Title: Bound
Author: Jonathan
Rating: T (It could become M)
Chapter: 10
Category: Robbie/Tori
Spoilers: After the events of "Locked Up."
Summary: They escaped. But did they all escape from Yerba? Robbie is going to have to deal with some issues.
Disclaimer: Victorious is owned Dan Schneider, Danwarp, Nick, Viacom

I want to thank MaybeWolf for some help with this chapter. Know that your help is always appreciated. I hope you liked how the chapter turned out.

"You would think that they would change the breakfast food every now and then. " Tori observed as she played with her oatmeal yet again. "I can only take so much of this chiz."

Robbie grinned, "Can't argue with you about that." He took a spoonful and ate his serving.

His eyes scanned the cafeteria around him. It was its usual setting. Numerous women were sitting around the tables eating their breakfast, idly talking with one another. Anything to break the mundane cycle of a routine day in the Yerba jail setting.

Robbie sighed, knowing that this was the ninth time hadn't changed over the eighth day. He looked up from his oatmeal and glanced at Tori shifting her oatmeal around with the spoon. She suddenly pushed the bowl aside. "I think mine's alive."

Shapiro looked at her and gave her a smile. "You could always wait for lunch."

"So, it's either oatmeal or grilled cheese then?" She recalled, looking at her friend. "Either way, it's still gross." Even though Tori liked grilled cheese, but when you're in jail, everything you thought you liked got a tiny bit more mundane each day you've had it.

He chuckled, "You're right about that." He looked at his bowl again. "Anyway, you might as well stop eating it." Robbie looked at the far wall. "It's going down in fifteen minutes."

Tori nodded, hoping the plan that Robbie told her pulled off. If it stopped Bertha, all the better. Albeit, temporarily. But if it saved Robbie from being pimped out, even for a small amount of time, it was worth it.

She and Robbie learned a long time ago to cherish any time they had together, because they never knew when it would end. And they didn't want that to happen. So, in order to get the best of what they had, they would do anything to prolong what they currently were doing. They didn't want the chance that it would all fall apart and they would be miserable. So, if they were able to put Big Bertha away, it would make their time here more tolerable.

They just hoped that Spencer Shay's letter left any merit.

Tori opened the letter that night. She opened it as Robbie looked over her shoulder…

"Hey you guys,

Your teacher, Mr. Sikowitz just called me. Man, that sucks. I'm sorry you got put back in jail. While, I wish I could go down there right now and spring you, I don't know if I can actually do that. I'm sure once the chancellor knows about why I'm there he would do something to make your jail sentence worse.

But, I will tell you what I can do. Before I became an artist, I was a law student. I spent 72 hours at Seattle Law School, and I managed keep my book. I'll see what I can do, but I did keep some friends from my time there.

Mr. Sikowitz did tell me what happened after he left, and I'll do whatever I can do to help you. I'm sorry you're stuck there. I'll leave you my number in case you are able to get to a phone and I'll update you on what's happening.

I can't believe the chancellor did that to you, Tori. That's such a bogus thing to do. Killing that octopus was a mistake too, Robbie. From what I understand, both of these incidents were accidental. That might be able to help your case. Even after you and the chancellor did come to an understanding, especially after you did your performance. But when you got captured again after escaping might hurt your chances. Either way, I'll do what I can.

By the way, you guys were awesome at Kennan Thompson's house that night.

I'll let you know if I can come up with anything,

Spencer Shay

1-206-555-2491"

Tori looked at the letter after she finished reading.

"You think he can pull it off?" Robbie asked Tori bringing her out of her memory.

"If anyone can do it, I'm sure he can." Tori told her friend looking down at her food. "I'll take whatever I can get."

He nodded, understanding how she was feeling. Robbie took his hand and covered Tori's, giving her the support that he felt she was lacking. Robbie gave her a smile. "We'll get out of here."

She looked at his hand and the back at him. "I thought I was the one who always picked your spirits up."

"A friend told me that we're an 'us' now." Robbie recalled. "All your problems are mine, and mine are yours. I'm just returning the favor."

Tori smiled in response.

"You really are a sweet guy, Robbie."

He chuckled, "I just have a hard time showing it sometimes."

"I actually think now that you're over Rex, you can finally be the man that I know that you can be."

He smiled, "Thanks for having faith in me."

"I always will." Tori told him with a grin. She looked at the clock again. Glancing back at Robbie she told him, "It's almost time."

He nodded, knowing it was about to start.

Robbie glanced at Dana from the corner of his eye who nodded. Dana turned to her left and sent a signal to two women who nodded. They got to their feet and started to approach the line to the food counter. At the same time another woman got up from the other side of the cafeteria.

The third woman made her way to the two of them. The three circulated around each other. Neither Tori or Robbie knew what they were saying, but they knew what was about to happen.

The third woman went into her pocket and pulled out a small bottle. She unscrewed it and poured out the contents into her free hand. The two women looked down and one of them counted the pills that were in the bottle.

"They're all here." She said to her friend.

"See what you can do if you cooperate." The first woman said looking down at the pills. The second woman began to place the pills back in the bottle. When she was about to close the bottle, the third woman took her hand and knocked out of the second woman's hand. The pills flew high into the air landed in different areas of the cafeteria.

As the pills landed, all the women in the cafeteria sprang out of their seats started to go after the pills hoping they could get any of them for themselves.

Robbie looked back at Tori. "You got it?"

She nodded. Tori went into her pocket and pulled out a bottle. "Right here."

"Good." He looked around and noticed women still running everywhere. He leaned forward and kissed her briefly. "Good luck."

Tori smiled, "Thanks, Baby." She carefully got up from her seat and made her way slowly to where Bertha sat during her breakfast. Tori looked around and saw Bertha in the middle of a fight with another cellmate. Vega went for her pocket but stopped when she saw Bertha about to turn around.

She ducked and waited for Bertha to fight another woman. But when she ducked, someone grabbed her arm. "Remember Vega…"

Tori looked at the culprit. "To make this happen, Dana came to us. Just because you're friends with Cat doesn't give you a 'Get out of Jail Free Card.'"

Tori nodded.

"Just put that by Bertha, and then you and Shapiro will be free."

"Thanks for doing this, Monica." She nodded.

"Remember," Monica announced . "This is the deal. You put that in her pocket, and then you help us."

Tori nodded, "By the way, giving the letters to Simmons was because of Cat. For that, you owe nothing. But this…this is something different."

Vega sighed, "Alright." She looked around the room and then back at Monica, "Who knew Cat's gang was demanding."

Monica smirked, "Apparently Cat knew just enough."

Tori just looked at her, shocked, "Cat knew enough?"

"Go figure." Monica agreed. "You better go if you want to put that on Bertha."

Tori nodded and slowly got back to her feet. She looked around and noticed guards starting to round up the prisoners. Tori had to act now, and fast. She slowly moved over to Bertha and placed the bottle in her hand.

Making sure Bertha was busy, Tori went behind the prisoner and placed the bottle in her back pocket.

Bertha's body suddenly stiffened. She turned around, and growled, "Vega."

She grinned, "Hi."

"Don't think this will stop Shapiro's next appointment."

If she wanted the plan to work, she had to sell it. She nodded, but she couldn't be certainly gung-ho about the predicament. Especially if she wanted Bertha to be dealt with.

"I'm…"

"Oh, and if you try something." Bertha snapped her fingers and two women approached them. Both of them had Robbie Shapiro in their hands. "Next appointment is a twofer."

Her eyes widened, "Robbie!"

Gone was the plan. All she wanted to do was protect Robbie. She ran forward and went for his hand when Tori felt a blow to the back of her. And before Tori knew what happened, she fell to the ground.

"Stay down, Vega." Bertha growled.

Tori looked up and saw the guards coming. She hoped it would all pan out soon. But as she lifted her head, she saw Robbie being pulled away. Tori groaned and got to her feet.

"Get away from him!" Tori hollered as she went for Robbie, but Bertha her by the arm and stopped her.

"He's mine, Vega!"

And when she said that, something in Tori snapped. She yanked her arm free and turned around. She growled and leapt onto Bertha, pinning her to the ground.

"Stay away from him!" Tori started to punch her repeatedly. Every time one arm went back, the other came forward. She continued to punch Bertha with all her might. With each punch a portion of her anger was released.

Nobody should ever touch Robbie Shapiro.

And she continued to punch.

"You stay down!"

But Bertha wouldn't hear it. She rolled around and lifted her hands up.

"Nobody fights Big Bertha!"

Tori looked up at Bertha as she was about to clobber her.

"Tori!"

Tori soon heard Robbie cry out her name.

"Get off of me!"

Bertha was about to launch an assault when Tori found Bertha being yanked off of her.

"Take her to solitary confinement!" A guard said as three guards took her off of Tori. One of which felt the bottle that was placed in Bertha's pocket. He lifted it out of her pocket and showed it to one guard.

"Three weeks!"

Tori sighed in relief when she heard that sentence.

"I'll get you, Vega!" Bertha growled as they yanked her away.

Tori slowly got to her feet. She quickly scanned the room for Robbie who she found by himself.

"Robbie, you alright?"

Before he could answer, two guards grabbed Tori.

"Solitary confinement!"

"Wait?" Tori hollered. "What?"

"Two days!"

Then they pulled her away. The whole time Tori kept her eyes on Robbie, pleading for his help.

Robbie began to sprint for his friend but was stopped by a couple guards.

"Total lock down!"

And Robbie was led back to his cell.

Robbie Shapiro sat in his and Tori's cell. After the riot that was squashed, all the inmates were placed back in their cells.

They didn't know how they were going to be there, but that part of the plan worked.

What didn't go as plan was Tori and Bertha's fight. That wasn't supposed to happen. Tori did place the evidence on Bertha and that was supposed to keep Bertha in confinement for a while. Give enough time so that Bertha would be off their back. So Robbie wouldn't be having to do his appointments for a while. And hopefully have enough time for Spencer to find a way to get them out of here.

But that didn't happen.

Instead, two goons captured Robbie. It looked like Big Bertha had a back-up plan. And this was it. To reclaim him in case something happened, ie, the riot. However, when Tori found Robbie being restrained, Tori snapped. She actually fought Bertha, unleashing a load of punches. Robbie could tell she was unleashing allot of anger, and who could blame her.

Now that Tori was taken in, the plan went wrong. Robbie Shapiro was by himself. At least for two days he thought.

It would be like the shed, but in reverse.

"Shaprio?"

Robbie looked up and saw Brett Simmons at the gate.

"Brett?"

He smiled and looked at guard. "What's going on?" Robbie asked.

"Tori's in solitary confinement." He confirmed. Robbie nodded. "For two days."

"Will she be okay?" Robbie asked, getting up from the bed. He approached the bars.

"She should be." He told him. "This was her first time. Two days is standard." Robbie nodded. "It was your sentence after all."

"And Bertha?"

"If you didn't give her the bottle, it would've been a week. 10 days tops." Brett reasoned. "But with the bottle, it made it three weeks." Robbie nodded. "We'll see what happens after that."

Robbie looked at the guard. "Are you sure Tori will be okay?"

He let out a breath. "I'll keep an eye on her."

But Robbie knew how the weekend he spent worked. He turned around and noticed something by the far wall. "One second."

Robbie went over to the wall and knelt down. He picked it up. And even when he did, he couldn't help but feel an old familiar feeling. He just hoped it would help her more than it did him. He walked back to the guard. "Give her this." Robbie handed it to him. "It's no 'Cuddle Me Cathy' doll, but it might help her." Simmons looked at it. "Tell her…tell her…Rex may of ruined my life, but hopefully it will help you."

Brett looked down at the puppet and nodded.

"I will." He grinned. "Tell her…tell her… that I'm waiting for her."

Brett Simmons nodded and went to the confinement rooms.

TBC