The Power of 5
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The Manor:
Chris saw his surroundings change from darkness and trees to wood and dim light. He looked around to see the three brunettes standing behind a podium with a massive book on it. A blond man and no. No it couldn't be . There was no way in hell there was two ghosts standing in the room. It had to be trick of light.
'Really? Light huh? Your still trying to make logic happen. Good luck with that.' Said the voice inside his head. He shook his head and looked up to them. They were looking at him with such a strange look on their faces like they had never seen him before or they were shocked.
He had passed out from thoughts, he was almost killed by a succubus, found out he was a witch, told his brother was dead, he was almost killed by his mother and John, he had watched his mom die, killed his ex step father, appeared in the woods and had been chased by a weak contender for the blue man group and now they had somehow transported him to them but they had the audacity to look at him like that.
Phoebe took in his appearance. He was in the same clothes he had been in earlier. Only now they were muddy, torn and stained with blood. He must of cut himself while running through the woods. She looked at the others. Her mom and Grams was smiling. Leo seemed to be analysing him. Prue and Piper just looked overwhelmed and shocked.
She looked back at Chris. She watched as his eyes scanned the room. He seemed terrified. She wasn't surprised. The demon in her Premonition looked frightening as hell. He also seemed be terrified by them. She wasn't surprised by that either. He had a rough day and had been brought here and could see two spirits in the room. A look of anger crossed his eyes too. He was clearly pissed.
"First you kill my mom and now you kidnap me. Worse both times have ended up in saving my life so I cant even tell you tell you to go to hell but sure doesn't mean that I want to see you." He yelled in pure frustration.
"Young man, I don't care if you were raised by a demon or psychopath. In this family we have manners." Grams scolded.
Chris flinched at his mother being called a demon by the spirit woman.
"Mom!" Patty hissed.
"Look, Chris I know your terrified and angry and you don't know what's going on but trust me we can explain. Just please give us a moment too." Phoebe said with a plea.
"No, I need to find my brothers and sister. Please leave me alone." He shouted knowing he was being a total douche but he didn't know what else to do. He felt so lost. He felt so hurt and was taking out his anger and pain on the people who he was sure by now wouldn't attack him and try to kill him.
"Chris." Phoebe said moving forward.
"Just stay away from me." He said sticking out his hand and moving back. Phoebe stopped in her tracks. It hurt a little that he was so afraid. He looked at them all for moment before turning around. He was about to walk out of the attic.
"That demon will come after you again." Leo said.
Chris stopped. He message had sent chills through him. He turned back around and just stared at him. This was the first time he had seen him today. He didn't seem threatening but he wasn't gonna lower his guard because of that. The man's words had struck him and he knew he wasn't lying. He had already been attacked by three who had to die to be stopped. What made this one any different.
"I need to find them. My mo. My-my. She killed Adam. She was gonna kill them too. I don't know where they are. I need to find them. To make sure their ok." He said with his voice cracking and tear ready to flow again.
Piper's heart broke. She couldn't imagine their mom killing Prue or Phoebe. She wanted nothing more then to hug this boy who was supposedly her brother. She could see his pain and it hurt her. She could the similarity between herself and him. There was no denying this boy was her brother.
"Then we will help you." Piper said kindly.
Chris just stared at them. He just wanted everything to be normal again. He just wanted this all to be a bad dream. He was getting overwhelmed and every single feeling he had felt today was apparently coming at him with full force. However instead of passing out it decided to come in another form. He covered his mouth with his hands and ran out the attic. He was lucky his first choice was the correct one as he entered the bathroom and vomited in the toilet.
In the attic Phoebe paced. Piper looked to Prue. Patty and Penny didn't know what to say.
"Someone needs to check on him. He can't leave not while Shax is after him. You need to summon Paige too." Leo said.
"I'll go." Phoebe said and walked out the attic.
"We should leave too." Said Grams.
Piper wanted to object but Prue stopped her.
"Take care of them and each other. I love you girls." Said Patty said and disappeared in bright lights.
"Blessed be girls and the may the power of 5 keep you alive." Grams said before leaving too.
"Prue are you alright." Piper asked Prue.
"No Piper I'm not alright. I'm far from alright." Prue said.
Piper looked toward Leo. He understood what the look meant.
"I'm gonna go see how Chris and Phoebe are doing." Leo said and left the room.
"I know your angry Prue..."
"I'm not angry Piper, I'm furious." Prue said.
"Prue." Piper said tiredly.
"Piper I know your not about to lecture me when you just went Jack Nicholson on everyone." Prue replied hastily.
"I wasn't." Piper said.
"Good. I can't believe them. How could they do this." Prue shouted.
"You heard her." Piper replied.
"And you said it was no excuse." Prue retorted.
"Look I know this is gonna be difficult but we will get through this together." Piper said taking a step forward.
Prue was about to say something when a massive bang was heard down stairs.
"Prue, Piper." Phoebe screamed.
Both of them immediately came running out of the attic and down stairs. They were shocked when they came to the staircase to see a bit of their wall broken and Leo standing over Chris with the golden light coming from his hands. They looked to see a the demon that Phoebe had got the premonition about. He looked terrifying. He was now targeting Phoebe who was ducking out the way of his attacks.
Prue squinted her eyes and Shax went flying into the wall she could see this didn't do much so she squinted her eyes at grandfather clock which fell on top of Shax. Leo finished healing Chris. Chris woke up off the floor breathing heavy. Before he could say anything Leo grabbed him and orbed to Phoebe then Prue and Piper and orbed to the attic.
All of them except for Leo and Chris felt dizzy.
"Summon Paige now." Leo ordered.
"Power of the witches rise, Course unseen across the skies, Come to us who call you near
Come to us and settle here." They chanted all thinking of Paige.
A few seconds later Paige was on the floor in Pj's.
"What the hell?" She screamed whilst getting up off the floor.
"Paige?" Chris said.
"Chris? What the ..."
"No time. The vanquishing spell for Shax." Leo said.
Prue and Piper ran to the book and Prue started flipping until she was on Shax's page.
"Got it." Prue said.
Phoebe grabbed Chris and Paige over too the book. She stood next to Piper and grabbed her hand who did the same to Prue. Phoebe then grabbed Paige's hand and told Chris to grab it. He for some reason trusted her judgement in that one second and grabbed Paige's hand. A blue light surrounded them quickly and went away.
Just then Shax burst in the room. He was about to attack. Leo grabbed a chair and hit it over Shax which distracted him.
"Say the spell." he shouted before Shax turned to Leo and back hand him into some boxes.
"Leo." Piper shouted out worried.
"Come on everyone read the spell." Prue shouted taking action.
Each sibling turned their head to the page and began to chant.
"Evil winds that blows, that which forms below, no longer may dwell, death takes you with this spell." The five of them chanted.
All of them watched how Shax starting fading in and out before blowing up in gush of air.
There was silence in the attic. The only things that could be heard
"Is he gone?" Said Phoebe in small voice.
"I think so." Said Prue breathing heavily.
Each of them was breathing heavily due to the fear they had felt.
There was silence once again each of them contemplating what had just happened.
A minute had passed before Paige spoke up.
"What the hell is going on?" Paige said in croaky but clearly scared voice.
Prue, Piper and Phoebe had just remembered that only themselves and Leo were present for the you have two siblings revelation. Paige and Chris did not know. Both could say that they knew about witches and demons now and that they had powers but both were still in denial.
This sounded weird to Prue. She had only found out about her powers yesterday and had gotten them the night before. She was in the denial stage yesterday and yet today she was like witch assassin. How in the space of 24hrs had she gone from woman who lost her job to witch who kills demons? Why wasn't she still in the denial stage? Piper was even if she had been helping out.
Phoebe looked at her sisters. It seemed that neither of them were gonna make the first move. Phoebe then moved forward.
"Paige, Chris, there's something we need to tell you. Something that will come as a bit of shock." Phoebe started.
"Shock? What could be more shocking than you kidnapping me somehow and making me face a guy who could be in buffy. What the hell have you done to us?" Paige yelled scowling at them while she stood where Shax had been. Chris had joined her.
"I told you earlier your both witches. You always have been." Phoebe said looking at the both of them.
Paige looked at her like she was crazy. Although she was at the manor earlier and had seen the madness from earlier she had ran out of the manor and hadn't been chased by another demon so her denial was understandable. Chris just shook his head he was too tired to deny this. The evidence was overwhelming.
"Ok just stop. Stop. This witch thing is getting ridiculous." Paige said getting angry.
"I'm only telling you the truth and in you twos case your half angel." Phoebe said.
"What?" Paige said in frustrated voice.
"Half angel. You guys have wiccan powers and angel powers. When Leo wakes up he can probably tell you more about the angel side. We're not angels." Phoebe said with a nervous chuckle. She was trying to stall.
"Your all crazy. I don't know about you Chris but I'm getting the hell out of here." Paige said and turned to walk out the door.
Just then Prue squinted her eyes at the attic door and it closed before Paige could walk through.
Paige jumped back and looked at then. Chris also looked shocked but looked a specifically at the one with black hair. Piper Phoebe were also looking at Prue.
Prue was looking straight at Chris and Paige with a fierce look on her face.
"First of all stop with the kidnap talk. We didn't kidnap you we summoned you. Second stop looking at us like we're monsters or crazy. We just found out that we're witches and that we have powers and have to fight demons and warlocks and god knows what else. So your not the only ones who are having a hard time here but we are handling it the best we can so we could save your ass. You just got caught in the crossfire. I didn't know I was a witch when I invited you to dinner and I certainly didn't know you were one or that a warlock would try to kill us. Your not only ones here who are confused or scared and hell I want do nothing but deny. I don't want to give up my life and have powers and fight evil but here I am standing in this attic after a vanquish with four others witches, an unconscious whitelighter with a book of shadows in front of me. Get a grip because this is gonna become a regular occurrence." Prue yelled at them both.
Chris scowled at her. So did Paige.
"You know what I change my mind. Go to hell." Said Chris venomously.
"Yeah and take your craft and demons with you." Paige snapped.
Paige then turned around and opened the door and walked out with Chris behind her.
"You happy Prue?" Phoebe hissed looking disappointedly at her before walking out after them.
Piper just looked uncomfortable. Prue looked furious.
"Was it really necessary to use your powers?" Piper said softly not wanting to anger her sister more.
"We're not the monsters here Piper and I wont be treated like one either." Said Prue before walking out of the attic too with Piper right behind her.
They walked downstairs to see Phoebe blocking their path to manor doors.
"If you keep on blocking the way I'm gonna call the cops." Paige said.
"And tell them what that witches have you against your will. That they're using magic on you." Prue snapped at her.
Paige gave her a murderous look.
"No but I'm sure I could lie just as good as you." She said sarcastically.
Chris was just staring Phoebe out with a death glare which was starting to get under Phoebe's skin. If looks could kill she was sure she would be dead.
"I'm not kidding anymore. Move. Out. Of. The. Way." Paige said getting louder with each word.
"Phoebe let them go." Piper said from the stairs.
"Piper!" Phoebe said not believing what Piper had just said.
"Hello we can just summon them." Piper said not caring about the glares coming her way from her comment.
"Your not summoning me anywhere." Chris vehemently.
"Piper what about..."
"We'll do it tomorrow." Piper said stopping Phoebe from finishing her sentence.
"And Jeremy Piper?" Phoebe asked turning her head to the side.
"He's coming tomorrow. Let them go." Piper said. Prue said nothing. Phoebe didn't like it but she couldn't hold them hostage especially when they could disappear in blue lights. So she stepped aside.
Chris opened the door. The next thing he knew he was flying across the foyer in front of the stairs. Phoebe and Paige next went flying too.
Jeremy walked in the manor doors. Piper and Prue couldn't believe it. They walked down in front of their three siblings.
"Hi ladies and boy. You know I love that there is always a new face at the party when I arrive." Jeremy said in a deep terrifying voice.
"How are you back already?" Asked Prue taking a protective stance. Phoebe, Paige and Chris got up and stood behind them.
"Well apparently I'm too powerful for the demonic wastelands and this time I'm even stronger." He said with an evil smile. He then thrust his hand out and Prue went flying into the dining room. Piper went flying onto the staircase.
"I found some telekinesis of my own but I think I'll take yours Prue just because I can. That goes for the rest of you too." He said and thrust his hand again but Paige in response to protect herself put her hands up. Instantly the blue bubble surrounded her, Chris and Phoebe.
Chris looked up in amazement. He had heard Phoebe say she was a witch but the thought didn't actually occur to him that she was telling the truth.
"Aahh yes bubble girl. I wonder how long that lasts." He said and created a fire ball in the palm of his hand and threw it at the bubble shield. Paige stumbled back at force. Jeremy repeated this action two more times before the bubble shield came down.
"Not that long then." He with a chuckle. Like earlier he created two fire balls and flung them at Phoebe and Chris and then another at Paige.
Phoebe ducked but Jeremy sent another at her and she went flying into dining room too. Both Chris and Paige orbed out and back in the same spaces. The fireballs hit the walls. Jeremy then thrust his hands at both of them and Paige hit the wall while Chris also went flying onto the stairs.
"This is too easy." Jeremy said and Pulled out an Athame.
Prue had got up saw Phoebe a little in front of her.
"Oh god Phoebe, Phoebe. It's ok. Your gonna be ok. Just stay with me. Phoebe!" Prue yelled panicked.
She was unconscious and bleeding badly. She needed to get her to Leo fast.
Jeremy had began to walk to the staircase. He didn't know about the power of 5 he was only aware of the power of 3.
Prue squinted her eyes and Jeremy came flying off the stairs and hard into the foyer. Prue pulled Phoebe up onto the table. She looked back and saw Jeremy getting up so she squinted her eyes again and he went near manor doors. She saw the Athame on the floor and squinted her eyes at it. The Athame came flying to her hand.
Prue moved over to where Paige was lying by the living room and helped her up.
"Paige go to attic and get Leo." Prue said.
"What? We need to get out of...
"No we're gonna finish this once and for all. Go now." Prue said sternly.
Paige wanted nothing more than to argue but did as she was told and ran up the stairs tip toeing round Chris and Piper and up to the attic where Leo was only just stirring.
Prue came to the stairs and shook Piper and Chris up who both started to Groan. She made sure she kept looking at Jeremy every few seconds.
"Come on. Get up." She ordered and Pulled them up and into the Dining room where Phoebe was.
"Oh my god Phoebe." Piper cried out.
Jeremy began to get up. He was now pissed. He saw the Athame in Prue's hand. He needed to get it back. He decided to retaliate and again threw fire balls. Piper in response froze them. Prue squinted her eyes at them and they went flying back towards Jeremy who ducked.
'I'm ending this now. I'm gonna send some more fire balls and blink behind them. Send them flying grab the knife and stab Phoebe and that will be 1 down 2 to go. I kill the other two afterwards.' Chris heard Jeremy say in his head.
Jeremy got up.
"I'm tired of all this child's play. This ends now." He said in a very deadly serious voice.
Before he could do Anything Prue knocked him off his feet. Just then Leo and Paige orbed in.
"Leo, Phoebe." Prue said and he instantly moved towards Phoebe and began to heal her. A moment later she was healed and sprung up from the table.
"Oh thank god." Piper said relieved and hugged Phoebe.
Jeremy let out a roar of anger and sent fire ball after fire ball. He then blinked out. Prue once again squinted her eyes at the fireball coming towards her. Paige and Leo had orbed out. Phoebe ducked and Piper had froze hers. Chris had also ducked down and saw Jeremy disappear.
Quickly he grabbed the Athame out of Prue's hand and spun round quickly and stabbed the man who was suddenly behind them. He instantly let go the Athame and stepped back. Prue, Piper, Phoebe, Paige and Leo all spun around to see Jeremy behind them with the Athame in his abdomen. All of sudden the Athame started to glow.
"What's happening?" Everyone heard Paige ask.
"It's power stealing Athame. It's stealing his powers." Phoebe said with smirk spreading across her lips.
Jeremy stumbled backwards into the sunroom. They all followed him.
Jeremy pulled the Athame out and it was covered in blood.
Prue squinted her eyes at the Athame again and it went flying to the floor.
"I say we finish this now." Said Prue in a dark voice.
"I couldn't agree more." Phoebe said looking at the stumbling warlock.
"Paige, Chris grab our hands." Piper said gently not taking her eyes off Jeremy.
Prue and Phoebe came either side of Piper and took her hands. Paige and Chris came forward and Paige grabbed Phoebe's hand. Chris took Paige's.
"You think this vanquish will stick. I'll just comeback even without my powers." He laughed.
"The power of 5 will keep us alive." Prue chanted.
"The power of 5 will keep us alive ." Phoebe and Piper joined in.
Jeremy fell to the floor.
"No. What are you doing?" Jeremy said in disbelief.
"Say it with them." Leo said to Paige and Chris.
"The power of 5 will keep us alive. The power of 5 will keep us alive. The power of 5 will keep us alive." The five siblings said.
"No. This can't be. Noooooo. More evil will come for you wretched witches. This isn't the end." He said before exploding.
Somehow they all knew this was final vanquish of Jeremy burns however Phoebe felt he need to ask the question.
"Is he gone?" She asked.
"I think he's gone." Leo answered for them.
"Good. So am I." Said Paige and turned out of the sunroom
"Me too." Chris said following her.
"Wait." Said Phoebe also following with Piper and Leo following them.
Prue was hesitant for a second but caved and went after them.
"We still need to talk you." Phoebe said after them.
"Look bad guy 1 and 2 are gone. What's left to talk about?" Chris said over his shoulder.
"More bad guys are gonna come after you and well other stuff too. More important stuff." Phoebe replied.
"Fyi you guys brought me to the danger." Paige said also over her shoulder.
"Look please just stop and listen too us." Said Piper.
Paige had reached the door and twist the handle.
"You both have the same mother as us." Said Prue furthest away from them.
Paige froze as did Chris and turned to look at them.
"Your our Brother and sister as well as each other." She said looking at the looks of shock and disbelief on their faces.
This wouldn't end well.
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