Invisible

Veronica Mars

A/N: new story! Don't worry, I'm still working on Rewind. I just had to write this though. I went to see 'The Invisible' this weekend and I've read the book and both are amazing! The movie, wow. I wanna see it again...so good. Lol. Anyway, this is loosely based on that movie.

Summary: Logan is missing. Veronica has to track to him down. But is he really 'missing' or is he invisible? He's balancing on the thin line between life and death and only Veronica can save him. LoVe.

Background Info: So, basically this is an AU story and is slightly supernatural, but still a mystery for Veronica to solve. Again, loosely based on 'The Invisible' Logan and Veronica are already dating. Set in season 2 but none of the season two events happened. Logan's mother is also still alive. Ok, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I own nothing but my love for Vmars, Logan Echolls, and The Invisible.

Warning: if you want to see The Invisible, but don't want any spoilers for it, don't read. Again, it's slightly different, but it's the same concept, and a few scenes are close to being the same, so read at your own discretion. :)

Part 1:

He didn't know how it happened. Logan Echolls didn't know how he went from King of Neptune High to...invisible. He didn't understand why his girlfriend seemed to be ignoring him when he walked past her in the hallway. Why, she didn't answer when he yelled after her. Why when he went into English, the teacher didn't acknowledge him when he blurted out an answer to her question. Why during role call, he said 'here' but no one heard him. Why no one saw him. Why he was invisible.

Veronica Mars was worried. She walked into her first period and sat in her usual seat. The bell rang and the teacher came in to start class. She wasn't sure where her boyfriend Logan was. He always called her when he planned on ditching school to see if she wanted to ditch with him. She quickly checked her phone for missed calls, but came up with none.

Ms. Wilson started role call, and Veronica looked up when she called 'Logan Echolls.'

No one answered. Or at least, no one heard the answer.

"Here." Logan said.

'Logan Echolls." Ms. Wilson repeated.

"I'm right here." Logan said, growing annoyed.

"No one's seen Logan today?" she asked. Everyone was silent.

"Is this a joke? I'm right here!" Logan shouted.

"Ok, I guess he's absent."

"What the hell?" Logan said. He got up and started moving around the classroom. No one noticed. No one saw him. He picked a book up from the table and threw it at the chalk board. He heard a loud thud, but when he looked back at the table, it was as if the book had never moved. Logan was speechless. He looked up to see Veronica being excused from class. "Veronica!" he called. She didn't turn around. She just kept walking. He followed her into the girls bathroom.

She took out her phone and called his number. It continued to ring until a message came on saying the number she was trying to call was unavailable. She tried again, but got the same message. It never even went to his voicemail. That made her worry more. If his voicemail was inaccessible, then maybe his phone was broken. Maybe something happened. Her inner P.I. got the best of her, so she called his house next. Maybe he just stepped on his phone or something, and being Logan, he just had to go get a new one before school. She got the answering machine at his house and she left a message.

"Logan? Where are you? I'm starting to get worried. You're not in school, and you always call if you plan on ditching. Just, please call me as soon as you get this. I'm really, really worried. Please, call me. I love you."

"I'm right here, Veronica!" he shouted. "I'm here, can't you see me?" She sighed and left the bathroom. He followed her.

What the hell is going on? He thought. Why can't she see me? Why can't she hear me? Am I dreaming? No, no way this is a dream. It's more like a nightmare.

Veronica sat at the lunch table, picking at her food.

"Hey! V. What's up?" Wallace asked as he sat down across from her.

"Have you heard from Logan at all today?"

"No, why?"

"I don't know where he is. He hasn't called me. In fact, I haven't talked to him since school ended yesterday. I went to the office right after, and he said he had an errand to run. I just...I don't know where he could be."

"Maybe he got drunk and he's sleeping off a hangover or something."

"I don't think so Wallace. This just doesn't feel right."

Logan didn't understand. His memory was a little fuzzy too. He remembered the night before, but only bits and pieces. He had left school and gone home for about an hour before he went to meet Dick at the beach. Dick said he needed Logan's help with something, but wouldn't exactly say what. All he could remember was arriving at the beach, and then waking up there that morning. What the hell had happened in the last 12 hours that he couldn't remember?

He was sitting at the lunch table next to Veronica, trying everything he could to gain her attention. To make her see him. He pulled back her hair, he grabbed her hands, he even kissed her. It seemed for a few seconds that she was kissing him back, but when he pulled away, she looked unfazed and continued to pick at her food and stare into space.

"Veronica, please." he said. "You have to see me."

She sighed. "I have to find him Wallace."

"How do you know he's missing?"

"I told you. This just doesn't feel right." Her phone rang a few minutes later and she looked down to see it was from Logan's house.

"Logan?" she said.

"No sweetie, it's Lynn. I was just calling to see if Logan was with you. He didn't come home last night."

"No, Lynn. He's not. I have no idea where he is."

"Mom!" Logan shouted, getting close to the phone. "Mom, you can hear me, right?"

Veronica heard Lynn let out a quite sob. "What if something's happened to him?"

"Let's not think about that, ok?" Veronica asked, close to tears herself. "I'll find him Lynn. I will."

"I have faith in you Veronica, but maybe we should call the sherif."

"You can try, but seeing as the sherif is Lamb, I don't know how much good that would do. I'll find him. My dad and I. We'll find him."

By the next day, no one had heard from Logan and a missing persons report had been issued. Keith was investigating everyone who had a connection to Logan. Veronica had found out from Lynn that it was Dick Logan had been with the night he disappeared. So, naturally, Dick was Keith's first interrogation.

"Mr. Casablancas," Keith said. "What exactly were you and Logan doing two nights ago."

"We went surfing." Dick said.

"What time did the two of you meet?"

"Around six."

"Where?"

"Dog beach."

"How long were you at the beach."

"Uh, till about nine."

"And then what?"

"Oh, uh, we, uh, went to go get some food."

"Are you sure? You sound a bit nervous. Is there something you aren't telling me?"

"No, no, dude. Uh, sir."

"What about after you got something to eat?"

"Logan got in his car and left."

"Did he say where he was going?"

"Home."

"And that's all that you know of happening that night?"

"Yes, Mr. Mars. That's all I know."

"Thank you, Dick. You can go."

Dick got up quickly and raced out of the room, almost tripping on his way out.

Keith pulled out his phone and dialed a familiar number. "You hear that honey?" he asked.

"Yeah, I got it dad." Veronica said. "He's not telling you something. He's knows more."

"I know. He seemed twitchy and nervous the whole time."

"We need to find out what else he knows."

Logan sat in Veronica's room with her as she talked to her dad. Hearing Dick's story through Veronica's computer, brought back more bits and pieces from the night he went missing. He remembered arriving at the beach and arguing with Dick over something. Money, maybe. Dick owed someone money...yeah...that was it. Dick owed money to...

"The Fitzpatrick's." Logan whispered.

Dick had gotten several hits of E from them, but he didn't have the money to pay for it. His dad had gone bankrupt and fled the country. His mother wasn't in contact with them. Cassidy sure as hell didn't have any money, and Kendal had left them all ages ago. So, he turned to his best friend. He asked Logan...

"To pay for him." Logan said. "He wanted me to pay them...and I refused. He's my friend, but I refused. I didn't want to get mixed up in that shit. Ugh, but then what happened?" Logan was getting frustrated, and he could tell Veronica was too.

Veronica laid back on her bed and sighed for the millionth time that day. "Where are you Logan?" she whispered. She felt a few tears escape her eyes, but she didn't move to wipe them away. Logan did though. He tried to wipe away her tears, but they wouldn't leave her face.

"I'm right here Veronica." he said. "But you're right. Something's not adding up."

Logan tried to sleep, but it was like he couldn't stay asleep for more than twenty minutes. He did, however, remember more and more as he drifted in and out of consciousness. They had cornered him. He had no way out. He was tired and didn't put up much of a fight. He refused to pay for Dick, so Liam Fitzpatrick beat up on him. Hit him. Kicked him. He tried to fight back, but he couldn't. And then the fatal blow. He remembered a kick in the face that sent him flying a few feet away. He remembered not being able to move. Not being able to breath. He shot up from his spot next to Veronica on her bed.

"Oh God. I'm dead."

A/N: end of part one. So. I have this whole story written, and it's only three parts, so, review, and I'll post the next chapter very soon. I wanna know what you think:)