I know I said 'Crazy Ponnie' was going to be the next chapter based on an episode, and that there would be at least one more chapter after this based on an episode, but I changed it to 'The Gorilla Club' and there won't be any other chapters based on episodes. The next chapter will be a regular chapter and then an epilogue after that.
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"I do not need to take more risks." Tori says, pacing around her living room with Jade, Alice, Sweeney, and Andre watching her. "For crying out loud, I'm dating Jade fricking West." She says, pointing to her amused girlfriend. "Why do I need to take more risks for this role?" She asks, facing her laptop, where Sikowitz is seen.
"We've been over this, Vega." Jade says, walking over to her girlfriend. "You need to get out of your comfort zone. And don't say that you took a risk when you did that stunt double thing. I pushed you off because you were too scared to." She says, patting Tori's head.
"Speaking of, has anyone heard from Beck since London?" Sikowitz asks from Tori's laptop. "I called his family, but…"
"Moving on." Jade interrupts, ignoring the raised eyebrows from the others. "So, you want to take risks to help you with your future roles?" She asks, a smirk no one likes forming on her face. "I know the perfect place." She says, closing Tori's laptop when Sikowitz tries to argue.
"No, Jade." Alice says, the group taking two cars to Jade's chosen place to get Tori ready, getting out of her car with Sweeney following suit. "She is not risking her life here of all places."
"Bunny!" They hear from behind them after Tori, Jade, and Andre leaving Jade's car. "I want the bunny!" Cat yells, running past the group and into the large building, now windows and the only sign is a black sign with a gorilla's face above the door.
"Uh, a bunny?" Tori asks, looking at the others. "Wait. How do you guys even know about this place? None of you have mentioned anything like this since I've started Hollywood Arts or anything, and the sign says no one under eighteen." She asks, not liking the look of someone who crawled out of the building's door, a burn mark on his right shoulder and his left arm in a make-shift sling.
"Don't worry about it." Jade says, pulling a reluctant Tori into the building, the others following suit. "Relax, Cat loves it. How bad can it be?" She asks, a hidden smirk on her face.
"Sign these." A man says at the door, stopping Tori, Jade, and the others.
"Ours are on file already. I updated them yesterday." Jade tells the man, a tall tanned man with bulging muscles and tattoos.
"Don't care." The man says, shoving the clipboard in Tori's face.
"We're already on file. We are not signing anything again. Now move out of my way before your body is found in a ditch outside of Texas." Jade warns, staring the man down.
"Hee hee. He peed himself again." Cat says from behind Tori, making the half-Latina jump in place.
"Didn't you already go inside?" Tori asks, placing her hand over her heart.
"Duh." Cat says, giggling. "Come on!" She says, dragging Tori in.
"I have the med kits in the car." Alice tells Andre as she leads Sweeney in. 'Let's hope they're not used on Tori, though.' She thinks, fearing for her friend.
"What the…" Tori says, looking around the area, watching as Cat run towards the fire-breathing bunny, an old mechanical bull modified to look like a bunny and with the mini flamethrower fixed into the mouth, the tank for the fire's fuel stored under the bunny with a hose connecting the flamethrower with the tank and snaking its way through the bunny. "Did she just push a muscle-headed biker to get on the bunny?" She asks, watching as Cat does grab the biker's arm and pull him away from the bunny before jumping on the bunny.
"You should've seen her when she first got here." Jade says, watching in amusement as the biker glares at Cat before walking towards her. "Touch her, and I shove the flamethrower up your ass." She warns the biker, crossing her arms.
"Who don't you piss off?" Tori asks her girlfriend as the biker walks away, heading for the back of the room where there's a man in a monkey suit ('I hope it's a guy in a suit' Tori thinks to herself) behind a poorly built wall.
"Surprisingly, you." Jade says, dragging Tori to the third attraction in the large room, the metal balls attached to thick metal rods connected to the ceiling, a thin metal platform under the ball's path. "I'd like to start small, but Cat won't be getting off the bunny for about an hour or six." She says, dragging Tori onto the small stage connected to the metal platform.
"What's the point of these 'games'?" Tori asks, watching as someone gets hit by the middle ball and flies off the platform and onto the ground in front of the bunny, flinching at the thud he makes when hitting the floor.
"The point of the bunny is the stay on as long as possible, the speed increasing with every ten minutes. Cat holds the record with three and a half hours. Only stopping because she had to pee and the bunny was making it worse." Jade explains, watching as Andre tries his hand at the game they're at, the Balls of Pain. "The point of this one is to get across the platform, grab the three rings on that side, get back across the platform and put the rings around the hooks over here, then press this button once all three rings are on the hooks." She says, laughing when Andre gets hit by the first ball, sending him onto the floor.
"And the guy in the monkey suit? Please tell me it's a suit." Tori asks, the last part as a small whine.
"Climb the rope wall, grab the banana, and get down. If the monkey tosses you over the barricade, or you quit, you lose. Grab the banana, and you win." Jade says, not saying or hinting at if it's a real gorilla or a guy in a suit.
"Can I go home now?" Tori asks as Andre climbs up, rubbing the arm that got hit by the balls of pain.
As Jade prevents Tori from leaving, Alice and Sweeney walk over to the gorilla, Alice staring at the man in the suit. "Don't worry. I'm not here to challenge you." She tells the gorilla-man, remembering how she was the third person ever, and the first female, to grab the banana.
"What is the point of this?" Sweeney asks, not hearing Jade's explanation to Tori about the games.
"Grab the banana, make sure the monkey doesn't throw you over the wall." Alice explains, watching as a random guy tries the gorilla challenge, clearly overconfident in his abilities. "You should try it." She tells him, an idea rushing into her head. "It's simple, really. Just climb the rope wall and grab the banana, and you win." She says, a smile forming on her face.
"What do I get if I win?" Sweeney and Tori ask their respective girlfriends, one out of curiosity and the other with fear in her eyes.
"You'll see." "I'll let you use the strap-on." Alice and Jade answer respectively. "Now do it." The West sister's say, both sharing similar smirks.
Tori and Jade
With the prospect of using Jade's favorite toy on the Goth, Tori stands a bit straighter and stands at the starting point of the Balls of Pain. "Ready, next victim?" The man in charge of the Balls of Pain asks, not impressed at how Tori looks, like she doesn't belong anywhere near the Gorilla Club.
"I am not a victim." Tori says, glaring at the man.
"You'd be surprised, Chris. She's a fighter." Jade warns the man, smirking when he flinches at her glare at him. "Trust me." She says, smirking at the half-Latina.
"If you say so." The man, Chris, says with a nod, starting the machine that controls the balls. "Ready? In three, two, one." He says, making Tori start.
With a nod, Tori slowly steps onto the platform, dodging the first ball with relative ease, taking her time to judge when to move and when to wait. After roughly ten seconds, she moves past the middle ball, keeping her breathing calm as she moves to bypass the third ball, cheering before grabbing the first two rings. 'Should've grabbed all three. It would've saved time.' Jade thinks as Tori moves to pass the ball, her focus on Tori's feet. 'I knew she'd excel at this. And she though me teaching her ballet wouldn't help her.' She thinks with a smirk.
In just over a minute, Tori managed to get the first two rings across and onto the hooks, now across the platform with the third ring in her hand, ready to head back to the other side and end it. "Uh, did they just get faster?" Tori asks, watching as the balls increase their speed.
"That's new." Jade comments aloud, frowning a bit. "Watch the balls, learn the pattern." She tells her girlfriend, wanting her to take her time.
Alice and Sweeney
As Tori makes her final trip back, Sweeney enters the gorilla's area and stares at the costumed man, no emotion on his face. "Shall we begin?" He asks, already forming a plan.
With a roar, an imitation of a gorilla's actual roar, the gorilla runs towards Sweeney, intent to grab him and throw him over the barricade, stumbling when Sweeney sidesteps and elbows the gorilla in the side, making the man in the suit gasp in pain as Sweeney walks towards the rope wall, climbing it as the gorilla tries to catch his breath.
"Well, that was easier than expected." Alice says, laughing as Sweeney grabs the banana and hops down the rest of the way, tossing the banana at the man in the suit. "Want to try the Balls of Pain next?" She asks when Sweeney exits the area, turning her back on the man in the monkey suit.
"I take it you won?" Jade asks with a chortle, laughing when the man in the monkey suit removes his mask and tries to get Sweeney thrown out when he argues with one of the few security guards the Gorilla Club hired.
"He barely moved and the guy was gasping, unable to breath." Alice says, laughing. "So, Tori won as well?" She asks, seeing Tori dance happily as Chris shuts off the machine controlling the balls.
"Third fastest time, and on her first attempt. That's my girl." Jade says, impressed. "Want to take on the gorilla next?" She asks Tori, watching as the man leaves and another replaces him, this one more buff by the looks of the suit.
"Do I have to?" Tori asks, getting off the platform and looking at the new gorilla, shaking her head no.
"Come on. He's strong, but slow. Get under his arms, kick out his legs, then climb the rope wall. You got this." Jade says, dragging Tori over to the gorilla, looking over her shoulder as Alice tries the Balls of Pain, dodging past the balls with ease.
"I have to pee." Tori says, quickly jogging away from Jade and the man in the suit.
"Don't hover!" Jade yells back, knowing Tori'll hover when she sees the condition of the women's restroom.
Five minutes later, hands still wet since there are no paper towels or anything in the Gorilla Club's restrooms, Tori returns, shaking her hands free of some of the water. "You hovered." Jade notes, a smirk on her face.
"It's disgusting in there, okay?" Tori says, shuddering at the dark grey over the toilets. "Please tell me they weren't supposed to be white when they got them in." She asks Jade, eyes wide.
"Oh, they were white." Jade sys, smirking. "About twenty years ago." She adds, making Tori gag.
"We're leaving." Tori says, dragging Jade away, catching Alice's and Sweeney's attention.
"Time to go." Alice says, rolling her eyes.
"So, what's the plan now?" Jade asks after everyone meets by their cars, Cat dragged off the bunny by Jade, much to the redhead's annoyance.
"Uh, Sweeney and I are heading out for the night. See you tomorrow guys." Alice says, leading Sweeney to her car.
"I'll drop you two off." Jade says, rolling her eyes. "You heading home?" She calls after her sister.
"Yes." Alice calls back, starting her car.
"Anyone at your place tonight?" Jade asks Tori, unlocking her car's doors.
"Uh, no. Mom and dad are out of town for a few days, and Trina's in Venice for an audition. Won't be back until tomorrow around lunchtime." Tori answers, raising an eyebrow at Jade.
"Good." Jade says, smirking as she starts her car. "Very good." She adds, pulling out of her parking spot.
Sorry if this wasn't very good. I haven't really shown much couple interactions between Alice/Sweeney and Tori/Jade, so I hope next chapter will take care of that.
Also, sorry for not having Tori face the gorilla. I figured, she did it in the episode, but she never really got past the Ball of Pain, so I had her beat that but chicken out before facing the gorilla. And I had to include the hovering part. I found that amusing in the episode, so I showed it in here as well.
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Blessed Be.