While Jake was busy getting a poor excuse for a cup of coffee, Sara swallowed her pride and dialed Ian's cell phone number.
"So you finally realized you need my assistance after all." It was more a statement than a question.
"Get a sudden case of ESP?"
"No, I just was not expecting a call from anyone else. The events of this day have been rather unchanged, have they not?"
Not seeing a reason to mention the fact that Jake and Lauderhill were barbecued 'recently', Sara merely admitted, "Good point. OK, you were right. I guess we're better off saving that baby if we work together."
"I am pleased that you have finally come to your senses."
"Funny, Nottingham. What, if anything, do you suggest we do now?"
"I suggest, first of all, that if we are going to work together in order to rescue that infant girl, that you, at least temporarily, put aside your dislike for me and concentrate on our next course of action."
"Which is?"
"I am not going to do the thinking for both of us. When you discover what should be done next, you know where I will be."
Before Sara could protest, Ian hung up.
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As Sara was bringing some completed files to their respective cabinets, Danny popped in. Wishing, not for the first time, that she could reach out and physically ring her dead partner's neck, Sara settled for giving him one of her famous dirty looks.
Feigning surprise, Danny asked, "What?"
Rolling her eyes upward, Sara snapped, "Oh don't think I don't know you think this is all amusing." She quickly shoved the last drawer shut, hoping to mask the fact that she was talking to a dead guy, and started to walk back to her office.
Danny was right beside her. "Pez, it doesn't matter whether anyone finds this amusing or not, it's about you realizing what the Witchblade is trying to show you."
Sara stopped walking and turned to face him. She asked, irritated, "And just what is it trying to show me? Danny, I've been repeating the same friggin' day God only knows how many times because this thing," she pointed, discreetly yet angrily, to the blade on her wrist, "wants to give me some kinda lesson in…I don't even know what. Why can't it just show me what causes that building to…"
"The Witchblade has its reasons, Pez"
"Yeah, and I'm sure it has its reasons for Nottingham being the only other living person to know what's really going on, too. By the way, I am not amused with that little twisted bit of humor."
"All will be revealed in its own time, Pez."
"And I'm starting to get a little tired of all these…cryptic little messages I've been getting."
Danny started to say something but was immediately cut off by Sara. "And don't try telling me again that the Witchblade has its reasons." She let out a frustrated sigh. "I just wanna know how in the world Nottingham and I are suppose to save that baby girl."
"Not that I'm telling you how to do your job but, maybe you should start by getting together with the guy and finding out what you have each tried to do individually that hasn't worked?"
"Yeah, I guess that would be the best place to start."
"Talking to yourself again, Petzini?"
Wonderful, Sara thought. The beloved captain caught her talking to her dead, invisible to everyone not wearing the Witchblade, partner again.
"Ah, just brainstorming aloud, sir. It sometimes helps when I'm stuck on a case," she tried to explain.
"Gee, I thought that was one of the reasons for having a partner? Not that you would know considering you only spend about a fraction of your time with McCarty. You know, Petzini, people are starting to talk. And it's not all good."
"Sorry, sir. I had no idea…"
"Of course you had no idea. That's why I'm the captain. Now, get back to your office and do your 'brainstorming' in the privacy of your own office with your partner."
"So you finally realized you need my assistance after all." It was more a statement than a question.
"Get a sudden case of ESP?"
"No, I just was not expecting a call from anyone else. The events of this day have been rather unchanged, have they not?"
Not seeing a reason to mention the fact that Jake and Lauderhill were barbecued 'recently', Sara merely admitted, "Good point. OK, you were right. I guess we're better off saving that baby if we work together."
"I am pleased that you have finally come to your senses."
"Funny, Nottingham. What, if anything, do you suggest we do now?"
"I suggest, first of all, that if we are going to work together in order to rescue that infant girl, that you, at least temporarily, put aside your dislike for me and concentrate on our next course of action."
"Which is?"
"I am not going to do the thinking for both of us. When you discover what should be done next, you know where I will be."
Before Sara could protest, Ian hung up.
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As Sara was bringing some completed files to their respective cabinets, Danny popped in. Wishing, not for the first time, that she could reach out and physically ring her dead partner's neck, Sara settled for giving him one of her famous dirty looks.
Feigning surprise, Danny asked, "What?"
Rolling her eyes upward, Sara snapped, "Oh don't think I don't know you think this is all amusing." She quickly shoved the last drawer shut, hoping to mask the fact that she was talking to a dead guy, and started to walk back to her office.
Danny was right beside her. "Pez, it doesn't matter whether anyone finds this amusing or not, it's about you realizing what the Witchblade is trying to show you."
Sara stopped walking and turned to face him. She asked, irritated, "And just what is it trying to show me? Danny, I've been repeating the same friggin' day God only knows how many times because this thing," she pointed, discreetly yet angrily, to the blade on her wrist, "wants to give me some kinda lesson in…I don't even know what. Why can't it just show me what causes that building to…"
"The Witchblade has its reasons, Pez"
"Yeah, and I'm sure it has its reasons for Nottingham being the only other living person to know what's really going on, too. By the way, I am not amused with that little twisted bit of humor."
"All will be revealed in its own time, Pez."
"And I'm starting to get a little tired of all these…cryptic little messages I've been getting."
Danny started to say something but was immediately cut off by Sara. "And don't try telling me again that the Witchblade has its reasons." She let out a frustrated sigh. "I just wanna know how in the world Nottingham and I are suppose to save that baby girl."
"Not that I'm telling you how to do your job but, maybe you should start by getting together with the guy and finding out what you have each tried to do individually that hasn't worked?"
"Yeah, I guess that would be the best place to start."
"Talking to yourself again, Petzini?"
Wonderful, Sara thought. The beloved captain caught her talking to her dead, invisible to everyone not wearing the Witchblade, partner again.
"Ah, just brainstorming aloud, sir. It sometimes helps when I'm stuck on a case," she tried to explain.
"Gee, I thought that was one of the reasons for having a partner? Not that you would know considering you only spend about a fraction of your time with McCarty. You know, Petzini, people are starting to talk. And it's not all good."
"Sorry, sir. I had no idea…"
"Of course you had no idea. That's why I'm the captain. Now, get back to your office and do your 'brainstorming' in the privacy of your own office with your partner."