Please continue the adventure. I feel excited day by day. XD


4. Phoenix's blood

The carriage slowly rolled its wheel on the gravel path. Phoebe looked through the window, the forest was closer and closer. She wondered what Chris will do to fight all of the guards around the carriage and then what would she said to him if he succeeded. That he had risked his life for nothing because the one he loves had been kidnap by a demigod. She hoped Piper and Paige can find Bianca soon.

SLASHHHH!

A sharp sound of something tearing the air broke the silent. A loud thump followed. The horses started and whinnied. 'It began'. Phoebe thought and tried to cling on to the door knob while the carriage rocked madly. The guards shouted at each other, tried to keep the scared horses and found who had attack.

They didn't need to go anywhere to find.

WHOOP!

Chris jumped out from the bush and landed before the convoy. He wore a mask to hide his identity.

"Leave the carriage!" He said out loud.

"Or what? You want a fight with all of us? Oh, I'm scared." The Convoy Commander scorned the lonely thief.

"It's your choice. I don't have time."

Chris replied and closed his eyes. Suddenly, hundreds of Chris formed around him.

"Oh my God, multiple astral projects!" Piper exclaimed in her hide place.

The convoy became panicky, some of them started running, others held tightly their swords. Chrises attacked, left out the Commander and a Chris, who seemed to be the original Chris. He drew out his knife while the commander got off the horse. They rushed forward to each other. The sound of metal strike against other filled the air. The stone in Piper's hand suddenly brightened. She stood up just to be thrown backward into a bush.

"What the hell?" She tried to stand up.

The demigod reformed before her eyes. She swung her hand and Piper found her body couldn't move any more. She was hung onto the tree behind by a strong grip.

"Paige!" Piper struggled to call for her sister.

The jingle sound appeared. Paige attacked immediately, orbed the athame she brought along toward the demigod. With another hand waving, the demigod hung Paige to another tree. But so calmly, Paige shouted to the air.

"Now, Victoria!"

Before the demigod could react with her two hands busy with hanging the sisters, Bianca shimmered behind her and plunged a hand to her gut. With a stunned scream, the demigod collapsed to the dirty ground. Piper and Paige fell off from the tree, quickly ran to Bianca's side.

"Is she dead?" Paige asked.

"I don't know." Bianca kicked to the side of the demigod. No movement.

"How could you do that?" Piper glared at Bianca. She would never like that girl, she know that.

"I borrowed from my great aunt her semi devil's power." Bianca just grinned widely. She was happy when she could help Ben. Talk about Ben, she realized everything had not ended yet.

"Ben!" Bianca ran to the path, Piper and Paige followed.


In the gravel path…

Finally, Phoebe gave up her glamour and rushed outside the carriage. She realized even though number of Chrises was large but he was just a teenage thief, good at running and hiding than fighting with sword. No hesitant, she knocked out the guards as much as she could.

Meanwhile the fight between the original Chris and the commander didn't seem fine with Chris. He was fast but the enemy was a professional. He already had many cuts in his body and his mask was broken already. Blood lost made him feel dizzy but he couldn't fail.

"Ben!"

He looked to his right side and saw Victoria running toward him. Be distracted he didn't see the commander brandished his sword, ready to end him.

"No!" Paige shouted.

Piper waved her hand to freeze the commander. Everything frozen, the fighting convoy and Bianca but he just became slowly. That was enough for Chris, he quickly plunged his knife to the commander's abdomen.

"Warlock!" Piper and Paige exclaimed.

"What?" Chris frowned. He looked up and panicking saw the eyes of commander turning to all black.

"It's me!" The warlock smirked and threw Chris backward. He turned to the two sisters. Piper waved her wrist but the warlock wasn't blown up.

"Uh oh! It's not good." Piper waved her wrist again but nothing happened too.

"Unfreeze Bianca!" Paige shouted. "I'll go get Phoebe."

Free from the frozen power, Bianca shot an energy ball toward the warlock instantly. But the energy ball exploded before it could touch him.

"I have some protection from God, you know." The warlock laughed deviously. Bianca widened her eyes in realization.

"She's not the real one."

"Crystal! Circle!" Paige opened Phoebe's bag and orbed the crystal inside surround the warlock. Phoebe ran to help Chris stood up. The warlock screamed angrily.

"Behind you, Phoebe!" Piper shouted warning.

From a bush, the demigod shot the arrow to Chris's back. Paige orbed immediately to Phoebe and Chris. Three of them fell to the ground.

"PHOEBE! PAIGE!"

"BEN!"

Bianca screamed. The forest was shaken. The demigod started turning into smoke but Bianca was faster. She plunged her two hands into the black smoke. A silver light dazzled Piper's eyes but she could hear the last scream of the demigod. She was vanquished for good and for eternity. And the warlock vanished with his boss, too.

"Hmmm" A small groan dragged Piper and Bianca's concern to three people lying on the path. Phoebe rubbed her head and slowly sat up.

"Ben!" Bianca rushed toward him. "Ben, are you alright?"

"I'm alright, my lady. But she was hit." He responded and struggled to get out of Paige. The arrow stuck to her back.

"Oh, no, no, no. Paige!" Piper kneeled down beside her sister and cried. Bianca held the arrow and pulled it out. It vanished in her hand. Paige didn't react even a little.

"It was poisoned." She confirmed and glanced at three sisters holding together and weeping. She called out.

"Aunt Rhena!!"

A silver figure reformed before her eyes.

"Please help us again. She was hit by a demigod arrow. Please help us." Bianca begged.

"With a price!" The semi devil woman said coldly. Bianca pursed her lips. With the free action, she hardly convinced her aunt to lend her the devil power. She didn't know what would cost her to save Paige. But Paige saved her and Ben. She owed her.

"What's it?" She asked with determination.

"Your generation will bear my blood forever."

"You mean becoming demon?" Bianca frowned.

"Half demon in exact. I still have half human from your grams, remember."

"Okay. I agree." Bianca took a deep breath then said.

The semi devil came close to her.

"Give me your left hand. I'll sign."

Bianca gave out her hand. Her great aunt grabbed it and pushed one finger at her wrist. Bianca let out a hurt groan. Her wrist was burning. Finally, Rhena let go and turned to Paige. She held her hand over Paige's wound. Silver orbs gathered around the wound and pulled out the black smoke.

"Huffff!" Paige gasped and opened her eyes. Her sisters cried in relief and hugged her tightly.

"Air! I need air!"

Rhena glanced at Bianca then disappeared.

Looking at three happy sisters, Bianca came close to Ben. He smiled with her. She gently touched his hand. Fingers found fingers. When the Charmed Ones looked up to them, they were holding hand tightly for the first time.


They stood outside the small abandoned house in a thin forest which Phoebe saw on her premonition. She gave Victoria-Bianca her jewelry box.

"I think you two will need them and I brought them along when I was you." She said to Bianca.

"Thank you." Bianca hugged her passionately.

"What will you do now?" Piper asked Ben-Chris.

"I still have a work at Uncle Ronnie's blacksmith's. That jewels will help us to repair this house. You think I was living by stealing?" He smiled at her.

"Oh, sorry. Don't use your power too much, got it?" She apologized then pulled him in a friendly hug.

"Got it, m'am."

Finally, Paige took stepped toward. She looked at the bandage on Bianca wrist.

"Thank you so much for saving my life."

"You saved me too. We're even." Bianca grinned.

They hugged each other. The stone in Phoebe hand glowed, urge them to leave. Paige let go and walked back to her sisters. But she just felt something.

"By the way, what's your surname, Victoria?" She asked while the light from the stone started embrace their bodies.

"My name is Victoria Phoenix." Was the answer she received.


Where will they go next time, Tomorrow or Today? XD