Micheal's inhuman eyes were wide with his excitement, and an evil grin twisted his features more and more.  The sizzling hiss of his touch on Gabrielle's skin continued until he finally pulled his hands away, but the thick blackness emanating from him held her still.  Two large handprints had been seared into her upper arms, just beneath the shoulder.  Michael roared with laughter.<br/><br/>"It doesn't matter, Angel.  Not even to Him," he chided in a mock-playful tone.  He ran his fingers lightly along the line of the marks he had given her and continued.  "See?  The darkness can touch you.  It can hold you.  There is no escape, no deliverance."  His touch moved higher over the curve of her shoulders, coming together near her neck and taking hold of the sheer material that crossed about her neck.  The material singed slightly.  "You are mine, now."<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Gabriel's muscles tensed, and he sprang to his feet, tail whicking side to side behind him.<em>Tail...?</em>It wasn't his tail, after all... He didn't even have any muscles, for that matter.  He was truly within her now, inside of Rebekah's mind and body.  He boggled at the thought as she bolted down the hall, trying so desperately to get away from him, when he was always right there with her.  He could feel her body, working like mad to carry her as fast she could go.  He could feel her fear, hear her voice.<em>Out out out out out out...</em><br/><br/>Gabriel watched everything as she darted down the hallways, turning into a massive bedroom and going straight to the door on the far wall.  He knew before she even opened it; it was the ballroom.  Gabe knew this section of the Winchester House better than any of them, and she was done.  She would never find her way out.  He laughed uproariously, a sound that echoed only in Rebekah's thoughts as she sank to her knees.<br/><br/>Her tears felt immensely satisfying to Gabriel, knowing that she knew very well how futile it was to fight any longer.  But did she know just how close he was?<em>Oh, it's alright, little kitten.  You're safe now,</em>he comforted her soothingly in their thoughts.<em>Go curl up on the bed; you need some rest...</em>