A/N: If I confuse anyone, please feel free to ask me questions. I write what I feel needs to be in the story, not just fillers, though they can be fun to write at times. ^_^
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Gwen opened her eyes slowly as the room around her swam in and out of focus. Everything had finaly found an order in mer mind but that didn't mean she was better off. No. Now she had to decide what to do till Fiona was reborn. It had been so long since she had had to deal with the problems that humanity caused one to go through and she had sworn that after the first time that she would stay clear of the flesh as though her existance depended on it.
Sliding out from a blanket she hadn't remembered cuddling up with, Gwen caught sight of Sara asleep only a few inches away. The detective didn't stir as Gwen reached out and pushed a stray hair away from the sleeping face.
'She's so beautifull.' was the thought that came to mind as she turned to look at the sleeping Gabriel, 'And he's.... my same Yrmic.'
Sighing, Gwen pulled herself from the couch and moved to sit on the coffee table. Of all the people she could have run into on this whole planet, Gwen found herself looking at the only two humans who had ever held her heart.
'What do I tell them?' She wondered as she looked around at the still lit room, 'Sara will probably remember on her own.... well, the Glove will help.'
Gabriel turned in his sleep but didn't wake and Gwen continued to look around, 'But will he remember me?......Do I want him to remember?......I hate being human! There's too many things to consider!'
A mental image came to mind of the dark man who had appeared at the hospital. Fiona had known him in this life and others. It was all there.... everything. Fiona's memories had found their own place in Gwen's mind. It was nice....to have her sister back, even if it wasn't physical.
It was part of being a Keeper. Never being in the same world as Fiona for a long period of time was normal. The only time it had happened Gwen had been forced to watch as Death caught Mendollyn, Aaron and Yrmic in his cold, unkind grasp. Only time would tell if the same fate awaited.
Gwen vowed to prevent it, if indeed Daeryc had found them after all these lifetimes.
Stretching, Gwen found that her body no longer hurt. The pain was completely gone and so were the bruises and stitches. She had healed in her sleep or so she was guessing. It had been too long for her to remember if human bodies were capable of such things. Fiona's memories didn't contain such things.
Fiona.
Gwen had always had her two sisters near her in the begining of it all, but once she had created the Glove they were forced to seperate, forced to keep the worlds safe.
'All because I wanted to give power to a Human.' Gwen thought sadly as her emotions, long in the sleep of the inbetween plains, awoke, 'I created a way for life to survive while creating the one thing that could destroy it.'
"I'm sorry Morien." Gwen wispered to her older sister as her eyes came to rest on Sara once agian, "You were right all along."
'No.' a tiny voice echoed deep in Gwen's heart, 'You were the one who was right.'
'I put too much faith in the frail lives of these mortals and now I may be the cause of thier ending.'
'But you learned things most will never know in our world.' Morien's voice was like a sweet caress, 'You learned what love meant.'
'And how much it hurts.' Gwen thought bitterly, 'Is Fiona coming to release me?'
'She is still healing.'
Gwen nodded and felt Morien leave her. The death of a Keeper was rare, even in the mortal world and it took time for one's being to recover. So, now all she had to do was stay alive till Fiona returned....but just how long would that be?
"What are you thinking about?" Gwen turned to see Gabriel watching her.
"How long have you been awake?" she asked with a nervous smile.
"Long enough to see you staring into space with the saddest expression on your face."
"I was thinking about everything....life, my sisters, and....other things." Gwen shrugged, wishing her stomack would untie it's self from the large knot that was forming.
Gabriel nodded, still lying comfortably in his large recliner, "You're worried about Sara?" he asked, his dark eyes moving to the sleeping detective.
"Other things as well." Gwen pushed her silvery white hair away from her face and sighed, "These emotions are enough to make one wish for insanity. They'd probably make sense then."
Gabriel laughed and Sara opened one eye sleepily, "You look good." she said to Gwen before sitting up with a small groan, "You heal well, and quick. If only I was so lucky."
"It's been so long since I've been human." Gwen moved next to Sara on the couch to examine the Witchblade close up, "I don't know how to explain things to you so you that you will believe my words."
"The braclet's told me alot." Sara smiled as Gwen ran a slender finger over the red stone in the Blade, "Whatever you say, I will trust you."
"You may have no other choice." the pale haired woman said as she locked gazes with Sara, "Just as I have no other path to follow."
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Breakfast took place at 5:30 am considering that none of them felt as though they needed sleep as much as a long conversation. Gwen explained what she could over the warm food and filled them in on the creation of the Witchblade and a bit about thier past lives.
"So, we were both alive then when you were human." Gabriel said slowly as he processed all the information.
"Yes." Gwen answered, "Have you noticed how easy it is to trust one another without many questions?"
Both nodded and Sara remembered being close to Gabriel then in a time when they had died together, "We were siblings." she said with a laugh, "Our father died when you were 3 or 4 summers old and I looked after you."
Gabriel stared for a moment then also laughed, "No wonder you feel the need to protect me all the time."
Sara fell silent as she thought back to the time when she had met Fiona in that other life, " I trusted the story Fiona told me then about being the one to help me with my life's path. She's the one who took me to the Witchblade and trained me."
"And I stayed behind to watch." Gwen said to her empty plate.
"But you didn't stay behind long." Sara reached over and sqeezed Gwen's hand, "You saw something you wanted, like a child who sees something shiny. You couldn't turn away."
"What was it you saw?" Gabriel had been listening to what was being said as though he was afraid they would stop speaking if he interupted.
Gwen turned red and stared down at her lap, "His was a scholar and a healer... A kind young man, named Yrmic."
"That's where you fit into this puzzle." Sara took up the explanation, "That was you, Gabriel. My younger brother was named Yrmic."
He had heard the words but he couldn't bring himself to respond. Staring from one woman to the other, Gabriel could find no words.
"I can't stand this. " Gwen announced as she stood and left the room, her hands shaking as she set down the spoon she had had a death grip on while waiting for some one to speak.
"But how?" Gabriel finaly managed.
"We were close in that life so it's only natural that we would meet up again." Sara said lightly, "You were a scholar then and now you make it your life to know things that happened in history. Sounds like habbits are really hard to break-even after death."
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"Daeryc will come atfer us, if indeed he does know who it is he has found." Gwen was walking with Sara down the sidewalk, her neck cranked at an uncomfortable angle as she watched the tall buildings glow in the sunrise, "He spends each of his lives searching for the Glove. Fiona has managed to turn him around in his travles more than once but I think he learned her secret and decided to kill her to get to you and that." she motioned to Sara's wrist as they continued down the empty street, "If he gets the Glove then he will have the power to end the line of wielders."
"So, that's where the Keepers work comes from." Sara said thoughtfully.
"If this world destroys itself then it will be only a matter of time till the others follow it into nothingness." Gwen brought her gaze down only after stumbling for the third time that morning, "I wish my feet knew the way so I could let my eyes wonder."
Sara chuckled, nearly choking on her coffee, "Sorry to be the one to tell you this but you'll always end up on your face in this city if you don't watch your step."
Gwen nodded as the wind picked up, "I'll remember that."she said seriously.
"You may need to if this Daeryc guy is going to come after you." Sara fell silent for a moment then added, "I just hope the station finds him first."
"Was my drawing helpfull?" Gwen asked as she watched a car pass them by, "It was all I could think of."
"Yeah, it helped. Danny says that we've had a sighting of him by one of our own officers, but of course they didn't catch him."
"Danny?" Gwen looked at Sara, her bright green eyes large, "Was he the one who found me?"
"Yup."
"I need to thank him some how. Fiona was afraid to die. She didn't know if I had arrived but when Danny found her he said that it was sad how only one was still breathing." Gwen smiled, "She knew she could rest after hearing Danny and for that I must thank him."
"You may have to say something other than that. We don't want to scare him." Sara smiled at the thought of her partner's reaction to what Gwen had just said.
"I keep forgetting that things are so different here."
"Don't worry, you'll learn." Sara shivered as a cold wind hurried them on their way back to Gabriel's.
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Gwen opened her eyes slowly as the room around her swam in and out of focus. Everything had finaly found an order in mer mind but that didn't mean she was better off. No. Now she had to decide what to do till Fiona was reborn. It had been so long since she had had to deal with the problems that humanity caused one to go through and she had sworn that after the first time that she would stay clear of the flesh as though her existance depended on it.
Sliding out from a blanket she hadn't remembered cuddling up with, Gwen caught sight of Sara asleep only a few inches away. The detective didn't stir as Gwen reached out and pushed a stray hair away from the sleeping face.
'She's so beautifull.' was the thought that came to mind as she turned to look at the sleeping Gabriel, 'And he's.... my same Yrmic.'
Sighing, Gwen pulled herself from the couch and moved to sit on the coffee table. Of all the people she could have run into on this whole planet, Gwen found herself looking at the only two humans who had ever held her heart.
'What do I tell them?' She wondered as she looked around at the still lit room, 'Sara will probably remember on her own.... well, the Glove will help.'
Gabriel turned in his sleep but didn't wake and Gwen continued to look around, 'But will he remember me?......Do I want him to remember?......I hate being human! There's too many things to consider!'
A mental image came to mind of the dark man who had appeared at the hospital. Fiona had known him in this life and others. It was all there.... everything. Fiona's memories had found their own place in Gwen's mind. It was nice....to have her sister back, even if it wasn't physical.
It was part of being a Keeper. Never being in the same world as Fiona for a long period of time was normal. The only time it had happened Gwen had been forced to watch as Death caught Mendollyn, Aaron and Yrmic in his cold, unkind grasp. Only time would tell if the same fate awaited.
Gwen vowed to prevent it, if indeed Daeryc had found them after all these lifetimes.
Stretching, Gwen found that her body no longer hurt. The pain was completely gone and so were the bruises and stitches. She had healed in her sleep or so she was guessing. It had been too long for her to remember if human bodies were capable of such things. Fiona's memories didn't contain such things.
Fiona.
Gwen had always had her two sisters near her in the begining of it all, but once she had created the Glove they were forced to seperate, forced to keep the worlds safe.
'All because I wanted to give power to a Human.' Gwen thought sadly as her emotions, long in the sleep of the inbetween plains, awoke, 'I created a way for life to survive while creating the one thing that could destroy it.'
"I'm sorry Morien." Gwen wispered to her older sister as her eyes came to rest on Sara once agian, "You were right all along."
'No.' a tiny voice echoed deep in Gwen's heart, 'You were the one who was right.'
'I put too much faith in the frail lives of these mortals and now I may be the cause of thier ending.'
'But you learned things most will never know in our world.' Morien's voice was like a sweet caress, 'You learned what love meant.'
'And how much it hurts.' Gwen thought bitterly, 'Is Fiona coming to release me?'
'She is still healing.'
Gwen nodded and felt Morien leave her. The death of a Keeper was rare, even in the mortal world and it took time for one's being to recover. So, now all she had to do was stay alive till Fiona returned....but just how long would that be?
"What are you thinking about?" Gwen turned to see Gabriel watching her.
"How long have you been awake?" she asked with a nervous smile.
"Long enough to see you staring into space with the saddest expression on your face."
"I was thinking about everything....life, my sisters, and....other things." Gwen shrugged, wishing her stomack would untie it's self from the large knot that was forming.
Gabriel nodded, still lying comfortably in his large recliner, "You're worried about Sara?" he asked, his dark eyes moving to the sleeping detective.
"Other things as well." Gwen pushed her silvery white hair away from her face and sighed, "These emotions are enough to make one wish for insanity. They'd probably make sense then."
Gabriel laughed and Sara opened one eye sleepily, "You look good." she said to Gwen before sitting up with a small groan, "You heal well, and quick. If only I was so lucky."
"It's been so long since I've been human." Gwen moved next to Sara on the couch to examine the Witchblade close up, "I don't know how to explain things to you so you that you will believe my words."
"The braclet's told me alot." Sara smiled as Gwen ran a slender finger over the red stone in the Blade, "Whatever you say, I will trust you."
"You may have no other choice." the pale haired woman said as she locked gazes with Sara, "Just as I have no other path to follow."
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Breakfast took place at 5:30 am considering that none of them felt as though they needed sleep as much as a long conversation. Gwen explained what she could over the warm food and filled them in on the creation of the Witchblade and a bit about thier past lives.
"So, we were both alive then when you were human." Gabriel said slowly as he processed all the information.
"Yes." Gwen answered, "Have you noticed how easy it is to trust one another without many questions?"
Both nodded and Sara remembered being close to Gabriel then in a time when they had died together, "We were siblings." she said with a laugh, "Our father died when you were 3 or 4 summers old and I looked after you."
Gabriel stared for a moment then also laughed, "No wonder you feel the need to protect me all the time."
Sara fell silent as she thought back to the time when she had met Fiona in that other life, " I trusted the story Fiona told me then about being the one to help me with my life's path. She's the one who took me to the Witchblade and trained me."
"And I stayed behind to watch." Gwen said to her empty plate.
"But you didn't stay behind long." Sara reached over and sqeezed Gwen's hand, "You saw something you wanted, like a child who sees something shiny. You couldn't turn away."
"What was it you saw?" Gabriel had been listening to what was being said as though he was afraid they would stop speaking if he interupted.
Gwen turned red and stared down at her lap, "His was a scholar and a healer... A kind young man, named Yrmic."
"That's where you fit into this puzzle." Sara took up the explanation, "That was you, Gabriel. My younger brother was named Yrmic."
He had heard the words but he couldn't bring himself to respond. Staring from one woman to the other, Gabriel could find no words.
"I can't stand this. " Gwen announced as she stood and left the room, her hands shaking as she set down the spoon she had had a death grip on while waiting for some one to speak.
"But how?" Gabriel finaly managed.
"We were close in that life so it's only natural that we would meet up again." Sara said lightly, "You were a scholar then and now you make it your life to know things that happened in history. Sounds like habbits are really hard to break-even after death."
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"Daeryc will come atfer us, if indeed he does know who it is he has found." Gwen was walking with Sara down the sidewalk, her neck cranked at an uncomfortable angle as she watched the tall buildings glow in the sunrise, "He spends each of his lives searching for the Glove. Fiona has managed to turn him around in his travles more than once but I think he learned her secret and decided to kill her to get to you and that." she motioned to Sara's wrist as they continued down the empty street, "If he gets the Glove then he will have the power to end the line of wielders."
"So, that's where the Keepers work comes from." Sara said thoughtfully.
"If this world destroys itself then it will be only a matter of time till the others follow it into nothingness." Gwen brought her gaze down only after stumbling for the third time that morning, "I wish my feet knew the way so I could let my eyes wonder."
Sara chuckled, nearly choking on her coffee, "Sorry to be the one to tell you this but you'll always end up on your face in this city if you don't watch your step."
Gwen nodded as the wind picked up, "I'll remember that."she said seriously.
"You may need to if this Daeryc guy is going to come after you." Sara fell silent for a moment then added, "I just hope the station finds him first."
"Was my drawing helpfull?" Gwen asked as she watched a car pass them by, "It was all I could think of."
"Yeah, it helped. Danny says that we've had a sighting of him by one of our own officers, but of course they didn't catch him."
"Danny?" Gwen looked at Sara, her bright green eyes large, "Was he the one who found me?"
"Yup."
"I need to thank him some how. Fiona was afraid to die. She didn't know if I had arrived but when Danny found her he said that it was sad how only one was still breathing." Gwen smiled, "She knew she could rest after hearing Danny and for that I must thank him."
"You may have to say something other than that. We don't want to scare him." Sara smiled at the thought of her partner's reaction to what Gwen had just said.
"I keep forgetting that things are so different here."
"Don't worry, you'll learn." Sara shivered as a cold wind hurried them on their way back to Gabriel's.