Well guys, the last chapter is here! Funny, I thought people would be freaking out about Bade getting back together the way they did about Cabbie… but I take what I can get! Lol. I will include an author's note at the end of the story and it is pretty important, so I will just say some of these things now:

I really thought that this story would be awful. Really, I did. But somehow, it turned into this amazing plot line and I don't know how the hell I pulled it off lol. I just wanted to say thanks sooo much for reading this! I really enjoyed writing it and I hope you guys will read the rest of my stories as well :)

Another note: I'm so happy! My one-shot "The Wig Master" got more reviews than my first Cabbie story ever got! I was so touched X3 I love writing (especially for Cabbie) and will continue to do so for a long time :) You won't be getting rid of me that easily!

So onto the end we go! I wonder how Trina found them… ;)

Tori and Andre's mouths dropped open as they saw Trina's tall figure standing where Arthur was just seconds ago. She was smiling at them with her arms crossed and a smug expression on her face.

She soon that everyone was staring at her in absolute shock. "What? Oh come on, I'm not that drop-dead gorgeous! Who am I kidding, of course I am! I'm perfect!"

"As in perfectly annoying?" Jade snapped softly, her voice hoarse from screaming in pain.

"We almost died!" Tori shouted at her. "Didn't you see him with his knife raised over his head?"

"No, I thought he was tickling you guys," she said sarcastically. "Now put out your hands and I'll help you up!"

Before Trina could help them (she was too busy fussing over her nails), Tori and Andre had already hoisted themselves to their feet. Tori cringed as she felt the pain explode in her lower back again. "How did you find us?" she asked Trina. "I thought you were at the hospital!"

"Oh my gosh, it was horrible, Tori!" Trina said, grabbing and shaking Tori's shoulders. "I had to take care of Sinjin and there was a robbery and then he started going crazy and then-"

"Whoa there, slow down, Trina! Just tell me how you found us."

Trina sighed. "Okay."

Flashback: An hour or two ago

Trina woke up on a concrete floor and rubbed her eyes in exhaustion. She had had the most horrible dream last night! She had gotten locked in a hospital and Sinjin had been running around screaming bloody murder and flipping over gurneys and desks…

She looked around her and screamed as she saw the overturned furniture and Sinjin sitting in front of her with that creepy smile on his face. "How's it going, cupcake?" he asked. "Have a good sleep?"

"Get away from me, you freak! And wipe the slobber from your mouth; it's disgusting!"

"Sorry, I drool when I stare at pretty girls. It's a curse," he sighed and looked up at the ceiling.

Trina hurriedly got up and dusted herself off. "That's it! I'm hot, I'm dying of thirst, and I haven't eaten in hours! I'm breaking out of here if it's the last thing I do!"

She backed up against the wall, let out a raging shout, and barreled towards the closed door. However, it swung open with ease and the extra force Trina put into her run sent her crashing to the hallway floor.

Sinjin ran towards the door and flinched in fear. He could've sworn he had seen bullets shooting from her eyes, she was so mad. "Sinjin…" she growled. "How long has this place been unlocked?"

"Um… eight hours?"

"And you didn't wake me? ! You are the most despicable scum on the face of this planet!" Trina shouted.

"I'm sorry, you just looked so cute while you were sleeping, I didn't want to wake you!" Sinjin stammered. "And I wanted company anyway because I'm still diagnosed with that disease."

Trina squinted and saw no craziness dancing in his eyes. "Wait… you seem more normal than usual… if that's even possible. Did you-"

"Yeah, a nurse finally gave me the medication after she saw me chew her spinning desk chair to shreds. I'm back to my old self… for now."

"Well, I have to get home, Tori's probably worried sick about me!" Trina exclaimed. She picked up her purse from behind Sinjin's gurney and started to walk towards the door.

However, she froze when she heard the sentence escape Sinjin's mouth. "I'm pretty sure Tori's more worried about her own life than yours right now."

She stared at him in confusion. "Wha-What do you mean?" She trembled, hoping that what he was alluding to wasn't true.

"Tori got caught up in some skivvy business with Cat and is now being held in the basement of PNX Technology," Sinjin announced.

"Wait, where my dad used to work?"

Sinjin nodded in assent. "Apparently it has something to do with the 'treasure' Cat sent everyone a text message about."

Well that made sense. Trina was busy at the time and deleted that message right away, thinking it was another one of Cat's nonsensical ideas. "We have to get out of here then!" she exclaimed. "And you have to come with me."

"Why?" Sinjin moaned as Trina dragged him out of the room. "I'm going to get in trouble!"

"No you won't! I work here, you dimwit! I'll get fired instead, which will hopefully happen because I hate this place. And besides, you need to help me locate them so I make sure my parents don't yell at me for letting Tori out of my sight."

Sinjin sighed. "Okay, but only if you give me a hug after the whole ordeal."

Trina gave him a nasty look that made Sinjin almost wet himself. Then, she rolled her eyes and they shook hands. "Whatever, deal! Now let's go!"

As they climbed into Trina's car, she realized something. "Wait… how do you know all of this stuff?"

He gave her a lopsided grin and winked at her. "I know EVERYTHING."

She raised her eyebrow in disbelief and he huffed in defeat. "Okay, Burf was spying on them and told me anything when we got the cell phone signal back!"

She groaned and started up the car. "When we're done with this, I'm going to gouge out your eyes with a chain saw!"

"Um, technically, you can't 'gouge' someone's eyes with a chain saw. You could use a spoon or a shovel or a-"

"SHUT UP!"

"…So Sinjin traced the location of your Pearphone to here and hacked into the company's computer system, disabled all the alarms, and obtained the map of the whole building."

Tori stared at her, wide-eyed. "How did Sinjin know the password to my Pearphone?"

"Did he use ComputerHacking for Dummies?" Robbie called from his spot behind the people tanks as he helped Cat up.

"Did you see his baby pictures?" Jade asked.

"I don't know, I don't care, and oh my gosh they were adorable!" Trina rattled off. She suddenly crossed her legs and a pained expression appeared on her face. "Oh geez, those 5 bottles of water I had during the car ride are really catching up to me! Gotta scamper!" She scurried out of the room with only one shoe on to look for a bathroom.

"Wait!" Tori called and picked up Trina's blood red Fazzini high heel shoe. "You forgot your weapon!"

"Yeah, the weapon of mass destruction," Andre laughed and Tori joined along with him.

Tori looked around the room, which was now dead silent. It now lacked the whirring noises of the machines in action and the noisy struggles that the kids had to endure just moments ago. "So now what?"

"We need to make sure that Arthur is dead so he doesn't come back and hunt us again." Beck helped Jade up and she walked over to his stiff, comatose body. "And I know a way to do that."

Jade pulled a pair of scissors out of her bra and clutched it tightly in her hands. She let her fury take over her as she stared at the cold, heartless man underneath her. Squeezing her fingers around the handles in a death grip, she let out a revengeful cry and sank the scissors into Arthur's throat.

Cat gasped and covered her eyes and the others watched in horrified anxiousness as they waited for Arthur to react. However, he didn't move an inch, and Jade's scissors were covered in the black metallic goo as she removed them from his throat. "Well, I guess we know where that stuff comes from then." Beck grimaced.

"Ewww!" Tori exclaimed. "We were swimming in his-"

"Please don't say it out loud," Andre begged of her. "I'm already wonky enough as it is!" Tori rubbed his shoulder comfortingly as he put his head in his hands.

Jade proceeded to stab Arthur in the stomach and once again the scissors were coated with the sticky black goo. She dropped the scissors, stood up, and kicked him really hard in the side. "That's what you get for being a psychotic wazzbug!" she shouted.

"Ssh, baby, calm down," Beck said, walking up behind her and wrapping his arms around her waist. "It's over. He's gone."

"You never know," Jade muttered to herself. "You never know…"

Suddenly, they heard voices in the hallway. "This way, Officer Vega, the kids are in here," Sinjin echoed in his nasally voice.

Tori gasped. "Dad!" she exclaimed and tackled her father's tall, uniformed figure into a huge hug, then did the same to her mother and sister, who had also tagged along with them after freshening up in the bathroom.

Andre smiled at their reunion and his smile just got wider when he saw his grandma hiding behind them. "Grandma!" he exclaimed.

"Andre! What is all over you?" she shouted, looking at him in disgust.

Andre chuckled. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."

"Okay Andre!" She looked around nervously. "Where's my butter?"

"You didn't bring any butter! Go look for the kitchen and see if there's any for the refrigerator."

"Okay Andre!" she shouted and trotted out of the room. Andre sighed. As much as he loved his grandmother, she really was crazy.

Meanwhile, Robbie and Cat were trying to deal with Robbie's Mamaw, who had called Mr. Vega after Robbie's mom had called her panicking about Robbie not being home yet. "I'm so glad you're safe, Robbie!" she gushed in her scratchy voice as she gave him a giant hug that made Robbie very uncomfortable. "But did you really have to bring your girlfriend into it? I wouldn't be surprised if she dumps you after this."

"Mamaw, she's not my girlfriend!"

"I'm not?" Cat looked at him sadly.

Robbie's expression softened and he took her hand in his. "Can we talk about it first? I feel like everything's happening too fast."

Cat looked crestfallen. "Okay," she said reluctantly and they continued to argue with Robbie's Mamaw.

On the other side of the room, Beck and Jade were talking to Reid Pollock, a private investigator that Mr. Vega had hired to assist him in the case. He had been David Vega's mentor when he used to work at PNX Technology and was now one of Mr. Vega's good friends and mentors. Jade's father had also hired him once to figure out who had trashed him room, which backfired on him because it turned out that he was the perpetrator and trashed the room during one of his drunken brawls with Jade.

"So did you ever find out what that black goo was?" Jade asked Detective Pollock.

"It's a combination of carbon, oxygen, uranium, and crystallized potassium in a very rare form," he answered. He looked formal in his navy blue detective uniform yet acted very casually as he explained to them what had happened. "It is a very sticky, dense substance that can be used to sustain life. PNX Technology wanted to keep it under wraps so it didn't fall into the wrong hands, but Mr. Killsburo's father somehow got a hold of the computer chip containing the improved formula of the goo and the laser that went along with it, and Cat unknowingly brought it back to Arthur."

"Wait, what do you mean by 'improved formula?'" Beck asked, putting air quotes around the last few words.

"According to our records, Arthur already had the original formula and used it to take over the bottom half of the company. The improved formula simply increased his 'telepathic ability,' as he called it, and he injected it into himself daily, thinking that it would eventually give him the power to conquer the world."

He raised his thin, black eyebrows and smiled at them. "But it looks like he made a mistake tracking and capturing you guys. By doing so, you were able to infiltrate the company and destroy them from the inside, which we at the top half of the company were never able to do. You pretty much saved the world from a major nuclear meltdown."

Beck and Jade looked at each other in awe. "We did?" Jade said. "Do we get a reward?"

"Jade!"

"What? I want to know!" Jade argued back.

The detective chuckled. "Actually, it's good that she asked because I almost forgot! Jade, we called the Broadway director from the play you were supposed to star in and told him the whole situation. Although the play is now done and they used understudies to replace both you and Andre, you will not be blackballed in Broadway. In fact, they have invited you both back to be actors in their new play next summer."

Jade's eyes widened and a smile appeared on her face. "Oh, wow… Thanks so much!" she said and shook the man's hand. "You have no idea how much that means to us."

"As for the rest of you…" He then steered his attention towards Beck. "You'll each get a one-year scholarship to the college of your choice and a chance to perform with Ginger Fox at her new upcoming concert."

"That's awesome!" Beck exclaimed, thinking about how much this man was doing to secure their futures. "Thanks man!"

Detective Pollock chuckled, a hearty smile appearing on his relatively young face. "Please, it's the least I could do for you guys. And I will make sure that Ms. West's treatment for her broken arm and Ms. Vega's treatment for her back are paid for by the U.S. government as well."

He looked at his notepad, which was filled with notes he had scribbled down about Arthur and the stories Beck and Jade had each given him. "Well, I have to go talk to the others and tell them the good news. Thank you kids for cooperating with us. We assure you that this operation is to be completely destroyed immediately."

"Thanks Reid!" Jade called out as he went over to talk to Robbie and Cat.

Beck gave her a lopsided smile and Jade couldn't help but think how much she loved his hair. She had missed stroking it constantly while they were dating. "So… how was Broadway? Is Jade West going to be the next big star?" he teased.

Jade blushed and pushed him playfully. "Shut up."

A couple of hours later, the investigation was almost at its end. The building had been searched fully and any potentially harmful weapons were immediately confiscated. The relatives said their goodbyes and followed Detective Pollock and a couple of other officers to the police cars.

Mr. Vega had convinced the detective to let the others go home with each other since not everyone could fit in the three cars that the police had come in. He gave Tori one last hug before making an announcement.

"We're so glad that you all are safe," he declared. "We are now researching potential accomplices Arthur may have had in his organization. Thanks to your help, we can now make sure that something like this never happens again. Drive safe, and we'll see you all soon."

He tipped his cap in farewell, and the gang shouted their goodbyes as he exited the room, leaving the six kids to themselves once again.

In one corner, Tori and Andre had reconvened after they each spent time with their families. They knew that there were some things they had to get straightened out before they parted.

"So… you never told me who you liked, Tor," Andre said, giving her a mischievous smile.

Instead of teasing him back like she usually did, Tori pursed her lips nervously and stared at the ground. "I've told you a million times that I can't tell you. Why are you so anxious to know?"

Andre sighed. "Okay, I like someone too. And it's someone in this room."

Tori gasped in surprise, then started chewing on her bottom lip. "Me too."

"Okay, that makes things a lot easier then. I'll go first. Close your eyes and I'll point to who it is in the room."

Tori's expression fell at the sheer thought of it being Cat or Jade, but she gave in anyway with an exasperated sigh and closed her eyes. She breathed in deeply and tried to calm the butterflies in her stomach. She was doing well until someone had to cut off the air supply coming through her mouth. She realized what was happening and her heart soared as she kissed Andre back and cupped his face in her hands.

Man, who would've thought I'd be kissing my best friend? she thought to herself. And liking it?

Andre eventually broke away and they stared at each other in utter shock, unable to believe what had just happened. Then, they spontaneously erupted into laughter and hugged each other, relieved that they were each others' crush and not someone else. "I never did thank you for saving me, did I?" Tori said softly into Andre's ear.

He smiled to himself. "You could make this my thank-you present," he replied.

He felt Tori laugh and hug him tighter. "That could work, too."

A quick A/N- Here's the quick back story on Robbie singing his song to Cat. In this story, the whole Blonde Squad thing did happen… except Robbie didn't get jealous (because he still had mixed feelings about Cat) and he didn't write it especially for her (also for the exact same reason stated above). He had written it for a music class he was taking and decided to sing it for Cat when she was sad. However, Cat has never been the same since he sang it to her… I wonder why? ;)

In the opposite corner, Robbie and Cat were sitting in somewhat of an awkward silence. They enjoyed being in each other's company, of course, but now things were different between them. Everything was different now.

"Robbie," Cat pleaded, looking at his exhausted figure sitting next to her. "What's wrong? Talk to me."

Robbie sighed and massaged his temples. "I don't know what to say."

"Why did you tell your Mamaw that we weren't dating?"

Robbie was silent and he flushed in embarrassment. Tears pooled in Cat's eyes. "Did that kiss not mean anything? Is that why?" She started to freak out. "Was it just a mistake?"

Robbie gaped at Cat. "No, of course not! I've wanted to do that for such a long time and I'm glad I did it."

Cat looked down at her lap and tried to hide the small smile forming on her face. "Actually, I need to ask you the same sort of thing," he said and stared directly into her eyes to make sure she wasn't lying. "When you said you loved me… Did you mean it? Or was it on your list of things-I-should-say- before-I-die or something?"

Confusion danced in Cat's eyes. "No, I never made a list like that! Maybe I will when I get home…"

Robbie groaned and rubbed his eyes. "No Cat, that's not what I meant." He placed his hands on her shoulders and his tone softened. "Are you really in love with me? Or was it an accident that you said it?" His voice cracked a little bit at the end and he hoped that her answer wouldn't be the second choice.

She sighed and tried to think of a good answer to give him- one that would accurately express her feelings about the matter. "I don't know, Robbie. I don't think it was."

He furrowed his eyebrows. "What's that supposed to mean?" he asked, using her catchphrase. Or at least that's what everyone called it. Oh my gosh, it's "Cat's catchphrase!" She giggled internally at her brilliantly random concoction.

"I mean, for so long I've just thought of you as a friend. But after you sang that song to me and supported me more than anyone else did…" She trailed off and drifted deeply into her thoughts. "I wanted to become better friends with you. That's why I asked you to hang out more often. And after you said no to us playing Baby Golf together… I don't know what I felt. Sad? Blown off? But it definitely wasn't a good feeling. Like the feeling I get when my brother eats another one of my goldfish."

She smiled softly at Robbie and slightly shrugged her shoulders. Robbie wished that he had taken a snapshot of that moment right then and there because she looked so innocent and adorable. "And I guess us being separated- when Arthur was making us work and you were up there with Beck- made me miss you a lot. And that may have been when I started to fall for you." Her voice sounded like wind chimes as she laughed. "You know what they say- Absence makes the heart grow fonder."

He blushed and thought about how much he had missed her over the summer- and how worried he was about her when he had seen Arthur's cruelty in action. "Yeah, I guess it does."

Cat thought for a moment. "Wait… how can a heart grow fonder? Hearts don't have feelings! My brother dissected a sheep's heart once in the kitchen, but I didn't hear any sounds coming from it. Oh my gosh, the heart must've been in so much-"

She was cut off by Robbie gently pressing his lips to hers. Cat giggled in surprise and moved herself so that her legs were on his lap. Robbie's hands snaked around her waist and she rested her hands on the back of his neck.

Cat gawked at him in surprise and Robbie smiled at her. "It means that two people can appreciate each other more if they spend time away from each other."

"Oh!" Cat exclaimed, finally getting his point. "Okay."

"So… will you be my girlfriend?" Robbie asked her, his voice shaking with uneasiness.

She pressed her forehead against his. "Of course I will."

This time, she kissed him first, and it didn't take them long to become completely absorbed in each other- and for the others to notice.

Jade snickered while resting in Beck's arms as she watched the new couple make out in the corner diagonal of theirs. "Looks like they're having fun over there," she commented to Beck.

Beck glanced over at Cat and Robbie and grinned. "Let them enjoy it, Jade. Robbie was really freaking out over her when we were hiding out in the woods."

"Yeah, Cat hasn't been the same since he sang that song to her," Jade agreed.

She turned her head to face his and Beck stared at her green twinkling eyes, wondering how she had gotten so incredibly beautiful. "Where do we go from here?" she asked softly.

Beck pulled her closer and planted a kiss on her forehead. "I think we should take it slow at first. You know, go on a couple of dates and figure out our relationship before we start to actually date again. Maybe by doing that, we'll be able to see what went wrong the first time and fix those things so they don't happen again."

"Ugh, do you have to be so damn logical all the time?" Jade said, even though a smile formed upon her face.

"Yes, I do," Beck said in his soft little boy voice that Jade secretly loved but rarely came out of him. He put his lips to his ear. "I never stopped loving you, Jade. You know that, right?"

She gave him a passionate kiss on the lips and snuggled further into his side. "I do now."

After about an hour after the police had left, they decided to leave the building. As they walked out, they were pleased to see the sun out and no clouds in the sky. A cool breeze licked their faces and they chatted and skipped in happiness as they began their long walk to the location where Cat's pink car was parked.

About halfway through their walk, Jade subtly pulled Andre to the side. "Did the detective tell you that we're not getting blackballed in Hollywood?" she murmured.

"Yep, and that we're going to be in the director's next play. I heard he decided to do Wicked next year," Andre said enthusiastically.

Jade stared off into the distance. "Man, it was always a dream of mine to be Elphaba in that play…"

"Because she gets to fly on a broom and wear all black like you do?" Andre joked.

Jade elbowed him in the side and Andre made a strangled noise before noticing her wry smirk. "Very funny, Andre. And yes… sort of," she said sheepishly.

Andre smiled. "Do I know you or what?"

Andre regretted saying that when Jade gave her an impish grin. "You don't know a lot of things about me," she said in a creepy voice.

He gulped nervously before Cat interrupted them with a story about how her brother met a troubled girl while walking around in New York.

Soon enough, they were singing at the top of their lungs to It's A Beautiful Day by the Beatles as they started their two hour drive back home. Cat had finally gotten the top of her car fixed and everything in her car had been restored to the way it was before her brother had wrecked it. Andre volunteered to drive them home, so he and Tori had taken the driver's seat and the passenger's seat. Robbie, Jade, and Beck chilled out in the back seat while Cat sat on top of them mainly in Robbie's lap.

Beck was distracted when he heard his phone buzz in his pocket. He casually ducked away when no one noticed and read the message.

Robbie: Hey, where should I take Cat out for our first date?

Beck snorted in amusement and promptly texted him back.

Beck: How about you and Cat double date with me and Jade tomorrow at Nozu? I'm sure she won't hate you too much if you tagged along, especially if you bring Cat with you XD.

Robbie: How should that make me feel any better? But thanks man… seriously. I'm new at this whole girlfriend stuff; I need a wingman!

Beck: Don't worry Rob; I got your back ;)

Robbie: Yay!

Meanwhile, Tori and Cat were having a private conversation of their own.

Tori: Hey, wanna have a sleepover tonight while your parents are out of town?

Cat: I'd love to! Can we give each other makeovers?

Tori: *sigh* Sure Cat, whatever you want :)

Cat: Yay! I have so much to tell you!

Tori: Ooh, does it have anything thing to do with a boy? ;D

Cat: … Yes. What about you?

Tori: Yep :D I'll bake us some brownies when we get home. Can't wait!

Cat: Me neither! You're a good friend, Tori :) …Except when you kissed Danny. And when you made Evan not like me because I wasn't blonde. And when you…

Tori: Ooh look, a unicorn!

Cat: Where? ! Aw, I missed it :(

Tori chuckled and put away her phone. She stifled a huge grin as she saw the familiar landscape of Los Angeles looming in front of them.

"So who's up for some ice cream?" Andre asked.

"ME!" everyone yelled at the same time.

So on Saturday, July 14th, 2012, they sat outside of a Freezy Queen licking ice cream cones and realizing how much they loved hanging out with each other.

Maybe absence does make the heart grow fonder after all.

Somewhere in a different time zone, a lady with platinum blonde hair, squinty eyes, and bright red lipstick made herself comfortable in a hotel basement in New York, New York. She was leaning back in a chair and typing furiously on her laptop, her blood red nails making clicking noises as they skirted along the keys, until she was interrupted by an incoming message.

EMERGENCY ALERT: Your brother is dead. The operation is in ruins. It is now your time to take his place and continue our effort to take over the world. An automated message sent by PNXTechnology.

The lady's bloodcurdling scream of anguish and anger bounced off the windowless walls of her office. She sobbed into her hands for a few moments before quickly cleaning herself up and staring devilishly at her laptop.

"If I ever find the person who killed Arthur," she growled as she opened up a new email message and started to type again. "That person will be dead in minutes." She smiled coldly as she sent the message.

"My brother's death will not pass without being avenged."

Ooh, do we have a potential sequel on our hands? I don't know, that's up to you guys! I don't usually make sequels because I don't think writing future stuff is as fun to write (like couples already dating and their kids and stuff like that), but I might write one if you guys beg me to!

Random fun fact before I type up the Author's Note: I named the story Trapped: Dazed and Confused for a reason. Of course, the first part is obvious- they all get "trapped" at one point or another in the story. They are also "dazed" because they don't know what the heck is going on half the time and they are also "confused" because they are still trying to figure out their feelings for each other (the couples, obviously). I know, clever, right? :D Hahahaha.

Okay, I have an important announcement to make: I'm taking a brief break from Fanfiction. This is because I am currently writing a novel that has been on hiatus for about 6-8 months now because I can't figure out how I should write the epilogue. It's about 12 chapters so far and 130 pages and it's called "All Because of You." I'll give you a brief description if you're really curious: It's about a girl whose sister died when she was young and she gets bullied to the point where she thinks everyone is out to get her (including her gymnastics teammates) and thinks that no one cares about her- except someone does; her best friend Izzy (yes, he's a boy). And yes, the girl's name happens to be the same as one of awesome Victorious characters: Jade.

However, when I get back, I will be writing about 3-4 more stories. 3 of these will be songfics and 1 will be another random story. The songfics are as follows: Better Than I Know Myself by Adam Lambert (Bade), What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction (Tandre), and Crush by David Archuleta (Cabbie). As the school year starts, I may start a fanfic based on a project Sikowitz gives them about following their horoscopes no matter what wacky situations they may get into from reading them. So stay tuned; I will be back soon!

Please review and look out for more stories coming your way in the future! ! :D Love you all!

oHowH