Missing

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A/N:In response to an anonymous question. Yeah I guess some romance happens, but with the type of story that this is, there's not really much room for romance. Mostly you get it from Rick and Tori, or Beck and Jade. Sure Jesse and Trina have something, but with the state that Trina's in, that's tricky. But as in real life you can see romance and love without actually seeing it, by the way someone in love will speak to someone, or the things they'll do for a person, and the way they act. And so on. Now, without further ado, enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 26 (Tiny Hope Left)

Trina sank beside the toilet with a violent moan and put her hand over her stomach. "Oh god." She closed her eyes and clenched her teeth, struggling to keep down the nauseous storm inside. "Please stop." This had to be a curse, either that or a blessing in disguise, but that was only if it was any good. "This can't be happening again…"

The basement door opened and Trina's muscles tightened. Slow and heavy footsteps approached the cell. The heaviness belonged to Andre, but she wasn't sure why he was walking so slowly.

Her hand fell to the floor and her misty eyes studied the door. The scent of blood stabbed her nostrils and made the hurricane of nausea spin further out of control. Her eyes widened and she lunged over the toilet, throwing up once more and cursing as she didn't want Andre seeing this.

"Trina?" She looked over her shoulder and wiped her mouth. Andre's shirt was covered with blood and drenched with sweat. He was breathing heavily and looked ready to break. "Are you al-no, stupid question." He pinched the bridge of his nose and shut his eyes. "What's going on?"

"I'd ask you the same." She fell back to the floor and pressed herself up against the wall. "Did you finally snap? Did you kill them? Holly, Gary, are they dead?"

"No…" Her heart sank and she looked away. "I'm sorry, Trina. I…I may have failed." She rolled her eyes and she shot a piercing glare his way. She was holding onto hope as much as she could, but as it had been so long since she felt any hope, it was hard to hold onto it.

"Don't tell me that. It's been a little over a month now since you let me go out and see Jesse. You promised it wouldn't be long before the investigators found us. Why? Why am I still here?" She sniffed and looked up to the ceiling. "Also, I heard gunshots-sounded like thunder. What's going on up there?" Andre took a seat on the bed and folded his forearms over his knees.

"Robbie. Robbie's dead because of me." Her eyes widened and she watched this mountain of a man shake like an earthquake destroying him. "I was trying to secure the way for police. Holly wanted to overwhelm any police that would find her, I was trying to prevent it. Robbie took the rap, and she was going to make Cat kill him…I took the shot instead of her. I couldn't let her have his death on her hands. Not when it was my fault, not when I was responsible."

"That explains the blood."

"She made me dump the body." His jaw locked and veins popped from the surface of his hands. "Cat's innocent in all this, she doesn't deserve to lose that. She doesn't deserve this hell and neither do you."

"It doesn't matter." Robbie's death was just another piece of confirmation that she'd never escape this hellhole. "I never believed I'd make it out of here." Her stomach flipped over and her body sank for a moment. Andre raised an eyebrow at her and his lips tightened together. "I'm going to die here. That's fine."

"No you're not. I'm going to figure something out."

"That's what you said a month ago! Why couldn't you have left me with Jesse, damn it? You're too afraid of risking something by appearing directly involved, but that might be the only way." She narrowed her eyes and let her voice rise as she lost all control. Her muscles tensed and the nausea inside seemed to spike. "Apparently whatever investigators are on the case aren't getting your subtle hints."

"It isn't my fault Gary's car was taken in to the shop and he stopped working. I was unaware."

Her head throbbed with pain and a dull ache shot out throughout her body. "Why? Why should I hold onto any kind of hope for freedom?" His eyes fell to her wrists and his brow furrowed. He shot over, startling her, and grabbed her arm.

"What the hell is this?" He pointed to the red scratch marks and Trina glanced away. "Tell me you haven't been-"

"Would you judge me for it?" Her eyes flickered back into his and frown lines appeared around her lips. "At least my baby is safe. That's all that matters to me now." He looked into the toilet and cringed.

"How long have you been throwing up?"

She tore her arm from his grip and scoffed at him. "What does it matter?" He repeated the question with more firmness and she responded with a meek tone. "Not long. I've been feeling nauseous for a few days." She knew what it was, and she wasn't sure whether or not to be devastated.

Andre's eyes fell and his features softened, though his eyes held a mixture of confusion and fear. "What else has been going on? Any tenderness in the chest?"

She gently rubbed her breast and groaned as the touch caused a tiny surge of pain. "A little…I don't really know what it is. Stress maybe. I've missed a lot of periods over the last nine years."

"And you missed your most recent one?"

"It's the stress, Andre. That's all." It was truly more than that, and she hoped he'd buy into the stress theory. The thought of being pregnant wasn't good for her, and it certainly wouldn't be good for him.

"You slept with Jesse a month ago." A look of horror came over him and he slowly stood. "Oh god, if you are…"

"If I am, then another child's born into this hell. You think I want to bring another baby into this? I'd rather die than let another child suffer the same hell." His eyes bulged and he quickly shook his head.

"You're not going to die, and if you are pregnant-that child isn't going to die either. I won't let anything happen." More footsteps were heard descending the steps and Andre turned to see who it was. Trina leaned out to the right and saw Cat rushing for him with tears running down her face.

"Andre! Holly's left again." The girl's eyes were full of fear, her face was red, and her eyebrows were compressed in the middle. "She's pissed off because I didn't take the shot." She threw her arms around Andre's waist and looked up into his eyes. "Andre…I'm scared. I-I think she might be going after my family members."

Trina lifted her hand and pointed to Cat. "The stress isn't good for her either, Andre." She watched his body tense and Cat shot a look at Trina. The man's hands moved to Cat's upper arms and her eyes went back into his. "Can't say it's good for any of us, especially not since Robbie's dead."

"Cat. I want you to stay with Trina. She might be pregnant." Trina cringed as the color swept away from Cat's face. "She and Jesse had a little tryst a month ago-"

"And?"

"She isn't feeling well. Her breasts are tender, and she missed her most recent period." Trina rolled her eyes and Cat stumbled backwards. "I'm going to run down to the drugstore, buy one of those new pregnancy tests, and we're going to find out if she's pregnant. That's what I'm going to do first."

There was a fire in his eyes which alarmed Trina. It seemed the possibility of her pregnancy was giving him an idea to make a move, because the tone in his voice sounded definitive.

"Since Holly is gone, and Gary is-what's Gary doing?"

"Sleeping."

"Good. He takes a sleep aid, so he'll be knocked out for a good few hours. I'll have some free reign. You stay here with Trina, and no matter what, do not move until I'm back. Should be a few minutes, but I have a phone call to make."

He dropped his hands, and without saying another word, walked out of the cell door. Trina felt a nervous jolt rush from her heart and she looked up to Cat. "He still doesn't know you're pregnant, Cat?" Cat glanced to the toilet, then knelt beside Trina.

"No. I…can't bring myself to tell him. I don't know what he'd do. If you're pregnant, that's another story. If he knew about me being pregnant, he might lose it. I don't want him to murder Holly and Gary out of cold blood. Even if they deserve to die, and I wish to fucking hell they would, Andre shouldn't be the one to do it."

"I can't stand the thought of them living, not after what they've done to me. Not after what they've done to Victoria…I want them dead, more than anything I want them dead!"

"I know. I understand." Cat wiped away her tears and pulled her knees up to her chest. "You and Jesse? How did that happen?" She bowed her head and glanced out the corner of her eyes.

"I was just, I guess I was living in the moment. He didn't want to take advantage of me, but I felt so safe and…it was like you said about you and Andre, I hadn't felt that way in so long that I insisted. I didn't know when the next time I was going to be able to feel like that would be, and I…" Tears fell off her chin and she quickly ran a finger across her bottom eyelid. "I wanted to feel it again before I died."

"And now you might be pregnant."

"God. I don't want this baby to be born in this hell." She dropped her head to her knees and her heart burst. Cat gently rubbed her on the back and moved her head back against the wall. "There's no certainty we're going to make it out, Cat. I don't even know if I can believe it. I felt hope for the first time when I was with Jesse, and now? Now it's all but diminished."

"I know it's hard to keep up any kind of hope, but we have to believe something good's going to happen. I don't know exactly what Andre's planning to do, but he'll think of something. I know he will."

"How bad is it getting up there, Cat? I know Robbie's dead, but I feel like there's something more to it. What's going on?"

Cat's lips pressed together and the girl's brow furrowed. Her voice quieted and she shrugged. "Tori and Jade. They're getting close." Trina's heart stopped for a moment and her lips parted. "I don't know how close, but Holly's getting scared. She's hired former criminals to protect her…"

"God."

"Andre's been trying to find a way to warn them, to warn the police that when they find us…don't come alone." Cat took a deep breath and looked to the ceiling. "I don't know what it means, Andre said he wasn't going to let Robbie's death be for nothing. Then you tell him you might be pregnant, the look in his eyes just a second ago-he's determined. More now than he's been, I can tell."

"What do you think he's going to do?"

"I don't know." The way Andre's been, it wouldn't surprise her if he was able to bring the wrath of god down on Holly's plans. Whatever it was he was going to do, Trina had to wait. "I hope he doesn't get himself killed out there while we're still stuck down here."

"He doesn't seem the type to let that happen." Cat chuckled softly as a smile flickered on Trina's face. "He wouldn't die knowing we're still trapped. He'd fight his way out of hell if that happened."

"Oh? Now you suddenly have some hope?"

"It's weird, but seeing him so concerned for us does give me some hope. I didn't want to believe he was really trying to find a way to get us out after all this time, but now it seems more plausible. I just hope it's true. Because if I have this baby, I want to have this baby in a hospital or somewhere, not here. Not in captivity.

Cat's hand moved over her stomach and she looked down with a nod. "Agreed. I need to see a doctor, I know. Even if it's just a tiny bit, we need to have some hope that we'll make it out-that we'll survive."

"It is a pretty small amount. But, I guess the hope there."

Remember I said everything happens for a reason? Yep. Looks like Andre's decided to throw caution into the wind at this point.