Legal Question in Employment Law in Illinois

I am employed with a IT staffing company, say A. I signed an agreement with them that they will provide me with some training prior to finding a position for me. This agreement stated that I will have to sign an employment 1 year contract after I will be done with training or I will have to pay a $xxxx fee for the training.

When they found a position for me, I figured out that there also was a company B. Company A signed an agreement with company B for 6 month and another one with me for 1 year. The contract between me and A states that I can't go directly to the client within a year after completion our 1 year agreement(they call it a non-compete). I am an IT person and the company is a staffing agency. Can it be considered as a reason for a non-compete? Can they legally prohibit me to work with company C? It's not direct client of company A, but a client of company B.

After it I started working with company C on a daily basis. Company C liked the way I work and invited me for a permanent employment after 2 week probation period. They said that they know they will have to pay some settlement to do this, but they are ok with it. I immediately called the representative of company A to ask what would be the settlement. And they told me that if I accept this offer, it will be a breach of contract with them and also I will be responsible for the breach of a contract between company A and B. Am I responsible for anything they signed between each other?

I was sure that the staffing company can't prohibit somebody going to work with the client they've found. There was a stated price in the first agreement signed before the training process and I believe that this is the maximum amount of money this company can expect from me + some fees for finding a position.

Is there a limit of the charges they can place on me for their HR part of work?

I figured out that the salary they offered to me is a joke comparing to what company C pays to B and B pays to A. I need to get away of such a contract since the offer made by company C is this one in a lifetime opportunity. Please advise me on what should I do.

Thank you in advance.

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