Disclaimer: I don't own Victorious
The plight of a hero
The gang had all just been to see a movie at the local theatre. Of course it ended up being a gory horror film that Jade picked, a film where the shadows would kill people. And of course the only one who really enjoyed it was Jade. She currently had a feverish smile on her face, plastered in place since the movie had finished.
Cat and Tori on the other hand had lost all colour in their face. In fact Cat was currently hiding behind a slightly awkward Robbie, who wasn't as scared as the two girls but his throat was still dry. While André and Beck just held impassive looks on their face, which held no clue as to their true feelings on the film.
As Jade talked zealously about the point in the movie where the shadows torn of some ones hand, André cleared his throat. Jade let out a low growl, but graced the group with her silence. Cat at this point decided to poke her head around from behind Robbie to see if it was safe to appear in the open.
"Well I think after that we could all use a distraction" André proposed to the group. He dared not look at Jade because he could feel her stare burning into his head.
Beck recognising the warning signs of Jade's rage, decided to head of the rage. "Yes nothing like seeing some ones guts, make you realise you're hungry" he chuckles. Although Jade seems placated, the scowl doesn't leave her face.
"Yay, food. I love food, it's just so yummy" Cat cheered as she bounced out from behind Robbie. Robbie, who had been tense up to this point at Cat's touch, relaxed.
"I know an Italian place not too far from here" Robbie offers, seeing the group all look at each other.
"I hate walking" Jade is the first to speak. Everyone just gives her a quick frown that they quickly regret as she meets all their gazes.
"It's not far if we take the shortcut" Robbie tries to reassure her, to which Jade just grunts. With that Robbie began to walk in the direction of the restaurant. The others reluctantly follow him, their minds still on the movie. Most distracted by it and only the one enthralled by it.
Robbie led them down the alley which was the short cut. But as the groups mind were on other things none of them noticed the shadow in the alley shift to block their path until the shadow spoke.
"Give me all your valuables and nobody gets hurt" The mysterious figure demanded.
At this the gang all stop. All eyes focus on the figure in front of them, more specifically the figures hands. The object in the figures hands instantly scared all the gang into being statues. Robbie's eyes were the only thing not frozen; being at the front of the group he had the best view. His eyes took in every inch of the object, his eyes scanning the handle of the weapon, over the man's hands and finally down the gleaming barrel of the gun.
"I said give me your valuables!" the gruff voice demanded again. At this Cat let out a small high pitched squeak.
The squeak from Cat seamed to unfreeze the entire group, and everyone slowly began to reach in their pockets and take out their valuables. Jade was the only one not reaching for her purse and was slowly reaching for her scissors. However, unbeknownst to her, another figure appeared from the shadows behind her.
The new figure was able to see the glint of the scissor blades and quickly pressed the barrel of his gun to Jade's back. At this, Jade froze again. "Not so fast, drop them on the floor" the figure whispered in her ear.
The sickly voice seemed to force her to move, dropping her scissors to the ground. The scissors kicked up a small cloud of dust. It was at this point that time seemed to slow around this group of people.
Robbie's eyes and body were focused on the man in front of him. Jade body was still stiff, with the barrel still present on her back. Beck eyes were trying to see the figure behind Jade, a scowl fixed on his face. Tori's gaze was fixed on the recently dropped pair of scissors. André was looking at Cat with concern etched on his face. Cat was focused on another figure in the alley, one that had only just caught her attention.
"Aw look a kitty cat" She squealed as she moved towards it.
"No Cat ..." André screamed at her movement.
It was too late the man in front of the group had already moved his gun to follow the young girls movement.
BANG.
A bullet was unleashed from the man's gun. A body crashed to the floor kicking up a large cloud of dust. The second that the bullet had left the chamber, Beck had jumped on the man behind Jade. The man was distracted by Cat and so was unprepared for the sudden pressure of a body upon him, and so both the man and Beck tumble to the floor.
The man who had just shot his gun looked at the dust cloud in front of him in disbelief. He couldn't believe that he had shot someone, but then he caught a sudden flicker of movement out of the corner of his eye. André was charging down the man. Unlike the man that Beck had tackled, this man had a few seconds to prepare. This made all the difference.
As André was about to connect with the man, he stepped sideways. André continued on his path and connected with the wall behind the man, causing him to collapse in a heap of limbs. The man returned his attention back to the dust cloud. The dust had begun to settle and the figure below it could be seen. On the floor, lying in a growing pool of blood, Robbie was clutching his side where the bullet had obviously hit him. Cat was on the floor behind the boy.
"Shoot them all, no witnesses no crime" The second man shouted out from below Beck.
The standing man processed the news and slowly raised his gun on Cat once more. André was unable to stand, so could only watch with horror. Beck and Jade were still engaged with the other man, trying desperately to restrain him. Tori was frozen on the spot in fear, unable to process the scene around her. Cat was only able to let out a terrified squeak as she saw the gun pointed at her.
Robbie had lost a lot of blood but the squeak dragged his brain out of his disassociated state and back to the current situation. Wasting no time he pounced on the man in front of him. The man was obviously unprepared for any movement from the injured Robbie as he tumbled backwards into the trash cans with Robbie on top of him. The man hit his head against the bins which caused him to unintentionally shoot the gun again. The impact of the shot caused Robbie to roll off the man and hit the floor once more.
The man landed next to André, who had now regained most of his functions. He immediately cracked the man over the head with a rock, sending him into unconsciousness.
By this point Jade and Beck had wrestled the other man into submission. Jade was currently holding her scissors against the man's throat. The fear was clearly etched on his face. Tori having finally processed the situation, now that the scene had calmed down, ran over to Robbie side.
Cat was already at his side clutching his hand and holding it to her face. Robbie looked up at her and gave her a weak smile, but then it fell as his head dropped and he fell into unconsciousness.
A/N: Had this idea for a while, thought I should write it finally.
For any interested, I am writing a sequel to my other story 'The end of a puppeteer' but i want to work on this for now.