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Revenge of the Wolf

Chapter 4 – In the evening

No One's POV

Time: About 3 weeks ago

Tori waited until they were in the car and speeding off into the warm night, before questioning Jade.

"What do you mean we have lots to do?"

"We're going to find the building in that picture."

Tori looked to her copy of the picture and then to Jade. "Why, that psycho bitch blew herself up."

"Yes, but she blew herself up to prevent us from learning anything about her. She was protecting someone. Her boss, the person behind all of this. The mysterious X."

"Jade, you honestly think if we find the building blondie is coming out of, we'll just find X, inside waiting for us. Maybe she was just visiting someone or picked up some guy or girl at a bar and is heading home, a walk of shame or in this case, a limo ride of shame. Not to mention the fact that she's been dead more than a year."

"That's no walk of shame. Look at the picture. Her hair is done, her makeup is on, her clothes look clean and pressed. My money is that she lived there and she was heading to work. It's a lead Vega. X has gone to great pains to avoid being discovered. Up to now, we didn't have one friggen clue. Now we do." Jade retorted, with a frustrated huff.

"Yes Jade. Great pains. Not only did blondie blow herself up, she blew up the whole damn building you were being kept in to erase all the evidence. Not to mention that everyone connected with this conveniently died. A whole series of mysterious heart attacks and fatal muggings. All we know about X is, that they are a power wizard who happens to like summoning demons. I've fought them, they're not fun." Tori shot back.

Jade who realized this was turning into an argument, kept going. "I know that. They got the drop on me once. Not again. Whomever put all this in motion, wants me for some reason. X spent a lot of time money and some ultra-rare magical ingredients to snag me. You think, X is just going give up and move merrily along. No. X will be back, I feel it. That's why we have to get them first."

"By finding the door in this photo. What's that going to do? I'll tell you what's going do; nothing!"

"Don't be like that. This woman who was in charge of the kidnappers, blondie as we call her. She has a name. We find out that name, maybe we can track her. I have people who can do that sort of thing. We find her name, we learn something about her, we can figure out who she's working for. You know, we have a clue, we look and find another clue and so on."

"Don't patronize me!" Tori hissed. "This isn't an episode of Scooby doo here. It's not going to be some nobody wearing a mask. This is a real nasty bad guy. Oh and another thing, you said we're going to find that building. Do you really mean that?"

"Yeah."

"Are you serious Jade! SO you and I are going to just jaunt off to Prague, just like that."

"Pretty much. The trail is already pretty cold, so we need to act quickly before it gets colder."

Though Jade kept pushing back, Tori pushed back even harder in response as the conversation had turned into a full blown fight. "Are you that dense Jade or have you forgotten those three children we have living with us. You know the ones that call us MOMMY! And don't you even think of suggesting we take them into harm's way. You think we're having a fight now, you just try me! I have claws and fangs too you know!"

"Cool down Vega!"

"No, don't cool down Vega me." Tori exploded. "I may be your mate, but I am the mother to three little pups and I will do whatever I need to do to protect them. Including preventing boneheads like you from putting them in danger."

"I NEVER SAID I WAS GOING TO TAKE THEM!" Bellowed Jade.

"So, were just going to leave our babies behind. That's so much better!" Quipped Tori, in a deeply sarcastic tone.

"It's only going to be for a few days a week at most. We go there, find the place, learn who blondie is. Then we go home see what we can learn from the information. Then we plan our next move."

"No Jade, this is insane. You want that door found. Then send one of your diligent pack leaders to find it."

"No, they took me, they put you and our babies in danger. This is personal, plus I want to make sure this is done right. The less people know about this, the better."

"Or is this because someone got the drop on you and your ego, can't stand it. So you're itching to even the score. You simply can't stand to lose can't you. So you're just going to run off halfcocked, like you did when you fought Livia. Leaving me behind." Retorted Tori, bitterly.

Jade quickly rolled her eyes. "Don't start that again. I thought we were past that. You were pregnant at the time and you said it was the right thing to do. You could have lost the baby."

Tori only seemed to seethe more. "Yes, it was the right thing to do to keep me away from the fight. It wasn't the right thing to do to not even bother to discuss it with me. I'm your lover and Mate and that means more than me having sex with you and bearing your children. It means we make decisions, TOGETHER! As a couple or am I just the royal fuck toy!"

Jade stung by Tori's accusations, opened her mouth but closed it, realizing the argument was turning particularly nasty. Despite being hurt by Tori's words, she was still convinced her plan was the best course of action for the protection of them all. So she took a deep breath and mentally counted to 10 to calm down and thought how she would change tactics. By then, a tense stillness had taken hold in the car as it drove through the night.

After a few more tense moments Jade spoke again in a soft, but emotional voice.. "Please don't say that. You're everything to me. I love you and our children. I couldn't do any of this without you. Ever since that day where I was kidnapped and replaced with a demon imposter, I've worried constantly about you and our kids. That think slept next to you and only a just down the hall from Fiona. I would have died if anything happened to any of you. That person was going to kill you, Fiona and do god knows what to me."

Tori, said nothing and just narrowed her eyes in response.

Jade knew what she was doing, while she was speaking the honest truth about how she felt, she also know she was doing this into guilting Tori to go along with the plan. But in her mind, there was no other way.

"This person, X or whoever they are is still out there. They must have been watching us for months if not years, putting everything into place, waiting for the right moment to strike. Yes, by plain luck, divine providence, what you want to call it, the imposter was exposed and I rescued. They were stopped, but not defeated. All we did was ruin their plans. You think they'll stop and go home. No Tori, they're going to come back. What if they go after the children. We can't be with them all the time, we can't watch them all the time. Fiona is going to go to that school for werewolf children in a year or two. What happens if they strike then. Can we be sure that she's safe? We are in danger and if we ignore that danger, we will suffer for it. Sure we can take precautions, but is that enough? What if we're not there when they strike? They take the children or something worse. I'm only being like this because I'm worried. For the first time, we have the advantage. A chance to put an end to his and secure the safety of our girls."

Looking over Jade could see Tori's scowl had lessened somewhat, indicating she was getting through. So for the rest of the ride home she kept laying on the guilt trip. That not acting would only put their children in danger. By the time they pulled into their driveway, Tori had grown quiet.

"Look Tori, this will be you and me. We go, we don't even have to fight. Just go, you and I. We do it quietly so not to attract t any attention and just see what we can find out. It will only be for a few days, then we come back to our girls. It's the only way to really protect our girls. Then we can plan our next move. They won't get the drop on us this time. I promise, please Tori. Stand with me on this. We can have the girls stay with your parents and leave tomorrow." Jade pleaded as the pulled into their garage.

Tori sighed for a moment and lowered her head. "Promise me, everything will be ok. That this is the only way."

Jade quickly took Tori' s hand and squeezed it. "I promise baby. I promise."

Tori then nodded ever so slightly. "Fine."

Time: The present.

"I'm sorry Baby. Please forgive me Tori." Whimpered Jade through her tears, as she replayed that conversation back in her mind. Just thinking of it, brought Jade waves and waves of guilt that made her literally feel like she was going to drown in it.

"Please forgive me Tori" Mocked Jadelyn.

"Fuck you!"

Jadelyn quickly chuckled. "Sorry, I've already got a girl. But thank you anyway."

"Shut your trap, you rotten troll!"

"Whatever! I love it how you so totally managed to guilt Tori into going. " Jadelyn returned to her mocking voice. "They won't get the drop on us."

Jadelyn then laughed. "Here's a news flash, you had half a building dropped on you. Ok, you're stronger than any human alive, you have a super sense of smell and you can turn into a bad ass werewolf. But that don't mean jack shit, if you act like an ego driven, moron! God, are you ever fucking stupid."

Barely able to move, all Jade could do is roar in frustration. "You wait until I can get out of this bed, cause I'm going to snap your fucking neck and use your god damned head a bowling ball. NOW GET OUT AND LEAVE ME ALONE!"

Jadelyn got up from her chair and started to the door, pausing by the foot of the bed, with a rather disappointed expression. "It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

"GET OUT!"

With an amused shrug, Jadelyn left the room, closing the door behind her. Immediately after, she turned around to see a less than pleased looking Victoria standing in the hallway.

Jadelyn however, smiled. "Hi Tor, as you may have guessed, our guest has awoken from her slumber. How was class?"

Victoria's scowl intensified as she grabbed Jadelyn by the ear and pulled her into their own bedroom. Once inside, she closed the door.

"Jadelyn what on earth are you doing to her! How dare you, torment her. She's been through enough. "

"Well I can't torment you anymore, otherwise I don't get naked time. So, considering I had a captive audience I decided to let it roll." Jade replied, with a smirk.

Victoria quickly growled. "Don't be flippant with me. Especially if you want naked time ever again."

Jadelyn's jovial expression, turned serious. "Calm down and trust me, I know what I'm doing. I can explain it all. Don't you even want to know how she's doing."

Relenting somewhat, Victoria sat on the bed. "Ok, how is she doing?"

Jadelyn sat down next to her, taking Tori's hand into hers. "She's awake, she remembers everything. She's pretty heartbroken by all that's transpired and her spirit is about as crushed as her body is."

"But why do you need to be so mean to her. She needs help, not you tormenting her like you used to do to me."

"Tor, I thought we talked about this. I'm tormenting her because, I need to torment her."

Victoria raised an eyebrow. "What?"

"Let me explain. She's me and I'm her. Now I'm no werewolf, but I can just tell what she is thinking by looking at her. Not like I can read her mind, I just know it. Right now, she's replaying the events that led her here in her mind and it's pretty painful. She knows she screwed up so badly, that she can barely think of what to do next. She feels utterly defeated. That's where I come in to help."

"But how is making her feel miserable helping her any?"

Jadelyn smirked. "I'm not making her miserable, I'm making her mad. And right now, she needs to be mad, more than mad, furious in fact. So furious, that all she wants to do is get out of that bed and strangle me. It gives her something to focus on and a goal, which is rip my head and use it as a bowling ball."

Victoria nodded with a slightly worried expression. "Ok, I see what you're doing, but….."

"Tor, if I don't make her mad, make her want to get better, get out of bed and kill me, she'll fall into a depression so deep, that she'll just give up. I can't have that. She's still badly injured and she needs to fight, to have the will to get better. If she doesn't, she still could….."

"Die." Answered Victoria, finishing Jadelyn's sentence.

"Yes."

Victoria squeezed Jadelyn's hand and kissed her on the cheek. "You're wonderful. "

"Thank you."

Victoria then thought for a moment. "Can't she know what you're thinking too?"

"If I let her. But let's face it; I'm a much better actress than she is."

Victoria grinned and punched Jadelyn in the arm. "You have the same ego as her, that's for sure. Should I talk to her?"

Jadelyn shook her head. "Not right now, wait until she processed all that's happened. Probably tomorrow. You look exactly like her Tori and just the sight of you, will hit her pretty hard. But you can't have the bad cop, without the good cop, so she will need you. Just not yet."

"Ok, what did you tell her about Tori."

"Enough. That she's missing. Which is true."

"So you left out the rest."

"That Beck saw Tori, in her wolf form, fleeing the scene. At the time he had two choices, chase after Tori, or start to dig Jade out and see if she was still alive. Not much of a choice."

After letting out a sad sigh, Victoria leaned her head on Jade's shoulder. "Can you blame Tori for fleeing."

Jadelyn paused and for a moment looked out the window with a distant and pained expression. "No."

After that, the pair sat there tenderly holding hands in silence, which lasted a full 2 minutes before Jadelyn finally broke it.

"Tor?" Said Jadelyn softly.

"Yes."

"I'd die without you. God help me if I ever take you for granted. I love you so much. You're so wonderful, perfect, beautiful and still loved me, despite how horribly I treated you."

Victoria turned at looked to Jadelyn and smiled. "You're my life and eventually will be my wife. I've never been happier than the time I've spent with you. I love you too."

Hell bent on her course of action, Jade laid a guilt trip on Tori, causing her to give in and chase after the lead they found. But obviously it didn't turn out as Jade promised, much to her grief.

Jadelyn is doing what she can do, in her own way to help Jade recover.

Next chapter, we'll see Tori and Jade start on the trail that ultimately lead to disaster.

The chapter title, "In the evening" comes from the Led Zeppelin song of the same name.

The quote Jadelyn says before leaving the room is from Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5.