Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed only what I make up.
Summary: About a month has passed since the events in 1x11 Odin sensing a threat to the greater good decides to make the Charmed Ones aware of the prophecy regarding the thirteen. Gorgon is making plans to send Ben to the Halliwells when he learns of the prophecy but he decides to instead go back in time and end good magic at it's source. The gang is spurred into action when someone from the past comes to them seeking help. Mel tries hard to come to terms with what happened to her but she refuses to let anyone in.
Chapter 1: Plans In Action
Both Ben and Gorgon were in his sitting room the source was staring his nephew down as he paced back and forth through the room. He couldn't help but note that the younger man only did that when he got agitated.
"As I have told you more times than I can count your doing that isn't going to help matters any." Gorgon pointed out to him.
Ben turned to him his blue eyes turning to steel but they didn't look like Cole's when he got angry they looked like Prue's. "I have to pace if I don't I might kill you the temptation is there. I can't believe that you are asking me to do this I can't be someone that I'm not."
"Cole I wouldn't ask you to do it if it wasn't important and I'm not asking you to be someone that you're not I'm just asking you to be yourself." Gorgon assured him.
"No you're asking me to be Cole Gregory Halliwell I'm not him I never have been I am Benjamin Turner I've got that down just fine. But you are asking me to live with witches without killing them I'm a demon that is what I do." Ben said logically deep down he didn't see another way to do this but he had to try to get his uncle to think of something else.
"It will be fine Cole you need to get used to being called that it is your name after all. You can't go by Ben around them because of something I did a couple of months ago but that is pretty much taken care of now it will all come back on me so don't worry about that so much. But you have to do this I have no allusions about what will happen to me I know that the Charmed Ones will do their job and kill me but that throne is rightfully yours if you play your cards right your brother will rule by your side you need him to succeed even if you don't want to admit it." Gorgon preached he too saw no other way around doing what he was asking his nephew to do.
"Uncle Greg I don't even know how the fuck I am supposed to get them to believe me you know as well as I do that Cole was sworn to secrecy when it came to me there is no way that they are going to buy anything I have to say." Ben rambled on sounding just like his mother he was a Halliwell even if he didn't want to admit to it.
Greg smiled evilly "Oh I have an idea you're just going to have to trust me on this one." he said nodding his head yes this would work perfectly.
"Aunt Prue this isn't fair we know what we are doing there is no reason we should have to be tested on all this stuff." Prue complained to her namesake.
"There is nothing I can do about it just take the test it will make Piper happy. Besides that I don't hear your two partners in crime complaining about anything." Prue told her niece she was standing at the kitchen counter at the manor. Prue, Chris, and Henry were seated around the table with papers in front of them and pens in their hands. Piper had insisted on testing them over potions and spells.
"Only because we know that complaining won't get us anywhere when that woman gets in one of her moods." Henry replied to his oldest aunt while answering one of the questions that Piper had made for them.
Chris shook his head and gave a rueful smile "I don't understand why we can't just delegate that is all they do. Aunt Paige has potions, Aunt Phoebe has spells, and mom has general research under control. It's no different with us we are all good at something different. But my mother is an irrational person who can't see things like that."
"When Piper asked me to do this I had no clue that I was going to be stuck supervising a bunch of five year olds." Prue groaned now knowing why Phoebe and Paige had found other things to do so they didn't have to do this.
"It is true Aunt Prue while Aunt Paige's potions are a danger to mankind she does make the best ones. And if anyone other than my mom tries to write a spell it backfires. If this is what it is going to be like I will gladly let Jake have my spot in the power of three he already has the premonitions down." Prue whined all she ever did was whine really she wasn't looking forward to the new power she was sure to get.
"Prue you should be thrilled with yourself right now you managed to get Wyatt and Liz together I was hoping that maybe you would give the rest of us a little break from your obsessive whining for a little while." Henry pleaded with his younger cousin.
"But she can't rest yet Hank next month is Valentine's Day and you and B still are not back together the girl has her work cut out for her." Chris smirked at his cousin knowing that he was going to kill him for getting Prue started.
Prue snapped her fingers at her nephews and her niece " From the amount of bitching you guys are doing I take it that you're done." she commented dryly.
"Yes we are done we have been done Aunt Prue that still doesn't stop the fact that we like to complain about it. Aunt Piper is being totally unfair we know what we're doing but she isn't willing to accept that." Prue fumed they had done just fine with the first demon they faced together. But Piper had kind of freaked out on them after Mel almost died she had, had no clue about how powerful the demons were that they had been battling lately.
"I know that you guys know what you're doing I never once doubted that. It's just that until we almost lost Mel I had no clue what kind of demons it was you have been going after. I only want you guys to be safe." Piper said walking into the kitchen she kissed her son, niece, and nephew on the cheek. Leo followed behind her he ruffled what little hair Chris and Henry had and then he kissed Prue on her cheek.
"Hi mom how did it go at the doctor's ?" Chris asked he got that worrying streak from Piper but he was no where near as bad as Wyatt was.
Piper held up a sonogram "You will be happy to know that Jack is a boy and he is completely healthy."
Chris smiled and nodded his head it was all he could do because he was sucked into one of his flashbacks he had thought he was through with those.
Chris orbed into an underground parking garage where Piper and Paige were walking to Piper's car.
"So how did it go ?" Chris asked his mom and aunt.
"You will be happy to know that you are a boy." Piper answered him.
"Really you know I just don't see it." Paige said looking over the sonogram she held in her hands.
Piper took it from her and pointed out what she was looking for " There it is right there."
Chris took it from his mother and aunt "Do you mind ?" he asked sarcastically before looking it over himself.
"Christopher Perry Halliwell did you hear a word I just said to you ?" Piper's voice broke her son out of his trance.
Chris looked at her confused while Henry looked at Chris out of the corner of his eye concerned. "Sorry mom no I didn't I'm going to need you to repeat whatever it is you said I zoned out there for a second."
"I asked you what you are guys are doing today ?" Piper repeated the question that she had asked him mildly annoyed that he hadn't been listening to her.
"Not going back to the apartment right now that is for sure Wyatt and Liz are making me sick with their cuteness I can't take it anymore right now. I thought I would maybe go to magic school and do a little research to see if I can't figure out who sent Ken after Ro." Chris replied he had nothing better to do.
"Chris I think that you need to be careful digging into that right now you have no clue how powerful the demon was that sent him and you also have no clue where Ken even is right now I think you should let things cool down some before you go after him." Leo advised his son.
"Chris Uncle Leo is right I don't think we should start messing with that until we have the whole gang together I don't know about you but I'm not willing to test the power of three like that yet." Prue agreed with her uncle.
Chris threw up his hands in a sign of surrender "Ok fine then I am at a loss with what to do with myself for the rest of the day."
"We could go hang out with Jackson." Henry suggested there was really nothing for them to do school still wasn't back in session and they had off work.
"No he is with Carly trust me I already thought about that before we got summoned over here to take our test." Chris dismissed the idea.
"I have a fantastic idea since you three have nothing better to do you can go help Parker and Troy get P3 ready to open. Lilly has already taken care of Voodoo for me." Piper suggested but they all knew it was more along the lines of an order.
"Sure why not ? I've always loved cleaning up the club after a wild party night." Henry said sarcastically.
"Has anyone ever told you that you are your mother with facial hair ?" Prue asked her nephew.
"Has anyone ever told you that you act just like Grams ?" Henry smirked back the only difference between his Aunt Prue and Grams was that they got along anything they said was just playful banter. He and Grams genuinely disliked each other.
Prue came over to him like she was going to whisper to him "Yes they have but let me let you in on a little secret your Aunt Piper acts even more like her than I do." she said in a stage whisper.
"Prue Halliwell it is not nice to tease me I would be careful if I were you I can blow you up." Piper had her hands on her hips staring her sister down.
"Piper you wouldn't dream of blowing me up not while I'm carrying your niece or nephew anyway." Prue said patting her still somewhat flat stomach.
"Remind me again why I love my sisters ?" Piper asked the room.
"Because they give you wonderful people like me." Prue pipped up she was so full of herself.
"Well now I remember why I don't like Phoebe so much." Piper said and her older sister nodded in agreement while their niece glared playfully at them.
"You love my mom because without her their would be no me. Then who would be the comic relief ?" Henry asked grinning broadly.
"That's right favorite nephew now I remember why I love my sisters." Piper smirked at her oldest niece when she stuck her tongue out at her.
"Ladybug that is ok because you know you're my favorite niece forget about your aunts, your Uncle Henry, and your Uncle Andy you're my girl." Leo smiled at her.
"Dad you didn't have much of a choice she is the only one who can deal with and your whitelighter bullshit. You two are both all about your emotions." Chris laughed.
"You, me, and Aunt Piper suppress, deny, keep it bottled up, until we finally let it out." Henry chuckled.
Piper frowned "Ok this game isn't fun anymore you three go get to P3 so I can grade these tests and that wasn't a suggestion children."
"Cosmic taxi boys ?" Prue grinned at them.
"Fine just remember it isn't free." Chris grumbled taking her hand
"And it isn't cheap either." Henry added taking her other hand and the three orbed out.
"Ah youth I swear if I didn't know any better I would think they were the teenagers and the girls were in their twenties." Piper mused.
"So how is Mel doing ? She seems a little out of it." Prue asked concerned for her niece.
"That is a good question every time we ask her about it she dodges the question. Mel is just like Piper she wants us to think she is fine when inside she is scared to death." Leo mused.
"That whole thing that Henry just said about denying and suppressing is true the four of us do it very well. Right now she is relying on that I'm going to get Ladybug to talk to her she will tell her things she won't tell anyone else." Piper said she didn't know what else to with that girl.
Leo sighed and rolled his eyes "You're not going to like this one little bit Piper but I have to go they're calling me." he kissed his wife on the cheek before he orbed out.
Up There
"Odin I was just inquiring into your sudden change of heart that is all." Kevin said pacing around the bright void.
Odin scowled at him "Because we have to tell them something to keep them busy we still can't have them finding out about Ben. They came to close to comfort with Ken the last time if we hadn't of pulled him out of there when we did this whole thing would have blown up in our faces."
"That is why we should just tell them the truth." Nate argued with the older elder.
"You are both crazy we can not have Phoebe find out that he is her son and that he is evil all that the same time. She will get herself killed trying to save him. I thought that the first prophecy would work to keep them distracted for a little while but it didn't so now we are moving on to this plan." Odin explained rolling his eyes.
"Odin you never stop to think they are going to be furious when they find out what you did with Roman. But I think that you should all drop this topic right now because Leo is on his way up here and I can't have him knowing that after he trusted us he was double crossed again." Sandra spoke up.
"Sandra really it is for their own good we risk the entire future of good magic if they try and do this themselves instead of letting the next generation take care of it." Odin said sighing she drove him nuts.
Leo orbed into the great white void that was filled with clouds and pillars a moment later. He turned to look at Odin. "I heard your call what is it that you need ?" he asked he wasn't about to start being their little errand boy again the only reason he had come right now was because he hadn't really been doing anything.
Odin produced a scroll of parchment paper Kevin had been smart enough to take Chris and Prue the copy from the Hall of Prophecies the day he had went to see them. "I have another prophecy that concerns your children we're not quite sure what to make of it. But we thought that you and the sisters might be able to figure out what it means."
Leo looked dumbfounded for a moment he wasn't sure what to say to that "Kevin they already know don't they ?" Sandra asked discretely while Leo was trying to collect his thoughts. Kevin barely nodded his head in an answer it would never do for them to have Odin find out what he had done but his plans were putting them next generation in danger.
"Of course I will take this to the sisters right away do you know what it is about ?" Leo asked he needed to know more than what they were telling him.
"The most we can figure out is that it is about the new source and other than that we don't know much else." Odin was doing all the talking because the other three had refused to lie to Leo's face.
Leo frowned at this news Piper was not going to be happy at all he hated to think about what she would do when she found out what was being asked of her babies. It didn't matter that both of them were grown men they were her babies she was going to be livid with him for even agreeing to check this prophecy out. "Very well I will get right on that then I'll try to get back to you when I have something more." he said orbing out.
Odin walked out of the room leaving Sandra, Kevin, and Nate alone "Do you think that he suspects ?" Nate asked.
Kevin shook his head "No I was careful the prophecy I gave Chris and Prue came from the Hall and I have their word that they wouldn't tell anyone. I don't see a problem." he answered he was loyal to the Halliwells no matter what they had saved his life once.
"They have already formed the thirteen I saw to that when I assigned Wyatt as Calleigh's whitelighter. All the oracles said that she was indeed the thirteenth. They are ahead of the game I couldn't let Odin do that to them it would have gotten them killed." Sandra maintained she didn't feel one bit bad for going behind her fellow elder's back he did the same thing himself all the time.
Piper and Prue were both sitting in the living room when Leo orbed back in. He looked at his wife uneasy she was not going to be happy with him at all but this wasn't his fault. He knew his wife though and he knew that she wouldn't see things that way she was ready to blame the first available person and that was more often than not him.
"Leo what did the other elders want ?" Piper asked annoyed that he had orbed out on her when they been trying to discuss how to help their daughter .
Leo held up the scroll in his hand "They had another prophecy about the kids this one has to do with the source. I don't know what though they said they hadn't been able to figure it out so they left it up to us to sort through."
"Oh goody I get another project because let me tell you that other prophecy is about as clear as mud I can't figure out anything with it." Prue said sarcastically.
Piper sighed and ran her hands through her hair "Well I guess I will call the kids all over here if this concerns them then they have a right to know." she said and Leo nodded he could tell that he was going to be paying for this later.
Opening Credits:
Starring:
Wyatt Halliwell- Wes Ramsey
Chris Halliwell- Drew Fuller
Henry Matthews Jr- Channing Tatum
Cooper Halliwell Jr- Paul Walker
Charles Bradford- Jonathan Rhys Meyer
Lila Nicolae- Jordana Brewster
Roman Nicolae- Ben McKenzie
Elizabeth Shane- Bethany Joy Galeotti
Parker Halliwell- Eddie Cibrian
Troy Shane- David Boreanez
Bianca Hoyt- Marisol Nichols
Calleigh Cavanaugh- Anne Hathaway
And
Prue Halliwell- Jennifer Love Hewitt
With
Melinda Halliwell- Amanda Bynes
Valerie Halliwell- Eliza Dushku
Penny Halliwell- Daneel Harris
Carly Matthews- Sophia Bush
Patty Matthews- Rachel Bilson
Ricky Bradford- Taylor Lautner
Jack Halliwell- Jensen Ackles
Alan Halliwell- Chris Pine
And
Emily Bradford- Hilary Burton
"Mom I really wish that you would explain what you called us all here for I was in the middle of something." Wyatt pouted with a scowl on his face he and Liz were sitting in a chair all hugged up together. They had been on the couch watching movies hugged up when Piper called him he wasn't about to leave Liz alone he never knew when a demon was going to attack.
"Really Piper enlighten us you called Pheebs and I home from work for this." Paige said putting her hands on her hips she really was getting more and more like her older sister everyday.
Piper had called an emergency meeting that consisted of the oldest five, Liz because Wyatt couldn't stand to part with her, and the four Halliwell sisters she saw no need in calling anyone else. Leo was there to give her moral support. Piper pointed to the table where the prophecy lay unrolled. "Oh the elders found another prophecy that mentions you guys they don't know what it means so they asked us to figure it out. The only thing those idiots know is it has something to do with the source."
Jake was the one sitting close to where the prophecy sat on the table he would have recognized it anywhere they had spent days pouring over it. "You guys are going to love this we are going to be in so much trouble. This is about the thirteen." He sent out to everyone with telepathy they were missing seven members right now but a lot of thirteen was seating in the living room.
Nobody dared to make any facial expressions that would give them away they did not want to face the wrath of Piper for things that they had no control over.
"So what does it say ?" Phoebe asked she didn't want her babies being put in harm's way.
Leo cleared his throat before he began to read "Nine shall set out and lose one along the way but they shall soon find another to take his place. Nine shall feel the call to arms and against a deadly evil they will brawl in the dark of night barely escaping the fight. Then they shall find a hidden one to add to their might. Then they shall recover the tenth making them eleven men strong. For the twelfth they shall not have to wait long this is the return of the wandering son. Working quick they will have to find the last or they shall be doomed to repeat the past."
Paige rubbed her temples "Now I'm sorry that we even asked that is giving me a headache it is so confusing." the six in the room who were part of the thirteen tried to look as if they were hearing this all for the first time.
"I don't even have any thoughts on that right now what about you guys ?" Prue asked her niece and nephews. They all shook their heads that they had no clue.
"Leo read the next part maybe it will help." Piper said she too had no clue what it was talking about.
"Four son's of the sister's three shall help destroy this evil entity. Surely they must prevail but without the oldest daughter with a lover's heart they will truly fail. Another male they must add to head this evil off at the pass he will be a dark born soul but have a heart as pure as gold. Another female must take part and she shall know a deadly art but carry sorrow in her heart. Add double trouble to the scheme and they shall hold the team together at the seams. To a wandering soul a beacon shall be shone lighting up his way back home. The prodigal will complete the fare being the last known heir to a destiny so fair. The thirteenth is the one that is hard to find but that is the misdeed of the brave and kind. Add a witch with seer's eyes and a mighty band they shall make causing even the source to quake leaving the destruction of evil in their wake." Leo read it was starting to make more sense now but not much.
"Four sons of the sisters three is an easy one Wyatt, Chris, Henry, and Jake." Prue said pointing at each of her nephews as she spoke.
"Ladybug would be the next one mentioned there is no one else it could be." Phoebe said smiling at her first born when she was scared out of her mind.
"The next one is kinda confusing to me it sounds like it could be Jake but we already know that it isn't him." Paige said racking her brain for the answer.
"Aunt Paige it is Chuck he is half demon but I don't know many men outside of the family that have a better heart than he does." Prue answered this was boring for all of them since they already knew who the thirteen were.
"If I had to guess I would say that other female is B." Piper said it just sounded like her.
"Double Trouble anyone ? because I swear that sounds like it could be Patty and Carly." Paige said she just would not have all of her kids going up against the source it was bad enough that Henry was.
"How about we let dad read some more before we start jumping to conclusions." Wyatt said if he just let them get it out of their system then they could get out of there.
"Yeah Uncle Leo read what else it says." Henry chimed in he was really close to spilling the beans.
" But in his destruction they shall not be done leaving them to fight just one. After that their lives shall be more fun as evil shall be on the run." At this point Leo had enough sense to turn it over and read the back. "The one shall also be the seed from a union of great misdeed and shall be the counterpart of one who is pure of heart. Over this two lovers one of light and one of dark shall separate because one will be unable to stand the strain. But to two lovers true love shall call leaving the others quite enthralled. And that shall be the greatest victory of all. But in the end it shall all work out leaving the thirteen to scream and shout." Leo finished reading.
"Oh horse shit." Chris yelled out he couldn't take it anymore he had to tell them "I can't do this anymore guys Prue I will let you do the honors."
"What the hell are you talking about Peanut ?" Piper inquired about his little outburst.
"Chris you're sure about this ?" Liz asked him she too was about to go crazy. He nodded his head there was no need for them to lie anymore.
"Me, Wyatt, Chris, Henry, Jake, Liz, Lilly, Parker, Troy, Roman, B, Parker, Chuck, and Calleigh are the thirteen." Prue said she felt so much better not to have to lie about that anymore.
"How long have you known about this ?" Paige asked an edge in her voice.
"A couple of months now." Henry answered truthfully.
"Why didn't you guys tell us ?" Phoebe asked she shudder to think about the things they had done without telling them because of this.
"We couldn't tell you Aunt Phoebe we couldn't tell anyone for some reason the elders didn't want you guys to know about it. But you can't say anything because Kevin went out on a limb for us when he brought us a copy of it. This is why we failed when we tried to kill the source the first time." Liz answered.
"Ok please explain this then." Prue asked she didn't get it at all.
"We started out with nine when we first fought Armes he was with the source. It was me, Wy, Ro, Lilly, Liz, Prue, Chris, Chuck, and Henry." Jake explained.
"I want the six of you to know how furious I am with you for lying to me but please go on and explain." Piper said eyeballing all of them.
"We thought we lost Ro so we got B to come in and help us right well we fought the source if it hadn't of been for you guys we would have been killed. Anyway so then we found Parker and that made ten. Ro came back and that made eleven." Chris said ticking each person off of his finger as he spoke.
"Troy was the wandering son and that made twelve then it took about a month to find Calleigh but when we did that made us the thirteen." Liz added her input.
"I need you to name every person as they are mentioned here." Leo ordered them.
"The first five are Wyatt, Chris, me, Prue, and Cookie Dough." Henry said it was easy.
"The next four are Chuck, B, Lilly, and Ro." Wyatt offered he knew that they were in trouble.
"Making the last four Troy, Parker, Calleigh, and Lizzie." Jake threw out there.
Prue's face lit up with a grin "Wyatt and Liz," she yelled out to only have the others look at her like she was nuts "it was right in front of us the whole time look at them." she pointed to how they were sitting in the chair.
"They have always done that I don't get what you're saying." Jake said looking at his sister confused.
"She has a point we should have known the complete and total idiots were not the only complete and total idiots. We over thought the last part." Chris said shaking his head at himself.
"Hi share with the rest of us in class I am confused." Paige said sarcastically.
"Jake said it himself they have always sat like that so it should have been simple. To two lovers true love shall call. That is Wyatt and Liz it can be no one else." Prue finally answered.
"If you six are so smart than who is the one ?" Piper asked.
"We don't know we only know that he is the one that showed up on the day the titan was summoned he was the one who summoned her. Coop and Chuck were the ones who fought him we never got a good look at his face it was covered." Henry explained.
"What about the two lovers separating ?" Phoebe wanted to know that didn't sound good for either one of her kids.
"We don't know that either we only have three choices when it comes to that though Prue and Chuck, Hank and B, or Jake and Lilly." Liz answered for them.
"Hank and B already broke up so I think you have the answer to that." Prue pointed out to them.
"No that isn't it Prue that would be too simple nothing in their lives is that simple. B is a witch no matter what I don't think it's talking about her." Piper disputed her older sister.
Phoebe looked at each of them in their eyes "Now why didn't you come to us ?" she asked she didn't like the thought of her babies getting hurt over this.
"Because we just couldn't we didn't want Kevin to get in trouble for helping us and we really had it under control." Prue tried to sooth her mother.
Leo shook his head and bit his lip "Odin must be up to something I won't say anything about it the next time I go up there though. I am disappointed in all of you, you know you have to tell us things like this it is dangerous to be running around without a net the way you have been. Get out of here and do something with yourselves we need time to talk about this." he said he was never cold but what they had done was stupid.
"But Uncle Leo." Jake tried but his uncle shook his head sadly at him.
" No he is right go so I can think about being able to look at you later you guys messed up." Paige agreed with her brother-in-law.
They had no other choice the only thing they could do was orb out.
Roman lifted his head up and looked at Mel's sleeping form her head was rested on his chest. He didn't want to move for fear of waking her up. They had fallen asleep on his couch watching tv. He was content to just lay there and watch her sleep he shook every time he thought about how close he had come to losing her. He never wanted to feel that way again. And now he had to deal with what little he could remember about what happened to him.
"How long have you been watching me sleep Roman James ?" Mel asked smiling up at him with her brown eyes sparkling.
"Not long." He answered after he leaned down to peck her on the lips.
"I'm not going anywhere babe I'm right here I swear to you that I am fine. I love you for worrying about me though." she replied she really was fine everyone just needed to leave her alone.
"I love you too that is why I'm worried about you trust me I know what it is like to be obsessed over something. You wouldn't have been in this position if it wasn't for me I should have listened when you told me you would help. We could have figured out what was going on but I wouldn't listen. This was my fault I wouldn't have been able to live with myself if I had lost you." Roman said tears filling his eyes.
Mel sat up and looked him in the eyes "Hey don't talk like that I'm fine this was not your fault I don't blame you babe. I love you I don't ever want you to think that this had anything to do with something you did." she said forcefully so that he understood what she was saying.
"Mel I can't help but think that I should have seen it sooner I worked with him this is my fault. I knew what I was looking for and I should have seen it. I could have kept you from getting hurt. And I damn sure should have been around when you needed me." Roman was not ready to give in and say that she was right just yet.
"Ro I worked with him too I should have saw it hell I had more of a chance of seeing it than you did. So that being said we are going to do what we always do track him down and find a way to vanquish him. Just not right now because we both swore to our mothers that we would give it a rest. And I'm fairly certain that I can think of other ways to better spend time with you." Mel said brushing her fingertips over his chest.
Roman wiggled his eyebrows at her "You know I really like the way you think." he captured her lips in his and rolled over on top of her.
"So on a scale of one to ten how pissed would you say Piper was ?" Parker asked carrying a case of beer behind the bar so that he could stock it.
"I would say that she was off the charts because she really didn't say that much to us a pretty good indication that she is really pissed." Wyatt said while everyone else was cleaning up he was sitting on a barstool doing nothing.
Troy walked back in the side door where he had just got done taking out the trash "Is it worse than the time she caught us sneaking in the manner at like three in the morning drunk ?" he asked trying to gauge how much trouble they were in. And since that was one of the worst stunts they had ever pulled if she was more mad than that they were really in deep shit.
Liz shook her head at her brother while she was polishing glasses "No Troy you don't understand this wasn't one of those episodes where her temper explodes. This was more of a calm angry and that is bad we are in so much trouble we can only hope that she doesn't decide to tell mom the last thing we need right now is that woman nagging us."
"Really I don't think we have to worry about Aunt Piper it was my mom who was super pissed. I don't think she has ever told me she couldn't stand to look at me before . But we did what we had to do I just wish I knew what Odin was up to." Henry said shrugging he was putting all the bottles in their rightful places.
"He has a point Aunt Paige doesn't typically do the yelling thing and she was pretty pissed off." Jake agreed he was wiping down tables.
"Look I think that they will get over it in a hurry we have done worse before we just have to give them time to cool off. They won't stay mad forever especially with knowing that we have to go up against the source they will pull out all the stops to make sure we are ready." Prue reasoned she had gotten the task of wiping down the bar.
Chris was in his own little world sweeping the floor hoping that Henry wasn't going to corner him about what had happened with his flashback earlier it really was no big deal. "Dude you can try acting like I'm not here all you want to but we're going to talk about whatever it was you saw earlier." his cousin's voice filtered in his head he should have known that he had no hope of him letting it go so easily. "I have to agree with Ladybug on this one they won't stay mad for long this time they will bitch and moan about us keeping things from them. And that will be the end of it."
Lilly came stomping into the bar area from the office she was obviously helping Piper do the books again. "I really wish you guys would keep it down out here I don't want to piss Aunt Piper off more because I messed up with the books. She would kill me if I did that."
Jake moved from what he was doing to wrap an arm around his fiancé "Honey Aunt Piper is going to be pissed regardless we are just discussing how to minimize the damage." He kissed her on top of the head. Thinking all the while how cute she was when she worried.
"Personally I vote since they are his sisters that Parker should go talk to them." Wyatt suggested he was not ready to face the wrath of his mom and aunts again.
Parker raised an eyebrow and stared at him like he had lost his mind with Wyatt there wasn't much for him to lose but that was besides the point. "Dude you tell me how pissed they are and then you think I'm going over there you're crazy." he informed his oldest nephew and then he narrowed his eyes at Prue. "And yes I did know that I look like my dad when I make that face thank you very much."
Prue smirked at him "Those words never once left my mouth I think that someone might be thinking things that aren't real." she said in a sing song voice .
Parker wadded up a towel and chucked it at his oldest niece "Shut up Ladybug you know that I am telepathic now I can't control what I hear and what I don't hear it is very annoying actually. You happen to be the only one in the room right now who I am getting anything off of so maybe you need to put your walls up better."
Prue threw the towel back at him "First of all Victor don't throw things at me second of all I knew that my walls were down when I said that. I really don't think you want to get into a war of the words with me I will beat you hands down any day of the week."
"I would do what she says unless of course you want her to take one of her shoes off and beat the living hell out of you with it." Jake suggested glad that he was on the side of the room opposite his sister or she would beat the shit out of him.
"Things that my idiot brother says not withstanding you might want to seriously consider talking to your sisters because they are not very happy with us right now. I think that you would be able to get through to them better than we can because they have known us longer and they know that we aren't innocent in this matter but maybe you can make them see that we did this for a reason." Prue laid out f or him she could talk anyone into just about anything without them realizing what they were saying yes to.
"Prue I've met my sister if I leave work to tell her why I did something wrong in the first place she is going to be even more pissed with me than she is with you. Call me crazy but I don't think I'm gonna chance that but then again I like living and she would kill me." Parker replied as good as she was about talking people into things he could talk himself out of almost anything.
Wyatt shrugged helplessly "The kid has a point mom would kill him for leaving work to explain that to her."
"Here is an idea we'll call B to go explain it to her because they believe everything she says and she somehow manages to not get in trouble like the rest of us do." Parker suggested sarcastically.
"Yeah I have never figured that one out because they know she gets into just as much shit as we do but yet they see her as the reasonable one. Go figure I guess what they think is she does try to talk us out of a lot of things we do she only goes along so we don't get our stupid asses killed." Liz mused out loud.
"Don't make me lock you and B in a room together until you both agree to get along. I'm about sick of hearing you guys nitpick each other." Chris warned he could only take so much bitching and moaning from a group of people and Prue pretty much had that spot locked up.
"Lets get back to the more pressing matter at hand. I don't know about all of you but I don't think the source knew about the prophecy because if he did he would have attacked us a lot more than what he did. Meaning we are going to have to be extra careful now that the word is out." Henry said sighing he hated being the deep thinker of the group. It meant he had to throw out these unpleasant things that no one else wanted to think about.
Wyatt sighed too he thought a lot about these things too unlike his cousin though he chose not to voice them unless he had to. "Not to mention we have the new set of Charmed Ones within the thirteen there are going to be demon attacks left and right." he gestured to Chris, Henry, and Prue as he spoke.
"I know that we haven't talked about this since it happened but you guys do know that we have to do something about Ken. We can't just leave him out there to do whatever it is he was sent to do. We wouldn't be able to live with ourselves if he did something and we didn't do anything to stop it."Chris piped in with his opinion it did not sit well with him that they were letting that bastard get away with what he did to Mel.
"I'll tell you what we'll call an emergency meeting later tonight and we'll talk about what needs to be done and where we go from here. We need to have a serious talk Chris is right we shouldn't have let the Ken thing go so easily to begin with. We got lazy when we got Ro back and we didn't really check into it any further. It makes me sick every time I think about how we could have stop this before it got this far." Liz agreed with the younger man they needed to do something and they needed to do it fast. The way that had been doing things was getting them nowhere and it was quite possibly going to get them killed if they didn't make a change.
Troy looked at his sister "If you feel that strongly about it then that's what we'll do and then we will worry about how much trouble we are going to be in later."
"Sounds like a plan to me now lets get this place cleaned up before Piper comes in and cleans house with all of us." Parker urged he was in no mood to face his sister when she was that pissed off. They all grumbled but they got back to work.
Gorgon was still sitting around with Ben by his side when Ken shimmered into the sitting room. He was still recovering from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of Chase and Bianca. But that didn't stop him from going about the work that the source gave him to do that would suicide. Ken couldn't help but take note of the fact that only demons would sit around in three piece suits when they had nowhere to be.
"Ken I take it that you have something to tell me or you wouldn't be here." Gorgon said looking at him harshly. His blue eyes looking into his very soul that is if he had a soul which he didn't.
"Sir I've heard news on the wire that there is a threat to you in the form of thirteen witches. No one knows for sure who these witches are I just thought you would like to know." Ken reported he knew that he was lucky to still be in the land of the living after he had managed to fail the source of all evil so many times. That was why he was working double time to please him it wasn't just him that he had to please though. He didn't trust Ben at all he knew that given the chance he would stab Gorgon in the back before he turned the knife on him. So he did his best to keep the surly prince of the underworld happy.
"Oh look Uncle Greg the idiot does get something right sometimes. He could have come with more information but considering how stupid he is that is too much to ask from him." Ben said a bored tone in his voice that caused Ken to stiffen he would love nothing more than to strangle the life out of that pompous spoiled brat.
Greg shot his nephew a look "Children play nice together I don't favor one of you over the other. Cole there was no need for him to bring any more information than that it is obvious that it has to be the Halliwells and their little friends."
"Who you refuse to let me do anything about I could take them out and take out the threat to us. We could bring the underworld above ground finally. But no you want me to infiltrate them and live with the witches." Ben spat out sarcastically he was tired of not being able to do what he wanted with them.
"Sir with all due respect this does pose a problem for you when it comes to getting the half demons on your side." Ken said flinching knowing that he was going to get an angry reaction from his boss.
Greg didn't lash out to Ken's surprise instead he wore a calm look on his face. " I know Ken but I will think of something I always do. Cole you sent a demon after the Halliwells that didn't work out so well as I recall but for now I have an idea. You are going to love this it may mean that you don't have to go live among the witches."
Ben rolled his icy blue orbs "Aside from somehow going back in time and stopping good magic in it's tracks I don't know what you plan on doing."
Greg smiled evilly "Why Cole that is exactly what I plan on doing you two stay loose I will be back in a little while." he said flaming out on the spot.
A/N: So here is the first chapter I hope you enjoyed it. Chris's falshbacks are back much to his disappointment he thought he was through with those. Gorgon is once again up to something though I don't think it will be long until we see Ben trying to pass himself off as a Halliwell. Excalibur is going to come into play in this episode I know that it hasn't been mentioned much but it is going to be a huge part of this story. Until next time please review.
