Disclaimer: I only own the OC's Victorious belongs to Dan, simple as that.
Author Notes: Well, many of you seem to have grown fond of Foxy, so without further ado, here's the second part of his introduction.
Jade sat in the vet's waiting room, it was the same one she had been to when Tori and Beck went on that "opposite date" many years ago, she could have gone to another place since the mere association of that "date" was enough to disgust the writer but the poor thing needed medical attention so she swallowed her contempt for the sake of the fox.
Speaking of which, he was constantly trembling in her arms, at least Jade thought it was a he, in truth she had no idea, but she wasn't about to call the poor animal an "it" the thought of calling him that made her think that's how the people at the labs most likely saw him as property rather than a living being, that did not sit well with her.
"Shh, shh" Jade said soothingly as she stroke the baby fox's back slowly "You'll be fine, the vet is just going to check you out, you'll be fine, you'll see"
the injured animal whimpered, Jade's voice did little to calm him down which was understandable considering he had been abused all his life and had no idea what was going to happen to him.
After her little adventure with the mugger, Jade was not in the mood for anything else, specially after Mr Vega indeed chewed her out for getting into "Death Alley" she knew Tori was going to hear about this and was not looking forward to that conversation so she took the excuse to take her "little friend" to the vet as a way to avoiding the inevitable conversation she was going to have with her wife.
"Eww, what's that ugly thing?" A little girl asked disgustedly.
The former Goth gazed to meet the rude kid "This is a fox not a thing"
"Are you here to put it to sleep?" The girl asked obnoxiously "I totally would"
Almost as if the tiny fox could understand what the child was referring to, he started whimpering louder than before.
Once again, Jade held her companion protectively so she could calm him down, before giving the brat a dark glare "No I am not doing such a thing!" She snarled "I'm here so the vet can look him up!"
"Why? It's not like he can do much"
Before Jade could say anything else, the receptionist spoke up.
"Mrs. West? Doctor Wilson will see you now"
Jade gave the rude girl one final scattered glare before entering the vet's office.
"Hello Mrs West" the veterinarian said politely without looking away from her paperwork, "What can I do for you and you... Fox?"
Once she looked away from her papers she was surprised to see a silver fox in the hands of the other woman, she had treated dogs, cats, turtles and sometimes parrots with a very nasty vocabulary, but a fox? That had to be a new one.
"Let me guess" Jade said evenly "You never treated a fox before?"
Dr Wilson nodded slowly "You would be correct, although technically speaking foxes are within the canine family so it shouldn't be any different, now put him on the examination table and let's see what is wrong with this little guy"
Jade did as she was told and puts the scared little fellow close to the doctor.
The woman made her way to her equipment but once the fox saw the Stethoscopes, he started to make a run for it only to collapse on the table, his legs too weak for him to walk, so instead he tried to crawl away, only to make it a few inches away but close enough to be near Jade's hand.
The silver fox gave his rescuer a pleading look before he licked her hand.
Jade frowned, his fear was all too real "Don't you worry, ok, she's not going to hurt you, I'm not going to hurt you, we just want to help you but you gotta let us, ok?"
The fox whimpered again.
Dr Wilson smiled sadly "Well I'll be"
"What?" Jade asked puzzled.
"How long have your had this fox?"
"I... Well to be honest, he's not mine per say , I simply rescued him like two hours ago from an alley, why?"
"Well it seems to me that this baby fox seem to be attached to you already, almost as if he just opened his eyes for the first time and if my guess is correct, you were the first thing he saw when it happened am I correct?"
"Well I wouldn't rule it out" The writer replied back.
"I thought so" The vet commented "If that's the case then it could mean he imprinted on you"
"Imprinted on me?" Jade parroted in confusion, already having a sinking feeling of what it could mean but still had to ask "What does that entail exactly?"
"Well Mrs West" Dr Wilson said with mild amusement "It means that he sees you as his mother"
Jade's jaw dropped.
"Congratulations"
Heh heh I'm a bad guy for leaving it there but I felt that despite being such a short chapter, it served as one interesting type of cliffhanger, wouldn't you agree?
Dont worry, next chapter will be longer, I promise.
Now you can't say that Jade being the mother of Foxy isn't an amusing idea? I actually came up with it when I was writing the last chapter but decided to post it in a different chapter because I wanted to give out different emotions when Jade first found Foxy and when she finds out she technically has a "fourth child" since a few people sees their pets are their children, Jade won't be that type of person but rest assure she'll be quite fond of Foxy.
Now I read that foxes open their eyes for the first time in around 10 to 12 days after they are born, so Foxy was recently dumped in the alley and Jade just happened to be there on the exact moment he opened his eyes for the first time which explains why he trusted her so quickly.
For those of you who probably didn't notice the reference, Dr Liz Wilson is actually a character from the "Garfield" franchise, which I'm a huge fan of, she is the vet of the titular fat Cat which I decided to use for this chapter.
Anyways, your thoughts?
Invader Johnny Signing Off.
