Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:20:22 -0800 (PST) From: Jason Decade Subject: Charming the Halliwells 27 All rights to the Halliwells and Charmed go to The Wb and Aaron Spelling. This is a spin-off of his creation, of which we're all thankful for. please do not plagiarize or anything. LOVE YA Chapter 27: Skirmish Pahras was out of his mind and everyone knew it. While almost everyone was powerless, Chris and Paige still had their powers and were scrying for him. Nothing had turned up yet though. "You guys, this is crazy, we're waiting for him to pick us off." Melinda said, finally able to walk around. "We need someone else with powers." Paige said. "What about Billie?" Phoebe asked. "That wasn't him." Piper said out of nowhere. "What?" Leo said as everyone turned to her. Piper looked disconnected, " Leo, that wasn't him. He's...Some of the things he said." she said softly. "I know. And that's why we don't have time." Leo said. "What'd he say?" Wyatt asked. Piper relayed what he said to them and they all looked around, no one as stunned as any other. "We need to hurry, Chris and Wyatt, we need you to find him." Phoebe said, " Melinda and Paige, you need to get Billie. We're talking insta-spells, okay? The rest of us will search the books for answers." "You have to hurry." a voice said. They all looked around to see the Elders, four of them, standing on the other side of the attic. "Hello Charmed Ones." One of the Elders, a middle-aged blonde woman said. "Hello, Sandra." Leo said. "Hello, Leo." she smiled. - - - - - - - - - - Spencer was at home, talking to his office on the phone when he felt a slight tremble. Spencer was trying to negotiate his newest story, Pahras Summers and his new 'family'. Suddenly, there was a lurch in the office! "Uh, Mike, I've gotta call you back." Spencer said, walking to the door, " Yeah, I'll have the story to you...he's here, I found him, but..." Suddenly his phone slammed against the wall and into pices scattered across the floor. "Poor phone. It never had a chance." I said, appearing from nowhere. Spencer looked around, " Geez, how'd you get in here?" he asked, looking around. I smirked, " Oh come on, you love it that I'm here...you've been looking for me for how long now?" I asked "Six months." Spencer said, giving me the look over, " You look...scary. Pretty scary, you love Halloween in January?" "Awww, that hurt my feelings." I smirked. "I'm surprised to see you here without your protectors." Spencer said. I frowned, then smirked, " I'm pretty much my own protector now." I said quickly. I felt his eyes on me, " You like me? You still want me? That's sweet. I mean, you're gonna die, better that it's by someone you like." "Die?" Spencer said, moving backwards, " You're going to kill me?" "I planned on it, now I'm thinking you'd make a nice toy." I smirked. "Drake." Spencer said. "Sorry, you got the wrong guy...am I still a guy? With all this power, technically, I'm a being." I said, giving a slight nod. Spencer moved back. "Halloween. You like Halloween, right? Hocus Pocus!" I said, sending a wave of energy that knocked him backwards! "Direct abuse of your powers." Someone said behind me. I turned with a wicked smirk, " Guys in robes. Holier than thou attitude. Elders? i thought you be taller, now old...you've got that down." I spat, " You wanna see abuse?" "You have to calm down." A caucasian, blonde woman said to me. "Oh, I'm calm. Just riding the wave." I said, waving my hands through the air, " Do I scare you?" "No. You annoy us at the moment." A taller, caucasian man said. I chuckled, " I need a power-up. All this mojo makes me a little ragged, you know...of course you don't. So, come giving us a little kiss." I said, slowly walking towards them. They had a concentrated look their faces, as if they were trying really hard. "Do you like my little spell? Didn't even have to wave my hands, it's just an expression." I said, moving closer. "This is not your destiny. This could cost you your humanity!' the tiny, blonde woman squeaked. I chuckled as I closed my eyes, then opened them again to reveal the deep black eyes, " Bill me." I said, stopping in front of them, " You're not who you presented yourself...naughty naughty." I said, wiggling my finger. Before I could say or do anything I flew backwards and smashed against the wall! I looked up to see them transform into Chris, Paige, and Melinda. I sighed and rose to my feet magically. "Nice trick. INNOCENT!" Chris yelled, calling Spencer. "NIX!" I said, causing Spencer to fall to the floor, " My innocent. You guys are pesky...you know that?" "Pesky? Saving people's lives is pesky? Who are you?" Paige asked. "Someone who doesn't care." I said, making a pouty face, " This is al that's left? The little, powerless brother, his slutty little sister, and his old bag of an aunt?" "I'm only thirty...twenty eight." Paige shouted, " Innocent!" "Drake!" Chris shouted and I flew against the wall again, this time, hovering in the air, " Let's go!" he shouted, leading them from the room. I landed to the floor and shrieked louder than any banshee could shriek, then I saw the clock, " Twelve o'clock." I said quickly. Then there was a flash of my mother, she was in the hospital bed, then she was coughing up blood and I was crying, " I've gotta get a power-up." I said, disappearing from the room. - - - - - - - - - - Piper and Phoebe stood, looking at the book. The air was thick with fear and tension. This was the realest threat they'd face so far, not because of how much power he had, though that was truly a factor, but because of who it was. Who would have thought that he'd be the one on a rampage? Piper lashed out at herself! She knew leaving the boys' powers unchecked would be a bad idea, but why hadn't she done something more?! Why hadn't she pushed them?! "It's not your fault." Phoebe said. Piper looked up at her, " Wha...Oh, Phoebe, I think it is. Are any of your kids trying to rip us to shreds?" she asked. "None of my kids are out of high school yet, plus they aren't the main Charmed Ones." Phoebe said, " And as much as I loved being Charmed, I rather they have power and fight evil and not be Charmed. To watch your kids be Charmed has to be-" "...Gut-wrenching. I just keep wondering who's the next Prue." Piper sniffled, " Phoebe, I'm so proud of them, but how are we going to get to the future we were promised? My grandchildren? My son and...my adopted son's children. Then my other son left his fiancee...What if they..." "They won't." Phoebe said, comforting her. "How do you know." Piper asked. "Cause I will not let him." Wyatt said, causing both sisters to turn to him. He looked horrible. It was an awful thing for a witch to have his or her powers taken. It was like an unfinished puzzle, " I love him and I'm not gonna let it happen like this." "Oh Wyatt." Piper said, running to him and hugging him. Just then, Chris and the gang orbed in with Spencer, who was unconscious. "Thank god!" Piper said, hugging them immediately. - - - - - - - - - - There was an explosion as Billie flew through a door and landed on the floor, huddled up as if she were dead. "Cheer up, sweetie," I said, bursting through the hole in which the blonde had just flown, " Your powers are going to good use. Better use. You'll be famous. Plus, you won't feel a thing." I lied. "Get away from her!" Her husband, Agent Murphy said, firing his gun. I froze the bullets and turned them on him, " Whatever happened to slingshots?" I asked. Before the bullets hit him, a thick shield rose around him. I around to see Billie, half alive, holding her hand up, " Hey! Wait your turn." I said, placing my hand on her chest and absorbing her powers. Billie fell to the floor and I smiled as I turned to walk away, but in my way, a swirl of orbs brought a familiar face. "Pahras." Kyle said quickly. I smirked, " Finally, someone who gets me. What're you doing here? I thought you...well, hadn't really cared." I smirked. "You have to stop now." Kyle said. "Stop I'm just getting started." I said, looking into the mirror. Before, where my eyes were only black when I did magic, they were fully black. The whole eye was black and veins had began to grow on my face and my hair had began to sprout wildly over my head. "I'm here to help you." Kyle said. "Yeah, about that," I smirked, " I have plans so, maybe later." I said, walking away. "I know what this is." Kyle said loudly, but I didn't stop, " This is about your mother! And Talik!" he said, making me stop. I turned to him, " Shut...your...mouth." I growled. "You..." Kyle started. "To everyone's ears, bring them new of their worst fears." I chanted, " Attention, all annoying people. I'm fine, good. Better than that. Can't describe it. You can't stop me. This world...my world, is mine. Hence, my world." I said, squinting my eyes and causing Kyle to fly out of the window. - - - - - - - - - - "Anybody else hear that?" Leo asked, running to the attic. "The decree of oh master crazy? Yeah, we heard." Melinda sighed. Wyatt took his head out of his hands, " What are we going to do?" he asked. "What can we do?" Melinda asked. "Fight him." Paige said from the book. "No!" Chris and Wyatt said, looking at each other. "Then what?" Paige asked, " We at least need to be Defensive." "I need to get closer to him." Wyatt said. "Whatever we do, we need to hurry." Phoebe said, gazing out of the window. "Why?" Piper asked. "Because, things just got a whole lot worse!" Phoebe said, pointing at something through the window. Outside, there was pure darkness. "It's four o'clock in the afternoon!" Piper shouted. "I know!" Phoebe said. At that very moment, Kyle orbed in carrying Billie. "Billie!" Paige said, running to them, " Kyle, what happened?! Oh my gosh, you're bleeding and your clot..." she stopped, immediately knowing. "What's he doing? Why is he doing this?" Phoebe asked. "What?" Piper asked. "Well, there's gotta be some reason he's doing this?" Phoebe said. "Look at the calender. What happened today?" Kyle asked. The sisters walked to the calender and all individually gasped. "But what's he gonna do?" Piper asked. "What is it?" Wyatt asked, looking at the calender. "He's resurrecting her." Leo answered. "Who?!" Chris shouted. "His mother." Peter said, shimmering in. "Can he do that?" Chris asked in shock. "All that power in one person, yes, he is no longer limited." Kyle said. "Is that why the Elders scurried away with their tales up their a...." Wyatt began. "Wyatt!" Piper said, turning to Kyle, " What can we do?" "By bringing his mother back, he will upset the balance, undo a destiny and rip her out of death. It breaks down all realities...there will be no more." Kyle explained, " Only alchemist have that kind of powers, they bring people back. What Pahras is doing will rip her out and it's not like Buffy, who knows what effects it could have on everything." "I'm thinking this is more of a Charmed thing." Peter said. Paige sneered, " It's a family thing." she said angrily. "God, I miss this family." Peter smirked. - - - - - - - - - - - I stood at the cemetary, looking directly at my mother's grave and thoughts ran through my head. They all think I'm weak, but I've handled my mother's death, Talik's death....my death and I've dealt with them. I may not have had the power Wyatt had, but I brought something else to our little team, hope. Hearing him say that to me, on the day that I lost her was just the final straw. "Powers of the all...oh, screw it. Old, wrinkly forces, bring her back now! I don't have much time until they get here, so speed this shit up!" I yelled into the cemetary, causing lightning to shatter through the ground and thunder quaked in the sky! It swirled above me and I could feel something move over the cemetary, it spoke to me. Then we were interrupted/ "Son." Peter said quietly behind me. I turned to see Peter, " Hey, it's Pete!' I said, blowing him backwards, " Now it's not." "Dra...Pahras." Wyatt said, appearing from nowhere. "Wyatt, leave!" I said angrily. "Only if you leave with me. We need you. If you bring her back, she won't have a place here." Wyatt said, " That and the world will end." "LIAR!" I frowned. "He's not lying. We don't know how hard it is, but share it with us." Chris said quickly. "If you bring her back, it'll be unbearable for her." Wyatt said. "And you love her too much to do that, I know you do." Chris said. "And I'm sorry." Wyatt said. "What?" I asked. "Sorry, that's me. That's what I am." Wyatt said, grabbing my hand, " I don't think you're weak. You're the strongest person I've ever met. I love you." I felt the darkness melt. "Come home." Chris said. "I call upon my witchly powers, in this time and in this hour, send back all the powers that I took," I said causing shimmering lights to fly out of me and I fell to the ground, crying, " I couldn't save her. The one thing that I should have been able to do." "She protected you." Chris said, joining our hug and looking up at Piper, " That's what they're supposed to do." he smiled. "She loves you." Wyatt said. "And I love her." I said quickly. "Lucky her." Peter said, rubbing his head. "You're a pretty lucky guy." I smiled, walking with them out of the cemetary. - - - - - - - - - - If you liked it, let me know and I'll start on the next one.