Okay this is my first Witchblade fanfiction so try to be kind and open-
minded.
Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine other than the ones you do not recognize from the show. No copyright infringement intended.
Summary: This story takes place after the 2nd season finale. Sara must team up with Ian to take down Kenneth Irons but will that mean killing Gabriel too?
Rating: PG-13
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Chapter One:
Sara was helping Gabriel into bed after his hard hit from Kenneth Irons taking over his body.
"Are you okay Gabriel?"
"Yeah, I'll be okay. What happened to Irons?"
"Let's just say he got shut down." Sara smirked
"Okay. I'm just glad you came back to me safe."
"Yeah." Sara sighed. "I guess I am going to go now. I'll see ya' later"
" 'Kay."
:Sara's Apartment:
"How did things go with young Gabriel" a voice from the corner spoke.
"He'll be fine, no thanks to your father, Ian. What happened to Lucrezia?"
"She has gone off. She no longer exists on this plane of reality. She shall not be a bother to you any longer."
"The only one bothering me right now is you and your father. Is he still alive?"
"Barely. You left him quite blight. The Witchblade will no longer be upon his wrist. For if he puts it there, it will indefinitely kill him for good."
"I'm all tears." Sara said sarcastically.
"I will leave you now Sara. Congratulations on your outstanding defeat." Ian leaves the apartment in a quick manner leaving Sara to sit and think in the dark.
Sara clicks on the light next to her bed and changes her clothes. As she walks into the kitchen to fix herself a drink but the phone rings and she runs to catch it.
"Pezzini"
"Pez, what happened? Did you find CyberFaust?" Jake asked from the other line.
"Uh. . No, why?"
"Well somebody must have, his site is down."
"Well, that's good right, now the Feds won't get anything right?"
"Yeah. I guess. Where'd you go? I tried calling here earlier but there was no answer." Sara looks over that Witcblade on her arm. It was glowing bright.
"Uh. I had some business to take care of."
"Whatever Pez. Cap wants you back to work in a week but said you need some time off."
"Okay. Thanks. Hey listen I am going to get some sleep now. I am exhausted. Tell Danny I say hi."
"Sure Pez, okay. I'll catch ya' later." Jake says a little baffled. "G'Night Sara."
"Night Jake" Sara says before hanging up the phone.
:Next Morning at Kenneth Irons estate:
"I must have it back" Kenneth spoke a little hoarse. He seemed to be having all the symptoms of a heavy withdrawal. "I must put it back on."
"You can't father. It will kill you."
"I know. That it why I must use the boy."
Ian lowered his head. Poor young Gabriel. Never had a chance after Kenneth downloaded himself into the boy. 'He is out of control' Ian thought. 'He must be stopped'
"Of course father." Ian slowly backed away then turned and headed out the hallway.
:Back at Sara's apartment:
Sara was just waking up and had overslept 'til 10:30. She slowly rose from her bed and made her way to the bathroom to change. Later she headed towards her counter, grabbed her keys to her bike and headed out to Gabriel's home only to find Ian outside of her apartment.
"What are you doing here? You should really give this stalker thing a break."
"Your young friend is in danger." Ian spoke his head tilted the ground. "He will be dominated if you do not interfere."
"What are you talking about?"
"Young Gabriel. Irons needs his body to keep control of the Witchblade."
"I thought you said if he wore this again it would kill him." Sara looks at the blade glowing.
"Not if he takes it in one of his surrogate bodies. He has already downloaded himself into your young companion and a piece of my master still lingers."
"Well, get him out!" Sara shouted.
"I cannot for I don't know how. The only way I know would not be an option in your mind."
"What are you saying?" Sara questioned
"I am saying you must kill the boy to save the Witcblade."
"No, there has to be another way. I'll just kill the bastard!" Sara started for her bike but Ian stepped in front of her. "Get out of my way Ian!"
"How will you kill him? You have no gun with you."
Sara raised her arm "I'll kill him with thi." she paused. Sara had forgotten the very reason Irons had not died in the first place. "Well how do you suggest I stop this?"
"Come with me." Ian said pointing down to his jet-black motorcycle. Sara looked reluctant but grabbed her keys off from her bike. Ian got on the bike and Sara seated behind him wrapping her arms around his waits placing her feet on the back pegs. The drove off towards the city and Sara could tell where they were gong. They were going to Kenneth's work place. Vorshlag Industries.
"Why are we here?" Sara questioned
"The answers to our quandary lie here somewhere."
"How do you propose we get in? Just walk in there?"
"Yes."
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Ian opened the steel door for Sara and followed her inside.
"Where do we go now?" Sara asked as she approached the check in desk. Ian nodded to the security guard to assure he knew Sara was there with Ian.
"Up to the library. There should be something to aid us there." Ian pointed down a hall to a pair of elevators. They entered the elevator and Ian pressed on what seemed to be nothing but then opened up to a key swipe with a pin code control. Ian slipped in his card and pressed in his code and the elevator started to move upward.
"Security in this place is tight." Sara said to keep the trip from becoming silent. "I guess it has to be. You can't have just anyone coming in to look through his extensive collections. Sort of like what we're doing."
They finally reached what seemed to be the 5th floor in the building but she couldn't be sure. As soon as Sara stepped out of the elevatory she was amazed at the bright room full of thousands of old books, each completely different than the other. 'Wow. this is amazing' Sara thought to herself.
"Yes, it is amazing isn't it?" Ian spoke.
"Yeah, it's okay." Sara stated trying to play it cool. "Let's just hope we can find something that will help in all these books." Sara picked out a book and sat down with it.
"What are you doing?" Ian asked
"Helping my friend."
"It would take far too long to go through all these books. I know most of them by heart but Mr. Irons has a catalog. It'll give us the exact book we need."
"Oh. Okay." Sara whispered, a little embarrassed. "Well start working on that catalog then."
"Of course Sara" Ian started working at one of the computer stations and Sara jumped onto and sat on one of the glass tables. She sat there for a while just taking in the room. Then she started thinking about the situation. 'What if I can't help Gabriel? What if I have to kill him?'
"Lady Sara, things will be alright."
"How do you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Read my mind like that. It seems like every time I think something you know exactly what it is. Why is that Ian?"
"I share a bond with you Sara. It's been this way for generations of wielders. There was always someone on her side to guide her, calm her, comfort her."
"And this time that's you?" Sara asked. Ian nodded. "Then why can't I sense the same about you?"
"You can. You just choose not to. You could if you really desired to." Sara felt uncomfortable. 'This is too much of a moment we are having' she thought. Ian noted her mind-set and changed his attention back to the computer.
"Do you have anything yet?" Sara questioned.
"Almost, it's just going through my topic requests. The time left to process the search is approximately one minute."
"Okay." Sara walked over and stood next to Ian peering over his shoulder.
"It's coming up." Ian stepped aside a little. The catalog came on the screen and Ian pointed to the reference code. He headed up to the far left corner of the library and picked out a book entitled 'Possession and Expulsion'. "If there is any hope for your comrade this book withholds it."
:About an hour later:
"It's been almost an hour and we still haven't found anything on how to help Gabriel."
Ian frowned. "I'm sorry Sara. I really believed I could obtain the information to help you."
"I know, I just wish there was something more I could do. I have to help him."
Just then Ian got very quiet. "You are a good friend to do this for him."
Sara looked at Ian. "He would do the same for me."
"As would I Sara." Ian became silent. He kept searching through the book. Sara wondered what he was thinking about. Then she recalled what Ian had said earlier. 'You can. You just choose not to. You could if you really desired to.' Sara tried to focus on what Ian was thinking. It wasn't working. 'Just relax Sara.' She thought to herself. She tried to concentrate again. The Witchblade started to faintly glow. She started to get into his mind.
. She's trying to get into my thoughts. She can do it if she puts her will into it. She can do anything. Sara is one of those beautiful creatures that have abilities beyond what anyone could think. She is a supreme being. I am thankful to even be in her presence. I will always follow and protect her. .
Sara started to blush. She had no idea this was what he thought about her. She figured he was just stalking her because he worked for Irons. This new knowledge of Ian brought Sara a kind of comfort and security she hadn't had with anyone else. She started to stare at him but Ian's head quickly lifted up to find five guards coming towards Sara with their guns in full alert.
"Sara!" Ian shouted. "Behind you!"
Sara spun around and the Witchblade equipped itself. She started to fight the two closest men with Ian backing her up fighting the other three. Sara slashed through one of the guards and shouted to Ian, "What are they doing here?!"
He looked up to the ceiling to find four security cameras. "Mr. Irons must know we are here!" Ian snapped two of the guards' necks and they fell to the floor. The next guard charged at him and took out another gun. Ian quickly revolved around and twisted the man's arm behind his back and Ian left him paralyzed. Sara then took the opportunity to grab one of the guns and shot the last guard. Sara and Ian grabbed the book and quickly ran out of the room to a hallway with nothing but glass windows. More guards started coming from both sides of the hall. Ian grabbed Sara and told her to hang on tight. They jumped through the windows freefalling for what seemed to be forever and finally Ian fell onto the concrete driveway with Sara landing onto of him. They quickly got up. Ian winced a little but they ran to Ian's bike and drove off.
Ian drove them back to Sara's apartment. By now it had started to poor, the rain hitting them hard. When they finally reached her home Sara grabbed the book and Ian's arm and pulled him inside.
"Is the book okay?" Sara questioned. Ian nodded and winced a little. "And what about you Ian?" Sara touched his side to see if there was any bruising. Ian quickly pulled away.
"I'm fine!" Ian shouted. Sara looked hurt and backed away. Ian relaxed and came closer. "I'm sorry Sara. But It's my job to look after you not you after me."
Sara looked into his eyes full of caring and gentility. She came closer to him. "Why won't you let anyone get close to you? You give off this vibe of being made of stone. But you're not are you?"
"I live a complicated life." Ian said in a hushed tone.
"Me too. I guess that's something we have in common."
Ian nodded.
Sara went into her bathroom and grabbed two towels. She put one around Ian's broad shoulders and then went back into the bathroom. I'll be back in a few minutes. Sara hopped into the shower. Ian was dripping wet from his shirt. He took off his leather jacket and black shirt. He then sat down at the kitchen table and started to flip through the pages again thinking that maybe there was something he missed.
:15 minutes later:
Sara stepped out of the shower and dressed into her sweat suit. When she went into the kitchen she found Ian asleep, resting his head on the book. She took the book out from under his head and replaced it with the towel he had thrown over the chair. She sat down beside him and started flipping through the pages herself only to fall asleep two minutes later.
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That's all you are going to get out of me now. Please, please, please review this story!
Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine other than the ones you do not recognize from the show. No copyright infringement intended.
Summary: This story takes place after the 2nd season finale. Sara must team up with Ian to take down Kenneth Irons but will that mean killing Gabriel too?
Rating: PG-13
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Chapter One:
Sara was helping Gabriel into bed after his hard hit from Kenneth Irons taking over his body.
"Are you okay Gabriel?"
"Yeah, I'll be okay. What happened to Irons?"
"Let's just say he got shut down." Sara smirked
"Okay. I'm just glad you came back to me safe."
"Yeah." Sara sighed. "I guess I am going to go now. I'll see ya' later"
" 'Kay."
:Sara's Apartment:
"How did things go with young Gabriel" a voice from the corner spoke.
"He'll be fine, no thanks to your father, Ian. What happened to Lucrezia?"
"She has gone off. She no longer exists on this plane of reality. She shall not be a bother to you any longer."
"The only one bothering me right now is you and your father. Is he still alive?"
"Barely. You left him quite blight. The Witchblade will no longer be upon his wrist. For if he puts it there, it will indefinitely kill him for good."
"I'm all tears." Sara said sarcastically.
"I will leave you now Sara. Congratulations on your outstanding defeat." Ian leaves the apartment in a quick manner leaving Sara to sit and think in the dark.
Sara clicks on the light next to her bed and changes her clothes. As she walks into the kitchen to fix herself a drink but the phone rings and she runs to catch it.
"Pezzini"
"Pez, what happened? Did you find CyberFaust?" Jake asked from the other line.
"Uh. . No, why?"
"Well somebody must have, his site is down."
"Well, that's good right, now the Feds won't get anything right?"
"Yeah. I guess. Where'd you go? I tried calling here earlier but there was no answer." Sara looks over that Witcblade on her arm. It was glowing bright.
"Uh. I had some business to take care of."
"Whatever Pez. Cap wants you back to work in a week but said you need some time off."
"Okay. Thanks. Hey listen I am going to get some sleep now. I am exhausted. Tell Danny I say hi."
"Sure Pez, okay. I'll catch ya' later." Jake says a little baffled. "G'Night Sara."
"Night Jake" Sara says before hanging up the phone.
:Next Morning at Kenneth Irons estate:
"I must have it back" Kenneth spoke a little hoarse. He seemed to be having all the symptoms of a heavy withdrawal. "I must put it back on."
"You can't father. It will kill you."
"I know. That it why I must use the boy."
Ian lowered his head. Poor young Gabriel. Never had a chance after Kenneth downloaded himself into the boy. 'He is out of control' Ian thought. 'He must be stopped'
"Of course father." Ian slowly backed away then turned and headed out the hallway.
:Back at Sara's apartment:
Sara was just waking up and had overslept 'til 10:30. She slowly rose from her bed and made her way to the bathroom to change. Later she headed towards her counter, grabbed her keys to her bike and headed out to Gabriel's home only to find Ian outside of her apartment.
"What are you doing here? You should really give this stalker thing a break."
"Your young friend is in danger." Ian spoke his head tilted the ground. "He will be dominated if you do not interfere."
"What are you talking about?"
"Young Gabriel. Irons needs his body to keep control of the Witchblade."
"I thought you said if he wore this again it would kill him." Sara looks at the blade glowing.
"Not if he takes it in one of his surrogate bodies. He has already downloaded himself into your young companion and a piece of my master still lingers."
"Well, get him out!" Sara shouted.
"I cannot for I don't know how. The only way I know would not be an option in your mind."
"What are you saying?" Sara questioned
"I am saying you must kill the boy to save the Witcblade."
"No, there has to be another way. I'll just kill the bastard!" Sara started for her bike but Ian stepped in front of her. "Get out of my way Ian!"
"How will you kill him? You have no gun with you."
Sara raised her arm "I'll kill him with thi." she paused. Sara had forgotten the very reason Irons had not died in the first place. "Well how do you suggest I stop this?"
"Come with me." Ian said pointing down to his jet-black motorcycle. Sara looked reluctant but grabbed her keys off from her bike. Ian got on the bike and Sara seated behind him wrapping her arms around his waits placing her feet on the back pegs. The drove off towards the city and Sara could tell where they were gong. They were going to Kenneth's work place. Vorshlag Industries.
"Why are we here?" Sara questioned
"The answers to our quandary lie here somewhere."
"How do you propose we get in? Just walk in there?"
"Yes."
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Ian opened the steel door for Sara and followed her inside.
"Where do we go now?" Sara asked as she approached the check in desk. Ian nodded to the security guard to assure he knew Sara was there with Ian.
"Up to the library. There should be something to aid us there." Ian pointed down a hall to a pair of elevators. They entered the elevator and Ian pressed on what seemed to be nothing but then opened up to a key swipe with a pin code control. Ian slipped in his card and pressed in his code and the elevator started to move upward.
"Security in this place is tight." Sara said to keep the trip from becoming silent. "I guess it has to be. You can't have just anyone coming in to look through his extensive collections. Sort of like what we're doing."
They finally reached what seemed to be the 5th floor in the building but she couldn't be sure. As soon as Sara stepped out of the elevatory she was amazed at the bright room full of thousands of old books, each completely different than the other. 'Wow. this is amazing' Sara thought to herself.
"Yes, it is amazing isn't it?" Ian spoke.
"Yeah, it's okay." Sara stated trying to play it cool. "Let's just hope we can find something that will help in all these books." Sara picked out a book and sat down with it.
"What are you doing?" Ian asked
"Helping my friend."
"It would take far too long to go through all these books. I know most of them by heart but Mr. Irons has a catalog. It'll give us the exact book we need."
"Oh. Okay." Sara whispered, a little embarrassed. "Well start working on that catalog then."
"Of course Sara" Ian started working at one of the computer stations and Sara jumped onto and sat on one of the glass tables. She sat there for a while just taking in the room. Then she started thinking about the situation. 'What if I can't help Gabriel? What if I have to kill him?'
"Lady Sara, things will be alright."
"How do you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Read my mind like that. It seems like every time I think something you know exactly what it is. Why is that Ian?"
"I share a bond with you Sara. It's been this way for generations of wielders. There was always someone on her side to guide her, calm her, comfort her."
"And this time that's you?" Sara asked. Ian nodded. "Then why can't I sense the same about you?"
"You can. You just choose not to. You could if you really desired to." Sara felt uncomfortable. 'This is too much of a moment we are having' she thought. Ian noted her mind-set and changed his attention back to the computer.
"Do you have anything yet?" Sara questioned.
"Almost, it's just going through my topic requests. The time left to process the search is approximately one minute."
"Okay." Sara walked over and stood next to Ian peering over his shoulder.
"It's coming up." Ian stepped aside a little. The catalog came on the screen and Ian pointed to the reference code. He headed up to the far left corner of the library and picked out a book entitled 'Possession and Expulsion'. "If there is any hope for your comrade this book withholds it."
:About an hour later:
"It's been almost an hour and we still haven't found anything on how to help Gabriel."
Ian frowned. "I'm sorry Sara. I really believed I could obtain the information to help you."
"I know, I just wish there was something more I could do. I have to help him."
Just then Ian got very quiet. "You are a good friend to do this for him."
Sara looked at Ian. "He would do the same for me."
"As would I Sara." Ian became silent. He kept searching through the book. Sara wondered what he was thinking about. Then she recalled what Ian had said earlier. 'You can. You just choose not to. You could if you really desired to.' Sara tried to focus on what Ian was thinking. It wasn't working. 'Just relax Sara.' She thought to herself. She tried to concentrate again. The Witchblade started to faintly glow. She started to get into his mind.
. She's trying to get into my thoughts. She can do it if she puts her will into it. She can do anything. Sara is one of those beautiful creatures that have abilities beyond what anyone could think. She is a supreme being. I am thankful to even be in her presence. I will always follow and protect her. .
Sara started to blush. She had no idea this was what he thought about her. She figured he was just stalking her because he worked for Irons. This new knowledge of Ian brought Sara a kind of comfort and security she hadn't had with anyone else. She started to stare at him but Ian's head quickly lifted up to find five guards coming towards Sara with their guns in full alert.
"Sara!" Ian shouted. "Behind you!"
Sara spun around and the Witchblade equipped itself. She started to fight the two closest men with Ian backing her up fighting the other three. Sara slashed through one of the guards and shouted to Ian, "What are they doing here?!"
He looked up to the ceiling to find four security cameras. "Mr. Irons must know we are here!" Ian snapped two of the guards' necks and they fell to the floor. The next guard charged at him and took out another gun. Ian quickly revolved around and twisted the man's arm behind his back and Ian left him paralyzed. Sara then took the opportunity to grab one of the guns and shot the last guard. Sara and Ian grabbed the book and quickly ran out of the room to a hallway with nothing but glass windows. More guards started coming from both sides of the hall. Ian grabbed Sara and told her to hang on tight. They jumped through the windows freefalling for what seemed to be forever and finally Ian fell onto the concrete driveway with Sara landing onto of him. They quickly got up. Ian winced a little but they ran to Ian's bike and drove off.
Ian drove them back to Sara's apartment. By now it had started to poor, the rain hitting them hard. When they finally reached her home Sara grabbed the book and Ian's arm and pulled him inside.
"Is the book okay?" Sara questioned. Ian nodded and winced a little. "And what about you Ian?" Sara touched his side to see if there was any bruising. Ian quickly pulled away.
"I'm fine!" Ian shouted. Sara looked hurt and backed away. Ian relaxed and came closer. "I'm sorry Sara. But It's my job to look after you not you after me."
Sara looked into his eyes full of caring and gentility. She came closer to him. "Why won't you let anyone get close to you? You give off this vibe of being made of stone. But you're not are you?"
"I live a complicated life." Ian said in a hushed tone.
"Me too. I guess that's something we have in common."
Ian nodded.
Sara went into her bathroom and grabbed two towels. She put one around Ian's broad shoulders and then went back into the bathroom. I'll be back in a few minutes. Sara hopped into the shower. Ian was dripping wet from his shirt. He took off his leather jacket and black shirt. He then sat down at the kitchen table and started to flip through the pages again thinking that maybe there was something he missed.
:15 minutes later:
Sara stepped out of the shower and dressed into her sweat suit. When she went into the kitchen she found Ian asleep, resting his head on the book. She took the book out from under his head and replaced it with the towel he had thrown over the chair. She sat down beside him and started flipping through the pages herself only to fall asleep two minutes later.
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That's all you are going to get out of me now. Please, please, please review this story!
