Three weeks went by and they hadn't been able to find Billy and Barney, it was like they had disappeared from earth and Jade couldn't feel safe as long as they were free so she didn't like to be alone at the hospital.
"How are you feeling?" Tori asked when she, Cat, Andre and Robbie walked into the hospital room, where Beck and Jade were watching a movie on her laptop but the paused it.
"Better" Jade said, her voice was raspy and she couldn't talk loudly but she was slowly recovering.
"Hey honey, hi guys" Evelyn said sweetly as she and Mr. West entered the room as well. "We brought you some juice"
"Have they found them?" Jade questioned.
"No, no…but they've taken everything from the house they had you in and they don't have a lot of money so it's a matter of time before they come out of their hole" Mr. West commented.
"Hole…Did they see the hole they had me in? It's on the floor, it's a like a coffin" Jade commented.
"Yes, we found it…I saw it myself, just like you described it" He responded and she nodded.
"I still don't know how I managed not to freak out when I was in there" Jade commented. "It was horrible but I was more scared when they took me out"
"Of course…" Evelyn said sadly as she stroked Jade's face and kissed her hand. "But it's all in the past, you're alive and that's all that matters" she commented and Jade nodded.
"And we'll find those bastards, I swear and they'll pay a very high price for what they did" Mr. West affirmed.
"Do you think they'll come here?" Jade asked worriedly.
"No, I don't think they are that stupid" Evelyn responded but Jade wasn't so sure.
"Hey…don't worry" Beck said as he grabbed her chin to make her look at him. "Just in case, I'm always gonna be here…They'll have to kill me ten times before they lay a finger on you again, okay?" He affirmed and she nodded.
"Yes, my love, you're never going to see them again, from now on your life will be happiness I promise" Her mother added and she smiled. That night the gang went home but Jade's parents and Beck stayed with her in the hospital; however, the West decided to go get their dinner while Beck and Jade stayed in the room because she couldn't leave and he didn't want to leave her alone.
"So what do we do now?" Beck asked once their movie was over.
"I don't know; I'm bored" Jade said.
"Well, think of something while I go to the restroom" He said and she smiled while he walked into the room's bathroom.
"What about cards?" Jade asked as loudly as she could.
"Maybe…do we have them here?" He shouted from inside and she stood up to look for them.
"I'll check…" Jade said as she walked towards the suitcase, which was on the table opposite the door. She was distracted looking for the cards when the door opened but she assumed it was her parents coming back but in reality, it was Billy and Barney.
"Have you found them?" Beck questioned from inside, they realized she wasn't alone so Billy put a chair outside the door to stop Beck from coming out.
"Yeah, I did…" Jade said and put the cards on the table while packing everything back into the suitcase. "Mom, what did you bring us?" She questioned but the next thing she felt was a knife to her throat and a hand covering her mouth.
"I brought you a one way ticket to hell" Billy said and kissed her head so Jade felt her blood freezing inside her body.
"We missed you, darling" Barney commented. "We thought you'd died but don't worry, we won't make the same mistakes this time" he said as she stared at him completely terrified.
"Jade?" Beck asked from inside but she didn't respond so he immediately tried to open the door. "Jade!"
"I'm sorry, Beck, Jade's in a little rush right now" Billy said and Beck felt the fear going through his body as well.
"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER AGAIN, I'LL KILL YOU!" Beck screamed desperately while the twins decided what to do with her and he repeatedly slammed himself against the door to open it.
"We need to go now" Barney said.
"We can't just walk out with her like this, they'll shoot us" Billy commented while covering Jade's mouth with tape.
"Just slice her throat and let's get the hell out of here" Barney ordered.
"NO, DON'T HURT HER" Beck screamed while trying to break the door open.
"Shut up, let me think" Billy said angrily and Jade simply closed her eyes hoping they would either leave her there or kill her quickly because she couldn't stand the idea of being their slave again. "What do we do with you?" He asked as he dragged the blade across her face and she cried terrified.
"Stop playing and kill her now" Barney demanded anxiously.
"Ugh fine, will you stop acting like a scared grandma?" Billy questioned annoyed and grabbed the back of Jade's head to pull it back and proceeded to put the knife to her throat so she simply closed her eyes but just in the second he was gonna slice her throat, Beck finally managed to open the door so Billy got distracted and the next thing he knew is that he was on the floor.
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO TOUCH HER" Beck screamed madly and punched his face but then Barney got him off.
"Mm!" Jade tried to scream scared because Barney was on top of Beck and Billy was recovering but she decided to do something. She stood up quickly and grabbed the glass jar from the table next to the bed, she didn't really think things through but she was panicking and time was running so she simply broke it onto Barney's head and with the remaining glass in her hand, she stabbed Billy's neck to get him off Beck.
Barney was unconscious on the floor and Billy immediately started bleeding on the floor while holding his neck so Jade dropped the glass scared and Beck stood up fast. "Oh my god" He said and Jade took the tape off her mouth.
"I killed them" Jade affirmed scared and all the sudden her parents walked into the room.
"Oh my god, what happened?" Evelyn questioned and immediately hugged her daughter protectively.
"They…they came to kill me" Jade said. "I…I…I had to do it" she said nervously as her father stared at the two men. Barney was obviously dead but Billy was just unconscious. "Dad, I don't wanna go to jail"
"You're not going to jail, baby" Evelyn affirmed.
"Don't worry, Jade, these men deserved it…and you did it in self-defense, alright? No judge would sentence you for this after what they did to you" Mr. West added and then a nurse opened the door.
"Oh my god, what happened here?" She questioned completely appalled and called the doctors and the security of the hospital.
"What happened in this room? Who did this?" The principal of the hospital questioned once he was there with the security guards. "We have one dead man and another injured one, this is a crime"
"They deserved it" Beck commented and the principal turned to him but then he saw Jade's bloody hand.
"We are going to press charges" He informed and Mr. West nodded.
"Yes, and so will I, what kind of security does this hospital have? These animals almost killed my daughter in this room, she only defended herself" Mr. West affirmed.
"That excuse will work for the one who's unconscious but not the one she stabbed, she wanted to kill him and that only has one name: murder" The principal commented.
"Yes, that's true" Jade said and they turned to her. "I wanted him dead"
"Jade, stop talking" Her father ordered.
"No, this man says I'm a murderer for killing this man…but do you have a single idea of what he put me through?" She questioned. "These two man, but especially him, made me go through hell for several days...They raped, beat, tortured and tried to kill me, I'm like this because of them…He tried to murder me"
"If you really think this man deserved less than what he got, then you're a horrible person" Evelyn affirmed. "They came here to kill her and she defended herself"
"No judge will favor this trash over the actual victim, you can count on it so if you want to start a process against my daughter, be my guest" John said coldly and the principal looked down.
"Alright…I get it" The principal said and Jade closed her eyes relieved. "I won't press the charges but the state will"
"That's not going to be a problem" Mr. West affirmed and as he predicted, he managed to keep Jade's freedom and she wasn't formally accused of the crime because her father stopped the process from the beginning with his contacts. Barney was sent to jail for kidnapping, rape, torture and attempt of murder so he got jail time for life and Jade slowly fully recovered her voice.
A few months after the incident, the gang was in school having lunch as usual but there was silence so Cat decided to break it. "Jade, I've meant to tell you this for a while…" she said shyly and Jade turned to her. "I'm sorry"
"What for?" Jade questioned confused.
"Because of what happened to you…It was my fault" Cat said sadly. "You had to come back for me because of the candy, remember? Maybe I hadn't stopped, they wouldn't have caught you" she commented and Jade sighed.
"Cat, we don't know that" Jade said. "They were there and they wanted to take me, if it wasn't me they would probably have taken you because Tori and Trina were in the front with the boys" she commented and Cat looked down. "I'm glad it didn't happen" she commented and Cat stared at her confused just like everyone else.
"You are glad they caught you instead?" Tori asked.
"I'm not glad it happened but I'm happy it wasn't Cat the one they took…she wouldn't have handled what they did to me" Jade said sincerely with tears in her eyes but she pushed them back and Cat immediately hugged her so she hugged her back. "You're like my little sister…my annoying little sister" she said and they all chuckled.
"Let's not remember that, okay? It was a hell of a week" Beck commented. "The important thing is that you're back and we are all together, that's all in the past"
"What a night a Wanko's we had" Tori said and Jade nodded.
"Terrifying…but as Beck said, the Wanko's nightmare is over…"
Happy ending...sort of.
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