(A/N This chapter was prewritten, but I've been listening to Blackout from In The Heights, and I really wanted to do a chapter inspired by it, so this chapter will be kind of inspired by Blackout. Also, it's set one month later than the last chapter)

~Jasmine POV~

Today we are headed to Ant's doctor to see if he can get his cast off. We walk into the building semi-hand in hand, because of his crutches, I'm holding on to his arm. Close enough though. After sitting in the waiting room for what seemed like forever, but was actually only five minutes, a doctor came out.

"Is there an Anthony Ramos here?" He asked, and Ant hobbled up, I followed close behind.

"That's me." (OH THE REFERENCES) Ant said, raising his hand up a bit.

"Okay. First, we'll x-ray, then take it from there depending on the results." Ant nods. I quick peck him on the cheek as he goes back for x-rays. Then I wait. Twenty. Whole. Minutes. Pure torture. Finally, The doctor walk back out and motions me to come back. I follow him back to a small room. Anthony is sitting on a table. Without a cast!

"Guess what, baby girl? My leg is as good as new!" He says excitedly, with sparkling hazel eyes. (A/N yes I looked up his eye color) He is so adorable. I can't get over how much I love this man(child).

"Well, you are free to leave whenever." The doctor says. "And he might have to get used to walking again, but he should be okay." We thank the doctor and walk out. Once we get in the car, Ant kisses me.

"Okay. I don't know why you did that, but thank you." I laugh. He just smiles.

"Uh hey Jas?" He asks, kind of hesitantly

"Yes?" This feels like him telling me he loves me the first time all over again.

"I know this might be early, but do you want to move in with me?" He asks, blushing.

"Ant, I'd love to!" I replied excitedly. I lean over and quick peck him on the lips. "I love you." I say.

"Love you too baby girl." He says. As we make our way to the theater, we talk about apartments and houses. Once we get to the theater, I quick run over to Ant's side of the car to help him out. He almost fell walking out of the doctors office, so I thought it best if I helped him. When we finally get in the building, Ant loses his balance. I try and catch as he falls to the floor, but I failed. Lin rushes over.

"Is he alright? Where are his crutches and cast?"

"Lin, I'm fine. Thanks for your concern. I'm off my crutches and my cast is gone because my leg is fine again. I just have to get used to walking again." Ant replies, standing up.

"Oh! That's great that you're off your crutches!" Lin says, a little too loudly as Pippa runs down the hallway.

"ANTHONY IS OUT OF HIS CRUTCHES!! I REPEAT: THE BABY IS OUT OF HIS CRUTCHES!!" She yells to everyone else in the theater as Lin snakes an arm around her waist and kisses the side of her head.

"Wow, you guys tease us so much about our relationship, but look at you. You guys have the worst control over your PDA." Lin mocks being offended. Over dramatically, may I add. Pippa playfully slaps him for that. He now over dramatically mocks being hurt. Pip scoffs and rolls her eyes.

"ITS ONLY BECAUSE I LOOOOOOOOOVE HER SO MUCH!" Lin yells.

"Lin, take it down a knotch. We're indoors." Renée says, walking out of her dressing room. "And yay for Ant being all good again!"

Oak emerges in a very dramatic way. With Groff, Chris, Thayne, Leslie, and Daveed trailing behind him. "THE BABY CINNAMON ROLL IS OUT OF HIS CRUTCHES!!" Ant rolls his eyes. "And ewwww, Lippa is loving it up in the corner." He says and makes a face. Lin is now rolling his eyes, with Pippa doing it at the same time.

"Aww they even roll their eyes in unison." I mocked Lin from earlier this month. He shot me a playful angry look.

"GET A ROOM LIPPA!" Leslie yelled. Lin scoffed.

"Okay guys, that enough. They love each other and that's all that matters, stop making fun of them. Especially you, Janthony. You can't forget you're in a relationship too." Chris said, playing the role of the peacemaker.

"Yeah, yeah. Anyways, Jas and I have an announcement."

"So do we!!" Pip yells.

"Okay. Well, Ant and I are moving in together!" I said happily.

"Aww congrats you two." Renée said. The rest of the cast congratulates us, then we move on to Pip's announcement because she looks like she's about to burst.

"Ok so Lin and I have an announcement about our relationship." A couple groans, and a bunch of squeals arise form the cast.

"PIP AND I ARE ENGAGED!!" Lin screams.

"LIPPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Thayne yells. Man, he is very hyper right now. Loud squeaks and congratulations are heard throughout the hallway. Lots of questions as well.

"Group hug, everyone!" Oak announces. We all huddle in a group hug. Suddenly, the lights go out. I clutch onto Anthony, terrified. We hear Pippa scream really loud.

"PIPPA!?" Lin yells, his voice full of deep concern. "PIP, WHERE ARE YOU?"

"LIN!!" Pippa's muffled voice screams, getting farther away by the second. "LI-!" We hear again, her voice completely disappearing from earshot before she can say his name. There is movement between the group.

"Can anyone see?" I ask, fear laced in my voice. I hear a bunch of no's. Not a single yes. Lin's worried voice is heard again.

"Oh my, no. NO!" He yells. Getting angry, and more concerned. "This can't be happening. No. Not Pippa. No. No. No." I hear footsteps, walking back and forth in a straight line. Lin is most likely pacing. Suddenly, a light emerges.

"Everyone, if your phone is on you, turn on the flashlight. We need to figure out what's going on." Chris says, his voice calm, but having the slightest trace of concern. More light emerges from everyone's phones as we use them to take in our surroundings and the people. I'm worried about Pippa. And Lin. I quick squeeze Anthony's hand, and let go of him. I walk over to Lin.

"Lin?" Tears are streaming down his face. But his sobs are silent. He's violently shaking in fear. Jolting every couple seconds. I gently place a hand on his shaking shoulder. "Lin?" I ask again. He's not responding. I motion Chris to come over. When Chris walks over, I back away from Lin. Chris wraps his arms around Lin and gives him a hug. Lin doesn't move for a while, but he soon melts into the hug. We can now hear his sobs, and he is still shaking violently. I've never seen him like this. I walk back over to Ant. He wobbling like he's gonna lose his balance again. So I quickly grab a hold of him. He pecks my lips and we stand there. No one is talking. It's not very bright, so it's still kind of hard to see. But everyone has their flashlights pointed in the general direction of where Lin and Chris are standing. We all just stand there, taking it all in. Pippa is gone to who knows where, who knows how she ended up gone, with who knows who. Everyone else is accounted for. We all take it in. Probably asking the same question in our heads. 'How are we going to find Pippa?' But first, how are we going to deal with Lin. What do we do? He's a hysterical mess, and I don't blame him.

"W-we need t-to find Pippa." Says a sobbing voice. It was Lin. As he says her name he breaks down again.

"Yes we do. You're right, Lin. We need to find her."

"How do we go about that?" Daveed asks.

"I d-don't know, b-but w-we ha-have to f-find her soon." Lin sobs. Chris pulls Lin into another hug.

"Lin, it's going to be okay. We will find her. Pippa is strong. She won't give up. She won't stop fighting." Chris says, still hugging Lin. Chris is Lin's best friend in the cast, other than Pippa.

"I'm scared. What if something happens to...." he trails off in to another sob.

"Lin. We are going to find her. She will be okay." Leslie says calmly, but you can see on his face he is worried too. A gunshot rings throughout the theater.

"NO!" Lin shouts. "PLEASE! IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, DON'T HURT HER! PLEASE!" He's really shaken up now. It gets really quiet, because I guess we are waiting to see if we can hear a response.

"LIN!" A very quiet voice screams. The voice is fading out. But it was Pippa's voice, nonetheless. She sounds terrified. She screams again, but we can barely hear it. Another gunshot.

"PLEASE! PLEASE, JUST LEAVE HER ALONE! COME TAKE ME!" Lin shouts. We hear the stage doors open and close. They left the theater.

"Everyone, listen. Groff: call the cops. Jas and Ant: Stick with me. Daveed and Les: Search the theater, but make sure you have something to protect yourselves and your phones. Thayne: Stay with Groff until he's done calling the cops. Then you two go check the ensemble room and make sure everyone is okay there. Have a couple people join you and then check the orchestra pit, and everywhere else our cast or crew could be. Then join Les and Daveed. Lin and Chris: Well, more Chris. Keep Lin calm. Go to Lin's dressing room, and lock yourselves in there. Only come out when you hear the beginning beat of Alexander Hamilton knocked on your door. Renée: You join me as well." Oak says. "Okay go." He says. Ant, Renée and I follow him down the hallway where we heard Pippa's voice and to the stage door. "Everyone, look around this area for clues." So we stared looking. Soon, I saw a piece of paper on the floor. I pick it up.

"Guys, look!" Everyone huddles around me. We read the paper silently to ourselves.

'Lin, I love you so much. I want you to know that. I can't express in words how much I love you. Lin, if you don't end up finding me or saving me, know that I love you. And if I die, my last words will be your name. Lin-Manuel Miranda, I love you with all my heart. -Pippa' The paper is tear stained. Pippa must have been crying while writing it.

"There's something on the back." I say as I flip it over.

'Please help. I've been taken. Their names are Maxwell and Collin. They are holding me captive. They let me write one note, so please show this to Lin, if Lin isn't the one reading it. They have guns. If you heard the gunshots, they didn't shoot me. They shot the ceiling, most likely to intimidate you. When they opened the door, I saw their license plate. Please give this to the cops and let them track it. 347-TAK. Please show this to Lin and tell him I love him with all my heart. I love you, Lin. -Pippa'

"We should go give this to Lin." Ant says.

"I don't know. We should, but he's in an emotionally unstable state right now. I don't think it would be good for him to know his fiancée is trapped in a car that has two guys with guns in it." Renée points out. "Or to have him hear that his fiancée isn't sure if she will die or not."

"How about this: we give it to Chris, since he knows Lin better than us. Chris will decide if Lin should see it or not. But first, we need to get their names and license plate to the cops." I say. The cops come running down the hallway.

"Have you found anything regarding the kidnap?" The cop asks.

"This note." Oak says, handing her the note. She reads it and writes some stuff down.

"Do you guys need the note back to show this Lin guy?" She asks.

"Yeah." I say and she hands it back. "Thanks." I say, taking the note.

"Come on guys, let's leave the cops to their work." Ant says and we start to walk away. We head up to Lin's dressing room. Oak knocks the beat on the door. It clicks then opens, revealing Chris, with a shaking, still sobbing Lin behind him. We all head in. I ask if I can talk to Chris alone. We head out of the dressing room and close the door.

"What's up, Jas? Did you guys find anything?" I nod.

"We found this note." I had it to him and he reads it.

"Oh wow. This is serious." (A/N anyone remember Wonder Pets, where the little duck would always go 'this is serious'? I guess that's where I got that from.)

"Yeah. We decided to give it to you because we don't know if it would be good for Lin to read it."

"Well, I think Lin should read this. This will assure him that Pip is alive. He sat there crying the whole time, convincing himself she was dead."

"Okay. Well then let's go give it to him." We walk back in.

"Lin, we found something while searching." Chris says calmly.

"Oh no. What?" Lin asks, panic setting in more by the second.

"A note." I say as I hand it to him.

"'Lin, I love you so much. I want you to know that. I can't express in words how much I love you. Lin, if you don't end up finding me or saving me, know that I love you. And if I die, my last words will be your name. Lin-Manuel Miranda, I love you with all my heart. -Pippa'" He reads aloud. His eyes fill with a fresh set of tears and they spill over the edge. "I love you too Pip, with all my heart." He says looking up at the ceiling. I start to tear up. This is honestly so emotionally draining, not even for me. But poor Lin.

"There's more on the back." Ant says. Lin slowly flips the note over, the tear stained paper crinkling in his hand, gaining a few more tears.

"'Please help. I've been taken. Their names are Maxwell and Collin. They are holding me captive. They let me write one note, so please show this to Lin, if Lin isn't the one reading it. They have guns. If you heard the gunshots, they didn't shoot me. They shot the ceiling, most likely to intimidate you. When they opened the door, I saw their license plate. Please give this to the cops and let them track it. 347-TAK. Please show this to Lin and tell him I love him with all my heart. I love you, Lin. -Pippa'" He reads the note aloud. When he hears that the people have guns, a look of pure terror strikes across his tear stained face. But when he reads that she hasn't been shot, he sighs in relief, but the look of pure terror is frozen on his face. "Have the cops found her?" He asks frantically. We all look at each other. A glimmer of hope is shown in his eyes, and nobody wants to be the one to crush it. Chris speaks up.

"I'm sorry, Lin, but no. Not yet." Lin starts to cry again.

"I'm sorry I'm such a mess guys. I just love her so much and don't want to think what would happen if I lost her." Lin says.

"Lin, no one is blaming you. If it was Jas, I would be an emotional wreck too." Ant says. People nod and agree. Suddenly the power comes back on. Everyone shuts off their flashlights. A cop comes into the room.

"The power wires were cut, but we got them repaired." He says. He looks at Lin. "Is he okay?"

"He's okay, physically. Mentally, no." Chris says. "His fiancée is the one who was kidnapped. He's very worried."

"Oh. Well, we need to question some people. I guess we will start with him." The cop says.

Chris looks at Lin. "Buddy, are you up for questioning?" He asks calmly. Lin just stares straight forward for a while. "Lin? Do you want me to go with you for questioning? I won't speak, I'll just be there for support." Lin nods to this. The cop calls for Lin, so Lin and Chris head back.

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~Lin POV~

My mind won't work. My world is black and white. Panic has overcome my blood and is circulating throughout my body. I guess Chris is going back with me to be questioned. I don't know if I can take it, but if it will help find Pippa, I'm more than willing to try. I don't know what I'm going to do if we don't find her.

"So Mr. Miranda, can you tell me exactly what happened?"

"Well, Pip and I had just announced we were engaged,and we were all in a group hug. The lights went out. One second, I was holding Pippa's hand, and the next, I wasn't and she screamed. I yelled her name, she yelled mine back. But her voice was fading. Getting farther and farther away. A while later, we heard her scream again, followed by one gunshot, then another. Then the doors opened and closed." I say, trying to contain myself. I'm so worried. I put her note in my pocket, and I'm now clutching it.

"Mr. Miranda, I'm very sorry to say that we have confirmed the car with the license plate provided by Ms. Soo is at least in Pennsylvania, if not in West Virginia." He says.

"Oh no. No. It can't be, you must have the wrong car. This can't be happening!" I say, losing all self control. Chris walk up and places his hands on my shoulders, but it's not helping anymore. Nothing is helping. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing.

"We'd better go back to his dressing room." I hear Chris say. My mind not processing everything. I manage to get up and walk back to my dressing room. The people who were searching the theater have met up there. Everyone is here. Except Pippa. My baby is the only one who has to be gone. I'm standing there, people asking me questions, trying to reassure me. But it's not working. Thoughts have clouded my mind. I e never felt this scared, this vulnerable before. Suddenly, everyone gets blurry and my world starts to spin. I see Pippa.

"Pippa?" I manage to get out of my mouth before everything goes black and I hear Chris yell.

"CATCH HIM!"

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3120-ish words-excluding A/N

THANKS FOR 500 READS!! I've been writing this chapter since Thursday and I'm actually really proud of it. It's super long to make up for the two short chapters prior. I hope you liked it.

❤️~K