Eli: Woo hoo! Sixty one chapters. Didn't think I could make it this far.
Thanks for the party, Mako-Chan Wolf. And I think I will take some of that
excellent chocolate cheesecake that you brought. (Yes, I'll admit it, I'm a
chocolate person.) KevinSmithRocksMyWorld, stop stalling and let us have
it! I already said I would beta. Please update soon! Thanks to Thelma and
Alaskantiger for reviewing! Here's the next chapter, Enjoy!
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Teresa yawned as she hung upside down on the side of her bed. Bethany was sitting at the window watching the rain. Their plans to go to the park were totally shot because of the sudden storm. They had already spent two hours playing video games and they had seen all the movies that Teresa owned, and didn't feel like watching them again.
"So what do you wanna do?" Bethany asked Teresa. She shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know, what do you wanna do?"
"I asked you first."
"I said I didn't know. I'm so bored."
"You think your Dad would let us play outside in the puddles?" Bethany asked hopefully.
Teresa shook her head. "Nah, he's busy right now. That's why he's all locked up with his computer." She answered.
"Think we should call Aunt Vicky to see if Gracie can come over? She told me Uncle Jake got her some new videos games."
"Yeah, she told me she got the original Tomb Raider: Revelations." Teresa went to go get the phone when Bethany moaned. Teresa turned to look at her. "What?"
"Aunt Vicky and Joey took her to go see Shrek 2."
"Oh yeah." Teresa went over and sat next to Bethany by the window. "You think it will stop raining?"
"Eventually, hopefully." Bethany mumbled. She picked up a little angel figure that was on the windowsill. "What's this?"
"Careful," Teresa told her. "That was my Mom's. My Daddy said she would want me to have it." Bethany nodded and put it back down. "Hey, Beth?"
"Yeah?"
"Can we do that thing again? With the witchblade? So that I can see my Mama?" Teresa asked hesitantly. Bethany bit her lip and thought for a second before nodding.
Teresa put out her hands for Bethany. The witchblade became very hot on Bethany's chest. Part of the armor started forming from her marks. Tendrils wrapped around her wrists, as well as Teresa's. But the metal that touched Bethany felt like it was flaming. Teresa heard Bethany hiss in pain.
"Bethany, what is it doing?"
Bethany kept calm as it painfully tightened around her. "Don't worry about it. Close your eyes." Teresa did as Bethany told her and felt metal clasp to her.
~
BAM!
Angelique wiped the sweat off her face before she continued her assault on her punching bag. She was so busy practicing her punches and kicks to see that someone was at the doorway watching her. She seemed relentless to him. She didn't stop, but just kept attacking over and over again.
Finally, her punching bag flew off and fell to the ground. She moaned as it happened.
"Not again." She whined to herself.
"You mean this has happened more than once?" She jumped at hearing his voice. She looked over at him, slightly glaring.
"You almost gave me a heart attack."
"That's hard to believe, especially after watching you beat the crap out of that punching bag for ten minutes. You upset?" He asked as he entered the room.
She shook her head. "No, but thanks for asking, Gabe. Want to do me a favor?" She asked.
"Anything." He said, a bit mischievous. Angelique smirked and shook her head.
"I'm not so sure anymore. Sounds like you need to get your mind out of the gutter first." She told him teasingly. He laughed.
"All right, I have left the gutter far behind. What do you need me to do?"
"Will you hold up the pads for me so I can practice?" She asked sweetly, biting her lower lip slightly, her eyes bright. Gabriel sighed; he could never say no when she gave him that look.
"Sure. Where are they?" She motioned toward the wall and he grabbed them. Angelique showed him how she wanted him to hold them and then began to practice.
"Just tell me if your hands get tired." She told him when she noticed that he was holding the pads lower and lower.
"Um, I'm fine, just not used to holding things up and staying still for so long." He told her.
"Oh, don't worry, I'm almost done. I just want to practice some combos before I stop for today." She rearranged how he was holding the pads. "There, keep them like that for another minute, and I'll be done." She promised.
Angelique got into her stance and stared at the targets. She quickly did a three kick combo and..
WHAM!
Her last kick to the pads had been too hard for Gabriel to take and had knocked him onto the floor. Angelique winced as she watched him stand back up in pain.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to. I'm sorry!" She stuttered out. He looked over at her and smirked.
"It's alright. I think I can still walk." He told her as he took a step forward. Pain shot up his leg and he almost fell again. Angelique helped him stand back up, letting him use her as a crutch. "Or maybe not." He smiled again to make her calm down. "I'll be fine."
She finally smiled back. "You're not gonna press any charges, right?" She asked jokingly. He sighed and looked like he was in deep thought.
"I don't know. That really hurt...." He started. She leaned side ways and kissed him.
"How about now?" She asked him.
"I am starting to feel a lot better." ~
She was in hiding. He could come up at any minute to get her. She knew she couldn't stay here long and looked for another place to hide. She looked behind her and saw him coming. She dashed across the floor, trying to get away.
Alas, she wasn't quite fast enough; he grabbed one of her wrists and made her turn to face him. In her free hand was her weapon. She struck him on the top of the head with it.
POP!
The water balloon she popped on his head drenched him. He sighed and looked at her mischievously. "Your turn."
She looked at him warningly. "You wouldn't." He didn't answer. He just moved closer to her. "Gabriel Bowman, I swear to god if you even think of- Ah!"
SPLASH!
He had pushed her into the pool. He smirked as she came back up to the surface. She tilted her head as he laughed at her. She climbed out of the pool and went up to him. She put her arms around his neck and they started kissing. She knew he would try to throw her back in, but she knew she could turn it on him.
Just as he tried to push her back in, she turned to the side and tripped him into the pool.
~
"C'mon, baby. Bring it on!"
"Yeah, you want it? You got it!"
"Oh, is that supposed to scare me?"
"You know you're tingling inside."
"Yeah, right. Is that all you've got? I'm under whelmed."
"You ain't seen nothing yet."
"What's wrong? Don't know what you're doing?"
"I know what I'm doing. You just can't handle it."
"What's there to handle?"
"Oh, just wait. It's coming."
"Nothing's happening."
"That's what you think. It's coming any second now."
"Hey, wait! What the hell are you doi-..... Ahhhhhhhh!" She screamed.
"Told you!" He said, smirking.
Angelique threw her play station controller down in anger. Gabriel laughed at her as the television screen was lit up with the words 'Johnny Cage wins'. She punched his shoulder and stole his controller.
"Rematch!"
He shrugged his shoulders. "Fine with me."
~
Angelique was in her shop, arranging some books on one of the many shelves. She wiped at the sweat on her fore head. Why had she worn this? It was way too hot to be wearing her long blue skirt and black top. She heard the front door of her shop open.
"I'll be there in a second." She told her customer as she hurried to put the last of the ancient text away. She heard the person come up behind her. Then she felt him put his arms around her waist and nuzzle her neck. "I thought you were going out with your friend Sara tonight."
"Cancelled on account of her wedding plans." He mumbled into her neck with a sigh.
"So I take it you still hate her soon-to-be-husband? What's wrong with him? He seemed nice enough when I met him the other day." She asked as she put the last book back in its place.
"He didn't try to kill you. Can we change the subject?" He asked her. She nodded and turned around in his embrace. She placed her arms around his neck. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Like what?"
"Like, I don't know, it's just, blah! I'm no good with words today."
"I love you."
She looked at him in surprise. He looked like he was shocked that he had said it as well.
"What?" She asked.
"I love you." He repeated. He blinked, not sure how he had managed to get it out. He didn't know why he was telling her this now, here in her shop, instead of someplace more appropriate. But now just seemed to be the right time.
She felt herself on the edge of tears. "I love you, too." Relief washed over them both as the held each other even tighter.
~
"Oh my God, this is so beautiful." Angelique exclaimed as she saw the album that Sara was going to keep her wedding pictures in.
Sara nodded. "Yeah, my godparents gave it to me as a present."
In the short while that the two of them has known each other, Sara and Angelique had become good friends. Despite the ten year age difference, they got along really well. Angelique wasn't as foolish and immature as she first seemed, and Sara wasn't as sarcastic and uptight as Angelique had thought her to be. The only thing that really put a damper in their friendship were the two people who were now yelling at each other.
"They better not be arguing again." Angelique mumbled.
"They are." Sara answered with a sigh. No matter what she did, the boys never seemed to get along. Angelique put down the album on the table and marched into the hallway. Sara could tell she was extremely angry.
Angelique stood in front of the two arguing men and screamed. "Shut up!" Both turned around to look at her. "I have had enough of you two arguing over nothing! I don't care about strangulation and who kissed who! The bottom line is that you two need to learn to get along!"
Sara watched in amusement. Angelique was shorter than both Ian and Gabriel, but she had managed to have them both intimidated. She wanted to burst out laughing at the sight of them.
When Gabe and Ian tried to make up excuses, she exploded again. "That's it! If you two are going to act like children, then we," She motioned at Sara. "Are going to treat you like children!" Angelique then proceeded to grab both of them by the hair and shove them into a room together. She locked the door behind them from the outside. "When you two learn to get along, we'll let you out. If not, you two can stay in there for the rest of your lives for all I care! And if one of you attacks the other, you can bet that man will not be sleeping in a bed for a year!"
Angelique sighed and leaned against the wall. Then she turned to Sara, who was very impressed by her idea. They looked at each other and started laughing.
~
Teresa felt the witchblade let her go as she opened her eyes in time to see Bethany fall backwards onto the floor. "Beth!"
Bethany landed on the ground and groaned. The witchblade retracted itself back into her before Gabriel came into the room.
"What happened?" He asked. Bethany and Teresa looked at each other and then back at him. They both remembered the very last thing they saw and started laughing. "What?"
"Mama put you and Uncle Ian in time out!" Teresa mumbled through the laughter. He looked at them in shock. How did they know? Teresa and Bethany both kept mumbling 'time out' and laughing all over again. He sighed and walked out mumbling
"Just like their mothers. Bunch of Mama's girls."
Coming Attractions:
Return of the Black Dragon
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Teresa yawned as she hung upside down on the side of her bed. Bethany was sitting at the window watching the rain. Their plans to go to the park were totally shot because of the sudden storm. They had already spent two hours playing video games and they had seen all the movies that Teresa owned, and didn't feel like watching them again.
"So what do you wanna do?" Bethany asked Teresa. She shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know, what do you wanna do?"
"I asked you first."
"I said I didn't know. I'm so bored."
"You think your Dad would let us play outside in the puddles?" Bethany asked hopefully.
Teresa shook her head. "Nah, he's busy right now. That's why he's all locked up with his computer." She answered.
"Think we should call Aunt Vicky to see if Gracie can come over? She told me Uncle Jake got her some new videos games."
"Yeah, she told me she got the original Tomb Raider: Revelations." Teresa went to go get the phone when Bethany moaned. Teresa turned to look at her. "What?"
"Aunt Vicky and Joey took her to go see Shrek 2."
"Oh yeah." Teresa went over and sat next to Bethany by the window. "You think it will stop raining?"
"Eventually, hopefully." Bethany mumbled. She picked up a little angel figure that was on the windowsill. "What's this?"
"Careful," Teresa told her. "That was my Mom's. My Daddy said she would want me to have it." Bethany nodded and put it back down. "Hey, Beth?"
"Yeah?"
"Can we do that thing again? With the witchblade? So that I can see my Mama?" Teresa asked hesitantly. Bethany bit her lip and thought for a second before nodding.
Teresa put out her hands for Bethany. The witchblade became very hot on Bethany's chest. Part of the armor started forming from her marks. Tendrils wrapped around her wrists, as well as Teresa's. But the metal that touched Bethany felt like it was flaming. Teresa heard Bethany hiss in pain.
"Bethany, what is it doing?"
Bethany kept calm as it painfully tightened around her. "Don't worry about it. Close your eyes." Teresa did as Bethany told her and felt metal clasp to her.
~
BAM!
Angelique wiped the sweat off her face before she continued her assault on her punching bag. She was so busy practicing her punches and kicks to see that someone was at the doorway watching her. She seemed relentless to him. She didn't stop, but just kept attacking over and over again.
Finally, her punching bag flew off and fell to the ground. She moaned as it happened.
"Not again." She whined to herself.
"You mean this has happened more than once?" She jumped at hearing his voice. She looked over at him, slightly glaring.
"You almost gave me a heart attack."
"That's hard to believe, especially after watching you beat the crap out of that punching bag for ten minutes. You upset?" He asked as he entered the room.
She shook her head. "No, but thanks for asking, Gabe. Want to do me a favor?" She asked.
"Anything." He said, a bit mischievous. Angelique smirked and shook her head.
"I'm not so sure anymore. Sounds like you need to get your mind out of the gutter first." She told him teasingly. He laughed.
"All right, I have left the gutter far behind. What do you need me to do?"
"Will you hold up the pads for me so I can practice?" She asked sweetly, biting her lower lip slightly, her eyes bright. Gabriel sighed; he could never say no when she gave him that look.
"Sure. Where are they?" She motioned toward the wall and he grabbed them. Angelique showed him how she wanted him to hold them and then began to practice.
"Just tell me if your hands get tired." She told him when she noticed that he was holding the pads lower and lower.
"Um, I'm fine, just not used to holding things up and staying still for so long." He told her.
"Oh, don't worry, I'm almost done. I just want to practice some combos before I stop for today." She rearranged how he was holding the pads. "There, keep them like that for another minute, and I'll be done." She promised.
Angelique got into her stance and stared at the targets. She quickly did a three kick combo and..
WHAM!
Her last kick to the pads had been too hard for Gabriel to take and had knocked him onto the floor. Angelique winced as she watched him stand back up in pain.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to. I'm sorry!" She stuttered out. He looked over at her and smirked.
"It's alright. I think I can still walk." He told her as he took a step forward. Pain shot up his leg and he almost fell again. Angelique helped him stand back up, letting him use her as a crutch. "Or maybe not." He smiled again to make her calm down. "I'll be fine."
She finally smiled back. "You're not gonna press any charges, right?" She asked jokingly. He sighed and looked like he was in deep thought.
"I don't know. That really hurt...." He started. She leaned side ways and kissed him.
"How about now?" She asked him.
"I am starting to feel a lot better." ~
She was in hiding. He could come up at any minute to get her. She knew she couldn't stay here long and looked for another place to hide. She looked behind her and saw him coming. She dashed across the floor, trying to get away.
Alas, she wasn't quite fast enough; he grabbed one of her wrists and made her turn to face him. In her free hand was her weapon. She struck him on the top of the head with it.
POP!
The water balloon she popped on his head drenched him. He sighed and looked at her mischievously. "Your turn."
She looked at him warningly. "You wouldn't." He didn't answer. He just moved closer to her. "Gabriel Bowman, I swear to god if you even think of- Ah!"
SPLASH!
He had pushed her into the pool. He smirked as she came back up to the surface. She tilted her head as he laughed at her. She climbed out of the pool and went up to him. She put her arms around his neck and they started kissing. She knew he would try to throw her back in, but she knew she could turn it on him.
Just as he tried to push her back in, she turned to the side and tripped him into the pool.
~
"C'mon, baby. Bring it on!"
"Yeah, you want it? You got it!"
"Oh, is that supposed to scare me?"
"You know you're tingling inside."
"Yeah, right. Is that all you've got? I'm under whelmed."
"You ain't seen nothing yet."
"What's wrong? Don't know what you're doing?"
"I know what I'm doing. You just can't handle it."
"What's there to handle?"
"Oh, just wait. It's coming."
"Nothing's happening."
"That's what you think. It's coming any second now."
"Hey, wait! What the hell are you doi-..... Ahhhhhhhh!" She screamed.
"Told you!" He said, smirking.
Angelique threw her play station controller down in anger. Gabriel laughed at her as the television screen was lit up with the words 'Johnny Cage wins'. She punched his shoulder and stole his controller.
"Rematch!"
He shrugged his shoulders. "Fine with me."
~
Angelique was in her shop, arranging some books on one of the many shelves. She wiped at the sweat on her fore head. Why had she worn this? It was way too hot to be wearing her long blue skirt and black top. She heard the front door of her shop open.
"I'll be there in a second." She told her customer as she hurried to put the last of the ancient text away. She heard the person come up behind her. Then she felt him put his arms around her waist and nuzzle her neck. "I thought you were going out with your friend Sara tonight."
"Cancelled on account of her wedding plans." He mumbled into her neck with a sigh.
"So I take it you still hate her soon-to-be-husband? What's wrong with him? He seemed nice enough when I met him the other day." She asked as she put the last book back in its place.
"He didn't try to kill you. Can we change the subject?" He asked her. She nodded and turned around in his embrace. She placed her arms around his neck. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Like what?"
"Like, I don't know, it's just, blah! I'm no good with words today."
"I love you."
She looked at him in surprise. He looked like he was shocked that he had said it as well.
"What?" She asked.
"I love you." He repeated. He blinked, not sure how he had managed to get it out. He didn't know why he was telling her this now, here in her shop, instead of someplace more appropriate. But now just seemed to be the right time.
She felt herself on the edge of tears. "I love you, too." Relief washed over them both as the held each other even tighter.
~
"Oh my God, this is so beautiful." Angelique exclaimed as she saw the album that Sara was going to keep her wedding pictures in.
Sara nodded. "Yeah, my godparents gave it to me as a present."
In the short while that the two of them has known each other, Sara and Angelique had become good friends. Despite the ten year age difference, they got along really well. Angelique wasn't as foolish and immature as she first seemed, and Sara wasn't as sarcastic and uptight as Angelique had thought her to be. The only thing that really put a damper in their friendship were the two people who were now yelling at each other.
"They better not be arguing again." Angelique mumbled.
"They are." Sara answered with a sigh. No matter what she did, the boys never seemed to get along. Angelique put down the album on the table and marched into the hallway. Sara could tell she was extremely angry.
Angelique stood in front of the two arguing men and screamed. "Shut up!" Both turned around to look at her. "I have had enough of you two arguing over nothing! I don't care about strangulation and who kissed who! The bottom line is that you two need to learn to get along!"
Sara watched in amusement. Angelique was shorter than both Ian and Gabriel, but she had managed to have them both intimidated. She wanted to burst out laughing at the sight of them.
When Gabe and Ian tried to make up excuses, she exploded again. "That's it! If you two are going to act like children, then we," She motioned at Sara. "Are going to treat you like children!" Angelique then proceeded to grab both of them by the hair and shove them into a room together. She locked the door behind them from the outside. "When you two learn to get along, we'll let you out. If not, you two can stay in there for the rest of your lives for all I care! And if one of you attacks the other, you can bet that man will not be sleeping in a bed for a year!"
Angelique sighed and leaned against the wall. Then she turned to Sara, who was very impressed by her idea. They looked at each other and started laughing.
~
Teresa felt the witchblade let her go as she opened her eyes in time to see Bethany fall backwards onto the floor. "Beth!"
Bethany landed on the ground and groaned. The witchblade retracted itself back into her before Gabriel came into the room.
"What happened?" He asked. Bethany and Teresa looked at each other and then back at him. They both remembered the very last thing they saw and started laughing. "What?"
"Mama put you and Uncle Ian in time out!" Teresa mumbled through the laughter. He looked at them in shock. How did they know? Teresa and Bethany both kept mumbling 'time out' and laughing all over again. He sighed and walked out mumbling
"Just like their mothers. Bunch of Mama's girls."
Coming Attractions:
Return of the Black Dragon