Authors Note: You can blame my best friend for this second chapter tonight. She pretty much demanded it. She's bossy like that. LOL J/K Beth i love you! Ne ways so this is the continuation of my last chapter. Enjoy it and let me know what you think. I'm going to bed. I'm hoping to find reviews in the morning.
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Warning: Mention of some sick shit in here and some cussing.
Jumping off the water tower:
Chapter Twelve: Makedamnsure
Two weeks…it had been two weeks since he'd seen her. Two weeks since he'd held her in his arms. Two weeks since he'd heard her voice. Two weeks since he'd been truly alive. Sure he'd been going through the motions, but he wasn't really there. He was somewhere else. He was with her in his head…he was with her on some beach, together running through the waves, enjoying each other's company. Of course he knew everything that was going on in the investigation. They'd determined that Jackie had been taken before she entered the store because no one had seen her come in. The manager went through the tapes and never once did she appear on them. Hyde had cursed loudly when Kelso informed him of this and from there on he'd started his own investigation. He searched everywhere for any kind of information on Randy. The things he found startled him. He'd learned that first of all Randy wasn't his real name. His real name was Christopher Walls and he was originally from Minnesota. He was wanted for a rape and attempted murder in his home town and somehow had evaded police custody. Hyde looked into it even more and found a nice trail that he'd left behind him everywhere he went. How he'd managed to avoid any kind of authorities was baffling to Hyde. He had however figured out the pattern. Randy seemed to like small towns along the Michigan border and in every state he changed his look. The Randy they knew was sporting a Farrah Fawcett look while in Minnesota he had a short buzz cut that was black as night. He also figured out that Randy only went for vulnerable girls and usually ended up becoming obsessed with them. He knew their entire schedule and their entire life history before he even met them. With all these things in mind, Hyde started on his own investigation and somehow Donna had ended up tagging along.
"Donna you're 7 months pregnant. I'm not going to ask you to come along with me." Hyde said as Donna followed him to the El Camino.
"She's my best friend Hyde. I want her home as much as you do." Donna got in the car and Hyde sighed loudly.
"Donna I know you want her home too, but I'm not about to have Forman yelling at me because his pregnant wife won't sit still."
"Oh he'll get over it. He misses her as much as we do."
"Fine," Hyde backed the car up and pulled it into the road.
"So where are we looking today?" Donna said as she pulled a map out of the glove compartment.
Hyde stopped at a red light and took the map from her. He looked at the areas they had already crossed off the map and was surprised to find that they'd checked almost everywhere.
"Well it looks like we're going over near the mall." He said as the light turned green again and he tossed the map back to Donna.
"Okay, I don't think he'd take her there. Do you?"
"Maybe…who knows though, this guy is twisted. He took one girl to a house down the street from her parents and made her watch her brothers and sisters play in the yard while he raped her."
Donna cringed as Hyde said this but he didn't say sorry. He wanted her to know how fucked up this guy really was.
"Alright, let's go." Donna whispered and Hyde floored it to the mall.
"I checked most of the stores, but no one has seen her in weeks." Donna said when she met up with Hyde in the food court.
"Yeah I got the same responses. Where the hell could he have taken her?" Hyde sat down and put his head in his hands.
Donna put her hand on his shoulder as she tried to comfort him. "I know you're scared."
Hyde looked up at Donna with tears in his eyes, "I'm more than scared Donna…I'm lost and I have no idea what to do. It's like this whole other part of me has been taken away and I have no way of getting it back."
Donna pulled Hyde into a hug and felt tears come to her eyes as well. "I didn't realize how much you loved her."
"I think I love her more than I loved you." He said as Donna pulled away from him.
"It's okay… I love Eric more than I loved you." She smiled and Hyde couldn't help but smile too.
"I need her Donna."
"We'll find her. She'll be back in your arms before you know it." She said as she extended her hand to Hyde.
He took her hand and she pulled him up.
"You were always stronger than all of us."
"Still am. You're just scrawny." She said and Hyde laughed.
"Let's go check around outside Big Red." Hyde said before they walked out of the mall.
Jackie tried to pull her arms free from the bindings as her assailant walked out of the room. She had no idea where she was or even when it was for that matter. All she knew was that she away from Hyde and she hated that feeling. She felt like part of her heart was gone and without it she couldn't survive. She
pulled again against the rope that held her hands behind her when she heard laughter. She looked up and glared at him.
"I see we're awake."
"I hate you." She said as he laughed again.
"I see you've learned not to scream. It's useless all the way out here, "He got down in front of her and pulled off his glasses, "No one can hear you. It's just you and me."
"They'll find me. I know they will." She said and he laughed.
"No one is going to find you princess. I made sure of that." He laughed again before leaving the room.
"FUCK YOU!" She screamed as tears came to her eyes and she tried to pull her hands free again. She screamed in frustration as she heard his harsh laughter from the other room.
"Scream all you want little girl. It only makes the experience that much better."
In that moment Jackie vowed to never scream again.
Hyde pulled into the drive way and turned off the car.
"So that was a bust." Donna said as Hyde opened the door and got out.
"We'll try somewhere else tomorrow." He started walking to the door after he heard the passenger door close.
"Okay, I can meet you here after you close the store."
"Yeah sure Donna," Hyde walked into the kitchen, leaving the door open behind him for Donna and walked over to the refrigerator, "Do you want something to drink?" He turned around and Donna wasn't there. "Donna," He said as he walked over to the door and found her purse sitting on the ground.
He ran down the driveway searching for any unfamiliar car before he felt his legs give out beneath him. He tried to calm himself, but his body wouldn't have it. His breaths were coming out harsh and his vision was dimming. He almost passed out when Eric found him.
"Man Hyde what happened?"
Hyde couldn't answer him, all he could do was hand Eric her purse before he let the darkness take him.
When Hyde came too he realized he was laying on the couch in the Forman's living room. He tried to sit up but he felt someone push him back down.
"Steven honey I think you should lie down a little longer." Kitty said as Hyde looked up at her.
"What happened to Donna?" He asked as Kitty looked away with tears in her eyes.
"He took her Hyde. From now on I'm not stopping until we get that bastard." Eric said before he walked out of the room.
"Randy?"
"That's all we can figure. She was with you wasn't she Steven?"
"I turned my back for a second and she was gone."
"They think he was waiting for you. He left you this." She said as she handed me a Polaroid. He looked down and saw that it was a picture of Jackie tied up with cuts on her face and arms.
"Jackie," He whispered as he traced the image with his finger. He didn't even notice he was crying until Kitty handed him a tissue.
"I miss her too. I want her home so badly. She more of a daughter to me than my own daughter is." Kitty whispered.
"I'll bring her back mom. I'll find the bastard and I'll bring her back." Hyde stood up and walked out the door.
The weeks started flying by and before either of them knew it Donna had been missing for 5 weeks and Jackie had been gone for 7. Hyde and Eric had searched the entire map and had found nothing. The store had remained open with Fez running the show for the time being. No one wanted that to go under on top of the guys losing the girls. The police were out of leads and were beginning to give up even against Kelso's demands. He was in charge of the investigation, but he had been told that they were going to pull him off the case soon because it looked like a dead end. He hadn't taken the news very well and had turned to Eric and Hyde for any clues. With their help the police still hadn't found anything and things weren't looking good.
"Guys," Kelso said as he entered the kitchen and found both men standing at the table looking over a map.
"Hey Kelso, what's up?" Hyde asked.
"They're pulling me off the case." He said as Eric looked up.
"They can't."
"They are Eric. I have no say in this. I didn't want to be pulled of it. I fought with them for hours. I've been suspended because of what I said to them."
Hyde sat down in the chair as Kelso stared at him.
"Hyde I'm really sorry. They don't think Jackie is…"
"She's alive. I'd know it if she wasn't." He whispered.
"Eric, they said given Donna's condition…"
"She's alive Kelso. I feel it. She's alive and she needs me. She's my wife and I am not giving up on her." Eric said before he stormed out of the room.
"I feel like shit." Kelso said as he sat down.
"It's not your fault. I don't blame them for stopping. She's been gone for seven weeks." Hyde pinched the bridge of his nose and looked up. "God has it really been only seven weeks. I feel like it's been longer. I feel like I haven't seen her in years."
"I don't know what to do Hyde. I want them to keep looking, but with limited resources-"
"It's alright Kelso. We'll just keep looking on our own." Hyde said as he heard someone scream outside.
The two men got up and ran out the back door.
"Donna!" Hyde yelled as Kelso ran back in the house to get Eric.
"Hyde, I know where he took her." She whispered.
"Donna are you alright?'
"I'm so tired…but I'm okay…she's alive still Hyde. She misses you so much."
"Donna do you remember where he took you two?"
"Yes, I remember Hyde. You have to hurry. He's going to move her once he realizes I'm gone."
"What happened?"
"Jackie got free. She didn't want to leave me so she helped me get out. She pushed me to the door and told me go. I thought she was behind me…but she wasn't." Donna cried as Eric came running out.
"Donna!" He took her from Hyde's arms and kissed up and down her face.
"I missed you so much."
"I knew…I knew I'd find you. I knew it." He kept whispering.
"I called an ambulance." Kelso said when he walked outside.
"Donna?" Hyde leaned down beside her again.
"He took us to that abandoned building outside of town in the area where all those businesses closed down. He didn't want anyone to hear us scream." She cried.
Hyde ran to his car and yanked open the door.
"HYDE!" Kelso ran over to the car and yanked open the passenger door.
"What?"
"I'm coming with you."
"Fine," Hyde back out of the drive way and took off down the street.
A/N: Please let me know what you thought. I know another cliffy. I'll update when i can.
