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.
Chapter 6: Where it came from...
I cleaned up the house, putting things back where they go and throwing broken things away. Kyle helped. I guess it was the whole "Whitelighter" thing in him, but he stayed until the place looked halfway decent. I smiled at the hard work, trying to call Wyatt.
" Um, shouldn't you try the phone?" Kyle asked, staring at me.
" No, he's half whitelighter and...wait...you're my whitelighter, not him." I said in realization.
Kyle chuckled and moved forward, " Wyatt was never meant to be a whitelighter. He was more of a witch type, now Chris is the whitelighter. Wyatt lost the "Connection" when he became Charmed. He cannot hear you." Kyle explained. I was about to ask why that changed, but I was interrupted by the orbs swirling in front of me.
" Hey, something weird is...going on, what happened here?" Wyatt asked in confusion.
I sighed, " It's okay. Danger over, or at least for now. You were right! Talik is going to become the source and I'm not sure if he was trying to kill me or what, but he was here." I said, rolling my neck.
" Are you okay?" Wyatt asked, concern written all over his face.
I nodded, " Yeah. I'm fine, but I know what's wrong with your ability to feel me as a charge. We have a new whitelighter." I said, turning to Kyle, " Wyatt Halliwell, this is Kyle Brody." I said, introducing them.
A look of realization swept over Wyatt's face and he shook Kyle's hand, " so, you're inspector Brody? Nice to meet you." Wyatt said, still surveying the room, then finding my eyes, " Book of Shadows?"
I nodded, " Book of Shadows. and we need to call Chris, after all, he is part of this." I said, walking away from him.
" What about the rest of this?" Kyle asked, broom in hand.
I turned back and uttered, " Let the object of objection become but a dream as I cause the scene to be unseen." I said, causing the room to go back to the way it looked before.
" What about..." Kyle began.
"...personal gain? Screw it, I'm not on the clock." I said, walking out the door, Kyle and Wyatt close behind me.
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Piper, Phoebe, and Paige were in the attic, looking through the Book of Shadows when they heard the floor creak and stopped.
" Did you guys hear that?" Phoebe asked, peeking at the door.
Paige looked up at her, " Yeah," she said quickly, " Just like old times."
Piper chortled, " yeah. Old times. I just hope there is no pain in this vanquish." she grimaced.
" Ha, who are you kidding?" Paige said in anticipation.
" Who are we facing this time? We are totally unprepared." Phoebe sighed in exasperation.
" No, we're not." I said, walking into the room with Wyatt, Chris, and Kyle, " We're facing the demon's son."
Their eyes went, not to me, but straight to Kyle.
" Kyle?!" Paige said, running to him, " I can't believe it! How are you?" she asked, hugging him.
" Dead," he chuckled, " but good. I'm their new..."
" Whitelighter." Wyatt said, watching the Sister's faces change.
" I was wondering who they were going to get, but I never thought..." Paige said in shock.
Piper sat down on the nearest couch, " Oh my gosh. They are really Charmed and in real danger. Why my babies?" she said with utter concern dripping from her words.
I poked Wyatt, " Go talk to her." I urged.
He nodded and kneeled beside her, " Mom. we learned from the best and we'll be okay because you, and Aunt Paige, and Aunt Phoebe showed us so much." Wyatt said, comforting her.
I smiled and turned to Kyle, " He's not supposed to be a whitelighter?" I smirked.
Kyle shrugged," He is his father's son." he smiled.
Out of nowhere, six demons shimmered in and one immediately knocked Kyle across the room, crashing into an armoire! We all took one and I froze the room in time to see two demons materialize and grab Piper!
" Piper!" I shouted from across the room and I stopped as I felt an arm on the back of my shoulder and suddenly I was flying across the room and I smashed into the potions table hit the floor!
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" The question is not who took her, but where they took her." Wyatt said frantically, his voice angry.
" We can scry. Just calm down." Phoebe said.
Paige huffed, " Calm down! Piper has just been kidnaped and we have no idea where she is!" she said angrily.
Chris walked to the book, " Maybe Drake knows. I mean he was close with Talik...right? I'm guessing here." he said innocently.
Wyatt just stared, then spoke, " I'm not sure they were that close, but it's worth a try." he said.
I stirred, my head feeling like I had just been beaten with a lead pipe. I felt very dizzy and disoriented but I still spoke, " You don't have to ask. I have no idea where he is, I never got the chance to hang out with him that much, remember." I said, sitting up.
Phoebe walked over to the remains of the table and pulled a map and a scrying crystal from the rubble." Don't freak out just yet." She said, waving the crystal over the map.
" What if this doesn't work?" Paige asked nervously.
Phoebe shook her head, " Don't say that. It has to work." she said, watching the crystal swirl.
I stumbled over to the book and flipped through the pages, " Maybe we can use the 'to find a lost sister' spell. You've done it before to send yourself to her." I said, writing down the spell.
" How do we know that it'll work?" Chris asked skeptically.
" This was a trap from the start, but why?" Wyatt asked.
" Besides the fact that we're the almighty Charmed Ones? They don't need another excuse." Chris said impatiently.
I thought about it for a minute, then I spoke, " Me. All this time he's getting closer to me and he wants...me." I said slowly.
They all looked at each other carefully, trying to think of something to say, then Wyatt spoke, " That's not gonna happen! We're going to get through this without losing anyone. We're the Charmed Ones and we'll do it together." he said in frustration.
" Yeah. We couldn't let you do that. Caly would be pissed." Phoebe said sternly.
I nodded, " That's all good and well, but I'm already gone. I'll read the spell and you guys can come with a strategy. Talik has a good one and I'm not sure there's a plan. I'm gonna need you to come with one." I said, ignoring Wyatt's stone face.
" NO! No.No.No. Not gonna happen." Wyatt shouted.
I smiled at Phoebe and she got the hint, " Uh, Kyle, Chris, Paige I think we need to go downstairs and get the ingredients from the...uh...thing." she said, ushering them out of the room.
I nodded to thank her, then turned to Wyatt, " Wyatt. Piper's there and if I go in, there's a chance he won't me. If you and Chris go with me, we might no have a chance." I pleaded.
" I just don't want you to get hurt." Wyatt frowned.
I smiled, " I won't. He doesn't even know I was dumping him yet." I said reassuringly.
Wyatt's face turned sour, " You haven't told him?" he asked angrily.
" No, I was busy getting slammed around my house! I just talked to you last night besides what about..." I said slowly. Just then Wyatt's phone ran and he slid it out of his pocket and looked at the screen. I looked to and saw " Bianca." written on the screen.
The phone rang and he looked torn, " I just..." he said, being stifled by the phone.
" Take it." I nodded, " It's okay."
He frowned and answered the phone, " Hello." was all I heard before he walked out of the room. I walked over to the book and recited the " to find a lot (witch and/or) sister spell".
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Piper sat in the Underworld, near unconscious, but still able to hear the conversations. She struggled against the ropes, hoping they wouldn't walk into this obvious trap. She knew she should have urged Drake to fry him.
" We have Piper, so at least one of them will come." a familiar voice said.
" Yes, but what if it's one we aren't prepared for the one that they send?" Talik's voice asked in the distance.
Piper struggled more, " then they'll vanquish your sorry ass!" she said groggily. Soon a face came into view, it was Cole's and Piper hyperventilated, " WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" she shouted.
He smiled, " I'm here to groom a new source, Piper. You remember Talik, my son." he said, smiling brightly.
Piper looked from one to the other, " SON?!" she asked.
" Dad do you really think it's wise to let her know your behind this?"" Talik said worriedly.
Cole smiled even wider, " Yes, son. After Phoebe, I decided that I'd have a child too. Long story short, I did and he finally conjured me back to life." he smirked honestly.
" So what's the plan now?" piper asked in disgust.
Cole smiled, " Well, first we have to dispose of the Charmed Ones." he said, his demeanor changing instantly.
" You know how hard it is to kill a Charmed One...well multiply that times six and you have the new Charmed Ones." Piper said proudly.
Talik chuckled, " I have one of their hearts. That was never the plan though, but I guess it's in my blood. I just liked him, but since I have his heart..." but he stopped when Piper started to chortle wildly.
" You think so?" Piper asked.
" Ah! Piper, do you know something we don't?" Cole asked jokingly at first, then he became serious.
" You'll see Talik." Piper smirked.
Talik frowned, " The name is Gabriel Talik Turner." he corrected.
" Whatever." she said quickly.
" It's okay, soon you'll be out of my hair." Talik said dimly.
Piper scoffed and struggled against the tight ropes, but quickly stopped when she saw a swirl of lights and Talik and Cole disappear. Drake appeared and jogged over to her.
" What are you doing here?! Where is Wyatt and Chris?" she asked frantically.
" They're not coming. I have a plan." I said, surveying the room.
She looked at me as if I was crazy, " What? ARE YOU INSANE! Sweetie, you don't understand, the power of three is three, not one. Talik is the son of Cole...or Belthazor! And..." but she was cut off by the sudden appearance of Cole and Talik.
" Hello lover." Talik said singsongly.
Drake stared at him in disbelief, " I should have listened." I said with a deadly stare.
" No. I wasn't lying...ok, I was about not being evil, but not about the other stuff. I love you. Come with me. Rule the Underworld at my side." Talik said patiently.
I laughed, " You 're screwing with me, right?" I chuckled.
" No, he's not. Come on! Don't tell me it's not in your blood." Cole smirked.
" This makes you happy, Talik? Becoming the bad guy, that's the best you could do with your life? What a waste." I said, obviously making him mad.
Suddenly, there was a swirl of orbs and four bodies appeared. Their eyes immediately went to Piper, except Phoebe, whose eyes went to Cole.
" COLE?!" Phoebe said in disbelief.
Wyatt looked away from Piper to me, standing directly across from Talik and Cole.
" You're doing all this to make them happy, but what about you?" Talik asked, trying to persuade me.
" Why are making me do this?" I asked.
Talik looked at me in confusion, " Do what?" Talik asked.
" This." I said, chunking a vial at him and watching him shriek and burst into flames. Cole shrieked at the top of his lungs and an energy ball formed in his hand! Phoebe kicked it out of his hand and I tried to blow him up, but I missed! He shimmered out quickly and I sighed in relief, looking back at Piper, Chris and Paige. Wyatt, however, had a look of anger and hurt on his face.
Wyatt walked up to me and immediately began to lecture me, " I told you to wait for us and..." but I kissed him. It was a risky move, but I had decided that it was a good way to shut him up, " ...you think that's going to make me forget?" he asked, less angry.
" No. But it's a start." I said lightly.
Piper had gotten to her feet and we all orbed out.
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After we got back to the Manor and we had a talk, they told us that we did great, but that we need to rely on each other for some things. I nodded and told him I was going home. I got to the stairs when I heard footsteps.
" DRAKE!" Wyatt shouted, " We need to talk." he said.
I kept walking and he walked beside me, " About?" I asked as if I didn't know.
" Us." he said quickly.
" What about Bianca?" I asked.
" I love you." he said as we got to the door.
I smiled, " It doesn't matter anyways, we're Charmed now and dating each other could affect how we deal with each other when we're trying to vanquish evil." I said, crossing the lawn.
He sighed, " We did it in the f..." he began.
" ...the future? Well, the future changes all the time. Do you remember what your mom said? She said that in her future she didn't meet Paige, that Prue was still alive, Phoebe killed someone, and that you weren't born. So I'm pretty sure we've changed things just by seeing our own futures." I said, putting my key in the hole.
" Yeah, maybe we have more children by that time. We could be..." but he stopped as I opened the door.
I stumbled in, " What ?" I asked him.
" ...parents." he said looking past me.
I stared at him, " We could be, but it could be a worse future." I said, shivering.
" No." he said, pointing behind me and that's when I noticed the lights and the tv were on and I looked around, " Your parents are home." he said in shock.
Mom and Dad looked as shocked to see me as I did to see them, then mom marched over to me, " Hello honey. Mommy's home." she said, hugging me.