Sorry for not updating, lot´s of things going on. Either way, if you´re even reading this, here´s the new chapter.
Tori's POV
"Am I dead?" I was confused, and dizzy the ceiling and walls were all white and a bright light shone above. Looking down at my arms I found I was hooked up to an IV and my arms were all wrapped up. That was not the thing that caught my attention though; Jade was sitting down in a chair and had her head lying down in the bed. "Jade?" all of the sudden she woke up, stood up, and started to randomly through punches. "Jade, relax" and those words were the ones that made her go stiff and turn around to face me. She then saw me and immediately relaxed, and surprisingly enough came and hugged me.
"Why are- I'm no dead am I?" I immediately recalled the last time I remembered being awake, and that would be a lot of blood and pain.
"No" Jade simply let go of me and sat back down.
"What happened?" I was so confused, how had I gone from being on my bathroom floor to being hooked up in an IV in what I assumed to be a hospital bed?
"Well it all started when I got your text...
So then I brought you here, you were still unconscious. Cat helped me stitch and clean you up, but she had to leave. I was so tired I fell asleep and I guess that brings us to the part where you woke me up and I'm telling you the story right now." Wow, did all that seriously happen while I was unconscious?
"Oh..." ok, now this is becoming a little awkward, I should be dead by now. I bit my lip, for no apparent reason, it's just a bad habit of mine.
"I found the note." she simply dead panned.
"What note?" was she referring to the cards I left?
"The one your dad left you." she looked down while saying this.
"O-Oh, that note." one of the main reasons I gave up.
"Know I will not promise you anything since promises are always broken. I will not tell you everything will be fine, since I don't know what will come in the future. I will, however, give you as a fact that I care about you and I will not let you die. I consider you one of my closest friends, if not the closest. Tori, I care about you and let me state that you are not alone, I am here for you. I came to stay and not give up on you like everyone else has. You're stuck with me Vega, so deal with it." I was left speechless at this, so I just gave her a smile, the most honest one I had ever given.
"Thanks Jade, that really means a lot to me." I was being honest there, it did mean a lot to me. Especially now that I had lost my family, I was sure of that.
Jade acknowledged by giving me one of her rare, yet beautiful smiles. She looked back down so I took this chance to take a better look at my surroundings. I didn't recognize this place, is it a hospital?
"By the way, where are we?" I probably looked very confused and maybe even scared because Jade had to bite back a laugh.
"We are on a top secret location, nothing to worry about I just wanted to run some...experiments on you." Jade told me with an evil grin on her face.
"Ah..." I squeaked at this and immediately started to get up. Jade couldn't help but burst out in laughter at me.
"N-No, I'm sorry but I couldn't help it." Jade choked out between laughter. "We are in my aunts old hospital, were Cat, surprisingly enough, works in."
"And were exactly is this hospital?" Knowing Jade we could even be in another state, far away from L.A.
"Nothing to worry about Vega, we're still in L.A." well, at least I knew we were still on American ground.
"Sure, so does your aunt know we're here?"
"No, but Cat does."
"Can we go know?" I was getting kind of uncomfortable here, I never liked hospitals.
"Not quite yet, I'll give you some more pain killers." Huh, pain killer's that´s why I was feeling numb.
"Wait; do you know how to properly administrate them?" As far as I knew, Jade was no nurse or doctor.
"Relax, I promise not to overdose you." Should I take Jade's word and trust her with my life?
"I hope so, if not I'll kill you." I warned Jade, probably not sounding as serious as I wanted to, because she didn't take me seriously and laughed right in my face.
"That is, if I don't kill you first." She gave me her signature smirk and turned around to get what she needed. 'Gulp' this will be a long day, that's for sure.
Jade's POV
To: Cat
From: Jade
Hey Cat, she woke up. On our way to my house, come by when your shift is over.
After texting Cat and letting her know where we were going, I turned around just in time to see Tori struggling to keep herself up.
Quickly placing her arm around my neck for support, I snatched her phone away.
"Jade! Give me back my phone." She whined while extending a demanding hand at me.
"No way, you don't even have enough strength to keep yourself up right. Unless you want to end up face flat on the ground, then keep using your phone." I proved my point by extending her phone for her reach, and letting her go.
She immediately went for the phone, but fell. Just before she touched the ground I swooped her up and gave her the 'I told you' look.
It took her a minute or so to catch her breathe. She blushed and looked down at the floor. I grinned and rolled my eyes.
We made our way out of the building and to my car. I opened the door for her and she went in. I closed the door behind her and made my way around the car. I hoped in and turned the radio on to fill the silence.
When we got to my house she made a gasping sound. Immediately fearing for the worst, I turned around to face her. "What!" I probably sounded more alarmed than needed.
"Nothing, I just didn't know you lived in a mansion." She responded, eyes never leaving the house in front of her.
I relaxed knowing she wasn't bleeding out again or about to faint. "You'd seen it before." I remembered her while raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, but it was dark and...you know what...had happened before." She replied, eyes never leaving the floor.
I damn well remembered that night, as much as I didn't it was playing over and over again every night when I was trying to sleep, hunting me ever since. Shaking the thought off I got out and Vega followed me.
When we got to the porch, I got the key out. Vega silently thanked me out of blue "Thanks Jade".
I turned back on my heel "For what? Catching you back there? You know I wouldn't let you down." I questioned her while giving a small laugh out.
She bit her bottom lip and looked down. As much as I wanted to lift that chin up and wipe out those tears I was sure were rolling down her cheeks, I couldn't because I was Jade West and she was just Vega.
"Um... yeah, but ah... just for everything... but specially for not being like everyone else." Wow, this is the first time someone has thanked me for being... me.
"Uh..." I let a smile slip up "No problem, I only know how to be... well, me." I responded while awkwardly rubbing the back of my neck.
Cat's POV
I had gotten the text from Jade an hour ago, and now I was making my way to her house. I quickly texted my brother for him to come pick me up.
"Bye Char, see you tomorrow!" I shouted before skipping out the front door.
"Bye Cat!" She acknowledged while waving back.
I sat down in the bench right across and waited for my brother.
After about five minutes of waiting his red convertible came into view. I stood up and waved back at him.
Instead of honking the horn or waving back at me like a normal person would, he stuck his head out of the car and stuck his tongue out like a dog.
"No! Don't do that!" I told him when I got inside the car and he started liking his hand and purring like a cat.
"Here, take your pills." I got them out of my purse and held my hand in front of him.
He didn't take them with his hand; instead he licked them right off. "Gross!" I grabbed a Kleenex and hand sanitizer before we rolled out of the parking lot.
"Bye, please tell mom I won't be home until late." I waved back at my brother who sped out of Jade's driveway and barked back at me.
I hopped up her steps and rang the bell, Jade shouted "Come in!" so I did.
"Jade?" I called when I got inside.
"Here Cat! We're in my room." I sighted and made my way up the stairs and down the familiar corridor.
"Olli-" I stopped mid-sentence when I saw Jade...in top of Tori, but not the in the nasty way you're probably thinking. She had this screw driver and was digging it in what looked like...Tori's ankle!
"Hey Ca-" I didn't give Jade the time to finish her sentence, I tackled her.
"Cat!" Tori scram at me.
"Tori, are you okay! Did she hurt you?" Jade was strong, I needed to know if she was okay.
"What wer-" Jade's groan cut her off.
"Aw! What the hell were you thinking Cat!" She shouted back at me, anger evident on all her features.
"You were attacking Tori! What else did you want me to do?" I defended back inwardly hoping she didn't snap my neck in half at any second.
"No Cat, she was trying to take this thing off." Tori tried to further prove her point by holding her foot up and pointing at the object attached around her ankle.
"Oh..." I started to nervously laugh; they both gave me 'the stare' I was already used to at this point.
Tori's POV
After Jade and I sent Cat away to get some snacks and drinks for the promising long night, Jade continued to pick at the devise.
"Ah!" She abruptly stood up and gave a frustrated huff after about ten minutes later of trying, with no success so far, to open the lock.
I looked down at the devise and inwardly cursed my dad for putting it so tight; I could feel it beginning to cut my circulation.
"There is no way of cutting that shit off!" Jade started to pace the room with a terrifying look on her face. She stopped and turned around to face me "Unless..."
Seemed like finally some light started to shine through the foggy night. "Unless? Unless what?" I anxiously hurried her to continue.
"Unless... we cut your foot off." She concluded, signature smirk plastered on her face.
I squeaked before finally managing to get out a muffled "What!"
"You heard me right Vega, either way they'll have to amputate it, if you remain too much time with that thing on, it will act as a tourniquet that will cut your circulation off and make you lose your foot."
I started to slowly stand up, never taking my gaze off of Jade. As soon as my legs were straight, I darted off the room quicker than a bullet frantically calling for Cat.
Cat's POV
After getting 'the stare' from Jade and Tori, they sent me down to get snacks and some ice for Jade. She had apparently fallen with enough force to cause her a bruise. I knew they just sent me down so they could have their little alone time together.
They had become very close after that party at Andre's a few nights ago. I couldn't blame them for that, why would I either way? All I knew was that Beck called me asking if I was okay, and that apparently something really bad had happened to Tori and Jade that night. I had called Jade to ask if they were okay, but Beck answered and told me that they were both fine and to please not mention the incident since it still was a delicate subject for both Jade and Tori. I asked him to please tell them I was happy they were both okay and that I'd come by in the weekend.
The next thing I knew was that Jade was freaking out over the phone telling me that Tori had hurt herself on purpose and that she needed my help. I didn't know how serious had the problem been until then, something so big that would cause Tori to think she would be better off dead...
After finally getting down the flight of stairs that led me to the kitchen I began looking around for gummies and sweets. Something I doubted Jade had in her house, but I could at least check. I dragged a chair over so I could get to the upper drawers first. No success, but I did get a spider web caught in my hair and some dust that caused me to sneeze several times. I started searching on the bottom drawers, but still no success, Jade had nothing edible in her drawers. I decided to go check on the refrigerator, empty, except for the empty milk container that had expired about a month ago, I threw it away.
I puffed my cheeks and let out my grunt of defeat. I lifted myself up from the floor and just when I was about to head back upstairs I heard a noise. It sounded like a door opening and closing. "Jade? Tori? Is that you guys?" ... silence... I turned around towards the direction the noise was coming, nothing was there. I decided it was just my imagination playing tricks on me. I turned around, and came face to face with a man, but not the one I knew, this person looked different, scary even. It caused me such impression I yelped, but he quickly covered my mouth with some cloth. From my rapid loss of conscience I could tell it was chloroform, I started to feel sleepy, but I fought back with all my might and ran for the stairs. It was helpless though, I fell before even getting to the first step, I think I was knocked out cold after that because I don't remember anything after that.
Jade's POV
"Come here Vega!" I roared after setting foot on my living room. I expected to hear a shrill cry of anticipation or something, not a muffled scream. I hurried my pace a little and got to my kitchen... "Vega?"... no answer. I decided to go check on the studio, just as I turned around to leave a faint glint caught my attention. Making my way around the counter, I nearly yelped when I saw it was Cat lying motionless on the floor. "Cat?" I cautiously approached her. I kneeled down to feel some sort of pulse, though faint, there was one. Looking around for any undesired guests, I decided it would be better to get Cat somewhere safe.
Propping myself and Cat against the wall I managed to land us both on my bed. Quickly getting up doing one last speedy check on Cat, I closed the door behind me and locked it, leaving Cat safely locked inside away from any unwanted guest. I gave an abrupt left turn and got to, what someone could presume to be, my parents' room.
Ripping the mirror off its hinges, I introduced the code and waited for the door to open. Quickly heading for the surveillance cameras, I re-winded the tape to 30 minutes before. Watching carefully for any signs of an unwanted guest I kept watching in fast forward until I got to the part of Cat eventually being knocked out. I paused it several times and switched to different camera angles whenever the mystery intruder appeared on scene. No success so far on identifying him, that was until Tori appeared on screen and he turned back so quickly, I almost missed it. Rewinding the video again and this time paying even closer attention, I was able to pause it at the exact moment when his face faced the camera directly. "That son of a bitch." I growled under my breathe, deciding to keep the worst for when I came face-to-face with him.
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