Hey guys!
I know I've been away for way too long but I've had writer's block and work and school are taking all of my time. However, I found this story I wrote some time ago and I thought it'd be cool to post it. It's a pretty crazy story, I remember I had fun writing it but it's kind of bizarre so just go along with it hahaha it's entertaining.
I don't own the characters or the show.
Enjoy!
Jade's life had always been mysterious to everyone, she usually avoided talking too much about it and her friends only knew what she'd told them, which wasn't a lot. The reason for that was that she hid a huge secret, something that made her feel terribly isolated and scared all the time; not even Beck knew about it but she found it harder and harder to keep quiet as time went by.
Jade lived with her parents but no one knew that she was, in fact, adopted; her real parents had been forced to leave her when she was thirteen because the police had caught them. However, she didn't lie about her life because she was adopted, that wasn't an issue for her, she lied because the names of both of her parents were known by everyone in the country and especially everyone in the city.
Jade's real name was Hannah Jade Johnson, she was the daughter of Michael Johnson and Nathalie Rivers, two famous serial killers in Los Angeles. Michael and Nathalie were nicknamed the 'monster couple' after their arrest and the reveal of all their crimes; they had kidnapped, tortured and brutally murdered 50 young women and 14 little girls over the course of 20 years. They had been caught thanks to Jade, she'd let one of their victims escape and that girl, who was about the same age as Jade at the time, had been the reason they were found.
Jade had been a minor when that happened so the government kept her identity a secret and placed her in foster care, she'd been taken in by Mr. and Mrs. West, they were aware of who she was but they thought they could "fix" her and since then she became Jade West, she'd chosen to keep one of her names but it was like being a whole new person. She had new parents, a new house, a new last name and a shiny new life.
She opened her eyes in the morning, after dreaming about her parents again; it'd been a while since she'd had such vivid dreams, it was like being Hannah again, she could see her mom excitedly preparing the torture tools in the kitchen and hear her dad in the next room raping the girl as she screamed; all while Jade did her homework on the table and tried to ignore the painful cries.
"Hannah, get up and give me the special knives…they're on that shelf over there" Her mother ordered and she sighed. "Hurry up girl, your dad is almost done and he doesn't like to wait" She said upset as she snapped her fingers on Jade's face and she nodded, she stood up and quickly went to grab the knives.
"Here…" Jade said shyly and her mother smiled at her as she stroked her cheek.
"Thanks" She said and grabbed the tray with all the things they'd use to torture the fifteen year old girl. "Remember, if someone calls don't pick up…it's daddy and mommy's special play night"
"Morning honey" Jade's adoptive mother, Adeline, said as she greeted her in the kitchen.
"Hey" Jade said and grabbed an apple.
"Are you only going to eat that?" Mr. West asked as he had coffee with a toast.
"I'm not so hungry…" She responded, she always felt sick to her stomach when she dreamed about her parents, it made her relive the disgust she'd felt for them and herself during her life as Hannah.
"Are you okay darling? You seem…distant" Adeline commented.
"I'm just stressed, anyway I'm late for class so…see you later" Jade said and left the house. She arrived in Hollywood Arts and found her friends standing by the soda machine so she approached them. "Hey" She simply said and Beck gave her a kiss.
"Morning" He said.
"Hi!" Cat exclaimed sweetly.
"What's up?" Andre asked and Robbie waved once but Tori didn't say anything, she was distracted reading something on her phone. Jade didn't really care but they were all quiet so it was getting awkward.
"What are you reading?" Beck asked Tori and she finally looked up.
"Uh?" She asked.
"You are lost in your phone" Andre commented and chuckled.
"Sorry I was reading about those serial killers from a few years ago, remember? The monster couple" Tori said and Jade gulped but didn't say anything, the last thing she needed was to hear about them after her dream.
"The ones who killed like 60 women?" Robbie asked and she nodded.
"It was 64 but apparently they just revealed another victim that wasn't on record" Tori said. "She was buried in the garden of their home, it was a 9 year old girl" she informed sadly and Jade took a small breath. Lucy, golden blonde hair in two braids, blue eyes, freckles, a red dress, white shoes and a porcelain doll, she remembered her like she'd just met her. She remembered all of them.
"That's horrible" Andre said and Tori nodded.
"They probably tortured her like they tortured all their victims, they are truly evil" She affirmed.
"I was fourteen when they were caught and I remember everything perfectly, they were all over the news" Beck commented. "They seemed so content with what they had done, it was terrifying, everyone said so…those people are not people, they're monsters, they tortured and killed for fun"
"I still can't believe they had a kid and didn't kill her" Robbie commented and Jade rolled her eyes, she was annoyed at the remark but deep inside she also wondered that, she'd always thought they loved her in a strange way but they were unpredictable, she'd felt in danger many times during her life with them.
"Maybe they should have" Beck commented and they all looked at him confused.
"What?" Jade asked surprised.
"That sounds bad, I don't mean it like that I just think it would have been better if they hadn't had any children" He clarified "I'm sure she was innocent…as a kid but come on, with those genes and those two monsters at home, what do you think she will be like as an adult?" He asked and they thought about it.
"That's a point" Tori admitted.
"Besides, by the time they were caught she was a teen…I remember thinking I was only a year older than her and at that age you understand things perfectly and she was with them, she helped them to commit the crimes and that's a fact, she helped her mom by attracting victims and maybe even killing them, it's not her fault to have had those parents but it happened and they messed her up, she's probably even more of a monster than they are, I mean all the odds are against her" Beck affirmed while Jade just listened feeling a mix of anger and sadness, she wanted to shut him up and tell them who she really was, she wanted to scream he was dating that monster but she knew she couldn't, doing so would mean destroying life as she knew it.
"What ever happened to her?" Robbie asked.
"I think she was placed in foster care" Tori responded.
"Who would be crazy enough to adopt a psycho in the making?" Andre asked and chuckled while Jade glared at him coldly.
"Maybe she is not a psycho, maybe they could help her" Cat commented.
"I hope so but nature and nurture really did her no favors, by the time she got out the damage had been done" Tori commented sadly.
"I wouldn't be surprised if in a few years we see the news that the ´monster baby´ followed her parents' footsteps" Beck added.
"That is actually so scary, I wonder if the people around her now know about her past" Andre commented.
"I hope they do, imagine having a potential killer around you and not being able to defend yourself because you don't know" Tori responded and after every sentence Jade's rage grew stronger, she couldn't stand having to stay there listening to their comments about her. She felt angry because they were misjudging her but she also felt sad because it made her realize that they would never be her friends if they knew the truth about her; it was a moment of disappointment, realization and fear. So much fear. That's what her past had always caused her and it'd continue to do so for the rest of her life, it was a birth mark impossible to erase. She always wondered...what if they knew? but that was a question she was too afraid to answer.
"Let's go to class, we are late" Jade simply said and they nodded, Beck grabbed her hand and she felt the impulse to move it back but she decided to just keep going with it, she wasn't in the mood to explain her sudden anger.
Two weeks went by and Jade's anger had slowly vanished, she still felt upset when she remembered what they had said about her but she tried to understand their position and not take it personal. In the end they would never know what it was like to be her, they wouldn't understand but they didn't need to because they would never know it was her anyway.
It was Friday night and the gang met up at Tori's house to play cards and watch movies, it was a typical night for them that served as distraction from finals and all their projects. "So which movie are we watching?" Tori asked Beck, who was sitting on the sofa with Robbie.
"Let's wait for the others" He responded and a second later Robbie and Cat came through the door.
"Hey guys! We brought frozen yogurt" Cat informed.
"Great" Tori said.
"Where is Jade?" Robbie asked curiously.
"She had a lunch party with her parents but she is coming soon" Beck informed.
"Let's wait then" Tori said and turned on the TV; it was the news channel and they were talking about yet another victim of the monster couple.
"12 year old Annie was taken away way too early, the young girl was reportedly beaten, raped, burnt, mutilated and ultimately choked to death by the murderous couple" The reporter said, there were cops behind her going in and out of the old house.
"My god" Tori said sadly.
"Michael Johnson and Nathalie Rivers managed to murder all those women and girls by tricking them with their regular family façade, asking the victims for help to find their dog and then luring them into their torture chamber" The reporter explained. "It is also said their daughter served as insurance to make the victims feel safe and trusting, reports affirm she invited girls over to play with her, little did they know they were going to their doom"
"Told ya, she helped them" Beck said.
"I mean, did she have an option though?" Tori responded.
"When she was little, no but when she grew older, yes" He said and Tori sighed. "Come on, she could've told the police or something and she didn't"
"That's true" Andre added.
"Yeah but those were her parents" She said.
"Which just makes her more of a psycho, it makes sense she didn't accuse them" Beck commented.
"They looked like a normal family, happy and nice….who would have guessed the monstrosity that hid behind those friendly smiles?" She said as a photograph of Michael, Nathalie and their daughter appeared on screen. In the picture a twelve year old Jade was sitting on a chair and her parents were standing by her sides leaning down a little to be closer to her face; there was a birthday cake on the table right in front of her and they were all smiling. They seemed a happy family.
As soon as the picture appeared on screen the gang's eyes were inevitably drawn to Jade, she was younger but it was clearly her, there was no question about it. They looked at each other and then back at the screen to confirm what they had already figured out. "This family reminds us that evil can take many forms and most of the time, it is closer than we think"
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I hope you guys liked the first chapter and the concept of this story
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I'll probably update until Friday because I'm going on a little trip but I'll be reading your comments on my phone, so please do tell me all your thoughts!
