A/N: Another Chapter, I kind of got a little stuck with it so if it's not very good that is why. I know exactly what happened in the past but as they say the future is still unwritten. I know where it is headed in the next chapter but I wasn't sure about this one. I would have written some yesterday but I had a chicken situation which took a couple of hours to deal with. An unknown chicken ended up in the back garden and it was getting pretty late for it to be awake. Anyway in the end it wobbed off (I think that might be one of my dad's phrases) back through the hedge and into the field out back. So I didn't get time to write. I think this chapter is just 3,000 words so it is up to normal minimum length again. I'll let you read again now and discuss at the bottom, so I hope you enjoy it.

So on with the next chapter...

Chapter 18

Beca had almost given up hope when she heard voices. She recognised one of them as Fat Amy's. Then she felt a pair of arms wrap around her and a head resting on her shoulder, whispering in her ear.

"Its okay, Beca. I got you." The voice was saying. She leaned back against the warmth, a feeling of safety washed over her and her breathing started to slow. "You're safe now. You're so cold." She heard them whisper. She moved her arms to hold on to theirs. She could feel herself calming down. Everything was becoming clear in her head again.

"Jesse?"

"I'm right here." He said holding her tighter. She knew but she could see him from where he was. She turned her head slightly. She had got the idea in her head that he could be in trouble too and now although she knew he was there she needed to see him. He seemed to sense this as he moved slightly in to her view. Then she let herself relax.

"Beca, we were so worried about you. You were right behind us then you were gone then we found Jesse and not you." Fat Amy said once Beca had her breathing under control. "Thank god you're alright."

"I wouldn't go that far. I got my foot stuck and it really hurts. I can't move." She replied

"That and your shaking like a dingo-"

"I don't think I want to hear the end of that sentence." Beca cut her off. Jesse took off his coat and wrapped it around her before moving to examine her foot. She pulled his coat around her, missing the warmth of his body but thankful that his coat was still warm. As she watched her friends gather round her foot to try to assess the damage and free it she couldn't help thinking how she had almost lost them and how the scars were still there even now.

Third Year at Barden

Beca had called an emergency meeting for the Bellas the day after the semi-finals. She had spent half the night on the phone to Aubrey. She had strangely become her confidant since finals last year. Whenever Beca had a problem concerning the Bellas and the war she called Aubrey. She was also the only one besides Beca who knew the truth. Aubrey had advised Beca to find the mole and to get rid of them. Beca had agreed but Aubrey hadn't been able to help her with how, all she had suggested was investigate and/or confront them. Beca had picked the latter; so now everyone was sat round in a circle in their practice gym.

"We had a tough loss yesterday, not only did we lose the semi-finals but our plan failed too." Beca started but was interrupted before she could continue.

"Aren't you the reason we lost anyway?" Gemma asked. Her question directed at Beca. Before Beca could respond Donna started in.

"Yeah, you were distracted. The fans might not have noticed but we did and so did the judges."

"Well, the that was the Trebles playing dirty. It has nothing to do with Beca really. You don't know her that well but I can tell you, she never gets distracted normally." Fat Amy came to her rescue. Beca smiled and nodded a silent thank you. It made what she was about to do even harder.

Once everyone had settled down again Beca spoke up, picking up from where she left off.

"What is worse about yesterday's failures is that they could have been avoided. I hate to have to inform you of this but the Trebles have another mole this year. One of us is leaking information to the Trebles. It was subtle to start with, that's how they hit our funding, how they got into our building and stuff, our records. I realised it was true when our plan failed. The only way our plan could have failed was if a Bella told the Trebles about the plan before hand. Only we knew so it had to be one of us and only they could stop it so there has to be a mole. Someone is spying on us and reporting to the Trebles. So this meeting will not end until we had found said person." Beca finished her speech. There were groans as well as a few comments about how her idea was ridiculous and that there was no mole and a few shocked looks from those who believed her. Beca knew from experience that if she did not speak up again and lead the search then they would all turn on each other. "I'm going to give you one chance to speak up and come forward. If you do then you will get off lightly." Beca started. No matter what they would be out but she didn't have to report them to the university and she could handle the Bellas feeling of betrayal. Or she could inform the university and let the Bellas loose for their revenge. It really depended on this person's actions. No one spoke up or made any moves to do so.

Beca sighed, it looked like she was going to have to do it the hard way. She had a suspect or two. One of which seemed more likely than the other. She just wished her friend had the courage to come forward herself. She may not have been able to stay in the Bellas but maybe they could have at least stayed friends. Beca was still stood. She turned to her right.

"Amy. Just tell us how long it has been happening." Beca sounded tired and a little disappointed. Amy looked up at Beca shocked.

"What are you talking about?" She asked before it dawned on her. "Wait, no way! You think I'm the rat?" Fat Amy asked in disbelief.

"I'm sorry to out you in front of everyone like this. I thought we were close enough that you could come to me and tell me what you were doing but apparently not."

"What are you talking about Beca? I never... And what do you mean 'close enough' you made us break up with our boyfriends, you never show any kind of emotion; it's like you're a machine, you never really talk to us and every time we ask you about this war you evade and run. And now you're accusing me of this and acting all hurt that I didn't tell you. Number 1: I didn't do it, number 2: there is no way you get to play hurt after everything you have gone. You're upset I didn't tell you about something I didn't do. I didn't fight you or hate you when you made me break up with Bumper so you don't get to play this game Beca!" Fat Amy stood her ground.

"Broke up with Bumper? Really? You expect me to believe you followed the oath this time? I mean we all know you probably didn't last time." Beca knew she was starting to cross a line from getting her friend to admit to being the mole to hurting her friendship and pushing her away. She was starting to lash out. It was how she lost Jesse the first time.

"I'm not even going to dignify that last one with a response but if I broke the oath before it has no reflection on this time. Now my, I thought, best friend is leading. I made that oath to her. So I have followed it because I respected her, but here she is accusing me of breaking that promise. So I guess maybe she isn't the person I thought she was."

"Don't you turn this around on me. You really expect me to believe you haven't been slipping all this information to Bumper so he can tell his Trebles all about it?"

"Yes Beca. I did expect you to believe me because I thought we were friends and that's what friends do. They believe each other." Beca was shocked into silence at Amy's last response. It reminded her of what Jesse had said. Her inability to believe him until it was too late is what made her lose him. She couldn't do that with her friends. She shouldn't do that with her friends. It would only end badly. A part of her knew that Amy was telling the truth but a bigger part was telling her that Amy's last comment hit home and when your backed into a corner you have to fight your way out.

"Yes, because we should all just blindly believe each other without proof. I don't know if you know this but that's not how the real world works."

"Do you even trust anybody anymore Beca. I mean I know Jesse betrayed it but do you really think we're all like that cause that really is sad." Beca wasn't sure how to respond to that so she change direction.

"So you claim it's not you, fine. Let's pretend you're telling the truth."

"I am!"

"Lily! Were you in on it too?" Lily looked up in shock as did everyone else. Beca knew this was getting out of hand by her own doing but she had started now and she felt like a dog with a bone; she wasn't letting this one go. "Did you really break up with Donald? Did you want revenge on the Bellas for it so you decided to hang us out to dry. Tell the Trebles all our secrets. The perfect payback." Lily looked too shocked to form words but as usual Fat Amy didn't have that problem.

"So, what? Not only you don't believe me but you start accusing others as well. You really think Lily would do that?"

"I never thought any of you would do this so I guess I don't know any of you well enough!"

Beca had continued to go round the circle, slowly dismantling her circle of friends. Things had gotten ugly as she questioned, or accused, each Bella. Things had gotten especially ugly when Beca had turned on Jane. Beca knew Jane wasn't the type. If there was one person she was sure would never betray them it was Jane. No matter what they did and whether Jane had every right to want revenge for the way she was treated and forced to break up with Benji, Beca knew that Jane would never do it.

She wasn't exactly sure why she had turned on Jane, maybe it was so she didn't leave any stone unturned or so she didn't seem biased. Beca was more afraid that she had no reason other than the desire to take it out on her friends. What Fat Amy had said about her not trusting people or believing them had gotten to her and she had lashed out. Still, because Jane was the person she was everyone felt the need to protect her. She was the Bellas Benji equivalent. They really were perfect for each other. Beca knew then that she had gone too far with her friends. She just hoped it wasn't too late. She really didn't want to lose them too, but she had a feeling that she had done some irreparable damage and even if she could heal the wounds she had caused, there would still always be the scars.

In the end Beca had ruled out all but three of the new ones. Gemma had accused Beca of being the reason they lost the semi-finals. Donna had also jumped on that band wagon while Katie had stayed quiet. Beca was now sure, after, unintentionally, isolating herself from her friends, that it was one of the three. She just wasn't sure which and she was running low on support now. In fact she wasn't sure she had any. All she could hope for was that they didn't lead a mutiny against her. Right now the Bellas were about the only thing holding her together.

In all honesty Beca was quite shocked that after that here they all were trying to help her. They were looking at her differently now. To start with she thought they saw her as weak, that they were pitying her but now she saw it. They were starting to look at her as though she were human, with feelings. She had managed to persuade them of quite the opposite during college but now she was managing to let her walls down.

Eventually they all managed to free her foot, although they put her through no small amount of pain while doing it but at least it was free. Jesse helped her up and held her close to him again. She was still freezing and she couldn't put any weight on her foot. He rubbed her arms to try to get the circulation going to warm her up.

"Have you found the missing group yet?" She asked the others, suddenly remembering why they were out here in the first place.

"No, not yet but we think we may have picked up a trail. Although we aren't sure what trail we have picked up." One of the younger Trebles spoke up. Beca nodded.

"Come on, let's get you back to the bus." Jesse suggested as Beca hopped uncomfortably as the leg with her weight on began to ache. She shook her head.

"No! I'm not going anywhere unless it is to find the others. I'm not going back until we find them." Beca stood firm and Jesse seemed to sense that he wouldn't win this one. He nodded in acceptance more than agreement but adjusted his arms around her to better support her anyway. Everyone seemed to realise that her tone said there was no arguing. Chloe, who had bought her bag with her opened it and fished out a blanket which she passed onto a still shivering Beca. Jesse helped her adjust it around her whilst helping her to remain upright.

"What about your ankle will it be okay?" Jesse asked, his voice full of concern. She could see his eyes full of worry. She thought back to what could only have been a few hours ago at most to when she had questioned whether he loved her. It felt foreign to question it, to question something that had become a constant; the one thing she knew to be true. She began to search for it in his eyes but he looked away towards the others. "Is anyone here a doctor or something?" He asked. In a group of about 40 surely someone would know something. Both a Bella and Treble stepped forward. Beca was pleasantly surprised when they both decided, of their own freewill, to have a look together.

After about 10 minutes they both agreed on a prognosis. Her ankle was not broken but it was very badly sprained and she needed to rest it. Beca had agreed to do that, just as soon as they found the others. With that they all set off towards the trail in hope that it would lead them to the others. Beca leant heavily against Jesse, her leg really starting to hurt from supporting her weight alone. Jesse looked over at her; he could see she was exhausted from it all. He stopped and turned to her. Beca looked up in confusion before he picked her up bridal style, careful not to hurt her ankle. To say Beca was grateful was an understatement. She was sure her leg would have collapsed before much longer. She nestled in against him in his arms, glad of the heat he gave out, she was chilled through and still was struggling to get warm. She burrowed her head into his neck.

"Thank you" She whispered into his ear.

"No, problem" he whispered back to her.

"I'm sorry." She whispered again. She hoped he knew what she meant but she figured he probably did. Somehow he always seemed to know exactly what was going on in her head.

"Not now." He said quietly. She nodded against his neck as she felt herself dropping off to sleep in his arms. She knew what he meant. They still needed to talk, she wasn't forgiven but right now he was more concerned about what she needed and it wasn't another fight that was for sure. She let herself drift off into a peaceful slumber in his arms, feeling completely safe and at peace despite everything going on around them and everything that had happened in the past. In this moment she could just forget it all and sleep.

She wasn't sure how long she had slept for but she woke with a start but this time it wasn't because of her dream. She looked up at Jesse. The look on his face told her he had been carrying her for a while now and no doubt his arms ached quite a bit. She wriggled slightly to let him know she wanted to get down. He gently lowered her to the ground. Making a slight exaggeration about how small she was. Something she knew was intentional. She glared at him and he smirked back at her, his eyes laughing at her. There was a call again, the same as the one that had woke her.

"I think we found them!" Someone shouted from ahead of them off to the right. Jesse put his arm around Beca to help support her as they made their way over. Gradually the whole group of 40 was heading over to the voice. Beca and Jesse reached them last. Some members of the missing group rushed it meet them. It wasn't until the excitement of being reunited started to wear off that they discovered why the group had not come back. The first reason was understandable. They had gotten lost and didn't know where they were or how to get back.

The second reason was a bit more complicated. As they all poured into the clearing it became abundantly clear that there were two people missing. As Beca reached the clearing she noticed a gap in the rocks which rose up on the right side. There was also what looked like a mud slide into it. It became pretty obvious that two members of their group were stuck down there. Now came the real question. How did they get them out?

Okay, I hope you enjoyed it. So let me know what you think. I forgot to ask before so. Beca has lied to the Bellas. She intentionally kept up the lie in the past and has now lied to them about it. What do you think? Also do you think she should tell them/they find out the truth or are somethings better left buried? Let me know what you think, it may have an impact on the story. Also we are getting close to this song popping up, I keep going on about it I know. Hey, it just started playing on my playlist as I said/typed that. Also Beca really made a mess of her friendships in that flashback didn't she? Let me know what you think. I love hearing from you. Song suggestions for past and/or future chapters are always very welcome so if you have any please let me know. I hope you enjoyed it. My inspiration has been running low but I refuse to let it stop me writing. While I am writing this story because I want to know what happens and no one else had written a story like it. Almost all were fluff when I started writing it. Which makes me feel old even though this story is only about a month old. Oh no! I think we missed it's one month birthday. Yeah got off track where was I? So continuing, I update for you so I have to keep writing. I've babbled again so I will just say I hope you enjoyed it, let me know what you think, song suggestions would be awesome and finally, see you in the next chapter. (*smiles*) P.S. I finally preordered Pitch Perfect off Amazon. It's not out until 15th April but still.