Disclaimer: Yep, the Characters mentioned in this story, all but Lilly belong to the Owners of the Witchblade and her children.
And again...this may or may not follow the storyline created for the televison series or the comic by the same name.
PART THREE
"I said where is Nottingham!" Irons glared at Lilly.
"Kenneth, you have been drinking again." She wrinkled her nose in disgust. "What do you want?"
"I want Nottingham and I want him now you old hag." His words were slurred and full of hate.
"Ian is in no condition to see you Kenneth." Lilly spoke softly but Sara could fell the tension in the room build. "I will send him to you when he is better."
"How dare you!" Kenneth started to take a step forward. Sara tightened her grip on her gun. He hesitated as he looked at the floor and the doorway nervously. "Have you forgotten that I am the Master of this…"
"No Kenneth, I have not forgotten anything." Lilly's gray eye bored into Irons' blue ones. She was so much smaller than him but stood as though she didn't notice. "But you seemed to have forgotten who I am and where you are. Do I need to remind you of that?" She smiled sweetly. "After the last incident I would think you would remember." Irons reached for her neck but pulled his hand away as though he were burned. "I see that your memory is as bad as your temper tonight."
"Lilith, I am warning you!"
"You, warn me?" Lilly cackled loudly then became very serious. "Kenneth Irons, I know you. I have known you for a very long time. You do not warn me of anything. You do not control what I do or think. You will not threaten me again." Her eyes narrowed dangerously. "Leave now."
"You are dismissing me?" Irons looked surprised.
"I must see to Ian's wounds. The wounds you unjustly inflicted on him." She started to close the door. "Go away before I allow my anger to control me." Without waiting, Lilly slammed the door loudly and waited. She only turned to Sara as they both heard Irons leave down the hallway. "Well now." She grinned mischievously. "That was interesting. Shall we go see to Ian now?
Sara removed her hand from the gun and stood, still slightly shocked by what she just witnessed. She followed the small woman into the other room. Ian had already laid face down on the massage table and was sleeping soundly.
"Good, the tincture has worked. He will sleep and not feel any pain." Lilly moved carefully to the prone man and surveyed his back. "Sara, would you bring that lamp over here. I need more light to work with."
"Lilly?" Sara brought over the standing lamp and set it next to the table. "What just happened in there?"
"Nothing that should concern you right now." Lilly began to finish removing blood-drenched strips of cloth from Ian's back. "Stay with him while I fetch something to clean up that mess." Sara only nodded and stared at the sleeping man.
Once Lilly was out of the room, she bent over and gently touched the dark hair. Ian stirred softly and for a moment, Sara thought she saw a slight smile form across his lips. Standing up she noticed that his arms hung loosely over the sides of the table. Unconsciously she stooped down and lifted his right hand, looking at the glove.
"I don't think he would approve of you looking Sara." Lilly came back in with a bowl of liquid and some cloths. "He will let you see when he is ready." Setting down her supplies, the older woman began gently wiping the blood off Ian's back. "He still is very self conscious of the scars."
"What scars?" Sara straightened herself but continued to look at the black material covering Ian's hand. "Where did they come from?"
"All in time Sara." Lilly continued to work.
"Lilly, I am so tired of hearing that." Sara leaned against the wall and shook her head.
"When the Student is ready: The Master will appear!" Sara's head snapped toward the sound of the voice.
"Seems like you have a guest Sara." Lilly looked up and stared at Danny across the room.
"You see him?" Sara almost broke down in tears. "You can actually see Danny?"
"And heard what he said." Lilly smiled motherly at Sara. "Seems like he has good advice."
"Yeah, well, better than that confusion tolerance shit he told me last time." Sara wiped her eyes and grinned.
"Confusion Tolerance." Lilly thought for a moment then looked toward Danny. "What a wonderful phrase. Would you mind if I used it sometimes, young man?"
"Be my guest." Danny smiled and lowered his head slightly.
"Good." Lilly went back to her work with Ian. "You will excuse me if I don't show you the proper respect right now. I have more serious things on my mind."
"He will be fine Lilly." Danny smiled and walked over to the women. "He is breaking from Irons." Ghostly hands reached out to touch Ian. The sleeping man moaned softly. "There will be more times like this Sara. Do not put yourself in jeopardy."
"What, was I just supposed to walk away from him?" Sara looked shocked at her former partner. "Irons was going to kill him."
"No. He would not have gone that far." Danny looked up at Sara then at Lilly. "He will be fine M'Lady."
"Thank you young man." Lilly dipped the cloth in the liquid and wiped Ian's back again. "I know he will. It is the only think I can thank Kenneth for."
"It wasn't Irons." Danny began to fade. "It was the Witchblade. She gave Nottingham several gifts before leaving him."
"Danny?" Sara reached out to touch her friend but he was gone. "I miss you so much."
"Don't fret Sara." Lilly began to dry her hands and then reached for a jar. "He is with you all the time."
"He said the Witchblade gave him several gifts. What are they?" Sara looked back at Ian and tried to compose herself. .
"Well for one, he heals faster that normal. If you look, even now some of the wounds are closing and healing." She carefully applied a balm to Ian's skin. "I always thought it was the chemicals Irons was constantly feeding the boy."
"Like the ones he gave the Black Dragons."
"Exactly." Lilly stood back and then looked at Sara. "You look exhausted. I have a spare room. Why don't you go in and sleep?"
"I couldn't do that." Sara started to object as she found she could no longer look away from Lilly's eyes.
"Just for a while. I will watch over him." She watched Sara's eyes grow heavy. "In the morning you can go where you need to."
"I am pretty wiped." A huge yawn escaped Sara's lips. "I guess it wouldn't hurt."
"No, it wouldn't." Lilly took Sara by the arm gently and guided her out of the room. "I'll show you where the room is, then come back and stay the night with Ian." Finally Sara nodded and allowed the women to lead her. "Good. Everything is going to be just fine."
And again...this may or may not follow the storyline created for the televison series or the comic by the same name.
PART THREE
"I said where is Nottingham!" Irons glared at Lilly.
"Kenneth, you have been drinking again." She wrinkled her nose in disgust. "What do you want?"
"I want Nottingham and I want him now you old hag." His words were slurred and full of hate.
"Ian is in no condition to see you Kenneth." Lilly spoke softly but Sara could fell the tension in the room build. "I will send him to you when he is better."
"How dare you!" Kenneth started to take a step forward. Sara tightened her grip on her gun. He hesitated as he looked at the floor and the doorway nervously. "Have you forgotten that I am the Master of this…"
"No Kenneth, I have not forgotten anything." Lilly's gray eye bored into Irons' blue ones. She was so much smaller than him but stood as though she didn't notice. "But you seemed to have forgotten who I am and where you are. Do I need to remind you of that?" She smiled sweetly. "After the last incident I would think you would remember." Irons reached for her neck but pulled his hand away as though he were burned. "I see that your memory is as bad as your temper tonight."
"Lilith, I am warning you!"
"You, warn me?" Lilly cackled loudly then became very serious. "Kenneth Irons, I know you. I have known you for a very long time. You do not warn me of anything. You do not control what I do or think. You will not threaten me again." Her eyes narrowed dangerously. "Leave now."
"You are dismissing me?" Irons looked surprised.
"I must see to Ian's wounds. The wounds you unjustly inflicted on him." She started to close the door. "Go away before I allow my anger to control me." Without waiting, Lilly slammed the door loudly and waited. She only turned to Sara as they both heard Irons leave down the hallway. "Well now." She grinned mischievously. "That was interesting. Shall we go see to Ian now?
Sara removed her hand from the gun and stood, still slightly shocked by what she just witnessed. She followed the small woman into the other room. Ian had already laid face down on the massage table and was sleeping soundly.
"Good, the tincture has worked. He will sleep and not feel any pain." Lilly moved carefully to the prone man and surveyed his back. "Sara, would you bring that lamp over here. I need more light to work with."
"Lilly?" Sara brought over the standing lamp and set it next to the table. "What just happened in there?"
"Nothing that should concern you right now." Lilly began to finish removing blood-drenched strips of cloth from Ian's back. "Stay with him while I fetch something to clean up that mess." Sara only nodded and stared at the sleeping man.
Once Lilly was out of the room, she bent over and gently touched the dark hair. Ian stirred softly and for a moment, Sara thought she saw a slight smile form across his lips. Standing up she noticed that his arms hung loosely over the sides of the table. Unconsciously she stooped down and lifted his right hand, looking at the glove.
"I don't think he would approve of you looking Sara." Lilly came back in with a bowl of liquid and some cloths. "He will let you see when he is ready." Setting down her supplies, the older woman began gently wiping the blood off Ian's back. "He still is very self conscious of the scars."
"What scars?" Sara straightened herself but continued to look at the black material covering Ian's hand. "Where did they come from?"
"All in time Sara." Lilly continued to work.
"Lilly, I am so tired of hearing that." Sara leaned against the wall and shook her head.
"When the Student is ready: The Master will appear!" Sara's head snapped toward the sound of the voice.
"Seems like you have a guest Sara." Lilly looked up and stared at Danny across the room.
"You see him?" Sara almost broke down in tears. "You can actually see Danny?"
"And heard what he said." Lilly smiled motherly at Sara. "Seems like he has good advice."
"Yeah, well, better than that confusion tolerance shit he told me last time." Sara wiped her eyes and grinned.
"Confusion Tolerance." Lilly thought for a moment then looked toward Danny. "What a wonderful phrase. Would you mind if I used it sometimes, young man?"
"Be my guest." Danny smiled and lowered his head slightly.
"Good." Lilly went back to her work with Ian. "You will excuse me if I don't show you the proper respect right now. I have more serious things on my mind."
"He will be fine Lilly." Danny smiled and walked over to the women. "He is breaking from Irons." Ghostly hands reached out to touch Ian. The sleeping man moaned softly. "There will be more times like this Sara. Do not put yourself in jeopardy."
"What, was I just supposed to walk away from him?" Sara looked shocked at her former partner. "Irons was going to kill him."
"No. He would not have gone that far." Danny looked up at Sara then at Lilly. "He will be fine M'Lady."
"Thank you young man." Lilly dipped the cloth in the liquid and wiped Ian's back again. "I know he will. It is the only think I can thank Kenneth for."
"It wasn't Irons." Danny began to fade. "It was the Witchblade. She gave Nottingham several gifts before leaving him."
"Danny?" Sara reached out to touch her friend but he was gone. "I miss you so much."
"Don't fret Sara." Lilly began to dry her hands and then reached for a jar. "He is with you all the time."
"He said the Witchblade gave him several gifts. What are they?" Sara looked back at Ian and tried to compose herself. .
"Well for one, he heals faster that normal. If you look, even now some of the wounds are closing and healing." She carefully applied a balm to Ian's skin. "I always thought it was the chemicals Irons was constantly feeding the boy."
"Like the ones he gave the Black Dragons."
"Exactly." Lilly stood back and then looked at Sara. "You look exhausted. I have a spare room. Why don't you go in and sleep?"
"I couldn't do that." Sara started to object as she found she could no longer look away from Lilly's eyes.
"Just for a while. I will watch over him." She watched Sara's eyes grow heavy. "In the morning you can go where you need to."
"I am pretty wiped." A huge yawn escaped Sara's lips. "I guess it wouldn't hurt."
"No, it wouldn't." Lilly took Sara by the arm gently and guided her out of the room. "I'll show you where the room is, then come back and stay the night with Ian." Finally Sara nodded and allowed the women to lead her. "Good. Everything is going to be just fine."