So, no one left any comments about Jerome's new power, so I'll give him electrokinesis in this chapter. So far, two reviews say to bring Melinda in with Chris. No one has said not to. So, I'm going to do it. Melinda will come in a little after Chris does, but they'll both be in the story fairly soon. Like, within the next chapter or two.
Chapter 3:
Piper and Phoebe had been talking to each other. "Jerome saved our lives, don't you think he deserves a reward?" Piper asked.
"Well, yeah, but going behind the Elders' backs, isn't that a little dangerous?" Phoebe replied.
"Who cares? Jerome is more than powerful enough to keep the Elders off our backs, and besides, they wouldn't want anything to happen to their precious Charmed Ones," Piper replied.
"True. So, it's agreed. We'll give Jerome back the power he used against Amenti, the lightning," Phoebe said.
"I think he called it electrokinesis, or something," Piper said.
"Wait, shouldn't we talk to Paige about this?" Phoebe asked.
"I'm sure she'll be fine with it. It is Jerome, after all," Piper said.
As it turned out, Piper was right. Paige agreed wholeheartedly. They brought Jerome into the living room and, after telling Leo what they were doing, readied themselves to start chanting. "Are you sure we have enough power to do this?" Phoebe asked.
"There's only one way to find out," Jerome said. The sisters had noticed a change in Jerome's behavior. He seemed more comfortable, and he seemed to trust all of them. He was still mysterious, secretive, and fairly withdrawn, though not nearly as much as he was before. However, the sisters still noticed the change in his behavior.
"How did the spell go again?" Piper asked.
"I wrote it down last time, in case we ever needed it again. Spell!" Paige called. A piece of paper Orbed into her hand.
The sisters all read off the paper. "The Council has spoken, Jerome's powers are gone. Restore his powers, though only the one. Powers that be, restore electrokinesis to he!" they chanted.
Despite the blaring grammatical error in the spell, Jerome felt power restored to him. "Did it work?" Paige asked.
Jerome turned to her and grinned. "Only one way to find out." Jerome Orbed himself and the sisters to the Sahara. He turned around and blasted as much lightning as he could from his hand. The lightning started at his shoulders, then traveled down his arm and ultimately being released through his fingertips. The lightning was incredibly intense. The Charmed Ones had seen lightning before, but not nearly as intense as the lightning Jerome was using.
Once Jerome stopped, Paige commented "I've never seen such intense lightning before."
"It's called 'enhanced electrokinesis,'" Jerome said.
"Enhanced? What does that mean?" Phoebe asked.
"Amongst active powers there are three... levels, I guess. The first is just the power itself. For example," Jerome said. Jerome shot off some lightning. It looked like the lightning the Charmed Ones had seen before, just slightly more intense and with three electrical arcs rather than just one or two.
"The next level is referred to as an advanced for of that power, and is often called advanced whatever the power is. Advanced electrokinesis, for example," Jerome said. Jerome blasted two concentrated beams of electricity from his hands.
"It's incredibly rare to find any magical creatures with enough power to use an advanced form of most powers. Advanced telekinesis isn't too rare, but the higher powers, such as pyrokinesis, cryokinesis, and electrokinesis are.
"The last, rarest, and most powerful level of powers is enhanced. You've already seen enhanced electrokinesis and enhanced telekinesis, so I'm not going to bother showing you again. As far as I'm aware, Defenders are the only people with the power to use enhanced powers. At least, the only people who can use them naturally," Jerome said.
"Huh. And here I thought we were really powerful. Turns out, we're only a fraction as powerful as we could be," Paige said.
"No. Advanced powers are often times as dangerous to the user as they are to the victim," Jerome said.
Marthis noticed all of the lightning. "He has that power back?" he shouted. "Why do the witches trust him with that power?"
Daniel turned to Marthis. "Marthis, we have far greater problems to worry about. He is out of our influence now, our primary focus is stopping the Destroyer. Do not allow yourself to become distracted by your hatred of the boy," he said.
Marthis growled. "Very well. Our focus shall be on the Destroyer. He is the most pressing concern right now," he said.
Author's Note:
I know that this chapter is short, but I started writing the next chapter as part of this one, and realized that this chapter and the next one don't really flow together as one chapter. They needed to be put into two chapter. As I said in the last author's note, I want to bring Melinda into this story. As I said earlier, all the reviews have said to bring her in, so I shall. However, all the knowledge of her I have comes from the wiki page. According to the wiki page, her only powers are telekinetic Orbing and Hovering. I'm considering giving her another power, maybe, but I don't really know which one to give her. Please leave a review giving me some ideas for her powers, and anything else that you want to say. Some examples of appropriate reviews would be: praise, suggestions, friendly criticism, and requests. Please note that these are examples and a review can contain other things if you feel so inclined.
