A/N: I don't own the characters from Witchblade but the others are mine. As is the plot. ^_^ Enjoy.
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Gwen sat silently on the foot of Gabriel's bed just watching him sleep. She had been there for hours.
Whenever Daeyc was near, sleep would not come or stay. Gwen hadn't slept in nearly a week.
'Why did you give him Sight?' a melodic voice wispered from deep within Gwen's heart.
'I thought myself alone, Marien.' Gwen thought as she watched Gabriel shift onto his side.
'The Sight, Gwendolyn. Why did you give it to him?'
'I did not give him Sight, Marien, but the ability to touch and Know.' Gwen sighed then said aloud, "T'were a gift, dear sister. One I will not regret nor revoke. He is worthy of such a gift."
Gabriel stirred at Gwen's words but did not wake.
'I never said him unworthy.' Marien's voice was gentle and patient, 'But have you not thought of the course he will now take?'
'The one he longs for.The one rightfully his.' the drum Gwen could feel in her own chest became louder, 'He is close. I hear his heart and feel his doubts as though they were my own.... Are you sure I will be able to do this?'
'You must.'
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"Does he know they can feel him?" Sara asked as she and Gabriel made their way to the bakery that was located two blocks from Sara's loft.
"I don't believe so." Gabriel looked up at the dark sky and thought of how Gwen might react to rain. The smile on his face gave away his thoughts and Sara laughed as she also looked up.
"She'd love it."
"I know." Gabriel looked away from the sky and turned sharply into the bakery, "I just hope she's here to see it."
"You think she'll be leaving soon?" Sara asked, quickly following him into the small shop.
"She doesn't sleep or eat any more." Gabriel said quietly, "She would never admit to it but I know. She just can't concentrate with Daeryc staying so near."
"At least she was asleep when we left her." Sara picked out Gwen's favorite pastries and a coffee for herself.
"She was so happy when I told her that we'd be going to your place." Gabriel grinned sadly, "She asked me if you'd let her sleep on your couch."
"Did you see her face when I told her she could crawl into my bed to snooze?" Sara took Gabriel's hand as they left the shop, "You'd of thought I told her that Christmas had come early."
Each knew what the other was thinking. Life was icredible. Incredible and unfair. They walked in silence untill they reached Sara's building.
"You love her." Sara said once they had stepped into the hall.
"As do you." Gabriel replied with a gentle squeeze to Sara's hand, "Do you think she'll come back?"
"I hope so."
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Gwen woke when the front door opened and sat up to greet Sara and Gabriel but could see no one. Daeryc's heart beat was distant, meaning he was far away. So, who was in the room with her?
"Dav das ni ae." she said as she reached for the sword Ian had given her. It went every where with her.
Crouching by the bed Gwen brought the blade up and drew a circle in the air, "Alr sk li taah."
There was a faint shadow by the door. At her words it wavered and became more solid.
"What do you want?" she directed towards the dark slit of air, "Why are you here?"
There was a small hiss of frustration and Gwen smiled.
"He did not tell you of my strength, did he?" there was another hiss, "Be gone." Gwen's voice was strong, commanding, "Tell your master what it was you found and never return here."
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Gabriel laid his hand on the door handle and frowned.
"What?" Sara asked in concern.
"Some one was here after we shut the door." he said quietly as he concentrated on the feeling deep in his stomack.
Sara just stood there for the few seconds Gabriel's eyes were closed and tried to slow her heart.
"Shit!" Gabriel exclaimed as he pulled the door open quickly.
"Gabriel! Duck!" Gwen yelled and Sara looked up as a dark form slammed into Gabriel knocking the young man down.
In an instant the Wichblade had transformed into the gloved sword and a loud painfull cry rent the air as the shadow disappeared completely.
Sara stood there in her doorway looking up and down the hall as though waiting for another shadow/person to attack.
"Gwen?" Gabriel held the back of his head as he sat up, "What was that?"
"That, my friend was a demon in this Time. They are as solid as you or I but hard to see." She moved to help Gabreil stand as the Witchblade went back to it's more docile form, "Are you ok?"
"Yeah. You?" he asked as they picked their bakery bags up from the floor.
"Pissed, but ok." Gwen smiled, "I can't believe he would send one after me now. I mean, I've been here for a month, right? Well, why act now?"
Sara closed and locked the door behind them, "Did I kill it?" she asked quietly, "I could barely see it."
"No. It still 'lives', but being so close to the Blade was painfull for it."
"Perhaps Daeryc has decided to ask you for your help afterall." Gabriel said thoughtfully as he sat on Sara's couch and pulled out a pastry, "Perhaps he wants out."
Gwen was silent for a few moments as she stared down at the sword in her hand, "If that is true, " she started, "then we will have to do this quickly. Daeryc's master must know now what it is he stands to loose."
"Everything." Sara said in realization.
"Just that." Gwen nodded, "If we can get Daeryc reborn then he will not be darkness' slave. Shalnt will be on his own."
"Shalnt?" Gabriel asked as Gwen grabbed a pastry.
"The demon who is posing as a God to Daeryc." Gwen said through a mouthfull.
"Can't we kill him?" Sara asked in confusion.
"No. That's the beauty of his plan." Gwen swallowed then laid her sword on the table, "Fiona and I banished him long ago to the outward relm where he could do no harm. Eventually he found away to influence beings in others relms, other times even and It's impossible for me kill him without going to those relms myself."
"Why haven't you?" Gabriel had forgotten about the pastry in his hand and was staring at Gwen.
"Because the relm is too vast. It could take an eternity to find one being there among the billions who have fled."
"Fled?" Sara asked as she sat next to Gabriel.
"You did not think that you where the only ones who ever warred amongst your selves, did you?" Gwen took another bite and was silent for a minute or so while she was thinking , "No matter where you go to there will always be one or two groups of beings who feel as though they deserve more than what they have. Thus a war starts. They never last long because the Gates are damn near impossible to find and it is always the Gates they wish to have, but they are not even possitive that it exists. We are also a myth among our own."
Gabriel nodded as he ran it all through his mind, "So you keep others away by stopping their plans before they are even realized."
"In this time, yes." Gwen sat on the coffee table, "Or at least we try to."
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Daeryc quickened his pace, his choice made.
He had to find Gwen, and fast.
'If I manage to live that long.' he thought as he turned the corner to go to Talismaniac.
In front of the building were three long shadows that seemed to have no owners. The sight made Daeryc freeze in mid-stride. He had already lived through two attacks made by these 'shadows' today. He did not wish to try his luck or skill again.
'If they are not inside then she is not here. They are waiting for her return.... or mine.'
There was only one other place she could possibly be.
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Gwen stopped speaking in the middle of her sentence and listened. Something was wrong.
Daeryc's heart was beating fast. His fear thick and dark.
"Daeryc is coming." she said, causing Sara and Gabriel to fall silent, "He runs for his life as I speak."
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A/N: I like this one alot. ^_^ Please review. Oh, and ignore spelling mistakes. I'm not patient enough to have others look these over. Once I finish a ch I just want to post it. ^_^
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Gwen sat silently on the foot of Gabriel's bed just watching him sleep. She had been there for hours.
Whenever Daeyc was near, sleep would not come or stay. Gwen hadn't slept in nearly a week.
'Why did you give him Sight?' a melodic voice wispered from deep within Gwen's heart.
'I thought myself alone, Marien.' Gwen thought as she watched Gabriel shift onto his side.
'The Sight, Gwendolyn. Why did you give it to him?'
'I did not give him Sight, Marien, but the ability to touch and Know.' Gwen sighed then said aloud, "T'were a gift, dear sister. One I will not regret nor revoke. He is worthy of such a gift."
Gabriel stirred at Gwen's words but did not wake.
'I never said him unworthy.' Marien's voice was gentle and patient, 'But have you not thought of the course he will now take?'
'The one he longs for.The one rightfully his.' the drum Gwen could feel in her own chest became louder, 'He is close. I hear his heart and feel his doubts as though they were my own.... Are you sure I will be able to do this?'
'You must.'
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"Does he know they can feel him?" Sara asked as she and Gabriel made their way to the bakery that was located two blocks from Sara's loft.
"I don't believe so." Gabriel looked up at the dark sky and thought of how Gwen might react to rain. The smile on his face gave away his thoughts and Sara laughed as she also looked up.
"She'd love it."
"I know." Gabriel looked away from the sky and turned sharply into the bakery, "I just hope she's here to see it."
"You think she'll be leaving soon?" Sara asked, quickly following him into the small shop.
"She doesn't sleep or eat any more." Gabriel said quietly, "She would never admit to it but I know. She just can't concentrate with Daeryc staying so near."
"At least she was asleep when we left her." Sara picked out Gwen's favorite pastries and a coffee for herself.
"She was so happy when I told her that we'd be going to your place." Gabriel grinned sadly, "She asked me if you'd let her sleep on your couch."
"Did you see her face when I told her she could crawl into my bed to snooze?" Sara took Gabriel's hand as they left the shop, "You'd of thought I told her that Christmas had come early."
Each knew what the other was thinking. Life was icredible. Incredible and unfair. They walked in silence untill they reached Sara's building.
"You love her." Sara said once they had stepped into the hall.
"As do you." Gabriel replied with a gentle squeeze to Sara's hand, "Do you think she'll come back?"
"I hope so."
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Gwen woke when the front door opened and sat up to greet Sara and Gabriel but could see no one. Daeryc's heart beat was distant, meaning he was far away. So, who was in the room with her?
"Dav das ni ae." she said as she reached for the sword Ian had given her. It went every where with her.
Crouching by the bed Gwen brought the blade up and drew a circle in the air, "Alr sk li taah."
There was a faint shadow by the door. At her words it wavered and became more solid.
"What do you want?" she directed towards the dark slit of air, "Why are you here?"
There was a small hiss of frustration and Gwen smiled.
"He did not tell you of my strength, did he?" there was another hiss, "Be gone." Gwen's voice was strong, commanding, "Tell your master what it was you found and never return here."
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Gabriel laid his hand on the door handle and frowned.
"What?" Sara asked in concern.
"Some one was here after we shut the door." he said quietly as he concentrated on the feeling deep in his stomack.
Sara just stood there for the few seconds Gabriel's eyes were closed and tried to slow her heart.
"Shit!" Gabriel exclaimed as he pulled the door open quickly.
"Gabriel! Duck!" Gwen yelled and Sara looked up as a dark form slammed into Gabriel knocking the young man down.
In an instant the Wichblade had transformed into the gloved sword and a loud painfull cry rent the air as the shadow disappeared completely.
Sara stood there in her doorway looking up and down the hall as though waiting for another shadow/person to attack.
"Gwen?" Gabriel held the back of his head as he sat up, "What was that?"
"That, my friend was a demon in this Time. They are as solid as you or I but hard to see." She moved to help Gabreil stand as the Witchblade went back to it's more docile form, "Are you ok?"
"Yeah. You?" he asked as they picked their bakery bags up from the floor.
"Pissed, but ok." Gwen smiled, "I can't believe he would send one after me now. I mean, I've been here for a month, right? Well, why act now?"
Sara closed and locked the door behind them, "Did I kill it?" she asked quietly, "I could barely see it."
"No. It still 'lives', but being so close to the Blade was painfull for it."
"Perhaps Daeryc has decided to ask you for your help afterall." Gabriel said thoughtfully as he sat on Sara's couch and pulled out a pastry, "Perhaps he wants out."
Gwen was silent for a few moments as she stared down at the sword in her hand, "If that is true, " she started, "then we will have to do this quickly. Daeryc's master must know now what it is he stands to loose."
"Everything." Sara said in realization.
"Just that." Gwen nodded, "If we can get Daeryc reborn then he will not be darkness' slave. Shalnt will be on his own."
"Shalnt?" Gabriel asked as Gwen grabbed a pastry.
"The demon who is posing as a God to Daeryc." Gwen said through a mouthfull.
"Can't we kill him?" Sara asked in confusion.
"No. That's the beauty of his plan." Gwen swallowed then laid her sword on the table, "Fiona and I banished him long ago to the outward relm where he could do no harm. Eventually he found away to influence beings in others relms, other times even and It's impossible for me kill him without going to those relms myself."
"Why haven't you?" Gabriel had forgotten about the pastry in his hand and was staring at Gwen.
"Because the relm is too vast. It could take an eternity to find one being there among the billions who have fled."
"Fled?" Sara asked as she sat next to Gabriel.
"You did not think that you where the only ones who ever warred amongst your selves, did you?" Gwen took another bite and was silent for a minute or so while she was thinking , "No matter where you go to there will always be one or two groups of beings who feel as though they deserve more than what they have. Thus a war starts. They never last long because the Gates are damn near impossible to find and it is always the Gates they wish to have, but they are not even possitive that it exists. We are also a myth among our own."
Gabriel nodded as he ran it all through his mind, "So you keep others away by stopping their plans before they are even realized."
"In this time, yes." Gwen sat on the coffee table, "Or at least we try to."
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Daeryc quickened his pace, his choice made.
He had to find Gwen, and fast.
'If I manage to live that long.' he thought as he turned the corner to go to Talismaniac.
In front of the building were three long shadows that seemed to have no owners. The sight made Daeryc freeze in mid-stride. He had already lived through two attacks made by these 'shadows' today. He did not wish to try his luck or skill again.
'If they are not inside then she is not here. They are waiting for her return.... or mine.'
There was only one other place she could possibly be.
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Gwen stopped speaking in the middle of her sentence and listened. Something was wrong.
Daeryc's heart was beating fast. His fear thick and dark.
"Daeryc is coming." she said, causing Sara and Gabriel to fall silent, "He runs for his life as I speak."
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A/N: I like this one alot. ^_^ Please review. Oh, and ignore spelling mistakes. I'm not patient enough to have others look these over. Once I finish a ch I just want to post it. ^_^