The Animal Within Part 8: Antidote or Death
*I don't own Victorious*
On the way down the road Tori contacted Quinn
"Hey, do you have that antidote ready?" Tori asked
"Working on it right now, are you on your way?" Quinn said
"Yes, Jade and Sam knocked Cat out, but I have a feeling she won't be out for that long." said Tori
"OK good, just make sure that crazy lady doesn't keep following you." said Quinn
"We just have to hope she doesn't make it there." said Tori
"Yeah, hey maybe you should call the police." said Quinn
"Well my dad is a cop so, I can!" said Tori
"Oh, wow that's pretty cool." said Quinn
"Yeah, so anyway I'm gonna do that right now." said Tori
"Do that, well I gotta get back to work on the antidote, hopefully by the time you're here." said Quinn
"Hopefully, OK gotta go bye." said Tori. "OK, time to call my dad." Tori dialed her dad's number then began to speak to him.
While Tori spoke to her dad Sam was on her phone talking to Freddie who told her that he was coming down with Carly who was visiting.
"Look Freddie that's great but I'm kind of in a situation right now!" said Sam. "I already told you why! Show up at the address and you'll see for yourself, no this isn't a trick, just do it! OK, see you there, thank you!" Sam hung up. "Geez that kid."
"Boyfriend issues?" Robbie said from the front seat
"Shut up he's not my boyfriend." said Sam
"Mm-hmm, yeah right." said Robbie then for that he got a slap to the back of the head from Sam.
Tori hangs up then says, "OK, my dad is aware of what's going on, thankfully he saw Cat at home after what happened at Nozu's, he's gonna come to Quinn's in case Betsy shows up and tries something."
"Good, glad he's gonna help us." said Jade
Cat started to wake as they got close to Quinn's house. "Uh looks like she's about to wake up." said Sam
"Don't worry we're right around the corner from Quinn's house." said Beck
"Yeah but I don't know how Cat's gonna react." said Sam
Beck pulled up towards a house when Cat woke up. "Cat we're at Quinn's we're gonna get you back to normal." Jade said but when she touched Cat she hissed. "Cat?"
Cat started to freak out then she jumped out Sam's door and darted towards Quinn's door. "Oh crap!" Sam said but lucky for them Zoey and Lola were right there to catch her.
Beck, Robbie, Andre, Jade, Sam and Tori got out of the car then ran to the house as Cat knocked Zoey and Lola down.
"Get her off us!" Zoey shouted.
Beck, Robbie and Andre grabbed Cat then pulled Cat off Lola and Zoey then held her back as Tori opened the door.
"Quinn you ready?!" Tori yelled
"I'm coming!" Quinn shouted
"Well hurry, Cat's going nuts out here!" Tori yelled then she looked at her friends when she saw that Cat was becoming bigger. "Oh gosh." she said to herself
Cat pushed Beck, Robbie and Andre off her as she started to lose control of herself.
"Cat snap out of it!" Robbie yelled
"Yeah I really don't think she can understand us anymore Robbie!" said Andre
"But she." Robbie looked at Cat as she snarled.
Quinn ran out of the house to Tori and Jade. "I got the antidote!" she said
"Give it!" said Jade then Quinn gave her the needle.
"OK all you need to do is stick her with the needle and."
"I know how this works!" Jade shouted then she turned to Cat. "HEY!"
Cat turned around to Jade and Tori. "OK, nice Cat, remember me? It's me Jade, we're friends, I just wanna help you." Jade said trying to calm her friend. "Now just hold still, and this won't hurt a bit." Jade said then she ran at Jade with the needle in hand but Cat swatted her away.
Beck watched Jade land on her side while the antidote rolled away from her which Tori managed to grab.
"Cat!" Tori yelled causing Cat to look at her. "OK, you can hear me, listen to me, I don't wanna hurt you baby girl, I just wanna help make you feel better." Tori said as Cat got closer to her. "Cat?" Sam jumped onto Cat's back trying to hold her still.
"Tori! Now's your chance!" Sam yelled
"Ok!" Tori said nervously. As Tori got ready to stick Cat with the needle a car pulled up which made everyone nervous.
"Please tell me that's not Betsy!" Jade said
Freddie and Carly got out of the car much to everyone's relief but then Cat grabbed Sam and threw her off her shoulders sending her flying.
"Sam!" Carly shouted
Freddie looked at the beast that is Cat. "Oh my gosh."
Carly helped Sam to her feet. "Is that Cat?" Carly asked
"Yeah, it is!" Sam said trying to catch her breath.
Tori backed away as Cat hissed at her while approaching her. "Good Cat, good Cat, no need to hurt anyone." Tori said
"HEY!" Jade shouted getting Cat's attention while she got up. "Cat, I know you're in there." Jade started to make Cat turn to her which made her smile. "Good girl, look at me." she glanced at Tori who got in position. "Cat, come at me!" Jade said then Cat got ready to charge her but Tori jumped onto her then stuck the needle into her neck and injected the antidote.
"YES!" Sam yelled
Jade smiled while Cat yelled out in pain then Tori dropped to the ground with the needle in hand.
"She did it!" Quinn said
Another car drove up then Drake, Josh and Megan got out.
"You three?" Sam said with confusion.
"Yeah, hey, that old lady that was chasing you, she's almost here!" Megan said
"What?!" Sam said
"Don't worry, it's OK, Cat's gonna turn back to normal in any second." said Tori
"Wait, what?" Megan said then she and her brothers looked at Cat but then Cat fell to the ground and stopped screaming.
"Nothing's happening." Zoey said to Quinn
"That's weird, the antidote should've taken an immediate effect." said Quinn
"Well something isn't right!" said Lola
Tori ran over then checked Cat's pulse. "She's alive, thankfully." she said then she noticed Cat's fingers twitch. "And she's waking up again!" Tori stood up then backed away.
Cat began to stir as her friends looked on. "Sam think of something!" Carly said
"Why me?" Sam asked
"I don't know you're her roommate!" Carly said
"Yeah but that doesn't mean I can think of a way to fix this! It's not like we can shove Bibble down her throat and." Sam stops then Jade, Beck, Robbie, Andre and Tori look at Sam. "Bibble."
"That's it, that's how we can bring Cat back!" Tori said happily then she heard a loud and scary meow. "Oh no."
Everyone looked at Cat who was on all hind legs. "Sam, you better figure out how we can get Cat some bibble, and fast!" Andre said
"Yeah but how do we know if it'll work!" Freddie asked
"It's the only thing I can think of! Besides, I know where we can find some." said Sam
"Where?" Carly asked
"Our apartment." said Sam
Quinn pulled out a dart gun then shot Cat. "Quinn!" Zoey said
"What was that?" Tori asked
"Tranquilizer dart, now let's hurry and get Cat out of here." said Quinn
"OK, quick to Sam and Cat's apartment!" said Carly
Sam and Jade picked up and now very heavy Cat Valentine then put her in the back of Beck's car then everyone drove off when suddenly Betsy appeared behind them.
"Oh man! It's Betsy!" Tori said
"She's close behind us!" Jade said
Tori started to dial her dad's number. "Dad, change of plans!"
At Sam and Cat's apartment
Nona walked up to the door. "I wonder if Cat's alright." she wondered to herself having not heard from her granddaughter in awhile.
"Hey Nona" Dice said as he walked up with Goomer.
"Oh! Well hello Dice, Goomer. I was just gonna see if Cat was back yet, have you two heard from her?"
"No why?" Dice asked
"You two haven't heard?" Nona asked
"Heard what?" Goomer asked
Before Nona could answer they heard loud tire screeching
"What was that?" Nona said then Sam came running up to door.
"Nona, Dice, Goomer no time to explain I need to get inside excuse me!" Sam opened the door then rushed inside.
"Wait a second, what on earth is going on here?" Nona said as she, Dice and Goomer followed Sam inside
Sam went into her and Cat's room then found Cat's stash of bibble under Cat's bed. "There!" Sam said
"Now hold on, what on earth is going on here?" Nona asked
"Follow me!" Sam said then she ran out.
Nona looked at Dice and Goomer confused. "I don't know." said Dice
Outside
Tori, Jade, Andre, Robbie, Beck were dealing with their out of controled friend while their new friends looked on.
Sam ran out with the bag of bibble then Nona, Dice and Goomer ran up from behind and when they saw the red cat they gasped.
"What is that?" Dice asked
"It looks like a big cat." Goomer said
"That big cat, is Cat." said Sam
"Huh?" Goomer said confused
"Wait, are you saying that is Cat!" said Dice
"Yes!" said Sam
Dice looked at Sam with a stunned look as Nona said "Oh my."
"I still don't get it." said Goomer
"Just stay here!" said Sam as she ran to Tori, Jade, Beck, Robbie and Andre to help them.
Betsy arrived right as Sam came to help Tori. "Oh no!" Sam said
Betsy got out of the car with shotgun in hand. "If you won't finish it, I will!" she said then she pointed the gun at Cat. "Go back the the underworld you demon!" she shouted but before she could shoot Cat she heard a man yell "FREEZE! DON'T MOVE!"
Tori felt a sigh of relief as her dad came walking up gun drawn facing Betsy. "Ma'am drop the gun, NOW!" Mr. Vega ordered.
"But, sir I have to shoot her, if I don't it could spell the end of the world!" Betsy said
"That sounds like a bunch of nonsense if you ask me, now drop it!" Mr. Vega said sounding serious.
"BETSY!" Sam shouted "There's no need for your stupid violence! We have our own way of saving our friend, guys pin her down!" At that moment Beck, Andre, Robbie, Jade and Tori held Cat down but before Sam could move towards Cat, Betsy pointed the gun at Cat but then Mr. Vega stepped right in front of her and demanded that she put the gun down immediately which amused Sam. Sam walked over to Cat as she struggled to get free. "What's wrong Cat?" Sam said knowing Cat could smell the Bibble. "What? Smell this?" Sam held out the bag of bibble.
"Stupid child, that candy will never work on a beast like her!" Betsy said
"Don't act like you know our friend!" Jade said
"That's right, you don't know anything about Cat Valentine." Tori said
"If there's one thing Cat loves, it's bibble." said Beck
"Yeah, she's obsessed with that stuff, and who can blame her?" Andre said with a slight smirk on his face
"We'd never ask Cat to change, not for anyone, we'd never even harm her, even if someone like you told us too!" said Robbie
"We'd risk our own lives if it meant saving her." said Sam then she knelt down. "Dice, get over here and help me."
"OK." Dice said but before he ran over Goomer grabbed him. "Be careful, she could be rabid." he said
"I'm pretty sure I'll be OK." said Dice then he walked over to Sam and company. "At least I get to do something, what do I need to do?"
"Just hold her mouth open so I can pour the Bibble into her mouth." said Sam
"Alright, this is some sci-fi stuff but I'll do it." Dice said as he carefully put his hands to Cat's mouth then opened it.
"OK Cat, bottoms up." said Sam
"You think this will work?" Freddie asked Carly
"We'll see, Sam knows Cat better than us." said Carly
Sam poured the bibble into Cat's mouth then she watched as Cat's eyes lit up.
"And here we go." Sam said with a smile.
Cat's body began to shift as it return to her normal size.
"What?" Betsy said with shock upon seeing Cat slowly return to normal as Cat ate the bibble.
"It's working!" Robbie said
"Wow, some fantasy crap going on here." Jade said as she shook her head in disbelief.
"But hey it's working." said Sam
Cat's body returned to normal and was no longer looking like a cat. After Cat opened her eyes she saw her friends standing around her. "I'm back?" She said as she sat up.
"Looks like it, how do you feel?" Tori asked
"Hmm, like I'm full of Bibble!" she said in her usual cheerful tone which made her friends smile.
"She's back." Jade said with a smile.
"Looks like the Bibble worked, for some reason." said Quinn
Cat stood up then hugged Tori, Jade, Beck, Robbie, Andre and Sam. "Thank you guys so much!"
Betsy felt a bit frustrated so she let out an annoyed yell.
"Betsy, you didn't want Cat to return to normal at all did you?" Tori asked
"Why would I? She let my cat die! And besides, she's a terrible babysitter." said Betsy.
"What do you mean I'm a terrible babysitter." Cat asked
"Do you remember two little girls by the name of Gwen and Ruby?" Betsy asked
Sam and Cat's eyes widen in pure shock. "Gwen and Ruby?" Sam and Cat said simultaneously.
"Those two British girls?" Cat asked
"They are my great granddaughters, and they hate you two awful american girls!" When Betsy says this her British accent is revealed
"You're British?" Sam asked
"Yes, but not like that matters." Betsy said.
"So, what about Mittens, she wasn't really yours was she?" Tori asked
"Oh she was mine, and that whole story was true, but there was more to it, you see I was watching you two from a far Sam and Cat, after your last encounter with those two girls I took it upon myself to get some revenge upon you two brats!" said Betsy
"So you put your cat in an alley so Cat would find her?" said Sam
"Correction, I starved her, for months, had her look they way she did, made sure she was ready for when Cat would go on her morning stroll, I watched closely, then when you left that morning I put Mittens in that alley right before you got there and snuck away, and a few minutes later you arrive and oh the mayhem that came after was marvelous." said Betsy
"You are, you're a witch!" Jade said
"Precisely, I am a witch!" Betsy says then she cackles like a witch
"You are a horrible, horrible woman!" Nona said as she walked up next to Cat. "I've known you for all these years and while I thought you were a bit strange I didn't think you'd come up this!"
"Nona, what an unpleasant surprise, you know this really shouldn't surprise you considering all those hairballs and gumwads I collected." said Betsy
"She collected hairballs?" Cat asked
"Yes, she was and still is strange." said Nona
"You came up with this whole plan so me and Cat could suffer!" Sam said with anger
"Of course I did, why else I do it! And it was even better when your friends suffered Cat Valentine!" Betsy said with a laugh. "But that all went into the toilet when all these idiots started to stick their noses where it didn't belong!" Betsy looked at Zoey, Quinn, Lola, Drake, Josh, Megan, Carly and Freddie then she looked at Cat and her friends. "I was so close, my cat mittens did her job well and you were so close Cat, if only you're friends had just done what I told them then this all would have been over!" Betsy said
"Well to bad!" Sam said
"You ruined everything! And I won't stand for it!" said Betsy then she raised her gun at Cat but a hand grabbed it.
"Hey, you'll get hurt playing with these." Goomer said then he yanked the gun out of Betsy's hand then broke it in half
"You dumb son of a, do you know what you just did?!" Betsy said then she felt herself getting cuffed. "HEY!"
"You're under arrest for the attempted murder of Caterina Valentine, also for animal abuse, you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law." Mr. Vega continued to read Betsy her miranda rights as he walked her to his cop car.
"Well that's over!" said Tori
"Thank goodness! Thank you guys so much!" said Cat
"And who knew bibble would cure Cat from being a feline beast?" Dice said
"Well honestly I wasn't one hundred percent sure it would work, but knowing Cat I figured I could get through to her with some bibble." said Sam
"You know me so well!" Cat said as she hugged Sam
After Tori, Jade, Sam, Cat, Andre, Beck, Robbie, Nona, Dice and Goomer celebrated Cat was allowed back into Hollywood Arts.
Cat walked into the school feeling happy to be back and also happy to have made up with everyone she hurt. "I missed this place." She said even though she was only gone for a little bit.
Cat walked into Sikowitz's class. "Hi hi!" she said cheerfully.
"Hey!" said Jade
"Hi Cat." said Tori as Cat said down. "Hey, you'll be glad to hear that you won't have to worry about Betsy anymore."
"What happened with her?" Cat asked
"Well, she was put into a mental facility after they deemed her to be criminally insane, so she's gonna be locked up in a nice padded room with no way to escape for the rest of her life." said Tori
"Really? Well as long as she can't hurt anyone else, I guess I'm happy." said Cat
"Good, I'm glad you're happy and that's what matters." said Tori.
Cat smiled knowing that everything was back to normal and that everything was going to be OK and that made her and her friends happy. Cat was also happy that Betsy was locked up and wasn't going to bother anyone, she did think her plan was pretty stupid as did the rest of her friend and was also thankful she didn't end up eating catnip which she joked about with her friends on the way to lunch. Cat knew as long as she and her friends remained close nothing could truly ever gone wrong and it made her feel safe and happy.
The End.
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