Someone deleted my Messages.app from my mac. Is there a way to reinstall it without resinstalling the whole OS?

I work at a company and I inherited a newish macbook pro from a former employee. When I got it Messages.app and Calendar.app were missing. I copied Calendar from a coworker's computer and it works fine but when I tried it with messages the app is totally broken. Is there a place where I can install the application from?
Thanks in advance!

HI,
As you may know an app's icon can be removed from the DOCK by simply clicking and dragging it off the DOCK and then letting go.
You may also know that this does not delete the app and that it remains in Applications.
At this point you don't know if the previous user was used to sticking similar app in folders of their own making.
For instance creating a Messaging App Folder and sticking in MSN, Yahoo for Mac and Messages and even FaceTime.
For Apple Apps and Updates this can be a problem as the apps such as Messages are not found as they as in the "wrong" place.
At this point it is possible to have such a Folder and have iChat in it  (which still will not work as all the ancillary apps and Frameworks will not match) and this will not have been upgraded at the Lion to Mountain Lion Upgrade.
Only a Restore will sort this.
If however the computer has only had Mountain Lion then moving the Messages app out of any containing folder in to the Applications Folder an then running the Combo version of OS X 10.8.4 may restore it's full function.
This is a long shot as Messages was actually updated to version 7.0.1 in the OS X 10.8.2 update but there were behind the scenes changes at OS X 10.8.4 that were supposed to address the Out of Order iMessages Issue.
Realistically a Restore is much more likely to sort this.
9:19 pm      Saturday; August 10, 2013
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