Disclaimer. Don't own Victorious or Doctor Horrible. Just borrowing.

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Jade's eyes fluttered open, and the first question that raced through her mind was 'What just happened?' Her deep teal eyes scanned the room as she felt something cold and wet on her forehead. Reaching up, she found a damp cloth had been placed there, and apparently she'd been put on her bed. Thoughts swirled, trying to remember. 'I was talking to Tori...' It all came back to her, how Tori had accused her of being Doctor Devastation, and her reaction. "Fainting, real smooth." She said out loud.

"Not that big a surprise." Tori's voice came from just across the room, in the chair Jade used for her various "What I hate" video's. "You were caught off guard, and I'm sure the healing thingy you use has had some side effects. How often do you use that thing? And have you checked your electrolytes?"

Jade tried to sit up, but her head was spinning. In the back of her mind, she started going over her nutrition, seeing if her guest was right. Fainting was out of character for her. "Tori!" She managed to say before her arms gave out and she fell back on the bed.

"Easy there Jade, wouldn't want you to hurt yourself." Tori said. "Just, do you need anything? I want to make sure you don't faint again during our discussion."

"I just..." Jade's mind raced for anything she could say, "I'm not Doctor Devastation. I mean, that would be cool, to have an arsenal of weapons to use against people who annoyed me. Just think of what I could do to Rex. But I don't, cause I'm not."

"An argument that makes a lot of since." Tori replied. "I'd like to star my rebuttal by saying, you fainted. As soon as I accused you of being the villain, you fainted. Not the reaction you usually have. And as I recall, you pulled out some kind of inertia enhancer against Golden Shield."

"No I didn't." Jade argued. "I'm not Doctor Devastation."

"Then why do you have a lair?" Tori asked.

Jade's eyes immediately went to where the secret door in her room was, hidden behind a book case. 'I mean, it's cliche for a reason. It really is easier to hide a secret door behind something.' The goth thought.

"Ah ha." Tori said triumphantly. "I knew you had to have one somewhere down here. Behind the bookcase? Lets see, how do you open it?" Tori hopped up and raced to the bookcase.

"TORI, STOP!" Jade called out, falling out of bed in her scramble to get in front of the Latina.

"Oh, right." Tori stopped just in front of the case. "You probably have it trapped with some kind of killer mist, or acidic spray."

Jade warred with herself for a moment more, then gave in. "No, it's not trapped, or I'd have lost Tiff within the her first month working for me." Jade said. "It's just, Tiff's not much of a housekeeper, and I've got experiments and weapons lying around all willy nilly. It's a mess."

"So you're admitting it?" Tori asked.

"Yea, I'm doctor Devastation, former apprentice to Doctor Horrible." Jade sounded more defeated then after any loss she'd ever had. "So, what gave me away? Calling you Vicky?"

"I want to say it was the culmination of a lot of little things, but then I'd be lying." Tori informed her. "It happened back a few months, when you were battling Golden Shield. You remember, when you used that in inertia field against him."

"It was a friction modulation field." Jade informed Tori. "It shunted whatever friction he was using to move, to help him slow down or turn, so he slammed into things more. Then, when it had built up enough friction, it'd have trapped him in a high friction field."

"That's what that thing did?" Tori asked. "I mean, you had him for like, a second, but I don't remember hearing about him getting trapped."

"He flies, and I couldn't absorb enough friction to build the field." Jade admitted. "So what about that fight alerted you?"

"My dad was their, and noticed one of the weapons you hid under your coat was a largish pair of scissors. It wasn't hard to figure out who loved scissors enough to carry them when they had no use on that battle field." Tori explained.

"Scissors?" Jade asked, trying to think of one reason she could have brought them that would have avoided this confession.

"Scissors. Like those over there, in your collection." Tori confirmed.

"So you want me to give up being Doctor Devastation? What about my fans?" Jade asked.

"I just didn't want you to wind up one of the most hated people in the country, like your mentor." Tori said.

"So that's way you gave the casting director my name?" Jade asked. "So I'd have an acting career to worry about? No time to be a villain?"

"I always give your name top casting directors." Tori protested. "That is, after I fail to get the part. But I this time I begged. Let them know You were the girl for the job. I knew I had to do something to stop you from being a super villain. I'm a very good beggar."

"So you...Wait a moment." Jade seemed to realize something. "There were no witnesses when I pulled that weapon out. Only Golden Shield and me. The press were behind me, at a distance, they wouldn't have seen anything. How'd he see the scissors?"

"The point is, Yea, I was feeling something for you, but whether I acted on it or not..." Tori pushed forward.

"Oh my CHIZ!" Jade exclaimed. "Right height, right build. You're dad is Golden Shield."

"Doesn't matter..." Tori's voice faded as she looked at Jade's excited face. "Yea, he is. And Trina is likely to be the next Golden Shield. The thing that gives him his powers only works on a small percentage of the population. I didn't want them to get hurt, and you've shown you know how to take powers."

"That was an accident." Jade said quickly. "Something unique to Captain Epic. I doubt It would work that way on anyone else. You'd have seen that in my latest Vlog, assuming I get to post it."

"So." Tori said, moving to look Jade in the eye. "I know, I've put you in a tough position, but let me paint it out for you, just to be clear. You can go on being Doctor Devastation, most hunted villain in LA, join Bad Horse's Evil league of Evil, and maybe hurt my dad, or my sister. Or you can take the roll they've offered you, one you earned on your talent alone, and date me, the girl you claim to have feelings for. As much as I might want to be with you, and I mean WITH you, I can't date the enemy."

"Wait." Jade looked worried. "If your dad knew who I was, months ago, why didn't he come arrest me? Or serve me a warrant, search my place?"

"You have rights" Tori informed her. "All he had was a hunch. No judge worth going to would issue a warrant on a hunch. Now, I'll give you some time, but just think about this. I know you're mentor would want you to join the league, but would that make you happy?" Tori left shortly after that.

Doctor Devastation faced her camera, adding to her latest Vlog. "So there you have it. The girl I've been having feelings about has given me an ultimatum. Do I go after my shot in the league, something that only came about because of an accident, or do I take the risk, take the job and the girl, and see if living a normal, accepted, hopefully successful life will make me happy? I just, this is so big, and for the first time my two lives are at a crossroads. I can't do both any more."

She shifted so the camera was just on her masked face. "So you tell me, what should I do? You know my email. I'll give you what, a week? Maybe just a few days. Tell me what you'd do. I-I'm not sure what the right choice is anymore."

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Getting heavy now. Hope things work out for Jade, but it's hard when you have to choose. So she's asked her fans. Makes you wonder, why ask them?

Review, let me know what you think.

Also, I'm beginning to regret putting humor in the description. Not many jokes here.