"Any news?" Beck asked worriedly as he, the gang and Daniel walked into the West residence after two days of searching for Jade. There were some cops and Tori's father following the investigation, Mr. West drank up his glass of whiskey and turned to the gang so they immediately knew the answer to their question.

"Nothing, they disappeared" Mr. Vega informed. "We are trying to find their vans but everything they did was calculated, they left no trace"

"You have to find her!" Beck exclaimed.

"We are doing everything we can" He responded. "But I'm sorry, things don't look good…We don't even know if they still have her or if she is still a-"Mr. Vega continued but Mr. West cut him off.

"She has to be alive" He said trying to contain his tears. "My Jade can't be dead, she is not…she is not…"

"John, I understand this is hard but it's a possibility that we need to consider given the circumstances" Mr. Vega commented. "They don't want anything else from you now, this is about her and what she did…So as far as we know, they've either killed her already or they are torturing her" He affirmed as Mr. West walked in circles desperately and Beck closed his eyes in frustration.

"Dad, I don't think you should be saying that…" Tori said awkwardly.

"I'm sorry, darling but I have to be honest, it'll be worse if I give you fake hopes and we end up finding her body somewhere; we need to be prepared for the worst" He responded seriously and the gang looked down. The adults continued chatting in the living room and the guys went to the hall.

"I can't believe this is happening for real, how did we get here? Everything was fine a few days ago and then everything went to shit, from the moment that girl appeared" Beck commented and Daniel looked down because Chloe was his sister after all. "She told us all those things, I was an idiot, I told Jade things I should've never said and now regret more than anything, then the kidnapping, the rape, her story, the killings in the theater and now she's gone…This feels like a nightmare" He said with tears in his eyes.

"I'm sorry" Daniel said sincerely. "For everything, for my sister and for causing you to be angry with Jade"

"It's not your fault" Tori clarified.

"It is in part, Beck got upset from the moment I spoke to her" Daniel commented and Beck sighed.

"Tori is right, that was my problem…and in the end, you were there for her when I wasn't" Beck said as a couple of tears streamed down his face. "You defended her from that pervert when you could and were there for her while I rejected her, you did the right thing, Daniel and I'm sorry for treating you the way I did"

"It's alright, Beck, you were jealous and you had reasons to be…" Daniel admitted and smiled a little so Beck chuckled sadly. "It's no secret that I like Jade, I made it clear and your reaction was somewhat understandable…But I just wanted her to be okay, it wasn't my intention to cause her problems"

"You would probably be a better boyfriend than me anyway" Beck commented and looked down. "She deserved so much better, I was a jerk with her"

"But you love her and she loves you back, if she were here I'm sure she would choose you over me a thousand times" Daniel responded sincerely. "And I'm being honest when I say I'd wish you the best, I would never be a burden in your relationship because I can see it's real"

"I believe you" Beck said. "Unfortunately, she is not here and she might never be again…"

After two months of searching for Jade with no success, the police had to give the case a conclusion and everyone already knew it. They couldn't make it official because there was no body but they all assumed Jade was dead and it was heartbreaking.

"Hi guys…" Tori said emotionlessly as she joined her friends at lunch and they gave her a little smile but Beck continued looking down at his food, he was just playing with the fork without eating anything. "How are you feeling?" She asked him nicely and he sighed.

"Beck, you need to talk about it" Andre commented. "This has to stop, you're destroying yourself" He affirmed and Beck stared at him coldly.

"He is right" Cat added sadly.

"I'm fine" Beck responded.

"No, you're not…None of us is, it's only been two months" Tori commented. "But this isn't healthy, you don't eat, you don't talk, you don't try to move on!"

"I can't move on" Beck said angrily. "It's been two months since she died"

"You could start by saying her name again, you've only referred to her as 'she' for weeks" Robbie said and Beck looked down. "Her name was Jade, say it! Jade is dead" He said and Beck closed his eyes before punching the table madly.

"Stop it!" He exclaimed. "I don't wanna talk about it"

"It's the first step for you to move on" Andre responded.

"Maybe I don't want to move on" Beck said coldly and they stared at him sadly. "Don't you understand that two months ago life changed forever? Everything I thought I knew about her wasn't true, I saw her getting beaten, I was in the same building while she got raped and then I lost her FOREVER!" He screamed. "She's gone and I didn't do anything to save her, I was incredibly cruel to her instead…I can't even imagine what she must've felt. When she tried to tell me what that bastard had done to her before she killed him when she was little, I rejected her and said nothing would justify what she did and I was wrong, I called her a monster but the real monster was me"

"You were unfair to her but that's because you didn't know the truth, you realized your mistake and tried to make up for it, Jade knew it" Andre said.

"He is right, you did everything you could to save her" Tori affirmed.

"Then I'm clearly limited" Beck said and walked away so they sighed sadly.

"I hope he stops this soon, it isn't good for him" She said sadly.

"I think deep down, he hasn't accepted her death" Robbie commented.

"I think he has and that's what kills him, that and the fact she probably suffered a lot more before they killed her" Andre said sadly. "But I hope he realizes he won't change anything by wasting his life away"

Another month went by and things remained pretty much the same, Beck continued avoiding his grief and falling into depression, the gang continued trying to move on and help him, Jade's parents couldn't manage to overcome their depression either and Daniel decided to move on. He had feelings for Jade and he felt really bad for her but he wasn't as attached to her because he hadn't seen her in years, Chloe simply continued living and didn't really try to think about Jade's death, she preferred to avoid everything related to her past.

"We are so away from home, what are we doing here?" Chloe asked her new friends as one of them parked by a house in a very ugly neighborhood. It was full of smoke, homeless people, dark allies and prostitutes standing on the street. "Let's go away"

"We'll just buy some sweeties, Chloe, don't be scared" A guy said.

"Yes, you'll like them" The other girl responded and Chloe stared at them nervously, she wasn't really into drugs. "Come on, just stay close and nothing will happen…"

The three teenagers made their way into the house and were greeted by a tall drag queen prostitute, she winked at them but they kept going. Chloe was just holding her friend's hand tightly and taking small breaths to control her nerves. The building was huge, there was a staircase in the middle of the yard and the upper floors were full of rooms; there was also a huge room on the first floor and Chloe could see a lot of people just laying down, some others injecting themselves and others snorting from the ground. There were lots of girls as well standing around the yard, they were all wearing revealing or shiny clothing, some were making out with men and others were just staring into space like zombies.

"I wanna leave this place" Chloe whispered scared.

"Sh" Her female friend said annoyed and then a tall scary looking man approached them.

"Hey guys, what can I do for you?" He asked nicely.

"We want some candies, we got money" The boy responded and the man smiled.

"Of course…"

Chloe was just there trembling and looking around scared waiting to go, that place was so filthy and full of drugs that she felt in danger just by being there. She looked up and saw a man walking down the stairs holding a girl by her arm, she was wearing a ragged black dress, one of the straps was hanging off her shoulder and her dark hair was really messy; the girl was facing the floor and she was basically being moved by the man so Chloe couldn't see her face but something about her kept her attention so she didn't get her eyes off her.

The man and the girl started walking towards them and the other man, who seemed to be the boss of the place, turned to them. "Done?" He asked and the obviously drugged man nodded.

"Worth the price" The guy responded and handed him money so the dealer smiled.

"Hope to see you again soon" The man, whose name was Rick, commented while the three teenagers stood there uncomfortably but Chloe couldn't move her eyes off the girl. She was facing the other side so she couldn't see her face.

"Absolutely" The guy said and walked away; Rick simply grabbed the girl's face with his hand and checked it to make sure she didn't have any new bruise or mark. He nodded a little while looking at her and turned her around to make her walk to the other side so she would be with the rest of the girls but as soon as the girl turned around and Chloe saw her face, her eyes wide opened in horror; it was Jade.

"So, what do you want?" Rick asked Chloe's friends but she stopped paying attention to them, she simply observed Jade as she tried to walk towards the stairs but she kept tripping. She had seen Chloe's face but she didn't react in anyway, she simply continued walking the best way she could and ultimately reached the stairs; she sat down on one of the steps and leaned her head on the metallic side trying not to fall asleep.

Chloe's friends bought the drugs and they all made their way out but Chloe couldn't manage to get the picture of Jade in that house out of her head. She was shocked to see her alive and also, in those conditions but she couldn't figure out how she felt. She hated Jade and she wished her the worst but seeing her like that hadn't given her any pleasure.

Chloe took the drugs because her friends were pressuring her into doing it so next afternoon when she got home, she couldn't really tell if what she'd seen was real or not but she still had it in her head. "Hey, where were you last night?" Daniel asked as he approached Chloe in their apartment's kitchen.

"I stayed at a friend's place" She responded.

"You could've texted me or answered one of my fifty calls" He said coldly. "I was worried"

"I'm sorry" Chloe said as she stared at her toast and took a breath. She didn't know whether to mention what she'd seen or not but Daniel knew her very well.

"What's the matter?" He asked curiously.

"Umm….nothing" She said nervously.

"Come on, Chloe, I know you…What do you wanna tell me?" He insisted and she stared at him while taking a breath.

"Ummm…I think…this is crazy, I don't even know if it was real" She said and he stared at her confused. "I think I saw Jade last night"

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