In her sleep, she dreamt of many things...

She saw herself on Sports Night's first night, throwing up minutes before the show started...

She saw Isaac sitting in his office, going over ratings with her and Dana...

She could see herself punishing Dan and Casey for keeping secrets...

She saw Sam infuriating Dana and herself...

Then she saw him again, explaining to the crew that J.J. and his minions were gone...

She saw Jeremy's face as he said, "Yeah. We're done."

Memories started flashing so quickly in her mind, she no longer could register them...
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"Natalie..." Dan said, walking into the newsroom.

"What's up Danny?" She asked, and waited.

She got no response.

As she turned to see him, she saw nothing.

The newsroom was gone. Dan was gone.

Instead, the basement was in its place. She was standing in the light from the window, and that person stood in front of her. She froze as she watched him slowly move his hand, almost hypnotically towards her face.

"You're worthless, you know that?" the figure told her, as he slapped her across the face.

"Yearning after someone you can't have, someone who won't save you. You're deluding yourself," that same figure said, slapping her again.

"No! You're wrong, Dan'll save me," Natalie said.

"DON'T DELUDE YOURSELF!" The figure screamed as he finally came into the light, and slapped her again.

She finally could see him. Gordon Gage.

She wanted to strike back, but he just kept hitting her.

"Danny... He'll save me... Danny will.... Danny... Danny... Danny..."
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"Danny... Danny...." Natalie murmured in her bed. She was cringing in her sleep.

Dan grabbed one of her clutching fists, and squeezed it as he stood up.

"Natalie!" He said to her, just loud enough to bring her out of her sleep, but not enough to break the dreams control.

"He's going to kill me Danny! Make him stop, make him stop..." Natalie said as she started sobbing uncontrollably.

"Shhh... Natalie... It's ok... Shhh...." He said reassuringly as she finally broke free of the dream.

Natalie's eyes finally recognized Dan, and she clung to him with complete fear.

"Danny... don't let him get me..." Natalie said as she sobbed into his shirt.

Dan couldn't say anything as Natalie showed such grief, and mentally cursed Gordon.

...If I ever get my hands on you Gordon.... I'll kill you.