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Double Trouble

Chapter 3 – Getting to know you

We have a chapter in Universe 2 where Jade has realized she's in the wrong universe.

Jade's mind quickly reeled at the revelation that this was not her universe.

She looked to Robbie, Andre and then Tori with pleading eyes. "Please, just say it's a joke. I won't be mad, I promise." Jade really wanted this to be a joke.

Andre and Robbie shook their heads.

"No…No….This is just a joke. This is my world." Jade said as she ran to the window. It looked exactly like her Los Angeles and she was almost convinced it was joke. It was the Monorail that zoomed by on the track across the street, as she looked out the window, that convinced her otherwise. The only monorail she knew of in LA was at Disneyland.

"You have a monorail." Jade said blankly.

"Of course, they run all over the city." Said Andre, as if it were nothing special.

Jade leaned her head against the glass as the reality of the situation became suddenly and rather painfully clear. "Robbie is so dead."

"Are you talking about me or the other Robbie?" Robbie said somewhat nervously.

Jade ignored his question, turned from the window and then looked to Beck who was just now getting back off the ground. "Is that why he…."

Andre answered. "Here, you two are still a couple." Though Jade could detect a good amount of cynicism in his voice as he spoke, leading her to believe the relationship was not a happy or healthy one.

Jade turned to Beck, who was glaring at her in a particularly hateful way and pulled out her scissors. She then waved them in his face. "OK, Listen up. Jade here may be your personal plaything. I'm not. Don't touch me."

Brazenly, he stepped forward and managed to grab her arm. Then he yanked the scissors out of her hand. Once he tossed the scissors aside, he twisted her arm behind her back.

"Listen to me Bitch. When I say come, you come. And believe me, you are going to pay…."

Jade cut him off by stomping his foot as hard as she could with her boot, causing him to release her. Jade then squarely punched him in the jaw with all her might. His head snapped to one side and he quickly staggered back.

"Didn't learn your lesson the first time. HUH!" Jade fumed as she kicked him in the groin a second time.

He bellowed in pain and as he began to bend over, Jade threw an uppercut to his chin. Beck quickly crumpled to the floor in a heap.

Jade then leaned over Beck and said through gritted teeth. "You may treat your Jade like shit. But I am not your Jade and I will kick your sorry ass, each and every time you touch me. So if you have any smarts, you'll leave me the fuck alone. Because next time I won't be so forgiving."

"Oh my god, I've never seen Jade stand up to Beck like that." Jade could hear Robbie say to Andre."

Jade then fumed for a moment more, retrieved her scissors and smirked. "Any questions?"

Robbie and Andre shook their heads.

"Good, now tell me dear Robbie." Jade said in a sickly sweet, but menacing voice. "Are you going to have any problems getting me home? Because if you can't, WE will have problems."

"No..No…No…I can get you home. I just need to recalibrate the machine and make sure everything works ok. It may take me until tomorrow. You wouldn't want to wind up in the wrong place."

Jade took a deep breath through her nose as she seemed to think. "I'll put you in the wrong place, if you can't."

Rex then spoke up, but with a strange, upper class British Accent. "Robbie my boy. You better had listen to her. She means business. I told you not to waste time with this endeavor. You were better off, getting constantly shot down by Cat. Listen to me for once and you might just amount to something other than a pathetic loser."

Jade scratched her head looked to Andre' "Does Rex always talk like that?"

Rex then turned to Jade. "Yes, of course I talk like this. How else would I talk? I'm British, not to mention cultured and refined, unlike you Americans. Why don't you try and think with something other than your huge rack of yours and maybe you'll amount to something as well."

Jade started to growl loudly and took a step forward, but was stopped by Tori, who had partially recovered.

"Jade, if you hurt Robbie and or Rex, you may not get home."

The sound of Tori's voice stopped Jade dead in her tracks. She then just glared at Robbie. "Shut up that dam doll, Fix the stupid machine and get me home."

"Ok."

Jade now turned to Tori, looking a bit sheepish. "Vega. Uh…not really sure what to say. I'm sorry….I thought you were my Tori."

Tori stood there silently for a moment then slowly nodded. "It's ok." She said in a soft voice.

Jade thought for a moment. "Hey, I think I have creative writing next period, Are you in that class with me here."

"Yes." Tori said, still looking a bit shaken up.

Jade looked to Robbie and Andre' "Well, I need to get to class. Later." Then she looked at Tori. "Ok, Vega, walk with me. Let's talk."

"Tor?"

"Huh?"

"Jade always calls me Tor, amongst other less pleasant things."

It was then Jade could see it, this version of Tori seemed a lot more timid and unsure of herself. Jade noticed that when she spoke, her voice was frequently uncertain and she tended to avoid looking Jade or anyone else in the eyes.

"I'm calling you Vega." Jade said flippantly.

"Do I have a choice?"

"No."

"I guess it's alright, I've been called worse."

As they walked away, Jade gave a dirty look to Beck, who was once again pulling himself off the floor.

"So Vega. Is Beck always like that?"

"Yes, to be blunt, he treats her like crap. Always demanding stuff, being rude and occasionally cheating on her. She claims she loves him, she claims he loves her, anyone openly doubting that will swiftly incur her wrath. But I've seen her bruises. She hides them but, I've seen them. " Tori said, sounding rather sad.

Jade huffed. "I thought my Beck was bad. He's a cakewalk compared to that psycho."

Tori smiled. "I'm ashamed to say it, but I liked seeing you knee him in the nuts. I always hated him."

Jade smirked. "Don't be. The bastard deserved it. The worst my Beck ever did, was accidently elbow me in the face during sex."

"So you dated Beck and then dated my counterpart, Tori."

Jade nodded. "Me and Beck drifted apart. It was awkward for a while, but we moved past it. Then me and Tori came together. We've been together more than a year."

Tori's eyes opened wide. "More than a year."

"That's what I said."

As Jade walked she started to notice something. She was used to looks of fear and people going out of their way to avoid her, but several people actually seemed quite terrified of her. It was all much more intense. More than one turned around and went in the opposite direction as soon as they saw her. Jade however pushed that out of her mind and resumed talking to Tori.

"Do you love her?" Tori said in a timid voice.

"Yes." Jade said without the slightest hesitation.

For a moment Tori remained silent as they walked. Jade took the time to once again observe the fear in the faces she looked at. They weren't just weary of her, many of them were downright terrified. Whenever she seemed to gaze at one person for more than a few seconds, they seemed to grow visibly nervous. All in all Jade realized beyond a shadow of a doubt, that while people in her world were afraid of her, they were utterly terrified of the Jade from this universe.

Before they could speak anymore they reached the classroom. Jade sat down in back and almost instinctively Tori moved towards the other end of the class room.

Jade put on her best evil smile and pointed to the chair next to her. "I don't bite…..much."

While this Tori wasn't her Tori and obviously was more timid and insecure, Jade felt the need to watch over her. It was obvious she had been bullied. Not only by her counterpart, but by others.

"Are you sure?" Tori said in that uncertain voice that Jade had come to expect.

Jade rubbed her forehead and nodded, avoiding the temptation to make yet another snarky comment.

"Yes. Sit."

Tori appeared hesitant for a moment and then sat down. The class began and oddly enough, like the class she had before, they were teaching the very same thing as in her world. Jade found it strange how some things were very different, yet others were exactly alike.

After getting though class, Jade and Tori got up and began to leave the classroom. As they did one freshman boy bumped in to Jade. As he turned and saw who he bumped into, Jade noticed that he quickly turned pale.

"I…I…I'm…sorry…Please don't kill me."

Jade, still being Jade, decided to have a bit of fun with the obviously terrified freshman. Suddenly Jade smiled and said in her best sultry voice as she ran a single finger ever so slowly up his chest.

"It was my pleasure. I don't suppose you'd want to go and be alone somewhere. I like you."

His jaw suddenly dropped open as his eyes nearly bugged out of his head. Then without another word, he turned and ran out of the room as if his life depended on it.

Jade burst out laughing at the sight of the fleeing freshman, then turned to a surprised looking Tori.

"So Vega, what would have other Jade done. I'm curious."

"She would have probably made him suffer. People who touch her, tend to suffer. She does that a lot.

Jade shrugged. "Sometimes it's more fun just to play with them for a bit and toss them back. I see you're Jade has cultivated a healthy level of terror here."

Tori nodded. "Are people afraid of you?"

"Yes. But your Jade seems to have put much more and effort into it. Tell me Vega. Do you people have a Nozu here."

"Yes."

"Overpriced"

"Yes"

"Beef that may not actually be beef."

"yes."

"Good. I'm hungry. Let's go and eat."

"Jade. Were in school we can't leave school. That would be skipping. I can't do that." Tori said with a fearful expression that looked like they were discussing murder.

Jade put an arm around Tori, it felt good but she quickly reminded herself this wasn't her Tori. "Be daring, be confident. You're skipping class, not committing grand larceny. Come on, we're busting out. Let's see if my keys fit in this Jade's car. We'll eat and talk. Don't even bother to tell Trina you're leaving. Let her figure that out."

Suddenly puzzled Tori looked at Jade. "Who's Trina?"

With a laugh. "So a universe where the talentless wonder does not exist. I like it here already. Let's go eat. We have much to discuss."