Chapter 2: Thrown
The sisters looked around to find themselves in a small room with a sofa in the middle and a telly in the corner with children's programs on, so commonplace that it could've been their own living room if not for the lack of windows for it being in the underworld.
Piper looked questioningly at her husband, but before she could voice her doubts about where he had led them, the person that was sitting on the sofa with their backs turned towards them stood up and raised her hand towards Leo. The older sister reacted immediately in defense of her husband, and done the same, blowing the person up. Until the ex Elder demoness would recompose Leo'd have some time to gather himself, whether he wanted to talk to his ex mentor or attack.
"Who did you blow up?" Leo asked confused.
"That wasn't Unu?" Piper looked around, not seeing the subatoms reattach to each other to form a person.
"Does it matter?" Phoebe gestured dismissively, "if we're in the underworld, she was a demon, or at the very least evil anyway..." She got interrupted by a child crying. She edged round the couch where she could see a little boy of just about Wyatt's age hiding behind a big pillow, not very effectively. "There's a demon child!"
"That's right, a demon child, pure and innocent, untouched by any evil, and scared!" Cole said from the doorway and you just killed his nanny! You just killed a young woman of demonic heritage with no active powers to harm you, practically a child herself, in front of a two year old! Now, that is evil!" He lifted the toddler protectively up, "what business is it you have with this boy?"
"Nothing, I'm so sorry..." Piper said quickly, making one step towards them. Although she was the main culprit, she instantly caught on the meaning of what just occurred to the nipper, herself being a mother, so much so that the shock of what she'd done was bigger than the surprise over seeing her ex brother in law.
"And I've vanquished you too, but you're not dead," Paige said, stepping next to Phoebe, who was just staring agape.
"Ah, I forgot, you call it vanquishing, not killing. My bad. I had to make you think you did, so you don't come try to vanquish me again. Now I repeat, what do you want with Nemeth?"
"I think it's me who they want," Unu orbed in next to Cole to take the boy away from him, "I had a little fun on their expense earlier. Which is all good, I was hoping we could get our chance Leo, but not now when we have Nemeth with us. You never know you see."
"We would never hurt a child if that's what you're implying," Paige felt the need to defend themselves.
"Would you not? What about the Council's orders? I guess Leo's never telling you about the dirty work? Stuff they don't tell witches and whitelighters in case they get the sense of injustice? Anything against a demon goes! But a minority? The different ones? The weaker ones!"
"Demons as the evil ones maybe?!" Phoebe found her voice.
Unu laughed, "they have to defend themselves against the killers like you don't you think? Hundreds of generations down it's easy to forget demons are only fallen angels that have been dismissed from grace for some reason. Like you will be soon Leo, when the council will find out about your doings. I wanted you to come to me so that I can tell you that you'll be welcome. But only you, not the witches. You're condemning all the population of Australia just because they are mostly descendants of convicts? And what ridiculous things they'd call crimes!"
"You actually think we would ever wanna join you?" Paige frowned.
"Were you that far from choosing the side you're on when you became a witch?" Cole reminded her.
"And what's your business here, Cole?" Phoebe turned the question he had previously asked them.
"My husband will be on my side, as I am on his," Unu spat, "that's the way it's supposed to be till death do us apart?" She said mockingly, then gave a hand to Cole, letting him shimmer them out.
Phoebe and Paige came to stand round Leo. There were many questions they wanted answers for, especially what and if he'd know about Cole before.
Leo looked pleadingly to Piper, hoping she could find a way to make her sisters understand. But Piper was just staring at the place the demon family'd been a moment ago. She had just killed their nanny. Who was more evil, indeed and what if Unu was right about everything? She wanted peace, for the sake of Wyatt, the children, demonic or otherwise. If this peace, treaty, or whatever could be obtained, it would be through Unu and Cole. Only thing was, how was she going to convince her one track mind sisters? Blindness was worse than evil and on that count, she should just give up. And how is it again she's feeling guilty for vanquishing demons? That's just not right! How could she think of agreeing with them for even a second?"
The End.