Title: Rebound
Author: Jonathan
Rating: M (covering my bases this time)
Chapter: Eight C (The Final Chapter)
Category: Robbie/Tori
Spoilers: Post 'Bound' and 'Unbound,' sit will follow season 2 canon.
Summary: Sequel to 'Unbound.' Tori and Robbie thought everything was going to be okay, but was it really? More issues arise.
Disclaimer: Victorious is owned by Dan Schneider, Danwarp, Nick, Viacom

Tori just stood there in awe. She watched as her beloved was taken away from her and sent to the hospital. The image of a sick Robbie Shapiro plagued her mind. An image that would always haunt her. The one person that meant the most to her was now unconscious, at risk that anything could happen to him… even…

No…

She can't think like this. She can't…

Tears started to brim her eyes at the image kept playing over and over in her mind. She quickly turned around and ran as fast as she could. She couldn't deal. Not now. Not when everything was just so perfect yesterday, and now her best friend was sick. Sick with something that could truly turn her inside out and throw herself out of the loop and be the perfect time for one of her imaginary visitors to return.

It didn't matter.

She couldn't deal with anything right now. And as much as she knew she should be doing anything to help get the things Robbie needed to get better, she couldn't get passed his ill body, lying motionless on the grass, hardly breathing. Her heart breaking at the simple remembrance of what happed just moments before…

As the image re-looped, she couldn't help but feel her feet give way and she stumbled, rolling on the ground, and falling to her side allowing her tears to fall as she balled her body together…

She soon felt a hand on her body.

"Tori?"

But Tori didn't answer. All she could do was cry, praying that her Robbie would be okay. Hoping that he would pull through this, but at that moment, she couldn't do anything. All she could do was cry.

"Hey, Tori…" The voice repeated. She looked up and saw a friend of hers. Even before she could say anything, Tori opened her arms and grabbed hold for dear life as hugged her friend. "It's alright. We'll get through this."

When she didn't answer, she continued, "We'll call your parents, we'll call Beck. We'll do everything we can."

She shook her head… "This can't happen. This can't…"

"It's alright…"

Tori pulled herself out of her friend's grasp. She finally got to her feet and looked at the one person in front of her. "It's not okay! It's not okay, Zoey!"

Zoey Brooks got to her feet and turned to her side. She saw Logan standing not that far away. "Robbie needs you Tori. We'll get you to Cliffside. Robbie will get the help he needs, and then Robbie can go home."

Tori shook her head, "I can't do this! I can't deal with this! I'm a wreck! Robbie needs me to be sane! And I can't be! I can't be there for him when I get like this! You remember what it was like for me the first week I was here. I kept seeing 'Jade'. I kept seeing 'Cat'…" Tears ran down her cheeks. "Robbie and I finally had it right. Last night was perfect. And now 'Jade' will come back and make my life a living hell! Robbie is the only one who can keep me in check. And now that he's sick, I'm going to fall apart…"

Logan and Zoey looked at their shaken friend. They both remembered what Tori was like during that week, and it wasn't an easy sight to see. She seemed so nice at times, and so friendly, but when it came to anyone who doubted her sanity or told her that Robbie wouldn't return, she would lose it, and the crying would continue.

"We'll get you better, Tori." Zoey told her. "We'll get you to Robbie even before you have a chance to talk to…"

"You don't get it!" Tori snapped. "This… this…"

Logan approached her, "Tori, take it easy." He let out a breath. And looked at her, and then his eyes widened, "When Robbie left you the first time. Back in LA. How long did it take for 'Jade' to appear?"

Tori just stared at him…

"Look, I get it. This is so not sounding like something I would say. But I'm trying here. Honest. I dunno. Maybe all this time with Quinn has screwed my brains. Maybe… I dunno… I'm maturing. But just answer the question. How long did it take 'Jade' to make an appearance?"

Having her tears finally coming to a stop, she finally said, "Just after he left. I went back to my room, and there she was."

"Okay…" He said slowly. "Now, what, that was right after?"

Tori thought for a second, then nodded.

"Then where is 'Jade' now?" Tori gave him a confused look. "If 'Jade' appeared when Robbie first left you, wouldn't you think she or any of the others would appear when Robbie was sent to the hospital?"

Tori's eyes widened when he actually said something that made sense. Why hadn't 'Jade' appeared?

She shook her head, can't believing 'Jade' hadn't showed up. She turned to them…

"Doctor Reynolds…"

When Logan showed a confused look, Zoey told him, "Tori and Robbie's therapist." He nodded understanding.

A smile came to her lips. Finally coming to the realization of something…

"I'm cured?" When they didn't say anything, she took out her pear phone and dialed the one number she needed to call…

"I heard from the lawyer today."

"You did?" His wife asked as she sat down at the table. "You really think the Shapiros are going to be okay with this?" Her husband gave her a look. "Of course they aren't."

He smirked, "That's one of the reasons why I love you, Holly. You always try to think of the good in people." He then took her hand and kissed it briefly. "Paul and Rachel are probably going to do everything in their power to stop this from happening. You heard of the things that Robbie told us about. How they tricked him in trying to get them the money from Ruth, how they treated Sarah all those years, how his father was a bigoted jerk. What he said about Tori."

Holly sighed, "I know. It's just this whole thing has become really insane. How could any two parents treat their children like that? Yes, I get they have the right to their opinion, but to say those things to Robbie. To purposely take his phone away so that he couldn't contact Tori? To do those…" Tears started to well in her eyes.

"Hey…" He whispered. He got out of his chair, and walked around the table. Taking his hand, he picked up his wife and wrapped his arms around her. "We're getting them out of there. We'll make it so Robbie and Sarah won't have to deal with them anymore."

He lowered his head, and kissed his wife. "They've been through enough. We all have. We just have to find some way to prove to the judge that they are not fit to take care of them. Not only for Robbie and Sarah's sake, but also for Tori. Paul and Rachel are jerks. They do not have the right to treat them like that."

He leaned in and kissed her neck, trying his best to comfort his wife. "We'll make it so Robbie and Sarah won't have to face them again."

Holly relished in the touch of her husband. It amazed her. After all these years, David Vega was still the same man that she married all those years ago. The man that helped her create two wonderful children, who helped come to a way of life that truly made her happy.

Her tears stopped shortly after. She pulled her head out from David's shoulder. "I really do love you, y'know."

David smiled, "I love you, too." He then took his hands, and brought them down, circling her waist. Keeping her close. "We'll make sure…

But as he was about to continue his sentence, they heard the phone ring. David sighed, and leaned down again, kissing his wife once more. Pulling away, he went for the table and picked up the phone.

Bringing it to his ear, he said, "Hello?"

"Dad! Is Mom with you!?"

The tone over the line caused David to withdraw his other arm from his wife. "Tori? What's wrong?"

"Robbie's in the hospital!"

David's eyes widened. He looked at his wife, "Get the other phone."

Holly looked at him, confused. "Hurry."

She nodded, and went for the other phone. Picking it up, she brought it to her ear. "Tori? What's wrong?"

Her voice was frantic. "Robbie's in the hospital. He… he… he…"

"Tori?" David asked, concern in his voice. "What happed, Baby?"

"I don't know." Tori told him. "He just fainted. He wasn't feeling well this morning. And he collapsed outside. Zoey call for an ambulance and they took him away. Sarah's with him now."

"Which hospital did they take him to, Tori?" Holly asked. Fear emancipating from within. "Cliffside Hospital. They took him to Cliffside."

"Alright, Tori." David told his youngest. "We'll meet you there. Are you sure you're stable enough to…?"

"I'll get a ride." She assured him. "Just, please. Robbie needs us."

"We're on our way." Holly told her. Your dad and I will get there as fast as we can."

David looked at his wife, and said across the phone line, "Tori, tell your mom what happened. I got to go make a few calls. We'll see you soon." He wished his daughter love and then hung up the phone. Already having a plan of what this whole ordeal could actually lead to.

And hopefully finally find a way to get Robbie Shapiro the emancipation he needs, and finally take him and his sister away from the Shapiros for good.

The lights of a long corridor finally lit up for the first time that night. A person walked down, her fingers traced the metal bars as she strolled through the now empty hall.

Everything was set. The packaging, the address, everything. All that was needed was one item. And even though she had been incapacitated for quite some time, her plan was already been in action for much of her stolen time.

A smile crossed her lips as she entered the room that she was destined to fine.

"You good?"

A hand took the plastic head of a doll and screwed back onto it's body. "Just about." Getting up from her bed, she crossed her cell and went for the new visitor. "You sure you want to do this? Didn't they go through enough?"

"I'm sorry, Susan" She told the resident of the cell. "Were you the one that was trapped in a box for three weeks? Were you the one who planned a system that would give any member of this side of the penitentiary? Were you the one that got ridiculed and plotted against? Just that some kid could get away without any actual harm?"

Susan sighed, doll in hand. "They were just kids. They were sentenced here for the wrong reasons, and they did what they had to do to survive. Leave them alone, Bertha. They've had enough."

"I'll tell you when they had enough." She grabbed the doll. "If you want to think of this as a good samaritan type of deal, then think of it this way. He left his friend here, and now I'm sending him home. He must be worry sick."

When she didn't say anything, Bertha added, "I'm just sending him home. That's all." She turned on her heals, and went back to her cell. The newly rediscovered loss friend of one of their former cellmates was going back to the United States.

Rex Powers was finally on his way home.

Robbie Shapiro and Tori Vega may of left Yerba, and things may of happened in their favor, but whatever happened, can certainly rebound.

No one escapes from Big Bertha.

The End

Yep. It's sad to say, but Rebound is over. But that is not the end. Far from it. There will be one more fic in this saga, and this will conclude the Boundverse. But like I said, there is a spin-off as a possibility, but the main story will more than likely conclude with the completion of the next fic, 'Boundless.'

And this my friends, has been a long time coming. I want to thank each and everyone of you for sticking with me on this journey. I hope you don't mind the reboot we had to take two chapters ago, but in order to get the story (and series) moving, I had to make some decisions.

I want to thank allot of people who helped me in this universe thus far. I want to thank specifically Maybewolf, ZenNoMai, Raiden2342, Cenobite829, Megan0104, Vegakeep, and SuperNeos2. All these people helped me along the way throughout the whole saga so far, and are integral to the process of the way the story took.

I also want to thank Riotstarter1214, SuperNeos2, it's rose hun, CNg, RaptorIV, DarkseidAlex, BigStuOU, GunjiBunny, vdog, eva017, TheProwler, Jeremy Shane, aPerson, SubWoofer16x9, GallaudetLurker, gunn, felix negro, Lebensender, Tynkerbell2356, Jeffster, edmaster2, findmyway, evadiamond2, and guest.

So, everyone. This has been a fun ride. And it's not over yet. Be on the lookout for the next story, Boundless. Hopefully it will be out either in a few days or by the end of the week.

Thank you all again. I hope you all liked this story. And thanks for sticking around with this journey so far.

I love you all.

Jonathan