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Chapter 20 - Hammer into Anvil

No One's POV.

It was just after 5 o'clock and over 3 hours had passed since Beck had caught Jade on the phone. 3 hours since that first punch, one of many since then. Beck had done things before, but this was on a new level. Plus any idea that Dr. Cortez was wrong, quickly vanished when Jade realized that Beck was doing these things sober. Even though she was being beaten senseless, Jade couldn't help but notice he was enjoying every second of it.

At the moment, Jade lay naked under a comforter in a fetal positon on the bed. Other than an occasional whimper of pain, the Goth neither moved nor spoke. Already in shock from the terrible revelation about the true nature of Beck, he had subsequently beaten and raped her into the near catatonic state she was currently in.

Beck, who had since redressed, was in the kitchen trying to decide what to make for dinner. Jade was in no condition to do anything so he'd have to do it. Eventually he would have Jade cook all the meals and do all the cleaning, but for now he realized some sacrifices needed to be made.

Having decided, he walked into the bedroom and ran his fingers through Jade's hair. She however didn't react.

"Babe, I'm making pasta tonight with mushrooms. I'll start it in a short bit so dinner will be ready about 6. I don't think you'll be quite up to dinner, so you can rest in here for the evening. Someday you'll thank me for this!"

"BAM, BAM, BAM" Suddenly rang out the sound, of someone pounding at their apartment door.

Beck stood up and cursed loudly "Who in the fuck is that?"

The response came a second later, in the unmistakable voice of an utterly furious sounding, Tori Vega. "Beck, you let me in right now!"

Hearing the voice Jade lifted her head slightly and whimpered Tori's name.

Beck however, promptly slapped her. "Shut up! Looks like Tori did come for you, but know this. It's not going to help you one damn bit. Now stay quiet or so help me god…."

Jade went quiet and lowered her head as Beck exited the bedroom and closed the door.

Arriving at the apartment door, Beck grabbed the doorknob but didn't open it. "Go away Tori. Jade's not home."

"Beck you open this door or I'm calling the cops. I'll tell them I heard screams coming from your apartment. You can talk to me or the cops, your choice!" Demanded Tori.

Beck opened the door, and gave Tori a rather mocking smile. "So nice of you to stop by, Do come in."

The Latina looked as if she had come directly from her job at the bank, as she was wearing a green skirt with matching top and black belt.

Striding into the room past Beck, the very agitated Tori, turned to Beck. "I just got Jade's phone message. Where is she?"

Beck chuckled. "I told you Jade isn't here. She went to the grocery store after work and I don't know anything about any message."

"You're lying!" Tori snapped, as she made a move towards the closed bedroom door.

Beck tightly grabbed Tori's arm, his eyes growing cold. "I told you, she's not here. Leave…right NOW!"

Tori, in one solid motion yanked her arm free, reached into her purse and pulled out a black pistol. "Where's Jade! Take me too her now!"

Somewhat surprised by the pistol, Beck took a step back. "Calm down."

Ignoring Beck, Tori burst through the closed bedroom door to see Jade on the bed. It was a sight that filled Tori with revulsion as it was obvious that she had been beaten to a pulp. She was mostly covered but could see her face was bruised and caked with dried blood that had come from her nose.

Tori ran to Jade and touched her motionless form to see if the Goth was still breathing, she was. Only then did Jade open the one eye that hadn't swollen shut. Jade looked broken, both in body and in spirit.

"It's none of your damn business Tori!" Beck, who had come into the bedroom said sternly.

Tori got off the bed and her hand shaking slightly, pointed the pistol squarely at Beck. "What did you do to her?"

Beck, looking rather defiant, took a step into the room towards Tori. "What needed to be done? Again you need to stop sticking your nose in mine and Jade's business."

"Step back, I have a gun." Tori said, only now her voice along with the gun in her hand was shaking.

Sensing Tori was losing her nerve; Beck took another step closer. "You're not going to use that."

Starting to look visibly nervous, Tori took a step back, but could go no further as a dresser was directly behind her. "Stop or I'll shoot."

Not looking impressed in the slightest, Beck took yet another step towards the Latina. "You'll do nothing of the sort. You don't have the guts."

Looking from her position on the bed, Jade watched in dismay as Tori's courage seemed to vanish before her very eyes. The closer Beck got, the more intimidated and fearful Tori seemed to get.

By now Tori could barely hold the gun steady at all. "Stand back, I mean it Beck."

Now within two feet of Tori, Beck looked down at the gun and suddenly laughed. "That's not even a real gun."

Her hands now shaking like a leaf, Tori held it up only to have Beck snatch it away.

Beck held up the gun and shook his head. "It's a rubber prop. Oh my god, I remember this gun. It's a prop from that play we did in senior year, Murder in the library. You were the killer in that one weren't you."

Before Tori could respond, Beck smashed Tori in the right temple with the hard rubber gun, knocking Tori to the ground.

"You're pathetic Tori, what could Jade or anyone else ever see in you."

Tears now forming her in her eyes and a line of blood running down the side of her head, Tori screamed. "You're a fiend!"

Beck grabbed the Latina and after pulling her up, pushed her towards the doorway. "You know I'm actually glad Jade found out. Now I can drop the Mr. Nice guy act. But for you, this is what's going to happen. You're going to leave. Tomorrow Jade and I are going to take out a restraining order against you as you've been making repeated threats against us. It will be your second one, I believe. Then you will leave Jade and I alone forever. I've had it with your interference."

Again before Tori could respond Beck punched her in the back, knocking her to the floor. Beck then grabbed her by the throat. "She's my girl, not yours, you dirty fucking dyke. If I ever see you talking to Jade again you're dead! GOT IT!"

With a look of utter defeat in her eyes, Tori nodded. "OK."

Jade was utterly heartbroken to see Tori leaving her. Mustering up all her strength, she weakly called out. "Tori!"

"I told you to shut up!" Yelled Beck at Jade.

Turning his attention to Tori, Beck pointed to the door. "Now get the fuck out!"

Now sobbing, Tori slowly got up off the floor and slowly made her way to the door. As she got to the door, the Latina turned. "I'll leave you both alone forever, but please just answer me this. Answer it and I'll go."

Beck made an impatient roll of his eyes. "What?"

"Why did you rape her 3 years ago at Hunter Burns graduation party. She would have just gotten back with you anyway. Why?"

Beck ran his hand through his hair with a hearty laugh, "Why? Why did I rape her?"

Tori wiped a tear, only to have another quickly replace it.

Looking rather proud of himself, Beck smiled. "I do with her what I want too. She's got to learn to be a proper woman. Do what she's fucking told and keep her mouth shut. I raped her 3 years ago for the same reason I raped her today, which is the same reason I raped her the day before she moved in with you and the same reason I did so last Halloween. Because I can and each time, it further beats down her will. I'm the man and she submits to me. It also reminds her who's in charge. I've been working on her for some time, a lot of carrot and a lot of stick. Despite your meddling, I've been coming along fine. I've taken by force her more than 50 times and I've gotten her to come back to me each and every time, now that's a fucking accomplishment. She's always going to come back to me. Just like a beautiful, wild horse, you have to break it before you can ride it and that's what I did to Jade. I'm fucking proud of it."

Jade who was in a lot of pain, had crawled from the bed to the door way. From there she had heard Beck proudly brag about how he had had manipulated, beaten and forced her into submission. Even in her shattered mind, was it clear he was a sadist.

But for Jade, the hardest part was the fact that Tori was leaving her. Having blown her one chance at happiness, she could only whimper in despair.

Beck who had spotted Jade out of the corner of her eye, turned and glared at the Goth. "Did I tell you to leave the bedroom!"

As Beck turned her attention to her, Jade looked up at Tori. Even half traumatized, Jade noticed something odd. A moment ago, Tori looked intimidated, beaten, humiliated and was practically sobbing.

But now, the Latina stood up straight, stopped crying, lifted her chin as her whole demeanor suddenly changed. Now she looked cold, confident and rather business like.

"Thank you Beck. That's all we needed." Said the Latina in an somewhat, Icy tone of voice.

Beck turned back to Tori and hissed. "What are you thanking me for, get the fuck out!"

It was then Beck noticed that Tori longer looked intimated or upset. She didn't budge either, not moving one inch from where she was standing. He really didn't care however; as he knew he had won.

"Tori, I'm not going to say it again. Get the fuck out!" Warned beck.

Instead of doing as he ordered, Tori dashed away from the door and shouted. "Rumpelstiltskin!"

There was a loud Bang and a fraction of a second later, the door of the apartment practically blew off its hinges. That was followed by 3 policemen, in full tactical gear armed with semi-automatic MP5's, who suddenly burst into the apartment and made a beeline for Beck.

Very surprised, Beck attempted to move back. He however didn't get more than a foot before the three officers had slammed him to the ground and handcuffed him.

Half in shock, half furious, the helpless Beck was pulled off the ground and immediately screamed at Tori.

"You are so done Vega! I'm so going to sue you and the police department so fast it will make your head spin. I'm going to destroy you!"

Tori walked over to Beck and gave a rather Jade like smirk. "You really think so Beck."

The Latina then grabbed her blouse and ripped open the front, to reveal a long wire taped to her chest. It ran from her hip up between her breasts where it ended in a small microphone.

His face suddenly turning ashen, Beck gasped. "You were wearing a wire."

What a nice little fake out wasn't it? Tori acted all beaten and humiliated so she could trick Beck into confessing his crimes on tape. So what do you think?

The story title is a reference to an episode of the 1960's British TV show, "The Prisoner"

For those interested The Prisoner which is a TV show considered far ahead of its time, is a show about an intelligence agent who after quitting his job is kidnapped. He is then placed in what appears to be an serene seaside village, in which there is no escape and everyone is only referred to only as a number. The village is a place where an unknown world power places people it wants to break in order to gain information to them. The intelligence agent who is then referred to as #6, struggles to avoid being broken and at the same time escape.

In the episode that this chapter is named after, "Hammer into anvil" #6 after seeing the sadistic head of the village, known only as #2, drive a young woman to suicide, decides to retaliate against him. #6 using deceit and guile, continually, feeds #2's own paranoia until he finally has a mental breakdown.

There are certain parallels, as Tori uses deceit and guile to cause the sadistic Beck, to essentially hang himself.