(AN:) SORRY I HAVEN'T UPLOADED IN FOREVER! Work has gotten me so busy that I didn't have time, but I'm trying my best, so here's another chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own iCarly, or Madisen Hill.
"I've never hated my sister more then I do right now," Melanie shared while she and Madisen were walking back and forth in the same room. Gibby was sitting against the wall with his hands in his hair. The three still had no idea where they were or who was behind this evil plan.
"The same thing goes for me with Freddie," Madisen added. "How the heck does he not know that we're missing?"
"So, this entire time you guys weren't really going out?" Gibby asked, looking up at Madisen.
"No, of course not," Madisen answered. "It was just part of a stupid plan."
"Why?"
"Because Freddie's dumb! Now, can we go back to our main problem here?" Melanie burst. "It's Monday afternoon - almost twenty four hours since we've been gone and not a single person in sight!" Melanie threw her hands into her hair. "I'm starting to freak out!"
"You're not the only one," Madisen hugged herself, pressing her back against the wall and sliding down to sit next to Gibby. "My dad must be nonstop calling me and since I can't pick up he might have told my mom or something and they're freaking out."
"Same thing with my parents and Guppy," Gibby said. "Especially because I always come home before it gets dark."
"I hope Sam doesn't think I went back to my apartment," Melanie wished. "Then she'll never come find us."
"I'm worried about Carly," Gibby thought out loud. "She's coming back tomorrow."
"Do you think she'll be kidnapped too?" Madisen asked. "What if the two who kidnapped us are just using us for something?"
"Wait a minute," Gibby whispered. "Using us?" Something jogged his memory when hearing those two words.
"I can't believe she was using Freddie this whole time."
"I know. It's a good thing Sam and I told him before it was too late."
"What do you think would have happened if you never told Freddie?"
"Well iCarly would have been destroyed with Jeremy sneezing all the time!"
"I finally know who kidnapped us!" Gibby screamed, jumping up from the ground. "Freddie's ex-girlfriend!"
"Freddie has an ex-girlfriend?" Madisen asked, getting up from the ground too.
"Well, you, Carly and this girl named Valerie. Freddie had quit iCarly to do The Valerie Show, but when Valerie admitted she was just using him, Freddie came right back to iCarly," Gibby explained. "That's how I remembered her when Madisen thought she might be using us."
"Well, there's two people who kidnapped us," Melanie reminded. "If Valerie's one then who's the other?"
"I feel like it has to go together," Madisen said. "If Gibby's right - the first person is Freddie's ex-girlfriend then maybe the other person is Sam's ex-boyfriend."
"Well, that's just wonderful," Melanie sarcastically said, throwing her hands up. "Sam's had five other boyfriends in the past!"
"Guys, I'm sure we're going to find out who's behind this soon enough," Madisen got in between Gibby and Melanie before a fight started.
"What makes you think that?" Gibby asked.
"Because I hear footsteps coming from down the hall," Madisen answered.
The three kept quiet and it was true - there was two pairs of footsteps echoing through the hall. Melanie and Madisen stood close to Gibby who put his arms around the two girls, all scared on what was going to happen next.
"Hey!"
Sam's eyes were covered with a pair of hands before she got the chance to answer. The smell of burnt wires, however, gave the "mystery" person away.
"What did you burn today, Geek?" Sam asked, trying to pull Freddie's hands off, but he wouldn't move. Since when did he have a stronger grip then her?
"I was trying to make you something, but it really didn't work out," Freddie said, a little sadness in his voice.
Sam read his mind easy. "It was a robot that could do everything for me, wasn't it?"
"Since Melanie's going to leave Thursday I don't want you to be alone." Freddie took his hands off and walked around to look at Sam as she was putting her things away in her locker. "Who knows when your mother's coming back."
"My mom just loves being away from home," Sam shared. "I barley see her now-a-days."
"Which is why you're always welcomed to stay at my place," Freddie said and Sam chuckled.
"You do understand you still need to get your mom to like me more?"
Freddie smirked, grabbing Sam by her waist to press against his body. "That won't be a problem once I tell her you're my girlfriend."
"That word still gives me goosebumps." Sam pushed Freddie away with her textbook on his chest. She then threw it in her locker and suddenly was lost in her thoughts. Freddie was able to catch this and had to ask what's wrong.
"I'll stop using that word if you want me to," Freddie said, thinking she wasn't used to the idea of dating.
"What?" Sam popped back into reality. "No, no; it's not you," Sam said, shaking her head. "It's just that you mentioning you're going to tell your mom about us got me thinking about me telling Melanie."
"Well, that's great!" Freddie said excitingly. "I'm sure she'll start screaming again like on our date."
"Yeah, she would," Sam slammed her locker shut and Freddie jumped. "If she was home."
"What do you mean?"
Sam sighed. "Melanie's missing."
Freddie's heart stopped.
"She hasn't come home since yesterday and won't pick up her phone and hasn't even left me a note," Sam continued explaining. "I know I shouldn't be worried, but she always picks up the phone when I'm calling no matter where she is or what she's doing."
"Madisen's missing too."
Sam stopped talking and looked up at Freddie.
"Since when?" Sam asked.
"Saturday," Freddie whispered. "After I took her out I dropped her home, we talked for a while, and then I haven't seen or heard from her since." Freddie placed a hand on his forehead. "She's just like Melanie - she hasn't answered her phone either."
"This is an emergency then!" Sam yelled. "We have my sister and your friend missing. Not to mention I haven't heard Gibby screaming all day."
"Maybe he's at home," Freddie hoped, shaking Sam's hand. "We'll talk to him and see if maybe he knows anything. Before I ran after you back home I saw him talking to Melanie."
"So maybe he knows where she might be!" Sam said, agreeing with Freddie's plan. "Or at least he could help us find her. He might as well be good for something."
"You beat him up; isn't that enough?" Freddie asked.
Sam sarcastically laughed. "Pft, NO!" Freddie shook his head. "Now, come on, we should go to Gibby's place and see if he's there."
"Now?" Freddie asked, looking at his wrist watch. "We still have two more periods left of the day."
"Does it look like Momma cares?" Sam asked, pulling Freddie by his arm, checking the halls, and then broke sprinting towards the main doors.
"Principal Franklin installed cameras! We're going to get in trouble!" Freddie screamed.
"Only one day of suspension - it's not that bad," Sam said, still running. "I've done it plenty of time before. Trust me; you could use the day off."
"Not to mention it goes on your personal record!" Freddie yelled. "I'm the one who's going to college!"
"Hey, I'm going to college too!" Sam corrected. "Just...not as soon as you are."
Freddie was calling Gibby's cellphone, but he wasn't picking up. He was going to call his house phone, but didn't want to waste his time talking to Guppy yelling "Happy Birfday!" because he can't remember how to actually talk.
Sam and Freddie sighed before Sam rang the doorbell to the Gibson's house and Gibby's mom came out.
"Hey, Mrs. Gibson," Sam smiled, but it dropped when seeing her eyes completely red and puffy along with her face. "What's wrong?"
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Gibson repeated. "WHAT'S WRONG? My Gibby hasn't come home that's what wrong."
"Whoa, calm down," Freddie said, fanning her with his hands. "So, he's not home?"
"Of course he's not home!" Mrs. Gibson screamed, but then stopped talking to take a few deep breaths. It wasn't right yelling at Gibby's friends just because one of her sons were missing. "I'm sorry, kids, it's just that I'm in such a mess."
"Something's fishy here," Sam predicted. "First Madisen, then my sister and now Gibby's gone? What's happening here?"
"I have a feeling we're going to have to go to Madisen's place to find out," Freddie said, taking Sam's hand and walking away from Gibby's porch. "We'll call you if we find Gibby!"
"Please do!" Gibby's mom screamed after the two who sprinted up the block.
Freddie kept dialing Madisen's number on his cell as Sam was trying to reach Melanie, but neither were picking up their phones and to say they were worried wasn't even the half of what they were feeling right now.
"Any luck?" Freddie asked Sam before trying Madisen's number again.
Sam groaned. "No not at all! It's not like Melanie to not pick up her phone!"
"Okay, we're going to have to head to Madisen's place first and see what's going on there," Freddie gave up on her cellphone and started jogging down the street towards Madisen's house.
Sam was the first one to get there and she knocked on the door. A few minutes later a man who Freddie knew was Madisen's dad came out with his face whiter then a ghost.
"Freddie?" Madisen's dad asked.
"Mr. Hill," Freddie said, holding onto his shoulder. "Do you have any idea where Madisen is?"
"I was hoping you could tell me!" Madisen's dad screamed, almost breaking down into tears. "My baby hasn't returned in three days and I have no idea how to contact her since she's not picking up her phone."
"I've been trying to reach her just now and I had no luck either," Freddie shared and Madisen's dad covered his face with both of his hands.
"This is just horrible!" He screamed into the air. "I haven't talked to my wife ever since because I'm scared she'll think I'm irresponsible for letting our daughter be kidnapped or whatever has happened to her."
"Don't think like that," Freddie stopped her dad. "She's going to come back; trust me."
"You know I always do," Mr. Hill whispered. "But what can you do to bring my baby back?"
"Here's an idea," Sam spoke. "We're going to find the people who took Madisen because there's a fat chance that they took my sister too."
"But how?" Her father asked, looking at Sam with tears running down his face. "You guys aren't detectives or anything."
"But he's a geek and I'm a fighter," Sam said. "I'm sure with our two powers put together we can at least get a clue on where they are."
"Hopefully before Carly and Spencer come back home tomorrow," Freddie reminded Sam and her face dropped in fear.
