"Goodbye, Tori" Jade simply said and Tori broke out crying as she shook her head and closed her eyes terrified.

"Jade, don't do this" Beck demanded.

"Shut up" Jade said and smiled creepily.

"You are not a killer" Beck affirmed.

"You don't know me, and this bitch will have a trip to hell today" Jade affirmed and took a breath ready to shoot but several seconds passed and her satisfied face slowly turned into a mortified expression which expressed her frustration and pain, and she slowly put the gun down. "I, I can't" she informed and Tori opened her eyes surprised.

"Jade…." Tori said as she exhaled relieved and smiled at her friend but she didn't smile back.

"I can't kill you, god damn it!" Jade said upset and took a breath as she debated what to do; she aimed the gun at her and tried to do it again but she couldn't manage to pull the trigger- "Ah!" she screamed and put the gun down.

"You're not a killer, stop trying" Beck said and smiled. "It'll be okay"

"No, I can't stand this anymore" Jade responded.

"We'll be out soon" Andre commented.

"Yeah, we'll be out but nothing will change…things will be worse" Jade commented and sighed. "I am tired of everything…"

"Jade…" Beck said worriedly because he could feel what was coming.

"You know, Tori, I've been thinking about what you said…I considered doing it right away but I didn't want you to have that pleasure" Jade commented. "But things have changed, and I don't see why I shouldn't do it now, it's not for you, it's for me"

"Don't, Jade, I wasn't serious" Tori said but Jade's face remained emotionless as she slowly put the gun to her head. "No, no, no!"

"Jade, don't!" Cat screamed scared. "Life is worth it"

"It's easy to when you have friends and family who care about you, I don't have anyone…I could die today and no one would care, right Tori?" Jade affirmed and took a breath as she placed her finger on the trigger and closed her eyes ready to die so everyone was watching appalled.

"NO!" Beck screamed because she was actually gonna do it. However, when she pulled the trigger nothing happened so she stared at the gun confused. "What…" she whispered upset and put the gun to her head again as she repeatedly pulled the trigger. "Come on!"

"Jade, stop it!" Beck ordered but she ignored him, she was desperately trying to kill herself but then Alex injected something on her neck and she passed out within seconds.

"What a dumb girl" Marilyn said annoyed.

"Why? Because she couldn't kill us?" Andre asked upset.

"She wasn't going to kill you for real but she didn't know that, she should've shot you, not herself" Marilyn commented annoyed. "I mean, after everything you've done to her in the past weeks she should hate you more than anything"

"Looks like she is not what you imagined" Beck said satisfied. "You can let us go now"

"No, don't worry…we can still fix it" She informed and they stared at her confused. "Now, she'll discover that you don't care that much about her and are willing to torture her to save yourselves"

"Please don't do that, please!" Beck begged.

"How?" Cat asked.

"We'll strap Jade to a chair where she will get shocks for periods of time and she will be told that you are the ones doing it in order to get the money and get out sooner" Marilyn informed.

"Don't" Beck insisted.

"Just do what you're told"

As Marilyn had said, they put Jade in a small room tied to a chair and connected to a lot of small cables; she couldn't see anything but the gang and the people in control were behind a one way window and they could see her. "Hello Jade" Marilyn said.

"What happened? Why am I here?" Jade asked.

"You had the first chance to get revenge but you failed, and now your friends have theirs….For every shock you get, they get one day off their time here" She informed and Jade's face immediately expressed the fear she was feeling.

"Please don't, please…I didn't try to kill any of you" Jade said and it broke their hearts.

"We want time off, Jade, it's nothing personal" Beck said and a couple of tears streamed down her cheeks but then she felt the electricity tensing her whole body and she let go of a small scream; on the other side, the gang simply covered their eyes mortified and wishing to get in the control room but they were outside.

They gave Jade seven sets of shocks and by the time they were done she was just crying and every time they stopped she would scream in rage. "It's over, they have a week off their time….that's as far as we can let them" Marilyn said and Jade simply took a breath. Those minutes had been horrible.

The gang was sent back to the flat and a few hours later so was Jade, she stepped into the living room and everyone immediately turned to her so she stared back at them with an ice cold glare. "You're leaving sooner, congratulations" She said and they looked at each other wishing to just tell her the truth but they'd been threatened not to.

"We said it wasn't personal" Tori responded.

"No, of course not…You just tortured me to get a reward, it wasn't personal" Jade said ironically.

"Whatever, Jade, we won't see you and you won't see us anymore, everyone wins" Andre commented and she nodded slowly but didn't say anything, she just gave them a glare that showed how much she hated them before walking upstairs calmly.

"Hello, guys, please come with me…" Marilyn ordered and they followed her and Alex into the other room. "The first and second phases of this test are almost done"

"Congratulations" Beck said annoyed.

"You've done a great job, she is convinced you all hate her" Alex commented.

"So now listen, this has to continue but outside just so she starts assimilating it as part of her usual life" Marilyn said and they stared at her confused. "You'll leave this place in a few days but you'll keep the bracelets because we are tracking you, and if you dare do something like telling the police or trying to tell her the truth, she'll die"

"Really? You'll make her keep the stupid collar?" Tori questioned angrily.

"No, darling, while she was unconscious the other day we put a tiny device in her neck, a device that can blow her head into pieces if we press a button" Marilyn informed and their eyes wide opened. "Now that we are clear on that, let's move on…"

"When you are outside, you'll maintain your little act and then you'll return for the final part, understood?" Alex asked.

"How can you be so evil?" Tori asked and Marilyn rolled her eyes.

"I'm taking that as a yes, oh and don't forget that we'll be watching and if we suspect that Jade is aware of the truth, she's gonna be dead so you better be careful, try even harder" She ordered and they sighed upset.

A few days later Jade was in the kitchen just staring at her salad as she thought about everything and the rest of the gang was in the living room playing cards. "He everyone!" Marilyn said as she entered the apartment. "Go pack because you're leaving for a week"

"YAY!" Cat exclaimed gladly and they all ran upstairs but they already had their things ready.

"You too, Jade" Marilyn informed and she nodded but when Jade was about to walk upstairs, Marilyn grabbed her arm. "Listen, you need to be aware that things won't change when you're outside, these people will still not be your friends so don't believe them"

"I won't" Jade simply said and went upstairs. They were indeed set free but they kept the bracelets; as soon as they stepped outside they smiled because it'd been way too long since the last time they'd been in fresh air.

Everyone but Jade got in Beck's car and she simply took a breath as she walked away; she got on a cab and went home. Jade entered her house after a month of being away and saw her stepmother in the living room watching a show and her father in the kitchen reading the newspaper so she walked towards him. "Hi dad" She said nicely and he looked at her for a second before turning back to his paper.

"You finally have the decency to come home, I thought you wouldn't…" He commented coldly.

"I was in a test, I told you, remember?" Jade said and he took a small breath.

"Well, I suppose it's over then" He responded still reading the news.

"No, but I'll be home for a week…" She commented and smiled at him hoping he'd say something nice; she knew her father wasn't the kind of person who expressed love but she felt so alone that the only thing she wanted was for him to hug her and tell her that he was happy to see her, that he loved her and that she would be okay.

"Okay, well…then go to your room, and come downstairs at 7, we'll have dinner" He informed and her smile slowly dropped.

"Dad, look at me" Jade demanded and he put his newspaper on the table annoyed as he turned his eyes to her. "Aren't you happy to see me? I've been away for a month"

"I know" He said with the same cold expression. "But it was your decision, so don't try to manipulate me" Mr. West added and Jade felt the tears coming so she simply looked down and walked away. She was back home but nothing felt different, it just confirmed how empty her life really was…


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