A/N So, I'm really glad you guys like the story so far. However don't expect many updates for this just yet. I'm going to try and finish AOTC (Aftermath of The Crash) and US (Unexpected Savior) before I start to work on this story.
Chapter 2
The girl is in my head? Oh, I've lost my mind now and there's no hope for me. I've gone crazy and now I'm hearing voices in my head. No wonder I didn't feel alone.
"You're not crazy, Jade. Look, I can explain everything, but it's not going to be something you'd accept easily." The girl said calmly.
"Something I wouldn't accept easy? In case you haven't noticed I've been kidnapped and experimented on and talking to voices in my head." I snapped, rubbing my head.
"My name is Tori Vega-"
"Wait, Vega? Like that doctor that sliced open my back?" I interrupted.
"I...yeah. I'm her daughter."
"So, how did her daughter become a voice in my head?"
"Well, everyone in this facility used to work at Area 51 but they were fired when an experiment blew up one of the labs. When my mom left she stole an alien device from them."
"Really? Aliens?"
"If you would stop interrupting maybe I could get through the whole story!"
"Oh getting snippy aren't we?"
"Anyway! They set up here to keep working on this device because my mom was obsessed with it and I hadn't seen that much of her. I came to visit and an accident happened. My mom pushed the button on the device and I was hit. I don't remember exactly what happened, everything is all fuzzy, but apparently I was turned into the embryo thing that they put in you." Tori explained.
"I think the voice in my head is even crazier than I am." I sighed exasperated.
The feeling of someone slapping my arm made me jump. What the hell was that?
"Wait, you actually felt that?"
"Did you just slap me?!"
"I felt really annoyed with you and thought about how much I wanted to slap you."
"So, you slap my arm?"
"I'm not going to slap your face. If you feel pain then I feel it too."
I dropped onto the mattress and laid down, rubbing my head, "This is crazy."
"That all you can say, Jade?"
"Oh shut up, Tori!"
"Bite me!"
So that's what I did. Well technically I bite my forearm but it still had the desired effect. "Ah! I didn't mean literally!"
"Well unless you want me to draw blood you'll shut up and let me sleep."
"You realize it would just heal a minute later right?"
"God, I hate you already."
There was silence for a few moments before she said "I have to pee."
"What? How can you have to pee?" I asked.
"I don't know but I do."
"Okay, look, this is my body not yours. I don't know what you're feeling but only I know when I have to go pee and when I don't." I crossed my arms and stared at the ceiling. "Dammit, I have to pee."
After that Tori and I went into a deep silence which I was silently celebrating. So far I was hating sharing a brain with this girl, who I still wasn't even sure was real. It seems like she can't hear my thoughts though because she hasn't said a word to anything I've said about her. At least I still have some privacy in my own mind. I curled up under my sheet and tried to get some sleep and eventually drifted off.
I found myself waking up to a door slamming. I sat up and glared at Dr. Vega, who had a Styrofoam cup in her hand. "Good morning. How is our little patient feeling today?"
"Are you going to let me go now?" I asked.
"I'm afraid we can't do that. Are you still Jade?"
"Of course I'm still Jade! Who the hell else would I be?!"
She sighed and shook her head. It occurred to me that I could jump her and try and get out of here. My fingers twitched and I stood up. Before I could move towards her she pulled out a taser, "Don't even think about it Jadelynn. One step more and I can have this sending shocks through your whole body."
"Shit." I cursed.
"Now, I'm going to ask you some questions and you're going to answer them. Here's some coffee to help motivate you." Dr. Vega handed me the cup and I hesitantly took a sip. It was exactly how I liked my coffee.
"Oh is that coffee?" Tori's voice said perkily.
"Oh, now you decide to wake up?" I rolled my eyes. "Wait, were you actually asleep?"
"I think I was. I had a dream that I was back in my own body."
"Well, you can dream then." I said.
"Who are you talking too?" Dr. Vega asked.
"What does a girl have to do to get some food around this dump?" I asked, completely ignoring her question.
"You'll get food after you answer my questions."
"Ugh. Fine, but make it snappy before I starve."
"Do you have to be so rude to my mom?" Tori asked.
"She's kidnapped me and put something inside of me! You would be rude too if you were in my shoes."
Dr. Vega had a deep frown, "It seems that the embryo did not work as I had hoped."
"What are you talking about?"
"I guess we'll have to take it out. Except since it's attached itself to your spine there's a good chance you will not make it."
My eyes widened, "What? Wait, no! Y-you can't do that!"
"Yes, I can and I will."
"No you can't! I'm talking to your daughter!" I shouted, desperate.
Dr. Vega raised her eyebrow as she looked at me, "Oh really?"
"Tori's inside my head."
"How do you know that name?" She stared at me.
"I told you she's in my head! Ask me anything that only Tori would know."
"Okay. What is Tori allergic too?"
"Tori?"
"Jade, are you sure this is a good idea? They might do more experiments on us. Erm you."
"Tori, they're going to kill me. Please."
I heard a mental sigh in my head, "Bush daisies."
"Tori's allergic to Bush daises."
"Is Tori an only child?"
"I have two sisters. Trina and Shelby."
"No, her sisters are Trina and Shelby."
"Fascinating." Dr. Vega stared at me like a monkey in a zoo. "However, the experiment failed. She was supposed to take over your mind."
"Have you ever thought that since it's an alien device it wouldn't work the same on humans?" I said. How is that not obvious?
"You have a point, but maybe there's still a way to get my little girl back."
"Why couldn't you have cared this much when I was around?" Tori said sullenly. Suddenly all these memories appeared in my head. I was seeing things through Tori's eyes. She would constantly try to get her mom to spend some time with her, but the doctor would always tell her she had to get to work or she was too tired. Too add insult to injury, she would always leave with someone I recognized as Trina, Tori's older sister, who apparently works with her mom.
I saw another girl, who I immediately recognized as Shelby Marx, from my own memories, who was apparently Tori's older sister. Dr. Vega gladly let Shelby go off to be a successful fighter and let Trina come work with her, but when Tori auditioned for a reality TV show where the winner would get a five year recording contract and made it, Dr. Vega wouldn't let her go.
Another memory flashed in my head; Tori's father was an FBI agent and never had any time to spend with her either. He loved her, yes, but he was very high up in the agency and hardly ever had any free time for himself.
The next thing I felt was sympathy for Tori. I had assumed that since her mother was trying so hard to get her back that she had always been there for her, but she's just like me well in that sense.
All this new information popped in my head all at once and it set me off and I couldn't stop it. "What? Now you care?"
"How dare you-"
"No, how dare you! You left her all by herself while you went off to deal with this stupid alien shit! Did you even think about how they would make her feel, huh!? No, of course not, you didn't give a damn. And to add more injury to the situation you let both of her sisters go off and chase their dreams, but the minute she tried you shut her down, locked her up and threw away the key!"
"I..Jade, calm down."
"Why should I calm down? You know you want to give her this speech too!"
"Yes, I do, but it won't help right now. Please, Jade?" Tori begged, and I felt two hands on my shoulders. Obviously she was touching me again, but it was oddly calming me down.
"Does she really think that?" Dr. Vega asked hesitantly.
"You should leave." I told her. "Do your damn questions later." I dropped back onto my makeshift bed, with my back to her. After a minute I heard the door shut and lock.
"How did you know all of that?" Tori asked me.
"I'm...I'm not sure. You said that now she cared and suddenly all these memories just flashed in front of me."
"That happened with me too. A second before you started screaming at her I saw some of your memories."
"Maybe we can see each other memories when it's a sensitive subject or something."
"Yeah, maybe."
"So...your sister is really Shelby Marx?"
"Yes."
"Then, why is her last name different?"
"She thought it would be more catchy then Shelby Vega."
"I...do you two get along?" I asked softly.
"Yes. Out of my whole family I'm closest with Shelby. We've always been close and I miss her terribly."
"She didn't stand up for you?"
"She never knew. I never told her."
"Oh.."
"I'm sorry. About your mom and dad I mean."
"Forget it. I have."
"Jade, I know you're lying. You're still hurting because of it."
"Go away Dr. Phil." I snarled.
"I know what you're feeling. As much as you want to you can't trick me."
"What's it like in there anyway?" I asked, trying to distract her.
"What do you mean?" She asked, obviously confused.
"Like what do you do in my head? Can you feel anything?"
"Well I can see what you see and feel what you feel. I can't move your body parts or anything, but I've been thinking and I think I've figured out how I can touch you."
"I'm not gonna grow a third arm right?"
I heard her chuckle, "Of course not! I think I'm messing with your nervous system and making you feel the sensations of what it would feel like if I touch you."
"Well aren't you so smart." I said, half teasing and half mocking.
"I don't see you trying to figure any of this out."
"Yeah, well, I'm just hoping I wake up and this will all be a bad dream."
"I don't think we'll get that lucky, Jade."
