Disclaimer: I only own the OC's Victorious belongs to Dan, simple as that.
Author Notes: Here's the third idea I had for the Anthony centered stories, this is the longest one and possibly the darkest.
Sorry, I originally meant to post this on Monday but a few things came up, mostly writers block.
Be warned, this is a very emotional and later on a dark chapter, you may even hate me for a bit for the second half of it, more accurately you would hate Beck.
So yeah, better hate Beck instead.
"Hi Aunty Trina!"
Said woman grinned widely as she lowered to her nephew's level and ruffled his hair affectionately "Hi to you too little guy"
"I'm not little!" The boy protested "I'm six and a half!"
His aunt chuckled "Oh yes, that's practically a big kid now"
"Yeah!"
The woman stood up again, this time so she could meet eye to eye with her sister in law, her grin dissapeared and was replaced with a frown.
"I take it there's a reason you call?"
Jade nodded, "There is"
"Where's Tori?"
"She took the girls to see some new... Lame, fashion show" Jade said carefully, not wanting to use another word she had in mind in front of her son "And obviously neither Anthony or myself wanted to go, so we decided to have a day in, that is until I got a phone call"
Trina understood what she meant, so, she got something out of her purse and once again lowered to her nephew's level "Hey Tony!" She called him by his nickname "Look what I have..."
"What?" What is it aunt Trina?!" The child asked exitedly.
The brunette smiled widely as she got some chocolates.
The boy gasped.
"Shh don't tell your mama I gave you these" Trina said, putting her under finger in front of her lips "So how about you go watch some cartoons and enjoy your chocolates, your mom and I will be there in a little bit"
"OKAY!"
Tony grabbed the box of chocolates from his aunt and ran towards the living room but as he was halfway there he turned around and gave her a hug "I love you Aunt Trina!"
The woman smiled "Oh so you only love me when I give you treats HUH?"
"Yup" he nodded.
Trina laugh, "Go and enjoy your chocolates"
This time the young boy went straight to the living room.
Trina stood up "Swear to God Jade, if you and my sister hasn't adopted him I so would have" She said lovingly "He's such a sweet kid"
"You're only saying that because your his favourite aunt" Jade deadpans "How is that even possible I'll never know"
"Oh ha ha" She said said dryly "Want to tell me why you call me? You never call me"
The former Goth sighed "Sit down Gibson"
The older woman silently did as she was told, she took a seat in the small kitchen table while Jade grabbed some jello from the fridge, the two women rarely saw eye to eye but they did agree on certain things such as having a sweet tooth, so whenever either of them provided ice cream, jello or candy of any kind it was meant to be a sign of a truce between the of them.
As Jade set the plate of jello in front of her sister-in law she sat down, Trina took it with a silent thank you and digs in.
"Ok Trina, I'll cut to the chase" The pale woman said "About an hour ago I received a call from the police"
Trina stopped chewing and swallowed once she heard the news "The police? Why?"
"Remember a few years ago when Tori and I told you about Anthony's... Father"
The older woman confused stare turned into one of disgust "That man doesn't deserve the fucking title of a father, he's some sperm donor as far as I'm concern"
"Yeah well, the private eye I hired long ago finally found that sperm donor"
Trina's eyes widened.
"The bastard was working under some fake name as a janitor at Hollywood Arts" Jade said cooly "Hollywood Arts Trina, our old school"
The older brunette's posture became stiff, her blood turned cold "My boys, your girls go there" he was always so close to them and didn't even know it. "That's sick"
"You don't know the half of it"
"You and Tori told me that he has been arrested before" Trina said "How is it possible for him to get a job at a school"
"Remember, he was working under an alias" Jade answered darkly "Changed his goddamn appearance so no one could find out who he really was"
"Still, someone from the staff must has recognised him!"
"No, last I heard there were a lot of lay off in the school and lots of new teachers had to be hired, Sikowitz said it was the hardest decision he had to make since he became principal"
"It's weird that you still talk to the guy"
"He's family" Jade said firmly.
"Ok, sorry" Trina apologised "I meant no insult, but we're getting off topic here, you said he was working there, as in he no longer does?"
Jade nods "Yeah, now Trina before I tell you this, you have to promise me you won't say a word to Tori about this, the last thing I want is to give her a reason to be scared"
"Why me?" She asked "Why not go to Cat or Robbie or Andre? You don't like me"
"Because you love my son as much as Tori and I do" Jade answered truthfully "You're his aunt, Trina and if God forbids something ever happens to us I expect you to take care of him, of all my children"
Trina eyes softened, her eyes watering "I promise, I hope it never comes to that Jade, but I promise you I'll take good care of my nephew and my nieces"
Jade gave her a sad smile "Good, Tori and I already made our will in case of an accidental death, so you and Gibby are named as their legal guardians in case of such an event"
"Really?"
Jade nods "Really, my daughters may be over eighteen but I want you to be there for them if they need you and I want my son to grow up happy, trust me it wasn't my idea to put you in the will but Tori was so adamant about it, there were so many choices your dad, Cat and Robbie, Andre and even my dad or brother but all those people are too busy and the last thing I want is for Anthony to be neglected, and as much as we fight, as much as you and I dislike each other Trina? You been there since we brought him home, you took care of him when we had work to do or when we needed a babysitter but more importantly you never stopped caring for him even when we told you about who his father... Sperm donor is, so Trina; you are the best choice here"
Trina's eyes began to water, tears running down her cheeks "I... Jade... I don't know what to say"
"Don't say anything then" The pale woman said kindly "Your eyes say enough"
The older woman sniffed as she removed tears from her eyes.
"The reason why I'm telling you this is because Tori and I want to be prepared in case worse comes to worse"
"Why didn't Tori tell me?"
"You think it's easy for her to talk about death?" Jade asked instead "She tried but always chickened out so I decided to do it instead.
"There's something your not telling me" Trina commented "Isn't there?"
"I'm getting to that" Jade sighed "I know where he is"
Trina's eyes widened "You aren't thinking on seeing him are you?!"
"Oh yes I am" Jade hissed "Remember when I told you that you didn't know the half of things? Well it turns out the son of a bitch didn't just get arrested for petty thef, marihuana use and whatever shit he pulled through the years, the police added murder to his rap sheet"
"MURDER?!"
"Yes and not so loud I don't want Anthony to hear this!" Jade hissed.
"Right, sorry"
"Anyways after some investigation the private eye told me a very chilling story, turns out that Beck kidnapped one of the students and raped her... A girl named named Gwen I think"
"I heard about that" Trina said "Alex knew that girl, he had a crush on her, she was only sixteen"
"Yeah well that girl ended up being pregnant... See where I'm going with this?"
Her sister in law's eyes widened in horror "You mean... that girl Gwen is Anthony's real mother?"
"Yeah, Beck had her trapped in some basement, for nine months and when Anthony was born? He decided to get rid of the evidence he first killed her and then threw my baby away in the garbage"
Trina's hands shook uncontrollably "That asshole... That sick asshole! How they find out it was him?"
"The moron left too much evidence, mostly his DNA, on the body that he buried in his basement, kept it as some kind of thropy or something"
"That sick bastard"
"This is why I'm going to see him" Jade admitted "I'm not going to let him get away with this, Gwen's family suffered, he almost killed my son, and I'm gonna make sure that he rots in jail for this, so I want you to babysit Anthony while I'm away and if Tori comes don't say a word, understood?"
Trina eyes narrowed "Give him hell"
Jade didn't say another word, she simply took her coat, went to the living room and told her son that she would be back in a while and to be good to his aunt.
"Okay mom"
"That's my boy"
A few hours later Jade was in her destination.
The prison was cold and dirty, a perfect place for such as scumbag as her ex-boyfriend, the simple thought that she used to date him filled her with disgust.
A stoic guard led Jade to the communication area. She stuffed a wad of tissues into her purse and broadened her shoulders as she took a seat. Her face Showed indifference, but deep down she was filled with utmost rage. How could Beck do this? How could he do something so malicious? She knew he was a pathetic and arrogant bastard, but she never thought he'd be so cruel.
She didn't want Tori to confront him, there was no business in it. Like she told Trina, she didn't want to scare her wife.
When she saw him finally being led out, his face twisted in shock and then... a smug smile?
Jade was at a loss just then! Why was he smiling?
She noticed that he no longer has a head full of hair, if anything he was balding, he also seemed to have gained a substantial amount of weight. "So this is why people didn't recognise him" She thought.
She watched as the Orange clad criminal sat down and pick up the phone on his side of the booth. "So you found me" He stated "I knew you couldn't stay away from me for long, finally came to your senses and ditched that bitch Tori?"
She closed her eyes and clenched her fists.
The man had to be too damn arrogant if he had the misconception that she still had a thing for him and worse, that was here to bail him out.
"Ok, never call my wife a bitch again or I'll cut off what little manhood you have left with my favourite pair of rusty sciccors"
"Wife?" He sneered.
"Yes, wife" She replied hotly "She's twice the lover you'll never be"
"I made you scream my name when we did it" He said smugly "Over and over"
"I was faking it" Jade taunted "But I'm sure you heard that before from other women"
Beck snarled "What the fuck do you want West?!"
"I came to talk to you, to tell you to better get comfortable here" She growled darkly "And to tell you to start sleeping with your shoes on"
"What is that supposed to mean!"
"You know damn well what I mean" Jade hissed "You sick bastard, I hope you get everything that you deserve from the moment you wake up to the moment you fall asleep in that tiny cell of yours, if it were up to me I'd put you in permanent isolation without any sunlight or interaction with anyone for the rest of your days!"
"Careful there West" Beck teased "Angering the inmates isn't a wise move"
Jade narrowed her eyes "You are a pathetic piece of shit, do you even regret what you done?! You destroyed the lives of that girl's parents, you cut a teenager's life short, but the cherry on the fucking top here was that you kept the corpse! That's too twisted, even for me!"
"My only regret is that I couldn't rape your daughters" He sneered "That I couldn't penetrate them over and over until they cried for mercy, they were my real target but luck was not on my side so Gwen was a decent substitute"
The woman's eyes narrowed in hatred, her body shaking with rage, the satisfaction that he was getting under her skin was clear in his smirk.
"The family whose lives you destroyed don't have enough money to pay for a lawyer" Jade said cooly "But that's about to change, I'm going to pay for them, they will get the best lawyer money can buy and you will get prosecuted if it's the last thing I do"
"Why do you care?" He asked uncaringly "It's not like you know them"
"That's not the point" She snapped "You can't just get away with this"
"This wouldn't happen to be because of that little boy, my son you took in?"
Jade's eyes widened "What? What the fuck are you talking about?"
"Ah so it is" He teased maliciously "You didn't think I wasn't aware of where he was, right? After all I had access to the news before I was arrested, too bad he had to be adopted by two dykes"
Jade desperately wanted to wipe that smug smile off from his arrogant face, then she realized that she could.
"You really are a moron Beck" She said.
"Oh? Am I now?"
"Yes, you idiot, the cops record every conversation that visitors have with the inmates, you not just deliberately admitted you abandoned a new born but also that you were planning to rape both my children!"
Beck said nothing to that.
"But let's make one thing clear you jerk, he is not your son, he's mine and Tori's and he will never find out about you, as far as we are concern you don't exist, he will grow up happy and you will rot in here till the day you die, and if you know what's good for you, you will never try to contact Anthony"
"Anthony?" He parroted in disgust "That's a prick name, but then again what can I expect from an accident"
"Your lucky there's this glass between us" Jade growled darkly "So mark my word, you will die here"
"We'll just see about that"
Jade gave him the finger, he simply waved goodbye mockingly.
"Oh and Beck? I should let you know that some family members of my friend Sam Puckett reside in this same prison, I should have a talk with them one of these days so they can make sure that your stay here turns out to be more... Uncomfortable.
Beck stopped waving his hand as his face turned white with fear.
"You made you bed, now lie in it" She promptly hung the phone up and stood up, feeling as if she just puked blood as she made her way to the prison guard. "I'm done." She looked back to her former boyfriend watching his eyes darken with anger and malice.
"This isn't over" He mouthed
She turned away "Lead me out please, officer."
Three days later a gang of the Puckett family ambushed Beck one day and decided to use the overweight man as a punching bag for that hour and every other hour the prisoners were let out to exercise.
Yeah I'm betting many of you wanted to kick Beck's sorry ass so I decided to have Sam's family doing the honor.
Anyways truth be told, Trina originally didn't appear in the first draft of the chapter and Cat was meant to appear but that idea was scrapped when I realized that our favorite redhead would not be of much help when it came to "adult conversations" since I believe that Cat wouldn't grow up much even in her later years.
So Trina appeared because I thought it would be a humorous turn of events if she was Tony's favourite aunt.
Speaking of Anthony, from this chapter on I'll be referring to him as "Tony" I got too tired of writting his full name over and over again, yeah... Lazy writing on my part, what can I say?
If you all remember, I said in the previous chapter thst the nightmares Anthony had were quite significant, that turned out to be true since it foreshadow Beck eventual appearance in this fic, I know many of you may not like him making an appearance but trust me it had to happen.
In the previous chapter it centered mostly around a neurotic Tori, in this chapter I decided to focus on a protective Jade, what do you guys think?"
And as always, give ideas I'll be accepting just about anything for this parenthood saga, heh.
Invader Johnny Signing Off.
