Jade's vision disappeared with a sinister smirk and Jade covered her face as she screamed into her hands in anger and impotence, she'd killed her parents and she had taken the lives of at least three other people in matter of days. She couldn't believe her life had come to that point but she refused to give up, she couldn't just disappear so she had to face what she'd done.
Jade put the body of the man in acid the same way she'd done with the other and cleaned up the basement until there was no blood left, then she returned to the motel and stayed there hoping no one else would come.
"Morning" Tori said as she entered the lobby, followed by Martha and they found Jade drinking a cup of coffee.
"Good you're here, I'm…going to the house" Jade said and rushed out of the place so they looked at each other.
"She is like that" Martha commented.
"I know" Tori said and smiled. "Look, it seems we got another guest last night"
"Room 9, very well…then we must have his breakfast ready by 9, the cook is not coming today so we'll be covering for him and send it out to everyone, when the help girls are too busy, you must take the breakfast to the guest" Martha explained and Tori nodded. "Come on, let's do it"
They cooked breakfast for all the guests and the maids started delivering it to each room but Tori decided to help and went to room 9 herself, she knocked but no one opened or said anything so she decided to open the door a little and see if he was inside. "Hello?" Tori said but the bed was made and no one was in it, however there was a bag on the sofa.
"Is everything okay?" Martha asked as she approached her.
"He isn't in the room and it looks like he didn't even sleep in it" Tori responded. "Weird, right? Maybe he just wanted a place to leave his things and went out for a party or something"
"I guess so, let's close the door"
The weekend ended and on Monday Jade went to school but she felt really sick, her head hurt a lot, she felt weak and she kept throwing up. "Whoa! What's happened to you?" Andre asked surprised when they saw her arriving to class.
"You look terrible" Robbie added.
"Are you okay?" Beck immediately asked and she sat down because she felt really bad.
"No" Jade said and then ran out of the classroom to go puke, they looked at each other and went after her so when she left the bathroom she saw them there. "Hey…"
"What's wrong? Have you seen a doctor?" Tori asked worriedly.
"No, it started this morning" Jade responded and closed her eyes because she was dizzy. "I don't know what's happening"
"We need to get you to a doctor now" Beck said and helped her walk to the nursery room but they couldn't really tell her anything there so Beck and her friends took her to a clinic after school.
"What's wrong with her?" Tori asked the doctor.
"Well, she has a fever and I believe this might be an infection but I can't be certain, her symptoms are not consistent with anything specific…I will need to run some tests" The doctor informed and they nodded.
Hours later Jade was released and she felt better but she also knew something was wrong, she was starting to lose control of herself again but this time she didn't know when it would completely happen; she felt it lurking somewhere inside her body.
"I think you all need to go" Jade said as she walked into her house.
"Are you crazy? Absolutely not, we are taking care of you" Beck informed.
"Beck, I really don't think that's a good idea…I don't think you're safe here" Jade admitted and they looked at each other. "I feel it coming, I know it'll happen and I don't want you around when it arrives"
"Can't you stop it?" Cat asked curiously.
"If I could we wouldn't be having this conversation" Jade said annoyed.
"The more reason to stay, we told you we'd be here for you and you need us now" Beck said and she sighed. "Let's get you to bed, I'll make some soup"
"Fine…" Jade said not very convinced and went upstairs. The gang made dinner for her and decided to help her clean up a little, the house wasn't dirty but they wanted to make her feel as good as possible.
"Where are the buckets?" Cat asked.
"Probably in the basement, let's go get them" Tori said and Andre walked downstairs with her. "Look, over there" She pointed to the corner and they started grabbing some buckets but then something caught her attention; there was a piece of light blue fabric with flowers showing up on the open end of a trash bag.
"What are you looking at?" Andre asked.
"That, it doesn't look like something Jade would wear…maybe it's for the kitchen, let's use it, this house needs some color" Tori said and grabbed the bag from the back, she thought she would find curtains or tablecloth but when she took the blue fabric she realized it was a dress and that it was covered in blood.
"Why does Jade have this?" Andre asked confused.
"I don't know, I've never seen her in a dress like this" Tori responded. "And the blood…" she said and then remembered the news of the dead girl from days before so her eyes wide opened; she grabbed her phone to google the article and as soon as she saw the photo of the girl, she realized it was the same dress.
"Looks like someone forgot a wallet, probably Beck" Andre said when he saw a wallet in the corner of the room but Tori was too distracted comparing the dresses. "What's the matter?" He questioned as he opened the wallet to check if it was actually Beck's but he saw a gym membership with the photo of another man.
"What?" Tori asked when she realized he was talking.
"Why does Jade have the wallet of this guy in the basement?" Andre asked and Tori looked at it, she didn't know the man on the picture but she recognized the name right away, it was one that had just signed in at the motel and left the room. She looked at it and thought about it worriedly.
"What's the problem?" He asked again.
"Let's go upstairs…" Tori said and they went up straight to Jade's room, Beck was there with her so when he saw his friends he smiled.
"Hey guys, found the buckets?" Beck asked.
"And some other things" Tori responded and put the bloody dress on the bed so Jade looked at it nervously, she'd forgotten about that dress. "And this, looks familiar to you?" She asked and Jade looked at her not knowing what to respond.
"What is all this about, Tori?" Beck questioned confused.
"That's what I want to know, Jade, did you do it?" She asked hoping for a no.
"Do what?" Andre asked.
"This dress belongs to the girl they killed last week, remember? The one on the papers" Tori informed. "She was found without it and I found it in the basement, covered in blood…and look, this too" She said and showed Jade the wallet. "Isn't this the man you signed in a few days ago? You know, the one who magically disappeared…just like the other one the police was looking for, strange how two guests just vanished, isn't it?" she questioned and Jade stared at her angrily.
"What is she talking about, Jade?" Beck asked and she sighed.
"Did you do it? Did you kill them?" Tori questioned and Jade felt it coming, she felt as if she were being pushed back and someone else were taking over her body. Jade simply stared at Tori with an ice cold glare for several seconds while they waited for an answer.
"Jade?" Beck asked because it'd been too long and she wasn't moving.
Jade simply sighed and a slight smile appeared on her face as she stretched her arms and back, she then started chuckling and turned to Tori again. "What do you think?" She asked cynically and they looked at each other as she got off the bed.
"Jade…?" Tori asked fearfully and Jade smiled.
"Somewhat" She said and started stroking Tori's cheek. "I told you to stay away…but you didn't listen"
"Guys…" Cat whispered scared but they didn't know what to do.
"You found our little secret, bad, bad girl" Jade said and laughed as she stepped back so Tori immediately moved to her friends. "What can I say? I just felt like it" she commented as she looked at the dress and then smelled it. "Mmmm so sweet, she was a lovely girl and I couldn't help myself"
"Leave Jade alone" Beck demanded, at that point it was clear Jade wasn't there anymore.
"Why do you want her?" Andre asked.
"Why does everyone want her? So beautiful, so nurturing…" Jade said as she touched her face. "So desirable, isn't she, Beck?" She asked and bit her lip.
"You killed those people, Jade had nothing to do with it" Tori affirmed.
"Oh no, things aren't so simple" Jade said and laughed as she looked at the wallet. "Such a nice young man, easy to kill, they all were really"
"You are lying, Jade knew nothing of this" Beck said and she looked down for several seconds. "Just admit it, she is innocent" He demanded and she slowly turned to him sadly.
"I did it" Jade said and sighed. "I'm sorry, I just don't know how to control it" she said with tears in her eyes as she looked at her hands nervously. "I killed them, all of them"
"Oh god" Andre said mortified as she cried.
"Jade? Is it you?" Beck asked and she nodded.
"Yes, I'm sorry…I told you it was a bad idea to stay" Jade affirmed and he immediately hugged her.
"Don't worry, I'm here" He said and she held him tight but then her eyes opened and the gang saw her eyes were black.
"Beck!" Tori exclaimed scared but Jade quickly twisted his arm and put him on his knees.
"Oh…what a nice boy" Jade said and laughed maliciously. "I told you to stay out of the way…" she whispered on his ear and licked his cheek as her hand surrounded his neck. "She'll wake up to a nice surprise, a feast for our children…" She affirmed and he felt her fingernails sticking into his neck, he tried to stop her but she was significantly stronger.
"Get your hands off him!" Andre demanded and tried to touch her but she used one of her arms to push him back and he hit the wall. Cat and Robbie tried to run but the door slammed closed and they all started screaming as she laughed.
"Leave him alone!" Tori demanded scared, Beck couldn't really breathe well at that point and he was starting to see blurry but then Jade suddenly let go of him and he gasped for air.
Beck turned around and saw Jade looking down and breathing heavily as the tears streamed down her face, then they saw several red lines appearing all over her arms and she collapsed on her knees screaming. "AAAAAAH!" Jade screamed as the lines went up to her chest and her face, like burns from inside her body.
"Oh my god" Andre said terrified.
"Jade…" Beck said worriedly and tried to help her but he didn't know what to do.
"It's torturing her because she refused to kill Beck" Tori commented mortified as they saw her suffering until the lines slowly vanished and she started gasping to recover.
"Hey, hey…it's alright" Beck said thinking she'd been able to get it out and tried to help her but a second later she pushed him down and got on top of him.
"Game's over"
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