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One week later…
Manor, Living room. Midnight
"Your payment is due, DB." The demon announced angrily as he shimmered into the almost deserted living room.
"I told you that after I was finished with this job I would have enough to pay you back. Please, I just need a little more time." DB pleaded. She had made a bet a couple of weeks ago with Danzor and let's just say, it didn't go in her favor. That's the only reason she decided to take this job, she owed Danzor a lot of money and he wasn't always the most patient. He also had a reputation, he was violent and ruthless. In short, he wasn't the type of demon you want to mess with.
"Your time is up!" Danzor roared as he threw DB across the room into the staircase railings.
Just as she was getting up, she felt a strong hand wrap around her throat and hoist her up so they were face to face.
"I will get my payment," Danzor paused, a twisted smile stuck on his face. "One way or another."
DB screamed as she was once again thrown through the air. This time, she crashed against a wall and went straight through it, landing on a pile of broken wood.
DB was covered in cuts and bruises. She had hit her head hard on the floor and blood was now pouring from a cut at the top of her forehead. DB stood up as quickly as she could when she saw that Danzor was once again approaching her. She stumbled her way to the staircase when a massive hand clamped down on her shoulder. Danzor spun her round before he swung his fist at her. DB felt it connect with her jaw and the crack of her neck as her head flew backwards and hit the wall with a sickening thud. She fell to the floor at the foot of the steps with Danzor towering over her.
"I told you," He said with a smirk as he pulled an athame out of his pocket. "I always collect my payments."
He raised the athame to deliver the final blow when out of no where, he went flying backwards. DB looked up to see the Charmed Ones running down the stairs to defend her. Perfect, let's just hope Danzor doesn't blow my cover.
"Get away from her!" Phoebe shouted as she reached DB, who was now standing with the support of the dining room table.
"This does not concern you, Charmed Ones. Se owes me a debt and I'm here to collect it." He said as he pointed at DB.
All the sisters looked at DB with confused expressions.
Shit. Okay, just get them to vanquish him as quickly as possible. "I have no idea what he's talking about! He's been saying that since he shimmered in here and started attacking me." DB pretended to wince in pain and put her hand to her head, really playing the victim card.
Phoebe quickly wrapped one arm around DB's back to support her before turning to her older sister. "What are you waiting for? Send his demon ass back to hell!"
Piper raised her hands at Danzor, ready to blow him to pieces when Danzor saw what she was doing.
"Wait!" He yelled as he put his hand up in surrender. Piper hesitated for a second and he smirked. "Why are you four protecting a demon? I thought you were supposed to be the good guys."
"What are you talking about?" Prue asked angrily.
"That demon," He started as he pointed at DB, who currently looked like a deer caught in headlights. "Owes me money. That is all I want, then I will leave."
"Did you just call me a demon?" DB asked threateningly, as if she was offended by the comment.
"I believe I did." Danzor paused as his smirk grew bigger. "Danika."
Oh no, now they know my real name. It's okay, not all hope is gone yet. DB quickly tried to think of a response but Paige beat her to it.
"You mean Danika, the shapeshifter?" Paige asked bewildered.
Okay, NOW all hope is gone, DB thought as the sisters started putting the pieces together.
"The one and only." Danzor announced triumphantly.
"That's not true." Phoebe whispered as she retracted her arm from around DB's waist. "Billie, tell them that's not true." She said as she took a step away.
DB's eyes immediately shifted to the ground. I'm busted, there is no use lying now.
"Oh, God." Phoebe mumbled under her breath as she stared at what she thought was Billie. "How long?"
DB's looked at the four sisters. Phoebe looked scared, Paige looked confused but Piper and Prue just looked incredibly angry. DB internally winced as she thought of the punishment she would given by the sisters. "A week."
These words cut Phoebe deeper then any athame could. She was not too bothered by the fact that she just spent a week in her house with a demon, but she was extremely worried about where the real Billie was. Before Phoebe could ask, DB reached behind her and grabbed an athame off the table and sent it flying at Danzor. It struck him in the heart and he roared before exploding into oblivion. All the sisters stood shocked at what happened when DB took the opportunity to lunge forward and grab Phoebe's shoulder. Prue, Piper and Paige all watched in horror as they both shimmered out to God only knows where.
Underworld Cave
Phoebe wrenched her shoulder out of DB's grip so fast it caused her to fall to the floor.
"Play nice you two." Was all DB said before shimmering back out.
Phoebe looked around the dimly lit cave. What the hell did she mean? Is someone else in here?
She turned around and the sight before her made her heart drop.
It was Billie. Her hands were handcuffed behind her back and hung on a hook making her arms twist backwards at an awkward angle, her feet only centimeters away from the floor. She was covered in bruises and was bleeding from cuts and scrapes all over her body. Quite a large pool of blood had gathered under Billie's feet as she bleed from what seemed like thousands of cuts. Her head hung limply forward, unmoving. A blindfold was covering her eyes making it impossible for Phoebe to know if Billie was conscious or not. Phoebe looked closely and one question stuck in her mind above the others.
Is she alive?
Phoebe couldn't really see from where she was and decided to get closer. She slowly approached the hanging figure, looking closely for any signs of life. She stopped about a foot away from Billie and reached out, placing two fingers on Billie's neck in hopes of finding a pulse. Instead, Billie shifted slightly and let out a tiny moan of pain as soon as Phoebe's fingers touched her neck.
Phoebe let out the breath she didn't know she had been holding. Billie's alive! Thank you God!
"Billie,' Phoebe said softly as she started to untie the blindfold. "Sweetie, it's me. Can you hear me?"
As the blindfold fell away from Billie's eyes, she looked up and was filled with relief when she saw Phoebe standing in front of her with a concerned and relieved smile on her face. "Phoebe?" Billie slurred out, it sounded like she was doped up on morphine.
Phoebe's smile grew immediately and tears came to her eyes. She had never been so happy to hear her name before. "Yea it's me." Phoebe whispered as she went behind Billie to inspect the handcuffs. She came to the conclusion that the only way to get Billie down was to lift the handcuffs off the hook, but she knew that would be incredibly painful. "Billie, the only way we're going to be able to get you down is to…."
"I know." Billie quickly interrupted. Her word coming out a lot more coherently now as she became more aware of her suroundings. "Go ahead."
"Are you sure?" Phoebe asked gently.
Billie smiled slightly. "Just do it."
Phoebe smiled back. "On 3, okay? Ready? 1….2….3…."
Manor, Attic
Prue slammed the scrying crystal down on top of the map of San Francisco with a frustrated sigh.
"….Blood to blood return to me."
Prue turned to see Piper and Paige look around expectantly to see if their spell worked. Prue's heart ached as she saw her younger sisters' face drop in disappointment when Phoebe didn't appear.
"What are we going to do now?" Paige asked quietly.
"Well, Phoebe has to be somewhere, right?" Prue continued when she saw her two sisters nod in agreement. "So we just gotta keep looking. It's not like she can just drop off the face of the earth."
All the sisters could practically hear the ding in their minds.
"The Underworld!" They all said in unison.
"Okay, but where?" Piper asked, disappointment creeping through her voice as she talked. "The Underworld is massive. It would take years to search it all for Phoebe."
"Don't forget Billie." Paige added. "Chances are, the Billie-wannabe took Phoebe to the same place as the real Billie."
"I hope Billie's okay." Prue thought out loud. "She has been missing for a week now. How did we not know that was a shapeshifter, she's been acting strange all week and we didn't do anything."
"Prue, that wasn't our fault. You saw Danika's Book of Shadows entry, she's been doing this for centuries! But it's okay, we figured it out in the end and I'm sure Billie is just fine."
"That's the thing, Piper. We didn't figure it out in the end. A demon told us who she was. A demon! We needed a stupid demon to tell us that it wasn't Billie." Prue sighed and put her head in her hands.
"Prue, it still wasn't your…"
"This isn't helping!" Paige yelled, quickly cutting Piper off. Prue and Piper turned around with wide eyes at their baby sisters' outburst. Paige ignored their confused expressions and looked Prue directly in the eye. "Look, you can blame yourself all you want but it's not your fault. But if you don't stop feeling sorry for yourself and start helping me find them, then whatever happens to them while you were wasting time moping around, will really be on your head."
Prue was shocked. Piper and Phoebe had never had the courage to stand up to Prue like this. She slowly nodded her head to show Paige she was ready to help.
"Good," Paige uncrossed her arms and held out her hands to Prue and Piper. "Because I have an idea."
When they both took Paige's hands, she quickly orbed them all out.
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