A/N: Sara and Gabriel have taken their relationship to the next level. It was bound to happen sooner or later so be adult about it and don't flame me!

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Sara woke to the sound of the snow plows and rolled over to switch on her bedside lamp but couldn't find it. Swearing sleepily she sat up and reached again only to find nothing, again.

The air in the room was bitter and within seconds Sara found herself hurrying to slide back beneath the warmth of the thick blankets. Pulling the the soft material over her head Sara curled her legs under her body and froze when the blankets moved on their own.

"what are you doing?" came a sleeply voice from not so far away, "You're stealing all the warmth."

Sara nearly laughed when she realized that it was Gabriel speaking and that she was in his bed.

'That's why the lamp wasn't there.' she mused as Gabriel moved closer to her.

"Sorry." she smiled as she smoothed down the t-shirt she was wearing, "I forgot where I was."

"It happens." he yawned and wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her closer, "We lost power awhile ago."

"How do you know?" she ran a hand up his bare back and laughed when Gabriel squirmed.

"That tickles." he protested, "I know because I woke up when the t.v. went off."

"It was on?" Sara asked snuggling into his embrace.

"Yeah." Gabriel laughed as he ran his finger tips down her thigh, "I guess you didn't notice."

"I guess not."

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"You're late." Danny greeted Sara by the door to their office.

"Of course I'm late. There's no power which means no hot water, no coffee, no alarm and no lights." Sara sighed thinking of the time it had taken both her and Gabriel to find all of her clothing.

"At least we have a back up source here." Danny grinned and handed his partner a large coffee.

"There is a God." Sara laughed but in her mind she added, 'A Goddess'.

"Where were you?" Danny asked he sat at his desk, "I tried to get a hold of you last night."

"I was at Gabriel's." Sara took her own seat and looked up over at her partner as she asked, "Why didn't you try my cell?"

"Because I thought you'd be at Gabriel's." Danny smirked, "So when did you get home to hear my message?"

"I didn't." Sara cleared her throat before taking a sip of coffee, "I stayed at his place and ended up wearing one of his old t-shirts when I realized that I didn't have time to go home." Sara opened her jacket to reveal a faded green shirt with gray lettering that could hardly be made out above a picture of a guitar.

"Nice." Danny laughed.

"It was this or the shirt I wore yesterday."

"Are those the pants you wore yesterday?" Danny was enjoyimg this.

"Yup." Sara began flipping through a file that she had found open on her desk.

"Too bad he didn't have any pants for you to wear."

"Why, so you could get a kick out of me walking around in my boyfriends clothes?" Sara laughed as Jake entered the office with their breakfast, 3 plain bagels and strawberry cream cheese.

"I don't want to know." Jake shook his head as he handed out the food.

"Pez spent the night at Gabriel's and she's wearing her jeans from yesterday and one of his shirts." Danny dodged the mini container of cream cheese Sara threw at him but just barely.

"No biggy." Jake shrugged as he fetched Sara's strawberry cream from behind Danny's chair and tossed it back to her, "We've all had to do it at some point or another."

Sara cracked up as a mental picture of Jake in a woman's way too small frilly shirt floated to mind.

Danny and Jake just exchanged looks as she tried to calm down.

"I'll tell you later." she said as she set to work loading cream cheese on her bagel with a grin still paying across her lips.

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Things stayed quiet at the station and Sara found that she was able to get lost in thought without worrying about some one noticing. Everyone was too busy trying to keep themselves occupied to noice that Sara had been staring blankly at the same folder for 20 minutes.

'I haven't heard any voices.' Sara thought as she twirled her pen between her fingers, 'Thank God, and I had time to sit with Gabriel and talk about the whole "Travis" thing. He took it all pretty well.....I wonder how he's doing without heat or his computer?' that thought caused a grin to push it's way through her blank mask, 'He's probably rearanged the furniture in his boredom....If everything happens for some reason or another, then why doesn't he remember the time I first had the Witchblade?' she looked down thinking of the 'life' that she had had originally, one without Danny and one where Kenneth Irons still lived to cause her trouble.

Of course she didn't remember it all but she did remember Gabriel and how he was always there.

'Just like now.' Sara shifted the papers on her desk before stuffing them all in one folder, 'Gah! I can't concentrate!'

Looking up she saw her captain, Dante standing in the door way.

"Something wrong, Petz-ini?" he asked causing Danny and Jake to both look up from their own paper work.

"I just can't concentrate, Sir." Sara admitted.

"Really? Huh." Dante motioned for Sara to follow him as he turned and headed for his own office.

Sara sat in the chair he pointed to as he closed the door behind them.

"Are you well, Petz-ini?" he asked, "I heard that you had dizzy spell not too long ago."

"I'm fine, Captain. Just a bit distracted." Sara smiled at the thought of Gabriel's expression when she told him of her day.

Dante seemed a bit caught off guard by Sara's pleasent smile and nature but quickly gained control of the situation and asked, "Has anything changed in your life that could be bothering you, causing you to be distracted?"

"No, sir." Sara put her poker face back on, not wanting to talk about her personal life with the annoying man that stood before her, "Everything is fine."

"Good. I'd hate for you to be upset, it might make you slow in reacting in your job. I wouldn't want to see you get hurt out there because your head wasn't there in the moment." he smirked and waved his hand towards the door, dismissing her.

"That won't happen, Sir." Sara said as she stood, "I'll make sure of that."

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Gabriel paced the length of his store. Something was wrong and he couldn't figure it out. The power had come back on around noon and he had been hoping that Sara would stop by or call but she never did.

'I hope she's ok?' he thought as he picked up the phone for millionth time and set it back down for the million and first.

Just as the Gabriel turned to resume his pacing the phone rang.

It was Sara. She was finishing up some paper work and then she'd be by.

"Be carefull, ok?" he said before she hung up, "I have a weird feeling that won't go away."

"Thanks." he could hear the smile in her voice, "I will."

Placing the phone on the table Gabriel let a string of swears in numerous languages fly when he came face to face with Ian Knottingham.

"You could give a person some warning! You scared the shit out of me!"

"My apologies, Gabriel." the man in black smiled slightly at the younger man's out burst, "I came to warn you."

"Oh, is that all?" Gabriel asked sarcasticly, "Do you ever bring good news?"

"Those who took Travis from Joan are looking to do the same again. " Ian glanced around the shop before his eyes settled back on Gabriel's pale face, "They are out to break the Wielder."

"Do they know it's Sara?" he asked quietly.

"Not yet." Ian took pity on the young man and dropped the riddles, "They are in the process of locating the Wielder. Once they find her they will find her Guide. Keep your eyes open, my friend." Ian turned to leave but paused to look back at Gabriel who was staring down at the floor.

"I don't want to fail her." Gabriel said to the floor, "I love her. I won't leave her on her own again." hazle eyes rose to meet dark ones.

"I will help in every way I can."

"Thank you." Gabriel sighed, "One more thing, will I be able to see this enemy?"

"I have yet to acquire that knowledge." Ian stated and he watched as Gabriel nodded, eyes once again on the floor, "But I will inform you as soon as I know something for we are both working towards the same goal, to keep Lady Sara safe."

"Is she safe for now?"

"For now?...Yes." Ian watched Gabriel and saw the young man as he had been in every other life , "Be at ease. You have remained by her side for many lives, whether you die or live in the battle to come is already written in the stars. You can't change the way things happened in the past no more than you can predict the outcome of the events in this life."

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A/N: 'Everthing is connected...' ^_^ You didn't really think that things would be happily ever after, now did you?

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