A/N: Thanks for the advice on the club's name and the reviews in general.

Chapter Thirteen: The Devil's Music (And In The Kitchen)

It had been a couple of days since Piper's club, P3, had officially opened. Piper had named it to represent the Power of Three even though there were four sisters. At the moment, Piper's club was relatively empty most evenings. Prue, Phoebe, and Paige attended most evenings to try and add to the atmosphere, but it was too quiet for a club at the moment. It needed more hype or it would not be open for much longer.

Leo had not appeared at the manor since his and Piper's fight. Piper had been burying herself in working on P3 all week to avoid her sisters seeing that she was upset. Meanwhile, Prue and Andy continued to live in Halliwell manor. Prue and Andy had not argued in public – as in not in front of Piper, Phoebe, or Paige – recently, but that did not mean that the tension had disappeared. It was obvious that Andy knew that Prue was not telling him something, but because he loved her, he had decided to drop the subject for a little while.

Meanwhile Phoebe was being Phoebe, doing whatever Phoebe does during the week, and Paige was back to moping around the manor with hardly anything to do. Paige had not called for Derek, but she knew that he would be back soon. Paige did not know what to do about him.

Paige was having a lie in one morning. Piper, Phoebe, and Paige had been at P3 until four in the morning, while Prue and Andy had spent the evening alone at the manor. Piper had had hardly any customers that night, so Phoebe and Paige were not needed to help at the bar, but they had wanted to hang around to support Piper, as well as staying behind after the club had closed to help Piper clear up.

'Paige!'

Paige did not open her eyes. Phoebe was calling her name from downstairs. Paige did not want to get up. She wanted more sleep.

'Paige!'

Paige opened her eyes. This time Piper had called her name from downstairs too.

'Paige!'

This time it was Prue that had called for Paige from downstairs. Paige sighed. She did not want to get up, but if all three were calling for her, it was probably due to Charmed One business and not because one of her sisters wanted to yell at her about forgetting to empty the dishwasher or forgetting to let them know that they had run out of instant coffee.

Paige sighed again. She needed some caffeine before she could have a proper conversation about Charmed One duties. Paige orbed directly into the kitchen. She went to the cupboard and pulled out the empty pack of instant coffee.

'Oops,' said Paige, suddenly remembering again that she had finished it the day before.

'I will moan at you about that later,' said Prue.

Paige turned around to see Prue standing at the kitchen door. Piper and Leo joined Prue by the door. Phoebe squeezed past them into the kitchen and sat down at the kitchen table. Piper decided to follow suit and sit next to Phoebe. Leo remained at the door, while Prue walked further into the kitchen. Prue decided to stay standing.

'Sorry. I realised it was Charmed talk and wanted some caffeine before we started,' said Paige.

Prue laughed. 'Too bad that you forgot to tell us to get more instant coffee yesterday.'

'Sorry. I am not a morning person,' said Paige delicately.

'Your initials fit that description perfectly,' said Piper, feigning a smile.

'Yeah, too bad my name could not start with an A. Then I would be a morning person,' said Paige.

As this was said, Prue, Piper, Paige, and Leo all glanced at Phoebe. Phoebe noticed their glances.

'Hey! Why are you staring at me? My initials are PH, not AM!' said Phoebe, confused.

'Can we get onto business?' said Leo, changing the subject. 'I should not be sticking around here. I have other charges to see.'

Piper rolled her eyes. 'I am sure they would be a lot more welcoming to you than we are. That is as long as you don't decide to barge into their professional lives too!'

'Er, what did I miss?' asked Paige. She knew that Piper was still mad at Leo about the Dan stuff, but Piper's sudden outburst seemed like it was about something else.

Phoebe sighed. 'Leo got Dishwalla to play at Piper's club tonight.'

'Isn't that a good thing?' asked Paige, puzzled.

'Boy, Paige, you really do need caffeine to drive your brain in the mornings,' said Phoebe, who was about to continue, but Prue interrupted her.

'Pheebs, it's the afternoon,' said Prue.

'Is it? Oh, wow, how did I not notice that?' said Phoebe, suddenly glancing at her watch. 'Anyway, Paige, what I meant was: Piper is mad because this is demon related. Why else would Leo use magic on a band?'

Paige furrowed her brows. 'Why would a demon be associated with a mortal band? Hang on, I mean, why would a mortal band be associated with a demon?'

'We have not gotten to that part yet,' said Prue. 'We decided we had better get you down here, considering you are one of us.'

'Thanks,' said Paige.

Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige turned to Leo, now expecting him to speak.

'Anyway, as I was saying before, I used a charge's potion on Dishwalla's manager to make him book a gig at P3. From what I have been told, the band's manager made a deal with Masselin,' said Leo.

'The demon that…' Paige paused to yawn. '…that consumes people's souls?'

Leo nodded.

Piper looked at Paige, stunned. 'So you find it hard to function in the morning without caffeine, but you can still practically remember the A to Z of demons?'

Paige shrugged, embarrassed by Piper's remark.

'Why would their band manager be working with a demon?' Phoebe asked Leo, causing everyone to look back over at Leo.

'I have been told that Masselin promises wealth and power in return for innocents,' said Leo. 'You four need to free those who have been trapped inside the demon before you vanquish him.'

Piper frowned and asked sarcastically, 'Is this in between sets or during the encore?'

This was followed by a small argument between Piper and Leo that was swiftly concluded with Leo orbing out. Prue, Phoebe, and Paige had remained silent during this slight distraction from the main issue at hand.

Prue, Phoebe, and Paige tried to help Piper recompose herself after this. Prue suddenly realised that she had to leave the manor for work. She had only been home for her lunch break.

'Wait! What about the demon?' Phoebe called after Prue.

'The demon stuff is not until tonight! I have to keep my job! Bye!' Prue called back. A minute later, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige heard the front door shut.

Piper stood up. 'I guess I have to go and prepare things at P3, not that it matters, because the evening will probably get wrecked anyway.'

Paige shivered at hearing the word wreck. Piper and Phoebe did not notice it.

'I am sorry, Piper,' said Phoebe. 'Paige and I will use the Book to figure out a plan.'

'We will see you at P3 later,' said Paige.

Piper smiled weakly. 'Thanks.' Piper left the kitchen and two minutes later, the front door was heard opening and closing.

Phoebe stood up. 'Shall we go and find the Book of Shadows?'

Paige began to nod, but then decided to shake her head instead. 'Not just yet. I need something to wake me up.' Paige turned around to face the cupboards again and began to rummage through for something useful.

Phoebe laughed. 'Get upstairs, get showered, and get changed. We will go for a coffee and then check the Book.'

Paige turned back around to face Phoebe, after realising that it was a hopeless task to try and find a hidden instant coffee packet at the back of the cupboard.

'Fine,' said Paige.

A few hours later, Paige orbed into the kitchen with Phoebe after being refreshed by a good cup of coffee at a local café. They had stopped off at the attic to bring down the Book of Shadows. Phoebe started flipping through the Book straight away and stopped when she had found an entry on the demon. Paige stood next to Phoebe and read the parts of the entry that seemed most important:

Trapped within the demon… The unfortunate ones kept alive, their souls tortured for the pleasure he gets from their suffering…The demon seeks willing, trusting souls, delivered by the one who sealed the pact.

'So one of us needs to get close to the manager?' suggested Phoebe.

'We will discuss who later,' said Paige. 'We should focus on the potion for now.'

Further down on the page was a method for a potion that would free Masselin's victims and vanquish Masselin. Phoebe and Paige started on the potion.

While Phoebe and Paige were working on the potion, Prue entered the kitchen.

'Something smells good,' said Prue.

'I wouldn't eat it, unless you want to puke your guts out and then explode,' said Phoebe.

'What food has that written on its label?' said Prue, raising an eyebrow. She knew full well that Phoebe and Paige were making a vanquishing potion, but continuing the banter was more interesting.

'The wonderful brand of Masselin Vanquish Potions provided by the Book of Shadows Ltd. Supermarket,' said Paige.

'That's definitely a speciality,' said Prue, smiling.

'What are you doing back from work so early?' asked Phoebe, looking at her watch.

'Andy rang and said he needed to talk to me about something. I was pretty much done for the day at Bucklands anyway, so I decided I may as well head off,' said Prue.

Phoebe and Paige nodded. Phoebe was concentrating on adding the correct amount of an ingredient to the brewing potion. Meanwhile, Paige was looking at Prue, wondering whether or not to ask…

'How are things with Andy?' asked Paige, blurting the question out.

'…Good,' said Prue, but Paige had noticed the hesitation. Prue noticed that Paige had noticed, so added, 'Andy and I are still very edgy about the moving out thing. However, I think he has accepted that I have my reasons for not wanting to move out, and that I might not decide to tell him.'

'Are you going to tell him about the Death thing?' Phoebe asked, glimpsing up from the potion.

'No,' said Prue. 'I can't. How can I?'

A few minutes later, Andy entered the kitchen. He kissed Prue and then looked at the hob where the potion was brewing.

'I really hope that you are preparing to vanquish a demon,' said Andy.

'Why?' asked Paige.

'Why, because if that is tonight's dinner, I might have to order a take in,' said Andy.

'We are not even eating in tonight,' said Prue. 'I need to join Phoebe and Paige at the club tonight with Piper.'

'I will join you at P3. I have not been there often enough yet. Besides I heard on the radio that Dishwalla were playing there tonight. It will be nice to see them play live. Also Darryl is going to be there and I could back him up,' said Andy.

Prue, Phoebe, and Paige ignored the part about Darryl. They had stopped listening after Andy had uttered the word 'P3'. Prue frowned. She glanced at Phoebe and Paige, her expression requesting that they back her up with what she was about to say. Andy noticed this exchange of glances.

'You don't want me to attend P3 tonight, do you?' said Andy.

Prue sighed. 'Andy, there will be demonic activity there tonight. I want you to be safe.'

'If P3 is still open to the general public, then the demonic activity cannot be that bad,' said Andy. 'Besides this means that my case at work is demonic, which is not a surprise considering that the club involved belongs to a Halliwell.'

Once again, Prue, Phoebe, and Paige had ignored the part about Andy's case, because they were too busy trying to think up a way to keep Andy away from P3. Prue cleared her throat, indicating for Phoebe and Paige to butt in any second now.

'Andy, you need to stay at the manor, because… because…' said Paige, going completely blank on a possible excuse.

Luckily, Phoebe had managed to think up an excuse. 'Piper put the wrong shipping address on a few crates of alcoholic beverages that were supposed to go to P3. When Piper realised she had used the wrong address, she phoned up the company to change the address, but they refused. The crates are due to be delivered to the manor tonight. Someone has to be here to sign for them.'

'What does that have anything to do with there being demons at the club tonight?' said Andy, looking at Phoebe, obviously trying to tell if she was lying or not.

'As there will be demons at the club tonight, all four of us need to be there to fight the demon. That leaves you as the only person who can sign for the delivery,' said Paige quickly.

'All you have to do is wait for it to show up, sign for it, and then you can come to P3,' said Prue, knowing full well that the fictional delivery driver would never show up, so Andy would not be attending P3 that evening. 'Don't worry about moving the crates. Piper will get some of her staff to move the crates to P3 tomorrow.'

Andy was now staring at all three sisters, wondering whether to believe them or not. Eventually, he sighed and nodded.

'Thank you!' said Prue, hugging her husband gratefully.

'Oops,' said Phoebe, who had almost forgotten about the brewing potion. She switched off the hob, and with Prue and Paige's help, moved the pot onto a cool surface.

'How do we get that into the demon?' asked Paige.

Phoebe smiled, holding up an empty water balloon.

'So what time is the delivery due?' asked Andy.

'Er, somewhere between ten and midnight, I think,' said Paige.

'That is very late for a delivery,' Andy pointed out.

'Which is exactly another reason why Piper won't be using that delivery company again!' said Paige.

Andy sighed. 'I turned down a night shift at work for this.'

Prue looked over at Andy when he said this. She, Phoebe, and Paige had finally processed that Andy had kept mentioning a case.

'You were offered to work tonight?' asked Prue. 'Hang on. Have we even gotten onto what you wanted to talk to me about yet?'

'Darryl and I were put onto a case involving people going missing at clubs,' said Andy.

'Aren't you homicide detectives?' asked Paige. 'What are you doing working on missing people cases?'

Andy shrugged. 'Low police staff?'

Prue glared at Paige for interrupting and side tracking Andy. Prue then turned back to Andy and said, 'Your case sounds familiar to our demon's M.O.'

Andy sighed. 'Exactly. I took tonight off, but I wanted to warn you about the effect this might have on Piper's club. Darryl will be there tonight. If I had chosen to take up the shift, I would have been going there too.'

'Sorry,' said Prue. 'Don't worry though. We will handle it.'

'It will become another incomplete case for Darryl and me though,' said Andy.

'No. The manager is mortal. We won't be vanquishing him, so if we catch him, we will make sure to hand him over to Darryl,' said Phoebe.

Andy nodded, but then sighed. 'I need to help Darryl. He is my partner.'

'He may be your professional partner, but I am your legal partner. Help me by staying here, please?' said Prue gently.

Andy sighed.

'You can join Darryl as soon as you have signed for the delivery, I promise,' added Prue.

'Is there anyway that you can get someone else to wait for this delivery like your new neighbour?' asked Andy. When Prue shook her head, Andy added, 'Or Leo?'

'That's not a name I want to hear on returning home!' said Piper as she entered the kitchen.

'Piper! We did not hear you come in,' said Phoebe.

'I don't have long. I thought I would come back here to get ready for tonight. Also I wanted to see how the progress on the vanquish plan was going,' said Piper.

'Good,' said Phoebe. 'We have balloons soon to be filled with potion that will be engulfed by our target.'

Piper nodded.

'Don't worry about your delivery, Piper,' said Andy. 'I have been coaxed into waiting around for it.'

'Deli –' Piper began to say, puzzled, but Paige interrupted her.

'Piper, I know things have been hectic today with the club and the demon news, but you cannot forget about the delivery,' said Paige.

'Yeah, the delivery that was supposed to be for P3, but due to a mistake and stubborn drivers, will be coming here instead,' continued Phoebe.

'And because all of us will be at P3 for the demon vanquish, we need Andy to stay here to sign for the delivery,' concluded Prue.

Taking in their expressions and their emphasis, Piper nodded. 'Sure… The delivery.'

Before Andy could comment on this strange exchange between the sisters, the doorbell rang. Piper decided to be the one to leave the kitchen and answer it.

'Does this delivery exist?' asked Andy.

'Of course. Piper has just been a little scatterbrained recently. Her club is not doing well, and Leo has forced magic to collide with her club. Leo and her are not on the best terms as it is right now…' said Prue.

Andy sighed and took this as a possible answer to the strange exchange that had just passed between the four sisters.

Five minutes later, Leo entered the kitchen.

'You are not Piper,' stated Phoebe.

'Great observation, Phoebe,' said Leo.

'You rang the doorbell? I thought you liked to just orb in,' said Prue.

Leo shook his head. 'I did just orb in. Dan was the one at the door. Piper left with him to go and tell Jenny that she could not come to P3 tonight.'

'Are you here about tonight..?' asked Paige.

Leo shook his head. 'I actually came to talk to Piper, but… she seemed more interested in helping Dan just now.'

'Leo, she is just upset with you,' said Phoebe. 'First the jealousy stuff, now you do this to her…'

Leo sighed.

'Hey, Leo, now that you are here, do you mind staying here tonight while I go off to P3 with this lot?' asked Andy.

'Er, sorry, Andy. I have charges to keep an eye on,' said Leo, orbing out.

A/N: Only one line in that chapter came from the original canon episode, and that was one of Piper's sarcastic lines to Leo. Poor Andy; he is always being shoved onto the sidelines. I have no idea whether the 'Paige's initials are P.M so she must not be a morning person, but Phoebe is a morning person although her initials are P.H not A.M' thing made sense. Think about who plays Phoebe in the show and it should make sense.