Chapter 7

"What is going on?" Chris said, entering the attic.

"Hello to you too," Piper said, a little annoyed.

"Hello Mom."

"What's going on is that we have a problem. The demon Vahuan, the one who sent the fire demons, works with an upper level demon—a very powerful upper level demon, Celeste," Phoebe said."

"Why is she so powerful?" Chris asked.

"What she does is raise baby demons and trains them."

"What? Why does that make her so powerful?"

"When the demon parent dies she gets their powers and life source, the same goes for when the children die. Also, the children are forever in her debt."

"So, why are they bothering us?" he asked.

"We have no idea," Paige sighed.

"Well, isn't this nice," a deep voice drawled from behind them. They all turned around and saw Vahuan smirking.

"Having the entire Charmed line in one place will make it all that much easier to destroy it."

"You sound a little too sure of yourself for my taste," Wyatt said, stepping forward.

He snapped his fingers and about fifteen fire demons appeared. They all started shooting their fireballs at once. There might have been more of them, but they weren't very good fighters.

"KYRA! What are you doing?!" Vahuan shouted. Chris whipped around and he let out a shocked, "What?"

"I'm finishing what Celeste started," she said, using an energyball to blow up two more demons.

"Traitor!!!" He shot a fireball at her, which hit her in the stomach. Piper took advantage of his distraction and blew him up. When he was vanquished, so were all his demons.

Chris rushed over to Kyra's side. "What? How?" he asked, shocked.

"I'm sorry Chris," she said between gasps.

"Shouldn't she be…dead?" Paige asked.

"I'm, I'm only hal-half demon."

"Chris why don't you heal her so she can tell us what' s going on," Leo said gently. Chris nodded and placed his hands over her wound; a bright white light shown from his hand, and her wound was healed.

"Thanks," she said, sitting up.

"Ok, so not to be rude, but who are you?" asked Phoebe.

"My name's Kyra Turner. My mother was a human and my father was the demon Belthazar."

"H-how is that possible?" asked a stunned Phoebe.

"It was after he came back from the wasteland, after he gave up on getting you back. My mother just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time."

"How do you know al this?" Piper asked.

"Celeste raised me, taught me everything I know," Kyra said bitterly.

"What happened to your mom?" Paige asked.

"Celeste killed her after I was born. Listen, I don't want this life, I don't want to be what I am. But Celeste is very powerful, there's no way I can beat her," she said sadly.

"What does she want you to do?" Piper asked.

"To revenge my father and destroy the Charmed line. This whole thing was a suicide mission, she's getting desperate."

"Chris, take Kyra downstairs, while we try to figure this out," Leo instructed. Chris nodded and led Kyra out of the attic.

"Wow, so Cole left a little surprise for us," Paige said.

"Little? How about a half demon daughter, who was sent to seduce my don and kill us? Piper said half-panicky, half-angry.

"But she didn't, she warned us and killed several fire demons," Wyatt said calmly.

"It could be a trick, Cole always was always tricking us," Paige said.

"She's not, she's telling us the truth," Phoebe said calmly. "And I know how we can beat Celeste."

XXX

"Can I ask you something?" Chris asked.

"Yes," she said solemnly.

"Last night, was that all an act?"

She looked away from him and thought about her answer. When she turned back to him she looked thoughtful. "I don't know if there's a right answer to that."

"What does that mean?" he asked, taking a step closer.

"It may complicate things for you."

"I'm used to complicated things," he said closing the space between them.

"Your family would mind," she said.

"They can deal," he said. He lowered his lips to hers and kissed her with all the meaning he could muster.

"No it wasn't an act," she whispered, when he'd pulled away.

"I'm glad."

"Chris?" Phoebe called.

"In here Aunt Phoebe."

"We have a plan," she said entering the kitchen.

"What is it?"

"It involves Kyra. Are you willing to help us in any way possible?"

"Yes," she said nervously.

"Wait a minute. What do you mean in any way?" Chris asked.

"Well, we kind of need to use you guys as bait."

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