Title: Bound
Author: Jonathan
Rating: T (It could become M)
Chapter: 13
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

"Earth to Vega." A voice said. "I'm talking to you."

Tori ignored the comment as she scooped a piece of egg from her breakfast tray. "You think that's going to stop this! Just ignoring me?"

She didn't reply. Tori just kept eating her breakfast. Scrambled eggs, toast, and a glass of orange juice. It slid through the door panel not but a few minutes ago.

Tori was actually trying a new tactic to deal with Jade and Rex. She thought that maybe if she ignored them, they would go away. Then she would be free and live the rest of the day in the shed alone…the way she should've been doing since the beginning.

And not by constant interruptions from people of her past who weren't even here.

Since they were back in America, that's where they should stay. They were her past, the life she was cut loose from; the life she dare not think about. For she was in Yerba, and that was where she was going to stay. And there was only one thing she needed in Yerba.

Robbie Shapiro.

And he was just outside that door.

All she had to do now was wait. Just keep to herself for 24 hours, and then she would out of the shed and be back in Robbie's arms; where she belonged.

"That isn't going to work, Tori."

And yet again, Tori didn't answer. She just ignored her and ate her breakfast.

It didn't start off that easy though. For the longest time, the best part of yesterday, Tori fought with everything she had. To remember her life home, to remember where she came from, to remember everything that she loved.

But as she did that, she began to get visits from Jade West and Rex Powers. And that made her miserable. It made her upset, and it made her sick. It brought her whole outlook of what her life was down. It hurt her because she knew that the more she thought about it, the more it pained her.

And as long as she had Robbie in the same cell with her, then she'd be ok. If Robbie and her remained together, and if they remained in each other's arms, then she knew that she'd be ok. Because she knew Robbie wouldn't abandon her, she knew he wouldn't leave her, she knew that they were meant to be together. And if that meant they had to be in jail together, in another country, in another world, so be it. So long as they were together, the chancellor could do anything he wanted.

Tori loved Robbie that much.

"Hey Vega!" Jade yelled.

Tori just gave her a smile. She got to her feet and went to the door. Tori knelt down and placed the tray on the floor. She gave it a knock and a few moments the panel opened. Tori slid the tray through and that was breakfast.

She turned back to the bed and lied down. She fluffed her pillow and placed her head back on it. She closed her eyes and waited for sleep to overcome. Hopefully, she would sleep the rest of the day away, and then the door would open, and they would come for her. Then they would put her in her cell, and she would be with Robbie again… the only thing that was good for her.

Hours passed for Tori as she slept.

It wasn't for a short time later when she opened her eyes. It was actually the call for lunch that woke her up. This would be meal number 5. One more meal and she would be back in her cell later.

A smile appeared on her face as she looked when the lunch try slide in.

Tori made her way back to the door and picked up the tray. When she turned around, she couldn't help but notice that Jade was nowhere to be scene, and Rex was just as limp as before. She smiled seeing reality for what it was. There were no figments of her mind occupying the shed.

It was just her.

The way it was supposed to be.

Her plan worked.

She went back to her bed; she looked at what was waiting for her. A hamburger, french fries, and a small salad. Her hands went for the burger and she brought It to her mouth. She was about to take a bite when she heard a comment.

"So this is it? This is what you're going to do?"

Tori ignored Jade as she opened her mouth.

"Ignore me all you want, Vega." Jade reasoned. "Do you really think you beat this? Do you think you got rid of us?"

Tori ignored her.

"Think of it this way." Jade told her. "Am I still here? Have I gone away?"

Silence.

"No. I haven't." She replied. "I may have left you before. But you went to sleep. And then you woke up…and what happened?"

She didn't answer.

"Stop!"

And Tori did.

Not because it came from Jade. Not because it came from Rex.

"Tori, you don't want to eat that!"

Tori dropped the burger from her hands. She looked up from where she sat.

"Cat?"

"Hi Tori!" The redhead chirped happily.

Tori just stare in front of her.

She knew Jade was there, and she knew Rex did spend some time here too. But Cat? What did Cat have to do with any of this?

Cat never made her miserable or annoyed her. She was a fun loving spirit. So loving, so creative, so happy. Sure, she had her moments where she annoyed Tori and she even surprised her when she started dating Danny. But, she was nowhere near the level of annoyance as Jade or Rex.

"You're part of this now?" Jade asked, mirroring Tori's own question.

Cat showed a confused look, "Part of what now?"

"Why'd you stop me from eating this hamburger?" Tori asked, curious why she told her not to eat the sandwich.

"Because it's not a hamburger."

She showed a confused look. Tori looked down at the sandwich that she was about to eat. Her eyes widened. It wasn't a hamburger at all.

Jade grinned, "I didn't know you liked sardines."

Tori dropped the sandwich. "Oh god."

Tori looked at the fallen sandwich. The French fries were actually chopped celery and the small salad was some kind of breaded…breaded…um…she didn't know.

"I've been here too long..."

"And you're realizing that now?" Jade asked.

"This one time my brother ate some sardines."

Tori looked at her and she giggled in response. "And then?"

"Then what?"

"What did you brother do Cat?" Jade asked, annoyed.

"He stopped eating it." She replied.

"Ok…" Tori drawled out.

"Even in Tori's mind you're annoying." Jade growled.

She glared at Jade, "What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means…"

"Jade…" Tori said, warning her.

"I so wish I had a coloring book to give you." Jade remarked. She looked at Tori. "Mind giving her a coloring book?"

She shrugged, "How am I supposed to do that?"

"I don't know." Jade told her. "It's your mind doing all this."

Suddenly a coloring book appeared in Jade's hands. "About time." Jade told her.

Tori looked at Jade, "How did I do that?"

"You took control."

Tori turned to look at Cat. "I took control?"

"Control of what?" Cat asked.

Tori got to her feet. "Cat…"

"Hi, Tori." Cat smiled.

"Hi, Cat." Tori said.

"Isn't this place so cool?" Cat asked. "If you had the red cubes, you could bonk your head and it wouldn't hurt." She remembered with a smile. "Scratching my nose was hard though."

Tori forgot about that happening. She mainly remembered that time as the time Rex died. Her eyes sank when remembered that suddenly. "If I never brought Rex back to life…"

Jade nodded, "Robbie would've been done with him allot sooner." She smirked, "Which means Robbie would've never gone after him in Yerba. You would've never been sent to jail. Again."

Tori realized that Jade was right. While she was upset at her friends the whole time, it was her own fault. If she didn't bring Rex back, then...

"It's all your fault." Jade declared.

"Oh my god."

"Yeah, it's your fault." Jade repeated.

She looked at Jade with a surprised face.

"So don't blame any of us!"

"Jade…" Cat said, trying to warn her.

"No." Jade declared. "Little Ms. Tori has been moaning about this the whole time. We left her, we abandoned her, we did all this to her!" She stormed forward. "It was all her! The whole time! It was her!"

Tears started to well in her eyes. "Shut up, Jade!"

"No." Jade growled.

"Shut up!" Tori growled. She took the pillow that her head was resting on before and threw it. Tori watched as the pillow sailed and went right through Jade. It hit the wall and then fell to the floor.

Then Jade faded away.

"I hate this." Tori said softly. Tears falling down her cheeks. "I hate this…"

"Tori…"

She looked up at Cat with wet eyes. Cat went to her friend and sat down on the bed. Tori sat beside her. "It's my fault… This whole time…it was me. Because of me, Robbie still had Rex, and because of that, he Rex fell out of his bag and he got captured. We both did." Cat gave her a flash of her sad eyes. "He even told me to go on and forget about him.

"It's all my fault…"

"Hey…" Cat said slowly. "Don't do this." Tori looked at her.

She showed a confused look. "Do what? Admit the truth? Admit that it's…"

Cat replied, "You didn't do anything wrong." She smiled. "You couldn't of known what would happen." Tori eyes cascaded to the floor. "Without that happening, you would've never gotten together with Robbie."

When Tori heard Cat say that, she looked at her. "How do you know that?"

Cat grinned, "You know that, Tori." She smirked, "I'm from your mind."

Tori smirked, "No wonder you're making sense."

She giggled. "Now, um, Tori?"

"Yeah?"

She smiled, "Can I have that coloring book? I want to color a llama blue."

Then the coloring book appeared in Cat's hands as well as a giant blue crayon.

This left Tori with one question.

"How am I doing that?"

TBC