AN: Yay new chapter. Well today is a very special day it's my birthday so I added a special bit of fluff in here just for you all. Don't you just love Jori Fluff C: Hope you like it 3
I don't own Victorious or the characters.
"You're not mad. Not yet at least." I am mad. I am totally mad, absolutely bonkers. "You're not bonkers!" The voice said again. "I'm an angel and I'm here to help you."
"I'm crazy." I conclude, speaking quietly. I could have schizophrenia! I rub the bridge of my nose. Tori and I are inside a boat heading to Tori's apartment. It seems like it takes a lot longer than before. I'm lying on a few seats my feet in the brunette's lap. I don't hear the voices saying that I am not mad anymore so I slowly open my eyes. I prop myself up with one elbow and turn to look at Tori.
"You alright?" I nod slowly.
"I think so, but I have a killer headache."
"We're almost at my apartment; I'll get you some pain killers."
"I hate that island."
"Oh, we're not going there." I perk up at this.
"They trust me enough to rejoin civilization?" I kid.
"No. They trust me." I chuckle at that.
"Of course they do. No one in their right mind would trust me." She doesn't respond to that. "So where are we going?"
"I'm not allowed to tell you." She answers pushing my feet off.
"Worried you'll get fired?" I tease sitting up. "Or maybe I'll replace you." We both laugh at that. I stand up. "Coming up top?'' She hesitates and shakes her head. "Suit yourself." I mumble going up the stairs and onto the deck. They're a few people around two guarding Dr. Amam on one of the corners, a man steering and another sitting beside him. Dr. Amam lifts his head a bit when he sees me but then looks back down. I leaned agents the side of the quick moving boat. I hear someone move behind me and think for a moment that Tori changed her mind.
"Hey." Beck greets.
"Hi." I turn back to the water.
"You alright? I heard you had a breakdown." Great next they'll drag me to therapy.
"I'm fine. Just a little stressed." I lie.
"Make sure you get enough sleep." He runs his hand through his hair once before saying bye and leaving. I watch the water as we pull into a dock. Tori and I are taken to a car waiting to drive us to Tori's apartment.
"Are we in LA?" I ask turning to Tori. Her eyebrows raise in surprise.
"Yeah. How'd you guess?"
"I grew up here." I admit leaning agents the door.
"Really? I grew up a few hours away from here." I chuckle. "Do you want to grab Chinese?"
"Sure." We stop at a small restaurant pick up some food and then head to Tori's apartment.
"Here we are." Vega says getting out. It's a short building without too many floors. Inside it's a simple way up to her home. She decorated it similar to how it is in the island's apartment. There is a large couch and loveseat with a table and tv mounted on the wall. Beside that sat a poker table near the kitchen area. There is a balcony to the right. It's a fairly nice place. It reminds me of my old apartment. It wasn't far from here and I used to reside there from time to time, but a master thief couldn't stay in one spot too long. It would be a nice change, but I wouldn't be able to stand doing nothing all day. I sit on the couch and Tori plops down beside me.
We eat in silence and once we finish Tori heads to her room leaving me to sit on her couch and flick through channels on tv. Hmm news, news, news, news, what is with all these news channels? American idol, Shark tank , Anger Management, Hot in Cleveland, the Amazing Race there is nothing interesting on. I sigh as I continue to flip through the channels before putting on a news channel and lying on the red couch.
"Breaking news, a large group of people have gone missing from Burbank, LA" I twist my head to get a better view as the news anchor says the name of all the missing people along with a picture. Burbank is about 30 minutes away.
"Vega!" I call.
"What?" She answered from her bedroom.
"Did you hear about a group of people disappearing from Burbank?"
"Yeah I did."
"Any ideas what happened?"
"No." Tori says coming in. She sits beside me as I finally find a horror film that's playing. She lets out a groan at what I'm watching. "I hate horror movies!" She complains loudly trying to snatch the remote from my hand.
"Nope you can't have it." I say stretching my arm and keeping it out of her reach.
"Jade!" she groans reaching over again.
"Oh you want this?" I ask turning so my back was away from her and hovering the remote behind me. She lunges towards me as if I would get scared and drops the remote but when I just raise an eyebrow she stands on the couch and leaps towards my outstretched arm. I jump to the side and back away from her with a teasing smile. "You'll have to be faster." I purr waving the remote. She glares at me before she races towards me running after me and around her apartment for a good 5 minutes before Tori managed to tackle me.
"Ha. I got you, now hand the remote over." She gloats. Tori is sitting on my hips and has my hands pinned to the side. Her face is just a few inches from mine. I smile looking into her coffee colored eyes before I light up my wrists, she immediately jerks back but she isn't burned, I made sure of that. I take this moment to roll us over and pin her down.
"Now look at what you've done you made me miss the movie." I say in a mock hurt tone. She playfully rolls her eyes.
"That was a cheap move." She complains before instantly turning red. It seems like she realized the position we're in. I chuckle at her.
"Something wrong, Vega?" I ask, studded eyebrow perked.
"Oh get off me, goofball." I let go of her hands.
"Goofball?" I let out a laugh and stand up. "Come on. You are watching the movie."
"Noooo, Jade!" She groans but follows. I cross my feet under me and we sit and watch. Tori is white as a sheet within minutes and has covered herself with a blanket we pulled from one of her closets. As one of the murderers' pops up out of nowhere she lets out another scream and buries her face into my shoulder. I wrap an arm around her.
"Don't worry; I'll protect you from the big bad murderer." It felt nice to be holding her, it felt different. I had been I in a relationship before but it didn't last long. It never does. Usually I have to break things off before they discover who I really am. I am really good at disguises. The characters in the movie enter a strange house. I'm not paying much attention to the film anymore, just enjoying Tori's company. She doesn't take her head out of my shoulder until the movie goes to commercial. "You alright?" She nods with a small smile. She gets up and heads to the kitchen. I follow.
"Want something to drink? I got Water, Mountain Dew, lemonade."
"Nah, I'm good." I say playing with the ends of my hair. I need to re-dye it soon. What color should I dye it next? The blue that's in now seems a bit faded maybe I'll go back to a green-blue. I haven't done purple since my hair was brown. Tori grabs a glass and turns the sink tap.
"DON'T LET HER TOUCH THE WATER!" Before I knew what happened I kicked Tori's glass away and it shattered agents the wall. She looks at me wide eyed like I grew another head.
"Jade!" She exclaims. "What the heck was that about?!" I blink once then twice trying to figure out why I did that.
"Th- I….umm…"
"You're insane!" If only she knew.
"The cup was chipped." I lie trying to come up with an explanation.
"You didn't have to bust it agents the wall!" She really seems mad and my headache's back. "That is so rude!" She heads over to the sink to pick up the pieces.
"Its fine, I'll clean it up."
"You know what Jade I should make you pick up every piece, but that's not what a good host does." She grumbles. I rub the side of my head and help her pick up the glass. Why did I do? What's wrong with the water it looks clean enough. I expect to find the voice answer me but when it doesn't I sigh.
"Jade, tell me whats wrong. Why are you ac-" The doorbell interrupted her and saved me from answering. She doesn't move until it rings again then Tori stands and heads to the door.
"Don't let her answer it!" The voice as desperate as before says.
"Wait!" I call after Tori. She stops and puts her hands on her hips. She looks really hot when she's mad.
"What, Jade?"
"Don't answer it."
"Why would I not answer my doorbell?"
"Because….Just don't, please." I'm so confused. She seemed to relax a bit and walked back over to me.
"Get out of her place. Go somewhere safe, hurry!"
"We have to leave." I say as soon as the voice stops.
"What? Why?"
"I'll explain it when we get there just come on!" I grab her wrist and drag her to the balcony. It's not to far from the ground but I climb down the waterpipe anyway.
"Jade just tell me where we're going."
"My old apartment, Vega." I answer heading down the alley into the dark city. She doesn't ask any more questions and I'm glad for I have no other answer. I feel like I have to trust this voice. I could possibly be chipped. Maybe HA did it at the hospital to drive me to insanity. I have to know where it's coming from. Besides I need to pick up some cloths from my apartment anyway. Al l of the clothing HA sent was bright enough to make your eyes bleed. I managed to find something that fits in Tori's closet but I would prefer my own. My apartment is about 30 blocks away but we make rather good time for two people who were walking. Tori puts her hand on my arm as we walk across the road when the light flashes red. It's a windy night and we're not really dressed for the weather. I'm not cold, I'm never cold but Tori is shivering.
"Are you alright?" I hesitate.
"I might be." I answer not stopping. I keep eye contact with her. Her eyes are still wide and confused but she is concerned for me. I've never had anyone be concerned for me before. I take her hand with a small forced smile. I gently light my hand there is no fire surrounding it but it's warm. She clings to it like a heater in a Christmas cottage. When we finally arrive we climb up the fire escape to my apartment and I open the door. It's just a bit smaller then Tori's but it has basically the same layout. The biggest difference is that my apartment is a lot messier. The couch is ripped in multiple places and there are scorch marks on the walls and multiple things carved into the coffee table. Everything is covered in dust and there are blood stains on the ground. I flick the light on and the single yellow bulb flickers before turning on. Tori is shocked at first.
"Woah! Jade, what the hell happened in here?"
"A lot of horrible things." I answer sitting on the couch. She hesitates and sits down on a clean spot beside me.
"Alright, explain what happened now." Tori demands leaning forward but never losing eye contact.
"Okay, well there are voices, well I guess a voice because it's really only one and then my thoughts, which have been like telling me things like when the fire alarm was pulled it told me that someone just pulled it and there was no fire and when Dr. Amam was going into the boat. It's as if they can see what's happening before I can. It told me I'm not crazy and that it's an angel sent to help me." I say getting straight to the point. She stares at me in a mix of confusion and concern. I wonder how my reaction would have been if it had been her. I'd probably think she was kidding or lying. Would I have laughed in her face or just made a sick joke?
"Did it tell you to attack me earlier?" She asks
"It told me not to let you touch the water or open the door." I answer rubbing my hands.
"When did all this start?"
"After I came with you, after I joined HA, after the laser accident." I look up curious as to what her expression is. Tori is looking down at her hands her eyebrows knitted together. I can see the confusion flickering in her eyes.
"How do you like talk to it?" She finally asked.
"I haven't been able to. It just talks to me." I try and concentrate on my thoughts.
Can you hear me? I ask taking a steady breath. It takes a moment before I heard an answer.
"I guess I owe you two a explanation."