Hey guys, sorry for the wait. I just needed a little inspiration. I got you guys a really long chapter, so I hope I can get some reviews from you guys. Jade's life is about to get complicated, with being outrageously normal. Cat won't be starring in the next one, but a dream version of her will. I hope you guys like this chapter. Please enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own VicTORious. Dan Schneider does. You see what it would be like if I did.


Life's a bitch

"Damn fucking asshole, why didn't he get me out? What the fuck is wrong with him?" I slammed my hand against the concrete wall. I felt the skin break, but I didn't give a shit. I would leave my blood all over the place if I felt like it. That's what I've done to every fucking cell they put me in. One day, they'll learn to put me in a padded cell; somehow, I'd destroy that too. Nothing they put me in could keep me contained. All of the tricks I've learned, all of the places I've been trapped in are nothing compared to this dump. I went to Pakistan, and I was part of that Navy SEALs group that shot the fuck out of Osama. First, I had to infiltrate the building that was a task all in itself. Luckily for me, I had spent months preparing and I had gotten ahead in my school work. I took my about a month to get into his secret headquarters. Then I set a tracer on his vehicle, and we followed him all the way back to his little shithole. He had one of his sons with him, which was a bonus for me. I was a distraction while the Navy SEAL team took out the target. My distraction was seduction, and I was pretty damn good at it. Acting is my thing, and I sure as hell played my part. Fucking bastards didn't even know what hit them. Unfortunately, I had gotten caught, but only because one of the terrorists had snuck up behind me and knocked me out. They had done the smart thing and chained me to a pole; otherwise they would have been in a world of hurt. It took a while, but Andre and Robbie showed up with help from the CIA. This was after I had been tortured and beaten. I still have the scars to prove it, along with the myriad of others I have collected over the years from my previous missions. I could point to them and tell where I got each of them. The only two people who have seen everything are my father and Andre. Robbie would have puked, and Michael doesn't give a shit what happens to me. They burned all of that out of him in Ranger school. We used to be super close, but I had so many torturous experiences that I wasn't close to anybody. I can't trust anyone anymore.

"What a wonderful mouth you have there. I wonder where you learned all of that language." I heard someone whisper from the bars. I whipped around to see my twin brother and my mother. She had that same sad face that always peered through the steel bars when she came to visit me. Michael had a taunting smirk and his eyes were glinting in the light of the jail. He had his arms crossed over his chest, and he was oozing confidence.

"I learned it from the time I had to spend in all of those camps you asshole." I stomped over to the bars and grabbed two of them. I wanted to spit at him, but I was going to be the better of the two children. Mother stepped over to where she was in front of me. She reached through the bars to cup my face, her fingers rubbed my cheeks in what was supposed to be a comforting gesture. I almost ripped away, but I knew it would hurt her. She never could understand that I didn't like people touching me. She was the only exception, well, besides Cat now. I loved her more than dad, and Michael was always a daddy's little boy. She never wanted me to follow in father's footsteps. Kind of couldn't be helped. Dad was always wearing the pants in the relationship and he choked the dominance out of her. He remembers when she used to be a fiery little brunette devil that always stood up for what she believed in. I can't see her like that at all. She was what I wanted to protect. Whenever dad got upset, and drunk, he would chase after her. I always had to get rid of him, usually by locking him in the closet of his bedroom until he calmed down. I don't know why she stays. Maybe she thinks she can protect me, keep me safe. She doesn't realize that I'm already lost. She lost me when I turned fourteen and dad shipped me off to Special Forces Boot Camp. I was lucky that I got to bring along a friend. Andre seemed to be the best choice. That was a wonderful choice I made. Now, he and I could and would do anything to keep the other safe. He was like the good brother I never had. I loved him like a sister should, and I spurned Michael for all he was worth, which was nothing. If killing your own brother is what Cain did, I would love to be a copycat.

"Jadelyn, that is no way to talk to your brother. You know I don't like you cursing. Sweetie, what did you do to get in here again?" I took a gentle hold on her wrists and brought them away from my face. I kissed her knuckles before sighing and answering her question.

"Mom, you know I can't answer that. Secret mission and all that stuff's not for civilian ears." Michael sniggered behind her. Bastard, I'll deal with you later. I sent him a glare that could freeze hell over before looking softly at my mother. I really needed a hug right now, but I didn't know if my dick-for-brains guard would let her in. "Jack, can my mom come in?"

"As long as she doesn't have anything to help you get out, sure." I gave him a sarcastic eye roll.

"You know that I can get out of here in a heartbeat without anybody's help. I'm just trying to get out of here on good conduct." I stood over near my bed as protocol to allow my mother entrance. Jack got off his lazy ass and came to unlock the cell door and ushered her in. I sat down on my bed and put my head in my hands. She came over and sat next to me, making the bed springs squeak in protest. I felt her arms encircle me and her head lean on my shoulder. "I'm sorry for doing this to you mom. I really am. I bet you never imagined me in a prison cell with battle scars at eighteen huh?"

"No, I can't say I did. You always did have that little troubling side. You were always getting into fights in school, damaging property and you had a dangerous obsession with blood and sharp objects." I heard her muffle a laugh against my dirty locks. I really wish they would let me shower, but after the last time I did, I almost beat a guard to death for coming into the shower with me. She was rubbing my lower back in a comforting gesture.

"Do you forget that she always tied me to a chair and would cut my hair? She kept "accidentally" nicking my ears." Michael scoffed from over where he was sitting on a bench. He rubbed his ears, remembering all the cuts I had made on them. He knew I did them on purpose because he would steal my stuff.

"She always apologized, Michael Ray West, and you know why she did it right? You would steal her G.I. Joe action figures." I laughed when I remembered the items she talked about. I always had a gang of Cobra enemies and I would beat Mikey's team of G.I. Joe commandoes. He would have a hissy fit, then he would go and pout in his room. Mom went to brushing her fingers through my tangled hair, trying to make me look more decent. "You'll get out of this one just fine, Jade. I'm sure of it."

"Not this time, mom. I really made a mess of things. Dad's pretty pissed too. I wish I could tell you everything, that way someone would know how everything happened from my point of view. I bet Andre and Robbie got tossed in here somewhere. It's all my fault, and I'm never going to get out of here." I moved to lie down on the shitty bed and laid my head down on my pitiful pillow. I turned away from my two family members, not wanting them to see my exhaustion. Letting others see you tired was giving away a weakness.

"Oh darling, your father will forgive you. He loves you very much. Just keep your hopes up, sweetie. You'll be out of here in no time. Just be patient." I sighed heavily, shrugging off her soothing hands. She moved away from me, sensing my discomfort and hummed a familiar lullaby as she left the cell. I listened as her footsteps faded away, Mikey was close behind her. Jack closed the cell door and went into the hallway, whistling as he walked.

"Never thought that I'd be leaving you today.

So alone and wondering why I feel this way.

So wide the world

Can love remember how to get me home to you, someday?

We'll be together again

All just a dream in the end.

We'll be together again.

So many fears are swimming around and around in my mind.

Who would have dreamed the secrets we would find?

I've found a world, where love and dreams and darkness all collide.

Maybe this time, we can leave this broken world behind.

We'll be together again.

All just a dream in the end." My voice serenaded the darkness as I drifted to sleep, Cat's face slipping in at the last minute.

Inside Jade's Dream

"How come you didn't come in time? I was counting on you, you know. Look at what he's done to me!" Cat stood over me, her face showing an expression of rage that would chill the devil's soul. She had a cut on her face and there was a knife in her shoulder. She had lost all of her color, her skin a deathly pale. It matched my own, except for all of the scars that criss-crossed my skin.

"I tried, we couldn't find the treads, and Sinjin was really slow-" I was making up excuses that I knew she wouldn't take. She grabbed me by the collar of my shirt, bring my face close to hers.

"You let him rape me. You let him stab me and cut me. You let him kill me." Her brown eyes held a fire that burned through my own. I looked down and away, I could not face her. I am such a coward. "Look at what he did!"

"I didn't mean for this to happen! I'm sorry! I really tried! I saved you! I did! You were healing in the hospital! I swear!" Tears rimmed my eyes, and I closed them so she wouldn't see.

"Look at me!" The command in her voice made my eyes snap open, to see her dead face. Her fingers were cold as she moved them to grasp around my throat. Blood stained her porcelain skin, making her already dreadful appearance frightful. She was a zombie, and I was her victim. "Do you see what you've done? Do you see what has happened because you weren't there in time?"

"Cat, I'm so sorry. I did the best I could with what little evidence I had! I saved you in time! He was going to kill you." I pleaded with her, my hands reaching up to try to pry her dead hands from my throat. I was gasping for air as she clenched tighter. "Hkkk, Cat, please. I'm sorry, please forgive me."

"It's too late for that. Come with me, Jade, and I'll show you how to be, a true Angel of Death." She kissed me and took my last breath away.

Prison Cell

"Hey, Jade, wake the hell up!" I was woken up by Jack shaking me vigorously. I grabbed his hands and slammed my forehead into his nose. His head snapped back and he held the bridge of his nose. "Ow, what the fuck?"

"Don't you every touch me again you fucking bastard!" I swung out of my bed and hopped onto my feet. Jack was still reeling from the last hit, and I braced myself for the next taze. Instead, he reached for the cuffs. He made me turn around as he cuffed my hands together behind my back. "What the fuck did I do now?"

"First of all, you hit an officer. Second of all, you have a court hearing in thirty minutes. We have to spruce you up a little bit before we bring you in. Or you can go in like this." I looked like shit, was he being sarcastic? Of course. "I thought so. Come on, you can shower yourself."

"Don't come in or I'll do the same like the last guy." I imagined beating up Jack in the shower. It would be fairly easy, just disconnecting the shower head and slamming it into his temple multiple times. Then I could escape and run for the hills, but I would never see Cat again. Shit, guess I better go to the hearing. Jack lead me to the showers, and I cleaned up the best I could with as little time as possible. I was then hurried off to the court hearing.

"All rise, for the honorable Judge Mathitier." The bailiff ordered. I stood up, rolling my eyes as I did so. The feeble old lady moved to sit at her stand and motioned for us to sit down. I slumped in my chair and prepared for the brow beating I was going to get.

"Ah, a familiar face, I see. What has Miss West done this time, Counselor?" The prosecutor stood and tightened his tie nervously. I tilted my chin higher to look more pompous than I actually was.

"The defendant is accused of kidnapping and raping the Mayor of Hollywood's daughter, Caterina Valentine." I took a deep breath to calm my already volatile temper. I was outraged at this accusation because I knew it was bull shit.

"Your Honor, this is unacceptable. My client has been best friends with Miss Valentine. Why would my client kidnap and rape her best friend, her only friend?" I glared at my lawyer. He was not helping my case, damn bastard. "I move for a dismissal of this case, due to lack of evidence and improper claims against my client."

"Unacceptable, your Honor, the police and investigators have found evidence against Miss West."

"You mean they have fabricated evidence. We all know that my client has had trouble with the law. Now they are making up things to get back at her. This case is corrupt and I demand a mistrial!" my lawyer was praying that the judge would have mercy on my case. Her face was set in stone. Damnit, I pissed her off somehow.

"Counselor, your client has been a part of numerous murders and crimes, which we have found her in favor of being not guilty due to her part in the Special Forces and her father being the head of the Army branch. What makes you believe that she can get away with the abduction and raping of the Mayor's daughter?" I shivered as it all came crashing down around me. I wasn't getting a get-out-of-jail free card this time. Dad wasn't here to dig me out of my own fox hole. I turned around to see my mother sitting behind me, she had tears streaming down her face. I shook my head, mouthing to her to not cry for me. I wasn't worth her tears. "In her recent behavior with the officers and how she was brought into custody, I do not believe that Miss West will get out of her prison sentence."

"If you insist, Your Honor, but I do not condone my client's actions." What the hell?

"What the fuck? You call yourself a damn lawyer? You're supposed to be getting me out of this shit hole! Not dig me in deeper, you bastard!" I grabbed the collar of my lawyer's jacket and shook him violently.

"Miss West, control yourself or I will find you in contempt of court." The judge slammed her gavel down. Her face had that quiet angry expression. I was fucked now. I slowly let go of my pathetic whimpering counselor and sat down in my seat. "I find the defendant guilty on both charges. Her sentence will be ten years in prison, without parole and bail."

"What?" I heard Andre shout from the back. I'm glad he got let go. Ten years in prison? Really?

"Your Honor, why such a long sentence?" my simpering lawyer asked stupidly.

"Well, Caterina Valentine is my granddaughter." Judge Mathitier replied simply. I raised my eyebrows and stood up again.

"You fucking cunt! You're biased! You shouldn't even be in this court room! Drop the fucking charges and let me go damnit!" I slammed my fists on the table in front of me. Screw it, I'll just flip it. I lifted the table and turned it on its side. My lawyer moved to grab my shoulders but I kicked him in the gut. I was stomping up to the judge, who had this fearful look on her face. I swiftly broke the chain holding the cuffs together and climbed up the podium seat. I pulled the judge out of her seat and brought her up to my face. "I could kill you in a heartbeat. Now, drop the charges and let me go."

"This is not helping you case, Miss West. Bailiff, remove her from this court room. Make sure she gets a guard." The bailiff grabbed me around my middle, making me hiss in pain as he squeezed where my stitches were. He yanked me away from the frightened, yet confident, judge and drug me through the doors. I screamed my lungs out as I was promptly taken back to the jail and thrown into the old prison cell. A stream of curse words could be heard as the doors were opened to reveal my mother and Andre.

"Jade, cool it. No one's here to hear you scream." Andre shushed me.

"My poor baby, ten years in here? Where was your father during this?" she cupped my face again. I'm sure I looked like a mess, my orange jumpsuit probably stained with blood around my gut area. The damn stitches just weren't doing their job. I leaned into my mom's caressing hands.

"He's abandoned me, mom. He left me because I'm a lesbian." Her soothing thumbs paused a minute before continuing their ministrations.

"It doesn't matter whether you like girls or boys. You never really liked labels anyways." She laughed quietly. Andre smiled at her nonchalant reaction. He knew all along, but he never told anyone. He knew that I would have skinned him and dipped him in salt. "You love Cat, don't you?"

"I guess so, mom. She's always been here for me, and I'll do anything for her. That includes waiting ten years to see her again." I closed my eyes in resignation, realizing that it would be a decade until I saw her chocolate orbs again. I guess my dreams will have to keep me company.

"I think we can arrange it to where you can go to college, but you'll have to have somebody watching you. Trust me, I know my lawyers. I think I have just the right one in mind. He works in the dark, mainly for fake cases such as these. I know you would never kidnap, let alone rape, Cat. The looks you were giving her all these years told me so. I will make sure that you get out of here sooner rather than later." She had her mind made up. She was too good to be my mother. Sometimes, I wonder why she deals with us. Then I remember that she loves me so much. "Don't worry, sweetie. You'll be out of here in no time."

"I'll watch out for Cat, don't you worry. I'll make sure she still loves you when you get back." Andre reassured me. I wanted to give him a big hug, but the bars were inhibiting anything but touch.

"Thanks, Andre. You're such a brother to me. I don't know what I did to deserve you." I shook my head.

"You made me who I am today. Sappy, I know. We've been through a lot of shit together. We'll get through this together, boss." He smiled cheekily. He did our secret handshake before taking my mother away.

"Now, time to wait, while the chips fall where they may." I sat in the middle of my cell and tried to meditate. This was going to be a long ten years. I'll see her soon.


Thanks for reading! I hope you liked this chapter. The song that Jade was singing in this chapter is "Together Again" by Evanescence's wonderful singer, Amy Lee Hartzler. I really wish Elizabeth Gillies would sing this song. I bet she would make it even better! Anybody else notice the uncanny resemblance she and Amy share? Anyways, please review! I love reading what you guys write. I'll try to update soon! BlueWolf Leader~ Out