Hey guys! Sorry I've been MIA for a month, life's been kicking my butt lately (my math class has been brutal) and I haven't had much inspiration. I know this is kind of late, and isn't much longer than my usual chapters (just about 200 words longer), but I finally got some semblance of inspiration on Saturday and I took off, and when my inspiration dimmed, I forced myself to keep writing and pretty much finished it.

This chapter kind of skips around with POVs, I hope it doesn't throw you off!

Disclaimer: I don't own Victorious

For a moment, nobody moved a muscle. It was as if they had collectively frozen and the only sound was the honking of a car, far in the distance. Another scream pierced the air, and Beck jumped into action, running towards the sounds of the screams. Andre was at his heels, and Tori started to run over as well. Groaning, Jade took Cat's arm and dragged her towards that corner of the graveyard. The pink headstone glinted evilly in the dark.

"Come on, loser!" Jade called back to Robbie, who didn't hesitate in following, dropping Rex along the way. As they neared the source of the screams, they glimpsed Beck pull out a pocket knife and run into the forest next to the graveyard.

Beck was terrified. He didn't know what to do in this situation! Taking charge was hard to do when you had no idea what you were doing. As he dashed into the forest, all he could hear was the screams. Just like how Jade screamed when the dolls had first trapped them. Taking a deep breath, he started to run even faster. How could the woods be so damn big?

Tori was terrified for her sister. What had happened to her? Terrible ideas ran through her mind, each worse than the previous. Maybe she had been assaulted, or robbed, or something much more harsh.. These thoughts gave her a burst of adrenaline, enough to catch up to Beck just as they stepped into a large clearing. What?

Beck didn't get it. Nothing was there. The clearing was just that. A clearing.

As the rest of the gang finally caught up to them, Robbie, surprisingly not the last one, said, "Let's search the clearing for clues. We couldn't all have just thought we heard screams." Beck nodded, and began staring at the ground, looking for some sort of evidence that Trina had been there. And, in the corner of his eye, he saw everyone else looking too, even Jade and Andre.

Maybe they'd heard someone else's screams? He wondered, as after half an hour of searching proved to be useless. They were just as clueless as they had started out, and it had gotten much darker. He could barely make out the silhouettes of the others, and, as much as he wanted to find Trina, he thought they should call it a day. Hearing a familiar ringtone, he fumled around for his phone before he realized it was Andre's phone that had rung. Andre was speaking in hushed tones, and Beck strained his ears to hear. He caught the word "Keeko" a few times, and it drew a blank in his mind until he saw Tori's phone illuminate her face across the clearing, and remembered an argument the duo had had less than an hour ago. But god, it felt like so much more. He turned his attention back to Andre's conversation with his girlfriend, and smiled cheesily. He remembered Andre talking a lot about his new girlfriend, only mentioning her name once, and about a cool business her step-dad ran. It had sounded kind of suspicious to Beck, especially when Andre wouldn't tell him much about the business, but if Keeko made him happy and he got along well with her dad, Beck had no business interfering.

Shaking his head, Beck turned back to the subject at hand. They needed to find Trina.

Tori was very distraught. They had now been searching for… she checked her phone. 38 minutes! And they hadn't found a single thing. Not one of Trina's heels, nor an earring, nor a piece of her dress that had snagged on a branch! Those detective novels were really misleading, Tori thought as she frowned. Rubbing her eyes, she got back to work. Where was Trina?

Ten minutes later, Cat finally went into the middle of the clearing, trying desperately to get cell reception, (because, seriously, why hadn't she switched her cell service from her crappy one when she had the chance?) when she tripped over something.

"Hey, guys? I think I found something." She called out, fumbling for the object she had stumbled over. When she grasped it, she brought the phone light towards it to see what it was, squealing in excitement.

"Cat, we've seen enough 'unique' acorns. Can you go back to searching your corner?" Jade asked quietly, her tired eyes begging Cat silently. The others had turned around eagerly, but after Jade's declaration, they had returned to searching.

Cat frowned, indignation flitting across her features. "I only showed you two of those! And besides, I think this is actually important." She held up the Walkman.

Jade hurried over towards her, mouth agape. Cat smirked. For once, she'd been useful for something. Eyes widening, Jade grabbed the object.

"Come over here!" Jade shouted. "I found something!" Cat almost groaned. Of course, she didn't get any credit. Pasting a smile back on her face, she remembered why they were searching in the first place. For Trina.

Everyone gathered around, Andre hanging back to let the others go ahead. Looking down at his phone, he typed something. Looking cautiously around, he checked that nobody was watching him before sending the message. He felt a little guilty, seeing how everyone was so worried about Trina, but pushed it away. A second later his phone buzzed, and Andre smiled at the reply, the remorse gone.

They had found something! Robbie was ecstatic. He and Trina had never been close, but she had been his first kiss, and she had never been particularly mean to him. In a way, she was his friend, and she needed to be found. He looked around for Andre, who he guessed hadn't gotten the memo. There he was, behind everyone! Robbie was about to approach him when he saw him texting someone. What could be more important than Trina now? Robbie wondered. Andre was great and all, but sometimes he could be really self-centered.

"Just play the tape already!" Beck exclaimed, unable to take it anymore. It had been almost 5 minutes since Jade had announced she had found the Walkman, and all they had done was talk about what it might hold. Jade held it out to Tori, who wordlessly took it and pressed the play button. Screams rang out, the exact ones they had heard before. It looped for a while, before stopping. "Check to see if there's another tape in it." Beck nagged.

"Okay, okay!" Tori exclaimed, smiling with anticipation. But when she pressed the next button, there was nothing else there. The screams repeated themselves, and Cat shivered. The sky was pitch black, a few stars peeking out, and clouds dimmed the lights of the city, and the screams added a spooky factor.

Tori visibly deflated, and Andre came up to her, giving her a one armed hug. She tried to smile, but it was clear that she was sad and afraid for her big sister.

Then, her phone rang suddenly.

"That's weird." She commented. "I didn't get any reception before."

Moving away from Andre, she read the message, her expression turning horrified. "It's from Trina." She said, taking deep breaths, before beginning to hyperventilate and collapsing. The rest of the gang surged forward, trying to support her, but they got in the way of each other and she ended up hitting the ground with a loud thump.

Robbie got to her phone first, and read the text out loud. "Guess who? Yes, it's one of the evil dolls you escaped from. Except, I've turned human again. I have your sister, Tori. And I'm not letting her go until you give me Brittany and your mother, Holly."

Okay, so not much happened in this, but it features Andre acting kind of suspicous (is it just Keeko he's talking to?) and they find out Trina was kidnapped!

Oh, and who LOVED how Victorious won the KCA's for favorite show?

Hopefully another update will come next weekend! :)