J anu ary ▁ 1 9 9 5 ). ▁She ▁had ▁wanted ▁nothing ▁more ▁in ▁her ▁life ▁than ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁good ▁cop . ▁As ▁a ▁hom ic ide ▁detect ive ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁life ▁was ▁challeng ing ▁enough , ▁but ▁for ▁S ara , ▁those ▁were ▁simpler ▁times . ▁While ▁on ▁an ▁under cover ▁case ▁at ▁the ▁R ial to ▁Theater , ▁both ▁she ▁and ▁her ▁partner , ▁Michael ▁Y ee ▁( named ▁D anny ▁W oo ▁in ▁the ▁TV ▁series ), ▁were ▁mort ally ▁wounded . ▁At ▁this ▁same ▁the ater ▁was ▁a ▁man ▁named ▁Kenneth ▁Ir ons , ▁who ▁had ▁brought ▁a ▁ga unt let ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁W itch bla de . ▁Ir ons ▁was ▁in ▁search ▁of ▁the ▁secre ts ▁to ▁un lock ing ▁his ▁full ▁power ▁and ▁ability . ▁ ▁While ▁S ara ▁lay ▁dying , ▁the ▁W itch bla de ▁made ▁his ▁choice ▁to ▁include ▁her ▁in ▁the ▁long ▁line ▁of ▁women ▁that ▁he ▁has ▁shared ▁his ▁power ▁with . ▁The ▁entity ▁he aled ▁S ara ' s ▁w ounds ▁and ▁allowed ▁her ▁to ▁surv ive ▁the ▁resulting ▁confront ation . ▁Since ▁then , ▁she ▁has ▁seen ▁many ▁things ▁she ▁never ▁knew ▁existed , ▁fought ▁cre atures ▁that ▁have ▁no ▁place ▁on ▁Earth , ▁and ▁long ed ▁for ▁the ▁days ▁of ▁a ▁typical ▁NY PD ▁detect ive . ▁But ▁she ▁continues ▁her ▁struggle ▁with ▁the ▁W itch bla de , ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁she ▁can ▁do ▁more ▁good ▁with ▁the ▁entity ▁than ▁without .