I have only one thing to say about last chapter: I warned you! I asked if you wanted it and you said yes, I do feel some of you disliked it but I wanted it to happen and I feel it's a way to make things a little even given the fact you've all been against the Beck and the others, I suppose this takes points away from Jade haha

However, I hope this didn't ruin the story for you and you still can enjoy the next two chapters (which are long by the way).

Also, I got one reviewer calling me a terrible writer and my answer to that is: You're entitled to your opinion and I've never claimed to be good, I just write for fun and some people like it which is nice. However, I'd rather not see negative comments on the reviews, if you don't like what I write then click your way out of it, as simple as that :)

Next day the gang had been awake and trying to untie themselves without success for a few hours, when Jade suddenly entered the cabin and closed the door as usual but she didn't say anything. She simply sat down in front of them "I have news" She said "I did fake the assault on that man, they'll probably find him soon and they'll think exactly what I want them to think…"

"Congratulations, another successful murder" Beck commented coldly. "You have a natural talent for this, too bad you don't use it on the right people…Your kind of people" he said and she sighed.

"Your parents are looking for you" Jade informed. "You're all over the news…"

"That's predictable, we've been gone for days" Andre commented and she nodded.

"I also went home" Jade commented. "I waited until everyone left and broke in, I was expecting to see things different but nothing's changed...my room is just as I remember it, it seems at least my mom hasn't forgotten me"

"We told you" Cat said and Jade looked down.

"Yes but that just makes me angrier" Jade said. "I lost my life because of this, it's not fair!"

"You lost your life because you wanted to, you've could just gone back" Andre affirmed.

"Yes, to jail" Jade added and took a breath but then she turned to Beck, who was just staring at her coldly and she smiled sadly. "What? You still can't believe the monster you dated for three years? Too late for regrets, Beck, you can't erase me from your life...at least not entirely"

"Oh yes, I can" Beck affirmed. "Just untie me" He dared and she chuckled.

"What for? You want to make sure I'm dead this time?" Jade asked.

"What do you think?" He asked and she looked down smiling sadly.

"What would you do if I decided to kill myself right now?" Jade questioned sincerely and Beck got confused because he wasn't expecting that from her so he stared at her emotionlessly for a second. He didn't really know what to say, he didn't want Jade to die but he also knew she wasn't the same, she had killed a man and if she was going to kill them too, then he didn't have to be nice.

"Given the circumstances, I would gladly pull the trigger for you" Beck responded and she nodded slowly before turning back to Tori.

"So...Tori, where were we?" she asked and stood up. "You're gonna be the first"

"NOOOO!" Tori screamed but Jade didn't care. She started preparing everything again.

"This is going to look awesome on you" Jade said as she held it over the fire and then walked towards Tori with it. "It's so shiny, isn't it?"

"DON'T!" Andre screamed anxiously.

"PLEASE, PLEASE I'M SORRY! JADE! PLEASE!" Tori begged nonstop but it was like Jade couldn't hear her. She simply stood next to Tori and started moving the iron towards her belly slowly; Tori could feel the heat coming and she was terrified, she couldn't stop crying and begging but she knew it would happen anyway. However, she felt the heat above her skin lasted ages and she couldn't feel the pain yet so she was confused but too scared to think about it.

Jade was just holding the branding iron but she couldn't bring herself to press it against Tori's skin. Several seconds went by and she ultimately decided she couldn't do it. "AH!" She screamed in rage and frustration as she threw the burning iron against the wall madly and pulled her hair back "I HATE YOU!" She screamed at Tori and kicked her legs.

Everyone else was just watching confused but happy that Tori hadn't been tortured like that. A couple of minutes went by but no one dared say anything, they just didn't know what to say. Jade simply sat down holding her head crying and a few minutes later she finally looked up at her former friends, who were just staring back at her. "You were right, I'm weak" She said to Beck. "I can't do this, I...I can't make her pay, I can't kill any of you"

"That doesn't make you weak" Cat said trying to be nice.

"Yes, it does..." Jade whispered and took a breath. "After everything that's happened, after all I've done I should be able to put a bullet between your eyes and feel nothing, yet here I am…"

"Jade..." Andre said but she ignored him.

"I killed that man for no reason, do you understand that?" Jade questioned confused. "I killed him just so he wouldn't ruin my plans, I actually am a cold blooded murderer now, oh my god…" she said and shook her head with tears in her eyes. They all looked at each other disconcertedly because it was as if she had just realized what she'd done, at that point they were more convinced she was not sane.

"Jade?" Robbie asked. "Did you really just realize what you are doing?"

"You need some psychiatric help right away" Beck affirmed. "I'm not kidding, Jade, this isn't normal…"

"I'm so tired of everything...I thought that if I got my revenge, I would be able to live happily but here I am, with the possibility of killing you all, killing her...and I don't want to do it, I feel empty" Jade commented upset. "I don't have a purpose, I don't have parents, I don't have friends, I don't have a name, I don't have a true voice, I simply don't have a life anymore...I'm living a lie like you said" she said to Beck. "My name now is Emily Anderson, a person I don't know at all and yet I have to dress like her, live like her, speak like her, act like her…If I'm not me, what's the point of living anyway?" she commented and looked at Beck again. "I think you're right"

"What?" Beck asked disconcertedly, he didn't even know what to feel or how to act anymore. He looked at Jade and he couldn't see the ruthless monster anymore, it was just a broken girl.

"I should use my talents the right people, toxic and dangerous people...like me" She responded. "I should be dead because Jade is, I should've stayed in that pit or continued fighting yesterday until you choked the life out of me…" Jade said and took a breath. "If I die, no one would care because I'm dead already…It won't make any difference, I have no one...Not even as Emily, only my annoying boss would notice"

"But we know you're alive" Cat commented.

"But you want me dead, you all helped Beck that day and I can't blame you" Jade responded sincerely. "I just understood that everything that happened is my fault…I didn't want to admit it because it's easier to blame someone else but it's not your fault to be the way you are and in the end, what happened from the beginning was my responsibility" she commented. "I decided to save Cat because I couldn't let them hurt her and the truth is I would've probably done it anyway even if I'd known they would leave me…" she said sincerely as more tears streamed down her face and Cat looked at her smiling with tears in her eyes as well. "But that was my decision, I shouldn't have expected you to do the same for me, you're different, maybe smarter…"

"Jade, I'm sorry…" Tori said sincerely "You did nothing wrong, you were right to expect that from us…it's the least you deserved"

"I can't believe I've come this far, I think I might have actually gone crazy…" Jade admitted. "I kidnapped you, I hit you, I made you dig your own graves and I killed a man! I'm…I'm a psychopath, I'm a monster" she said and cried more. "Oh god, oh god…no, this feels like a nightmare, I can't believe I've actually done all this…I wish I could just wake up and be back home, not have this mark on my belly and be me, be happy but I can't"

"Jade, you're reacting, that's good" Beck said and she turned to him.

"Yeah, it is…for you" Jade said and stood up. "I've never felt so certain about anything in my life"

"What are you certain about?" Andre asked.

"Everything" Jade responded and grabbed the gun out of her bag so they stared at her nervously. "Looking back, I think about that night and I truly believe it would've been better to have died, at least then I wouldn't have to feel this emptiness, it's like being dead but you're alive, everything that made me –me- is dead and buried. Jade's gone and all that's left in me is revenge, lies and hatred"

"No, that's not true" Beck affirmed.

"Yes, it is" Jade said. "You know it is, you have said it and look at me…look at this situation! I have so much blood on my hands, I can't deal with it…I can't, even if you find it hard to believe" she admitted. "And you were right, if you're going to become half the evil psychopath I am now it's much preferable to be dead…I share that opinion"

"If you were a true psychopath you wouldn't care, you wouldn't feel like this now" Beck affirmed and smiled at her. "I didn't think this would be possible, Jade, it's you again…I'm so sorry but you have to calm down, alright? You are not a psychopath"

"A normal person doesn't do what I've done" Jade responded. "And it's time to put an end to it, I'm a threat to people, my natural talent, as you called it, is horrible…If I were dead, that man would still be alive…maybe he had a wife and children, maybe he had a wonderful life and now he's gone because I didn't die like I was supposed to"

"What are you doing?" Beck asked as they saw her leaning over Tori.

"You're free" Jade said and finished untying Tori. "Untie the rest of them" she ordered and Tori immediately started freeing her friends. She started with Cat, then Robbie, Andre and lastly Beck while Jade just watched them. "You've been really brave, you came for her…Maybe friendship is not a lie in the end, I guess I just didn't really deserve it" she said sadly and sighed as they stared at her "Now get out" she ordered.

"You did deserve it, Jade, it was my mistake" Tori affirmed. "I promise I will never let you down again, I'm here for you, we all are!" she exclaimed but Jade was just staring at her with tears in her eyes debating what to do. "What you did yesterday was a terrible mistake but you're sorry, I know what you're feeling because I felt it when we left you…I was responsible for your death and I know it hurts but you need to learn to forgive yourself"

"She's right, just give me the gun" Beck demanded. "Come on, Jade, just give me the pistol…"

"Why? You want to pull the trigger for me?" Jade asked smiling sadly and he sighed.

"I'm sorry for saying I wanted you dead and for trying to kill you, it was a mistake, the worst of my life after letting you get to ten that day…" He admitted referring to their break up. "You're still you, I thought you were gone, I thought that the person who was with us all this time was a monster of hatred but I see I was wrong" Beck said. "You do have reasons to be upset with us and maybe you're right, maybe if things had been different that day we would have reacted differently but that's our mistake, not yours and I'm really sorry for that. However, when you disappeared we didn't just move on and we weren't happy about your death, it changed us…for the worse because we missed you, I missed you and I cried many times wishing I'd done more to save you, you have no idea how much I regretted not opening that door and I still do"

"You're lying" Jade said angrily with tears running down her cheeks.

"No, I'm not…Nobody forgot you, Jade, we wanted to because your memory was too painful but we never succeeded because you never left us, everything reminded us of you" Beck commented. "We want you back, we need you back…"

"Listen Jade, we weren't there for you when you needed us the most but we are now, you still have us" Tori affirmed.

"I've killed people, don't you understand? Are you fucking stupid? I planned all this, you could be dead now because of me, do you realize what that means?" Jade asked upset. "I am a monster, you were all right…I don't know what you're talking about now so get out and leave me the hell alone"

"Tori is right, we are here for you…You're not alone, you won't ever be again and you're not a monster, you were just confused and scared and blinded by revenge but in the end, you're still you, Jade, this proves it" Beck responded and smiled.

"Get out now before I regret this" She ordered and unlocked the gun as she threatened them so everyone started walking back but Beck didn't move. "I have nothing to lose and you know I'm capable of killing you, you saw me doing it…Out now!" she ordered and shot the floor right next to his foot.

"Beck, let's go" Andre said and Beck got a little dizzy so he followed Andre and Jade locked the door. She sat down on the floor crying and staring at the gun, which she put to her forehead, waiting for the strength to finally pull the trigger.

"JADE! DON'T DO THIS!" Beck screamed from outside as he punched the door.

"You said you wanted her dead a few minutes ago" Andre commented. "She killed a man!"

"Yes, I said that when she was threatening our lives but she changed, I didn't think it would happen and now she's our Jade, and she is just scared and sad, she's not thinking well" He responded and continued knocking. "Please, Jade, don't do this!"

"Just leave" Jade exclaimed as she cried her eyes out; she closed her eyes and finally pulled the trigger but then she opened them and realized she wasn't dead because the gun wasn't loaded.

Jade stood up to recharge the gun and Beck saw her through the window, she put pullets inside the pistol and then stood in the middle of the cabin staring at the gun. "This is the right thing to do" she whispered and put the gun inside her mouth while trembling.

"NO, JADE, NO!" Beck screamed desperately as he hit the door. He was so scared that he didn't even feel pain from hitting it and he ultimately kicked it open just in the second Jade was going to shoot herself so she turned around surprised and aimed the gun at him.

"Don't move" Jade ordered.

"Please don't do this" Beck said.

"Yes, Jade, everything will be okay…just put the gun down" Tori added and smiled. "Come with us, you'll recover your life and you'll be truly happy"

"No, I won't" Jade affirmed. "I have killed three people and I'm going to jail, I won't be happy…I just want to rest, I want to stop feeling, I want to be where I belong and I don't mean a psychiatric hospital or a prison cell, I mean a coffin…My grave will finally be real"

"No, you belong with us and with your parents, you belong in Hollywood Arts…that's where you belong" Beck affirmed.

"Yes, Jade, please don't shoot" Cat added. "Don't die again"

"Let's talk, alright? Please…You owe us this" Beck said nicely as he stepped closer to her slowly.

"Go to hell, I owe you nothing" Jade simply said and they saw her about to turn the gun to her face so Beck reacted quickly and hit her hand to make her drop it. "HEY!" She screamed madly when the pistol flew off her hand.

Jade tried to lean down to grab it again but Beck embraced her from behind to control her. "LET GO OF ME!" She screamed angrily as she fought him.

"Please calm down" He demanded but she didn't care, she kept kicking and moving pretty violently. "Stop it!" He insisted but she bit him and he was about to let her loose. "Guys, help me! We need to tie her up"

"Jade, please cooperate" Andre said as he tried to control her legs but she wouldn't stop kicking them so he couldn't.

"Get away from me!" Jade screamed angrily and continued fighting so they couldn't manage to control her. She was about to break free from Beck's embrace so he made the decision to knock her out before. Beck turned Jade around quickly and punched her face pretty hard so she dropped to the floor unconscious.

"Oh my god" Tori said scared.

"I thought you wanted to save her, not kill her yourself…again" Andre commented confused.

"It was the only way to get her under control, she wasn't going to stop…" Beck said and sighed. "At least she's still alive, I'm so glad I failed to kill her…I was such an idiot, how could I do that? It's still her, our Jade…I should've known, I should've talked to her more instead of just insulted her, I'm a jerk, maybe I could've stopped her from the beginning and we wouldn't have gotten this far"

"She killed someone!" Andre insisted. "I mean, I understand she was angry but come on, there are limits…She is a murderer whether you like it or not"

"That's true but I can't really blame her, she regretted it and the truth is she did it because she was scared, she didn't think…It was the same thing I did, you don't really analyze things but the moment comes and you do what your instinct tells you" Tori commented. "Then when you actually take the time to see what you've done, it's the worst…I felt that way too and it's not nice, believe me so she's paying for that now"

"Yes, she is sorry and she is the Jade we know" Beck affirmed. "We have to support her now"

"Are you sure?" Robbie asked.

"Yes, she wouldn't have let us go if she were the psychopath I thought she was, Jade's back and that's all that matters" Beck responded.

"Beck, she kidnapped and almost killed us" Robbie said.

"Yes but she didn't, did she? We are still alive and she's sorry" He responded.

"You change your mind so much, dear god, you try to kill her one day, then tell her to commit suicide and then stop from doing it" Andre said and took a breath. "So now what?"

"Now, now...we need to think, first we need to hide this gun and any weapon from her" Beck suggested. "Then we'll see"

Jade woke up a few hours later and realized she was tied to a chair so she started moving anxiously. "Hey" Tori said as she sat down in front of her and Jade looked up disconcertedly.

"What's happening? Why did you tie me up?" Jade questioned coldly. "And why does my face hurt?"

"You tied me up first" Tori responded and Jade smiled sarcastically "Your face hurts because Beck thought it necessary to…sedate you, you wouldn't calm down but he is sorry about it" she added and Jade rolled her eyes.

"You want revenge? Is that it?" Jade asked. "Be my guest, pull the god damn trigger or burn this house with me in it, I don't care…That's all I want at this point in my life" She admitted sincerely. "What happened yesterday changed everything, it didn't feel like the first I killed...this man was innocent and that makes me a monster, I can't live with that so just pull the trigger, please"

"That's what any rational person would do after what you've done" Tori affirmed and Jade sighed. "So I guess I'm not rational..." she said and Jade looked at her confused "You're still my friend and I understand how you're feeling right now but it'll pass after a while"

"I kidnapped you, hit you, almost burnt you and almost killed you, not to mention you betrayed me...we are not friends" Jade responded.

"Yes, we are...You couldn't kill me, you don't hate me but I do owe you an apology, I'm really sorry for leaving you behind and I mean it" Tori said sincerely. "I panicked and I was selfish because I wanted to save myself, that's the truth but you have no idea much I've regretted it ever since it happened and I swear that if I could go back in time, I would have stayed…You deserved better from me and I'm sure if you could go back in time, you wouldn't have shot that man" she commented honestly and Jade thought about it. After all the things that had happened and considering she wasn't in control anymore, she really thought Tori meant it when she said sorry, she had nothing to lose because her life wasn't in danger anymore. "Listen Jade, so much has happened and it's time for us to fix this, I already forgave you for everything you did to me and I hope you can forgive me for what I did to you" Tori said and smiled so Jade stared at her with tears in her eyes and smiled too.

"I forgive you"

Yay!

Jade murdering that man was a wake-up call for her, otherwise she wouldn't have realized the harm she was doing. But in the end they all feel sorry for the things they've done so I hope you can forgive them all too haha

I hope you enjoyed the long chapter, it's basically two into one haha remember the next chapter will be the last and they still have to fix things, it ain't that easy.

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