere near her and that killed him.
David nodded and thought for a moment, taking in the teens' worried looks, "We'll get them, don't worry," he smiled softly before turning to his daughter, "You especially need to be careful, baby," he whispered, pressing a kiss to her forehead. Tori nodded silently as she stared into her coffee.
"We should have gone to Jade's house earlier. If I had drove faster..." Andre shook his head, squeezing the bridge of his nose.
Tori shook her head and rest a hand on his knee, "Don't. He would have gotten them either way," she told him, squeezing his knee comfortingly.
"Wait..." Robbie spoke up, causing everyone to turn and look at him, "Are we even sure it's him?"
"He was never found, it has to be him," Beck sighed, planning out all the things he would do to Stanley once he found him. He would make him pay. Beck wasn't naturally a violent person, he was usually cool, calm and collected. But when someone harasses his girlfriend and tries to kill her... he wouldn't think twice about sending his fist into Stanley's face and his foot into his ribs.
"But... the person who attacked me... that wasn't Stanley. They spoke to me and it wasn't his voice," Tori said, trying to work it out in her head.
"So... that means," Andre thought, also trying to do the math.
"Stanley has a partner this time," David concluded.
Cat and Jade jumped in fright as the van suddenly came to a halt before the engine turned off, leaving them in complete silence. Jade reached down and laced her fingers with Cat's, refusing to let go. They heard footsteps walking on gravel around the side of the van before the back doors swung open, revealing the woman who had abducted them. She smiled at them.
"Was that a nice trip, girls?" she asked before pulling her gun out of her back pocket, her smile fading, "Get out. Now."
The girls quickly climbed out of the van, setting their feet on the gravel below them. As the woman shut the van, they looked at their surroundings. They were in the middle of nowhere once again. Thick trees surrounded them and a small stone building sat in front of them. The windows were boarded up and weeds surrounded the bottom of it.
"Nice place," Jade commented, momentarily forgetting to think before she spoke.
Cat froze, terrified of what would happen next.
The woman rolled her eyes, "Watch your mouth. Come with me," she spat, clicking the gun and holding it up to them as she pulled them inside.
Jade swallowed back vomit as they entered the house and immediately a mix of mould, dust and... urine filled the air. She held her breath as the woman forced them down a flight of stairs and into a dark basement. The woman flicked a light switch and the place brightened up. But what lay in front of them, made Jade and Cat's stomachs sink.
The basement was pretty much empty. The floor was wet and several pipes seemed to be leaking in the corners of the room. Several cuffs lay in the center of the room, much like the ones from the first time they had been taken. One filthy mattress sat in the corner and a grimy toilet stood in the furthest corner. The woman forced them to sit on the ground before she chained them to the floor with the cuffs, tightly attaching them to their ankles.
"Looks like you two won't be going anywhere for a while," the woman smirked as she stood back up, her deep green eyes staring down at the two girls in front of her.
"What do you want with us?" Jade spat, glaring up at her.
"It's not what I want with you... It's what he wants," the woman smiled, folding her arms over her chest smugly.
Just as Jade opened her mouth to ask further questions, the door to the basement opened above them.
"Jessica?" a voice called.
Jade and Cat's hearts stopped beating immediately and their bodies froze in fear. They knew that voice. That was the voice which had haunted them in their sleep ever since they first heard it. It was the voice they would never forget.
Stanley.
