"Where is it?" Robbie cried, eager to find the girls as soon as possible.
They read the screen again and Beck scrolled down, revealing where exactly Cat's phone had been located.
"A gas station in San Diego," Andre said, grabbing a notepad and pen before scribbling down the address. Beck made sure he had written it correctly before hurriedly shutting down the laptop and throwing it to the side.
He grabbed his car keys, "We're going to San Diego," he simply said. Andre and Robbie nodded and jumped up from the couch, following Beck outside into the cool night air. Andre took the passenger seat of Beck's car while Robbie took the back seat. Beck jumped into the driver's seat and started the car. He punched in the address to the GPS and waited for it to load before pulling out of his parent's driveway.
It was almost midnight, but they didn't care.
They needed to find their girls.
It was around about 2am when they arrived at the gas station where Cat's phone had been tracked. The place was in complete darkness, only a few streetlights dimly lighting the station as they pulled in and jumped out of the car.
"Do you see anything?" Robbie asked, eagerly looking around. There were only a few cars parked in the avaliable spaces.
Beck's eyes scanned over the cars, trying to see if Jade's was there. It wasn't. He shook his head, "Jade's car isn't here," he sighed, his heart falling.
"We don't even know if they took Jade's car," Andre said, shrugging his shoulders defeatedly.
"Wait..." Robbie started, walking around the corner. Beck and Andre followed him curiously as he wandered off. "Isn't that Cat's brother's car?" Robbie continued, pointing at a car some distance away.
Andre and Beck followed his finger and found a rusty, old, red convertible with no top. The boys looked at each other for a moment before rushing over to it.
"There's Cat's phone!" Robbie cried, his eyes finding the bright pink PearPhone sitting wedged in between the back seats.
"There's Jade's too!" Beck cried, finding the red PearPhone under the driver's seat.
They retrieved the phones and clicked through them, trying to find any clues as to where they had gone. But their hearts fell when they found nothing.
"This doesn't help at all," Andre sighed, leaning against the convertible.
"No, but we can go to the police. At least we have some evidence now," Beck said, pulling out his own black PearPhone and dialling 911.
The sooner they reported the girls as missing, the sooner they would (hopefully) get them back.
The next morning, the girls awoke to the sound of the door slamming open. They opened their tired and bleary eyes and found Stanley staring down at them. He held a bag in his hand, but they couldn't tell what was inside.
"You," he stated, pointing at one of the girls. They looked up and found that he was pointing at Cat.
The redhead's breath caught in her throat as she looked him in the eyes. He threw the bag down to her, "Get dressed, cupcake. I'm letting you go today," he whispered, unscrewing her cuff from her foot before leaving the room.
Cat looked up at Jade and Tori with wide eyes, "I don't want to go if you're still here," she whimpered, her big eyes lost and conflicted.
Jade took Cat's hands, "Kitten, don't worry about us. He's letting you go, so go," she whispered. Cat stared up into Jade's eyes and looked behind her to Tori who nodded.
She sighed and opened the plastic bag, finding her original clothes inside, but now clean and dry. She pulled them on and waited for Stanley to return.
Not long after, the door opened again and Stanley walked in holding a blindfold this time. "Now, I'm going to have to blindfold you so you don't see where I take you, okay cupcake?" he asked, holding the blindfold up.
Cat swallowed hard and nodded, her hand tightly clutching Jade's. She held her breath as the blindfold was slid over her head and positioned over her eyes. She whimpered as her hand was ripped from Jade's before being placed in Stanley's own cold hand. A frown covered her face as she felt her hands being tied together and her cuff being replaced on her left ankle, but she didn't want to question it.
"Come along, cupcake," he whispered, pulling her from the room.
Tori and Jade stood together and watched fearfully as Cat was pulled out of the room and the door slammed closed behind her.
After driving for what felt like hours, the car stopped and Cat was gently pulled out. In the distance, she could hear water. She frowned in confusion as she was taken away from the car.
"Now, to get to where we're going, we have to go on a boat, okay?" Stanley asked.
Cat only nodded, not wanting to speak in case she ruined her chance of getting free.
Beneath her feet, she could hear her footsteps on wood, which must have been the dock, as when they reached a certain point, she was pulled onto the boat which rocked uneasily on the water. She heard the boat being started up before it begain moving quickly on the water, making her stomach do flips.
The boat stopped after about ten minutes and came to a halt on top of the water. She heard a clicking noise, but figured that it was just the boat turning off. She felt her arms being pulled and she stood up.
"I'm going to take the blindfold off, and you just leave. Okay?" he said, pulling her across the boat.
Cat nodded.
She felt him reach up and her blindfold was removed. It was still dark outside since it was early morning, maybe only 4am at the latest. As her eyes adjusted to being able to see, she suddenly realised that something was wrong. Very wrong.
They were in the middle of the water.
As she looked around, she began to hyperventilate. Her big brown eyes grew wider and she looked up at him for an answer.
"I lied," he simply said.
Tears filled Cat's eyes as she looked around, looking for some kind of dry land. But there was none.
Stanley grabbed Cat's wrists and pulled her into him, "You are very special," he whispered, pressing a kiss to her forehead, making her squirm uncomfortably and whimper in fear.
Suddenly, he let go of her wrists and she fell backwards into the water, going under for a few seconds before rising. She panted and spat the water from her mouth. Tears clouded her vision as she looked up at him.
Her eyes flickered over to a large weight that was sitting by the edge of the boat. And it clicked.
The weight was attached to her foot.
Cat began screaming, hoping that someone, anyone, would help her. But it was too late. She could only watch helplessly as Stanley pushed the weight over the edge of the boat.
As it fell quickly through the water, it yanked on Cat's foot and brought her down with it.
She couldn't do anything as it dragged her further and further into the abyss.