Author note: Sorry it took some time, there were several speedskating championships, that I just needed to see. Anyway, the doctor Vincent Lurie character is from CSI, season 4 episode 12: Butterflied. He killed his ex girlfriend and her boyfriend because she had dumped him for her new boyfriend. It was a very emotional episode for Grissom, since Debbie Marlin looked a lot like Sara. The Lothar character is a figment of my imagination, but loosely based on a demon that owned a bar in the tv show Angel, I believe. I hope you like the chapter.
Tracking Dr. Lurie
Phoebe looked up, shocked and exclaimed: "That is Doctor Lurie?"
"Yes, I will never forget his face, that is dr. Lurie. What is he doing in the Book of Shadows? Does this mean he is a demon?" Grissom inquired, looking at Phoebe. Sara in the meantime was reading what the writing on the page said: "Yes, he is a demon, here: 'The Lure Demon, one of the most powerful Tracker Demons. The Lure Demon only tracks the most powerful Powers. He was responsible for the tracking of the Power of the Moon and the Power of the Sun. It is said that he is destined to be the one to track the illusive Power of Love, after it gets lost for fifty years.' He is the one who would find us? Well he didn't."
"Maybe he did, he was after all the one who made me realize that I could lose you. Only we were not aware of the things that we know now." Grissom said. Phoebe had gotten up and called for Aelithe, Piper, Paige and Leo.
"What is going on?" Piper asked, looking around in the room, finding Grissom and Sara bowed over the Book of Shadows and Phoebe standing besides them. Phoebe was the one to answer: "We found dr. Lurie. In the Book."
"In the Book, is he magical?"
"Yes, he is a Tracker Demon." Phoebe explained, Aelithe took over: "A Tracker Demon, a Demon that can track Powers?"
"Yes, apparently he is a big shot, because he only tracks the most powerful of Powers. Leo?" Phoebe looked questioningly at Leo, asking for a further explanation, which Leo gave: "Tracker Demons try to find Powers before the people carrying them even know of their existence or their connection to that Power. In that way the demon world knows which ones to haunt and try to find them off guard. The Lure Demon is the highest Tracker Demon."
"Great, how can we vanquish him?" Piper asked. Phoebe bowed over the Book of Shadows and read the last lines: "here: 'Only the Powers that are revealed by him can vanquish him, with their Power.' So only you two can vanquish him." Phoebe looked at Grissom and Sara, who looked back, rather shocked: "What do you mean 'vanquish'? As in kill him?"
"Exactly, I am sorry, but that has to be done." Phoebe could see that Sara wasn't sure about this tidbit of information. "Listen Sara, these demons are not going to stop killing innocents if you give them a slap on the wrist and locking them up isn't going to help, because they will break out, easily enough. We only vanquish demons that are threat to innocent non-magical people."
"I once made the mistake of not killing a demon. I locked him up in a very strong person, who was very able at keeping the demon under control, but in the end the demon did manage to take control. He almost killed an innocent woman. I cleaned up the mess, but I will never ever attempt something like that." Aelithe told the others in the room, only to stress the point Phoebe was trying to make. "We wish there was another way, but we have to protect the innocents. That is our job, keep the magical world hidden and keep the demons from wreaking havoc in our world." Grissom was the first to speak: "That might be so, but we don't know how to vanquish him." Grissom had considerable less objections to vanquishing doctor Lurie then Sara. Grissom also knew why, Sara valued live, very much, even for people who did terrible things, she rather saw them suffer then die. To die was way to easy for some of the criminals they sometimes saw. Grissom continued: "Do we need to shoot him? And besides: we don't know where he is."
"Well first things first: you can't shoot him, because most likely that won't effect him in the slightest. You have to vanquish him with the Power of Love."
"How do we go about that, because we don't know anything about the Power of Love, accept that it exists. Like we told you, we never used magical powers before."
"That is why the Elders want us to focus on helping you to control and tap into your powers. Your powers will also grow with time." Leo explained.
"And I have a way of finding dr. Lurie, when the time comes." Aelithe spoke up.
"Why do we need to vanquish him?" Sara was still not convinced.
"Because he killed Debbie Marlin and her boyfriend." Grissom grimly said.
"You said that there wasn't enough evidence to support that." Sara said, slightly surprised at the emotion that was radiating off of Grissom. He was usually very good at hiding his emotions, God knew he had done that long enough when it concerned his emotions for her.
"All evidence we had gotten pointed to Dr. Lurie. He was a cold, manipulative man."
"Still no reason to kill him." Sara was also getting slightly agitated. All the new things they had heard and especially this last bit of information was getting to her.
"Reason enough for me, he killed someone he loved, because she left him." Grissom was doing something very unlike Grissom and started to ramble, he felt like he could let go all the anger he had felt towards dr. Lurie, and that felt good. His normal placid, objective way was flying out of the window and Sara could see it. So could the others. Grissom could feel that he was slipping, he was getting very emotional, the case still had a strong hold on him. He could feel the emotions that were flowing through his system, he could see that also Sara was emotional and tired. She took a step back, because she could see the raw emotions in Grissom's eyes and then for some reason she looked down. She saw all kinds of insects crawling around Grissom's feet, like little soldiers they were standing around him, waiting for the demand, that would be uttered by the general. Sara knew she had to do something, she felt that Grissom could do a lot of damage if he carried on in this way. "Gil, calm down." It didn't have any effect: "Gilbert." Sara looked into his eyes and implored him to calm down. Slowly, very slowly Grissom started to relax, first his eyes, then his face and then his shoulders, arms and the rest of his body. Not discouraged by the insects Sara took several steps forward and reached out for his arm, still looking into his eyes, and there she saw what had triggered this outburst. It was fear. "Gil, you are not like him. You would not kill me, out of jealousy. And I am never going to leave you. You are not dr. Lurie, you are dr. Gilbert Grissom, entomologist, csi."
"I could have been him."
"But you didn't, because the love you feel for me is purer then the love he felt for Debbie. What we share is pure, you would let me go, because you want me to be happy. I am happy with you. The love we feel does not judge, is not rude and not self-seeking. Okay?"
"Okay." Grissom hugged Sara, feeling his body relax to the last muscle.
"Are you alright?" Aelithe asked, effectively bringing Sara and Grissom back to the things at hand. Grissom and Sara reluctantly let go off each other. Grissom sighed and then said: "Yes, sorry."
"It's okay, this showed our point, your emotions trigger your powers. Which in your case would be summoning and controlling insects, Grissom." Phoebe reassured Grissom and explained.
"So what are my powers?" Sara asked, wondering about them. She could very easy see how Grissom's powers were an extension of him. But for herself she wasn't sure.
"Well, when you were talking to Grissom some metal objects started to move. And with what you told us about the forest, makes me think that it might have something to do with magnetism and maybe gravity. But we haven't seen your powers work to the fullest extend yet." Piper said, she turned her attention to Grissom: "Could you feel the emotion flowing through your body?"
"Yes and the power behind those emotions. It reminded me how powerful emotions are."
"Well that power is what fuels your magical powers. You need to channel that power into your magical powers. You've got to allow your emotions to surface, but not to control your every move." Sara knew that Grissom would have no problem with the last part. Everyone knew that he was very good at making sure that emotions didn't rule him. And she knew that ever since they were together he was getting better at showing his emotions and allowing them. At that time Grissom's mobile started ringing, looking and feeling for the offending piece of equipment, Grissom located it in his trouser pocket. He flipped it open and looked at the caller ID. "It's Brass." he informed Sara. She nodded and with an apologetic gaze at his hosts he picked up. "He Brass…I've got the night off. So has Sara…Really?...No…Yes…Wait we will come, give is twenty minutes." He closed his cell phone and looked at Sara. "They found another body, at exactly the same spot as our last body. In the forest. We have to get there."
"Wait, exactly the same place?" Aelithe reconfirmed.
"Yes, why?"
"I think it might be a trap."
"Do you have a way of knowing?"
"I think it is time for me to call in a favour. We need to know what the demon world know."
"We don't have much time. Can't we do it after this?"
"No, I think Aelithe is right. This Lure demon sets traps, that is how he finds out who holds the Powers and triggers the Powers. This could be a trap, we can't risk it."
"Brass said that the surroundings were the same, this body appeared to have the same bugs." Grissom supplied, he was not someone who liked to wait to long to get to a crime scene, but he rather find out whether or not this was a trap, then to risk Sara's and his life. "Fine, if you can find out whether or not this is a trap, I would much rather have you check that, before we go to the scene. How do you want to find it out?"
"Well I have a favour with a low-ranking demon. He is not really dangerous, but is occasionally on the wrong place on the wrong time. He picks up interesting things. But I don't want him to see you, and I want you here. So I'm going to cast a small spell that will make you invisible for him, but not for him. You do have to remain silent, this demon has exceptionally sharp ears." Aelithe explained, while she moved some chairs around and waved for the charmed ones to stand in a circle. "The demon I am going to call can be vanquished by this potion. Don't use it unless there is no other way." Aelithe passed around several phials with a green substance in it. She then grabbed Grissom and Sara and placed them behind the chairs. "Stay here and duck when things heat up. Are you ready?"
"As ready as we will ever be, I believe." Sara said as she took a deep breath. Grissom grabbed her hand and squeezed it reassuringly. Aelithe walked to the middle of the room and turned towards Grissom and Sara: "Keep, what we want to hide, from the other ones sight." She then turned around and lifted her head to the sealing and called out: "Lothar, I want to even the score. I'm calling in the favour you owe me. Show yourself."
For several seconds nothing happened, then out of nothing they heard a pop and amidst some smoke a figure arose. He was green and instead of hear his head was covered from his eyebrows over his head to his back with dark green scales. He didn't have ears, just two holes on the sides of his head, where his ears should have been. With feral eyes he looked around, but Phoebe could see that this demon wasn't a cold-blooded killer, like many other demons. "What do you want Aelithe?" He asked as he focussed on her.
"What I told you, when I called. I'm calling in the favour you owe me."
"What do you need?"
"Information."
"Information? What kind of information?"
"The kind only you can give me. I need to know what is going on in the demon world."
"There is a lot going on. You need to be more specific."
"What do you know on the movements of the Lure demon?"
"Lurie? You need to know about him?"
"Yes."
"For the last four years he has been trying to reveal the Power of Love."
"He didn't have any luck?"
"Well, it is rumoured that the guardians of the Power of Love are ignorant of the power they hold. Four years ago he set the first trap. He killed a young woman, that resembled one of the supposed guardians. He intended for the other to become emotional and reveal the powers he held." Before Lothar could continue Aelithe interrupted him: "He intended? It didn't work?"
"No. Some say that he miscalculated. His victim became obsessed and grew tired, that made him loose some control over his emotions, but also had drained him so far that he couldn't do anything magical. According to Lurie he was sure that the people he thought were the guardians, were the right people, but it was very hard to prove that. Yesterday he set his next trap, he was afraid to do anything before that, something with him recognizing Lurie. Anyway, this trap got interrupted by another demon. It supposedly work, but no one is sure, so he is setting up the trap the same way. According to Lurie the guy gets interested in bug invested bodies and serial killings. So he killed another woman today, to try to get them himself, make them reveal themselves."
"Does he have names?"
"A doctor Grissom and miss Sidle."
"Which demon interrupted the trap Lurie set?"
"Oh, Marlon."
"Marlon?! What did he want?"
"I don't know. Is this enough?"
"Yes. I consider your debt paid. Where are you going to go?"
"I am glad that you understand the predicament I find myself in. I don't know. I wish I could start a club for magical creatures. But I don't know if I can do that here, after this episode."
"Go to this address. She will help you." Aelithe quickly wrote something down.
"The Siren? You do know that she moved here to find the Power of Love, to feed on it's passion?" Lothar had a mischievous gleam in his eyes, as if he would bash Aelithe's believes, but Aelithe showed no surprise.
"She never told me, but I always thought she had an ulterior motive. She can't feed on the passion of the guardians of the Power of Love. Something that pure will kill her. Besides, most likely the guardians are immune to her kiss and song. If she doesn't want to take you in, let her come here. I will talk to her."
"Thank you."
"One thing, Lothar, I hope you can start that club and I will be sure to come to the opening. Good luck." Aelithe waved goodbye.
"Good bye." With a wave of his hand Lothar disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
Quickly Aelithe turned around: "Okay, we know it's a trap, but we know that so we have a slight advantage. You have to hurry and get there, before Lothar thinks of informing Lurie, I doubt he will, but you never know." Grissom looked at Aelithe stunned: "How are we going to get him?" clearly meaning Lurie. "I mean, we have never before used our powers and we don't know anything like spells or things."
"Neither did we when we got our powers. Rely on your instinct and for the spell." Phoebe stood still, trying to remember something. Then she knew, she remembered the day that she had said the incantation in the Book of Shadows and what had followed. She remembered the talk she and her sisters had had with her ancestor. She had provided them with the first and most powerful incantation the sisters knew: 'The power of three will set you free.'. "Can you remember anything your mother or father used to say to you, something you had to remember above all?" Phoebe looked at Grissom and Sara, seeing confusion, fear and bewilderment. She could also see that Sara was trying to remember something, Phoebe encouraged her: "No matter how stupid it may sound, please it is important."
"Well, my mother used to tell me to remember that love would rise above."
"My mother would say that also." Grissom remembered suddenly.
"Okay, when you're uncertain start chanting that. Don't worry, we will also be there, but we cant promise you that we will be able to help you. Let's go." Phoebe motioned for everybody to gather around and take each others hands. Leo and Paige orbed the group to the forest.
The group materialized in the forest, just away from the body. Phoebe started to talk: "Okay, Piper, Paige, Aelithe, Leo and me will hide here, you go on and do your jobs." She nudged Grissom and Sara towards the police that was standing several feet away. Grissom and Sara walked towards Brass, they had seen stand a bit away. "Brass, we are here."
"Where did you come from?" Sara quickly said: "We parked the car on the other side, we wanted to come here through the forest, see which way the man had ran yesterday."
"Okay." Brass wasn't completely sure: "Well watch out, the officers have strict orders not to leave you alone. The body is here, it is the exactly the same place." Brass walked them to the roped of area. With one look Grissom saw that the scene was exactly like it had been last night. "You're right Brass. It's the same. We will process and compare the case with yesterday's case."
"Good, I hate to do this, but I've got to go. These officers are going to stay here."
"Okay, thank you Brass." Brass turned around and walked to his car. For the next fifteen minutes nothing happened. Grissom and Sara just worked. Nothing was out of the ordinary, except for the dead body. But then Grissom heard someone step into the crime scene, while he knew that Sara was next to him. Grissom looked up from his work, to see who interrupted the crime scene. Sara noticed the same and also looked up. A menacing voice said: "Well, Doctor Grissom, we finally meet again." Grissom slowly rose, helping Sara up at the same time.
"So it seems dr. Lurie." Grissom said as he looked into the cold eyes of doctor Vincent Lurie, the Lure Demon.
Author note: well that's it for now. I can't remember how the Charmed ones got their first incantation in the series, but this is how they found out in the book, and the book is based on the series, so I hope it's good. Now can anyone guess who the Siren might be? Oh and review please?