A/N: I am so sorry for leaving you guys hanging for so long. I came home from my trip to a messed up computer and I had to wait a few days for my husband to take the time to fix it. I hope you will find this chapter worth your wait! Also, I am sure you will notice that this chapter is quite a bit shorter than my previous ones. Well, I am taking the advice of my friend TheTenderness10 and making my chapters shorter. Don't worry; there will still be the same amount of content, it will just be in the form of a lot of short chapters! I think that if I make them shorter, I will be able to update more often and they will be somewhat easier for me to write.
Disclaimer: I don't own Victorious, never have, never will!
"Tori?" Beck yelped as his eyes widened in shock at learning that his pursuer was none other than Tori Vega. Without thinking, Beck automatically began to take a step towards his friend, forgetting that she held a gun pointed directly at his head.
"Hold it Beck!" Tori yelled, stopping Beck mid-stride. "Don't come any closer!"
"Tori, what are you doing here?" Beck questioned, still trying to wrap his mind around the fact that it really was Tori standing in front of him. He attempted to take another step forward, hoping to disarm her without having to actually hurt her.
"Stay where you are Beck!" Tori demanded, praying that he wouldn't notice her hands trembling. "I don't know what you are doing here or who you are mixed up with but I know people that can help you. All you have to do is give me the case." Tori pleaded.
"You know I can't do that Tori." Beck replied as he gripped the case tighter in his left hand.
Tori felt a lone tear begin to run down her cheek as she recalled her orders to retrieve the case using whatever force necessary.
"Beck please, I don't want to hurt you."
"Then don't." Beck said, plastering his signature smirk on his face. "C'mon Tori, you know you don't want to hurt me." His tone was almost playful, as if they were back at Hollywood Arts, sitting around the table eating lunch.
Tori felt a tightening in her chest as she realized what Beck was attempting to do. He was using their friendship and his knowledge that Tori found him extremely attractive (as did every girl at H.A.) against her. He thought he could just flirt his way out of this. At one time, when she first came to Hollywood Arts, Tori had harbored a huge crush on Beck. But, after seeing how devoted he and Jade were to one another and developing a close friendship with him and a certain level of tolerance for Jade, those feelings had mostly dissipated. She now thought of him only as her really hot guy friend...wait, that sounds really bad...as her really attractive guy friend...no, wait!
Amused, Beck watched Tori's internal argument for a few moments before realizing that this was the perfect opportunity to overpower her and escape. He felt horrible taking advantage of Tori's well, Toriness, but this was his only shot at getting out of here without having to seriously injure or kill The beautiful Latina. He slowly and subtlety began to inch forward; never taking his eyes off the face of the girl he knew was internally struggling.
Unbeknownst to Beck, Tori was not the same bumbling schoolgirl she had been 6 months ago. While she still found herself attracted to him, she had made her decision the second she had chosen to have that chip implanted in her neck. What Beck didn't realize is that she had been acting extremely flustered to buy her some more time while she formulated a plan of attack that wouldn't result in having to shoot him.
When Tori saw Beck begin to slowly inch forward, she felt both agitation and anger towards her friend. Did he really think so little of her that he assumed he could turn on the Oliver charm and she would just drop the gun and fall to her knees! Okay Beck, Tori thought to herself; let's see how much of a wimp you really think I am.
"Do you really think that I can't see you moving towards me?" Tori asked with a roll of her eyes. This announcement stopped Beck in his tracks as he came to the realization that maybe he had underestimated Tori Vega.
"C'mon Tori, you and I both know you don't have it in you to shoot someone, least of all me." Beck stated as he cautiously took another step forward, bringing himself within an arm's length of Tori.
"Sorry Beck." Tori replied as she quickly drew her leg back before slamming it directly into Beck's hurt ankle. This took him completely by surprise as he cried out in pain and fell onto his back with a hard thud.
"But you don't know me at all anymore." Tori scoffed as she reached down and retrieved the case. Beck winced in pain as he attempted to get up.
"You can't do this Tori! You don't know what's in that case!" He yelled as she started to slowly back away from him. Tori kept her eyes and her gun trained to her newfound enemy as she paused at his words.
"You're right Beck. I don't know what's in this case. But, I do know that now you and your terrorist friends won't be able to use it to hurt our country and that's good enough for me."
"Terrorist friends?" Beck questioned, looking at her as if she had just said that you could juice a potato.
As Tori was about to respond, she suddenly heard the sound of applause. She and Beck quickly turned their heads towards the sound and saw Helen, Joe and Kira walk out from behind an overturned shipping container.
"Congratulations Agent Vega, you have just passed your field test." Helen's voice boomed above the sound of the applause. Kira had a big smile on her face while Joe was smirking slightly, as if he was amused at the evening's events.
Realization quickly dawned on Beck and he too grinned broadly at Tori while pulling himself into a sitting position. Tori however was still confused. She knew she had passed her field test but she didnt understand what role Beck played in all of this and why he was suddenly smiling at her. As far as Tori was concerned, he was still the enemy. She glanced over to where her three superiors stood, wondering why none of them seemed bothered by the fact that a known associate of terrorists was sitting before them.
"Hold it Oliver!" Tori shouted as she quickly walked back over to Beck, pointing her gun between his eyes.
"Whoa Tori, slow down. Beck isn't the bad guy." Helen stated as Tori kept her eyes trained to Beck. Joe and Kira made their way over to where Tori and Beck were respectively standing and sitting. Joe bent down and slung Beck's arm over his shoulder, helping him to stand up.
"Lower your weapon Agent Vega." Kira said as she came to stand next to Tori. She made no move to lower her gun, instead keeping it focused on the space between Beck's eyes.
Tori had finally reached her breaking point. All of the months of training and being away from her friends and family while constantly having to put on an act when she was allowed to spend time with them had truly exhausted her. Now, discovering that one of her best friends had betrayed her, had betrayed his country was just too much for Tori to comprehend.
"Why Kira?" Tori asked through gritted teeth. With Beck finally back on his feet, she was able to get a good look at his face again. This time she saw no mirth or amusement in his eyes, just pure fear. Tori knew she should listen to Kira, but it was like she had no control over her body. As much as she tried, she could not lower her gun.
"Tori, please don't do anything crazy. I promise you, I'm not your enemy." Beck pleaded, seeing the anger and hurt in his friend's eyes.
"Then who are you Beck because you sure as hell aren't who I thought you were?" Tori spit at the young man.
"You better calm yourself down already missy! Don't make me regret passing you on this field exam!" Helen commanded, walking over to them and prying the gun out of Tori's hand.
"I was going to wait until we got back to The Facility to tell you both, but I guess I better go ahead and tell you now before Agent Vega does something stupid." Helen declared.
"Tori Vega, meet your new partner at S.T.A.R.S…Beck Oliver."
Well, what did you think? Did you like it, hate it or totally predict this turn of events? Let me know in your reviews and also, please let me know if you like the shorter chapter format. I really do value all of your opinions, so please everyone…review! Also, I don't know if anyone picked up on my little Easter Egg about the potato juice but it is from one of Cat's Slap Videos…look it up, it's hilarious!