A/N:
Sorry for the late update but this will be a long fight.
Roganjalex: Thanks and welcome to the story.
Charmed 1938: Thank you and Paige's trigger will be happing for soon.
Lizardmomma: Thank you and your right now the fun begins.
Hazel08: BladeKing and Phoenix have a complicated history that I hope to elaborate on in the coming chapters. Alda is mostly genetic and that is way he is interested in them, but we will see if there is more to it.
Thanks to everyone else and staying with me as well as your reviews.
Chapter 20
Let slip the shadow-dells of war
"Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial."
"FIRE!" Kara yelled and the ground vibrated as the large cannons on the towers of Jade headquarters unleashed their projectiles. Piper looked up as she covered her ears and saw bright fiery flashes come from the nozzles of the canons. Their fired one after the other until reaching the other side where Leo, Henry and the kids were.
"Incoming!" Bladeking yelled as he could see the flashes and feel the ground shake beneath him. He lifted his forearm and began to press buttons on the panel to make his giant mechanical creations come to life. "Stop them!" he said while pointing to the missiles coming their way. Metal clinking and gears moving in reaction to his order filled everyone's ears and Phoenix's.
"Dammit," she said and teleported a rocket launcher to her hands.
Meanwhile Kara, Prue and Phoebe were in the front lines as demons, Alda and the King of Punt's army was running towards them with fireballs, energy balls, swords and Mirth crystals in their hands. Phoenix fired her rocket at one of the giant mechanical creations as it grabbed one of the missiles that came from the towers. Its eyes glowed red and a red laser came out of them. It then tossed the missile back in the air and it changed directions and headed for one of the towers. Phoenix took aim and fires her rocket at the missile. Smoke trailed from behind both of them as she kept her eye on it. "Come on hit it," she said through her teeth and just as the missile was about to collide with the tower, her rocket intervenes and the explosion made debris come off the building, just missing the people underneath. Unfortunately more missiles were coming as Bladekings creations were thrown back at them. Some did get through and hit some of the giants causing them to explode but not enough as a missile hit one of the towers on the far end and the entire tower went up in flames killing anyone inside instantly. Piper was trying to focus on using her healing bubble on anyone who got injured, but seeing the missiles coming for the towers and knowing her family was in the far one on the other end made that task impossible.
"No," she said as one was heading for Leo's tower. Right before it hit a Dragon grabbed it between its teeth and then swallowed it.
"Thank you Crimson Prince," she said as four other dragons came flying down from the clouds and were stopping any of the missiles from hitting the towers.
Meanwhile Coop and his army were firing arrows that had Phoenix heads on the tips at the army below.
"Phoebe look out!" Prue yelled as a fireball came only inches from her chest as she slid underneath it. Phoenix rushed to her and they got back to back.
"Here," Phoenix said and handed her a large gun.
"I don't know how to use this," Phoebe said after taking it from her.
"Just aim and pulled the trigger," Phoenix said as she did the same with hers. Phoebe took aim and fired. The demons exploded once the bullet hit because it was filled with potion.
Prue was using her telekinesis to send demons and others back but it was not killing them, so she decided to tap into her other power, her elder one. She took aim and lightning came shooting out her hands killing at least 10 at a time as the dragons above were breathing fire down on the enemy. Piper was using her power to heal anyone who got hurt by putting a bubble around them and rewinding time right before they got hurt. They would give her a nod of appreciation as they killed the one who almost killed them. Paige was also using her healing power to do it from a distance and occasionally orb large objects at demons that got to close and crush them with it. Kara was using her Alda power to kill anyone around her as her silver tentacles shot out from her body while using a sword to run anyone else through.
Up in the tower Leo and Henry were firing their missiles at anything in the distance and away from their army.
"Daddy Kara wants us to help," Chris said.
"How do you know that?" Leo asks.
"She just asks," he replied as he sat on the floor with Wyatt in front of him.
"He can read minds?" Henry asks.
"Apparently," Leo replied," ok guys do what she asks," he said and Wyatt and Chris held hands as they closed their eyes.
"Shondess you're up. Kill the healers," Bladeking said and the leader of the shadow-dells gave a wicked smile as he gave the order to the other shadow-dells. The dog like creatures rushed forward and onto the battlefield, their heavy breaths were in unison with their sharp claws digging into the dirt as they pushed and jumped over their own army and killed anyone else who got in their way as 30 in total were moving at the speed of a cheetah. Phoenix was first to see them coming and took aim but an explosion knocked her back backwards and Phoebe as the shadow-dells passed her. Kara tried to use her power on them but their are immune from Alda and her tentacles went straight through them causing no damage. One tackled her to the ground as the others past and split in two different directions. One group going towards Piper and the other going towards Paige. Kara struggled to get the large beast off of her while its teeth dripped with saliva a few inches away from her face. She transformed herself into a shadow-dell and began to fight it. Piper's eyes widened as she saw the creatures coming towards her with the thirst for blood in their eyes.
"Shit," she said and flung out her hands to use her exploding power, but it had no effect on them.
"Kara!" Piper yelled as she readied herself for impact and closed her eyes and turned away but then a giant hand came out of the ground and grabbed it as the other 14 shadow-dells stopped while other hands were coming out of the ground made of rock in front of them.
"We are not immune to this, why?" a shadow-dell asks as the one in front of him was crushed by the large hand.
"The boy," one replied as it looked up at the tower that Leo and his kids were in. Piper opened her eyes to see the hand that crushed the creature in front of her as blood dripped from between its fingers. She smiled and went back to healing.
"Good job son," she said as a baby Dragon landed on her shoulder.
"Hi mommy, Wyatt will keep them away from you," the little Dragon said.
"Chris?"
"Yap its me," Chris's voice said and the little Dragon smiled.
"You can't be down here and how?" Piper said as she was getting very frightened that her son was on the battlefield.
"I'm not its just my imagination, did I do good?" he asks.
"Yes peanut, you did wonderful," Piper replied and she went back to healing.
Paige was also facing down 15 shadow-dells and was ready to orb away when she heard gunfire coming from the right. Both Phoenix and Phoebe were using very large automatic machine guns to mow them down as Shondess was backing away and eyed the tower that Leo was in. He took off running and no one saw him as he made his way to the building.
On the battlefield there was chaos as Kara killed the shadow-dell and then transformed herself back to herself and looked for the king of Punt who was standing next to Bladeking and some elders. She cut and sliced her way through the army in front of her as she made her way to them.
"Kara is coming," Bladeking said.
"Good I have a bone to pick with her and her mother," the elder said.
"Kill one you kill both," Bladeking said and the elder orbed away.
Paige was trying to heal and keep an eye on the shadow-dells that were trying to get to Phoenix and Phoebe.
"Keep firing," Phoenix said as they walked forward.
"You got it," Phoebe said and took a tighter grip on the gun to keep the recoil from making her drop it.
The giant hands were keeping the shadow-dells at bay as Piper continued her healing. She did not notice blue-and-white orbs come in behind her but Chris did. The little Dragon turned around as the elder was about to plunge a dagger into Piper's back and started flying and breathing fire into the elders face.
"Mommy behind you," Chris said while the elder was covering his face and with one hand while the other was trying to get a little Dragon off of him. He managed to hit it with the dagger and the baby Dragon screeched in pain and fell to the ground.
"No you son of a bitch," Piper said and with all her might she used her exploding power. The first blast sent him to the wall but the second made him explode. Piper bent down and gently picked up the baby Dragon. "Peanut are you ok?" she asks as tears were threatening her eyes.
"Yeah mom its not me remember," Chris replied and shook its little body and the wound was gone. "See."
"Thank god and thank you," Piper said as she kissed it on its head and smiled but then it sneezed as a little puff of smoke came out of its mouth.
"Excuse me," he said as Piper put it back on her shoulder and went back to healing.
Prue was using her power to kill demons but there were thousands and she started to back away.
"Too many," she said and saw Kara making her way through the unrelenting army.
Paige was clear of the shadow-dells but when she looked up; she saw what looked like octopuses in the air that had blue eyes.
"Bladeking," she said as they were going for the towers. "Phoenix get them down," she said while pointing up.
"Got it," Phoenix said and pulled out two round metal balls. She pushed the button in the center and they began to unfold into flying mechanical devices. They looked like dragonflies as they looked at her.
"Take them out," Phoenix said and their took off and towards the other devices that were going through the barrels of the canons. It only took a few moments for the entire tower to explode one by one. Phoenix's devices attached themselves to the remaining ones and began to de-assemble them. Leo could see what was going on and realized they were in trouble. He grabbed the boys as Henry grabbed his kids and they ran out of the tower just as it exploded and down the hall. He turned around and fire was bellowing towards them.
"Wyatt orb," Leo said and Wyatt did what he asks. They just missed the fire by seconds as it continues through the hallway. The baby Dragon on Piper's shoulder disappeared as the tower exploded.
"Chris!" she yelled as the hands also dissipated into dust," Leo!" she screamed as Seth came through an arch.
"They are ok but it will take time to get set up again," Seth said and Piper let out a sigh of relief. Paige ran over to where Piper was clearly panicked.
"Are they ok?" Paige asks.
"Yes now keep healing from what I can tell, we are losing," Seth said as he looked out over the battlefield and could see the other army advancing quickly.
"I need to get to Bladeking," Phoenix said.
"No you need to stay here," Phoebe said as she grabbed her arm.
"We will lose if I don't distract him," Phoenix replied and pulled out a gun that looked like a flare gun and fired it into the air. Ten metal balls shot out staggered from each other and created an arch about 20 feet apart. She gave Phoebe one last look and pushed a button on a device she was holding and she was gone. Teleporting from one ball to the other over top of the battlefield. Prue made her way back to them.
"There is too many of them," Prue said out of breath.
"Where is Kara?" Seth asks.
"Up there," Prue replied.
"Is she insane," Piper said as she looked out over the thousands of people in front of her.
"Stubborn," Seth replied.
"Well we need to save her," Piper said while pressing her lips together.
"Right now we are the ones who need saving," Paige said as over 5000 people were rushing them. Their army was scattered as Jade was using their power to make large statues come to life but would only be cut down by Bladekings contractions. Mirth was also using their crystals but it was not enough to stop the demons and other from killing them.
Leo and Henry made it to another room and Ileru shut the door behind him.
"This should be ok for now," Ileru said.
"Chris get back to your mother and tell us what is going on," Leo said as the boys sat down again.
"Ok daddy," Chris said and closed his eyes. When he opened them he could see the entire battlefield as he took shape of the little Dragon once again. His eyes widened as he could see the carnage and his family being rushed. Piper was trying to blow up as many she could as Paige orbed some away to god knows where while Prue was shooting lightning out of her hands and Phoebe was using her power of persuasion on anyone who looked into her eyes.
"Dad they are in trouble," Chris said.
"Not for long," Wyatt said and he took a deep breath and closed his eyes, but immediately was taken out of his concentration by the sound of the large metal door being hit on the other side of the room.
"What is that?" Leo asks.
"I don't know," Henry replied as the door flung open and Shondess was standing there.
"Wyatt your shield," Leo yelled as he went to get in front of them. Shondess used his spikes and hit Leo in the shoulder as he tossed him to the side. Henry pulled out his gun while standing in front of his babies who were crying. He fried but it did almost no damage and it smirked as Wyatt went to hill his father Shondess used his spikes and sent one right at Wyatt as Henry kept firing.
"Paige!" he yelled as he felt something bite down hard on his leg and began to pull him backwards. It had metal teeth and was pulling him out of the hole it just created. He put his gun to its metal head but felt his hart sink when the click of an empty chamber sounded off instead of the normal boom. He tried to use his hands to get some kind of grip as he was being dragged on his belly. He looked at his babies who were completely vulnerable in their baby carriers. "NO!" he yelled but then felt the teeth release their grip and he stopped moving. He turned around to see a woman standing there with a sword in her hand that was going through the metal creature and sparks were coming out of it. She looked up and smiled at him.
"Hi dad," she said and let go of the sword and healed him.
"Dad?" he asks completely confused but then he got a good look at her," Trinity?"
"You bet," she said and helped him up.
"Get away from my brother," Chris said with his hands extended out like his mother as Shondess was trying to get through Wyatt's shield. He was getting very frustrated at the fact he could not get in and was confused why he could not this time.
"Shut up little boy," Shondess snarled back.
"Chris get your cousins and orb them in here," Leo said as he got to his feet.
"Hay you smelly, ugly thing why don't you pick on someone your own size," Trinity said.
"Their are immune Trinity," Henry said.
"Not from me," she said and she created two duplicates of herself and all of them held swords that flashed blue for a second. Shondess focuses attention on her as Chris orbed the babies into Wyatt's shield. Trinity and her duplicates incircled him as he tried to use his spikes but she just cut them off with the sword as they got too close. Shondess backed away but could go no further as he was now backed into a wall. The Trinity's nodded to each other as they rushed him and started slicing and dicing as Shondess screamed in pain until finally the only thing left of him was pieces. The three Trinity's became one again and Henry stood there with his mouth agape.
"I need to get down there and help them," Trinity said and orbed away as Henry went to his babies to check on them.
"You have a very interesting family," Ileru said.
Meanwhile on the battlefield Paige was bleeding from her shoulder badly as Piper was trying to use her bubble but she too was injured and only had use of one hand while her other seemed to be broken. Phoebe was just starting to stand after getting hit hard by a fireball. Prue was shooting lightning to keep the other army at bay as Kara was getting closer and closer to the other side but she too was bleeding from her head and abdomen. Phoenix was now facing Bladeking as the fight continued around them. The five dragons including the Crimson Prince were doing the best they could but Bladekings creations were giving them a hell of a fight in the air. Coop's army was falling at an alarming rate and he feared the worst for Phoebe as he made his way back to her.
To be continued…