A.N. I just wanna say first and foremost Happy Mother's Day. I hope it was good and you guys all told your moms that you love them and if you didn't, I'd suggest doing it now. Anyway, this is the second chapter. Where we left off, Prue got sucked into "Charlie's Angels" and now she's going to confront the Angels. No one knows yet, but that just might change. Just to clear up some questions that I've been asked: this is in her second year of being a witch. She just got astral projection a few weeks ago and your other questions will be answered later on. Also, this takes place outside of the "Charmed" timeline for reasons you'll soon understand. Remember to write me or just leave a review if you hate how something went down or just to rant or rave. I'm ready to answer your questions, much like Prue's about to… Anyway, I'm done talking, enjoy chapter 2, entitled, "My Little Angels".
(Prue's POV)
I was face-to-face with "Charlie's Angels" and not just Alex and Natalie, but Dylan. I was totally scared that she'd remember who I was, why was I under scrutiny by Dylan? I wish she'd just tell me.
(Dylan's POV)
Who is this girl? I thought to myself. I then noticed something gleaming in the sunlight and it was a tiara. Not just any tiara, it was:
The Crown of Prusiris! I noticed. Who was she and how'd she get that crown? I thought I gave it to… No, it couldn't be, right? Only one way to find out. "Hey!" I yelled out to the girl, stepping closer towards her.
"Ye-yes." She stammered, rising to her feet. She seeming afraid of something, but what?
"Who are you?" I asked.
(Prue's POV)
Busted! I yelled to myself.
(Leo's POV)
Piper, Phoebe and I were crowded around Prue's room; the girl's been in there all night and we need the book. Anyway, I was pacing around, just waiting for the elders to call me to see what wrecked with the grand design. "Leo," Phoebe said to me, "Will you stop pacing? You're making me nervous."
"Well I'm waiting for the elders and you guys need that book. Prue has the book in her room, though and I can't orb in; I have to respect her privacy." I answered, "Knock on the door again Piper, see if she'll answer."
"I been trying for the past hour, but I'll try again." My wife then banged on the door, "Prue, open the goddamn door! Prue, I said open the door!"
"Give it up Piper," I said finally, "She's not opening up."
Phoebe then let out a quick breath. "What is it Phoebe?" I asked.
"You don't think something bad happened to Prue, do you?" She asked Piper and me.
"No," Piper dismissed, "I mean it's not like Prue got attacked… Prue, open the door. Open the door now!" Piper began yelling, banging on the door again, this time faster and harder. I then heard the elders calling me and I announced, "I'm going to see the elders," before orbing Up There.
"What is it? Did you figure out the disturbance?" I asked, expectantly.
"Yeah, we did." One of the elders said, "And it involves a Charmed One."
My face fell instantly. "Which one? Is it Piper, Phoebe, who?" I asked.
The elder took a deep breath before telling me what happened. I orbed back down and Piper and Phoebe looked at me. "Well," Phoebe said, eagerly, "What did the elders say?"
I looked Piper in the eyes and said slowly, "It's Prue. She's…" I didn't get to finish as Phoebe yelled out, "OH MY GOD!"
Piper and I turned to Phoebe, who was currently trying to shake her sister awake. "Prue! Prue! Prue, wake up! Wake up Prue! I said WAKE UP!" She yelled, shaking Prue's lifeless body violently. "Why isn't she waking up?" Piper and I exchanged an apprehensive glance. I took a deep breath. Here it goes: the truth.
(Dylan's POV)
"Answer the question!" I pressed, "Who are you?"
"My name is…" The girl hesitated, "Jenny Hampton."
"Don't lie Prue!" I said. Prue looked at me surprised.
"Dylan, how did you know it was me?" She asked.
"Look at your head." She quickly took the crown off. "I needed to make sure, but you lied to me."
"Because I didn't want you to remember."
"Remember what?"
"Everything. All I wanted was for you to take care of… Savvy and Lacey, are they okay?"
"Okay," Alex interrupted, looking between Prue and I. "How do you know Dylan? Dylan how do you know her and how does she know about your kids?"
Prue asked me, "You told them they were your kids?"
"I had nothing else to tell them. I couldn't just say that I was taking care of a friend's kids because I had no idea who that friend was. I just had a vague sense that they weren't mine. Now let's go." I walked over to the man she was with and put the handcuffs on him.
"Dylan, don't!" Prue said.
"What Prue?"
"I'll watch him, he doesn't need the cuffs. You just take us to see my kids."
"What do you mean?" He said, "I don't need anyone to-." I saw Prue quickly kick his shin and he winced. "I mean, let Prue watch me."
"Good. Now let's go Angels."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Alex said, "That's not your call; you're not one of us. Dylan?"
"Let's go Angels." I said, turning and walking to the chute that led straight to Charlie.
(Lacey's POV)
I was sitting with my sister, Savannah, watching as she shot fire from her hands, melting a rock. "Come on Savvy," I said, "let's go. I'm so bored and we shouldn't be here."
"Relax Lace," She said to me, black orbing several rocks at her side, "We'll go just as soon as all these rocks get melted down." I slumped back down, before blasting fire from my mouth. Savvy looked at me.
"The rocks are all melted down," I defended myself, "now let's go before we get caught."
"Fine." Savvy grumbled. The two of us black orbed back to our room.
"Stay here." I ordered of my twin sister, "I'm going to go see if the Angels came back yet." I walked slowly to the door, opening it just a crack to get a perfect view of the couch. The Angels weren't there yet, thank goodness; if they knew we left out, then it'd be the power suppression cuff for two weeks.
I turned back to Savvy, closing the door the same way I opened it. "They're not there."
"Who's not there?" Natalie asked from behind me, practically making me jump out of my skin. I instinctually swiveled around, apporting my loaded darklighter crossbow in my hands, my hand on the trigger. I instantly relaxed, then warned, "Natalie, don't do that. I could've shot you."
"Sorry about that. Anyway, there's someone I want the two of you to meet." Natalie stepped away from the doorway and Savvy and I peeked out. In front of us was a woman with long brown hair, a white blazer and blue short-sleeved shirt, white pants to match and white and gold flats. Around her neck was a necklace and she smiled. I remembered:
"No, don't go!" I wailed, running over to her. "Don't leave, I'll miss you."
My mother turned to me and ruffled my hair. "I'm so sorry Lacey, but I need to leave. I have to go back to home."
"Then take Savvy and me with you." I bargained, "I just want to go with you."
"Sorry, but she can't take you." My aunt said, "We have no idea what would happen if we brought you guys with us. For all we know, the Earth might explode."
"Then let that happen." I said, "I just don't want to lose mom."
Mom chuckled, her smile radiating. "You are definitely my daughter. Anyway, I'd do anything to keep you alive and I trust you with these people." Mom presented behind me. I pouted.
"And you'll grow to trust them too." She continued, "I'd really rather just stay here with you and Savvy, but my sisters will miss me. I'll see if I could come back someday, but until then, you can't remember me. (Powers and emotions tied, a witch's heart is where it hides. Help her through her agony, bless her with her memory.)"
I was suddenly snapped back to reality and I knew who that woman was. She was:
"Mom!" I yelled, rushing forward and hugging my mom tightly. She pried me from her and looked at me.
"You remember me Lacey?" She asked.
"Yeah mom, I remember you. You finally came back." I hugged my mom again.
"I thought that I erased your memory of me."
"The memory of you, Aunt Piper, Aunt Phoebe and Leo-."
"Uncle Leo."
"They finally got married?" I asked, "Anyway, the memory of you leaving came to mind and I knew who you were." I turned to the room and yelled, "Savvy, come out! It's mom."
"Mom?" Savvy said, stepping closer to us.
"Savvy? My goodness, you've grown so much." My mother, Prue, said, stepping closer to my sister and hugging her. I stood back and watched as the two reconnected. I needed to reconnect with mom too, but Savvy needed this way more than I did.
"But, how are you back?" Savvy sniffled, letting go of mom. "I thought you went through the portal and that was it. Did you guys finally find a way to make travel here and back without you getting lost?"
"About that… you see, I'm kind-of:
(Piper's POV)
"Trapped!" I began to rant, infuriated that Prue went behind our backs and decided to go back to see them. "I understand they're her kids, but couldn't she at least have enough decency to wait until you and the elders could track the disturbance before running off?"
"Piper, calm down." Leo said to me.
"I am calm!" I yelled at my husband.
Leo pointed out, "You're pacing. And besides, Prue was the disturbance. If she didn't go, then that threat was always going to be there or at least until death."
"Oh, don't worry Leo; I am going to kill that girl when I get my hands on her!"
"Piper, I said stop." Leo stood and grabbed me, making me stop my habitual pacing. "We'll figure out a way to get Prue out of the movie and you aren't going to kill her."
"Wanna bet?" I asked. I unwrapped Leo's hands from around me and walked over to the book, which lay on Prue's bed. "This stupid spell isn't working!"
"Well, you need the Power of Three for that."
"We didn't have it the first time and it worked."
"Well, we don't have Phoebe."
"Get her down from Magic School so we can try the spell again."
"Piper, I already said it isn't going to work." I let out an aggravated grunt, Prue's mirror exploding, the shattered glass falling to the ground. "Piper!"
"Sorry Leo, you know my powers go out of control when I'm angry." I apologized, but not really feeling sorry; Prue deserved to lose her mirror because she's risking us losing her. I turned to the book, then the T.V. where Charlie's Angels was still playing, then to Leo. I took a deep breath and asked, "What now?"
(Alex's POV)
"Really Prue?" Natalie asked, "You got yourself trapped here again?"
"I really needed to see Lacey and Savvy and if you're going to blame anyone, blame Dylan and Charlie."
"Me?" Dylan asked, outraged. "How is this my fault?"
"Well, Charlie kept on popping up in my dream and yesterday, I heard your voice calling me here. You said that everyone needed me, so I had to come."
"Well I didn't call you! At that time, I didn't even remember you!" Everyone began arguing, their voices all climbing higher and higher. I plugged my ears to try and stop the noise, but that was utterly useless. Their voices rose and rose and rose until I yelled, "ALRIGHT QUIET!"
Everyone shut up and turned to me. "Everyone just be quiet. Prue's here and we can't change that, so there's no use playing the blame game. She might be stuck with us, but the least we can do is help Piper, Phoebe and Leo try to bring her back. Prue: try and get in contact with someone from home; Lacey and Savvy: try to see if you can get someone from The Underworld to help; meanwhile, Natalie, Dylan and I will try to see if we can conjure a spell to send you back."
"No you won't." My boss, Charlie, said, making his presence known. "There's a robbery in progress. Angels, head out. Try the spell later."
Dylan looked at Natalie and me. "Ready to go Angels?"
"Let's go." Natalie said. "Remember the plan." Dylan and Natalie ran towards the chute, while Lacey and Savvy black orbed out.
Prue looked at me. "Thanks Alex, for what you did back there."
"Don't consider yourself grateful." I said coldly, "I remember what you did and I'll never forgive you for it. The sooner we help, the sooner you leave and the sooner you leave, the sooner things get back to normal around here." I pushed past the witch with my shoulder and caught up with Dylan and Natalie.
(Unknown POV)
I landed on the rooftop, looking down on the night sky and the people passing by. I watched the people passing, imagining what they were saying in my head while I waited for my target. "No John, you listen to me!" I heard a woman yelling, as she walked into my alleyway. "I'm tired of your excuses, we're through!" She hung up the phone and sighed, leaning against the brick wall. She was joyful, she had finally gotten rid of the man, the poison in her life… or at least she was. She suddenly realized that she had gotten rid of John, her whitelighter!
"Things couldn't possibly get any worse," was the thought running through her head. I smirked. If she thought this was the worse the world could throw at her, then she had another thing coming. I jumped down from the rooftop.
…
I heard a girl yell out, "Stop!" I smiled; my targets had just arrived. I then heard the faint sound of sirens blaring. I got off the woman's body and faded. "What the-?" The woman asked before the sirens stopped.
"Freeze!" A police officer yelled. I faded back onto the rooftop, watching. The officer continued, "You're under arrest!" The three girls turned around and I smiled. Alex Munday, Natalie Cook and Dylan Sunders were being arrested. I said telepathically to the one person I knew would hear me, "My turn's done. Your move." I then faded out.
(Prue's POV)
"My turn's done. Your move." I heard someone say to me telepathically.
"Huh?" I asked, swiveling around the room.
"What is it, Prue?" Charlie asked me, standing up from his chair.
"I don't know. I just heard someone say something to me telepathically, but I don't know any telepaths except… Alan, where are you?" I yelled out.
"Relax Prue, I'm right here." Alan slid down the pole that Charlie installed. He noticed my face and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I wish I knew. I just heard someone say something to me telepathically, but I have no idea who."
"Could it have someone from your world?"
I shook my head, "No, I would recognize the voice."
"Well, what did they say?"
"They said 'My turn's done. Your move.' "
"Well what could that mean?"
"Apparently this person's playing some kind of game and they want me to join in as their opponent."
"Well what could his 'move' have been?" Charlie asked. Lacey and Savannah black orbed in, collapsing on the ground.
"Girls, I'm glad you're back. Did you find anyone willing to-." I let out a short gasp before rushing over to my bloodied and bruised daughters. "My god, you're hurt!"
"No really?" Lacey asked sarcastically. I gave Lacey a look and she apologized, "Sorry mom, I just get cynical when I'm upset."
"Well who did this to you?" I turned to Charlie and Alan. "Alan, get the first aid kit. Charlie, contact the Angels, tell them to come back here." I turned back to my daughters, "I swear I'm going to find and kill whoever did this to you!"
Alan came over with the first aid kit and I took out some alcohol and gauze pads. "Alan, deal with Savvy, while I take care of Lacey." I asked Lacey, while tending to her wound, "Who did this?"
"I have no idea." Lacey winced and let out a small whinny of pain as I touched a big purple bruise on her forehead with an alcohol-brushed gauze pad. Lacey's gray shirt was torn at the sleeves and I felt so desperately like calling for Leo, but then again, I couldn't. After I removed the pad, Lacey continued, "All I heard was 'Chiaroscuro.' "
"Light and dark." I quickly realized, "What could that possibly have to do with you two?"
"It doesn't have to do with us," Savannah said, "It has to do with you. They attacked us because we're your kids, as collateral damage."
"Well you guys have no idea who did this to you and what would they want with me?"
"No idea." The twins said together.
"Um, guys." Charlie said, staring at the screen on his desk.
"What is it, Charlie?" I turned away from Lacey and Savvy.
"I think I know what the first move was."
"Like this wasn't it?"
"No, he may've made more than one move. Now come to the screen, you need to see this." Alan and I helped the kids up and walked over to the screen. We were looking at the police registry and the latest three criminals enrolled tonight were Charlie's Angels.
"Arrested!" I exclaimed, swiveling away from the desk, forcing Lacey to clutch the desk for dear life to keep from falling again. "The Angels really got arrested, but how?" Those little five words echoed in my head and I instantly knew how. My turn…
"Lacey," I turned to my daughter, who was still struggling with stability. "Where's the Book of Shadows?"
"It's in the back." She answered, "Why? What are you looking for?" Instead if answering her question, I simply walked into Lacey and Savannah's room and flipped Lacey's pillow over. A secret panel opened up and inside was the book. Those girls definitely take after me. I thought, marveling at Lacey's brilliance for a brief moment. I grabbed the book and started flicking through it, when Lacey asked, "Mom, what are you looking for?"
She hobbled over to me with the help of Savannah, who needed help herself. "Can we help?" Savannah asked, leaning on my shoulder for support. I smiled at my daughter.
"Of course." I answered, helping the girls into a sitting position. We then began looking through the book and soon after, Lacey and Savvy fell asleep, resting their heads on my shoulders as they snored lightly. I stopped flicking through the book and looked at my girls; my little angels and possibly the future of Charlie's Angels.
Are you really going to leave Prue? You just got here and you already want to leave? You want to leave the Angels, Charlie, Alan, your daughters behind?
You know what, you're right. I thought, I'm with my girls, who I haven't seen in so long; I need to reconnect with them and I can't abandon the Angels and let them rot in jail for a crime they didn't commit. I need to save them, but how?
Don't think about that now, you'll figure it out. Now, just snuggle up with your girls and fall asleep. I looked between Lacey and Savannah Halliwell, the twins of my (and some darklighter's) creation. I kissed them on their foreheads, to which Savvy wriggled slightly before settling back down under my arm. I stifled a yawn before settling between the twins and closing my eyes, falling into a dreamless sleep… well, an almost dreamless one anyway.
A.N. What's going to happen to the Angels now that they're incarcerated? Will Prue figure out a way to free them? Just who is this mystery person? What are the Chiaroscuro and what do they want with Prue? Will Lacey and Savannah be attacked again or are they out of harm's way? Will Prue finally connect with her daughters after the 12 years they spent apart? And will Piper, Phoebe and Leo find a way to free Prue from the movie? Again, ideas for this story are welcomed since I plan on making this really long.
