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Disclaimer: Do not own either of these shows, but I like watching them.

Anyway, I'll re-post the previous chapter soon and expanded it so it's a longer read and more detailed, it felt a bit rushed to me anyway.

Here's the next chapter.

Chapter 6:

"Where's Henry?" Both the iCarly host's ask their acquaintance. Maggie looked at the teen standing right next to her, "Where is he?"

Said teen looked at the two girls, then at Maggie, the iCarly hosts, and then back to Maggie, "What's with all this hostility? Henry just told me he was going somewhere, that's all, I swear." He lied, he kinda guessed where Henry went, and he's not a terrible liar as his cousin thinks, it's the pressure he can't handle, if that makes sense.

"You're lying," Sam glares at him.

"No I'm not," Jasper defends with his best smile.

"You're sweating," Carly adds.

"Well, when you have three girls staring you down with looks that can put down even a raging bull into submission it can get a bit claustrophobic in here."

"Knock it off Jasper, if Henry went somewhere that'll get him in trouble again I'm not gonna help bail him out," Maggie finished. The two web show hosts' looked at her, 'She must really be the team mom in this relationship,' they thought at the same time.

"Oh, please!" Freddie interrupted, "What's so special about Henry anyway?" he nearly yelled at them.

"Dude! Did you see that body of his last night?" Sam shouted for some nearby students to hear, causing some stares.

"Sam, I'm a guy! Guys never admit if another guy is hot!" Even more people gazed in their direction.

"Don't be jealous that Carly finds someone else hot instead of you, it happens all the time," Sam remarked, "Besides, shouldn't you be used to it by now?"

This brought Freddie to the boiling point he said something he will regret, "Yeah, I am used to it! But shouldn't you also be tired of the fact that no guy would be interested in you!"

"Freddie!" Carly finally got in between them before it got really down and serious. Sam was livid; she wanted to strangle Freddie til his face turned blue.

On the sidelines, Jasper and Maggie stared at the arguing couple, the ferocity between them was worse than they were. "Lovers' quarrel much?" Jasper quipped, "And thanks for the distraction by the way."

"What?" Freddie and Sam yelled at the same time.

"I'm just sayin'," he held his hand up in defense, "You know they say that when a boy and a girl keep arguing with each other it means they like each other." This caused said 'couple' to blush furiously.

"Really," Maggie said sardonically, crossing her arms.

"There are exceptions to the rule of course," He knew Maggie was talking about him and her. While said 'couple' breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who said that?" Maggie countered him again.

"A very wise man," Jasper answered back, "I dunno! Dan-something"

"You just made that up!"

"Okay!" Carly interrupted this time, "I don't know how we got so far off topic, but you still haven't answered the question!" Having to break up the argument between her two best friends is already hard enough, but adding two more people she barely knows would be just ridiculous.

"I honestly don't know where he went," Jasper gave in, kinda, "Before I came here Henry told me and my dad that he was going somewhere, as to where, he never told us. Though my dad did give him that 'I know you're going into trouble again but I'm just gonna turn my back and let you do your thing and then I regret my decision later' look."

Maggie didn't find that quip amusing, but apparently the other three did, as a matter of fact, they giggled. Whatever Henry is doing, she figured he'll tell them anyway, they're a team, right? "So, how is your project coming along?" she asked, trying to change to topic before Jasper 'jasperfies' them to boredom.

"Oh, well it's doing good, we're actually halfway done," Carly informed them, "and on the first day too, it's a good thing you know so much about the Crusades," she looked at Jasper.

This caused Maggie to raise an eyebrow, "You didn't tell them about all your conspiracy theories, did you?"

"How many times do I have to tell you? They're not conspiracy theories; they're long sought for research that historians have searched decades for."

"Listen guys," Maggie ignored the conspiracy lunatic and turned to the trio, "After you guys finish doing your team project let me look at it and review it for you, knowing Jasper it will probably be an A-."

"A solid A-." Jasper countered, trying to save some of his pride.

"Maybe, but I'll help you guys get an A+."

"That's not fair Winnock! I did the tutoring while you and Henry went to jail!"

'...went to jail...' That little phrase reminded Sam of what she made Jasper promise last night, seeing her chance she grabbed Jasper by the arm and did an arm-lock, the same one she did to Henry. The only difference is that Jasper is more fragile, thus easily put into submission. "Remember what I said last night? I told you I'd make you tell us what happened last night, or else."

"Aaauuhhh!" Jasper grunted in pain, "Maybe we could make a deal?" he said in-between breaths.

"No deals! Just answer us!"

"Easy! I'll tell you what happened," Maggie told the blonde girl before she could actually break an arm.

Letting go of her human pretzel, Sam looked at Maggie's direction, "Well?"

"The thing is," Maggie started her story, "Henry and I went to the Hilton Hotel to talk an old friend of his godfather, and when we arrived there, we found him on the floor. He looked like he had a heart attack, and when we called for the ambulance, the police busts in and arrests us thinking we attacked the guy," she finished, leaving out the part of the snakebite and possibly attempted murder.

What she didn't know is that the iCarlies happen to be currently staying at the Hilton Hotel, this information caused their jaws to drop at it all. "Anything wrong with what I said?" Maggie wondered at their wide-open mouths as if in shock.

"Did you say the Hilton Hotel?" Freddie asks them, in which they nodded in response. "You were the ones who found him and called the ambulance?"

"Well-" Maggie stopped herself, they were actually the second ones to call, and the one who called first put the blame on them, "-yes," she changed her answer before she told the truth.

Carly could not believe the coincidence, but she wanted to be certain, "Is the name of the old guy Vergil Sanduski?" she asked. The surprised look on the other two certainly confirmed it.

"Do you know him?" Maggie returned another question.

"Not really, I just met him yesterday, we bumped into each other in a crowd and he dropped something, but he already left before I could give it to him," Carly answered; "He's over at which hospital?" she could not remember what that officer told her the night before.

"Georgetown Hospital, just call for a taxi and they'll take you there," Jasper pointed the general direction the hospital is, while he caressed his hurting arm looks like he needs another ice bag.

"Do you mind if I asked what he dropped?" Maggie's curiosity got the better of her.

"Oh, just some old scroll, it seemed pretty important to him so I wanted to give it back, but I couldn't believe he would have a heart attack," Carly told them. "Well, see you guys later, we're going to visit Mr. Vergil and see how he's doing, you're still up for tutoring us right?" she looked at Jasper and Maggie.

"Oh, yeah of course, but could you make it around six tonight? I've gotta sleep early for class tomorrow," said Jasper.

"Six is fine, later!" Carly called out to them as she walked away to find a taxi while Freddie dragged Sam by the hand who held a fist out at Jasper and making angry faces at him.

"They're a lively bunch, aren't they?" Maggie smiled at the group.

"Guys!" Speak of the devil, the one who started this whole conversation and wasn't even here to witness it, Henry Griffin just arrived.

"Where have you been?" Maggie scolded him before he could say anything.

"I've been-"

"It's because of you I've nearly been mauled by three crazy teenage girls."

"Excuse me?" Maggie was flabbergasted at that remark.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you guys what I was planning but look at this!" Henry pulled out the receipt and drawing he found at the hotel.

"That's nothing, look at this!" Jasper pulled out one hundred dollars and waved it in front of their faces.

Maggie reached for the drawing Henry had in h is hand and examined it, "Well I could already tell you that this crude drawing of a cross is definitely that of the Templar Knights, and where did you get that money?" She answered both the cousins' questions.

"I earned it from selling those two shirts I had the iCarlies sign for me," Jasper told her with gusto, "And that is definitely a Templar cross, but what the heck is that poor excuse for a lion?" pointing at the other drawing.

"That's what I want to know, I already identified the cross, but that lion baffles me. That's cool by the way, how much you sold for a shirt?" Henry answered and asked Jasper back.

"Fifty bucks each," Jasper smelled the money in his hand.

"Really? How about the laptop you said?"

"Well that's being sold online on eBay, I'm having people bid on that thing, already guaranteed $200 from someone who wants to get it."

"I think we're talking about the drawing and documents Henry found, not how you're using people for your own gain," Maggie butted in, "And why would anyone buy those old shirts and dusty laptop anyway?"

"Hey, if you keep your stuff clean and neat they will eventually fetch a price," Jasper looked at his brunette haired friend, "Especially if you have celebrities write all over it."

"So the D.O.U.M. rooms then?" Henry suggested.

"D.O.U.M. rooms," Maggie walked her way there, getting away from Jasper as much as possible.

"Right behind ya," Jasper followed.

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Georgetown Hospital

Over at the hospital, the iCarlies arrived by taxi and asked the nurse if there is a Vergil Sanduski, the nurse informed them he is currently in one of the wards. Showing them the way, the nurse brought them to the room's entrance and continued her way. Entering the warding room, the iCarlies found Vergil in one of the four beds.

"Man, it smells like death in here," Sam commented on the smell as she pinched her nose.

"I know, it's like the smell of rotting bodies," Freddie added, doing the same thing she did.

"Well at least you guys are getting along," Carly copied her friends in pinching her nose, for being stereotypically labeled as clean all the time, hospital rooms can stink an awful lot.

"We are not getting along," Freddie and Sam said at the same time again, "Would you stop that?" again.

"Shh!" a nurse shushed them since they were loud. Taking a good look at the nurse, the iCarlies felt a little intimidated, he was a tall man, fair skin, built muscular like a body builder, no way someone like that could be a nurse, but there's a first time for everything, maybe. "What's going on here?"

"We're here to visit Mr. Vergil, sir?" Carly squeaked that last word. They looked at the nurse's ID Tag, 'Medved' was the nurse's name apparently.

"Mr. Sanduski? What's your relation with him?" The nurse asked.

"I'm just here to see if he's doing okay, I've got something that belongs to him."

The nurse raised his eyebrow, "What, did you return to give something you stole from him?"

"No! It's just something he owns, he dropped it yesterday, and I'm just trying to give it back!" Carly reached into her bag, but she realized something, she left the scroll at the hotel last night, she forgot to put it in her bag. "Oh, heh, I think I forgot to put the scroll in my bag."

"Scroll?" the nurse raised his eyebrow again and looked at them with interest, "You forgot huh? Well I don't think you should be bringing priceless artifacts in here, it's usually all moldy and could contaminate the health of the patients; bring it to a museum or something."

"But I don't know anyone who works in a museum," Carly argued.

"Carls, we can probably ask Henry and company," Sam advised her friend, "Maybe they can do something for us."

"Here we go with Henry again, Woohoo.." Freddie said with intense sarcasm, even faking a hooray cheer.

"Jealous?" Sam teased.

"Makes me want to puke my guts out."

"You know Sam, that's a great idea!" Carly pointed out, she looked at her watch, '1:30 pm', she had four and a half hours before she visits Jasper at his house, maybe they could eat lunch, go back to the hotel, get the scroll and head over to the Bartlett's. "Come on, let's go eat somewhere for a few and then head back to the hotel." Taking the lead, she walked out the room, with Freddie and Sam right behind her, leaving the nurse in the room all by himself.

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D.U.O.M. Rooms

Over at the rooms, Henry and the gang kept searching for any meaning behind the crudely drawn lion. Henry searched the Middle Eastern books while Jasper searched the Asian books. Maggie on the other hand is busy contacting the Museum if they have any shipments coming in today, particularly one with a heavy stone.

"..really? Thank you sir, bye." Maggie got off the phone, "Well, that confirms it, the stone that was in that picture you showed us is definitely coming in today at 5:00 pm. And I can't believe it's that stupid piece of rock Jasper is fantasizing about."

"See what I was saying? Looks like there is some truth to what I said after all," Jasper felt like a winner, have one hundred dollars and proven he is right against Maggie Winnock, "Can today get any better?"

"Hey, look at this," Henry brought a large book over to the table, red hand-woven cover, with the pages pretty torn up but still legible. Pointing at the same drawing of the lion that was in Vergil's paper, he showed it to his friends.

"Oh my God," Maggie gasped at what was written in the texts.

"I know," Henry, "This brings it to an all new ballpark."

"Ballgame Henry, ballgame," Maggie corrected him.

"Well that is very nice and all Henry, but some of us can't read Arabic," Jasper joked.

"This symbol of the lion is an Ismail Lion; it's the symbol of the Hashshashins." Henry explained.

"The Hassshsshsha?"

"The Hashshashin, they were created by Hassan-i Sabbah during the Second Crusade as the Muslims' answer against the Templars and Hospitallers, they were the elite of the elite. They wore heavy-duty armor and were very hard to kill," Maggie elaborated.

"And what does that have to do with Vergil's note?"

"The word Hashshashin is commonly called nowadays as Assassin," Henry told his cousin in a serious tone.

Maybe it was the word Assassin, or the way his cousin told him, but Jasper felt his spine go cold, shivering slightly, "What? Assassins?"

"You like to talk about the crusades and don't even know about that?" Maggie looked at him disbelievingly, "I told you, you spent a lot of time on the Templar's than looking at the big picture."

"Either way, we now know the groups that are involved in doing what they did to Vergil, but the question who?" Henry contemplated on the possible answers.

"Well, I was trying to tell you last night," Maggie interrupted, "But remember when we first got to the hotel and went up the elevator?" Henry nodded, remembering what happened last night.

"Right as we exited the elevator wasn't there someone who entered it the same time?"

Henry's senses started to ring, "Yes, that did happen, but I didn't get a good look at him, did you?" Maggie shook her head; she didn't really remember how the guy looked like.

Thinking about their options, the trio thought for a few minutes when an idea struck Jasper's head, "What about if we ask Carly?"

"Carly? Why?"

"Well, she said she had something Vergil owned right? Some kind of scroll?" Jasper pointed out, "What if that's the key to all this?"

His eyes widening at the realization, Henry looked at his team and they nodded at the understanding, find Carly, solve this mystery and bring the one who attempted murder to justice. Cleaning up their stuff, they headed to Georgetown Hospital.

A/N: There's the latest chapter, please read and review. Oh, and read Omnistar's iWork for Spencer, it's starting to get interesting.