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 10 (Fearful Struggle)
"Kill her," Jonah said while pointing to Sam. "Kill the bitch; it's her fault all of this happened." Freddie growled and stepped toward Jonah. "Don't kill her, and I'll do it for you. I'll do anything to stop the process of letting the Angel's continue their span in this world. For I know that when an Angel turns sixteen, they must have a baby then. Preferably it's the leader that must do it, not only is it because that Angel's child will be strong, it is then that child will be an angel."
"What!" Sam exclaimed with wide eyes. She looked at Jonah with confusion, she had heard her mom say something like that, but she assumed she was joking at the time. Jonah looked at Sam and smirked.
"You didn't know? You will have a mate chosen for you and that mate will give you the child. It's the cycle, it happened with your mother, your grandmother and beyond! Don't worry; it won't happen to you because you will die today." Sam was frozen with fear under Jonah's gaze, she didn't know what to do, and she didn't want to die. Jonah lifted his hand and pointed a finger toward Sam. "I am the devil…that is my beast!"
"Leave her out of this!" Freddie roared. He figured he probably shouldn't have brought Jake and Valerie along; he was losing to the darker side of his beast. If he went feral, it was all over. Going feral meant the loss of everything, control, your mind, and everything else. It took an angel to get you back from that state, but then it was still hard.
"I will not leave her out of this; she is guilty of what has happened to the beasts! She must die!" Sam lifted her hand up as a small light started to glow around Jonah's fingertip. Freddie charged toward Jonah, Jonah smirked and bent his elbow and finger to point toward Freddie. A beam of light shot from Jonah's finger and through Freddie's chest, Sam gasped as Freddie froze.
"Freddie! Are you okay, stay with us!" Jake exclaimed. Freddie's body began to shake and Jonah smirked.
"Come on Freddie, turn feral for us," Jonah said with a grin. "If you do, you'll become supreme in strength and we can take our revenge!"
"N-No, I refuse!" Freddie exclaimed as he took a shaky step toward Jonah. "I will not succumb to the deeper part of this beast, I will not join you!"
"Yeah, I was afraid of this, but really there is no other option. If you don't, I kill the three that are with us right now, but if you do…I may be swayed to let them live."
"You…you bastard, I'll kill you!" Freddie charged toward Jonah and slashed his claws across his chest. He brought his other arm down but Jonah grabbed it in his hand and laughed.
"You can't face me, Freddie. Do yourself a favor, go feral, and then maybe you'll match me." Jonah flung Freddie into a wall just next to Jake and Valerie.
"Hey! You nearly hit us!" Valerie exclaimed. Jake grunted as he slowly pulled himself up. "Jake! What the hell are you doing!"
"Getting up," Jake said with narrow eyes. "Come on Val, we need to get out of this area, we're putting Sam and Freddie at risk." Jake knew that the longer they stayed, the more Jonah had to use that he could make Freddie tick. Jake took Valerie's wrist and pulled her around a corner, Jonah saw them run and laughed.
"The fools think running is going to make a difference," Jonah said with a smirk. Jonah stepped toward Sam and grabbed the back of her shirt, he then lifted her up, level with his face, Freddie pulled himself up and glared at Jonah.
"Put her down!" Freddie exclaimed. Jonah lifted his finger and pointed it toward Freddie, it was dead obvious that Jonah wasn't about to put Sam down. "I won't do what you want, Jonah! Isn't that much obvious? Now let Sam go, she has nothing to do with this!" Jonah shrugged and pointed his finger to Sam's abdomen, Freddie's eyes widened and Sam let out a small gasp.
"W-What are you doing? Let me go!" Sam exclaimed. She couldn't create her sword, and she was too afraid to make any kind of move. She was unlike her mother, she wasn't anywhere near as developed as her mom was.
"Afraid, are you?" Jonah asked with an evil grin.
"Don't touch her, Jonah!" Freddie exclaimed. Jonah's finger began to charge up another blast, a single tear fell from Sam's face. "Jonah!" Jonah looked over at Freddie, Freddie roared and brought his hands up. Jonah grinned and tossed Sam to the ground.
"Freddie!" Sam exclaimed. Her eyes were large with fear, Freddie was giving in to the feral part of his beast. "No!" The lightning crashed and the thunder roared, Jake and Valerie peered from their hiding place as the rain pelted the ground even harder.
"Jake…what's happening?" Valerie asked quietly.
"He's turning into a feral beast," Jake answered. "This is bad, this is very bad. Valerie, if we don't get out of here, we could die!"
"Do you really want to leave Freddie?"
"No, I can't leave my friend behind like this, but it sucks that I can't do anything for him." Valerie nodded, she too felt bad that she couldn't do anything for Sam. She wanted to save Sam, perhaps as much as Jake wanted to get Freddie out of there, but if they intervened, they could die.
"We still should try, Jake. I mean surely there is something that we can do!" Jake clenched his teeth together, he tried to think of something they could do, but there wasn't anything. He noticed that while Freddie was going feral, Jonah was watching him closely, Sam was unguarded and frozen with fear. "Maybe…"
"Jake what are you thinking?"
"Stay here, Valerie." Valerie raised her eyebrow as Jake got up and ran toward Sam, her eyes widened in fear. Jonah smirked as Jake pulled Sam up, she rested on his back while he held his arms around her neck.
"Foolish humans," Jonah said while lifting his arm up. "You think I can't see you?"
"Jake! He's going to shoot!" Valerie exclaimed. Jake cussed and quickly turned around, he managed to escape serious damage, but was hit in the shoulder.
"Damn it!" Jake exclaimed. Jonah laughed and Jake ran around the corner. Sam pressed her back to the wall and slid down into a sitting position while Valerie ran to inspect the damage on Jake's shoulder. "Heh, it'll be fine."
"Speak for yourself, that's a big wound!" Jake placed his hand on his shoulder and frowned, he knew he would have to get it checked up, but it wasn't important at the moment. Sam's eyes widened as she heard a crash, she peered around the corner and spotted Mr. Howard and Carly running toward the beasts.
"No, not her," Sam said quietly. Valerie and Jake raised their eyebrows and looked over. "Carly, she's a slayer…I'm guessing Mr. Howard is also."
"Crap, she'll kill Freddie!" Jake exclaimed.
"Okay Mr. Howard, there were two of them," Carly said as she and Mr. Howard stepped behind Jonah. Freddie was already completely gone, he couldn't even recognize Carly.
"Okay beasts, it's time for you to die," Mr. Howard said with narrow eyes. "With my speed…"
"And my strength, you will not survive!" Carly looked at Freddie and growled. "That's the beast that was reported at the school, it isn't Jonah's beast. I wonder who the beast is."
"It will not matter, we'll kill them while they're in beast form."
"Exactly, now you go after Jonah's beast, I will kill the other one." Sam gasped as Carly stepped next to Jonah, Carly glanced to the side and slammed her fist into Jonah's back. Jonah was sent flying toward Mr. Howard, Mr. Howard swiftly jumped up and punched Jonah to the ground. Carly stepped in front of Freddie and crossed her arms.
"He is already feral," Carly said quietly. "Fine by me, I can deal with this." Carly cracked her knuckles and slammed her fist into Freddie's abdomen, Sam winced and watched fearfully. Carly glanced over and saw her, she smiled softly and nodded. "Sam, you're safe! Do not worry, I will destroy the beast that threatened your life, and then you may go home."
"Why though, Freddie isn't evil, don't kill him Carly!" Sam screamed this in her head, she knew she had always picked on Freddie, but he didn't deserve this. "Don't do it Carly, don't kill him! He's our best friend! That and…I love him!" Sam's eyes shot wide open as Carly punched Freddie into the wall and kicked his head back. With each hit, a large crater would appear in the wall.
"Damn it, we have to get her away," Jake said with clenched fists.
"What can we do?" Valerie asked. Freddie slashed his hand upwards and cut Carly's chest. Sam gasped as Carly took a step back and smirked, Sam knew Freddie couldn't recognize Carly, but that still wasn't good because it would get Carly angrier.
"Okay buddy, so you're starting to fight back," Carly said while grabbing Freddie's throat. "Good." Carly turned around and swung Freddie into the ground.
"You can't beat me," Jonah said as he slashed toward Mr. Howard. Mr. Howard swiftly leapt out of the way and charged toward Jonah, what he did not see was Jonah's body letting some substance flow onto his skin. When Mr. Howard hit Jonah, his fist stuck to him. "Pathetic!"
"Damn! Miss Shay, I'm stuck!" Mr. Howard exclaimed. Carly looked over and her eyes narrowed, she started running toward Jonah but was too late. Jonah lifted his arm and thrust it through Mr. Howard's chest, Mr. Howard spit up blood fell to the ground.
"Damn it!" Carly exclaimed as she slammed her fist into Jonah. Jonah leapt back and a large, flaming sword appeared in his hand. "You think you can beat me with that sword?" Jonah slashed the sword down toward Carly, she caught his arm and swung him into the wall. She then ran to him and slammed her fist into his chest.
"Crap!" Jonah pushed her off of him and glanced to the side. "Well, as fun as this is, I have to run." Jonah flew off and Carly glared at him.
"Coward, get back here and fight me!" Carly glanced at Freddie as he struggled to pull himself up.
"No Freddie, stay down," Sam thought. Jake clenched his fists and stepped out of hiding, Sam was already running toward Carly.
"What are you doing, Sam? I'm fighting this beast, don't put yourself in danger!"
"M-Maybe I can help."
"Carly, come here!" Jake exclaimed. "Come here, Valerie says she knows the beast's identity!" Sam gasped and Carly looked over. "Come over here though, Valerie's too afraid to shout it out or go over there." Carly nodded and walked toward Jake and Valerie. "I'm sorry, Carly." When she got over there, she looked to Valerie, her back was turned toward Jake.
"Okay Valerie, tell me what you know," Carly said while crossing her arms. Jake quickly hit her in the back of the neck, Carly grunted and fell to the ground, unconscious. Valerie's eyes were wide as she stared at Carly, she looked up at Jake and raised her eyebrow.
"Jake, you hit Carly like that…why?" Valerie asked.
"She was going to kill my friend, I protected him," Jake responded while shrugging. "I know that I probably just risked death by the Slayers, but what can I say, I have to protect my friends." Jake walked over to Sam, Freddie was glaring at them. "Freddie, man, it's me!"
"Jake, stay back," Sam said quietly. "Maybe I can bring Freddie back somehow." Sam wished despretly that her mom was there, her mom was stronger and Sam was slightly afraid that Freddie's feral state would kill her instantly. Her mom, she wouldn't die though, her mom would know what to do. Sam swallowed her pride and wrapped her arms around Freddie's neck.
"Sam, what the hell are you doing?!" Freddie growled and wrapped his arms around Sam's waist.
"If Carly wakes up, she'll kill him…if Freddie dies…" Sam closed her eyes and let a tear fall from her eye. Freddie snarled and Sam brought her lips to his, Jake's eyes widened and Valerie stood in slight fear. She looked over and saw Mrs. Puckett walking toward her. Mrs. Puckett looked at Sam and Freddie, she crossed her arms and watched as Freddie left the feral state and started to leave his beastly state.
"So, Sam is in love with him," Amy said quietly. Sam felt Freddie return to normal, she felt his arms tighten around her waist and he deepened the kiss. When he parted lips with her, he understood what she had just done.
"Sam…what were you thinking?" Freddie asked. "You threw yourself in danger like that…I had gone feral, what if I had killed you?" Sam smiled through her tears and brought her head to his chest, the fearful part of the night was over. "If you died, what would I do then?"
"It was the best way," Amy said as she stepped next to Freddie. "Carly was attacking you, I could sense the battle going on, it seems that Jake and Valerie knocked Carly out long enough to save you." Freddie's jaw dropped, even Jake had thrown himself in danger, Valerie as well.
"You…idiots…"
"What can I say?" Jake asked with a smile. "I had to help." Freddie chuckled and slowly shook his head, they were all stupid for wanting to get themselves killed.
"You have people who care the world about you," Amy said while patting Freddie's shoulder. She then put her hand on Jake's shoulder and the wound that he had began to close, Jake's eyes were wide with shock. "I can heal your wound up for you, in case you didn't know. Angels are capable of doing quite a bit, actually. My daughter has yet to realize her full potential, but as the years go by, she'll get better and stronger. Right now though, it seems all she can do is use the smaller version of the light sword and wipe out the memories of people as well as take away a slayer's ability."
"Someday I'll be able to do what you can?" Sam asked while looking at Amy and breaking apart from Freddie. "Is that true? Will I really be able to?"
"Yes." Amy turned and walked toward Carly, Carly slowly opened her eyes and sat up.
"What the hell just happened?" Carly asked while rubbing her head. Carly looked at Amy and slowly stood up. Amy's brow furrowed and she looked toward the sky.
"The beast…Jonah, he returned and hit you. When he knocked you out, I stepped in and took care of the beasts, but unfortunately they got away."
"They got away, and Jonah attacked me? Damn it!" Carly swiftly punched a large crater into the wall, causing Valerie to jump up in fright. Amy crossed her arms and sighed, Sam and Freddie walked over to Carly and smiled.
"Can you locate the beasts?" Sam asked with a tilted head. Carly frowned and crossed her arms over.
"Unfortunately I can't, the only time Slayers can sense the location of a beast is when they are in beast form. Jonah must be out of his beast form right now, because I can't sense his location." Freddie raised his eyebrow and glanced to the side, that had to mean Jonah could shift in and out of his form at will. There wasn't any way to do that, or so he thought.
"Unfortunately Mr. Howard has lost to Jonah's beast," Amy said while looking down at Mr. Howard's fallen body.
"It's a sad day when a Beast kills a Slayer, but then it is a Slayer's job to die in battle if they cannot defeat the beast." Carly looked up and over at Freddie. "Where were you? I don't recall seeing you here…" Jake, Valerie and Sam all looked at Freddie and Carly almost in shock, they didn't think of that.
"Carly, Freddie was unconscious and around the corner," Amy said while letting out a sigh. "That is why you didn't see him, he was out of view and not awake." Sam let out a relieved sigh and Jake let out his breath that he had been holding. Carly tapped her chin and looked at Freddie, the answer sounded reasonable enough.
"Okay, well we will have to return home now. I have to report the situation to Spencer and then we have to give Mr. Howard a proper burial. Spencer will have to deal with that, Slayer funerals are different than the ones that normal humans receive." With that, everybody left the area, remembering the events of the night.
It was tough going, but it was a good end. Carly still doesn't know Freddie is a beast and Mrs. Puckett lied to protect him. There will be a time shift next chapter by the way. I hope you enjoyed this one!