Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed

Plan: Paige and possibly someone else get stuck in a building which Barbas is in control of. I don't know how bad the horror factor will get but it is going to be scary. I hope. Let me know what you think. :P

This is set near the end of season 6, Paige still has her temp job, and everyone is aware of Chris' identity.

"Oh yeah and did I mention Craig?" Paige asked her snoozing sister.

Piper snapped awake, "Yes Paige, Craig is great!" She said leaning her head back on the kitchen bench.

"I just can't believe I'm his assistant and I get to work in such a magic free zone!" Paige clasped her hands together gleefully.

"Paige, they research science there." Piper pointed out for no reason at all.

"Finally, the temping agency didn't screw up!" Paige sighed.

"I'm guessing Craig is one of the reasons?" Piper asked her head still on the kitchen bench. This was extremely frustrating, all she wanted to do was make a stew for her sisters, then of course Paige danced in and started going on about her stupid temp job, again!

"He's so dreamy!" Paige sighed.

"Okay Barbas, we are listening." The Head announced. Barbas the demon of fear stood before of a council of demons. It was time for him to make his pitch.

"Thank you sir, I would like to propose to eliminate the threat… those scientist people discovering and spreading the truth about us demons."

"I'm aware that Ex Libris and the Cleaners will take care of it more able-y" A gremlock pointed out.

"Ah, yes but this! This is on a grander scale, I could work my magic and have most of them dead in a week. No need for anyone to know of our existence. Of course I respect the Cleaners and Ex Libris' abilities, they only go for the small time heists. I'm here to give them a helping hand!"

"This wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that one of the Charmed ones is currently working there?" A Harpy demon asked venomously.

"Ah… that completely slipped my mind… but if you want that threat to be eliminated too, it would be my pleasure!" Barbas bowed before the council.

"What is your initial plan?" The Head listening attentively.

"I plan to trap the mortals all in the building they have come to love, release their fears in such confined situations, they will do the work for me!"

"You plan to make them go insane and kill each other?" The Gremlock scoffed.

"Yes, each other. And them selves."

"All in favour?" The Head asked.

Several demons rose their hands, the Harpy did not.

"It is done, you have one week, if we are not satisfied with your results, we will take care of the building our selves and you!" The council shimmered away leaving Barbas alone cackling to himself.

"Perfect!" He smiled malevolently rubbing his hands together then shimmering away.

"Piper come back! I haven't told you more about Craig!" Paige ran after her older sister as she stormed out of the kitchen her hands clamped over her ears.

"Trust me the less I know about him the better!" She said loudly still walking away and heading for the stairs.

"Fine!" Paige sulked, "Oh my god I'm late for work!" Piper turned and watched her sister orb away.

"Cars!" She shouted, "People use cars!" To absolutely no one in particular.

Phoebe Haliwell sat at her desk at the Bay Mirror studying a letter she had just received.

Dear Phoebe

I have been working as the photocopy girl in the white building downtown for 5 years and this guy I really like has never once looked at me! How I do I get him to notice me? Am I aiming too high? Should I pledge my heart to someone more worthy?

Photocopy girl

Some of these people should try living the life she lead, every love she had had since becoming a witch had been much more complicated than that. She noticed the note had said, "The big white building downtown" That was the science building Paige was temping at. She wondered if she could help her. Anyway if she had worked they for five years she should at least know the name of the building, Paige had called it something weird like Sine Labe or something. She said it was Latin for without stain. According to Paige everything in there was white and pristine. Phoebe could imagine it now, she actually felt sorry for Photocopy girl, she wouldn't want to work in a building that could blind you. Especially 5 floors of white blinding rooms.

She stared at the letter and tried to feel Photocopy girl in the letter, without her empathy power though she was finding it slightly difficult. She looked at her computer screen saw she had a new message, it was from Paige at work. Phoebe clicked to open it.

Hey Phoebs what it your greatest fear?

Paige xxx

Wow Paige was in a good mood, she normally never made contact with anyone on her temp jobs if she could help it, well let's see… Phoebe knew losing a sister was her greatest fear, her boyfriend being evil another. Hmm what could she put that Paige would be able to show her new friends. Craig for one, Paige had developed a slight crush on her charge who she was assisting.

Fire

She typed and sent it then returned to photocopy girls letter. She wasn't terrified of it, it was just unnerving to her. When dealing with flame throwing demons on a daily basis she supposed she wasn't really that scared of it.

Dear Photocopy girl

My advice to you is to relax and hopefully if the guy you like is interested he will come talk to you and you can get to know him. From what I can tell you don't really know this guy so don't be put out if he doesn't talk to you. If you are not sure about it maybe you should take your own advice and listen to yourself, if he doesn't seem right go for someone more attainable. That will mean less heartbreak and more of a chance of a relationship that will work.

Love Phoebe xxx

That was some great advice! Phoebe patted herself on the back.

"So Paige what is your biggest fear?" Craig asked pointing his coffee at her. They stood on the third floor office. It was one of the only rooms in the building which wasn't completely white. Instead it had a itchy beige carpeted floored, with pine cubicles for people on computers and had paperwork. Paige had one for where to put her recordings of Craig's experiments, mainly she was using her computer to send Phoebe annoying emails at work. The guy next to her hand an obsession with glue, he had about eight tubes of superglue in his desk. So Paige rather talked to her friends rather than hear the history of the Pritt Stick. Ooh, Phoebe's fear was fire she glanced at the screen. Craig stood his black hair slightly tousled from his earlier experiments, he had a gorgeous chiselled chin and high broad cheekbones, well carved lips, she would love to kiss those strong carved lips, oh! and his gorgeous deep grey eyes full of fun cheekiness. Paige loved his eyes, she could melt in them. His white lab coat had a large yellow stain on his left pocket which his other hand was jammed into.

Craig quickly wove his hand past her face.

"Paige?"

Paige blushed, "Oh? I have no fears, I'm fearless," She smiled flexing her arms jokingly.

"Well, I'll let you in on a secret!" Craig beckoned her to come closer, Paige did so, she could smell his neck, it smelt like lavender soap, she loved clean necks, Damnit the more she did this the more she wanted to grab him and kiss him, then his voice whispered in her ear softly, "I hate heights!"

Clara the copy girl inched towards them, "I'm scared of water." She said confidently.

"Hey there!" Craig smiled waving at her, Clara blushed. Paige studied the copy girl, it was sort of obvious she fancied Craig she just didn't really have the guts to actually flirt with him. She had deep chestnut brown shoulder length hair, it was extremely straight and sleek, Paige sometimes wished that she could have hair that shiny but, it just wouldn't suit her. She had similar eyes, deep brown eyes, with a small amount of eyeliner. She had very big lips and she was abnormally long legs too. She was asked at one point by a scout when Paige went out for coffee with her if had worked as a model but apparently she wanted to do more with her life than strut about a cat walk.

"Well, I guess… I hate being in small places like the walls closing in on me and stuff… and I hate the sight of blood." Paige said counting them off on her fingers. Glancing at her new friends. Craig drank in her words as she said them and nodded slowly taking it in, oh how she loved guys who listened to what said!

"I just hate water, drowning is a huge fear of mine." Clara explained. "What started this fear thing?"

"Uh… I don't know…" Craig replied rather perplexed.

Man it's much easier getting them to tell you their fears than just having to look for them, Barbas astral projected as a ghost behind Craig. The Charmed one began to laugh. She won't be laughing for long… not when he was through. Just 2 more floors then he could start his plan. 0h how couldn't wait to begin his house of horrors! He rubbed his hands together shimmering up a floor.

Piper stood in the kitchen stirring a pot of stew she had been working on, she touched it to her lips and let it roll along her tongue for a few seconds, yes that would do! She continued to stir absentmindedly when suddenly white orbs filled the kitchen, she jumped back as her son materialised opposite her.

"Hey!" He said waving his hand weakly at his mother.

"Chris… hi!" She smiled.

"Will, you be having any of my delicious stew?" She asked holding her spoon.

"Actually, there is a rumour going around that Barbas has been at it again, I thought we could you know vanquish him before he does anything."

"No stew?" Piper shook her head, what was the point no one was going to eat it. No one ever stayed in the manor for more then 20 minutes anymore.

Chris shook his head, "Barbas is planning to make some house of horrors to kill some innocents, and no I'm not hungry. Sorry!"

"Fine, I'll do the stupid potion, just to save this week from demonic central as always."

Chris nodded, "Like a pre-emptive strike!" He smiled glad Piper understood.

"Fine go and get my sisters and then we will get this over with!" Piper growled.

Chris orbed away obediently.

Phoebe sat at her computer since photocopy girl she had been on a roll, she had managed to get through half the pile of mail, then Chris orbed in.

"What?" She snapped as he materialised in front of her.

"Just making a vanquishing potion to kill Barbas." Chris said shrugging and jamming his hands in his pockets.

Phoebe sighed, "I'm on my way." She gathered her stuff into her bag and then took his hand as they orbed away, this shouldn't take too long.

As soon as Phoebe appeared Chris re-orbed straightaway, this whole Barbas thing was really agitating him.

He appeared behind a plant in an office room, no one had seen him, except a girl by the photocopier, she looked at him strangely as he strolled towards Paige, the girl by the photocopier followed. She had chestnut hair, like Bianca, "NO!" He hissed to himself.

Paige turned and saw him, Chris wove his hand and beckoned for her to come with him she shook her head vigorously. The photocopy girl walked past him towards Paige. Chris decided a more direct approach, "Hey, Paige you need to come home and do the thing that you and your sisters do." Chris said vaguely moving his arms around.

"Well, do they really absolutely desperately need my help?" She asked irritated.

"An old person… who is very … fearful needs… his medicine." Chris said slowly.

"Ok…" Paige didn't seem to be catching on.

"Barbas?" Chris said quickly, he was desperate.

"Barbas?" Craig repeated confused. Oh his face looked so cute when it crinkled like that, Paige, thought. Chris was not dragging her away from him.

"What has he done now?" Paige asked folding her arms.

"He's going to get into lots of trouble." Chris said exasperated.

"I'm not leaving till my shift is over, Chris!" Paige replied turning from him.

"Fine, we don't really need your help," Chris walked away back to the plant he had orbed in behind. Orbing was like sixth sense to him, but right now he wasn't clicking.

He just wasn't going anywhere, at all.

Instead he walked over to the lifts one stood open for him and he walked into it, what was wrong with his powers? Chris punched the ground floor button, the lift jerked into life. He went down.

Barbas stood on top of the 5 storey building his arms outstretched, finally, it was time to open his house of horrors, or close…

"What was his problem?" Craig asked Paige.

"Oh, nothing he is my cousin, we don't get along well. Trust me!" She patted his shoulder seductively.

Craig picked up on this, she touched the collar of his lab coat and pulled him towards sharply, he dropped his coffee and rested his hands on her hips. He gazed into her eyes, those deep eyes, Paige couldn't stand it any longer, she bent up and planted her lips firmly on his. Instead of recoiling as she had worried he could he kissed back gently.

She was right he was a great kisser.

Clara stood by the photocopy machine her mouth wide open, she knew why she hadn't gotten to Craig first she just wasn't that kind of person, who just kisses people. She felt happy for Paige, she deserved him. After all she was a Charmed one.

Chris stood impatiently in the lift waiting for it to reach the ground floor. Finally the doors creaked open and he walked straight ahead to the doors. He took the handle and pushed it gently to leave. The door remained jammed shut, no one else was in the room apart from the receptionist who had disappeared into a room behind her. He pushed the door again, then decided to pull it, nope that didn't work. It was definitely a push door. He tried his powers, he tried to push the door open with his telekinesis, nope. He looked down through the glass frame and saw bricks slowly building up from the ground. He glanced quickly through the door out of the window, people were walking past ignoring the bricks slowly building up, they were up to his knees in seconds, frantically he turned to the receptionist who was still absent, "Some one help!" He called, no answer. The lift doors were still open so were the others. He continued to bang on the door desperately what was going on the bricks quickened and suddenly they covered the entire door.

. What would happen if he touched it now he wondered?

He reached out timidly and electricity suddenly enveloped him hurling him back into the lift, slamming him against the back wall. His last sight was the bricked over door before he lost consciousness.

"It has begun!" Barbas cackled still standing of the roof of the building, "Tick-tock scientists your hours are numbered! Let the games begin!"