Paternal Bonds
Disclaimer: I don't own iCarly. I keep it simple.
A/N: Thoughts in "Italics" and regular speech in "Regular font." Only applied if in quotes.
A/N: By the way, everybody is 26 in this story, except Spencer who would be older. I doubt he'll be mentioned much. Please read this regardless of their age. It will all make sense, I promise. They have to be this old in the story.
Chapter 16 (The Battle for the Girls Begins)
"This better be the one," Freddie said with crossed arms as the plane landed in front of the mansion. "This is the third one we are visiting, it's all the way in Maine..."
"I think it's the one," Carly said while rubbing her chin. "I just feel like it is."
"Yeah, same here." The group all exited the plane, each with weapons in case they needed to fight.
"Valerie told me before that Sam was in the basement," Jonah said quietly. "So if she's there, we'll definitely find her."
"Wasn't Valerie supposed to meet us outside of the place?" Jake asked with a raised eyebrow. "I thought she was supposed to meet us out here."
"She was." Jonah looked around and frowned. "So the question is where she is?" Jonah lifted his watch and pressed a button on it, he waited to connect with Valerie but it did not happen. "Is my watch screwed up? Freddie, Carly, try yours."
"Right, I'll do that," Carly said as she pressed the button on her radio. "Valerie, Valerie are you there?" Freddie did the same.
"Valerie, if you're there speak up!" Freddie exclaimed. "This is not the time for joking! Do you know the gravity of the situation we are in? We need to get Sam out of there now, you know there are guards out here and we can't enter without fighting them. I'd rather not kill anybody today, unless that bastard, Hector is in there, I wouldn't mind blowing his slimy ass to smithereens actually." No response came, so Freddie lowered his arm.
"You don't have to be so angry," Carly said with a sigh. Freddie shrugged and pressed his radio button again.
"Valerie, I'm sorry, I'm just frustrated right now. If you're there, pick up, if you're not, we're going in without you. We can't wait any longer for you, but we do need to leave this place with you along with Sam." Freddie sighed and gestured the group to start moving, finally a transmission came through.
"Freddie…"
"What!" Freddie looked at his watch, that wasn't Valerie's voice, it was Sam's voice. Freddie pressed the radio button and started speaking. "Sam, is that you? What are you doing with Valerie's radio?"
"She dropped it in here I guess. She made me some food, don't be mad at her, Jonah. She couldn't stand sitting around doing nothing. I can't believe I figured out how to work this thing in the dark. Please try to find her first, Jeremy, Nevel and Gibby caught her." Everybody had almost serene looks on their faces when they heard Sam's voice, but now they were angry.
"They have Valerie!" Jonah exclaimed. "I can't believe this! I explicitly told her not to do anything to endanger herself!"
"It's okay, we'll get her," Freddie said quietly. Freddie pressed the button once more and spoke. "Sam, listen, if those people return, do not anger them. We will find you once we find the basement, when that happens we will let you know we're in. Ten years is a long time without you, I don't want to go any longer without you."
"Yeah, we refuse to lose you again!" Carly exclaimed into the radio. "Oh, and one more thing, if anyone told you this…I am NOT SHALLOW!" Freddie sighed and rolled his eyes.
"We know, Carly. Okay, ending transmission now, let's move!" Everyone pulled out their weapons, since Valerie hadn't been out of the mansion, the guards were definitely still out, if they saw them they would try to kill them.
"Glad we restocked on grenades," Carly said quietly. "I didn't know your pilot had an arsenal in there."
"He doesn't, he probably stopped by a weapon shop…"
"That's a good thing, which means we all were able to stock up on guns." Freddie nodded, he himself had two revolvers that he could use if he had to. Though he wasn't big on using guns, he probably would just fight with his fists. Jake had an assault rifle, Henry had a semi automatic pistol, Della had a 500 revolver pistol, Amy had an Armsel Striker shotgun. Mrs. Briggs had the pistol she was using before along with a Barret model rifle. Spencer had an AS50 Sniper Rifle, Jonah had switched to a light machine gun. Carly carried only her grenades and a dagger in her pocket. Besides his two revolvers, Freddie was carrying with him an Avenger Gatling Gun.
(A/N: Let it be known, I don't know much of anything about guns. I searched online for the most powerful guns, with the intention of giving Freddie the top one. I found a video on YouTube that listed these guns in the top ten section, some of them seemed to be too big though. Most of them are capable of being carried it seems. I've listed it from the weakest of the ten to the strongest. The music to that video actually fits this scene pretty much…)
"This gun isn't all that heavy," Freddie said quietly. "Jonah, I know I said we needed to stay together, but I want you to go find Valerie. Dad, Mom, and Jake, you guys go with him." Everyone nodded as they turned the corner. There they spotted several guards aiming pistols at them. "Oh, and we didn't expect this one bit." Freddie sighed and shook his head, as against guns he was, he had to use them. "Everyone, open fire."
The guards stood with shock etched on their faces as all nine people aimed their guns and shot down every guard in their path. Freddie groaned and shook his head, he hated this, the mansion was already turning into a battlefield. The guards had opened fire but none of them were really getting hit. The guards kept falling as the group proceeded through the thick amount. Carly kept leaping around and throwing grenades onto the onslaught of guards, they didn't know how many there were, but enemies kept pouring out of the building. It didn't take much more than two minutes before it was all over.
"You okay, Freddie?" Carly asked with a raised eyebrow. Freddie looked pale, as though he wanted to barf, he swallowed and shook his head slightly.
"Yeah, I'm fine. There's just a lot of carnage, that's all. I wasn't planning on this." Freddie looked at the large gun he had and frowned. "I almost want to destroy this now, but I'm thinking I may use this for something. No…I don't need this, Sam wouldn't like us using guns."
"There's a lake over there, you can throw away whatever weapons."
"Yeah, I'll stick with the two revolvers in my holster. They may not be as powerful but the strength in an attack is really how well you use the attack in question." Carly nodded and patted Freddie on the shoulder.
"We'll take the gun from you then," Henry said. "We'll enter on the back side of the building in search of Valerie, the lake is over there."
"Thank you." Freddie handed the avenger gun to Henry and rubbed his forehead. "Damn, we left a mess for Hector."
"It was only about twenty men actually," Carly said with a shrug.
"Yeah, I didn't want to kill anybody."
"Your words were 'unless we have to' and we had to," Jake said quickly. "So don't worry. Whatever it takes to save Sam and Valerie, then we'll do it."
"Remember though, we're following you," Mrs. Briggs said. "We will listen to your orders and follow them, you're our leader."
"When did this happen?" Freddie asked.
"Since it Sam is your girl," Jonah said with a smirk. "We're rescuing Sam and she's the one you love, that's why we're following you, you know what you're doing."
"Okay then, well Jonah, in that case you lead your group. After all, you're going after Valerie."
"Yes."
"Let us meet in the main room on the first floor when we have saved the girls." Jonah nodded and shook Freddie's hand. "Now, these guns we have are pretty powerful, don't lose them and don't let them get into the hands of Nevel, Gibby or Jeremy." Jonah nodded as Jake, Henry and Della stood behind him. Freddie smiled as Carly, Mrs. Briggs, Amy and Spencer stood behind him. "Like I said, everyone better return alive, but I have no doubts about that. Move out!" Both groups separated, Jonah's group ran toward the back, threw Freddie's gun in the lake, ran to the door and busted it in. They looked around and sighed.
"Where do we start?" Jonah asked out loud. "Were do you think she may be?"
"You think it's a matter of space?" Henry asked. "If Valerie was helping Sam, they may want the most distance between them."
"Meaning if Sam's at the basement area, Valerie could be at the very top," Amy said with a shrug.
"That's so crazy, but it could work," Jonah said while rubbing his chin. "I do remember her saying her room was on the fifth floor, let's look there first." Jonah blinked and raised his eyebrow. "Why did I forget that we have cell phones?"
"Because we haven't used them in a while. Call Valerie." Jonah nodded and pulled out his cell phone as the group walked slowly through the first floor, checking for any signs of trouble.
"Hello?" Valerie's voice answered through the phone.
"Valerie! Thank god you're okay!" Jonah said quickly.
"Jonah! I'm so sorry, I should have listened to you but I wanted to help Sam…"
"It's okay, I understand. We're in the mansion, where are you? We had to split into groups, Freddie's going to find Sam, I'm coming to find you."
"I'm on the very top floor, the furthest room away." Jonah looked up a set of stairs and sighed.
"Does this place have an elevator? This is almost like a bloody hotel." Valerie giggled lightly and sighed.
"Yeah, but it'd be better to take the stairs. The boys could try to stop the elevator."
"Yeah wouldn't want that." Jonah gestured for Mr. and Mrs. Benson to follow him. The group began to run up the stairs at full speed. Jake continued to glance over his shoulder to make sure nothing was following. The four tried to move as quietly as possible so as not to attract a whole lot of attention
"If we see anyone, what should we do?" Jake asked.
"Shoot them in the leg, the arm or any other non vital area on their body."
"You have guns!" Valerie exclaimed.
"Of course we do, we weren't taking these bastards on while being unarmed. Freddie doesn't want any deaths though, so we're just going to be shooting the arms and legs."
"Oh, okay…I should let you know that Jeremy tried to rape me."
"I will be shooting off his arms and legs as well as turning him feminine." Soon the group reached the top floor, Jonah looked down the hall and spotted a room in the far distance. The group slowly made their way to the door, the stopped when Jeremy stepped out from behind a wall.
"Long time no see, traitor," Jeremy said with a frown. "Nice guns. I have nothing but this." Jeremy smirked and moved the weapon in his arm, Jonah's eyes grew wide, the weapon was a bazooka.
"You'd use that in this mansion?"
"Yes."
"You are one sick and pathetic bastard."
"I know. At least I don't have to sneeze and blow my nose every damn day of my life anymore."
"I see…" Jonah looked over at his group and frowned. "You guys go for Valerie! I'll hold this bastard off!" The group nodded and Jeremy allowed them to run past him.
"I'll kill them once I'm done with you." Jeremy put the bazooka on his shoulder and smirked as he fired off a shot. Jonah shouted and leapt out of the way, the shot hit a far wall and shook the entire building.
"Damn you!" Jeremy laughed and pointed the bazooka toward Jonah once more. "Crap!" Jonah growled and narrowed his eyes. "I have to get him out of this area." Jonah turned and ran.
"Hey! Where are you going? What are you, a coward?" Jeremy chased after him and continued firing explosive gunshots toward Jonah. Jonah ran in serpentine fashion and kept a narrowly avoiding the explosions that trailed behind him. The explosives racked the mansions and Jeremy kept firing, Jonah kept running and stopped when Jeremy stopped shooting. Jonah laughed and Jeremy raised his eyebrow. "What is so funny?"
"You're out of ammo, and now…it's my turn." Jonah smirked and pointed his machine gun toward Jeremy. "Sadly you've pretty much destroyed the stairs, but they're still usable."
"I'm sure people can get down, but you can't get up. There's a large gap right in the middle."
"So true, falling down the large gap would surely lead to a person's demise." Jonah narrowed his eyes and fired off a round of bullets. Jeremy lifted his Bazooka in front of him to avoid any gunfire as smoke enveloped him. He didn't aim for Jeremy, but the floor beneath him. The bullets pelted the ground and the stairs started to crumble, soon Jeremy lost balance with the weight of his bazooka and started to fall forward. He dropped the bazooka but didn't stop falling, he grabbed a hold of the edge when he fell and groaned. Jonah walked over to where Jeremy hung.
"Hey, are you going to let me hang here?"
"I don't have to…" Jeremy's eyes widened as Jonah moved his foot to Jeremy's hand.
"No! Wait! Hold on a minute!" Jonah frowned and crushed Jeremy's fingers with his shoe. Jeremy screamed and fell from the stairs.
"That's for touching Valerie and taking part in the torture of Sam. The price of your crimes have now been paid." Jonah tossed his gun down the gap and looked up to see Valerie at the edge of the stairs with Jake, and the Bensons.
"Jonah!" Valerie exclaimed with a smile.
"Valerie, it's been far too long!" Jonah's eyes widened as Valerie ran and jumped over the edge. "What do you think you're doing!" Jonah opened his arms and Valerie landed in his chest, in one smooth motion, almost accidental, Valerie's lips landed on Jonah's. Jonah held his hands on her waist and set her gently on the ground while holding the kiss, when they parted lips, Jonah smiled at Valerie. "It's great to see you again, Valerie," Jonah said as he brushed her hair back.
"Thank you so much, Jonah," Valerie said as she rested her head on his chest. Jonah ran his fingers through Valerie's hair and looked up at the others.
"I'm not about to catch you guys, so you'll have to find another way down."
"We can use the elevator," Jake said with a smirk. "I think it'll be fine. Let's get down there and help Freddie get to Sam."
-NEW SCENE-
Freddie stood over Gibby's body and frowned, a kill that wasn't needed. It was a hard fight, he had a dagger and a pistol with him. Freddie and Carly had chosen to take him on and Carly wound up stabbing Gibby in the back while Freddie fired a gunshot with his revolver into Gibby's abdomen. The battle really ended when Gibby was far enough for Carly to toss a grenade at him. Gibby had been knocked back by the explosion and it seemed to tear an arm and a leg off his body, sadly, Gibby died an agonizing and painful death at the hands of Carly. "You didn't have to use that grenade," Freddie said quietly.
"Sure I did," Carly said while panting. She was actually sweating, as was Freddie, slowly both were getting accustomed to the fact that they had to kill these people. "Right now though, I just want to get Sam. I don't really care for any more of this."
"Then let us take care of Nevel if he shows up," Mrs. Briggs said firmly. "The basement door is right there it seems, go and get Sam." At that, Freddie and Carly hurried to the door, Mrs. Briggs, Spencer and Amy started toward the door and stopped when Nevel stepped in front of them. "Damn, didn't think we'd actually run into him though."
"Yeah, you jinxed it," Spencer said with narrow eyes.
Freddie and Carly made it into the basement and walked down the stairs, they looked over to see a long ramp, but the basement itself looked like a maze. "This place is huge," Carly said while taking a deep breath.
"Sam is in here somewhere, she's so close that I can feel it." The two walked around the basement floor for about five to ten minutes before meeting up at the door, they looked up to see Mrs. Briggs, Spencer, and Amy walking down the stairs.
"Nevel is no longer an issue," Mrs. Briggs said. All three people looked shaken from the battle they had experienced. Spencer seemed to take the blunt of the injuries. "Have you found Sam yet?"
"No, we've been looking all over the place," Carly said quietly. "Though there seems to be a food cart in the middle of one hallway. Carly and Freddie's eyes widened, they had forgotten, Valerie fed Sam some food, if there was a food cart nearby, that's where Sam was. Carly and Freddie then ran off and the other three followed in pursuit, but they were just walking fast, not running. The group stopped in front of a large door and Freddie inspected it, he then saw a lock on the door and used his two revolvers to shoot the lock. He jumped back and Carly tossed a few grenades at the door.
"CARLY! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" Freddie exclaimed. They heard a yelp on the other side of the door and the other three sighed and shook their heads. Freddie hurried to where the door was and noticed it had been blown off the hinges. "Carly…you're an idiot…"
"I was desperate to unlock the door and find my friend. I didn't think the door was that weak."
Sam looked up from where she was sitting and saw a massive amount of smoke, silhouettes of two figures were in the smoke and soon three more appeared. When the smoke cleared, she could see everyone. Freddie had his arms crossed and a smirk on his face. "Freddie…Freddie!"
Yeah, finally they're reunited! Of course, Hector wasn't there. Hope you liked this and yeah, I didn't think the fight with Gibby or Nevel would be important...I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Next will be up soon. For the record, this story will have a little over 30...