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A/N – stupid me, I forgot to mention the powers the older sisters have now. Piper can freeze, combust, and rewind time, but only by a few hours at most. Phoebe has premonitions at will, is clairvoyant, can levitate, and has the power to flood the mind with premonitions and visions until the mind figuratively collapses from the weight of the premonitions and kills the person (the electric attack from 'Morality Bites'). Paige can summon, has telekinesis, has the ability to orb, levitate, and heal, and can create psychic barriers with her mind. Cole has the power to fade (the teleport he did at the end of the season finale), the power to translocate (the power he used on Phoebe and Jackman in the season finale), and the power throw fire bolts, summon athames, cause a small cyclone around his body and throw green pentacles (think of an energy ball, only it's green and it's a pentacle). Yeah.
The next day, after school had been let out, the entire family gathered in the attic. It was sort of cramped now, but they managed.
Penelope held her hands over the Book of Shadows, and the pages flipped open to a demon with the power that Prue had seen the night before. "It's called a Lifeleech," the youngest daughter read. "They get their energy from sucking the life out of others. If they suck the life out of demons, warlocks or witches, they inherit their powers as well. They're classified as upper-level demons, but they don't fall in with any of the factions of the underworld. They're more chaotic than anything, and they're actually quite rare."
Aaron chuckled from where he lounged by the windows. He had summoned an athame and was cleaning his fingernails with the tip. "Well if it's so rare, then let's go catch the little dear and pin it to a wall somewhere. Start a collection or something."
"Aaron," Phoebe said.
Paige leaned over Penelope's shoulder and sighed. "There's no vanquishing spell, so I guess we're going to have to get a piece of it's skin."
Aaron jumped to his feet. "That'd be my job, I guess," he said. "I'm the one with the knives."
Phoebe started to object, but Cole reached out and touched her shoulder. Phoebe sighed and nodded. "Take one or two of your cousins with you, and be careful."
Aaron bowed ironically. "It will be as you wish, mother," he said. He looked at Prue and Katrina. "Well, beloved cousin and sister? Wanna come with?"
Katrina grinned. "Sure, sounds like a rockin' good time."
"I think I saw them in the alleys in Chinatown," Prue said. "We should start there." She orbed out, followed by Aaron shimmering out and Katrina smoking out.
Piper clapped her hands. "Okay! I'll get the stuff together for demon vanquishing potion. Melinda, why don't you come help me?"
Melinda, who had been sitting quietly near Paige, got up to follow her mother, but Paige stopped her. "Why doesn't Patty go with you, Piper?" she asked.
Piper raised an eyebrow.
Paige shrugged. "Call it a hunch. I want to see if an old friend has any information, and I may need a witch that can freeze."
Melinda looked at Piper. "Is that okay, Mom?" she asked.
Piper sighed and waved her hand. "Alright, but please be careful."
Paige grinned as she and her niece orbed out. "Aren't we always?"
Leo cleared his throat. "I'll go see what the Elders know about this."
Piper shot him The Look. "Whenever there's work to be done, you always go up there."
"Oops. They're calling me." Leo orbed out.
Piper sighed, laughed, and looked at Patty, Penelope, Phoebe, and Cole. "Let's go make some potion," she said.
Katrina, Prue, and Aaron appeared in a deserted alley in Chinatown. Prue immediately bent and picked up a cigarette butt that had been smashed by a boot. "Well, we're definitely in the right place."
"Definitely," Katrina said, pointing ahead. There was crime scene tape strung up ahead of them, but apparently the cops had finished their work. A chalk outline was sketched on the concrete. "Think you can pick up a premonition from it?"
Prue stepped toward the tape, looked around to see if there was anyone around, then quickly jumped over the tape and knelt next to the outline. She reached out and touched the outline gently, and immediately her eyes were filled with blue orbs.
"Jackpot," Aaron breathed.
Prue said something, but in the midst of the premonition it came out garbled. "What, hun?" Aaron asked.
The orbs faded. "I said 'BEHIND YOU!'" Prue yelled.
Aaron spun, a purple plasma ball flying from his hand and intercepting the energy ball that had been flying towards them. There was a detonation, the ground shook and dirt sprayed from the concrete. "Katrina!" he said.
Katrina put her hand out, and the demon that threw the energy ball was surrounded by smoke for a second before freezing. "Well, we're definitely in the right place," she said.
"We established that already," Aaron reminded her, summoning two athames into his hands with two puffs of black smoke.
Prue stepped out of the circle and walked next to Katrina as Aaron approached the demon with his athames drawn. Just before he reached the demon, the demon broke the freeze and backhanded Aaron into Katrina and Prue, knocking them all to the ground.
Then the demon shimmered out, and when he shimmered back in, there were six more identical demons, three flanking him on either side. Each demon smirked the exact same smirk and spoke the exact same words. "Time to die, witches."
A volley of energy balls was flung at the three witches standing near the crime scene, and Prue screamed in panic.
In one of those rare flashes of coincidence, Paige and Melinda were only a few blocks away, talking to the cashier, an old friend who knew the secret of the Charmed Ones, at the herb markets where Piper bought herbs for her potions, when Prue screamed. Melinda simultaneously had one of those moments of white lighter clarity, like her father had with his charges. "Prue's in trouble!" she said. Melinda and Paige orbed to the alley.
"Energy balls!" Paige yelled. The intercepted energy balls orbed out in midair, orbed back in at the exact same location, and flew back toward the demonic line. The six copies were struck with the energy balls and were vanquished; the original caught the energy ball heading for him. He laughed. "Always thinking you have the answers," he laughed.
Melinda threw her hands out, and orbs rose from the surface of everything in the alley as time froze. The demon simply laughed. "He didn't freeze!" Melinda said. "Why didn't he freeze?"
The demon laughed one more time. "I am Ohler," he smirked. "And I am the messenger of a higher power. Welcome the Unholy Council to San Francisco, and then wait, for we will surely destroy the world before we are done." Then the demon glowed and shimmered out.
A/N – stupid me, I forgot to mention the powers the older sisters have now. Piper can freeze, combust, and rewind time, but only by a few hours at most. Phoebe has premonitions at will, is clairvoyant, can levitate, and has the power to flood the mind with premonitions and visions until the mind figuratively collapses from the weight of the premonitions and kills the person (the electric attack from 'Morality Bites'). Paige can summon, has telekinesis, has the ability to orb, levitate, and heal, and can create psychic barriers with her mind. Cole has the power to fade (the teleport he did at the end of the season finale), the power to translocate (the power he used on Phoebe and Jackman in the season finale), and the power throw fire bolts, summon athames, cause a small cyclone around his body and throw green pentacles (think of an energy ball, only it's green and it's a pentacle). Yeah.
The next day, after school had been let out, the entire family gathered in the attic. It was sort of cramped now, but they managed.
Penelope held her hands over the Book of Shadows, and the pages flipped open to a demon with the power that Prue had seen the night before. "It's called a Lifeleech," the youngest daughter read. "They get their energy from sucking the life out of others. If they suck the life out of demons, warlocks or witches, they inherit their powers as well. They're classified as upper-level demons, but they don't fall in with any of the factions of the underworld. They're more chaotic than anything, and they're actually quite rare."
Aaron chuckled from where he lounged by the windows. He had summoned an athame and was cleaning his fingernails with the tip. "Well if it's so rare, then let's go catch the little dear and pin it to a wall somewhere. Start a collection or something."
"Aaron," Phoebe said.
Paige leaned over Penelope's shoulder and sighed. "There's no vanquishing spell, so I guess we're going to have to get a piece of it's skin."
Aaron jumped to his feet. "That'd be my job, I guess," he said. "I'm the one with the knives."
Phoebe started to object, but Cole reached out and touched her shoulder. Phoebe sighed and nodded. "Take one or two of your cousins with you, and be careful."
Aaron bowed ironically. "It will be as you wish, mother," he said. He looked at Prue and Katrina. "Well, beloved cousin and sister? Wanna come with?"
Katrina grinned. "Sure, sounds like a rockin' good time."
"I think I saw them in the alleys in Chinatown," Prue said. "We should start there." She orbed out, followed by Aaron shimmering out and Katrina smoking out.
Piper clapped her hands. "Okay! I'll get the stuff together for demon vanquishing potion. Melinda, why don't you come help me?"
Melinda, who had been sitting quietly near Paige, got up to follow her mother, but Paige stopped her. "Why doesn't Patty go with you, Piper?" she asked.
Piper raised an eyebrow.
Paige shrugged. "Call it a hunch. I want to see if an old friend has any information, and I may need a witch that can freeze."
Melinda looked at Piper. "Is that okay, Mom?" she asked.
Piper sighed and waved her hand. "Alright, but please be careful."
Paige grinned as she and her niece orbed out. "Aren't we always?"
Leo cleared his throat. "I'll go see what the Elders know about this."
Piper shot him The Look. "Whenever there's work to be done, you always go up there."
"Oops. They're calling me." Leo orbed out.
Piper sighed, laughed, and looked at Patty, Penelope, Phoebe, and Cole. "Let's go make some potion," she said.
Katrina, Prue, and Aaron appeared in a deserted alley in Chinatown. Prue immediately bent and picked up a cigarette butt that had been smashed by a boot. "Well, we're definitely in the right place."
"Definitely," Katrina said, pointing ahead. There was crime scene tape strung up ahead of them, but apparently the cops had finished their work. A chalk outline was sketched on the concrete. "Think you can pick up a premonition from it?"
Prue stepped toward the tape, looked around to see if there was anyone around, then quickly jumped over the tape and knelt next to the outline. She reached out and touched the outline gently, and immediately her eyes were filled with blue orbs.
"Jackpot," Aaron breathed.
Prue said something, but in the midst of the premonition it came out garbled. "What, hun?" Aaron asked.
The orbs faded. "I said 'BEHIND YOU!'" Prue yelled.
Aaron spun, a purple plasma ball flying from his hand and intercepting the energy ball that had been flying towards them. There was a detonation, the ground shook and dirt sprayed from the concrete. "Katrina!" he said.
Katrina put her hand out, and the demon that threw the energy ball was surrounded by smoke for a second before freezing. "Well, we're definitely in the right place," she said.
"We established that already," Aaron reminded her, summoning two athames into his hands with two puffs of black smoke.
Prue stepped out of the circle and walked next to Katrina as Aaron approached the demon with his athames drawn. Just before he reached the demon, the demon broke the freeze and backhanded Aaron into Katrina and Prue, knocking them all to the ground.
Then the demon shimmered out, and when he shimmered back in, there were six more identical demons, three flanking him on either side. Each demon smirked the exact same smirk and spoke the exact same words. "Time to die, witches."
A volley of energy balls was flung at the three witches standing near the crime scene, and Prue screamed in panic.
In one of those rare flashes of coincidence, Paige and Melinda were only a few blocks away, talking to the cashier, an old friend who knew the secret of the Charmed Ones, at the herb markets where Piper bought herbs for her potions, when Prue screamed. Melinda simultaneously had one of those moments of white lighter clarity, like her father had with his charges. "Prue's in trouble!" she said. Melinda and Paige orbed to the alley.
"Energy balls!" Paige yelled. The intercepted energy balls orbed out in midair, orbed back in at the exact same location, and flew back toward the demonic line. The six copies were struck with the energy balls and were vanquished; the original caught the energy ball heading for him. He laughed. "Always thinking you have the answers," he laughed.
Melinda threw her hands out, and orbs rose from the surface of everything in the alley as time froze. The demon simply laughed. "He didn't freeze!" Melinda said. "Why didn't he freeze?"
The demon laughed one more time. "I am Ohler," he smirked. "And I am the messenger of a higher power. Welcome the Unholy Council to San Francisco, and then wait, for we will surely destroy the world before we are done." Then the demon glowed and shimmered out.