"I am worse, I am much worse than you" Jade affirmed and bit her lip excitedly as she cut small parts of his skin off.
"STOP!" He screamed and closed his eyes so she slapped him.
"OPEN YOUR EYES! OPEN THEM" Jade ordered madly and grabbed his head violently so he opened his eyes again. "I want to see the terror in your eyes…Look at me, LOOK AT ME! Because this face is the last thing you're going to see before I send you back to hell…LOOK AT ME!" She said and the gang felt their blood going cold.
"Jade…" Cat said scared. "Please stop"
"I have a confession to make, Richard, it's something that has been following me for years…" Jade admitted as she stroked his hair. "After it all happened, I started feeling attracted to blood and pain and I didn't understand why, it just got more intense as I grew up and I always thought to myself 'something must be wrong with me', it wasn't normal…I wasn't like the other kids" she commented and sighed. "I could never experiment this before because I never had the chance, you know? But now, now I see why you like it so much, now I understand…I finally understand" She said with tears in her eyes and a smile on her face so the gang looked at each other creeped out, they didn't even know what to do. "And it's all thanks to you, you made me the monster I'm today…and you can thank yourself for these moments"
"What the hell…" Andre whispered scared and Beck looked down mortified, he didn't like what he was seeing.
"Come on, Jade, let's go…Stop talking and let's get out of here" Beck said but she ignored him again and used the knife to cut off parts of Richard's face.
"Ah!" He screamed but he felt weak so he couldn't scream a lot.
"Oh what's the matter? Is it not nice when it's done to you?" Jade asked and started moving the knife up to his eye still cutting him so he was there trembling and crying. "Can you hold this for me for a second?" Jade asked as she forced him to open his mouth and stabbed his tongue so his head jumped and he kept crying.
The gang's eyes wide opened and Jade laughed while he struggled to breathe and cry properly. "What's happening...?" Tori whispered terrified.
"You talk too much, we needed to fix that, Richard" Jade commented and used the knife to finish cutting his tongue off.
What she was doing with him was so disturbing that her friends couldn't even process it, they couldn't recognize her and no matter how many times they begged her to stop, she didn't listen but they were afraid to get close her because she wasn't herself in those moments; Robbie couldn't help himself any longer and he ran to the corner to barf. "There you go, you look so much better" Jade commented, she'd written the letter "W" all over his face with the knife.
She realized he was almost dying and she wanted to be the one who killed him so she sighed annoyed. "Look at me!" Jade ordered and forced him to open his eyes. "Time to go, enjoy your trip to hell" She said maliciously and he stared at her terrified so she smiled and started stabbing him in his belly, then his chest, his neck, his face and continued doing it nonstop even after he'd died, from the stabs and from choking on his own blood.
"Oh god…" Tori whispered disturbed and covered her eyes.
"Jade, Jade it's enough!" Beck said as he tried to stop her but she kept stabbing the corpse and she was all covered in blood by that point but she couldn't stop smiling as she moved her arms up and down. "Stop!" He ordered and tried to stop her but she pushed him away and continued so he grabbed arm before she stabbed the body again.
Jade quickly stood up as she turned around and aimed the knife at him, the look in her eyes was so evil and ruthless that everyone got scared, Beck simply froze and stared at her shocked. "Jade, it's me…" He said nervously as he put his hands up a little and she stared at him confused, she put the knife down and moved back so he exhaled relieved and she looked down embarrassedly for having attempted to stab him.
"What the hell did you just do? You wanted to hurt Beck?" Andre asked shocked and she shook her head ashamedly. "And what was all that about you enjoying this? Were you serious?" He questioned and she stared at him not knowing what to say.
"Guys…" Jade said and stepped towards them with the knife still in her hand so they flinched scared and Tori and Andre put their hands on the weapons they had next to them. Jade stopped and simply stared at them hurt and sad that they felt they needed to defend themselves from her so she looked down.
"Stay back and answer me" Andre said and grabbed the ax.
"Andre, come on…" Beck said upset.
"You take a look at her, at what she did…and what she was about to do with you and tell me you don't fear" Andre responded and Beck turned to her, she indeed was covered in blood and what she'd done was hard to look at but he loved her and he wasn't afraid of her. "That…that was messed up, I don't know what to think anymore" he said sincerely as he looked at the corpse.
"I'm not going to hurt you" Jade affirmed and dropped the knife. "You don't have to hold an ax against me"
"I agree" Beck said. "It was an impulse, Andre, what she's been through wasn't easy…she didn't mean to kill me"
"But what about what she said? Look at that man, he is all cut up…he ended up worse than the cop" He responded. "But that's not the problem, the thing is she enjoyed it and that…that means something"
"Yes, it means I got to torture and kill the man who murdered my whole family, the man who was just about to rape and behead me and kill my friends" Jade said coldly with a tear streaming down her face. "Maybe you're right, maybe it means I'm worse than him like I said…but it felt so good, I don't regret it"
"Would you like to do it again?" Tori asked.
"I would do it a thousand times if I could but only if it were him or the bastards who tried to abuse me" Jade responded sincerely and wiped the tear off her face. "That's the truth so tell me, what do you think?" She asked and started walking towards them. "Am I a monster? Have I always been? Are you afraid? Do you want to kill me?" Jade asked and when she was right in front of them, she grabbed the ax on Andre's hand and put it on her chest. "Go ahead, kill me if you're so afraid…In fact, just do, please do, I…I just want to rest, I finally feel free to rest" she said almost desperately with tears in her eyes.
"Jade, no…no, Andre don't you dare" Beck said and Andre stared at her sadly.
"Jade…" He said and shook his head.
"Please do…" She said again but he put the ax down and she broke out crying, Beck immediately hugged her and she cried into his chest even more.
"It'll be fine, I promise" He said as he stroked her head and when she finally calmed down, they broke the hug. "Better?"
"I'm sorry" Jade said and wiped the tears off. "Please don't be afraid of me, not you…I didn't mean to hurt you"
"I know" Beck said and gave her a little kiss. "Everything will be okay, now let's get out of here"
"No, wait" Jade said. "The neighbors, they are here… and they have guns, they will kill us if we just go out like this"
"Oh my god" Tori said scared. "Then what do we do?"
"We hide until they leave, right?" Robbie asked.
"And then what? Then we wait for them to come back and kill us?" Jade asked and shook her head. "I'm tired of this, we have weapons too and we outnumber them"
"What are you thinking?" Beck asked. "We are not gangsters or killers"
"Well…" Robbie said and they all looked at Richard's corpse so Jade looked down.
"We are not" Beck affirmed.
"I am" Jade said.
"You're not a killer, you are a person who killed…and you did it in self-defense" Beck clarified.
"I cut him up…That's not self defense" Jade responded and Tori nodded.
"He deserved it" Beck said.
"Whatever, I wouldn't mind adding those bastards to my list" Jade commented.
"List? You plan to have one?" Robbie asked nervously and she rolled her eyes.
"You stay here, I'm going to get this over with once and for all" Jade said and grabbed the gun from the belt of Officer Lopez.
"You're not going alone" Beck said and grabbed the chainsaw, the rest of them looked at each other, sighed and grabbed a weapon too. "Let's go"
They all went back to the house carefully and expecting to see the men there but when they stepped into the kitchen, they didn't see anyone. However, many glasses were broken and when they walked to the main hall, they saw the door was full of holes and some of the statues were broken as well.
They looked around the house but no one was there so they were confused, they walked back downstairs and the front door suddenly opened so they turned to it scared but the lawyer, Carlos, appeared. "Guys, thank god!" He exclaimed gladly. "Jade, what happened to you?"
"What happened here?" Beck asked back.
"Richard escaped, he killed three guards in the police station and ran off so I came to tell you that you needed to be careful but I found the neighbors here…They killed a cop and they were taking over so I called the police" He informed. "I thought you'd escaped but you didn't pick up the phone so I came to see if you had come back and here you are but…you look bad and your arm…you're injured"
"Richard came" Jade informed and his eyes wide opened.
"Oh god, what happened?" Carlos asked.
"We were playing hide and seek and he took me, he dragged me to the basement" Cat informed.
"He took every one of us" Tori added.
"When I was looking for them, the neighbors came and started shooting at the door so I hid in the secret place and then I saw him…He attacked me and I, I had to…I had to kill him, Carlos" Jade said nervously and his mouth dropped. "I cut him up, I couldn't control myself…"
"Dear god" Carlos said appalled.
"What do we do?" Beck asked.
"I…I don't know, wait" Carlos said and thought about it for several seconds. "Maybe, maybe…Yes, that could be it"
"What?" Jade asked.
"Listen Jade, I've known your family for a long time and I don't wish for you, the last one, to end up in jail for the murder of that beast" Carlos said sincerely. "So here's the plan: You were told Richard escaped and you decided to leave the property, you never saw him or the neighbors...They got here, found Richard, killed him and then they were arrested for breaking into the property. You all weren't even here, you spent all this time driving around and then with me, alright? That's going to be the official story and you must learn it perfectly"
"That's…that's actually a great idea" Tori commented.
"Thank you" Jade said sincerely and gave him a sincere smile. "But what about my injury? And I wrote the letter "W" on his face…"
"It was part of the attack of the neighbors a couple of days ago and about the letter…Well, an upside down W could be an M, an M for Murray aka their last name…" Carlos responded and they all smiled at the idea; that was actually pretty convenient. "Now let's clean you up, you can't be seen like this"
Jade took a shower while her friends and Carlos got rid of her bloody clothes and all the things that could have her fingerprints; once everything was the way they'd set it up to be, they all left the house and Carlos drove them to his home.
"I paid a lot of money to rush everything and we'll have all the papers you need to sign ready by tonight" Carlos informed. "After that, you'll be free from this place and everything in it"
"Thank you, really…thank you so much" Beck said sincerely and Jade nodded.
"I really don't know what we would have done without your help" She added.
"There's nothing I wish more than for you to grow out of this situation, I know that's what your grandmother would've wished and you deserve it after everything you've been through" He affirmed and she looked down. "Now make yourselves at home, I'll fix everything…"
As Carlos had suggested, he made sure the official story blamed the neighbors for the crime but Jade and the gang had to testify. When they arrived to the police station, they saw the four men there. "There you are, you fucking bitch!" The father said angrily. "You did this, you killed that man so thank you but I'm not rotting in prison for you"
"I don't know what you're talking about" Jade responded and the gang saw photographs of the crime scene on the sheriff's desk; they were disturbing but they had been there, however, they tried to pretend they had never seen that and looked away disgusted. "You tried to kill me and when I learnt that Richard had escaped, my friends and I left the house…we were scared but thank you, thank you for killing my family's murderer" she said with tears in her eyes.
"YOU FUCKING LIAR!" The man screamed angrily and Jade stared at the cops faking mortification.
"I think I better go now" Jade said.
"I agree" Carlos commented. "It's all been hard for you and your friends so go home"
"You will pay for this" The man threatened full of anger. "I swear to god, you'll pay for it"
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