Disclaimer: I only own the OC's but the show "Victorious" belongs to Dan Schneider, simple as that.
Author Notes: in this chapter we get to "meet" a new member of the West family, this takes place right after Jade "visited" Beck in prison.
For those of you who read my fic "Down In The Dumps" I'm sure you know who I'm talking about and if you haven't, well... Prepare to be surprised.
So all in all my dear readers, enjoy.
Jade was driving home, she blood pressure was still rather high from her encounter with Beck.
The man had managed to get under her skin and she hated that, she right down despised that such a cockroach managed to do... "Oh no scratch that, calling him a cockroach is an insult to cockroaches!"
She hated him, Jade wasn't even sure if the word hate even fit the criteria of what she felt towards the man, she wasn't sure was caused his transformation from a good teen to an evil son of a bitch but she wasn't going to waste time thinking about him, he had his chance and fucked up big time at any chance of friendship in high school when he tried to persuade her to cheat on Tori.
Any respect she barely still had for him went down the crapper and afterwards she told him to stay the hell away from them.
"Guess in retrospect he felt we were destined to be together" Jade thought in disgust "I'm no one's property, I wasn't meant to be his fuck toy!"
The writer then turned on the radio, not trusting herself to be left all be with her thoughts, the last thing she needed was to be blind with rage while driving, therefore causing a car crash.
"In other news Beck Oliver, the man responsible for the death of Hollywood Arts Student Gwen Carlson six years ago, was finally caught, his trial is schedule to..."
Jade pushed the off button harder than she needed to, the former Goth was ready to throw out the radio out the window in her anger when she noticed where she was, in her anger the woman wasn't really driving in a specific direction to her house but subcounciouly she had made her way to a very specific neighbourhood.
She frowned "Might as well stop here."
Jade decided to park her car right in front of a new Chinese restaurant called "Eat Or Die."
"Nice name" she commented to herself as she got out of the car "I might bring Tori here for lunch one day, I'm sure she'll have a fit."
The last comment filled Jade with fond memories of their early dates when they used to argue where they would eat.
"Some things never change."
Jade closed the car's door with a slam, she slowly walked towards a very familiar place which was dubbed as "Death Alley" by the media since several bodies had been found here in the coming years, some murders, others suicides, superstitious people even went as far as to believe that there was some sort of negative entity living in the alley, protecting it as if it was its home, thus resulting in a disturbing amount of lives meeting their untimely fates.
The former Goth had a great respect for the death and did not even thought of playing around with that but this alley who had gotten quite a reputation over the years wasn't significant to her because it saw people come and go, instead; this alley would always be associated with their son's luck.
She still remembered the day they found Tony in this place, Jade always felt queasy just thinking that had she not parked the family car too far away from the restaurant that fateful day, she and Tori might have missed him entirely and could've become the alley's first victim, dying of hypothermia.
So without any further thinking, Jade made her way inside, whatever negativity this place had was put in the back of her mind.
The pale woman was unaware that someone saw her enter the alley.
"My latest victim has arrived" The mysterious figure said with a cruel smirk "My knife is hungry for the feel of flesh and blood."
Jade went deeper into the alley, heading directly towards the same spot both her an Tori had found their son all those years ago.
"Not much has changed" She muttered as she lowered to the ground, toching the floor with such tenderness, "The box is still here"
To be said that Jade was surprised was an understanding, since not many people dare to enter this place, much less have the guts to take something from within.
Suddendly she felt she was going through a déjà vu when she swore she saw the box move.
"What the...?"
Jade slowly opened the box, whatever was inside must have been looking for a place to spend the night since she was sure that this time she wouldn't a baby, that would be pushing it, at most she expected a poor cat or dog seeking warm from the night.
What she didn't expect was some other type of animal.
"Oh crap."
Jade was face to face with a very weak looking silver fox.
"How did you get in here?" She muttered "Last time I checked your kind isn't native from Los Angeles, Russia maybe but not L.A"
The fox opened it's eyes, fear evidently in them since it tried to get up at run but his legs were so weak that it collapsed at soon as it got up.
"What happened to you?" Jade asked as if she expected the poor animal to reply back, she slowly moved her hand towards the fox to try and calm it down, when it saw her arm approaching, the fox whimpered in fear, trying to get as far away from the woman as it could but only managed to get as far as the corner of the box, the Thespian saw as the poor thing covered its eyes as if trying to protect itself from any sort of pain that may come.
"Who did this to you?" She asked angrily, inspecting the silver fox's legs; noticing that they seem to be broken, it's back had a big red spot mixed with what once was a shinning silver fur; she could only assume that it was blood, her disgust for the abuse this poor creature had endured rose when she took noticed that one of it's ears had a big bite mark and a big chunk of it was missing.
Jade narrowed her eyes "What kind of sick bastard does this sort of thing?"
Her answer soon came when she noticed that the fox had a collar, she quickly inspected it, noticing that it said "Property of Arkham Labs"
"Well, that answers my question." She said with disgust "Animal experiments, what the fuck?"
Jade began to scratch the fox behind the ear, in hopes that it would know that she meant no harm but the poor animal was shaking, clearly had endured too much abuse in its life.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to harm you."
"Which is more than I can say for you sweet cheeks."
Jade quickly stood up only to be greeted by a very big man holding a knife "I believe we haven't been introduced" The man said coyly "I'm the guy whose going to take all you have and end your life but only if you don't do as I say, now hand everything you own lady before things get messy."
"That's not happening asshole."
"Oh good" The mugger replied smugly "I get to have fun after all, say your prayers"
But before he could do anything, Jade kicked him in the leg as hard as she could.
"OW!"
Taking advantage of the distraction, the pale woman grabbed a pair of sciccors she had hidden in her bra as the man fooloishly dropped his knife, she harshly grabbed the man, mercilessly pushing him into the wall as she held her weapon of choice near his neck.
"Now allow me to introduce myself" The former Goth growled darkly "I'm the woman whose about to make your asshole big enough for prisoners to fuck you once I take you to the cops, but that is only if I don't decide to gut you here and now."
"You wouldn't."
"Try me scumbag!"
"Please... Don't hurt me."
Jade saw the fear in his eyes, it seemed that he was bite but no bite, she was disgusted "You aren't worth my time, but I'm not about to let you go." She made a quick turn around to see that the small fox was still in the box, once she saw that indeed, it was, she told the mugger to stay where he was... "Or else", Jade went to grab the box as tenderly as she could so the animal wouldn't get agitated "Shh, Shh, Shh, you'll be ok." Once again she turned to face her attacker "You! Come get your ass here!"
The cowardly man was too afraid to make a run for it obeyed the Thespian who clearly was some kind of madwoman.
They both got out of the alley, Jade motioned towards her car and they all got in.
"Where are you taking me?".
"The police station."
"What?!" He yelled out "You can't make me go there!"
Jade glared daggers at the man "Let me ask you something, who do you think will be scarier? Your new cell mates or me?"
The mugger shook with fear "Send me to jail!"
"That's what I thought."
Jade started her car in the direction of the L.A.P.D, she knew that her father-in-law was about to give her an earful once he found out she had been in "death Alley" she only hoped he didn't tell Tori about this; otherwise things would not end well for her.
But first things first she had a cowardly mugger that needed to be in prison.
Then was going to give the vet a visit, the poor fox needed medical assistance.
... And quick.
Jade looked back at the backseat, noticing that the young fox had fallen asleep.
"Good, my little friend needs to rest."
Ok this is the end of the chapter but don't worry, in the following one we'll get to see some more interactions between Jade and Foxy since he imprinted on her.
You may be wondering, how can this be part of the Parenthood saga if none of the kids appeared? To answer that question, Jade is literally going down memory lane to the day Anthony entered their lives, I think any parent would fondly remember when their children were born or in this case found.
Anyways I'm sure many of you noticed a few references to other fandoms like comics and cartoons in this chapter and if you haven't.. let me enlighten you.
The restaurant "Eat or Die" is taken from Jhonen Vasquez's comic book "I Feel Sick" in which Devi and Teena have dinner one day.
"Death Alley" is an obvious parody of "Crime Alley" in which Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered, the difference here was that Jade turned the tables on her attacker the only way our favourite Goth could, heh heh.
"Arkham Labs" is meant to be a reference to "Arkham Assylum" in which the worst of the worst criminals of Gotham are incarcerated but in this fic it's meant to serve as a pararel to that place due to the cruelty of the inmates have between the others which implies that Foxy's injuries aren't only human made but animal made.
by the way I am NOT in any way promoting animal cruelty, if anything I'm making a point by showing how little regards people have for animal lives when it comes to testing products and shit on animals who can't deffend themselves.
The idea of Jade meeting Foxy in the same alley she and Tori found Anthony came from the episode "Ace In The Hole" from "Batman Beyond" where an elderly Bruce Wayne found his trusty companion Ace, that scene made me think that Foxy would become Jade's trusty animal companion and eventually Tony's.
Anyways, your thoughts on this; Good? Bad? In the middle?
Invader Johnny Signing Off.
