Eli: Alright, I'm back. Here's some chaos for you. Enjoy!
The knocking at the door was constant and getting rather annoying.
"Alright!" Elaine yelled as she got up from the computer chair. "One minute! Get your knickers out of a twist!"
She opened the door and then smiled. "Ian? What are you doing here, and bloody hell, nice new look. Miss the beard, though. You looked rather dashing with it." She stood aside so that he could walk in.
"Where is your brother and Jesse?" He asked coldly. Elaine flinched away from the door, still staring at him. 'Did he do something to his eyes? They don't look....... Human, anymore.'
"They're in the back." She answered slowly and hesitantly. "Ian, is something wrong? And aren't you suppose to be with.." That was as far as she got before he came at her and hit a point in her back that made her paralyzed. She tried to scream, but couldn't.
She fell to the ground, struggling to keep concious. She could hear Jesse's shrill scream suddenly become silent, followed by crashing sounds. Then she watched in horror as she saw "Ian" carry Jesse and Gabriel out the door and down the hall.
-Later-
Sara's first reaction when she woke up was that her head really hurt. She reached over to her night stand and found some pills and a glass of water there waiting for her.
"What the hell happened?" She mused out loud before she popped in the pills.
"You were tested, abandoned, and now you are the wielder once more." A low, quiet voice replied. She nearly spit out the water she had just drank. She put the glass down on the night stand.
"Nottingham, what are you doing here?"
"Helping you when no one else would." He replied sullenly from a chair across the room. Sara looked down on her wrists and lowered her head.
"Oh."
All the events of the previous nights came to her. John's death, her pain, her self release. Her last act before resting suddenly came to her mind and how it ended was a painful blur. She struggled to remember how it ended, but couldn't.
"Nottingham.... Ian, we didn't..." She asked, fearful to hear the answer.
"No, Sara. Don't worry. We did not." He assured her. She nodded and looked at him.
"Thank-you, for not...... Doing what so many others would have." He looked surprised to hear it coming from her. He nodded in reply.
The door bell was then being rung repeatedly. "Sara!" Was being shouted over and over again. Sara got up before Ian could. She rushed to and opened the door.
She met a teary faced Elaine who was absolutely hysterical. "Sara, he took them!" Elaine cried out. It looked as if she had ran the whole way here.
"What? Hey, calm down." Sara gave her a hug and Elaine was weeping non stop.
"He took Gabriel and Jesse. He might have killed them. He paralyzed me and I couldn't move. Sara, he has my brother!" She shrieked out.
"Who? Who did this?" Elaine was about to speak when she stared beyond Sara. Sara turned around to see Ian looking at Elaine. He took a step closer to Elaine, but she backed away from him.
"Stay away from me, you bastard!" She screamed at him. "Stay away from him Sara, he's insane." She said to Sara before turning back to Ian. "You kidnapped my brother and my beat friend!" She shouted accusingly.
"Elaine, Elaine, calm down. He's been here all morning. He couldn't have taken Gabe." Sara said, trying to rationalize what Elaine saw.
"I saw him!" Elaine insisted. "And....... Wait!" She took a good look at Ian. "How did your beard grow back so fast? It wasn't there this morning!"
Ian groaned. "You did see me, but only a version." He replied quietly.
Sara looked at him curiously. "What do you mean version?"
"Mr. Irons had my DNA cloned and has created another version of me, only more violent and loyal."
"Oh, Lord." Elaine sighed out. "What does he want with my brother?"
"He will attempt to take him over." Ian replied, even more quiet then before.
"What?!" Elaine and Sara said at the same time.
"Irons' body is dying. But he is still connected to Gabriel. He will kill Gabriel, and then take command of his body."
"No!!" Elaine screamed out. "He can't!"
"And he won't. Give me five minutes." Sara went into her room. Ian grabbed her arm to stop her. "Sara." He started. She removed herself from his grasp.
"Try and stop me. I am getting them out." She said determinedly. He nodded, knwoing he could not change her mind.
"Then I am coming with you." He told her, leaving it obvious that he would not be left behind.
"Fine." Sare replied.
"I'm going, too." Elaine said, standing up. Ian and Sara both looked at her and shook their heads, indicating no. "C'mon. He's my family. I have a right to be there."
"And when we get Gabe back, he would kill me for letting you come. No, Elaine. You stay here, and we will get Gabe and Jesse for you."
"But....." Elaine protested.
"No arugument." Sara said seriously. Then she went to her room and changed.
Five minutes later, they were out the door, off to the mansion.
The knocking at the door was constant and getting rather annoying.
"Alright!" Elaine yelled as she got up from the computer chair. "One minute! Get your knickers out of a twist!"
She opened the door and then smiled. "Ian? What are you doing here, and bloody hell, nice new look. Miss the beard, though. You looked rather dashing with it." She stood aside so that he could walk in.
"Where is your brother and Jesse?" He asked coldly. Elaine flinched away from the door, still staring at him. 'Did he do something to his eyes? They don't look....... Human, anymore.'
"They're in the back." She answered slowly and hesitantly. "Ian, is something wrong? And aren't you suppose to be with.." That was as far as she got before he came at her and hit a point in her back that made her paralyzed. She tried to scream, but couldn't.
She fell to the ground, struggling to keep concious. She could hear Jesse's shrill scream suddenly become silent, followed by crashing sounds. Then she watched in horror as she saw "Ian" carry Jesse and Gabriel out the door and down the hall.
-Later-
Sara's first reaction when she woke up was that her head really hurt. She reached over to her night stand and found some pills and a glass of water there waiting for her.
"What the hell happened?" She mused out loud before she popped in the pills.
"You were tested, abandoned, and now you are the wielder once more." A low, quiet voice replied. She nearly spit out the water she had just drank. She put the glass down on the night stand.
"Nottingham, what are you doing here?"
"Helping you when no one else would." He replied sullenly from a chair across the room. Sara looked down on her wrists and lowered her head.
"Oh."
All the events of the previous nights came to her. John's death, her pain, her self release. Her last act before resting suddenly came to her mind and how it ended was a painful blur. She struggled to remember how it ended, but couldn't.
"Nottingham.... Ian, we didn't..." She asked, fearful to hear the answer.
"No, Sara. Don't worry. We did not." He assured her. She nodded and looked at him.
"Thank-you, for not...... Doing what so many others would have." He looked surprised to hear it coming from her. He nodded in reply.
The door bell was then being rung repeatedly. "Sara!" Was being shouted over and over again. Sara got up before Ian could. She rushed to and opened the door.
She met a teary faced Elaine who was absolutely hysterical. "Sara, he took them!" Elaine cried out. It looked as if she had ran the whole way here.
"What? Hey, calm down." Sara gave her a hug and Elaine was weeping non stop.
"He took Gabriel and Jesse. He might have killed them. He paralyzed me and I couldn't move. Sara, he has my brother!" She shrieked out.
"Who? Who did this?" Elaine was about to speak when she stared beyond Sara. Sara turned around to see Ian looking at Elaine. He took a step closer to Elaine, but she backed away from him.
"Stay away from me, you bastard!" She screamed at him. "Stay away from him Sara, he's insane." She said to Sara before turning back to Ian. "You kidnapped my brother and my beat friend!" She shouted accusingly.
"Elaine, Elaine, calm down. He's been here all morning. He couldn't have taken Gabe." Sara said, trying to rationalize what Elaine saw.
"I saw him!" Elaine insisted. "And....... Wait!" She took a good look at Ian. "How did your beard grow back so fast? It wasn't there this morning!"
Ian groaned. "You did see me, but only a version." He replied quietly.
Sara looked at him curiously. "What do you mean version?"
"Mr. Irons had my DNA cloned and has created another version of me, only more violent and loyal."
"Oh, Lord." Elaine sighed out. "What does he want with my brother?"
"He will attempt to take him over." Ian replied, even more quiet then before.
"What?!" Elaine and Sara said at the same time.
"Irons' body is dying. But he is still connected to Gabriel. He will kill Gabriel, and then take command of his body."
"No!!" Elaine screamed out. "He can't!"
"And he won't. Give me five minutes." Sara went into her room. Ian grabbed her arm to stop her. "Sara." He started. She removed herself from his grasp.
"Try and stop me. I am getting them out." She said determinedly. He nodded, knwoing he could not change her mind.
"Then I am coming with you." He told her, leaving it obvious that he would not be left behind.
"Fine." Sare replied.
"I'm going, too." Elaine said, standing up. Ian and Sara both looked at her and shook their heads, indicating no. "C'mon. He's my family. I have a right to be there."
"And when we get Gabe back, he would kill me for letting you come. No, Elaine. You stay here, and we will get Gabe and Jesse for you."
"But....." Elaine protested.
"No arugument." Sara said seriously. Then she went to her room and changed.
Five minutes later, they were out the door, off to the mansion.