The Beast Within
Disclaimer: I don't own iCarly, get over it.
A/N: Now we go to 13 years of age. Since, if I make them 16 while they do things that are on the show, I'll get a lot of beef about it. But they will be turning sixteen in a later chapter, I'll let you know.
Chapter 7 (The Angel's Touch)
Freddie, Jake, Sam and Valerie were all walking in the park, they had decided to just hang out. It had been a while, Sam and Valerie were pretty good friends. "So why did I decide to tag along with King Dork?" Sam asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Hey, Jake and I were coming here to play some Frisbee, we invited you and you came along," Freddie said with a smirk. "You didn't have to come with us, you know." Sam shrugged in response, she felt like going with him.
"Yeah, it's more fun tossing the Frisbee around when there are more people," Jake said with a grin. He tossed the red Frisbee up into the air and caught it. "Plus, it'll be fun to see the girls in action!" Freddie raised his eyebrow and shook his head sadly, he glanced over to the side to figure out where a good place to play would be.
"What do you mean by that?" Valerie asked as she eyed Jake. "I hope you didn't mean anything perverted."
"I would never say anything perverted!" Jake's eyes darted back and forth and Valerie rolled her eyes. Sam walked up to Freddie while Valerie and Jake decided to chat, she wondered what they would do after sundown, since the sun was setting.
"You know, Freddie, it really is nice out here," Sam said with a soft smile. "I mean, I've always loved to see the sun setting, as well as watching the sunrise!" Sam always enjoyed seeing the sunset ever since she was a little girl. There was just always something so great about basking in its glow and watching the sky change into its beautiful colors.
"Yeah, it is pretty nice," Freddie said with a smile. He glanced at her and he couldn't get over how beautiful she looked, her golden locks swaying with every step she took and her soft, blue eyes shimmering in the light. She was just nearly perfect to him in every way.
"You know, it makes me think a lot about stuff, certain things I hardly ever talk about. Like my dad…" Freddie looked at Sam as she turned her head toward the ground, he never knew what happened to her father, she always said he died.
"Not something you'd want to talk about, I guess."
"Nah, it's not all that important." Sam gave a half smile and looked up at Freddie, she didn't think it was all that needed to say that her father was gone. Freddie wouldn't care really, truth be told, there were certain reasons why she never wanted to get close to a guy, and Jonah reminded her of those reasons.
"Hey, do you guys hear that?" Jake asked as he stopped walking. Everyone else stopped and listened, they heard the faint sound of bagpipes. "Crap! Freddie, cover your ears."
"Not going to do much good," Freddie said quickly.
"Hey girls, come look at something that I carved into a tree a while ago." Sam and Valerie raised their eyebrows and stared at Jake, Freddie quickly took off, running toward the trees. Sam turned her head and looked toward where he was running.
"Freddie? Hey, dork, come here!" Sam called out. She ran after him and Jake cursed, Valerie grabbed Jake's arm and stared at him with slightly angry eyes.
"What the hell are you getting all riled up about?" Valerie asked. "Come on, we have to go after them."
Sam rushed over to where Freddie was, he was sitting on the ground, curled in a ball. His hands were on his head, the bagpipes started to play louder and more ferociously. Sam stepped toward Freddie and stopped when she saw something peculiar, there were two bumps in his back. "Freddie?"
"S-Sam, get out of here, now. I'm warning you, I won't be able to control what happens to you if you stay around me…" Sam raised her eyebrow and blinked as Freddie began to transform. She watched with wide eyes as grey fur burst from his arms and his body, she gasped as a tail and wings sprout from his back. Slowly she stepped back as Freddie's face turned cat-like and he stood up.
"F-Freddie…is that you?"
Sam remembered this beast, she remembered staring into its eyes, this was probably a very dangerous situation. "The bagpipes…those are what is doing this to you, aren't they? You're a beast…but that means…you fought Jonah, he didn't attack you." Sam lifted her hand to Freddie as he lifted himself off the ground, in a mad rage he flew toward where the bagpipes were. "Freddie, wait!"
Sam's mouth formed a thin line; she knew if Freddie was a beast, he was risking his life by being friends with Spencer and Carly. What she didn't know was why he would do such a thing. Sam quickly ran after Freddie and ran right by Jake and Valerie; they changed their direction and ran after her.
"Sam, what's going on?" Valerie asked quickly. "Are you alright!"
"I'm fine," Sam responded. Her heart sank some, she wanted answers and she wanted them fast. She was sure the Mrs. Briggs was at the other end of those bagpipes, and Mrs. Briggs was either in grave danger, or there was something bad about to happen to Freddie.
"Sam, this was what Freddie was afraid of," Jake said quickly as he quickened his pace. "He didn't want you to find out…" Sam didn't care for what Jake was saying, she didn't have time to process it.
"You two shouldn't follow me." Jake and Valerie raised their eyebrows as they continued to run. "If you try to defend Freddie, you could be killed."
"What!" The three came to a clearing; they hid in a small section of trees and looked over to see Mrs. Briggs playing the bagpipes. Sam narrowed her eyes and thought for a moment, she wondered if the teacher was a Slayer.
"If Mrs. Briggs is a slayer and you two try to defend Freddie, you'll be killed."
"I don't exactly understand," Valerie said quietly. "But is Freddie in any danger?" They watched as Freddie's beast landed in front of Mrs. Briggs.
"Yes."
"Then if he's in danger, I don't care if I'll be killed for defending the guy," Jake said while standing up straight. Sam pulled him down and stood up, she didn't want either Jake or Valerie throwing themselves into danger.
"I'll deal with this."
"Hello there, beast," Mrs. Briggs said with a smirk. "I didn't expect to see you; I have another slayer friend with me right now. He'll help me, since most of my slayer ability is inside this bag." Rodney stepped out from behind a tree and walked over to Mrs. Briggs.
"I can't help but wonder who this guy's human form is," Rodney said with a chuckle. "I suppose it really doesn't matter though, we'll kill the beast anyway." Rodney brought his hands up and shot them down, releasing two arm blades that went past his hand.
The beast roared and started to fly away, Mrs. Briggs played a note and a barrier blocked the beast's escape. Sam's eyes grew large as Rodney charged toward the beast, he leapt upwards and brought his blade up and sliced the beast's back.
"Oh no, Freddie!" Sam exclaimed as Rodney thrust his blade into the beast's chest and out the shoulder. Sam thought for a brief moment about the chance of losing Freddie, but she didn't want to lost him, she felt like she was really starting to fall for him. Life without Freddie, and only Carly was just too unbearable to think about.
She watched as Mrs. Briggs played her bagpipe some more, purple gas came from the pipes and began to seep toward Freddie. Freddie began trying to fly away from the gas, knowing that if it touched him, it would kill him. Freddie began to flap his wings, dispersing the gas and creating some safety.
"Damn, a beast with wings isn't good to use gas against," Mrs. Briggs stated. She wondered why the beast wasn't even bothering to fight back, Rodney shot up and sliced it in the chest once more with both his blades, the beast allowed this to happen. "It wants to die!"
"No, Freddie doesn't want to die," Sam said quietly. She knew he couldn't want to die, she knew that Freddie was good; Freddie wouldn't fight Mrs. Briggs or Rodney.
"Rodney, clip his wings and I'll bring out some more gas!" Sam gasped and looked around, she needed to think, and fast. She saw Jake jump up from his hiding spot, he had a pointed stick in his hand.
"Jake, what are you doing?"
"Saving my friend!" Jake exclaimed as he threw the stick.
"What's that going to…" The stick pierced Mrs. Briggs's bag, Jake jumped back into hiding just as she glanced his way. Sam sighed and placed her hand on her chest, Freddie wasn't going to have to worry about the effect of gas anytime soon.
Sam quickly ran over to Mrs. Briggs and Rodney, she stood behind them and looked up at Freddie. Freddie's eyes stared back at her with pain, he was hurt, he was dying. "Mrs. Briggs, Rodney, you have to stop this!" Sam exclaimed. "This beast is good; I can see it in his eyes!"
"A good beast?" Rodney asked with raised eyebrows. "That's impossible!"
"No, I'm serious."
"Miss Puckett, let us slayers do our work, we know what we're doing," Mrs. Briggs stated. Sam growled and clenched her teeth, she didn't like the pompous sound of Mrs. Briggs's voice.
"I am an angel, and my mother is Amy Puckett. By the order of the Angel's Council, I am ordering you to stop!" Mrs. Briggs and Rodney looked at Sam with open mouths, Amy Puckett was the head of the Angel's Council, and the Angel's Council was the group that the Slayers had to answer to.
"But Miss Puckett, if we let this beast go, it could destroy the city." Sam closed her eyes and sighed as she crossed her arms, she had to convince these two not to kill Freddie.
"This is not the beast you should be looking for; the one you should be looking for is named Jonah."
"Yes, we know that, Spencer Shay told us. Anyway, surely you understand that no beast can possibly be a good beast." Sam looked from Mrs. Briggs to Rodney and finally at Freddie, she clenched her jaw and lifted her hand.
"Then we will find out." A light sword appeared in her hand and the two slayers watched as Sam walked toward Freddie, her hand started to shake as she lifted the blade. "Knowing this is Freddie…I know the sword wont have any effect on him at all, but still…." Sam held her blade in place, she was fighting back the tears that threatened to fall, she didn't want to stab him. It was then that Freddie lowered himself, she gasped as he fell onto her blade and let it pierce through him. The slayers stared with wide eyes when they saw that nothing happened to the beast.
"Angels can't be faulty, can they?" Rodney asked in a shaky voice.
"N-No, they aren't," Mrs. Briggs said. "If we let this beast go, we will have to answer to Spencer and he's not going to believe it, even if we tell him that an Angel did this."
"We'll be killed, and erased from the minds of our families!"
"No, I have too much family!"
"Randy Jackson does not count." Sam growled and lifted her hand toward Mrs. Briggs and Rodney.
"You won't even remember this day," Sam said with narrow eyes. A blast of white light shot out of her hands and hit both slayers, when it vanished, the two were lying on the ground, unconscious. "I have removed your Slayer abilities as well."
Sam looked up and into Freddie's eyes as he lowered himself to the ground, he had a snarl on his face and he looked ready to take flight once more. "Don't leave me, Freddie. Stay here, you dork." Sam's sword vanished and she wrapped her arms around Freddie's neck, he growled and Sam continued to hold him steady. Jake and Valerie ran up to Sam, Valerie was still confused, she was the only one that knew nothing of what was going on.
"So, this thing is Freddie?" Valerie asked with a raised eyebrow. Jake nodded and walked over to the beast, he stepped back as the beast growled. Sam tightened her grip, trying to think of how to get Freddie back to normal and no longer in his beast form. She knew that it was an Angel's Touch that could do it, well she was touching him and he wasn't doing anything at all.
"S-Sam," Freddie's voice said. Sam let out a soft gasp and looked up as Freddie peered down at her, he could talk. Slowly Freddie began shifting back into his human form; he wrapped his arms around Sam in a hug and gazed into Sam's eyes when he was fully reverted into his normal form.
Sam quickly let go of Freddie and coughed. "I-I don't know what came over me, I didn't want to touch you, dork!" Sam exclaimed as she crossed her arms and turned her back to Freddie. "So don't get any ideas, dork. But, you have some explaining to do." Freddie merely smiled at her and looked over at Mrs. Briggs and Rodney.
"What happened to them?"
"Well, they are going to wake up with a serious case of amnesia," Jake said with a chuckle. "That, and they won't have their Slayer powers anymore."
"Yeah, it seems an angel came and helped out the beast they had been fighting," Sam said quietly. "Uh…I'm up for some Frisbee, if you guys are?"
"Yeah, let's do that first, and then we can talk about everything," Valerie said while crossing her arms. "That would be a much better plan." The girls walked off and Freddie glanced over at Jake.
"Any idea what just happened?" Freddie asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, other than you now being shirtless, you transformed into a beast," Jake said quietly. He nodded in the direction of Mrs. Briggs and Rodney. "Nearly got killed by them, maybe. Sam stopped them with some sort of Angelic power and then I guess she brought you back."
"Great, so she knows that I'm a beast…" Freddie looked down and clenched his fists. That only meant that Sam probably would reject him, she might even tell Carly, he needed to talk to her about it. Jake patted Freddie's back and sighed.
"Dude, Sam will probably be just fine with you being a beast, I know I am. Now if you wound up being evil, I'd have a problem with it."
"Speaking of evil beasts, stay the hell away from Jonah…" Jake blinked and glanced upward, he was not expecting that.
"Come on, let's go join the girls." Freddie nodded and the boys walked over to where the girls were.
Big fight, Sam can remove the memories and powers of a Slayer...The abilities of an Angel are still mysterious, though Sam doesn't have much other than that and the sword. But then, perhaps she does. Well, we'll see an interesting conversation next chapter, so stick around.
