Disclaimer: I don't own Victorious or any of it's characters.
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Tori followed the gang members to a tall building, then watched as one man boosted another up to grab the ladder at the bottom of the fire escape. His weight pulled it down, providing them with a way up the side of the building. The one member held on while the others started to climb up the ladder. The first ones up to the ladder stopped at the first window, going in to get something, only to return with what looked like a fire hose. They lowered the hose, holding on to one end, while others wrapped it around Jade in a harness like fashion. Then, as soon as she was snugly tied in, they pulled her up to the first landing, unbound her, one guy taking the hose while two others did a buddy carry to take Jade up the stairs carefully.
As that was going on, Tori was herded up the ladder, then the stairs. She was one of the first to find herself in a small apartment six stories up. "Okay, that first window, no one lives there, and it's been used as storage, hence the old hose. As for what we were doing here, we'd heard a rumor that you might be on the streets in this neighborhood, or the next one over, and there's money on your head. We hand you over to the right people, we get paid, no questions asked. But then we saw Jade, and I knew I couldn't do that to her. Sides, what I want, it's easier to get if you don't wind up kidnapped." George was explaining as he moved to open the rood to the small bedroom.
"Okay, you said you knew Jade, I kinda need to know how, so I know I can trust you." Tori said. Her voice was shaky as she was feeling very vulnerable, as well as guilty over leading her friends into this mess. She was worried about her people, both the ones she'd been forced to leave behind, and the injured one being carried up the stairs. 'I need to know what happened to Kasey. And Bill. God, please let them be alive.' She wanted to cry, and had trouble not breaking down. But the moment called for her to be strong. Jade needed her to be strong.
"Sure, but hand me your phone." Hangman G said. Tori handed him Jade's, since hers was in a dumpster in the ally near the bar, and he promptly pulled the battery out of it. "Sorry, but people can track you by this, and I don't want anyone knowing where we are. Not yet. Kay? Now then, lets start with the basics. This place, it used to be Jade's, when she first moved across the bridge. Before that, it was some other losers, and now it's mine. Or rather, it's a friends, and we use it as a crash pad." He looked over at his boys, who were gingerly bringing said bodyguard in through the window. "Put Jade on the bed, and make sure she's okay. If you see blood, let me know. Then call Siobhan, cause we need a nurse. Can't take them to a hospital until we know how bad things are. No, we get them safe, and then get them to the airport for their flight out."
"You still haven't told me how you know Jade, other then saying she used to live here." Tori gripped. "And did you have to kill my phone?" Worry was turning into anger, and she felt better focusing it on this man then on herself. But, she stayed civil, for the time being.
"We really don't know how, or if, they're tracking you." The gang member emphasized, holding up the phone. "Okay, here's how it is. I'm Jade's cousin, George, and I'm kinda with a gang. We're a Jersey gang, of course, but this part of the city, someone's always doing something, and the local gangs won't try to hold their turf too hard. No, we're here too, cause we can hide out here when we need to, safely away from the Jersey Cops. Just no colors while here." He paused, letting his words sink in, then continued. "Anyways, as I said, we were tipped off that someone was looking for you, offering cash, and that you might be on the streets tonight. We were looking, but it felt like we were the only ones, cause kidnapping a celebrity, that's federal, and most people don't need that heat. Maybe a couple of others were out, but not that many, if you don't count those who'll do anything for drugs. Also, we don't know the people making the offer, just heard stuff, so there's no trust whatsoever. Probably another reason hardy no one was out there."
He sat down on the end of a couch, looking at the pop princess hard. "Anyways, let me tell you what we want. That way, you know you can trust us, cause you'll have our pay in your hands." He flashed her a smirking grin, trying to make it look like a comforting smile, but the boy had no practice in being comforting, just intimidating. "So what we want are tickets, nice as possible, to your next show in the city. A dozen or more. Maybe twenty. Yea, we can sell good seats, make a mint, and still see the show if we want too." His eyes seemed to glow with the brilliance of his idea. "Call it a rescue fee."
"Okay, George, lets say I believe you. I still need to know my people are safe." Tori said. Inside she was already breaking down, hurting. Her rage at herself wasn't redirecting to the boy who was being so honest with her, instead telling her, over and over, that this was all her fault. She desperately wanted to cry, but every movie she'd seen said never let the people your negotiating with see you weak. So she silently prayed 'Bill, Kasey, please be all right…'
"I've got someone on that." George replied. "I figure the guys who did this, their not so stupid as to kill anyone unless they had to, cause that brings the wrong kind of heat. Attempted kidnappings bad enough. But Murder? Thats Homicide, at least, if not Major Crimes, if mixed in with a kidnapping attempt. Hell, we may be looking at the FBI, and then there's no where to run. So most likely, assuming your people were still alive, the people who tried to grab you would have abandoned that sight to go looking for you. Your friends, not even worth the time to put a bullet into them. But, I'll need to know where this went down so I can get someone to confirm."
Tori nodded, then started breaking down, cryings and wailing and just letting go of the fear and guilt that she'd been feeling over leading them into a trap. The thugs, not knowing what else to do, settled in for a while, as one of them slowly got what he could out of Tori. She almost forgot to give the young man the card for the bar she'd been in.
Jade woke up to find Tori wrapped around her, gently holding her close. "Tori?" She asked, before her memories of what was going down caused her to bolt up to a sitting position. 'Big mistake. That hurt.' She winced.
"You'll be pleased to know, far as I can tell, no internal bleeding. Probably thanks to that plate you'd snuck in to cover your bruises." A familiar voice said. The blue eyed girl looked over to see her cousin, Siobhan. "Of course, I had to tell your friend there not to squeeze too tight, since I suspect you have some cracked ribs, possibly broken. Lucky thing you put something metal there to act as a trauma plate, since less focused equals less damage. Oh yea, you a cracked bone in your arm." She smiled a distant smile. "So, I've seen you in the news, Robbarazzi has even covered you a bit. Seeing the world, are you?"
"Fuck you." Jade said, trying to wiggle her way out of her employers grip. "What time is it, we need to get..."
"Your flights been delayed." The other woman said. Siobhan was older then Jade, shorted with a less busty figure. She also wore her hair in it's natural brown shade. "I spoke to this ones sister just a bit ago. Got the number of her phone, and used a burner. She said you could fly out tonight, assuming your strong enough. So how do we get you to the airport? I'm thinking Uber."
"Give me the burner phone." Jade said. "An I'll need a number off my phone." The older woman held up the phone Tori had. "Yea, thats my phone." Seconds later, she was calling the one cop she hoped she could trust. "Hello, Lieutenant Sanchez please. Let him know it's his favorite person on earth, Jade West. He'll remember me."
"You sure thats a good idea?" Siobhan asked. "I'm guessing, with the amount people are spending to find you, or rather, her, they have ears in the police."
"Yea, but we have to trust someone." Jade assured her cousin. "So, last I heard, George was using this place. Hows he doing?"
"Him and his found you, and one of them tackled you, so naturally they got out while the getting is good. Don't know why the fuck he's so scared of you? I taped those ribs, and I figure your not kicking any asses for at least a couple of weeks." The older girl said. "However, I do have news for that one, when she wakes up. That, and fresh cloths. Let me know when that is, so you both can eat, and get the hell out of my life again."
"Geeze, Shevy, let it go." Jade griped. "I missed your chizzing wedding. I totality get that. But that was ten chizzing years ago, and if I'd known what was gonna happen, I'd have been there, dressed in that lame ass dress you chose that made me look like a lampshade, only less shapely."
"Becks an ass." Siobhan said. "And the dress wasn't that...Who am I fooling, I had to blunt those curves somehow." She settled down, ready to talk. "Anyways, we got some time, lets catch up. You know this girl loves you, right?"
"I got the memo." The bodyguard said, smirking. "What about the others? Bill and..."
"Their fine." The older girl said. "Tori spoke to her sister, and apparently the kidnappers didn't want to stick around once you had the police rushing to their location. They took anything that could link them to the attempt, and ran. In the movies, they'd have torched the place, and had extra cops looking for them cause of the arson. But they ran, and knew it was the right decision. Given their backup plan, they had good reason to believe you'd be caught. Half the crackheads in the neighborhood were looking for you. Not that it helped much. And your your friends, their fine. They'll be meeting you at the airport. Course, they had the sense to hit the hospital first."
"Shevy…!" Jade Warned, shutting her cousin up. "Now, I just hope Tori's up soon, cause our police escort will be here any time now."
"Going out in a familiar way?" Her cousin asked, smirking at the glare she was getting., Even looking like a drowned kitten, jade still had some kind of edge that made her glare dangerous.
"Keeping it minimal." The raven haired bodyguard assured her cousin, her ire raised. Still, she was grateful for the help. "Just, police escort, to get us to the even safer airport." She took a deep breath, wincing at the pain. "And thanks, to you, George, and the guys. We were in real trouble." She let that sit for a second. "Soo, tell me, you wouldn't know who tackled me, would you? "
"I believe it was Carl, seeing as he looked like he was terrified you'd wake up and whoop that three hundred pound ass of his." Siobhan said.
"Tell him I owe him one." Jade said, her smile almost covering the pain in her ribs. "And I'll get my payback next time I'm on the city. So where are the chizzing police already?"
Tori woke up, just a short time later, and Jade was anxious to fill her in on the plan. "Um, Jade, I may have said something, back when I was worried that you'd been shot..."
"So it wasn't you screaming that you love me?" The bodyguard asked.
"It might have something to do with that." Tori admitted. "Look, I think I've known, for a while now, that I found you attractive. I just..."
"It doesn't go with your girl next door image." Jade filled in.
"I didn't want to confuse it for other feelings I might have been having." Tori contradicted her. "Jade, I don't know if you realize this, but your kinda at the corner of a lot of the shit thats been happening in my life. Falling for you, that was a major complication, what with the guilt, the shame, dealing with Beck's shit, my shit, yours. I swear, if we'd met at a bar, instead of you being my bodyguard, I'd have bedded you a long time ago. We just have that kind of connection. So yea, I fell for you, would not and could not admit it, even to myself, up until the moment I was afraid I was losing you." She took a deep breath. "And we need to talk about this."
"Sounds like you've been doing a lot of talking just fine." Jade joked.
"JAAADDDEEE" Tori whined.
"Fine, your not the only one who's been having inappropriate feelings." The blue eyed girl admitted, her eyes looking all around the bedroom. "The reason I put up with so much of your harassment, and it was, was I was terrified that I was over reacting, hyper aware of every flirting move. And yes, if we'd met under the right circumstances, and it would have taken some major chizzing time, then yes, we'd have snoodled by now."
"That depends, what does snoodled mean?" Tori asked.
"Technically I thin it's a mix of snuggling and canoodling." Jade asked. "But it means cuddled, making out, maybe more, why?"
"Cause from where I come from, it means choking on a dick." Tori almost laughed. "Okay, thats one definition, and not the only one. But hay, it's funny how something like that can have such different meanings depending on who's come up with your version. The gay pride people in Miami are pretty out there."
Jade sighed. "And me without the swear jar." She looked at the starlet. "Tell you what, lets get you changed, assuming Siobhan here has anything that'll fit you, and get you to our flight. I'll talk this feelings chiz out later." Jade gestured towards the door, cause her cousin had gone to the other room to relax on the couch.
"Promise?" Tori asked.
"Promise." The bodyguard replied.
A short time later, an unmarked police car pulled up to the building. The locals eyed it suspiciously, knowing that something about the car didn't fit. Then they did what they always do in situations like this, they kept their distance and watched, trying to see what these well dressed man might be after. Seconds ticked by as the two men walked into the building and knocked on a specific door.
Jade checked to see a badge first, was not letting anyone into the apartment they were using. It wasn't the door to the safe house, "Hangman G" had requested they not use his crash pad, so they'd moved to a first floor apartment where the neighbor was willing to let them hang out while he was at work, on the condition that they not disturb anything. That, and fifty bucks.
"You got our stuff?" Jade asked.
"Your man, William..." The officer started.
"Bill." Jade corrected.
"Bill, well, we left it to him to gather your belongings." The officer informed her. "The doctor said he shouldn't do too much, take it easy for a couple of days, cause the drugs are still working their way out of him. But he'll be fine in no time. Him and the assistant, their handling getting your stuff to the airport. You just bring the package, and we'll get going."
Jade had managed to borrow some cloths from Siobhan, including a hoodie and dark glasses, so Tori wouldn't be as recognizable as they made their way out to the car. Leading the roughly disguised figure out, Jade's eyes were open for any signs that something was wrong. They walked around and sat down in the back seat, watching the locals watching them. "Think they're gonna tell anyone?" Jade asked.
"Not likely." The driver replied. "From what I've heard, they've called off the bounty on miss Vega there. Word on the streets is, they missed their chance, and had to pull out."
"So thats it, their just giving up?" Jade wondered, watching as they drove along. Her taped ribs ached, throbbing in pain, but she could function.
"I wouldn't worry too much." The driver said, smiling back at them. His partner was checking the radio for news. "Relax, we have a bit of a drive ahead of us."
They drove through the city towards a small, private airfield. "Chief felt it would be better having you fly out of here." The driver said. "Miss Vega's manager made arrangements, so you have nothing to worry about. We'll be at the jet in a moment." The car turned onto the runway and drove over to where a private plane was waiting. It reminded Jade of when she first joined the tour.
"Where's Bill?" Jade asked.
"Oh, they had him take your regularly scheduled flight." The driver explained. "That way, if anyone was watching, they'd be at JFK waiting for you, and not here."
"I don't like being left out of the loop." Jade growled. "I need to speak to lieutenant Sanchez, find out what the holy chiz is going on."
"Whats going on is your getting on that plane." The driver said, pulling out his pistol. "Miss Vega is flying out, and I don't wanna deal with a body, so your coming too. That is, unless you'd rather be dead?"
Jade could see that both officers were ready to take her out, so she allowed herself to be removed from the vehicle. Her body tensed as she tried to figure out how she'd take the men down. The one who'd driven walked over to her with his cuffs out, while the other man seemed to hesitate. 'One cop, on the take, probably planning on going with us, and just disappearing, or maybe claiming we were ambushed. But the other, that guys either having major second thoughts, or he's not a cop. He's let his guard down…'
The officer had anticipated Jade's move, so when the bodyguard tried to slip under him as he was attempting to place the cuffs on her, he shifted and used his taser, which he'd had hidden in his other hand, to subdue her. Jade managed to avoid the first try, swinging her legs up to strike him in the chest. She then made sure he couldn't get to his gun, kicking it away while he scrambled for his backup piece. Jade glanced over at the other officer, the fake cop, and smirked when he didn't bother going for his gun, instead going towards the back of the car. With one more swift palm strike to put the corrupt cop down, she raced around to cut the other officer off. But the effort was telling. Beyond the pain, she was breaking hard, cause damaged ribs restrict your berating. She closed on the second man.
The fake cop pulled out his gin, not realizing the time for that had passed. Jade quickly yanked his arm up, the one holding the gun, aiming it at the sky, then shifted her weight while sweeping his legs. His gun was lost to his need to avoid having his arm break. Jade let go in favor of kicking that gun under the car, and turned to see if she needed to deal with any other problems before she finished these men off.
Thats when she saw them. The mercs from last night were at the airport, moving towards her, flowing out of the near by hanger. Their guns weren't drawn, a sign that they didn't want to hurt Tori, but they still had numbers. The one time goth checked to see who among the ten men was injured, knowing those would be weak points she could exploit, when the corrupt officer managed to get her with his partners taser.
Her body seized, and she felt it shutting down, going into a subdued state, but she still managed to force herself to try and strike the man behind her with her foot as she bent her leg upwards at the knee. Unfortunately, he shifted his own legs, and took the heel strike on his leg, saving his manhood by only a fraction of an inch. Then she went down, but the bodyguard was still aware, using all all her concentration to force herself to stay conscious, through the haze of the pain, even as the pissed off police man tased her again. He would probably have done it yet again, despite the fact doing so ran the risk of killing her, something he claimed he didn't want to do. Still, he was really angry, yelling at his fake partner to get the singer out of the car so they could get out of here. His hand raised again, ready to administer another jolt of electricity to the helpless bodyguard.
Jade wasn't out, focused on what could well be the last pain she'd ever feel, in her chest, where the taser had already struck, her entire nervous system threatening to shut down, holding all that pain off required her to totally focus on the world outside of herself. So naturally she became aware of the chaos that was now filling the small airport. The other, counterfeit officer had grabbed Tori, only to find that they didn't have the pop princess, but an undercover police woman who'd come along in case this was a trap. Tori had been transported to JFK by Siobhan, in a borrowed car, while they waited for the police to arrive.
The undercover officer took down the fake cop, drawing her gun and getting ready to exchange fire with the mercenaries, or maybe corrupt officer, who was quickly trying to recover his weapon. She didn't need too. Four tactical teams, a total of sixteen men armed with automatic weapons and full body armor, rushed the small airfield, seizing the jet and everyone on board, as well as the mercenaries, the corrupt officer, and his pretend partner. It looked like a clean sweep, and the police were justifiable proud, until until later when they'd find out that the middle man who'd arranged the whole thing had gone ahead, leaving at the last minute to check on something, and wasn't coming back.
Jade found herself carried off the airfield by two men in tactical armor, tossed into an ambulance, and taken to JFK while she was checked out by the paramedic. "You know, we could have done this without risking a civilian." Lieutenant Sanchez said. He was seated near her, in the ambulence.
"No you couldn't." Jade mumbled. She wasn't back yet, holding onto consciousness by a hair. She'd been struck in the struggle, and her body ached even more. She didn't even have thoughts other then focusing on what was being said, and her own reactions. Slowly the world was either coming back into focus, or fading, and much to the raven haired girls annoyance, she wasn't sure which yet.
"Yea, your right, we needed you to fool the driver long enough for us to figure out where he was going and cut him off." Sanchez replied. "But you, stop taking risks. That plane wasn't ever getting off the ground. You could have gone along with things until we were ready to get you out."
Jade realized which was she was going as her world went red, and she drifted in a haze of pain fir a short eternity, until the medication they'd given her wore off enough for her to just fade to black.
When she woke up, she was sitting on the plane, in first class, wondering how the hell she'd gotten there. "Here, drink this." Someone said, offering her some water. Jade sipped it out of the straw, thankful for the cooling effect it was having. But as her world came back into focus, the blue eyed girl realized who her nurse was.
"Vega?" She asked, her voice not as horse as it could be.
"They brought you in on a wheel chair. But they took it with them when they left. I'm guessing we'll have to get you one when we land. Until then, this is first class, so feel free to have whatever you want. On the studio." Tori explained. "And oh yea," Her face came closer, so close that she was right in Jade's ear, "If you ever do something like that I'll...I'll… I don't know what I'll do, but I sweat it'll hurt. Now, we have something to discuss." Her voice had been an angry growl, sending shivers down the other girls spine.
"Look, Vega..." Her breath hitched as she regarded the lovely Latina beside her. "Tori, as much as I'd love to spend the next couple of hours talking about what went down, and letting the worlds biggest pop star play nursemaid as I recover from that turncoats attempt to make me extra-crispy, I feel this is something we're gonna want to include your sister in on. So why don't we agree to think about it. And I mean, we include the possible consequences, ramifications, and the like, as well as what exactly we'll tell Trina about our bar hopping experience."
"Yea, well, maybe if you hadn't been so distant, I wouldn't have been so desperate to see part of your past." Tori argued.
"I know." Jade cut off that argument right there. "Can you just hold me hand, cause after everything that just went down, I'm feeling really off, and I need some comfort, okay?"
Tori smiled. "I can totally do that." She said, holding the pale girls hand. That was what they did for over an hour, making small talk, sharing little bits about their pasts, until it was time to eat. Then, after dinner, they rested for the last part of the flight, ready to face Trina, and her inevitable bad reaction.
In business class, Bill was enjoying the flight, watching the movie on the pad they'd provided him, as long as he paid the fee. He loved it enough to justify the expense. Kasey, however, was busy filling in their itinerary on her Pearpad, trying to stay organized. 'Jade's hurt, bad. Not sure how this will affect things, but we need that noted, cause everything important needs to be noted...'
"Tori, it had occurred to me, you have a place in New York, right?" Jade asked, still enjoying being held by the pop princess, even if it was just her hand..
"Yea?" Tori asked, not wanting to let go.
"Why did we stay at a hotel then?" The bodyguard asked, forgetting that she'd already had an answer.
"Security." Tori replied. "The building, it's a secured one, but whats a doorman and a couple of locks to a terrorist wanna be. Trina felt the hotel, with it's much tighter security, was a better choice. Plus, they have room services at the hotel, and Trina loves room service. Especially when someone else is paying for it. Did you know, the first tour where they'd pay for that chiz, she empties the honor bar in each hotel we went too? Still does, sometimes, just to make the promoters pay five dollars for a candy bar. Especially if they wazzed her off, didn't listen to her, or were staring at her chest. But yea, security, cause she wanted me to be safe. Besides, Trina and I both thought it was the wrong time to show of my apartment. I mean, what if you got lost in it?"
"That big, huh?" The blue eyed girl asked.
"Huge." Tori said, smiling. "And we'll visit, when we're there for the show, or after the guy who's behind all this shit has been caught."
"What I wanna know, how the hell did he know I wasn't with you? I mean, the middle man, he fled, and it felt kinda sudden. How'd he know I was baiting a trap, bringing the police, It was a need to know operation." Trina wondered.
"We'll figure that one out later." Tori hummed. "Right now, I'm loving the new us."
"The new us?" Jade asked. "I thought we weren't talking about this until we had Trina with us?"
"But we've already said enough." The pop princess pointed out. "Like how you've allowed me to hold you for hours, even let me help you to the bathroom. I'll admit, I was kinda glad you didn't need help in that place, but only cause it's so tiny."
Jade laughed, enjoying the image of Tori trying to help her use the small restroom in the plane. "Okay, thats worth the smile." She said. "Tori, lets agree, no matter what, this is the beginning. I want to be your friend, and a relationship makes that harder. But I'm willing to try, if you can see dating me. Just, after the tour."
Tori's smile fell. "No, Jade, we're not waiting." The singer said. "I've waited far too long for someone like you to come into my life, and I'm not delaying any more. If we have to hide it, then fine, but we're not waiting any more."
"I'm your bodyguard." Jade scolded her. "I put my life on the line for you. I can't have you staying when I need you to run."
"Yea, sorry about that." The singer said, looking guilty. "But we're gonna have to work something out, cause I'm not waiting much longer. Hell, I figure we'll need a couple of weeks before we start the sexy stuff, and I'm not happy about that either."
"Um, maybe we should try to get some rest?" Jade suggested. "We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow."
"Fine." Tori said, kissing the other girls forehead before shifting the seats into sleeper mode and snuggling down for a nap.
Jade reached slowly with her good arm to hit the button letting the flight attendants know they were sleeping, and settled down to rest. Overnight flights often had small compartments, two or three seats wide, that were able to be closed off so the passengers could get some rest and not be disturbed by the lights on in the rest of the plane. Jade and Tori were sharing one, so they could sleep without bothering anyone else. It also gave them cover for their snuggling, and Tori's need to kiss the other girl.
Jade woke up to find they'd landed, and the stewardesses were waking everyone who was on the flight and either sleeping or trying to rest until they got to their destination. It had been a six plus hour flight. Now they were on their way out to meet up with the car that would take them to the hotel, where Tori would get some rest, shower, change, and go do media. Andre was waiting for them, along with Ron. She winced at the pain in her chest, as well as the morning sun. 'How late was our flight?' she mused.
"Tori, you okay?" The head of security asked.
"I'm fine." Tori replied. "But Jade's not. She was looked at by a paramedic, and a nurse, but needs to see a doctor ASAP."
"No, I need to stay near you, keep you safe." The bodyguard protested. She was walking, but slowly.
"New relationship, new rules." Tori spat. "Part one, you get checked out. I need to talk to Trina, who I assume has extra security for me here?"
"Lets get you to the hotel, and then we can get Jade to a doctor." Andre assured her. They loaded into a car, an armored SUV, and rolled off to the hotel. The entire drive, Jade was glaring at Tori, who only stuck her tongue out and then smirked.
"So, what happened?" Andre asked.
"I got desperate to see part of Jade's history, enough to try something behind her back. That allowed the jerk hunting us to lead us into a trap, and Jade got hurt getting my ass out of it." Tori said while looking him right in the eye. "I did, however, meet some of her family. Nice people. I owe them tickets to a future performance."
"Tori.." Jade tried.
"I want her seeing a doctor while I tell Trina about my mistakes, cause I don't need her trying to protect me. Not for this." Tori ordered the head of security.
"On it." He replied. "Javier, take Miss West directly to the hospital as soon as we get to the hotel. I want her seen by the best."
"Yes, mister Harris." The driver said.
"Honestly, I'm fine." Jade protested.
"No your not, and given what we talked about, I need you taken care of." Tori scolded her. "I need to be able to focus on my media appearances, so you go get taken care of, and I'll deal with Trina."
"Let it be said I was staying out of this one." Andre said, smiling. "Kasey, you gonna be all right taking care of Tori's demands?"
"Thats my job." The assistant said, smiling. "Or does she want me to oversee miss Wests examination?"
"Thats okay." Tori said. "I trust Javier here to do that."
"We're at the hotel." Their driver announced. Tori got out of the car, while Andre made sure Jade stayed in. Bill and Ron got their belongings out, taking thing in and escorting Tori up to her room. "Miss West, I assure you, this is far better." The driver said as he drove off.
"How?" She asked.
"Everyone already knows." Javier said, not looking back. "Miss Vega, Trina, she knows, and told her assistant, who told Mister Harris and mister Daniels, who told us. If your friend the nurse is correct, then you probably have cracked ribs, and maybe a broken bone or two. You're not fit for field duty. If you want to continue to earn your pay, you go see the doctor, and let Mister Harris fond a place where you can be of service."
Jade relaxed. "You wouldn't believe what I thought you meant when you said everyone knows." she breathed, smiling and looking out the window at the city as it flowed by.
"That you and Miss Tori are staring a romantic relationship?" He asked. "No, while obvious, not everyone knows about that. I know Mister Harris, mister Daniels, and Miss Vega, Trina, all know, but thats not the kind of thing you tell security."
"Then how'd.." Jade started.
"As I said, it's obvious." The driver repeated. "Like the argument you had with Miss Tori. She's concerned, in love and worried cause you got hurt. She knows, admitted it was her fault, and is gonna face her sister without you so you can't be blamed. Now shush, cause we're almost there."
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So, a bit more action, and a corrupt cop goes down. But the bad guys, their still out t here, and I doubt the loss of a few mercenaries is gonna stop them.
Anyways, thoughts, comments, wondering when Tori and jade will do more? Let me know.
Oh yea, review.