PART ELEVEN
Dianna had been overwhelmed the moment she entered the girl's bedroom. Gabriel had to hold on to her as she began to sway.
"Honey, are you okay?" He whispered in her ear. "Is it too much for you?"
"I'll be fine." She answered slowly as she regained her bearings and smiled at him. "I just wasn't expecting it, that's all." Taking a deep, calming breath, she waved off Gabriel and began to walk around the room, touching things softly and staring a pictures and stuffed animals. As she reached for a book, she noticed the bracelet start to pulsate. Looking up at Gabriel and seeing he hadn't noticed, she lowered her arm and moved to another part of the room. There she looked at the stone and whispered angrily. "If you're going to show me something, show me."
As the words left her lips, she felt herself being drug to another realm. She took a deep breath and moved to a chair before she fell.
"Sara, something is happening." Ian spoke softly to Sara who nodded and made her way to the younger woman. "Gabriel, would you come here for a moment." Ian motioned and was relieved when the man moved toward him.
"Something's going on, isn't it Ian." He sounded scared as he looked at Dianna with his arms crossed. "She's seeing something."
"I believe so. We must be patient." He nodded in the direction where Sara, now next to Dianna, had crouched down, and began whispering. "Let Sara guide her. We will wait."
"I hate waiting Ian. Especially when it comes to her." His voice was a low growl.
"I know." Ian sounded sad as he touched the other on the shoulder.
"Dianna, can you here me?" Sara whispered and let out a sigh as the younger woman nodded. "Don't fight it honey, just let it take you where you need to go, see what it wants you to see." She reached out and touched Dianna's hand softly. "I'll be right here when you return." She stood and noticed Danny coming toward her. Glancing once more at Dianna, Sara intercepted her old partner. "She's all right Danny, just give her a minute."
"You sure?" He looked at the woman sitting with concern. "Sara, I have to ask…" He looked at Sara. "Is it going to start up again?"
"Is what going to start up again?"
"The strange cases." He nodded to her wrist. "I don't know what it had to do with anything, but since you stopped wearing that bracelet, the strange crimes seemed to have stopped." His stare was sharp. "I just need to know if they are going to start up again."
"I don't know Danny." She could see the disbelief in his eyes. "I swear I don't know, but it is a possibility." He nodded and looked at Dianna again.
"If they do, I need you to promise me something Sara." He waited till she looked back at him. "I need you to promise me that that you will come to me."
"And do what Danny? Tell you there is this demon or this evil maniac…"
"Sara…please, at least I am in a position now to keep most of the heat off you, off all of you." He paused to let his words sink in. "I don't know why they happened, and what your involvement was, but don't think I was fooled by every excuse you gave me. I knew something was going on, and I knew that you were involved. I had a hard time covering for you back then. Maybe I can do more now." He could see the surprise in her eyes. "I never said anything, but I knew…"
"Danny, I'm sorry." She looked down for a moment then back at him. "I promise I will let you know as much as I can." She could tell he wasn't happy with the answer. "Look, Danny, I didn't tell you back then because I didn't want to put you in danger. I still don't want to, if I don't have too."
"And what about Mija."
"What about her?" Sara snapped.
"She is with the four of you all the time. Sara she tells me about what you are doing. Teaching Dianna how to fight, and Gabriel. She said you also spend a lot of time behind locked doors with Dianna."
"Danny, if I think for a second something would happen to Mija, I would…Danny, I would give my life for her." Sara didn't blink as she spoke. "I care deeply for that girl. I promise if things start getting too crazy, I'll talk to Gabriel about it."
"I guess that will have too do." He signed deeply and ran his fingers through his hair. "Pez, I'm sorry."
"Danny, you are only doing your job." She smiled and touched him lightly. "Don't worry about it. I promise, I'll keep you as informed as possible." Looking back at Dianna who seemed to be stirring, she patted Danny. "I have to get back to her."
"I understand." He looked at Dianna, then at Sara. "Take care of her, and yourself." Sara watched sadly as he walked away then turned and crouched next to Dianna again.
"Dianna?" She whispered as she saw the woman slowly open her eyes. "You okay honey?"
"Yeah." Dianna's voice cracked a bit. "Just give me a minute." She rubbed her eyes and stretched her neck forward. "I saw where she is Sara. Do I tell Danny?"
"What did you see?" Sara urged her on.
"I know exactly where to go. He has her in an old warehouse…I think…" She stumbled for words.
"Take your time baby." Sara waited.
"Sara, he's going to hurt her, kill her." Dianna's eyes widened with tears. "He is keeping her drugged right now, but what he plans on doing to that poor child…"
"Gabriel?" Sara called and waited till both men neared. "Gabriel, I think you need to get Dianna out of here. I will take care of the police and the parents." She motioned for Danny to come back to her as Gabriel and Ian began to help Dianna up and start out of the room. "Danny, I might have some information for you."
"Where's she going?" Danny watched with concern as the men flanked the still shaky woman. "Is she going to be all right?"
"Yeah, she's fine. Hazards of being psychic I guess. They're taking her back to Gabriel's to rest." She watched till the three were out of the room then turned back to Danny. "It's not much, but I'll tell you what she saw."
"Then she did pick up on something." Danny didn't look surprised as he pulled out a pad and pen.
"Yeah, she did." With care, Sara began to tell Danny as much as she dared, not really lying but making sure that he would not find the man before Dianna did. Danny wrote furiously and when Sara was finished, simply looked at his old partner. "That's it."
"Somehow I don't believe that's all." His eyes bore into her. "But, I know it is all you can give me at the moment." He pocketed the information and smiled. "You take care now. If you need anything, let me know. I'll help as much as I can. That is a promise I will keep Sara." He turned to go but stopped and faced her with a grin. "Maybe one day, I'll get to hear all about that bracelet and how it ended up on Dianna's arm." He could see the shock on Sara's face and wanted to laugh. "Sara, I said I wasn't stupid. It's changed but I know that it's the same."
"But how?"
"Don't know. Somehow, for some reason, I'm connected to it as much as you, Ian or Gabriel are." Waving slightly, he turned back and joined several uniformed officers.
"I'll be damned." Sara stood open mouthed for a moment then shook her head before heading out to follow Dianna and the men.
Dianna had been overwhelmed the moment she entered the girl's bedroom. Gabriel had to hold on to her as she began to sway.
"Honey, are you okay?" He whispered in her ear. "Is it too much for you?"
"I'll be fine." She answered slowly as she regained her bearings and smiled at him. "I just wasn't expecting it, that's all." Taking a deep, calming breath, she waved off Gabriel and began to walk around the room, touching things softly and staring a pictures and stuffed animals. As she reached for a book, she noticed the bracelet start to pulsate. Looking up at Gabriel and seeing he hadn't noticed, she lowered her arm and moved to another part of the room. There she looked at the stone and whispered angrily. "If you're going to show me something, show me."
As the words left her lips, she felt herself being drug to another realm. She took a deep breath and moved to a chair before she fell.
"Sara, something is happening." Ian spoke softly to Sara who nodded and made her way to the younger woman. "Gabriel, would you come here for a moment." Ian motioned and was relieved when the man moved toward him.
"Something's going on, isn't it Ian." He sounded scared as he looked at Dianna with his arms crossed. "She's seeing something."
"I believe so. We must be patient." He nodded in the direction where Sara, now next to Dianna, had crouched down, and began whispering. "Let Sara guide her. We will wait."
"I hate waiting Ian. Especially when it comes to her." His voice was a low growl.
"I know." Ian sounded sad as he touched the other on the shoulder.
"Dianna, can you here me?" Sara whispered and let out a sigh as the younger woman nodded. "Don't fight it honey, just let it take you where you need to go, see what it wants you to see." She reached out and touched Dianna's hand softly. "I'll be right here when you return." She stood and noticed Danny coming toward her. Glancing once more at Dianna, Sara intercepted her old partner. "She's all right Danny, just give her a minute."
"You sure?" He looked at the woman sitting with concern. "Sara, I have to ask…" He looked at Sara. "Is it going to start up again?"
"Is what going to start up again?"
"The strange cases." He nodded to her wrist. "I don't know what it had to do with anything, but since you stopped wearing that bracelet, the strange crimes seemed to have stopped." His stare was sharp. "I just need to know if they are going to start up again."
"I don't know Danny." She could see the disbelief in his eyes. "I swear I don't know, but it is a possibility." He nodded and looked at Dianna again.
"If they do, I need you to promise me something Sara." He waited till she looked back at him. "I need you to promise me that that you will come to me."
"And do what Danny? Tell you there is this demon or this evil maniac…"
"Sara…please, at least I am in a position now to keep most of the heat off you, off all of you." He paused to let his words sink in. "I don't know why they happened, and what your involvement was, but don't think I was fooled by every excuse you gave me. I knew something was going on, and I knew that you were involved. I had a hard time covering for you back then. Maybe I can do more now." He could see the surprise in her eyes. "I never said anything, but I knew…"
"Danny, I'm sorry." She looked down for a moment then back at him. "I promise I will let you know as much as I can." She could tell he wasn't happy with the answer. "Look, Danny, I didn't tell you back then because I didn't want to put you in danger. I still don't want to, if I don't have too."
"And what about Mija."
"What about her?" Sara snapped.
"She is with the four of you all the time. Sara she tells me about what you are doing. Teaching Dianna how to fight, and Gabriel. She said you also spend a lot of time behind locked doors with Dianna."
"Danny, if I think for a second something would happen to Mija, I would…Danny, I would give my life for her." Sara didn't blink as she spoke. "I care deeply for that girl. I promise if things start getting too crazy, I'll talk to Gabriel about it."
"I guess that will have too do." He signed deeply and ran his fingers through his hair. "Pez, I'm sorry."
"Danny, you are only doing your job." She smiled and touched him lightly. "Don't worry about it. I promise, I'll keep you as informed as possible." Looking back at Dianna who seemed to be stirring, she patted Danny. "I have to get back to her."
"I understand." He looked at Dianna, then at Sara. "Take care of her, and yourself." Sara watched sadly as he walked away then turned and crouched next to Dianna again.
"Dianna?" She whispered as she saw the woman slowly open her eyes. "You okay honey?"
"Yeah." Dianna's voice cracked a bit. "Just give me a minute." She rubbed her eyes and stretched her neck forward. "I saw where she is Sara. Do I tell Danny?"
"What did you see?" Sara urged her on.
"I know exactly where to go. He has her in an old warehouse…I think…" She stumbled for words.
"Take your time baby." Sara waited.
"Sara, he's going to hurt her, kill her." Dianna's eyes widened with tears. "He is keeping her drugged right now, but what he plans on doing to that poor child…"
"Gabriel?" Sara called and waited till both men neared. "Gabriel, I think you need to get Dianna out of here. I will take care of the police and the parents." She motioned for Danny to come back to her as Gabriel and Ian began to help Dianna up and start out of the room. "Danny, I might have some information for you."
"Where's she going?" Danny watched with concern as the men flanked the still shaky woman. "Is she going to be all right?"
"Yeah, she's fine. Hazards of being psychic I guess. They're taking her back to Gabriel's to rest." She watched till the three were out of the room then turned back to Danny. "It's not much, but I'll tell you what she saw."
"Then she did pick up on something." Danny didn't look surprised as he pulled out a pad and pen.
"Yeah, she did." With care, Sara began to tell Danny as much as she dared, not really lying but making sure that he would not find the man before Dianna did. Danny wrote furiously and when Sara was finished, simply looked at his old partner. "That's it."
"Somehow I don't believe that's all." His eyes bore into her. "But, I know it is all you can give me at the moment." He pocketed the information and smiled. "You take care now. If you need anything, let me know. I'll help as much as I can. That is a promise I will keep Sara." He turned to go but stopped and faced her with a grin. "Maybe one day, I'll get to hear all about that bracelet and how it ended up on Dianna's arm." He could see the shock on Sara's face and wanted to laugh. "Sara, I said I wasn't stupid. It's changed but I know that it's the same."
"But how?"
"Don't know. Somehow, for some reason, I'm connected to it as much as you, Ian or Gabriel are." Waving slightly, he turned back and joined several uniformed officers.
"I'll be damned." Sara stood open mouthed for a moment then shook her head before heading out to follow Dianna and the men.