A/N: Hey guys. This is the sixth chapter and will probably be the last chapter on 'I've Got You Under My Skin'. Once again, Rose isn't really in it and it's very much like the canon episode but I promise things start to get a bit more interesting soon. Enjoy!
Chapter Six: I've Got You Under My Skin, Part 2
Rex Buckland had just finished interviewing Prue Halliwell, aka, the eldest Charmed One, for the second time in a couple of days and was pleased to say that he had given her the job. He wasn't pleased because Prue was great at what she did and was perfect for the job; he was in fact pleased that he was now one step closer in his plan to get the Charmed Ones. Technically, it had been the Source's plan but either way, it worked. He was going to be the one to kill her and her witch sisters.
His assistant, who had taken the name Hannah while she was on Earth, was also pleased as she loved to do whatever the Source told her in the hopes of being more respected by him. She was, however, annoyed by the sheer existence of Prue and really wanted her dead.
She also wanted to kill the half-breed Rose but knew that if she did that, the Source would most certainly kill her…
But that witch/demon was so infuriating. Maybe if she could somehow get the Source to think that Rose had switched sides and was helping the witches, then the Source would let her kill her. Easy. She just had to somehow get Rose near Prue.
"We've got her," Rex said evilly to his assistant, cutting off her thoughts.
~~PO3~~
Rose was at the Manor, in the attic, trying desperately hard to find the page on Javna in the Book of Shadows before Prue or Piper came up. She knew that the Elders had forbade her from helping the Charmed Ones but she couldn't just do nothing – they had only just come into their powers, they didn't know what they were doing.
She would have preferred to actually go and save Phoebe from Javna but then her identity would be revealed and the Elder's would be absolutely furious. No, just getting the right page in the Book was fine. They weren't stupid, they could work out how to save Phoebe.
Rose couldn't help but think that maybe she was the stupid one; helping the Charmed Ones when everyone had specifically told her not to. She wasn't particularly phased by what Leo had said about the Elders, they were nothing compared to the Source. But if the Source found it, he would most certainly kill her, and probably very slowly and painfully. Rose would just have to be subtle. Very subtle. And besides, no one would ever find out, would they?
"Got it!" she cried as she finally found the page. Then quickly realised it was probably a bad idea to speak so loudly when at least two of the Charmed Ones were in the house. Great start at being subtle, she thought to herself, frowning.
Just then, Rose could hear footsteps coming towards the attic and quickly turned invisible, just as Prue and Piper entered the room. Rose slowly made her backwards away from the podium with the Book of Shadows as the two witches made their way towards it, oblivious to Rose's presence.
"Why would she do that? Why would she go somewhere without us?" Piper asked her sister worriedly.
"Because she's Phoebe," Prue answered. "And Phoebe does what she wants, even if it means putting herself in danger. Look, here it is. Javna," Prue read from the Book, pointing at the page Rose had just come across.
Rose didn't think that Prue was being very fair to Phoebe – Javna was a demon, he was smart, smarter than a lot of demons Rose had met, how could she have known that who she thought was Stefan was actually Javna? Rose longed to be able to say this to Prue's face but knew that it was stupid to even think about doing that.
"Prue. We have to find her," Piper stammered.
"We will, don't worry. We have the address and how to vanquish him," Prue explained.
"But what if… what if, we're too late?" Piper gulped, not even wanting to think about the answer.
"We aren't too late. And if we leave now, Phoebe will be just fine," Prue assured her. Rose admired Prue's bravery – there was no proof that either of them had that told them Phoebe was OK but Prue was keeping calm for Piper. The two of them left the attic, leaving Rose alone and worried.
Rose knew that Phoebe was fine, she could sense her somehow. Well, she knew it was a Whitelighter power but it didn't make sense that she could sense so well when Leo hadn't taught her how to yet. Maybe it was just instinct? Whatever it was, Rose hoped she would continue to be able to do it because it was useful and reassured her when she had to be away from the Charmed Ones.
~~PO3~~
Piper and Prue ran into the building after they had heard Phoebe's screams from outside. At least they knew they weren't too late.
With the assistance of the mirror, Prue, Piper and Phoebe were able to successfully vanquish Javna and leave without Andy and his partner Inspector Morris being too suspicious. They were all just relieved that they had been able to save Phoebe.
"Imagine if the Book hadn't already been on the correct page…" Piper said. "That Book is massive, it would have taken us ages to find Javna,"
"I guess I was just one lucky sister," Phoebe replied with a smile.
"We're charmed alright," Prue said for the second time in a matter of days.
"But, the question is: how did it get to that page in the first place?" Piper pondered. Prue shrugged and Phoebe said:
"You think too much Pipe, just embrace the charmed."
~~PO3~~
Meanwhile in the Underworld, Rose had just been told by the Source the bad (good) news about Javna which she had to pretend she was disappointed about and now he was instructing Cynda, Fritz and Marshall to take their turn.
They were excited and ready for a challenge. And they were determined to succeed, especially if it meant getting rid of the half-breed that was currently saying with them.
~~PO3~~
A day later, the three demons were back in their house and thinking up a plan of action to kill the Charmed Ones. Rose was in the kitchen but was trying to use her Wiccan power of telepathy to hear what they were saying. It wasn't really working though – because she hadn't used it for so long, she had kind of forgotten how to control it properly. Instead, she decided to just join the demons.
When Rose entered the living room, Cynda, Fritz and Marshall all glared at her.
"What do you want, half-breed?" snarled Cynda, she really did hate her and wanted her dead immediately.
"I want to know your plan, maybe I can help?" Rose offered innocently.
"Like we'd tell you. We know that you've been helping the witches," Fritz accused, not being able to restrain himself. Cynda bared her teeth at him, wanting to have been the one to tell Rose that they knew.
"Wh – what are you talking about?" Rose tried, knowing that she had to something, anything to keep them from believing the truth.
"Don't even try it, witch, we already know," Marshall added.
"If you're so sure of yourselves, why don't you go and tell the Source rather than telling me?" Rose remarked. She was acting a lot more confident than she felt; she definitely didn't want them telling the Source. No one would be able to protect her.
"We're waiting for the right time," Marshall replied.
"Really? Or maybe you just don't have any proof? There's no evidence that I'm working with them, is there?" Rose asked them.
The three of them remained silent and Cynda snarled again.
"I didn't think so," Rose said. "Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to a place where people don't accuse me of helping good witches," she finished and shimmered out, leaving the demons to think about what had just been said. It was true, they had no proof. And if they wanted to tell the Source, they would need evidence of foul play from Rose. A lot of it. But, they were all willing to find it. It would just take time.
A/N: Thanks for reading, it's quite a short chapter. I'm hoping that in a few chapters, it will start to get a lo more interesting so bare with me. Please review.
