The Witch Uniter
By tenshinrtaiga
Disclaimer: I don't own The Covenant or The Nine Lives of Chloe King
Summary: Chloe is a witch of the Covenant moving to San Francisco to complete her Uniter duties. She meets Alek and feels an instant spark but can a witch and a Mai really work it out?
It was on the way back to the car that things went south. They were only a few blocks away from the apartment when they heard a familiar voice let out a scream.
"Amy?" Chloe asked even as her legs began running on instinct toward the sound. She vaguely heard Alek curse behind her, but was more concerned with her human friend. She made it to the alley a block over in time to see Amy being shoved to the ground near a hurt Paul, "Hey, ugly!" She called out to the brute that had hurt her friends, "Pick on someone your own size. Then again, I don't think normal people come that large. You know steroids shrink your dick, right?" She distantly heard Alek make a choking sound from behind her that seemed like a cross between laughter and exasperation. To be fair, she had been channeling Reid just then, so whatever was coming out of her mouth really couldn't be held against her.
"Get lost, girl," the man growled out, taking a warning step toward her before he thought better of it, "Then again, I can just take your money too."
Chloe rolled her eyes. Muggers. Great. Somehow, compared to Order assassins, muggers just didn't seem to rank. Chloe rushed him. She could hear Alek swearing at her behind her, but was too busy to notice. Before she got to the burly guy, she kicked at one of the trash lids, sending it in the man's direction. When the man ducked out of the way, Chloe used the opportunity to get up in his face and to kick him in the knee and punch him in the face. The guy stumbled back, mostly in surprise, but Chloe used the opening to her advantage and hooked her leg under his knee and forced them to buckle, taking the man to the ground hard. Chloe picked up a nearby brick and rammed him in the head with it, scraping the skin off half of his cheek and knocking him unconscious… or possibly killing him. Head injuries were tricky and Chloe had never done that before.
"I thought you didn't know martial arts," Alek asked incredulously from behind as he made his way to her.
"I do better in real life situations," She responded honestly with a shrug, turning to help Amy and Paul off the ground, "Are you al-" Chloe was cut off by the humans' widening eyes at something behind her and Alek's panicked shout of her name. Without thinking, she automatically let her eyes bleed black as she froze whatever it was that was behind her; most likely the guy she just beat up.
Turning, she found herself correct. The guy she had thought she'd knocked unconscious was in fact conscious and was holding the brick she had used against him ready in his hand to bash her head in. "You know, I was going to let you go…" She said almost regretfully, "But now I'm going to have to deal with you. There's a reason why my family's not known to be a forgiving bunch," She smiled pityingly before placing her hands on the frozen man's temple, her eyes looking deep into his own. Slowly, his eyes began to grow hazy but then suddenly he was screaming and twitching in pain. It was horrific to look at and it was made more horrific by the fact that no one could hear him; Chloe had silenced him when she had first frozen him.
Within a few seconds she was finished but it seemed like an eternity to those who had been watching. The man just sat there on the dirty alley floor, staring blankly ahead and drooling slightly. Then she turned to look at Amy and Paul and hmm-ed slightly, "Now, you. What am I going to do with you?" She asked herself.
"I vote nothing?" Paul asked hesitantly with Amy nodding vigorously beside him.
Chloe sighed, "Well, that's not really up to me. It's a family decision, you see," She said, "Please come with us easily. I'd really hate to have to make you come. I really don't want to hurt you," She said remorsefully. Her words just made the other three teens look down at the man she had hurt.
"Not hurting us is good," Paul whispered tightly, inching his way down the alley away from the disabled man.
The four teens made their way back to Alek's apartment as Chloe texted her family the details and asked them to meet her there.
"Is that guy going to be alright?" Amy asked hesitantly, her hand clenching tightly onto her boyfriend's arm.
Chloe hmm-ed as she hesitated on how to answer, "Why don't you ask me that again after the verdict."
"Verdict?" Paul asked worriedly, "Like a trial? We're going to be put on trial?" He began hysterically.
"Not exactly a trial," Chloe tried to reassure, aware that Alek was also very interested on what was going to happen, "Well, maybe a little bit. Think of it more like… a test?" She worded hesitantly, "You have to prove yourself to me and my brothers," She put it simply.
"Why?" Amy asked as they entered the apartment building.
"How you do on the test will determine what we do with you," Chloe explained as she pressed the 18 button.
"How do we pass?" Paul asked very seriously.
"What does it mean if we pass?" Amy asked instead.
"You pass by being good, loyal, honest and strong people," Chloe smiled at her two maybe-friends, "If you pass, we'll explain everything and you get to keep your memories provided you swear an oath to the Covenant."
"Get to keep our memories?" Amy asked hysterically.
"What's an oath to the Covenant?" Paul questioned instead, acting very calm. Chloe smiled to herself. Looks like she was right; Paul was the type of guy who was always calm in a situation.
"An oath is a magical contract swearing you will not betray the Covenant or our secrets to others," Chloe explained, "And yes, 'keep your memories'."
"Chloe," Alek finally spoke, "What exactly did you do to that guy?" He asked hesitantly.
"Something pretty horrible," She admitted softly, looking slightly remorseful.
Together, they all stepped out of the elevator and Alek unlocked the front door to find the entire Covenant and Jasmine waiting for them in the living room.
"We ported," Tyler explained softly at Chloe's odd look.
Chloe nodded before gesturing for Amy and Paul to sit on the coffee table as the Covenant sat on the couches in front of them so that they faced each other. Alek joined Jasmine in standing behind the Covenant. They were beginning to worry about Amy and Paul's safety.
"I, Chloe King-Simms, have convened this Covenant here today to discuss and determine the fate of these two humans," Chloe stated formally, "I have brought this situation upon my brothers and thus will lead the inquisition. This formal trial of Amy DeLaurentis and Paul Kim now begins on 8.24pm on this third Tuesday of the ninth month, year 2011. I will now share my memories of the incident with my brothers," She laid her hands into those of Caleb and Chase who both sat beside her which led a chain reaction of hand clasping that led all the way down to Pogue and Tyler. Chloe's eyes flashed black for a brief minute before returning to their beautiful blue.
"8.26pm," Caleb spoke, "I, Covenant Leader Caleb Danvers, formally recognize the transfer of memory and permit this trial to occur."
Chloe nodded at Caleb before turning to face Pogue, "Pogue Perry, would you please begin the questioning."
"8.27pm: the questioning begins," Pogue said as he stood up and made his way to Amy who began to tremble as tears began to leak out of her eyes.
"Relax," Chloe soothed, "He's not going to hurt you. I told you, we just have to test you. No one is going to get hurt from this."
"That guy in the alley would say differently," Paul chimed in nervously.
"He deserved it," She waved off, but her words helped settle Amy down long enough for Pogue to lightly touch her face and stare into her eyes. Paul recognized the stance as what happened to the man in the street but was unable to move, sitting frozen. "I'm sorry. I probably should have warned you. For the trial, you must be confined so that you don't injure yourself or others," Chloe explained kindly to Paul to calm him down, but Paul was already calming. Before, the man had been screaming and writhing in pain, but Amy seemed perfectly fine if a little dazed. In a few seconds, Pogue moved on to Paul and repeated the actions before returning to his seat.
"8.42pm: The questioning is completed," Chloe spoke causing Amy, Paul, Alek and Jasmine to be confused. No questions had been asked… "8.42pm: Pogue Perry transfers memories of the questioning." They all clasped hands as Pogue's eyes blackened for a few minutes, "8.45pm: the questioning has been received. We will now break as we consider our thoughts on this matter. We will reconvene for further questioning and to complete the verdict in 30 minutes."
"Wait, that's it?" Alek asked incredulously as the Covenant stood up and began to move around, "What did you even do?"
Chloe sighed, "Do you remember how I told you that Pogue is good at reading minds?" She asked causing Alek and Jasmine's eyes to widen in understanding.
"Wait, that guy just read my mind?" Paul asked in shock, "That's so… cool!" He grinned causing everyone to look at him oddly.
"Is that what you did to that guy in the alley?" Alek asked causing Chloe to wince.
"Sorta. Remember what we said about how not every warlock can read minds? How it takes a combination of power and control?" Chloe asked. Seeing their nods, she turned to the kitchen to grab a glass of water and brought it back to the living room for everyone to see, "Pogue is like a straw, he goes in smoothly extracting what he needs while leaving everything else the same," She illustrated by sucking out water and holding it inside the straw before putting it back, "I'm more like… a hammer."
"A hammer?" Jasmine asked in confusion.
"Mmhmm," Chloe nodded, her eyes flashing in fire quickly causing the glass to explode, eliciting screams and yelps of surprise from her audience, "I can get the job done, it's just… a lot messier." She Used once again to repair the glass and returned it to the kitchen, "It doesn't matter how much control or power I have, every time I read someone's mind, it…"
"Explodes?" Alek asked incredulously.
"Ehh," Chloe hesitated, "I suppose it's as good a word as any. I can't gain a specific bit of information the way Pogue can. I get their whole life. And it burns them out until they're left completely brain dead; a vegetable." Amy looked positively sick, "It's not like I do it to every person I meet off the street. He was going to take a brick to the back of my head! I'm not going to lose a life to some street thug!" Chloe explained, "There's a reason people don't mess with the Covenant. We're not really ones for mercy."
"Or forgiveness," Tyler piped up as the boys began to move back to sit on the couch.
"9.13pm: the trial of Amy DeLaurentis and Paul Kim reconvene," Chloe announced taking her own seat, "Any further questioning?"
"No," came the unanimous answer.
"May we have a verdict?" Chloe asked, "Perry?"
"Aye."
"Danvers?"
"Aye."
"Collins?"
"Aye."
"Garwin?"
"Aye."
"Simms?"
"Aye."
"5 ayes have the win. Verdict passed, this trial is closed," Chloe smiled as Caleb used his powers to free Amy and Paul, "Congrats, we find you to be trustworthy individuals," Chloe smiled, "What do you want to know?"