Ghostly World

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own Victorious now and never will

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Chapter 28 (Feel Like a Monster)

Beck and Jade stood shaking on the island they were supposed to find the fragment in, they had several thick layers of clothing and coats on them and they were still cold. Granted Beck wasn't as cold as Jade because he could just tap into his fire element and warm himself up somewhat. It wasn't like the flame dominion people, though, he couldn't quite cloak himself in fire. Granted each element had their own special, ultimate power that he could use and transform into if any battle ever grew dangerous enough.

The element of fire had the same basic similar power as the flame dominion warriors, a giant phoenix that could overtake and possibly melt the entire island of ice that they were on. The light element's ultimate attack opened up a portal that from the outside smelled so sweet, felt heavenly, generated a soft humming sound that attracted the ears of someone evil, and it was very easy on the eyes. However, once inside, a person was trapped for all eternity, unable to die. Inside the portal, a foul odor, worse than anything imaginable would forever haunt the smell. The light would be so bright that it would be blinding, though the person could never go blind, they would just have a blinding light in their eyes for all eternity. A sound greater than that of a wailing siren would always penetrate their ears and they would walk around, constantly feeling as though they were touching something slimy, disgusting, and puke worthy. It was literally hell inside something that outwardly looked so perfect.

The ultimate attack of darkness was to generate a giant black ball on the ground with a diameter of one hundred feet, it would suck anything within a fifty foot area into it as a black hole. After a minute, the ball would vanish and leave in its place fine powder that it crumbled everything into. It was a devastating attack that Beck hoped never to actually have to use.

As for the earth, it would turn him into a giant stone bull creature that could crush just about anything in its path. The water attack would form a giant square about three hundred feet wide, five hundred feet long, and box in the area, going up about one thousand feet high. It would fill up with water, but leave the enemy in a bubble to let him face the giant shark creature that the user would turn into. Now if they were in the sea, that box wasn't needed. The air's ultimate was basically the same as the fire, only without the fire.

"Hey Beck, Beck what are you doing?" Jade's voice pulled him from his thoughts and he gave her a gentle smile. He wasn't sure why his mind had been pulled into that cycle of thinking, maybe he felt he would have to use one of those moves. "Come on, we don't have all day. I think they others will end up waiting on us if we waste time, let's try to avoid making them wait." She also didn't want to keep her real dad waiting either, she just felt like he needed her. He wouldn't be a storm controller, obviously, but an elemental. She wondered what tribe she came from. Beck's family came from the water tribe, Jonah's from the Light, she had a feeling she didn't come from those two. "I really want to see my dad too, so let's hurry this up."

"Right, I'm with you there." The two entered the black cave and Beck lifted one claw into the air, lighting it on fire and lighting the entire cave up. The question was how deep would the cave be? "Wonder how long we'll be walking along before this whole thing is over, I just want to get back to my body."

"I know. I bet you want some questions from your dad, huh."

"Well for the most part, I've learned plenty about my elemental powers and stuff from others, like Jonah, but there is just one thing I want my dad to explain to me." Sometimes when Beck became really pissed off, he felt there was something inside him trying to come out. He didn't understand what it was, but he never quite asked Jonah about it. Jonah would probably know, because evidently it had something to do with the Elementals.

Beck placed his arm around Jade's waist and she rested her head upon his shoulder as they continued to travel further down the caverns. At least there were no sharp turns, no twists, no surprises. However, it was exhausting and the further they went in, the colder they became. Fortunately Beck had both of them relatively covered with fire so they would not freeze.

They walked for what seemed to be hours and both of them were pleasantly surprised when they made it to the end of the cave. There had been a couple rough areas that did surprise them, but for the most part, it was smooth sailing. The one thing they were sure of, there had been no reason to use any kind of booby traps because the bottom of the cave was so cold that no normal human being could actually enter without freezing to death. It was something that reminded them how fortunate they were to not be 'normal' humans.

Beck lit the room up with light, making sure that all the darkness would evaporate. The flash of light caused the fragment to appear etched into a hole in the wall of the cave. Jade smiled as Beck reached up and grabbed it. "Smooth sailing, huh?"

"Yeah, now let's get out of here." Her teeth were hitting each other and her skin had formed so many tiny bumps that she was seriously becoming too frustrated with the timing. Beck nodded and returned his arm to her waist, smirking with pride.

"You're going to hate me for this."

"What?" She eyed him suspiciously as she began to feel a cold wind hit her neck. Her eyes widened as the two lifted up from the ground.

"I love you baby."

"Beck Oliver, I swear to god if I freeze even more because of this, I'll-" She screamed as they flew through the caverns. The cold wind beat against their faces and Jade had become so winded that she could barely even breathe. In the distance she could see the entrance of the tunnel coming towards them. She moved her arms in front of her face and growled as her eyes flew shut from the wind. "Beck!"

"Just a little bit more, dear."

"I'm going to hurt you after this! I swear!"

"I love you."

"Damn it!"

Within a minute, they shot out of the cave and Beck came to a halt on the ground. He released Jade and her glare fell upon him. He chuckled nervously and shrugged his shoulder. "What can I say? I got us out of there quickly, so we can start heading off this island now." She started to move towards him, her eyes were narrow and spiteful. "I got it, I'm in trouble now."

"You're in for a whole lot of trouble, actually." A voice spoke from behind and they turned around to see Danny smirking dangerously at them. "As a matter of fact, Jeremy's with me right now and Jonah's on his way. You can hand over that fragment please, because Sinjin has informed us of what it does."

"What? This old thing?" Beck pointed to the handle and shook his head. "Nah, it's nothing important. Believe me."

"Beck!" Beck turned around to see Jeremy holding Jade still and positioning a blade at her throat. His eyes widened and the blood pumping through his veins started to heat up. She knew that as long as Jeremy was holding onto her, she couldn't attack him with her storm power because she'd hit herself too. She also couldn't strike Danny, because then Jeremy would end up slashing her throat. "I'm deadlocked Beck, I lose either way. Get me out of here!"

"Don't move, Beck, or she'll get it." Jeremy smirked and Beck rolled his eyes at the cliché that the man just used. "Now come on, get pissed."

"Let her go, asshole…"

"How about this? No." Beck sneered and clenched his fists. He was having some difficulty trying to figure out how to free his girlfriend from Jeremy's grasp. Jeremy's left hand, that was holding Jade's arm, turned into Beck's hand and he smirked as he dug his claws into her. She screamed out in pain, which caused Beck's blood and fear to spike up inside him.

"Asshole, I said let her go!"

"One more thing." Jade started to shiver as a small layer of ice began forming around her arm. Beck growled out and his insides began churning. Danny laughed and Beck quickly turned his gaze onto the man. He wanted to slash Danny's throat out, he wanted to tear his head off, to destroy him. Jeremy chuckled darkly and narrowed his eyes. "Come on Beck, show us what you can do."

Beck's eyes filled with hatred as Jade screamed in pain again, Jeremy had just cut into her arm once more. "Let. Her. Go!" He roared out with anger and Jeremy quickly sidestepped him, dragging Jade with him. Beck turned his eyes toward Jeremy and felt an even stronger growl inside his throat. He spread his fingers out and slowly retracted his claws, it was an involuntary move, considering he hadn't wanted to take away his own weapon.

"I warned you, boy." Jade gasped as Jeremy removed the knife from her throat and stuck it into her side. She screamed in agony and fell to the ground. Beck's eyes lit up wildly and his soul howled with rage. Jeremy laughed and kicked Jade down to the ground. For a second, she did not move. Beck's face paled and hi body trembled.

The two men laughed as Beck's rage and anger started to flood his insides. His eyes began to turn the color of fire, of crimson. He growled as an uncomfortable, uncontrollable urge that he'd never before felt started pounding him inside.

Above, Jonah had finally arrived and he'd seen what was going on. He paled and his eyes widened as he shouted at Danny and Jeremy. "You fucking idiots! Get out of there! Shit!"

The two men looked up and stared at Jonah as if he had an extra head or just suggested them dance around. Though the reason for his panic became clear when they heard a nearby roar. Jade's eyes widened as she lifted her head and froze. "Beck?"

Beck was now even hairier than usual, thick black fur coated his now more muscular body. His fingernails had grown an inch longer and were pointy like sharp teeth. His face had started to change into that of a wolf and his teeth were now part of a long snout. His face was etched into a snarl and his tail slowly beat from side to side. He just transformed into a beast, a werewolf.

Jonah cursed mentally and quickly dove down. "Fuck, it's too late!" He grabbed Jade from the ground and she let out a shrill cry as Beck charged for Jeremy.

Jeremy let out a shout as Beck grabbed him in a wild, untamed fury. He bit into his prey's shoulder and grabbed his right arm, then proceeded to swiftly tear it from his body. Danny's eyes widened as he watched Jeremy be slammed upon the ground and mutilated. Beck slashed his hand across Jeremy's back and smashed his heavy foot onto the back of his knee, crushing it. "Help me!" Jeremy cried out and tried to recover, but Beck's actions were too swift and wild for him to get any chance.

Jeremy started clawing at the ground, trying to crawl away using his free hand, but Beck crashed his hand into his back and started to tear up his insides. "My lung! He crushed my lung!" Jeremy gasped out his words and rolled onto his back. He looked up at the monstrous beast and locked eyes with him, whimpering in fear as Beck tilted his head back and let out a violent howl.

Jonah positioned himself and Jade onto a tree branch and watched quietly as Jade cried out for Beck. "What is he doing? We have to stop him! This isn't right! I know they're bad, but this isn't the right way to fight them!"

"Good luck trying to reason with it. That isn't Beck right now…"

"What?" Terror shot through her as Jonah pressed his lips tightly together. He was trying to think of a way to stop the wolf demon, because right now with the way he was, he would likely be too powerful.

"Once that wolf sets his eyes on a prey, he will stop at nothing to tear him apart limb from limb. Right now, the Beck you know and love is not there. That wolf has taken over and is in charge. Maybe if you try to reason with him, try to reach Beck inside, you could get him to get strong enough to take over, but right now…there is no chance of that."

"I-I don't understand…is Beck…"

"Every Elemental male has this problem. An inner wolf demon, not quite a werewolf, but close to it. Their speed is incomparable, their violent nature is lethal as ever and there's almost no stopping their rage. An elemental has to be calm under everything."

"Beck usually is…"

"Until those men started trying to kill you, yes." Jade frowned and swallowed hard as she turned her eyes to Beck. She gasped and turned her head away as she watched the wolf tear Jeremy's chest open from the center. Jonah was right, Beck would never do something like that willingly. "When an elemental male becomes so angered, so afraid, so filled with hatred, if they don't know how to control it…that inner wolf rises up. If they can't control the wolf when he shows up, then they're lost. That wolf will destroy whatever is in its sight. Right now, it would be Jeremy. There's hardly a way to beat it…unless you can somehow manage to fight it and knock it out, or by some luck reach inside and try to connect with the elemental male that is there, then you may as well just run when the wolf comes out."

"Oh my god…is there a way to separate the two?"

"Not without killing the man himself." Jade's eyes enlarged as she watched Jeremy's twitching body. How could she possibly stop him? Danny took a fearful step back as the wolf turned his sights upon him. Thinking fast, the vampire transformed into a bat and flew away. Jonah's eyes narrowed and he watched Danny retreat. "The fools wanted to bring that monster out, but they'd never seen it before."

"I don't understand something…before, a couple weeks ago, when Beck knocked out Valerie in that violent way and you…stabbed him." Jonah moved his eyes to Jade as she took in a deep breath. "How come you didn't change?"

"I've known about my powers for years, Jade. I've had ample time to control my anger, to centralize it and keep it from reaching the point where that beast comes out." She nodded and Jonah returned his eyes to the beast on the ground, it was now watching them. He scowled and sweat ran down his neck. "Shit, he's spotted us."

"What?" She looked towards the wolf as it sniffed the air and started towards the tree. It grabbed the tree and began pulling. Jonah cussed and quickly grabbed Jade up. "What's going on!"

"He's about to topple the whole thing! I told you, he stops at nothing to destroy his targets." Jonah flew off and looked down to Beck, growling softly as the beast sneered angrily. "You remember Beck's mother died, correct?"

"Yeah…"

"Want to know how?"

"…" Her eyes started to glaze over as she stared at the wolf, Jonah didn't even have to say it. If Beck's father was an elemental and his mother tried to stop the man in wolf form, then she might have died in the process. It was obvious.

"Sinjin attacked them, nearly killed the woman and his father turned into that beast. While Sinjin escaped, the beast tore the woman apart as she tried to stop him. Maybe if she used tenderness instead of trying to fight him, maybe she could have reached the man and survived." Jade looked to the wolf and breathed in. So Beck was in there and could be reachable if she didn't attack him? "The thing that stopped him was the cry of a baby."

"The cry of…" Beck was young when his mother died, so maybe it was him that reached the man. "How do you know all this…"

"Everyone in the Elemental Realm knows that the king killed the queen, albeit unintentionally." Jade slowly nodded and swallowed hard as the wolf glared up at them. She clenched her hands and breathed out.

"Put me down then…"

"Excuse me. Are you insane?"

"Maybe…" Jonah raised his eyebrow as Jade blew out of his arm and back flipped onto the ground. He was going to go after her, but she shot him a glare that told him to stay away. The wolf snarled and slowly began to approach her. She turned to him and stepped forward. "Beck, I know you're there…I know you aren't going to hurt me. You would never hurt me."

The beast growled and stepped just inches from her. Jonah braced himself to try and go in there before Jade got herself killed. He didn't know why he wanted to do that, considering he was supposed to kill both of them, but he had a feeling that Beck would do the same for Valerie if he were the one that was in beast form. Those from the Elemental Realm all considered that to be respectful, they just looked at each other as one big family, even if they were from separate tribes. Besides, it would be worse if Beck realized he killed Jade. His father had been, and still was, completely depressed and felt terrible over killing his wife, Beck didn't need that.

"I'm not letting you hurt anyone else, Beck…" Jade kept her eyes locked with the beast, it couldn't strike her. Maybe something was restraining him, holding it back. She inched forward and lifted her arms up. "I love you, I know you love me too." She wrapped her arms around him and he growled softly. It was confused, uncertain of his next move. "I'm here…" She looked ahead at Jeremy's dead body and let a tear fall down her cheek, she knew Beck would take it hard if he knew he did that. "I'm not leaving you, I refuse to do that."

The beast let out another confused grunt and moved his arms around her. She smiled softly and rubbed her head against his fur. She wasn't afraid of him, she wanted him to know that. Whatever happened that Beck's mother ended up dying, Jade wasn't letting that happen. She did not want to do anything wrong.

The fur receded and slowly Beck returned to his true human form. He stared ahead with confusion, spotting Jonah and swallowing hard. He felt like something had gone wrong, but what on earth could that be? "Jade?" She lifted her head back and smiled as her eyes locked onto his. "What happened?" He turned his head around and froze as his eyes landed on Jeremy's body. Panic rushed through him and he started panting. "Did I do that?"

"Don't worry about it right now, Beck…" She lowered her hand and grasped his hand softly, kissing him gently. His heart sank down and he slowly moved his hands up in front of his face. What happened to him? What did he do? Did he hurt anyone else? Thinking fast, he turned his eyes to Jade.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine Beck. Let's just go, okay?"

"What about Jonah?" He lifted his eyes up, half expecting a fight. Jonah huffed and folded his arms over, Jeremy and Danny had done enough as it were. Really though, what was he going to do? Try to kill Beck and Jade immediately after saving their lives, basically?

"Whatever, for all intents and purposes…I was never here. Go do whatever the hell it was that you guys do." He turned away and began walking off. Jade was tempted to thank him, but she figured he probably wouldn't want to hear it. Her shoulders rose up slightly and she looked at Beck with a small smile.

"I guess we're off to that island then. Hopefully Robbie and Cat are done, along with the rest. Then we get to become human again!" He slowly nodded and returned his gaze back to Jeremy. His stomach churned inside of him and he quickly turned away, unable to look upon the deceased. Maybe, whatever happened, his father could explain.


Well, we just saw what would be Beck's rage form, and Jade managed to get him back, risking her own death. Jeremy's dead now. What did you think of it all?