AN: I do not own or operate the characters from Victorious. I just keep them alive. Someone else owns them and has already made a fortune from them.

This story takes place after "She's A Winner". If you want to read my stories in order, read "School, Lies and Video" then "She's a Winner" and now this story. This story will have some occult references, scary stuff and bad adult words. If you don't want to read that kind of thing then I am sure there are other fine stories you could read. If you do like stories about strong women who don't take anything shit from anyone, this story is for you.

If you are a Beck fan, too bad. I despise him and always make him a villain that gets his in the end. Throughout the series he was the weakest written character and really wasn't that good of an actor. My writing might trigger anger by Beck fans. Good! I don't care.

Enjoy S.M.

Chapter 2: Contact

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ori felt much better the next day. She was sure that what she experienced the night before was all just her tired mind playing tricks on her. She was glad now that she had not told Jade anything. Jade would have teased her relentlessly. She loved Jade, but she could have moments where her idea of fun was kind of cruel.

Things were normal again around the apartment, everything stayed where it was put and she no one was calling her name. She focused on her studies and a recording she had to do for one of her classes.

Jade was busy too working on a film that she had due for a class as well. She was trying to impress so she had Andre do some original music for her film. The problem with being so accomplished was trying to top your last work became harder and harder.

About a week after the dinner party Cat called Tori. "Hi Hi, I was wondering if you wanted to get together and talk to Ellen tonight?"

Tori really didn't want to play with the Ouija board anymore, but Cat seemed armament. Tori told her that she would have to check with Jade. Tori was sure that Jade would be too busy and that would be her escape from this uncomfortable situation. That way she wouldn't have to disappoint Cat.

Then Cat played the Beck card. She told Tori that she had done a lot of thinking about Beck lately and she hoped that they could get a message from their lost friend. Tori was now in a spot that she knew there was no way out. She would now have to try to convince Jade to do something that she herself didn't want to do.

After some convincing Tori was able to find an evening that week where Jade could be at home to have an evening with Cat and her. Andre and Robbie were not able to come, but Tori was kind of glad. She didn't want this to be bigger than it had to be. She didn't even want to be there if the truth were told.

Jade was in the second bedroom that they had turned into an office when Cat and her new roommate Sam Puckett arrived. Sam was originally from Seattle. She had a web show with her friend, but when her friend moved to Japan. Once the show got cancelled Sam had nothing holding her in Seattle so she moved to L.A. By accident she met Cat and the two moved in together and Sam started a babysitting business.

Sam was a bit of a rough character. She didn't seem to have a filter on what she said. She wasn't hurtful, but she was truthful. Sam was a good friend and protector for Cat. Jade used to be Cat's protector, but now she couldn't be there for her. Sam loved food and didn't seem to understand the concept of personal property when it came to eating. That is how Jade met Sam.

Jade had heard the door and knew Tori would answer it so she finished her email that she had to get out and then went out to join them. Cat had gone to the wash room and Tori was still fussing in the living room. Jade heard someone in the kitchen and thought that it was Tori so she headed straight there from the office. That was when she encountered Sam.

"Tori, did you get the mail…. You're not Tori and you're not Cat. Who the hell are you and why are you eating cold mashed potatoes?" Jade enquired.

"Oh hey. Sam Puckett." Sam said wiping her hands on her jeans and sticking a hand out to shake with Jade.

Jade handed her a piece of paper towel and after Sam wiped the potatoes off her hand, Jade shook her hand. "Well hello Sam. Why are you eating my mashed potatoes?"

"Because I like mashed potatoes and they were in the fridge just sitting there." Sam said.

Jade really didn't get any answers from this woman standing in the middle of her kitchen eating the left over mashed potatoes. When Cat and Tori came into the kitchen Jade had a very confused look on her face. Tori ever the one to remedy situations came through again. "Jade this is Cat's roommate Sam Puckett. She is from Seattle and she had nothing to do tonight so she came to join us."

"But why is she eating our left over mashed potatoes?" Jade asked again.

"Sam likes potatoes." Cat answered.

That was the way with Cat. She had an ability to answer a question without ever giving you any more information than you had when you asked the question.

Cat was a special girl. She was innocent, but not immature. She was honest and caring. Jade tolerated her strange quirks because she was the softness and caring person that Jade could not let the world see. If she had Cat around she didn't have to caring. That way no one could ever hurt Jade.

Jade had known Cat since their first day in school. Cat was being picked on by these boys at recess. Jade was heading to the monkey bars when she saw this lump of cotton candy pink princess gown cowering in a corner and boys throwing grasshoppers at her. She was screaming and crying and Jade didn't like this. She was gruff and cold, but she always stuck up for the little guy.

Jade walked up to the group of boys and asked what they were doing. They told her that they were throwing grasshoppers at the weird girl. When Jade asked them why they told her because she is weird and it made her cry. Jade's blood was boiling, but even at that age she was cold and calculating.

She told the kid who seemed to be the leader of this mob that Cat was her friend and that he better stop. He laughed and pushed her out of the way and continued. Jade grabbed him from behind and put him in a choke hold. She choked him enough to make him pass out. Once he was unconscious on the ground she filled his entire mouth with live grasshoppers and from her bag that she always carried she pulled a roll of duct tape.

When the boy came too, he found his mouth full of bugs and tape over his mouth so he couldn't spit them out. None of his friends wanted the same thing to happen to them so they all left him there. Jade was standing over him grinning a maniacal grin. She crouched down beside him and whispered "I don't ever want to see you again. Go away." That was when she saw that the boy had peed himself.

Sam put the rest of the mash potatoes in the fridge and came over to the table to join the group. Cat couldn't get the box open and the board out fast enough. She was rather impatient because she wanted to talk to Ellen and hoping that she would be able to talk to Beck if possible.

There was no way that Jade was going to do any of this sober so she got a glass and poured herself a drink that consisted of three parts Jack Daniels and one part Coke and a wedge of lime. Sam smelled the Jack and indicated that she would like one too. Jade asked if she wanted the same mix and she assured her that she did. Jade decided that maybe she could like this girl that was eating her potatoes.

Everyone took a seat around the kitchen table and they placed their hands on the pointer. It started to circle around and then Cat asked, "Ellen are you there?" The pointer went straight to the yes spot. Cat got very excited.

They found out that Ellen died of meningitis. She didn't get to the hospital and there was nothing that they could do for her. She was not sad about being dead, but kind of concerned. They asked her all kinds of things like do you have wings? Are you with your loved ones? Did it hurt to die? Can you go where you want?

Then Tori asked a question that no one else understood. "Where have you been?" The answer was even more peculiar. The planchette spelled out the word "HERE". The others were very concerned, but Tori's face went white and she looked like she might just throw up.

Ellen told them that she asked Beck to come and see them, but he was not allowed to come there yet. She said that he was there and all she could tell them was that he was wet. She said he was in a uniform.

Then all action stopped on the board. It seemed that Ellen was gone. They kept trying to get her to talk to them and for a long time they got no response. Then the planchette moved again and simply went to the NO spot. Then it went to the letters S,H,H,H, and then the planchette was ripped from their hands and flew off the board and into the living room.

Everyone sat with their hands in the air like they were being robbed. No one said anything for about a minute then Cat said, "I guess she had to go."

"Ya you could say that Cat." Sam said. "How about you hit me again there Jade my glass is empty."

Jade got up and poured both for them a drink. They all moved to the living room to sit and listen to music. Jade sat in the big chair and Tori told her to move over because she wanted to sit with her. Jade was a little annoyed because with the two of them in the chair it would be crowded. Even though it bugged Jade she moved over and made room for Tori.

They talked about Jade's film and the things that Cat was working on. Sam told a funny story about a child she was looking after that got his head stuck in the bike rack at the park where she took the children.

Soon Sam said that they should get going because she had kids coming over early. Tori went out of her way to try to convince them to stay, but they insisted on leaving. Cat gathered up her board and took it with her. They said they would have to get together soon.

As they went about their normal routine Tori was a little jumpy. Jade was watching her and she was going to ask her why she acting so strangely, but she dismissed it and went about her business. Tori was going to bed and she tried to convince Jade to join her, but Jade had lots of work yet to finish and told her that she couldn't turn in just yet.

Tori went to bed and watched TV until she fell asleep with the set still on. Jade was starting to get annoyed with the noise from the TV in the next room so she went in and turned it off. She covered Tori with the blankets and kissed her forehead and whispered goodnight baby girl.

When Jade got back to her computer she found that there was a word processing page open with the words "Are you there?" typed on the screen. She looked around, but knew that there was no one in the apartment other than Tori and herself and she was just with Tori. She shut down the page and continued to work editing the segments she shot that day.

Then she looked away from the screen for a minute and when she looked back the word page was open again and this time it said, "It's me! We need to talk."

Jade got a cold chill because there was only one person who ever said, "We need to talk." That person was Beck. "No, no no" Jade said, "This is not happening." She typed "no" on the screen.

The word page responded with "you always were stubborn."

Jade typed slowly, "what do you want?"

"She isn't nice. Be careful." Was typed on the screen. "She is here."

Then the page closed and it was like it didn't happen. Jade opened another word page and sat staring at the screen for a long time hoping her ex-boyfriend would try to reach out to her, but he never came back. Jade started to question if it really did happen at all or whether she was just over tired.

She decided that it would be better if she just went to bed and got up early in the morning to get her work done. Just as she was about to fall asleep she thought she could hear a girl laughing out in the hall. She looked over and Tori was sound asleep next to her. She quietly got up and inched her way towards the sound.

Jade decided that if there was someone out there they were going to pay. She grabbed her favourite pair of scissors, Mr. Pointy, from the dresser by the door and she quickly jumped into the hallway and turned on the light.

There was no one in the hallway except her. She turned all the lights on in the apartment and checked every room. The door was still locked and the balcony door was locked so no one could have entered and their guests left long ago. Once again she chalked it up to being tired and went back to bed.

Jade climbed back into bed about the same time that Tori was returning from the washroom. She grabbed Jade's arm and pulled it over herself and snuggled in as the little spoon as usual. "You left the sink running in the washroom. The plug was in, we could have had a flood. You have to be more careful."

Jade was going to tell her that she had not been in the washroom but decided that one of them should get a good night's sleep. She knew she wouldn't know. Who was Beck talking about? Was it Beck? Did it really happen? These were the questions that would keep her eyes open most of the night.

Then at 3:00 am Jade's phone rang and scared the life out of her. She looked at the screen and did not recognize the number and no name showed up. She answered it expecting a wrong number. "Hello?"

"Who is this?" The voice asked on the other end.

"This is Jade West. Who is this?"

"This is Sam Puckett. Why the hell have you been phoning here all night?"

"I haven't been phoning you. I didn't even have your number. We have been asleep for hours."

"Well someone from your number has been calling here about every fifteen minutes and then when you answer it you just hear a girl laughing. First it was Cat's phone and then it was mine. When we tried to call you back your number was busy until now."

"Nope we have been asleep. You shouldn't have got a busy signal I have voice mail. Let me check my outgoing call list. No there are no outgoing calls since I called my mother before supper tonight. Maybe there is something wrong with your phones."

"I don't think so I am talking to you know on it. Well I don't know who is calling here but I wish they would stop I have to be up in four hours."

"Goodnight Sam"

"Goodnight Jade"

"Who was that hon?" Tori said groggily.

"Sam she said they were getting calls from my phone all night long." Jade said confused.

"Ya I asked what she was doing and she said she had to call Cat. My phone was charging so I told her to use your phone."

"Who are you talking about Tor?"

"The little girl."

"What little girl?" But Tori was gently snoring again and she was not going to be answering any questions tonight.

That was it for sleep for Jade for the night.

AN: I hope you are enjoying this story. What do you think of my gothic chapter starter letter T? I thought that it was very fitting for the story. Thanks again for reading my words. If you like this and haven't read my other stuff. Give it a try. You might like it too. Feel free to share your thoughts I read them all and each one is encouraging. S.M.