i also tried going to the only body shop in my small town and they want $20 dollars just to look at it so i declined their help and went on this forum looking for answers
it is a picture of that piece of plastic that has a plastic lip on it and fallows my front pillar. its suppose to be holding a piece of weather stripping
for future reference when you lock the keys in next time, slip in 2 thin pieces of plastic, then drive a wooden wedge or something of the sort in between them, you can force the door out without any damage.