Sam's Dark Past

Disclaimer: I don't own iCarly. I think I should say CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as well.

A/N: I've removed the long explanation for the story. Here's what you need to know, this was inspired by Episode 43 of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation called "Cats In the Cradle." Jeanette McCurdy (Sam) guest starred in that episode as Jackie Trent.

A/N: So it begins here, I believe Jackie Trent was in the 3rd grade, so she was at least 8, since that's how old I was. Therefore, it's been 8 years and the characters are 16

A/N: Just so you know, I didn't make up the flashbacks. Those flashbacks are pretty much the way the dialogue and actions happened in the final moments of the CSI episode.

Chapter 1 (Sam's frightening past)

Sam walked into her home and tossed her backpack on the couch, a long day of school had gone by and she was very tired. Sam looked over and saw her small dog run up to her, she smiled as the dog jumped onto the couch and rested its head in her lap. She patted the cocker spaniel's head and closed her eyes. "Tattle tales burn in hell!" Sam's eyes shot open and they darted back and forth. The puppy lifted his head and tilted it; Sam smiled and pet the dog's head.

"It's nothing Prince, you're a good dog." Prince licked her hand and rested his head in her lap once more. Sam closed her eyes and leaned her head back on the couch. "Ugh, I have such a headache. Her breathing started to grow rapid and her heartbeat quickened.

"Burn in Hell!" Suddenly numerous cats surrounded her in her thoughts and started to claw at her. Some of them began to climb up her and pounce onto her head. A loud bark ran through the air and Sam swiftly opened her eyes once more and noticed Prince staring at her with curious eyes.

"I don't know what's wrong, Prince. I honestly don't…" Sam stood up slowly and sighed as she walked over to her refrigerator and pulled out a drink. "I really, really hate cats." She closed the door and Prince pranced over to her and looked up at her with the same curious eyes. She smiled and rubbed his head. "Don't worry Prince, there isn't anything wrong." Sam took a drink and her mother walked into the room.

"Sam, I didn't know you were home already," Mrs. Puckett said with a smile. "Sam, it's official, you have a brother now."

"Really, you adopted Greg!"

"Yes."

"Finally, I get to be an older…sister…" Sam shook her head and smiled at her mom.

"Now I know that you didn't want a sister, and you spent a lot of time with Greg whenever you visited the adoption center and so when I went to adopt a child, I decided to take Greg."

"He's a sweet kid."

"Well, he's five and I presume he'll be good until he hits his teenage years."

"Yeah, let's hope he doesn't go bad once he hits ten…" Sam looked down at the ground and Mrs. Puckett let out a small sigh. She walked over to Sam and placed her hand on her shoulder with a smile.

"Sam, you're fine, you don't want to forget your webcast with Carly and Freddie by the way!"

"Yeah, you're right, I should go now." Sam heard a sound that sounded like a cat meowing and she stiffened up. "Mom, make it stop…stop it now!"

"Oh, dear I'm sorry, that's Greg playing with his new toy. It's one of those things with the arrow that makes the sound of the animal it lands on."

"You had to get one of those with a cat on it!" The sound came back and Sam slowly crushed the can that was in her hand.

"I'm sorry; I'll return it for one that doesn't have a cat, if it makes you feel better."

"Mom…it's not that I'm terrified of cats, you know that. It's just…"

"I know honey, I know." Mrs. Puckett hugged Sam and Greg walked in the room.

"What's wrong with Sammy?" Greg asked.

"Oh, it's nothing," Mrs. Puckett said with a smile as she turned to Greg and smiled.

"Can I go with Sammy when she does the webcast?"

"I think Carly would love to meet you," Sam said with a smile as she walked over and hugged her new brother. "The tech geek would as well. So would you like to walk over there, it isn't far from here and we could talk about all sorts of things!"

"Yeah, that sounds like fun!"

"Okay then, let's go." Sam looked over at Prince who was looking up at her with the same concerned puppy eyes. She smiled and walked out the door with Greg.

-NEW SCENE-

Sam walked into Carly's apartment and saw Carly, Freddie and Spencer surrounding something; she smiled and led Greg in the room. "Hey guys, I'm here!" Sam said quickly.

"It's good to see you," Carly said as she turned around. "Spencer's working on his animal sculpture and trying to get it to make sounds."

"Oh, that sounds coo…what is that!" Sam stared at the sculpture of a cat sitting on the table.

"It's a cat," Freddie said with a raised eyebrow. "Anyway, that's not important, let's go up and shoot iCarly." Freddie looked at Sam's new brother and smiled. "So you're an older sister now."

"Yeah, don't you just love older siblings? I know I do…" Sam's voice was almost rigid and flat. Freddie raised his eyebrow and Carly laughed it off like it was a funny statement.

"Let's go up and get to work." Carly and Freddie hurried upstairs with Greg as Sam took a final look at the cat sculpture. She looked at Spencer who was attaching wires to the sculpture and she noticed a hole on the cat's leg.

"Oh my god, that's where it was on Rascal's leg…" Spencer turned around and Sam shook her head.

"Did you say something, Sam?" Spencer asked as he crossed his arms.

"Uh…no, just ignore that. Are we going to hear that upstairs?"

"Is there something wrong with it?"

"No! It's just…I think the cat sculpture's great and if we can hear it upstairs then that's probably a good thing." Sam hurried up the stairs and smiled as Freddie started the countdown.

"Hi, I'm Carly!"

"I'm Sam, and I have a younger brother!" Sam pointed to Greg who walked in front of the camera. "Isn't he the cutest!" Sam hugged Greg and stood up straight.

"This webcast will be devoted to Sam's younger brother, Greg!" The group continued to talk and do funny things until Spencer's sculpture let out a sound that reminded Sam of an old lady screaming violently, her eyes widened as a cat jumped into the loft through the window. She then became lost to the world and stared at the camera with wide eyes.

-Flashback-

"You can't tell anyone, Jackie!" Jessica said as she hugged her sister who was crying on the corner. "It's a promise, you can't tell anybody."

"Jessica, you killed the lady," Jackie Trent said with a sob. She held the cat, Rascal, in her hands as Jessica crossed her arms over her blood smeared shirt.

"She was a mean old lady. You can't tell anyone, not even mommy, do you understand?" Jackie sobbed and nodded her head.

-NEW SCENE-

Jackie and her older sister, Jessica sat in a questioning room with Mrs. Catherine Willows and a social worker. Their mother, Mrs. Trent was outside with Gil Grissom. They were talking about the death of the cat lady who owned over twenty cats in her home, she'd been stabbed by a pen. Jackie knew that her sister was the one that did it. "Girls, can you tell me what happened?" Catherine asked as she sat across the cold table.

"Girls, do you understand what Mrs. Willows is asking?" The social worker asked. Jackie and Jessica sat quietly for three seconds and Jackie looked timidly at her sister and back to Mrs. Willows.

"I'll tell," Jackie said.

"No!" Jessica said quickly and Jackie twitched slightly. "You promised!" Jackie looked over at Mrs. Willows who was talking in a soft voice to Jessica.

"The only promise you make, is to tell the truth," Catherine said.

"She didn't mean to do it," Jessica said in an innocent voice.

"Who?" Jessica slowly looked to the glass that hid their mother from them so she could hear everything her children said.

"Mommy…" Jackie's eye's widened for a brief moment and she knew her mother was in shock.

"What did your mother do?"

"She told the old lady that we should have a cat." Jackie's lip trembled slightly as Jessica lied and attempted to place blame on her mother. "She had an argument with the old lady and then she handed me the cat and told us to run. That's when we heard the old lady scream." Mrs. Willows looked to Jackie and said her name, Jackie looked downward in an attempt not to cry while her sister stared directly at her.

"Girls, do you know what a fingerprint is? They are like an invisible sign that belongs to you and tells you who you are. We found some on this pen…they did not belong to an adult." Jackie and Jessica looked at each other while Mrs. Willows focused on Jackie. Jessica shook her head barely while Jackie kept from shedding a tear. After a couple of seconds, Jackie spoke up.

"They're not mine," Jackie said quietly. Catherine's eyes widened briefly and Jackie's sister glared at her and her voice was angry.

"Tattletales burn in Hell!" Jessica said with a quick and fierce voice. Catherine looked at Jessica who shrugged. Her face turned hard as stone as she looked to Catherine. "The old lady should have just given me the cat. I lied, Mrs. Elliot wasn't nice, and she was mean. She wouldn't give me the cat."

-Inside flashback-

"My mom said we could keep him," Jessica said to the old lady. Mrs. Elliot held out her arms and walked toward the girls.

"But these are my babies," Mrs. Elliot stated."Now hand him over."

"But you have so many…"

"We don't have even one," Jackie said.

"I'm sorry." Jackie was ready to go home but Jessica's face hardened with a look that scared her. She noticed that Mrs. Elliot was frowning and looked almost scared herself.

"Run Jackie!" Jessica exclaimed as she pushed the cat into Jackie's arms. Jackie was afraid of the look on her sister's face so she quickly ran away. She heard Jessica push Mrs. Elliot to the floor.

"I'll tell your mother!" Mrs. Elliot said quickly.

"No you won't!" Jessica pulled the pen from her backpack and Jackie could hear Mrs. Elliot scream as her sister stabbed Mrs. Elliot.

-END ALL FLASHBACKS-

There's the chapter, I hope you enjoyed it. Also when watching this episode, Jessica Trent freaked the hell out of me, demonic look and everything.