Beck and the rest of the gang woke up a few hours later and as soon as they opened their eyes they got scared, they were back in Hollywood Arts at the nursery room. "Good morning" The nurse said nicely.
"What happened? Why…why are we here?" Tori questioned disconcertedly.
"Where is Jade?" Beck immediately asked when he realized she wasn't there.
"You were the only ones in the car, don't you remember?" The nurse questioned and they looked at each other confused.
"No, what are you talking about?" Andre questioned.
"You guys appeared unconscious in a car with no driver outside the school at 2AM" The guard who was watching them explained and Beck shook his head.
"No, you're lying…They brought us back, right? Did you put her in that prison again?" He questioned angrily.
"I'll give you some time to recover because some people want to see you" The guard simply said and left followed by the nurse.
"I don't understand anything, the last thing I remember is being at the motel" Tori commented and then Beck felt the paper in his pocket so he grabbed it.
"What's that?" Cat questioned curiously.
"A letter, I think" He responded and opened it. "I know you want to help me and I appreciate it but I can't simply watch you sacrifice everything for me; you guys have been amazing friends and Beck, you're the greatest guy I've ever met, I never imagined someone could be so loving and supportive, I love you I really do.
You guys have the best intentions and I know you'd do anything to keep me safe so it's my responsibility to do the same for you and by letting you help me I'm putting your lives in danger, I would not tolerate seeing one of you die or suffer because of me so it's best if you return to your lives and apologize, say I controlled your minds the whole time and it'll be fine. I will do everything I can to escape so don't worry about me; thank you for everything.
-Jade" He finished and took a breath with tears in his eyes. "She brought us here"
"Oh my god, I never thought she would do that" Tori commented. "We were supposed to be together"
"She is just trying to keep us safe" Andre responded and sighed.
"I should've known she was planning something, her mind felt weird…she wasn't having coherent thoughts, of course…she didn't want me to know" Beck said and closed his eyes in frustration.
"So Jade is alone now" Cat said sadly.
"She is smart and she's the most powerful among us, she'll be fine" Andre said trying to make them feel better.
"What if they catch her or worse, what if they kill her?" Beck questioned mortified. "I'm supposed to protect her!"
"They would do it even if we were there" Andre responded. "It was her decision, there's nothing we can do now…we don't even know where she is"
"That's a shame because we are expecting you to inform us that" Sebastian said as he and the other CEOs walked into the room so the gang turned to them nervously.
"We don't know and if we did, we wouldn't tell you" Beck responded coldly.
"You are all lucky you're not in the same cell you broke into, what you did is a very, very big violation of all the rules" Sebastian commented.
"So you want to put us there for freeing an innocent girl?" Andre questioned.
"We are not putting you there because there's a chance that everything you did from the moment Jade West stepped out of the cell wasn't in your hands" Anna responded. "We want to believe you helped your friend out, then she used her gifts on you and you've been her servants all this time…that's the official version, unless you want to change it, in which case we'd have to proceed against you and yes, you'd be put in a cell like hers" she said and they looked at each other. "So, is there anything you wanna tell us?"
"No" Tori said. "We don't remember much of it"
"Where could Jade be? You guys must understand it's our priority to find her, for everyone's wellbeing, even her own" Anna affirmed.
"We just remember being at the hotel and then in other hotel and then here" Beck lied and Anna nodded.
"Of course, she's powerful enough to keep you hypnotized" Sebastian commented.
"This is why we need to find her, it's crucial!" Anna added. "I know you guys are worried about her and that even if you were lying to us, which I know you are not, it'd be of extreme importance that you told us everything you know…Jade is not competent enough to manage her powers, she's stubborn, revengeful, impulsive and selfish, that's not a good combination" she commented and they looked at each other.
"You guys probably think we are exaggerating but Jade West is more powerful than you think, she could even start a war or kill the president, she could do anything she wanted" Sebastian added.
"Isn't that a little out of her reach?" Andre questioned.
"Imagine she walks into the white house controlling everyone's brains or putting the guards in pain, paralysis, unconsciousness… either way would work because no one would stand against her; she takes their guns away with her mind and manages to get to the president, then she manipulates the secret service agents and makes them take her to the bunker" Alan said as they all listened. "She makes the president go with her, controls his mind and launches a missile to, let's say, Russia or any country you can think of, there it is! A third world war would have been started and she'd be in position to do whatever the hell she wanted with it…or in another case, she could simply get to the president, ours or any country's and assassinate them without problems" He affirmed.
"Wow…" Tori said shocked by how real that possibility was.
"We are not saying she would do it just because but if she gets bad advice or if one of our many enemies finds her, they might exploit her talents, is that what you want? To have your friend be a weapon against us?" Sebastian asked.
"No, of course not" Tori immediately said.
"Then you need to talk to us, that's the only way we can bring her back and make sure her power is contained, we don't want to hurt her…it's not some sadistic idea of us to have an eighteen year old locked up just to cause her pain" Anna affirmed. "And we don't plan on keeping her there forever, just for a while and if she accepts our terms, she won't even have to be there whatsoever"
"So you're saying that if Jade decides to work for you, she won't be back in the prison?" Beck questioned and they nodded.
"Exactly, this school is meant for you to develop your gifts and use them to benefit your country, we just need her to graduate a little earlier, that's all" Anna said and smiled so they stared at her not knowing what to think.
"So, did you remember something else?" Alan questioned and they shook their heads.
"Fine, we'll leave it like this for now but if you remember anything, let us know" Anna said and all the CEOs walked out of the room.
"They weren't controlled by her, they helped her all this time" Alan affirmed.
"I know but it's better if we keep them happy and free, they might lead us to her and besides, these kids have some fantastic gifts we can use…we can't just throw them in a cell and leave all that potential to waste" Anna responded. "Let's give them time, they are our only connection to that girl"
Inside the room the gang was just waiting for them to be away so they could talk. "Thank god they believed us" Tori said relieved.
"They didn't" Beck informed and they stared at him confused.
"But then why did they keep us free?" Andre asked.
"They want us to lead them to Jade and they know that we know that" Beck affirmed. "They believe that we'll eventually realize it's the right thing to do, in their minds it is"
"Well, they said they just want her to say yes" Robbie commented.
"It's true, they're afraid that Jade will become some evil villain and destroy the country or that national enemies will catch her first and do exactly what they want to do, turn her into a weapon…a robot but for inconvenient purposes for this country " Beck explained. "They're being honest but it's still not right, Jade's not the kind of person who will blindly follow orders and that's not what they need, they'll try to break her will"
"And by that you mean…?" Tori asked.
"Training, hard training" Beck answered. "They'll use all the methods they can think of until she surrenders and they can control her, they need her to be fine and healthy but they want her to have a machine brain that will do anything for our nation…that's basically what they'll do to her"
"Wow..." Robbie said shocked.
"We can't let that happen because if they do it, when Jade comes back she won't be the same we remember…she'll be a robot" Beck affirmed and sighed. "I hope she can stay away"
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