Eli: Hey all! LOL, Lily. What makes you think I am not already evil?
Shinara, enough Nottinghams. I think I might have had too many. I need the
Gummy Gabriels for a cure. Sierra, flowers? Pretty flowers? I think you are
tired, too. Here's the next chapter. Enjoy!
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Sara and Jesse opened their eyes to find themselves transported to a side walk in some city. The sky was dark with clouds and the wind was blowing hard. Jesse grabbed her hair into a pony tail and used her bracelet as a holder.
"Where the hell are we?" Sara asked out loud.
"Home." Jesse replied. "This is London, England. This is the street where me and Elaine's flats are." She said, motioning to the right. "I wonder what we are doing here."
"We're inside Gabriel's head. This is where his conscious must be." Sara answered. "Which apartment is Elaine's?" Jesse pointed to one a few feet away. Sara nodded and they both started heading toward it.
They both came to the door, unsure if they should enter or not. Sara put her hand on the door knob, and the door opened by itself. Sara entered first, witchblade gauntlet ready to fight. When she saw no threat around them, she motioned for Jesse to enter as well.
When Jesse entered the apartment, she felt herself change. Her head felt dizzy and she closed her eyes. She leaned on the wall to steady herself. When the dizziness passed, she opened her eyes to see Sara staring at her.
"I'm fine." She said reassuringly. Sara shook her head.
"You might want to check that mirror across from you." Sara said, not taking her eyes off her. Jesse hesitantly turned to look in the mirror and found that she had gone back a few years. She had to be Elaine's age, possibly younger. She touched her face just to make sure it was her.
"Bloody hell." She remarked in disbelief. The sound of a television coming on startled both of them. They calmed down and started moving down the hall. They came to a living room in which a little girl was sitting in front of a television in a jumper. Sara studied the girl closely. Black hair in two messy braids, blue eyes, her body bit wiry, not being able to stop moving. This had to be Elaine.
Jesse recognized her immediately. "Elaine." She called to her. Elaine looked over and smiled.
"Hi Jesse. You here to baby sit?" She asked. Sara noticed that her accent wasn't as thick as it was now. Jesse shook her head. Elaine pouted. "Can you play with me today?" She asked sweetly and Jesse smiled, despite herself.
"Yes, sweetie. But first, I need to talk to your brother. Where's Gabriel?" She asked.
"He's in his room, but he's sick. Mommy made him stay in today." Elaine told her. "Who the other lady with you?"
"This is Sara. We're gonna go talk to your brother, and then later we can play, okay?"
"Okay." Elaine answered as she started watching television again. Jesse motioned for Sara to follow her down the hall. She stopped at the second door on the left. The door was closed and had a toxic waste sign on it. Jesse slowly opened the door and stepped inside.
The room was a horrible mess of clothes, paper, and video games, all scattered on the floor. On the bed lay a tall, skinny kid who was obviously very sick. His eyes were half closed and sweat was pouring down his fore head. Jesse went through the mess to sit on the bed.
"Hey Gabe." She said quietly. He turned and looked at her.
"Hey Jess." He said quietly.
Jesse put her arm around his shoulders and got him to sit up. "C'mon Gabriel, we have to go."
"Why? I'm so tired. Can't we just stay here?" He asked her, resisting her attempts to make him stay up. She shook her head.
"Because we have to. C'mon, you're bigger than me and I can't push you all the way. You have to try." She made sure she had his eyes and added "Please? For me?" She begged.
He sighed and nodded. She helped him stand up and get to the door. Sara got on the other side of him and helped to get him down the hall. They slowly got to the front door and tried turning the doorknob.
"Damn, it's locked!" Sara hissed out.
Jesse looked at Gabriel. "Where's the key, Gabe." He didn't answer. "Gabriel we need to get out. Where's the key?"
He took a deep breath and pointed toward the living room. "Elaine..... Has..... It." He told them. Jesse yelled out for Elaine to come to them. They heard her get off the couch and start to run toward them. Then they heard a big crash and Elaine screaming.
"Elaine...." Gabriel muttered out. Something started walking toward them. Sara let go of Gabriel and went in front to defend, witchblade Armour out and ready.
Irons smirked as he walked down the hall, hands on Elaine's shoulders as he had her walk into the hallway. "Hello all of you. So nice of you to visit, but I think Gabriel needs to return to his room now." He squeezed Elaine's shoulder so that she whimpered. "Before something happens to the little one here."
"Let her go, Irons." Sara hissed as she stepped closer.
"And why would I do that? Come closer and your way out will of this house will be destroyed." Sara stopped moving and Irons smirked. He motioned for her to back away, and she could only do what he asked. He passed her and the others till he got to the door.
"Now open it." He told the little one when he heard something moving behind him. He turned before Sara could smash the witchblade into the side of his head. She stopped in her tracks as Irons lifted Elaine up by her neck.
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Ian, Leo, and Elaine all stood around the cell uncomfortable. Twenty minutes had passed and Sara and Jesse were still knocked out. Leo stood against the wall with Ian. Elaine was pacing the floor, trying to ignore the rats crawling about the sides of the room and the bugs lingering in the dark corners.
"Elaine." She heard Gabriel's body mutter. She took a few steps closer to him.
"Gabriel?" She asked, wondering if he was coming back. Had Sara and Jesse just got Irons out? He started moving a little and Jesse stepped closer.
"Wait, Elaine. Don't get too...." Her scream had Ian cut off. she had gone to close and now his possessed body was strangling her. Ian and Leo were about to get her loose when the body, in a voice very unlike Gabriel's, said
"Come closer and I will snap her neck!"
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"Come closer and I will snap her neck!"
Sara took a step backwards. Irons smirked again. Elaine struggled to get free, but he was stronger than her. She looked over his shoulder at Gabriel.
"Gabriel, help. He's hurting me. Gabriel, please?"
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"C'mon, Gabe! You're stronger than this." She whimpered out as she tried to remove his hands around her neck. She felt her breath leave her as she struggled to find another. "Fight him, Gabriel..... You c-can beat him. Do this..... for me and ..... and Jesse."
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"Please, Big brother? Help...... Me......" She called out to him.
Jesse felt Gabriel move off her shoulder very slowly. She heard him say Elaine's name as he lunged forward and knocked Irons over with the last bit of strength in him.
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Gabriel let go of her neck and she fell backwards onto her ass. She scrambled backward till she felt Leo pulling her back up. They watched as Gabriel's body began to shake again.
"What's happening?" Leo asked.
"He's fighting it." Elaine answered.
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Little Elaine fell to the floor and backed away. Irons turned around and pushed Gabriel back into the wall. Gabriel used the wall as support to stand up. He turned his head to the side and spit out a mouthful of blood. Irons went to hit him again when he felt something shard and metal connect with his temple. He flew to the wall, head spinning.
Sara smiled at finally getting a good shot in at him. "You can not win Irons. Give up and go to hell already."
He looked down at her coldly. "No, I will wield." He lunged at her, but she dodged and gave him a right hook to the stomach. He fell to the floor.
"No you won't. It is not yours to wield. It has never been yours to wield, don't you understand? Now," Sara pointed the witchblade at him. It sprouted out into tendrils and connected itself into him. He screamed in pain as it entered his blood. "Leave this body and go to where you belong. Go to hell, Kenny, and never come back." She told him.
The witchblade glowed red as Irons screamed one last time. The light covered his body and in an instant he was gone.
Elaine came forward from the darkness and smiled. She went pass Jesse, Gabriel, and Sara. She went to the door and opened it up for them. She turned and smiled. "Time to go, brother."
Jesse and Sara helped Gabriel up again as they walked toward the open door. Gabriel smiled at Elaine as they passed.
"Thanks, sis." He said quietly as the three of them left the house.
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Sara and Jesse came to on the stone floor. They got up, wiping dirt off themselves as best they could. They looked over to see Ian unlocking the chains that held onto Gabriel. He stumbled forward before being straightened out by Elaine. She gave him a huge hug, forgetting that he was injured.
"Gabriel, you're back!" She said happily, tears coming to her eyes.
"Yeah, yeah." He said happily as he returned her embrace as best he could. "I'm back for good."
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Sara and Jesse opened their eyes to find themselves transported to a side walk in some city. The sky was dark with clouds and the wind was blowing hard. Jesse grabbed her hair into a pony tail and used her bracelet as a holder.
"Where the hell are we?" Sara asked out loud.
"Home." Jesse replied. "This is London, England. This is the street where me and Elaine's flats are." She said, motioning to the right. "I wonder what we are doing here."
"We're inside Gabriel's head. This is where his conscious must be." Sara answered. "Which apartment is Elaine's?" Jesse pointed to one a few feet away. Sara nodded and they both started heading toward it.
They both came to the door, unsure if they should enter or not. Sara put her hand on the door knob, and the door opened by itself. Sara entered first, witchblade gauntlet ready to fight. When she saw no threat around them, she motioned for Jesse to enter as well.
When Jesse entered the apartment, she felt herself change. Her head felt dizzy and she closed her eyes. She leaned on the wall to steady herself. When the dizziness passed, she opened her eyes to see Sara staring at her.
"I'm fine." She said reassuringly. Sara shook her head.
"You might want to check that mirror across from you." Sara said, not taking her eyes off her. Jesse hesitantly turned to look in the mirror and found that she had gone back a few years. She had to be Elaine's age, possibly younger. She touched her face just to make sure it was her.
"Bloody hell." She remarked in disbelief. The sound of a television coming on startled both of them. They calmed down and started moving down the hall. They came to a living room in which a little girl was sitting in front of a television in a jumper. Sara studied the girl closely. Black hair in two messy braids, blue eyes, her body bit wiry, not being able to stop moving. This had to be Elaine.
Jesse recognized her immediately. "Elaine." She called to her. Elaine looked over and smiled.
"Hi Jesse. You here to baby sit?" She asked. Sara noticed that her accent wasn't as thick as it was now. Jesse shook her head. Elaine pouted. "Can you play with me today?" She asked sweetly and Jesse smiled, despite herself.
"Yes, sweetie. But first, I need to talk to your brother. Where's Gabriel?" She asked.
"He's in his room, but he's sick. Mommy made him stay in today." Elaine told her. "Who the other lady with you?"
"This is Sara. We're gonna go talk to your brother, and then later we can play, okay?"
"Okay." Elaine answered as she started watching television again. Jesse motioned for Sara to follow her down the hall. She stopped at the second door on the left. The door was closed and had a toxic waste sign on it. Jesse slowly opened the door and stepped inside.
The room was a horrible mess of clothes, paper, and video games, all scattered on the floor. On the bed lay a tall, skinny kid who was obviously very sick. His eyes were half closed and sweat was pouring down his fore head. Jesse went through the mess to sit on the bed.
"Hey Gabe." She said quietly. He turned and looked at her.
"Hey Jess." He said quietly.
Jesse put her arm around his shoulders and got him to sit up. "C'mon Gabriel, we have to go."
"Why? I'm so tired. Can't we just stay here?" He asked her, resisting her attempts to make him stay up. She shook her head.
"Because we have to. C'mon, you're bigger than me and I can't push you all the way. You have to try." She made sure she had his eyes and added "Please? For me?" She begged.
He sighed and nodded. She helped him stand up and get to the door. Sara got on the other side of him and helped to get him down the hall. They slowly got to the front door and tried turning the doorknob.
"Damn, it's locked!" Sara hissed out.
Jesse looked at Gabriel. "Where's the key, Gabe." He didn't answer. "Gabriel we need to get out. Where's the key?"
He took a deep breath and pointed toward the living room. "Elaine..... Has..... It." He told them. Jesse yelled out for Elaine to come to them. They heard her get off the couch and start to run toward them. Then they heard a big crash and Elaine screaming.
"Elaine...." Gabriel muttered out. Something started walking toward them. Sara let go of Gabriel and went in front to defend, witchblade Armour out and ready.
Irons smirked as he walked down the hall, hands on Elaine's shoulders as he had her walk into the hallway. "Hello all of you. So nice of you to visit, but I think Gabriel needs to return to his room now." He squeezed Elaine's shoulder so that she whimpered. "Before something happens to the little one here."
"Let her go, Irons." Sara hissed as she stepped closer.
"And why would I do that? Come closer and your way out will of this house will be destroyed." Sara stopped moving and Irons smirked. He motioned for her to back away, and she could only do what he asked. He passed her and the others till he got to the door.
"Now open it." He told the little one when he heard something moving behind him. He turned before Sara could smash the witchblade into the side of his head. She stopped in her tracks as Irons lifted Elaine up by her neck.
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Ian, Leo, and Elaine all stood around the cell uncomfortable. Twenty minutes had passed and Sara and Jesse were still knocked out. Leo stood against the wall with Ian. Elaine was pacing the floor, trying to ignore the rats crawling about the sides of the room and the bugs lingering in the dark corners.
"Elaine." She heard Gabriel's body mutter. She took a few steps closer to him.
"Gabriel?" She asked, wondering if he was coming back. Had Sara and Jesse just got Irons out? He started moving a little and Jesse stepped closer.
"Wait, Elaine. Don't get too...." Her scream had Ian cut off. she had gone to close and now his possessed body was strangling her. Ian and Leo were about to get her loose when the body, in a voice very unlike Gabriel's, said
"Come closer and I will snap her neck!"
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"Come closer and I will snap her neck!"
Sara took a step backwards. Irons smirked again. Elaine struggled to get free, but he was stronger than her. She looked over his shoulder at Gabriel.
"Gabriel, help. He's hurting me. Gabriel, please?"
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"C'mon, Gabe! You're stronger than this." She whimpered out as she tried to remove his hands around her neck. She felt her breath leave her as she struggled to find another. "Fight him, Gabriel..... You c-can beat him. Do this..... for me and ..... and Jesse."
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"Please, Big brother? Help...... Me......" She called out to him.
Jesse felt Gabriel move off her shoulder very slowly. She heard him say Elaine's name as he lunged forward and knocked Irons over with the last bit of strength in him.
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Gabriel let go of her neck and she fell backwards onto her ass. She scrambled backward till she felt Leo pulling her back up. They watched as Gabriel's body began to shake again.
"What's happening?" Leo asked.
"He's fighting it." Elaine answered.
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Little Elaine fell to the floor and backed away. Irons turned around and pushed Gabriel back into the wall. Gabriel used the wall as support to stand up. He turned his head to the side and spit out a mouthful of blood. Irons went to hit him again when he felt something shard and metal connect with his temple. He flew to the wall, head spinning.
Sara smiled at finally getting a good shot in at him. "You can not win Irons. Give up and go to hell already."
He looked down at her coldly. "No, I will wield." He lunged at her, but she dodged and gave him a right hook to the stomach. He fell to the floor.
"No you won't. It is not yours to wield. It has never been yours to wield, don't you understand? Now," Sara pointed the witchblade at him. It sprouted out into tendrils and connected itself into him. He screamed in pain as it entered his blood. "Leave this body and go to where you belong. Go to hell, Kenny, and never come back." She told him.
The witchblade glowed red as Irons screamed one last time. The light covered his body and in an instant he was gone.
Elaine came forward from the darkness and smiled. She went pass Jesse, Gabriel, and Sara. She went to the door and opened it up for them. She turned and smiled. "Time to go, brother."
Jesse and Sara helped Gabriel up again as they walked toward the open door. Gabriel smiled at Elaine as they passed.
"Thanks, sis." He said quietly as the three of them left the house.
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Sara and Jesse came to on the stone floor. They got up, wiping dirt off themselves as best they could. They looked over to see Ian unlocking the chains that held onto Gabriel. He stumbled forward before being straightened out by Elaine. She gave him a huge hug, forgetting that he was injured.
"Gabriel, you're back!" She said happily, tears coming to her eyes.
"Yeah, yeah." He said happily as he returned her embrace as best he could. "I'm back for good."