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Ch11: Is there a woogy in the house?

Carlos' Pov:

"Can you believe this?" I asked Logan excitedly looking around in our new house. That's right our new house. The guys and I are moving away from the Palm Woods. Not that we didn't like it there or anything. We LOVE the Palm Woods pool.

The reason we have to move away is because we'll go on tour soon, which will make Big Time Rush famous. Palm Woods is the home of the future famous which is why we can't stay there after the tour. That doesn't mean we won't go there anymore. We'll still visit our friends: Guitar dude, Camille, Lightning the tv wonder dog. Plus mama Knight and Katie will still be staying there till Katie finishes the semester at the Palm Woods school.

"I'm still not sure if we should except this." Logan said looking around in our new living room. "I mean isn't this a little weird that a lady we only met once leaves her home to us?"

"No it's not." I replied grinning. I felt like summoning the old mrs Baxter who we met a couple of days ago and thanking her personally for letting us inherit her manor.
I'm probably more excited then I should be but come on we have this big blue manor for ourselves! What's not to be excited about... Well I suppose the lack of swirly slide in the living room but maybe Gustavo will get us another one.

Our new home was a Victorian style white manor that existed of a not too big living room, six medium sized bedrooms two on the first floor and four on the second floor. Kendall and I use the two bedrooms on the first floor while Logan and James use the room on the second floor. So we have two rooms to do whatever we want in. There's also a sunroom, a basement, an upstairs and downstairs bathroom and an attic. The handy part is that all rooms already have furniture in them. Well we obviously are gonna by new beds and all maybe some new chairs and a couch to but how perfect is this?

"Guys!" I heard James yell from upstairs. "You'll never guess what I found."

Logan and I glanced at each other before making our way upstairs. Upstairs we realized James' voice was coming from even higher, he was in the attic. We only got the keys to the manor two days ago so we've been so busy arguing which of us would get the biggest room, what a color we want to paint the living room and what kind of couch we're gonna buy that we haven't even been up there.

We found Kendall and James sitting on an old looking couch in the attic. They both had a couple of boxes on their lap which I guess they planned to storage here. Like the rest of the house the attic was very curvy and already had furniture in it. It was basically a big spacey attic, with a few different sized carpets on the wooden floor and filled with all kinds of old stuff like an old sewing machine, some books, an wooden diner table including chairs, a doll house that looked like an exact replica of the manor, tv and a whole bunch of other stuff.

"You guys bought a book standard?" Logan asked looking at the big book standard in the center of the attic. I couldn't help but think that it would be the perfect place to keep the Book of Shadows at. It's a way better hiding spot then in a drawer hidden underneath a bunch of socks.

"Nope." Kendall replied getting up from the old couch putting the boxes besides it. "And guess what else." He said walking over to the only stone wall of the wooden attic. He pulled away a big poster of an old nineties band.

Logan and I gasped at the symbol chalked on the concrete wall. It was a huge circle with a smaller circle inside, there was an egg shaped circle at both sides, the top and on the bottom of the inner circle kind of making it look like a star made of circles

I could recognize that symbol anywhere, it was the same symbol engraved in the cover of the Book of Shadows. The symbol of the power of four.

End Carlos' Pov.

"I'm guessing mrs. Baxter was a witch and knew who we are." Kendall said looking at the symbol with a small smile forming on his lips.

"So she left us her manor just because she knew that we are the Charmed ones?" Logan asked skeptically raising an eyebrow. "There's got to be more to it than tha-"
He was cut off by the doorbell ringing.

"That must be the gasman." Kendall said before walking down the stairs followed by his three younger friends down the next stairs. Instead of following Kendall to the door the three of the headed to the kitchen.

The yellow kitchen was probably what everyone that loved to cook dreamt about with a big cooking island, with a built-in stove and oven and a nice big kitchen table. They had already put locks on some of the cabinets so they could store some ingredients they would need for potion making later. Carlos was really looking forward to cooking there that evening.

"Why is there a gasman here?" Carlos asked.

"To check if there's a gas leak in the basement." Logan replied.

"There's a gas leak?" Carlos asked blinking.

Logan stopped in his track looking surprised. "Don't you smell it?"

"Oh." Carlos whispered eyes going wide in realization. "I though that was mrs. Bowen's perfume."

James chuckled. "Even old lady perfume doesn't smell that bad." He said shaking his head. "This is an old manor so the earthquake from last night must have damaged the pipes or something."

"There was an earthquake?" Carlos asked.

"Seriously." Logan muttered shaking his head though smiling an amused smile. "You slept through an earthquake?"

Carlos decided to ignore the comment. "Does a gas leak mean I can't use the kitchen? Cause I thought we were planning that fancy dinner for Kelly and Gustavo to convince him to give us some extra cash and get us a new swirly slide."

"Depends on what the gasman says." James replied.

Right on cue Kendall entered the kitchen being followed by the gasman. "We are moving in here today but when we got here this morning we smelled this whiff smell." Kendall explained to the gasman.

"It doesn't really smell like gas." The gasman said frowning. "Let me check it out and see what's up."

"Great." Kendall smiled. "The basement is that way." Kendall said pointing to the white door at the other end of the kitchen.

"Okay." The gasman nodded heading to the basement door and walking down the stairs to the dark basement.

Carlos watched the man disappear into the darkness a cheeky smirk appearing on his face. "Did ya see that Jamie?" He asked playfully. "He just walked into a basement all alone."

James let out an annoyed huff already knowing where Carlos was gonna take this conversation. "Don't even start."

"Yeah." Logan chuckled. "What if, dare I say it, the bogeyman gets him?" He asked in a teasing matter.

Kendall shook his head smiling. "I believe James pronounced it woogyman. Or was it just because you were losing baby teeth?" He asked smiling.

James just rolled his eyes at his friends' teasing. "Come on guys." He said in a whining voice. "Those nightmares were really creepy, plus I was like seven years old."

"So you're over it? Which is why you've never entered a basement in almost twelve years." Kendall stated grinning childishly.

James crossed his arms looking annoyed. "You guys didn't see it! It was-"

"A story." Logan cut him of smiling good naturally. "A story our parents made up a story of how to get rid of the woogyman so you wouldn't be afraid anymore."

Big-Time-Charmed.

The bald chubby gasman looked around in the basement. It was easy to see that the previous inhabitants of the manor had barely used to basement. He sighed when the light suddenly went out. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a flashlight and turned it on.

Seeing a crack in the floor he grabbed his screwdriver and stuck it into the crack trying to expend it. Once he managed to open the crack even further black smoke started rising from the crack forming a dark moving shadowy figure above the gasman.

"What the Hell!" The gasman cried out getting up backing up.

"You have freed me," A dark sinister voice came from the shadow. "And now you will help me get back the house!" It cried before the shadow entered the Gasman through his nostrils.

Big-Time-Charmed.

"By the way." Logan said opening one of the kitchen drawers pulling out some envelopes. "I think we got mail for mrs. Bowen or do any of you know someone named Chande Leer?"

"That's for me!" James cried snatching the envelope out of Logan's hands. "I got some new free Cuda products by honoring our new chandelier."

Kendall shot him a 'look'. "Using a fake name to score some free man spray samples?" He asked raising an eyebrow. "What do you mean dishonest?" He asked his voice filled sarcasm.

"You're just grouchy cause you miss Jo." James said sticking his tongue out gingerly opening the envelope.

"Or is James' dark side is rearing it's ugly head." Carlos asked leaning against the back of his chair

"I do not have a dark side thank you very much." James muttered rolling his eyes. "Just because we protect the innocent doesn't mean I have to be innocent. I'll leave that up to you Litos." He said briefly glancing at Carlos.

"I don't know." Logan responded grinning. "Still believing in the woogyman is pretty innocent if you ask me." He said closing the drawer. "I'm going to the Palm Woods to pick up some more of our stuff."

Kendall nodded. "So we agreed about the attic being the perfect place to keep the Book of Sha- The book." Kendall corrected himself when he spotted the gasman walking up the stairs returning from the basement. "So.. What's the verdict?" Kendall asked the guy.

"Bad." The gasman stated his tone cold holding zero emotion.

"Bad as in ruin our dinner party bad?" Logan asked.

"Our bad as in going to cost more than we expect?" Carlos asked. "Cause if it's about money then I'm sure James' mom will lend us some."

"Carlos!" James cried in protest lightly hitting the younger's on his shoulder.

Carlos shrugged. "Your mom said she would lend you money until you turn eighteen which isn't till another two months so why not take advantage of it."

"Now who's the one with the dark side?" James asked with a small chuckle.

"By tonight." The gasman said still not showing any emotion. "All problems will be gone."

"I'm going." Logan said grabbing his keys from the counter and leaving.

Carlos nodded getting up. "I'm gonna go to the store and buy the stuff I need for the diner party!" He said before rushing out of the kitchen.

Kendall sighed. "I'm gonna go with him. Just to make sure he doesn't take this cooking a feast thing to far."

"We gave Carlos a big kitchen including professional oven and stove. It's our own fault Carlos is turning into chef Carlitos." James replied smiling. "I wouldn't mind him cooking for us every night."

Kendall smiled. "Our new beds, tv and the new green couch we agreed on will be delivered around two. You can handle that?"

"Write down my signature and tell them where to put our new stuff?" James asked pretending to be shocked Kendall trusted him with a task like that. "I'm just going to hang up some posters and decorate my new room."

Kendall smirked before heading to the foyer hoping to catch up with Carlos.

Big-Time-Charmed.

In the basement the shadow had called the Gasman back. "Which one should I bring you?" The gasman asked his shadow in a monotone voice.

"Hey... Uhm gasman guy?" James asked standing in the kitchen near the door that led to the basement. "I'll be upstairs if you need me. Okay?" He said turning around heading upstairs for his new room without waiting for the gasman's reply.

The gasman's shadow slowly pointed up. "James." The sinister voice dragged out James' name.

Big-Time-Charmed.

"Take your time mama Knight." Logan told Kendall's mom as she went to fetch another box with the boys' belongings.

"Hey stranger." A voice coming from behind his said.

Turning around he spotted Camille. She had a concerned frown on her face as she leaned against the doorframe. "Last night's earthquake hit the center of earth. The next aftershock will bring a wave of lava with and will most likely kill everything on the planet." She told him sadly walking closer to him.

For a moment Logan was confused but he quickly caught on where she was going with this.

"If these are my last living moments." Camille whispered getting him of guard with a sudden hug. "Then they will be the best moments of my life." She said before pulling him into a kiss. Logan was slowly getting used to having method actress as a girlfriend and by now he didn't even mind her character unexpectedly kissing him. Only the sudden slaps bothered him now.

Their make out session was disturbed by mama Knight clearing her throat. "I got the box you needed. And be careful with it, the book is in it to." She said handing Logan the box.

"Er.. Right." Logan nodded adjusting his hold on the box realizing their family's most prized possession was in it.

"Was this your first quake?" Camille asked having decided to practice for that part some other time and by herself right now.

Logan nodded. "Yeah and hopefully my last. Call me old fashioned but I like it when the ceiling is above and the floor below me."

"It wasn't even a big earthquake." Camille said giggled.

"I know." Logan nodded. "Carlos slept right through it. Though I think it might damaged the pipes of our new house."

"It's really nice that you're inviting professor Whittlesey and one of her students to your diner party tonight." Camille said smiling. Professor Whittlesey was a very nice lady who had helped prepare for a part for a victorian princess. To pay her back Camille had asked Logan to invite her over to the manor so she could the victorian style building.

Logan shrugged. "Well she nearly begged us to. She has this fascination with our manor and-" Logan abruptly stopped talking realizing what Camille had said. "Did you say professor Whittlesey AND one of her students?"

Camille nodded. "Yeah she always brings a student with her to take notes so she won't have to."

"Oh great." Logan muttered. "I just hope the gasman fixes the leak or else there will be no dinner."

Big-Time-Charmed.

"Thanks again." James waved at the guys who just delivered their new beds, tv and couch. He smiled putting his hand on the wooden doorframe. This was what he had always dreamt about. Being famous and living in LA. So it wasn't in a huge modern mansion like he imagined but, a nice homey manor worked just as well. The best thing was that he and his friends could stick together.

"Help!"

James' head perked up hearing faint calls for help. Realizing he hadn't heard from the gasman for a while he ran to the kitchen. "Where are you?" He asked looking around.

"Please help me!" The gasman cried.

James gulped realizing the gasman's cries came from down in the basement. "Uhm.. What's going on?" He asked cautiously walking to the basement door.

"I fell." The gasman came the gasman's stained voice. "I think I sprained my ankle. I could really use a hand."

"Right. A hand. Why aren't other people with hands to help out." James whispered to himself looking at the basement, it was so dark he couldn't see much further down then the first three steps. "I-I'm coming." James said more to himself then to the gasman.

The second he put his hand on the white doorframe he gasped being pulled into a premonition. Or maybe it was just a flashback of the nightmares he used to have as a kid. Like his visions it was in black and white so he wasn't sure how to tell the difference. He saw the huge black moving shapeless shadow in the air about to lure him to the other side. He gasped opening his eyes.

"Woogyman." James let out a tiny whimper recalling his childhood monster. "Uhm.. You know..." James said looking into the darkness wondering if the gasman could see him. "I think I'm just gonna call someone for help." He said deciding it would be a lot easier to deal with his friends making fun of him then to go into any basement at all.

"No, please!" The gasman cried. "I need your help!"

James let out an distressed murmur before taking a deep breath and starting to make his way down the stairs. "Where are you?" He asked when he was halfway down the stairs.

He spun around when he heard shuffling from behind him. The gasman stood behind him, his face not showing any emotion. James frowned. "I thought you said you we-"

"James." A dark sinister voice coming from behind him hissed.

James froze, ignoring the feeling of dread in the pit of his stomach he slowly turned around. "No." He whispered recognizing the black shapeless shadow floating above a crack in the floor.

"Your nightmares are true." The voice spoke again. "I exist."

"You can't take me." James said in a shaky voice. "I'm not evil." He said recalling the story his mom told him when he was seven. The Woogyman couldn't take him if he believed in the light.

"You'll fight me at first." The Woogyman said floating towards him. "But you'll do anything I ask in the end." It said before possessing him by entering him through his nostrils.

Big-Time-Charmed.

"Don't worry." Logan muttered using his shoulder to open the front door carrying the box with the Book of Shadows and some other magical artifacts in it. "I can handle it myself. Just carrying our family's most prized possession and a whole bunch other magical stuff hidden underneath a blanket in a box. What could possibly go wrong?" He asked his voice filled with sarcasm. Walking inside he got an electric shock from the door. He winced. "Maybe we should call someone to check the electricity to." He told himself.

Walking to the living room he smiled seeing the new big green couch. He put the box down on the coffee table and was about to let himself fall onto the couch when someone suddenly grabbed his arms from behind. He let out a loud yelp when he was pushed face down into the couch. Looking over his shoulder he saw it was the gasman that was pinning him to the couch but what really caught his eye was the steak knife in the guy's hands.

"James!" Logan screamed hoping the pretty boy was still in the manor.

Not too long after Logan's cry James came running from the kitchen. "Logan!" James gasped looking around for something he could use as a weapon. He bit his bottom lip when found nothing. A baseball stick, a hock- His thought flow stopped abruptly when out of nowhere a baseball bat appeared in his hand. Not wondering where it came from James used the bat to hit the gasman on the head. The chubby man fell unconscious on top of Logan.

"A little help here!" Logan yelled from underneath the unconscious man.

For a moment seemed a little disorientated but he seemed to snapped out of his dazed like state at Logan's words. "Right." He said throwing the bat aside and carefully helping Logan from under the guy.

"Second time I ended up underneath a fat guy." Logan muttered referring the time Gustavo accidently sat on him. "Where did you get that bat all of a sudden?"

"I don't know." James replied scrunching his nose up in confusion. "It just sort of appeared."

"Appeared as in you looked down and there it was? Logan asked. Something about James' voice just didn't sound right to Logan, his tall friend looked pale and also a bit scared. "Or appeared as in you thought bat and there it was."

"Option two." James replied frowning. "I'm not sure what but something weird happened to me down in the-" For some reason he couldn't force the word basement out.

"What? Spill James." Logan said frowning in concern for his younger friend. "How did you make that bat materialize?"

James looked down trying to figure out how to tell what happened without using the word basement before the woogyman could gain more control over him. His thoughts were interrupted by a groan coming from the unconscious gasman. "Safety first, witchcraft later. I'll call 911." He said reaching into his pocket for his phone.

Big-Time-Charmed.

Kendall and Carlos were walking down the street, both were carrying grocery bags. Carlos frowned noticing a police car driving past them. "That's Misty's dad."

"Please don't turn left." Kendall pleaded to the police car. Hoping the car would just continue his way not even nearing the manor.

Apparently the car didn't really like Kendall that much cause without even slowing in it's speed it sharply took the turn to the left.

"Crap." Kendall muttered. Both he and Carlos picked up their speed rushing down the street. Kendall groaned seeing the police car had parked in front of their light blue manor.

"Inspector Morris?" Carlos asked running up to the inspector. "What's going on?"

"Everything's fine." Darryl smiled at the short latino. He had seen him and Misty at the station a lot lately and he saw all four boys at the station every time his boss thought they were involved in a mystery case. "There was an incident a moment ago when the gas man was checking your house. Got a little rough with Logan."

Neither Kendall or Carlos needed to hear much more and immediately ran to their manor. "Logan?" Kendall asked as he and Carlos walked in the foyer. "Ow!" Kendall yelped getting an electric shock from the wooden door.

"We're in here." Logan called from the living room.

"Cool! Our couch is here!" Carlos grinned as he and Kendall walked into the living room spotting Logan and James on the new green couch.

Kendall walked over to the couch and sat down besides Logan. "Are you hurt?"

Logan shook his head. "The gasman attacked me but James stopped him. Go on show them." He said turning to James who didn't seem to be paying any attention to what was happening around him.

"I told you, I don't remember how I did it." James replied absently running his lucky comb through his hair.

"Did what?" Carlos asked letting himself fall onto the couch.

When it was clear James wasn't interested in the conversation enough to answer Logan did. "James has a new power. He just thinks of something and 'poof' it appears." Logan told Kendall and Carlos.

"I only did it once." James muttered still not looking at his friends. He sounded distracted.

"Why aren't you thrilled?" Carlos asked Grinning. "You've only wanted an active power in... forever."

"Whatever." James muttered running his lucky comb through his hair.

Kendall frowned getting up. "Wait a sec... Our powers are supposed to progress not pop up randomly. And if they did shouldn't they be either cupid or premonition related? You have powers of the spiritual kind you do-"

"Jealous you didn't got to play the hero?" James interrupted him for the first time looking up since Kendall and Carlos arrived. "I just saved Logan's ass where were you?" He asked Kendall accusingly.

"James..." Kendall whispered not sure to reply.

"I'm not in the mood to soothe your ego." James muttered getting up stomping out of the living room.

His three friends watched him leave none sure of what just happen. "Maybe he's just stressed out because of the move." Logan suggested.

Carlos nodded. "Yeah. He'll be fine. Everything will be fine."

Big-Time-Charmed.

The wooyman had called James back. "Thanks for my new power." James said walking down the stairs to the basement.

"You must not disappoint me again." The shadow told him. "Use your new power against your brothers."

"No." James whispered taking a step back fighting for control. "Please don't make do this. I don't want to hurt them." His voice cracked.

"You are not strong enough to fight me." The woogyman stated.

Big-Time-Charmed.

Carlos cheerfully hummed a tune putting the cut pieces of mango and orange into the blender. He let out a startled cry when the blender electrified him.

Barely five Logan walked into the kitchen with a towel wrapped around his waist. Carlos had to stop himself from laughing seeing how red Logan's face was. "What's up?" Carlos asked giggling childishly.

"There's steaming hot water coming out of the shower!" Logan snapped at him. "Did you turn up the heater or did you heat up the water?"

"I didn't touch the heather." Carlos replied. "Don't get mad at me you try cooking when your kitchen's turning against you."

Kendall walked into the kitchen holding the remote for their new flat screen tv. "I think the earthquake messed up all the wiring. The tv is barely working."

"At least we still have an hour till-" Logan stopped talking when the doorbell rang. "Their here already?"

Kendall also looked surprised. "It's only five o'clo-" Before he could even finish his sentence the clock fell from the kitchen wall.

For a moment all three boys stared at the broken clock on the floor. "It's not five o'clock is it?" Carlos asked after a few silent seconds.

"Isn't anyone going to open the door?" James said entering the kitchen through the basement door. He was wearing leather pants and a black shirt.

"James?" Kendall asked shocked by what he just saw.

"Two questions." Logan said holding frowning. "Did you turn goth? And did you just came out of a basement? You haven't been in an basement for years, what about the woogyman?"

James shrugged. "It's just a story remember?" He rolled his eyes. "You should probably put some clothes on." He told Logan before walking out of the kitchen.

Big-Time-Charmed.

"Welcome to the Big Time Rush manor." James smirked opening the front door to Kelly, Gustavo, professor Whittlesey and one of her students. "My name is James Diamond. I'll be your cruise director this evening."

Professor Whittlesey grinned walking into the foyer. "I can't tell you how excited I am to be spending the evening in a house with such history!" She said excitedly clasping her hands together like a teenage school girl instead of professor at the university who she really was.

Her student a guy not much older the James walked in. He didn't look as excited as his teacher to be here.

"You dogs better made something good so it's not a total waist of my evening." Gustavo grumbled walking into the manor. Kelly flashed James an apologetic smile before following Gustavo to the living room.

Big-Time-Charmed.

Carlos took a deep breath. Of course something would go wrong when he decided to cook a feast for the first ever. Why hadn't he started with the appetizers! He could already hear Gustavo complaining about his hunger from the living room. He'd better hurry and make the appetizers quick. "It's gonna be fine." He told himself grabbing the flour and a measuring cup. He started to put the flour in the cup but half the flour missed the cup creating a cloud of flour around him. "Not fair!" Carlos groaned in frustration.

"Do you plan on feeding the people in the living room?" James asked in a monotone voice as he walked into the kitchen.

Carlos slowly nodded. "Yeah... I have." He looked around in the new already messy kitchen. "What do I got?"

Sighing James pointed to a big roasting pan.

"No." Carlos shook his head. "That's the chicken for dinner." He let out an annoyed huff. "But now it's an appetizer."

Big-Time-Charmed.

In the meantime Kendall and Logan who had just gotten dressed were playing host in the living room. Kendall was talking to Kelly and Gustavo about how their new manor was great and that they'd only need some extra money for some new furniture while Logan talked to professor Whittlesey.

"So.. I take it you know a lot about the manor's history?" Logan asked the ginger headed woman.

"I do." Professor Whittlesey nodded smiling. "In fact I use a model of your house as an example in my classes."

Logan smiled, unlike his friends who liked the manor because... well it was a big manor for their own the architectural history was what had got him excited about the whole move. "Do you also tell about the bad wiring?" He asked before retelling about the stuff that had happened after the earthquake.

"To be quite honest I'm not that surprised the manor got a bit damaged by that small quake last night." Professor Whittlesey told him. "You see the original house that on this spot had to be rebuilt after the earthquake of 1906 when it was completely destroyed." She said looking around smiling. "I can't believe how well the rebuilt it. Metaphysicists believe the land to be what they call a spiritual nexus."

Logan blinked. "A spiritual what?"

"Nexus." The professor answered. "It's mythology really, but it's believed that when a geographical point is equal distance to the five spiritual elements, it's a place of great power" Ironically right after she said that the lights started flickering.

"Power failure you mean." Logan chuckled.

James walked into the living room carrying the roast pan. "Everyone." He said putting the pan on the coffee table. "For a meal Carlos made chicken." He said before lifting the lid. Inside the pan much to everyone's shock sat a living chicken. "Well.. Forget about the made part." James chuckled darkly.

The chicken cackled before jumping out of the pan.

Kendall and Logan looked at each other neither sure what to do. Kendall laughed awkwardly. "James... uhm... the magician." He said before clapping the others soon followed.

"Usually it's a rabbit or a dove." Logan added for good measure.

James shrugged. "Carlos said he needed your help in the kitchen." He told Kendall and Logan.

Kendall shot him a warning look before heading to the kitchen followed by Logan. When they were gone James turned to professor Whittlesey. "You came to see the house." He stated smirking. "Would you like the grand tour? I can show you everything the bedrooms, the sunroom... The basement."

Big-Time-Charmed.

Kendall and Logan walked into the kitchen to see Carlos covered in flour stomping his feet having a tantrum. "I quit!"

"You're not our employee." Logan pointed out. "Plus I thought you really looked forward to cooking in the new kitchen?"

"Not when the kitchen is possessed!" Carlos groaned.

"It's not the kitchen." Kendall responded. "It's James' new power."

Carlos let out a tired moan. "I can't cook till this is fixed."

"But what about dinner?" Logan asked.

"Let's just cancel it now." Kendall replied.

The three of them walked to the foyer where Gustavo was standing tapping his foot impatiently. "Dogs, I get that this is your first dinner party but as a host it helps to be present at the dinner party!"

"We know." Logan replied. "But we have to cut this evening short due some technical difficulties."

"What!" Gustavo yelled. His loudness causing Kelly and professor Whittlesey's student to come to the foyer to see what was going on.

"Sorry but we can't serve dinner tonight." Kendall told them. "If you're hungry there's a nice warm meal waiting for you at the Palm Woods apartment 2J."

"There is?" Carlos asked Kendall in a hushed whisper.

"It's fish stick Friday." Kendall reminded him. He then noticed Professor Whittlesey's student was standing by himself with a bored expression o his face. "Where are James and the professor?"

"James gave me a tour." The professor spoke as she and James walked into the foyer. "He showed me the bedrooms, the solarium, I found the basement particularly intriguing."

"Are you alright?" Kelly asked looking at the woman with a frown on her face. The professor's hair was messed up and she seemed a little flustered despite this she was grinning unnervingly.

"I'm fine." The woman replied still grinning.

"Well there's been a change in plans." Logan told her. "We're having it somewhere else. Sorry you didn't get to spend much time in the manor."

"My time was well spent." She responded before turning to her student. "Josh why don't you give me a ride to our new destination?"

Josh shrugged. "Sure." He said before he and his teacher headed for his car. The three boys walked them to the car.

"Dinner better be good." Gustavo grumbled as he and Kelly walked to the limo.

Kendall, Logan and Carlos watched as the two cars leave their driveway. "And now?" Carlos asked once they were out of sight.

"Interrogation." Kendall and Logan chorused. "We need to know what the heck is going on with James." Kendall told them.

"Looking for me?" James asked leaning against the doorframe.

"Why are you doing this?" Carlos asked.

"Because he asked me to." James responded his voice once again voided of any emotion.

Logan frowned in confusion. "Who asked you to?"

When James only stared at them keeping his face blank Kendall let out a frustrated huff. "That's it!" He muttered starting to walk up the stairs to their front door. "We need to ta-" He was cut of as he walked into a electric force field pushed him back servile feet landing on the front lawn.

"Kendall!" Carlos cried rushing to his fallen friend.

"James!" Logan snapped glaring at his younger friend who was still standing at the door looking unfazed by what just happened. "What's the matter with you! Why won't you let us in!"

"No," James whispered looking at his feet. "You can't." He chocked out. "You mustn't!" He said looking at his friends. Logan and Carlos gasped at the terrified look in James James' eyes.

Just like that the emotion on his face disappeared again. "This isn't your house anymore." He told them tonelessly. "It's his." This time it wasn't even in his own voice. The voice he used was pure demonic. "Leave." He cried in the demonic voice slamming the door shut.

Big-Time-Charmed.

Kendall, Logan and Carlos had spent the entire night on the stair steps to their front door. They knew they could have gone and sleep at 2J but none of them could leave knowing something had taken over their brother.

"Carlos." Logan said in a hushed tone shaking Carlos' shoulder trying to wake him up. "Come on it's morning."

"I'm not cooking breakfast." Carlos murmured turning around not planning on getting up.

Logan rolled his eyes before looking up to the white dove that was circling the manor. Kendall was checking if there was a way to enter the manor through the windows. So far all the windows he had the same electric force field around it as the front door. Sighing Logan looked down at Carlos. "I doubt will be having breakfast today Carlitos."

"What?!" Carlos' eyes shot open at that. He looked around in confusion till last night's events came back to him.

The white dove landed in front of them and shapeshifted back into Kendall. "It's no use all windows have the same force field surrounding them." Kendall told them.

"Now what?" Logan asked.

"This." Carlos replied picking up a brick from the floor and throwing it at the door hopping to break the glass, instead it just bounced of the force field.

"Hm." Logan crossed his arms. "Good thing that didn't work I like the mosaic on the door Carlos."

Kendall stared at the door lost in his thoughts. "You know," He started still looking at the front door. "When I walked through the door yesterday I got shocked."

"Me too." Logan nodded. "You think that's when this started?"

"This?" Carlos asked looking at his two older friends like they had both grown another head or two. "When you say 'this'." He said making air quote marks with his fingers. "Do you mean that our house turned against us, or that James turned against us?"

"It's more than that." Logan replied. "James said 'he' made him do this. Who is he? And what does he want with James?"

"We're focusing on James." Kendall stated. "But what if it's the manor?"

"What do you mean?" Carlos asked.

"Whatever has the house has James. And it's not letting us in for a reason." Logan replied realizing what Kendall was thinking.

Carlos slowly nodded getting what his friends meant. "And we can't use the Book of Shadows cause it's in the attic. So we know nothing."

"Actually." Logan smirked. "I think I know someone who does."

Big-Time-Charmed.

The boys had taken the bus to Berkley university. Walking towards the university they saw the police taking professor Whittlesey away.

Looking around for someone that could help the they spotted Josh the student that had come with the professor last night. The rosy blond haired boy looked extremely pale. "What happened?" Carlos asked him.

"Uh.. I'm not sure." Josh responded rubbing his neck. "Professor Whittlesey had just begun her seminar when she turned and suddenly started choking me. If one of the other students hadn't pulled her off..." He trailed of uncomfortably.

"Are you okay?" Kendall asked.

"Yeah," Josh nodded. "I just don't know why she snapped like that."

"Okay." Logan nodded. "Do you know something about what she said last night? Something about a spiritual nexus."

"She brought that up?" Josh asked sounding surprised the teacher would even talk about that. "Wow, the professor usually doesn't go in for that sort of metaphysical mythology." He said looking almost sad he didn't catch his teacher talking about the nexus. "A spiritual nexus is a point of incredible energy equidistant from the five spiritual elements. The place or thing could be swayed either way."

"Either way?" Carlos asked not sure what Josh meant by that.

Josh shrugged. "Either a source of undeniably good or undeniably evil." He replied.

Big-Time-Charmed.

Kendall, Carlos and Logan were sitting in the library, much to Carlos' dismay.
They were looking at the city map.

"Okay, to find a way back in, we have to know what we're up against." Kendall said looking at the map. "The professor said that a true spiritual nexus sits equidistant from the five basal elements. So, that's earth, fire, water, wood and metal."

"Here's the manor." Logan pointed to the map.

Carlos nodded putting a dot on it with a marker. "Malibu beach is water." He said also putting a dot there.

"Natural hotsprings are fire." Logan piped up pointing to where the next dot should be placed.

"What about wood?" Kendall mumbled rubbing his chin. "The Palm Woods?"

Carlos shrugged also putting a dot there.

"Three out of five." Logan smiled. "Earth?"

"The earth around the Hollywood sign." Carlos said already making the next dot.

"Metal." Kendall frowned.

"Tiffany's?" Carlos asked.

"Natural metal doofus." Logan sighed. "Old gold mine." He said pointing to the map..

Carlos started connecting all dots except the one on the manor. Once he was done connecting the dots they formed a star with the dot on the manor in the middle.

Logan raised an eyebrow. "Our manor is in the center of a pentagram?"

"Looks like it's not just on a spiritual nexus, but a wiccan one as well." Kendall pointed out. "Which means it's a battleground for good and evil."

"What happens when evil gets the house?" Carlos asked.

"It starts spreading." Logan realized his eyes going wide. "We need to check the book of Shadows to be sure but I bet that's why mrs. Bowen left us the house. So we could reclaim the spot for good."

"I'm guessing evil decided it was their turn when mrs. Baxter died." Carlos said.

"And it's taking James with it." Kendall added. "We need to get to the manor and fast."

"How?" Logan asked. "We can't go in with the force field in front of the door."

Kendall smirked. "Who said anything about using the door. You two remember the teleportation spell we used to teleport you two to prison?"

Big-Time-Charmed.

Three silhouettes of gold light appeared in front of the book standard in the attic. Once the the light faded Kendall, Logan and Carlos stood in front of the Book of Shadows. Logan immediately started flipping through the book.

"Faster would be nice." Carlos urged him.

"I could go faster if I actually knew what I'm looking for!" Logan snapped. "We don't even know what we're fighting."

"Our brother." Carlos responded.

Kendall shook his head. "No it's more than that. Let's start at the beginning. What happened first?"

"Gasman attacked me." Logan replied.

"Before that?" Kendall asked.

"The earthquake," Logan replied. "which was the reason why the gasman came to check the leak in the basement."

Carlos' head perked realizing something. "And before Professor Whittlesey freaked out she took a tour of the house including the basement. And we all were there when James walked out of there. That's got to be it! James hasn't been in a basement for years cause of his fear of the woo-" Carlos cut himself of. "You don't think that..."

"No." Logan shook his head. "It were just nightmares he had when he was younger."

Kendall frowned. "Are you sure?" He asked Logan. "I mean we've seen monsters and demons from the past and future. How can you be so sure that James' childhood monster isn't real?"

"The woogyman in the basement?" Logan asked giving Kendall a 'are you serious' look.

Kendall didn't seem faced by Logan's reply. "James always said the nightmares looked to real to not be real..." He turned to Carlos. "Do you remember what the nightmares were about?"

Carlos nodded. "The woogyman would lure him to a dark basement and force him to do bad things." Carlos a frown forming on his face as he told this. That sounded awfully similar to what was happening now.

"What.. What if those nightmares weren't just nightmares?" Kendall said. "What if they had been premonitions?"

"Our parents made up a story to get rid of the woogyman." Carlos said.

Logan shook his head remembering something. "No, our parents told us how four witches would get rid of the woogyman."

"Great." Kendall sighed. "Couldn't they be a little more specific? So the story of how to destroy it wasn't a story it was a spell?"

Logan nodded. "Yeah.. I remember it sounded like a children's song... But that's all I remember."

"Me to." Carlos added.

"Well we better remember soon." Kendall said walking to the attic door followed by Logan and Carlos. "Or we'll be in a whole lot of-" He opened the door to find James standing there.

"Trouble." James finished grabbing his and Logan's arm and pushing them out of the attic and walking in himself locking the door behind him.

"Carlos!" Kendall and Logan cried from outside the door.

A long sword appearing in James' hands as he started walking towards his younger friend who was backing away from him. "James listen, I know this isn't you." Carlos cried.

"Well haven't you been paying attention." Was James' sarcastic reply.

"Look," Carlos said. "Whoever is doing this hasn't completely beaten you, otherwise we would be dead by now."

James stopped in his tracks. "Really?" He asked, his face didn't show it but he actually sounded interested.

"James?" Carlos asked worriedly. "You were stronger then him."

James looked down. "No." He said in a monotone voice. "No I wasn't. But now I'm stronger then all of you!" The last part was said in a demonic voice. He got ready to swing his sword.

Gulping Carlos summoned a fireball, not wanting to see himself attack his best friend and older brother he threw it at James with his eyes closed.

The fireball his James' shoulder causing to take servile steps back hitting his head against a metal pole knocking himself unconscious.

Carlos blinked back tears as he quickly ran towards the door.

Big-Time-Charmed.

Once Carlos had escaped from the attic the three boys had went to the sunroom to think. "The answer to this must be in the Woogyman story your parents made up." Kendall said.

"Which none of us remember." Carlos reminded him.

"Well there's got to be another way!" Kendall yelled in frustration.

"Kendall! Logan! Please help me!" They suddenly heard James' voice cry out for his big brothers.

Kendall and Logan looked at each other. "Do you think..." Kendall asked.

"Trap." Logan answered.

"Please! You gotta help me! I'm down in the basement?"

"We need to go!" Kendall cried getting up, his big brother instinct kicking in. "What else could we do?"

"You... Could try not going into the basement." Carlos piped up.

Kendall sighed. "Your parents taught us the story for a reason. It's the key to destroying the woogyman."

"How can it help if we don't remember the words?" Logan asked. "I never even believed in the woogyman."

"But James did." Carlos reminded them. "I bet he knows the story word by word."

"Something tells me he's not in a sharing mood." Logan mumbled.

"Help! Please, I need you"

Logan got up at James' last cry. Despite being certain that this was a trap to lure them to the basement he couldn't just ignore one of his younger brothers' cries for help. He, Kendall and Carlos slowly headed to the kitchen stopping at the closed basement door.

"Okay we have no choice." Kendall said. "So we're going to need a-"

"Light!" Carlos suddenly cried interrupting him

Logan turned to a kitchen drawer and pulled out a flashlight. Carlos rapidly shook his head. "No the light! In the story my dad said something about using the light to guide you through the shadow... Or was it to the shadow?"

"That makes no sense." Logan said frowning. "Using a light to find the shadows? Shadows retreat from the light and they thrive in the darkness."

"Maybe that's what we're fighting." Carlos replied. "A shadow."

"Well then lets fight it." Kendall said opening the basement door. With a determined look on his face he started walking down the stairs.

Carlos and Logan nodded following him. "James?" Carlos called looking for his friend.

"Over there!" Logan gasped pointing the flashlight at a huge shapeless moving black form floated above a crack in the floor. "It's the woogyman." Logan whispered.

"What took you so long?" James asked appearing behind them standing in the kitchen near the basement door.

"Logan close the door." Kendall told Logan who nodded squinting his eyes at the door using his telekinesis to close the door leaving James in the kitchen.

"One problem at the time." Kendall said as the three of them walked down the stairs. "Carlos throw a fireball at it." He instructed hoping the woogyman would imply burn to ashes like any lower level demon.

Carlos nodded summoning a fireball and throwing it at the woogyman. It went straight through it hitting the wall leaving ugly black burn marks on it. "Not working." Carlos whispered backing up as the black moving shape came closer. "Logan?"

At the top of the stairs James manage to push the door open.

Logan squinted his eyes at the black moving form but nothing happened. "It's no use I can't move a shadow."

"We need the spell." Kendall said before bringing his gaze to the top of the stairs. "James you've got to listen to us." He told his younger brother.

James simply stared at him showing no emotion. "You're in no position to tell me what to do." He said a disturbing grin forming on his face. "Unless you have any fantasies about how you want to die and you really want me to fulfill." He said when a knife appeared in his hand. He took a step forward.

Kendall ignored his words. "You remember the story Carlos' dad and Logan's and your mom made up. The one about the woogyman and the light?"

"Come on James try!" Logan cried hoping to get through his friend.

James shook his head closing his eyes. "I can't!" He cried. "Please, don't make me." He sounded like he really wanted to cry but something was holding him back. "I don't like basements." He whispered his voice filled with hurt..

"It's no use Charmed ones." A dark sinister voice came from the woogyman. "Your brother is evil now."

"No!" Carlos shook his head. "Come on James! Fight it! I know you're not evil!"

"I.." James was visibly shaking now.

"James you have to remember!" Kendall cried. The darkness of the woogyman was now surrounding him, Logan and Carlos. It wouldn't be long for they ended like James. "I know you can do it!"

"I... am light." James chocked out slowly starting to walk down the stairs. "I am one to strong too fight." He said, his friends could he the stain in his voice as he fought to stay in control. "Return to darkness where shadows dwell, you have caused on to much to fell."

"Keep going James." Kendall encouraged. The woogyman was already fading, instead of the massive black form that had been trying to swallow them seconds ago it was now a much smaller grey form that was slowly fading out of existence.

James continued still sounding exhausted but much more like himself then he had in nearly two days. "So go away and leave my sight, and take away with you this endless night."

The last bit of the woogyman faded away at James' words.

James knees gave out from under him causing him to collapse from exhaustion.

"James!" Kendall, Logan and Carlos cried rushing to their friend's side pulling him into a massive group hug.

Big-Time-Charmed.

Every damage done by the woogyman was gone. The cable, electricity and all the other wiring were back to normal. Even broken windows were magically fixed as soon at James had vanquished the woogyman.

James was sitting on the old couch in the attic resting his head on his knees. He had changed into his pj's shortly after the fight.

"Soup freshly made by chef Carlitos." Carlos said walking up the stairs to the attic with a huge smile plastered on his face. He was carrying two steaming bowls filled with his special made soup. Kendall and Logan walked behind him both carrying a bowls of their own. James noted that all three had also changed and were also in their pj's. Glancing at the clock he realized it was already around nine PM.

Carlos put the mug on the old kitchen table a few feet away from the couch. "Come on James I know you like the soup."

James smiled getting up and sitting down at the old table. "Thanks," He said as he started eating. He glanced up frowning when his friends kept standing "Aren't you gonna sit down and eat to?"

A smile formed on his lips when his friends just stared at him worriedly. "Guys," He chuckled lightly. "I'm fine. Exhausted but fine. Don't stand there worrying our I'll eat all the soup on my own."

That was all he needed to say for his friends to grin and also sit down with their food. "I heard Professor Whittlesey was back to normal." Logan said after a while. "She's been censured for her behavior and to sit before the university board. But other then that she's fine."

"Great." Kendall said nodding. "Now all we have to do is find a way to get back on Gustavo's good side."

"I'm wondering if I have one." James said not looking up from his bowl. "Until now I didn't even think I had a dark side." He said looking at his friends. "Well I mean more so then everyone else."

"The important thing is that the good side won." Logan told him.

James didn't seem consoled by his words at all. "Yeah, but I must have been more susceptible than either you guys, otherwise he wouldn't of chosen me, right?"

Kendall shook his head. "You had visions of this happening years ago. I think you're somehow more connected to this spiritual nexus thing."

"That's my point." James said. "I could go either way good or evil. Which I personally think is very creepy. Though," James smirked. "I am gonna miss that new power."

Suddenly both Kendall and Logan got up. Kendall went to grab the Book of Shadows and put it on the table in front of James. Logan pulled a pen out of his pocket. "It's time." The smart boy said smiling.

"Time for what?" James asked.

"Every Warren witch before us has added to the Book of Shadows." Kendall said. "Now it's our turn, the spell to destroy the woogyman isn't in the book yet." He said as Logan handed James the pen.

James looked at his brother a look of shock evident on his face. The shocked look was quickly replaced by a grateful one. He started flipping through the book searching for a blank page when suddenly the book started flipping on it's own. It landed on a page titled. 'Pearl Baxter'

"Is that mrs. Baxter?" Logan asked looking at the drawn picture in the book. It looked a lot like the lady in her late fifties that had left them the manor. Same wrinkles, warm brown eyes and auburn colored short hair.

"That page wasn't there before." Carlos said. This wouldn't be the first time a Warren witch had added to the Book of Shadows from beyond the grave.

"Guys," James said after having skimmed through the page. "Mrs. Baxter's family. It says she was the last Warren witch to have the Book of Shadows before it split into four different incomplete versions due to a fight her four daughters had."

Kendall's eyes grew. "Her four children? Our grandparents were the reason the book split... That means mrs. Baxter is our great-grandmother."

Logan shook his head. "That's not possible we saw he a week ago."

"I know!" Carlos raised his hand as if he was at school. He began reading from the Book of Shadows. "After her death Prearl cast a spell to tie her spirit to her manor to make sure to nexus underneath her home would stay good."

"We've seen spirits before." James said. "We were talking to a ghost without knowing it."

Kendall nodded. "She must have recognized us and used her powers to change her will so we could keep the Nexus good."

"And give her favorite great grandchildren a awesome manor." James added grinning.

Carlos looked up wondering if mrs. Baxter could see them. "Thanks grams."