Thank you so much for the continued support on this. It's great to know that there's an audience out there for this and it keeps me going with writing season two when I'm struggling for time. The last week has been hell and I haven't written anything but I'm hoping next week will be a little better for it. I'm not as far into season two as I'd like to be right now, but at least I'm into it.
Anyway, this is the episode that many of you have been waiting for. It's time for everyone to find out who/what Leo is. Just how will Dean deal with it? He may surprise you...
Episode 21: Love's a Witch
Daisy walked as fast as she could to her car from the grocery story, bags in hand. She would run, but that would draw too much attention to herself and that's something Leo had always told her not to do. He would find her easily if she drew too much attention to herself. But that didn't stop her from constantly looking over her shoulder.
How could she be so stupid? She'd seen the signs that he was dangerous, but she'd chosen to ignore them. Daisy had wanted to believe that he could be good and did love her. It was all crashing down on her now. She was just so thankful for her friend, Leo.
The sound of a car horn beeping shook her out of her thoughts, making her drop her bags. Quickly dropping to her knees, Daisy picked up the items that were escaping from the brown paper bags. Catching herself on the packet of one of the items, she swore to herself.
"It's all right, Daisy." A man's voice spoke, and Daisy started panicking internally. He'd found her, just like he said he would. She looked up and couldn't help but show the relief on her face. It wasn't him after all.
"Oh, Leo!" she smiled, "Thank God it's you. I've been so scared."
"Look, you just have to stay strong a little longer and then you'll be safe." Leo took her hand, trying to show her some warmth from his eyes. But the white lighter knew the dangers and had been worried for his friend and charge.
"He's out there, Leo. He'd going to find me. I've seen what he can do, his powers," she just watched as Leo took her cut hand and placed his hand over it. The damage disappeared as if it had never been there before, making Daisy pull her hand back quickly. Panic rose again, as her eyes widened, "How did you do that? Who are you people?"
"You just have to trust me, Daisy." Leo had had to blow his cover. It had gotten to the point that if he didn't, everything would be in vain. This was the whole reason he'd asked her to relocate to San Francisco. He'd brought her to people who could help her.
"What if Alec finds me first?" Daisy had to ask. Yes, she'd trusted Leo so far and he had helped to keep her safe, but this was all getting too much. She was terrified of her ex-boyfriend, especially after seeing the darkness in him; the evil that he'd done. He was now after her, and there was a high chance that he would kill her.
"I made you invisible to him." Leo told her, but the saying 'famous last words' came up in Daisy's mind. Just as he spoke, Alec turned up in front of them.
"Hello, Leo. I've been looking all over for you. Figured you could only be here for one reason," Alec sneered, looking around as if trying to find someone else. It was then that Daisy realized he couldn't see her, but he knew she was here. The relief was only short-lived, "Where are you, Daisy? I know you're close by."
"It's okay, Daisy. He can't see you," Leo didn't acknowledge where exactly she was. He needed to keep her safe, "Don't say a word. Just leave quickly."
Daily did as she was told, taking off away from the dangerous, magical ex-boyfriend. Leo remained, smirked as he told Alec that she had left.
"I love her, Leo, much like you love your little witch. What's her name? Piper?" The mention of the Charmed witch made Leo's blood run cold. If he could, he would try to harm her just out of revenge for the white lighter.
"Dark lighters aren't capable of love, Alec." Leo pointed out. It was an emotion that evil wasn't capable of. But Alec wouldn't let it drop. He insisted that he did love Daisy, and it was only Leo's magic hiding her from him, "If you know I cloaked her, you also know that you won't find her as long as I live."
"I have a solution for that." The dark lighter sneered, before holding out his hand. Leo didn't have time to do much as Alec made a crossbow appear and fired off an arrow. Leo orbed out as the arrow flew through the air to him, hoping to get out in time.
Adam rolled his eyes as he followed his two big brothers into the house. His arm firmly tucked around Frankie's waist, he smirked at how proud Dean was of him finally graduating high school. The "finally" remark had actually come from Adam, considering it had taken him an extra year compared to everyone else. But he wasn't complaining about that when he had Frankie on his arm.
The Halliwell sisters followed the three Winchester brothers into the house, hanging their jackets and purses up on the coat stand by the door.
"Hey, do we have any champagne?" Dean asked, heading towards the kitchen.
"Why would we have champagne? And since when do you drink it?" Prue asked, laughing at Dean's attitude throughout the day. He'd been the one to cheer the loudest when Adam had walked onto the stage to accept his high school diploma. In fact, he'd out-cheered the three Halliwells and Sam because he was just so proud.
"This is something worth celebrating," Dean shrugged, "Besides, I missed Sammy's graduation because of some wendigo and then his college graduation because of a rugaru, and I want to celebrate Adam's."
Dean walked into the kitchen anyway, missing the laughs from everyone else in the room. Frankie looked up at her boyfriend with a smile, "Is he always like this?"
"No. This is a whole new side to him."
"He's just excited," Sam explained with a small smile playing on his face. He stripped out of the suit jacket, placing it over the back of a dining chair, "It's not often we have something good happening, especially with the current demonic situation at hand."
"Speaking off, did you notice Uncle John didn't turn up after all?" Phoebe bit her bottom lip. The look on everyone's face when she said that made it clear that nobody had really wanted to bring it up. John had promised to try to be there, but in the end had called Dean to apologize—asking him to apologize to Adam. He'd apparently had something more important to do.
"You know, just once I'd like to see him be a dad," Sam scoffed, shaking his head, "But I guess that's too difficult."
Dean walked back into the kitchen with bottles of beer in his hands, holding them up with a childish grin, "Okay, so no champagne, but plenty of beers. I don't care if you two are underage, you're celebrating your graduation."
"Now this Dean I like." Frankie grinned, walking over to the eldest Winchester and gratefully accepting a beer bottle that Dean had taken the cap off using his ring. He then took one off a second bottle, handing it to his baby brother. Once everyone had a drink in hand, Dean held up his own bottle.
"Congrats you two. You managed something I really couldn't, and I'm proud of ya."
Just as they all clinked their bottle tops, blue and white orbs filled the room. They all looked at the lights, just as they formed into a man collapsing in front of them, an arrow stuck in his shoulder. Piper put her hand up to her mouth, placing the beer on the dining table, as she recognized the man right away.
"Leo?"
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Dean had instantly gone into hunter mode, seeing Leo lying on the floor with an arrow sticking out of his shoulder. He was clearly in pain, with blood dripping from the wound. While Sam and Prue quickly grabbed bandages out of the downstairs bathroom, Dean was searching for answers because this was clearly one of their problems.
Adam and Phoebe helped get Leo to the couch, while Piper just stared in shock, Frankie watching behind her, "What do you mean he's supernatural? Adam, how the hell could you not tell me something like that?"
"Why did you not tell either of us?" Dean growled at his younger brother, ignoring the hiss of pain from Leo. He wasn't just supernatural, but also had an arrow sticking out of his arm. It could have been from anyone or anything. For all he knew, another hunter had been after Leo and finally got him. He could have led that hunter straight to them.
"Piper, I wanted…" Leo started, but Piper turned her anger from her cousin to her ex-boyfriend.
"But you didn't."
"Don't worry about me," Leo hissed, as Phoebe put his feet up on the couch, "There's someone…"
"We need to get this arrow out." Adam said, reaching for the arrow, but Leo's panic-filled voice stopped him. Dean focused on everything this supernatural being was telling him. The arrow was laced in poison, designed to kill white lighters.
"What about witches?" Dean asked, stepping forward. Prue and Sam rushed into the room with their first-aid supplies as Leo shook his head. Dean knelt down, going into first-aid mode. Grabbed the arrow, he warned Leo, "Okay, on three. One…" Dean didn't continue. He just pulled the arrow straight out, making Leo cry out in pain. Piper and Phoebe covered their eyes, as Dean placed the arrow on the coffee table and then grabbed some of the bandages from Sam.
"Okay, I need scissor for this t-shirt. Gotta get it off so I can patch him up," Dean said, looking up at his brothers and cousins. When nobody moved, Dean barked out an order, "Today, people! Anyone!"
Phoebe quickly rushed off, grabbing the items that Dean had asked for. Meanwhile, Prue, Piper and Dean were after answers.
"How do we even know this will help?" Prue asked, putting her first-aid supplies on the table, while Phoebe passed the scissors to Dean. Instructing her to keep the bandage in place for now to stop the bleeding, Dean quickly went to work to get the t-shirt off. Once he could get to the wound, he could administer the field aid that he'd picked up from his dad.
"We don't," Dean shook his head, "I've never even heard of a…what are you again?"
"He's a white lighter." Adam answered for Leo, who was clenching his teeth as Dean worked as fast as he could.
"You know how Peter Pan has Tinkerbell? Well, he's Tinkerbell, without the tutu and wings. He guides witches."
"I'm not even gonna ask how you know about Tinkerbell, Sammy," Dean shook his head, "So, he's good?"
"Yes, I'm good," Leo answered, "I help future white lighters, too. That's why I came to you."
"You should have told me." Piper looked between Sam and Adam. Dean was angry at his brothers for keeping this from everyone, but this hadn't been their secret to tell. This was Leo's secret, and he fully admitted to that. At least he was willing to admit that he was wrong. When he saw the hurt in Piper's brown eyes, though, his protective nature won over.
Dean pushed hard on the wound, much harder than necessary. When Leo cried out in pain, Dean glared at him, "Did that hurt? Good."
"There's a woman. Daisy," Leo managed to speak through the pain, while Dean started to tape up his bandaged, "You have to protect her from the dark lighter?"
"Dark lighter?" Frankie asked from behind Piper, biting her nails nervously, "Is that what got you?"
"Yeah, some of them seduce innocent women to create evil through reproduction," Leo explained, looking between the people in the room, "That's what Alec wanted to do."
"Great. Generation 666." Phoebe rolled her eyes. The story didn't stop there, though. Leo went on to explain that Alec had fallen in love, and Daisy had reciprocated that love. It was against the rules, and wasn't good for either of them.
"I'm guessing she was in love until she found out who or what he really was." Piper glared at Leo, not knowing whether she was worried about him or angry at him. Her mind was all over the place, after finding out the real reason he'd had to take off. Why couldn't anyone have told her the truth?
"You have every right to be mad at me, Piper." Leo hissed in pain, as Dean patted his shoulder purposely causing more pain. When someone hurt his family, he would hurt them.
"Thanks for the permission," Piper sarcastically spoke as she rolled her eyes, "Just what I needed."
"Please, you have to find Daisy before he does, otherwise she won't be able to do the good that she's destined to," Leo looked at the six witches in the room, "She won't be able to become a whitelighter."
Sam nodded his head, able to take a neutral stance on this. By already knowing Leo's secret, he was able to think about the innocent first, "Okay, where is she?"
"I don't know," Leo admitted, "The last time I saw her she was at a mini-mart in the Castro, headed for her rental car. If he finds her first, he'll never let her go, ever."
The Charmed Ones all went into action hearing that. They all had options that they could use to find the innocent and find a way to handle the dark lighter. Despite Andy being suspended, Prue could see if he would be able to help in some way; maybe get Darryl to look into Daisy's whereabouts. While doing that, Adam and Phoebe had said they'd find a way to vanquish the dark lighter in case they came across him, with Adam saying a quick goodbye to Frankie. While Alec's power was through touch, just staying away from him wasn't a very good option.
"Someone needs to stay with Leo." Dean sighed, sitting on a chair opposite the white lighter. He looked over at Piper, making it clear that it was up to those two to do that. She shook her head, but the look he gave her made it clear that this wasn't up for discussion. They all had their jobs.
Darryl didn't really want to help, but he couldn't ignore the fact that a human woman was at risk. As much as he hated the idea of the occult and he refused to believe that demons and monsters were real, the proof was stacking up against him. Magic was real. Demons were real. And the Halliwells and Winchesters were really saving innocents.
Not that that was something he could tell Internal Affairs. Even if it did save him from losing his job, it wouldn't be for long. He'd end up locked up in the crazy house. He had been tempted to have Andy committed when he first heard the excuse, until he saw it all for his own eyes. When he saw Dean freeze that cup, he'd freaked. He'd hoped there had been strings attached to it, but had been shocked to find that there was nothing.
Andy's stories about there being a reason for helping Prue had been genuine. Darryl realized that now, and the more he'd learned about the occult and magic, the more he'd accepted that Andy had been right to act the way he had. But that didn't help that Internal Affairs was now on his back, too, and there was nothing Darryl to do.
To make matters worse, the Winchesters had told him about the dangers of one of the Internal Affairs inspectors. Darryl had felt uneasy around Rodriguez from the start. Those yellow eyes had looked strange from the beginning, something other worldly and now Darryl knew the real reason why.
It had all led to this point. Darryl making the decision to risk his job because it was a demon working with Internal Affairs. Even if he didn't help the Winchesters and Halliwells, he knew that his life was at risk and more importantly, his partner's life was already at risk. He couldn't let an innocent woman die, too.
Darryl was working on this favor, looking through the security footage from the mini-mart and surrounding businesses. All he needed was the car's license plate and he could go from there. Now he just had to hope that Internal Affairs didn't cotton on to what he was doing.
Leo winced at the burning sensation traveling through his system. He couldn't make up his mind whether he was hot or cold, and now everything was starting to dim. Dark lighter poison was lethal to white lighters. He'd never been hit with it before, but he'd heard of white lighters suffering from it. Only the healing power of another white lighter could save him, but he wasn't sure how to get hold of another white lighter. His main focus was on saving Daisy. As long as she was safe, he was happy dying and having his soul recycled as it should have been the first time he died.
"Hey, so I brought you some food in case you're…you do eat, right?" Dean asked, walking into the room with a plate with toast on it. Leo smiled and nodded, looking around for Piper. She hadn't spoken to him since everyone set off to take care of their own tasks. Surprisingly, Dean had been calm despite his supernatural nature, even if he was pissed off with the way that Leo had lied to Piper, "Piper will deal. It's not every day you find out that the guy you're seeing isn't human. Well, Piper seems to have a habit of attracting non-humans, but I'm sure you catch my drift."
"I wish she didn't have to find out about me like this," Leo sighed, "Being with her broke the rules but not being with her breaks my heart."
Dean sat on the coffee table, picking up the damp cloth that sat in a small bowl. Wiping away the sweat forming on Leo's brow, he listened to the white lighter. He didn't do chick flick moments, but they didn't know how long Leo had; even he couldn't tell them how long he had.
"Why didn't you just tell us?" Dean asked, with a small laugh, "I mean, you knew who and what we were. It would have made so many conversations a hell of a lot easier, man."
"We're not supposed to…" Leo started, but ended up coughing. Wincing in pain, Leo laid back on the couch, "Witches and potential white lighters aren't supposed to know about us. It's another rule I've broken. The only reason Sam and Adam found out was because they saw me using my powers."
Dean just nodded his head, a sad smile forming on his lips, "Well, I guess it's not like we were completely honest with you, huh? Piper will understand eventually. I think she just needs to get over the shock."
"I thought you'd take it the hardest, being a hunter and all," Leo chuckled, wincing again at the movement in his shoulders, "Any word on Daisy?"
"Yes and no," Dean explained that Darryl may have found out the whereabouts of Leo's charge. Prue and Andy were on their way to her now. Dean pulled back the bandages, using his poker face to mask his shock and discomfort. The wound that was originally a usual bleeding hole from an arrow was now red raw, infected and oozing, "I'll just get some more…"
"I know it's bad, Dean," Leo nodded, "It's okay. You've got a good poker face."
Dean smiled, nodding his head just as Adam rushed into the room, "Hey, Leo, didn't you tell me that white lighters could heal? Could you…"
"Our powers can only be used on others," Leo explained, looking between the two brothers, "I can't use them to save myself." Breaking into another coughing fit, Dean helped the white lighter sit up so he could get it all up. It was getting worse, and this time Dean didn't mask the fear and panic. Looking over at his brother, he made it clear that Adam and Phoebe needed to find a way to save Leo now. Piper wasn't going to lose another boyfriend.
"There's nothing that will save me." Leo laid back down, the coughing fit easing off.
"There has to be," Dean refused to believe it, "There has to be something in that Book of Shadows or even my dad's journal. Adam, call Bobby and Pastor Jim…everyone in that journal and get hold of Dad again."
Adam nodded his head and rushed upstairs, but Leo continued to tell Dean that it was all in vain. The whole point of dark lighter's poison was to kill white lighters. That was all it was doing right now; working its way around Leo's system. It would just be a matter of time, and there wasn't much of that left.
"But this is putting Daisy at risk," Leo explained, "As this poison infects me more, my powers weaken. The cloaking on Daisy…it's not gonna last."
"We're gonna save you both, ya hear me?" Dean was adamant that this was not the end of their supernatural handyman.
Phoebe and Sam continued to flip through the pages of the Book of Shadows and John's journal. There wasn't anything that would help. Piper sat on the uncomfortable couch that had been in the family for generations, avoiding the dying white lighter downstairs. She refused to face him, angry that he had never told him the truth. All this could have been avoided had he just turned to her before now; told her the truth.
"Is there anything?" Adam asked, getting upstairs with tears threatening to form in his eyes. It wasn't often that he cried, but seeing Leo downstairs and the fear in Dean's eyes had brought on the strong emotions. He honestly thought that it was all coming to an end.
"There's no cure or ointment in here," Phoebe shook her head, angry at the whole situation, "Why isn't there anything?"
"Adam, how bad is it?" Sam now asked, seeing the look in his younger brother's eyes. Adam just shook his head, and it told him everything that Sam needed to know. With a heavy sigh, Sam turned to Piper, encouraging her to talk to Leo. Sam stopped looking through the journal, placing it on the small table. Piper looked up at him, tears forming in her eyes.
"Why are you stopping? There has to be something!"
"I'm not sure he's our innocent, Piper," Sam spoke softly, kneeling in front of his cousin, "I know this is difficult to hear, but I really think you need to hear it. I know what it's like to lose someone you love, and I wouldn't want you to go through it. But maybe we're only supposed to save Daisy."
"No," Piper shook her head, standing up and picking up the journal, "There has to be something. If you're not going to look then I will." With that Piper started flipping through the pages, the three other witches left looking at each other lost for what to do.
Daisy walked into the motel room, locking the door behind her as quickly as she could. While she hated this rent-by-the-hour dive, it was safe. At least, that's what she thought. It was only when she saw a bouquet of flowers sitting on the table by the mirror that she realized she definitely wasn't safe. Someone—and she knew how that someone was—had been in here.
Looking through the mirror, Daisy saw the tall, dark-haired dark lighter appear. The look in his dark eyes told her that he was here to hurt her.
"I got you your favorite," he told her, pointing to the flowers. Daisy shook her head, fear in her blue eyes as she watched him through the mirror, "I thought you'd be happy to see me. I miss this. Us."
But there wasn't a them anymore. They weren't supposed to be together. Daisy may have fallen in love with him once, but that disappeared when she found out who he really was—what he really was. Being magical, maybe she could deal with, but he was evil. Pure evil. He wanted to create more evil and kill people. That wasn't something she could stand for.
Daisy turned to face her ex-boyfriend, as he reminded her of the Indian summer back in Los Angeles. The night that she had told him she loved him and would do forever. At the time she thought it would be forever, "Stop!" She shouted before throwing the vase of flowers at him. She missed, and he just glared at her.
"Is that any way to treat the man who loves you?"
"You're not a man," Daisy sneered, "You're not even human."
Alec stepped towards her, grabbing her by the shoulders, "Don't make me regret telling you who I really am. Don't you get it, Daisy? I love you and now no one can stop us from being together. Think about it. I found you. What do you think that means?" Daisy frowned but then she remembered. Leo was cloaking her. Alec should have never found her. As the realization settled in, Alec grinned, "That's right. I've clipped Leo's wings and soon he'll be gone so I can find you whenever I want."
A knocking at the door interrupted them. The manager of the motel had obviously heard the shouting and smash of the vase, but neither Daisy or Alec would answer him. They were too busy arguing with each other.
"I'm coming in." The manager warned. Daisy tried to stop him, but it was too late. As soon as he walked in, Alec grabbed him. She saw the fear in the man's eyes, as he realized he couldn't get out of Alec's grasp. Daisy begged Alec to stop, but there was only one way that that would happen, and she wasn't going to give into him.
Alec held out his hand, glowing red as he placed it on the manager's face. He screamed, as Daisy ran away getting out of the motel's bathroom window. At the same time, Prue and Andy rushed into the room to see the dark lighter attacking the manager.
Gun raised, Andy warned Alec to freeze, but he just laughed, "That won't do anything."
"This might." Prue fired back, waving her arm. Alec flew through the room, but before he could hit the wall, he turned into black and dark purple particles, teleporting out of the room.
"What the hell was that?" Andy asked, never seeing anything like that before. Yes, magic and demons he accepted, but that didn't mean he was just going to take everything lying down.
"Your guess is as good as mine."
Dean continued to wipe the sweat away from Leo, wishing he could do something other than playing housemaid. He should be out there getting answers from someone—anyone. Instead, he was stuck here trying to keep the white lighter comfortable before he died.
"Okay, Prue and Andy are on their way back." Phoebe said, hanging up the phone as she walked into the room. Sam appeared just behind her with another glass of water for Leo. Dean took it from his brother, helping Leo sit up so he could have something. Leo tried to drink it, but started coughing and spluttering it up.
"Hey, hey, easy man." Dean sighed, placing the glass back in Sam's hands so he could help Leo lay back.
"Piper, think about this…" Adam's voice traveled down the stairs, alerting the other witches to the new presence. He was following Piper down the stairs, who had the Book of Shadows in her hands.
"I am thinking about this," Piper nodded, putting the Book of Shadows on the coffee table and ignoring the stares that she was getting, "Leo can't heal himself but maybe with his powers, I can."
"What are you talking about?" Dean asked, concern filling his green eyes.
"There's nothing in the Book…" Phoebe started, but Piper pointed at the spell that she'd kept the large tome open on. Phoebe glanced over it, seeing that it was a power switching spell. It would allow the two to switch powers, so Piper would have Leo's power instead. Just at that time, Piper and Andy walked into the house, seeing the commotion going on.
"This isn't a good idea, Piper," Sam shook his head, "I mean, you don't even know if his healing powers can work. And what if something happens to him while he still has your power?"
"I have to save him." Piper refused to listen to the negatives of the spell. Prue looked at her sister and then up at Dean. The look in his eyes told her that this was their only option. The hurt in Piper's eyes told her that she needed to try this. It was a last resort, and Prue couldn't bear to see her sister in this pain.
"Is it safe?"
"I don't really care anymore," Piper admitted, her voice cracking as the emotions forced their way through, "He's slipping away and if any of you have a better idea then I'm all ears. If not, then I'm casting the spell and I would like to do it with the support of my sisters and cousins."
"Cast away." Dean nodded his head, his eyes trained on Prue who gave her support at the same time.
"What!" Sam exclaimed, looking at his brother as if he was speaking some foreign language, "You cannot be serious. Anything could happen."
"It's his last chance, Sammy," Dean shook his head, looking down at Piper before back at his brother, "If this was Jess, would you not have done this?"
Sam sighed, shaking his head with tears forming in his eyes. How could his brother even think about bringing something like that up? Sure, he'd been thinking of Jess since Leo had turned up like this, wishing that he'd had a moment like this with her before she died, but that didn't mean anyone else needed to bring her up.
"He's right, Sam," Adam sighed, folding his arms, "Piper, cast it."
Piper didn't need to be told again. She grabbed Leo's hand, willing the spell to work with all her might.
"What's mine is yours,
What's yours is mine,
Let our powers cross the line.
I offer up my gift to share,
Switch the powers through the air."
None of them saw the white lights sparkle above the six witches and the white lighter as their powers switched with each other. Not the desired effect that Piper wanted, but the spell had worked in a way.
"Well, did it work?" Andy asked, eyebrows raised expecting to see something happen. After seeing the dark lighter teleport away, he was ready for anything.
"I'm not sure," Piper looked around just as Kit the cat ran through the room. She flicked her wrists, expecting Kit to freeze but nothing happened, "I can't freeze."
"Well, that means something happened." Dean nodded his head.
"So it must have worked," Prue nodded her head, "That means Dean and…" Prue placed her hand on Dean's shoulder and was suddenly pulled into a mind-numbing vision. A flash of the bowl on the coffee table smashing against the fireplace went through her mind, before she was pulled out of it. "Oh, I think I just had one of Phoebe's premonition thingies."
"What?" Phoebe raised her eyebrows. That wasn't the deal in all this, "What did you see?"
Prue pointed at the bowl on the coffee table, saying that it was about to shatter. Just at that point, Kit jumped up onto the coffee table, making Dean flick his wrists to freeze her. Instead of the desired effect, the bowl flew against the fireplace, smashing into pieces. All the witches and Andy looked at the smashed china and then at each other.
"Did Dean just do that?" Adam asked.
"I think he did," Sam nodded, "Prue saw it, which means…"
"Damn it! All our powers have switched." Phoebe sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose.
"Am I gonna get yelled at?" Piper bit her bottom lip, but saw the soft look in Dean and Prue's eyes. As annoyed as they clearly were at the situation, they knew it was for a good thing. It was all to save Leo.
"It's a supernatural Freaky Friday and we're gonna have to figure out who has whose power." Dean sighed, rubbing the back of his neck.
"And how to control these powers." Prue pointed out, grabbing Dean's hands and putting them back to his side.
"But that means one of us has the power to heal," Sam pointed out, "We know that Dean has either Prue or Adam's power and Prue has Phoebe's. Piper definitely doesn't have the power to freeze and I doubt has telekinesis considering Kit didn't go flying through the room."
"So I can heal?" Piper asked, hope really filling her eyes for the first time since she found out her ex-boyfriend was a white lighter.
"Possibly. Or you have my power," Sam sighed, "But the only way you're gonna know that is…"
Suddenly Adam grabbed his head, dropping to his knees. Flashes of Daisy at a bus station filled his head, making it clear that she was on the run. Phoebe looked at Adam and then at Piper. While Adam told Dean, Prue and Sam his vision, Phoebe grinned, "Looks like you're healing, Piper."
"Okay," Piper nodded her head, as Prue, Dean and Andy got ready to get out of the house, Sam deciding he was going to go too. They would need the safety in numbers now that their powers weren't right. Piper placed her hands over Leo's wound and flicked her wrists, "C'mon, heal. Now. Why aren't these working?"
"Well, remember that it took us time to figure out our triggers before." Prue suggested, wishing that she could help her sister or even do it for her.
"But I'm doing what I always do." Piper panicked.
"That isn't going to be his trigger," Dean pointed out, "You need to find his trigger."
"And we need to get to the bus station." Andy pointed out. He didn't really like leaving the family like this, but they had to find out where Daisy was. He suddenly got a text message from Darryl suggesting they get to the bus station, indicating that Adam's vision wasn't that far into the future. They didn't have much time, after all.
"If she leaves this time, we'll never find her." Sam sighed, making it clear they were going to have to go. They couldn't even switch their powers back until Piper managed to heal Leo. This wasn't going to be an easy situation.
As they were leaving, Andy got a phone call from the station. Internal Affairs wanted him to come in right away. Dean quickly dropped the suspended inspector off, knowing that not showing up would set off more alarm bells if Internal Affairs was really involved and it wasn't just a cover for the Yellow-Eyed Demon. Dean would love to get his hands on the demon, but they'd agreed that Adam's graduation had to come first. They needed something to celebrate after all the bad news.
It was the phone call that had led to Andy now sitting in the interview room with Inspectors Rodriguez and Anderson opposite him. The Yellow-Eyed Demon still possessed the Internal Affairs agent, now making Andy feel even more uncomfortable.
"You know, being suspended I could hold you here for tampering with a scene," Rodriguez informed him, "I mean, no one called the manager's murder in at Motel Capri. So what were you doing there?"
"Just a tip." Andy kept his cool, knowing that the demon wanted to push his buttons. After learning what had happened to Jess and what had previously happened to Mary Winchester, Andy had wondered whether that was Yellow Eyes' plan for him. He couldn't help but glance at the ceiling wondering what it would be like pinned up there, bleeding from the stomach at a fire blazed around him.
"Well, that's bull considering witnesses said you were there with a woman. 5' 3" or 4", brunette, attractive. Ringing any bells? Now I suggest you tell us before we ruin your career."
"Just tell us who you're covering for, Trudeau."
"I don't need to be here," Andy shook his head, standing up and walking out of the office. He looked at Darryl as he walked out of the police station, knowing that he could get it in the neck soon. He'd really need to make it up to his partner once all of this blew over and the Yellow-Eyed Demon was destroyed.
Daisy looked around the bus station, checking her ticket now and then. Bus 24. That was the one the ticket told her she would need to get out of San Francisco. The further she got from here the better. Hopefully Alec would never find her again. With Leo gone, she would need to get away anyway.
Realizing that she couldn't find the bus, she resigned herself to asking someone. Taping a man on the shoulder who wore the navy blue jacket that all workers in the bus station wore, she asked, "Excuse me, where can I find bus 24?"
The man turned around, revealing the dark eyes of her ex-boyfriend. Daisy took a step backwards as Alec warned her that he would always be there for her; would always find her. Panicking, Daisy rushed off, bumping into another man on the way. Quickly apologizing, she soon panicked again. The man was Alex once more.
No, this couldn't be happening. He was everywhere at the same time. Was she going crazy?
Rushing off, Daisy went somewhere she hoped Alec wouldn't follow her.
Prue, Phoebe and Adam rushed through the bus station, hoping that they weren't too late. One problem with Adam's vision was that he couldn't tell how far into the future it was. It didn't help that he was still suffering from the blinding after-headache. How did Sam ever deal with these?
While they ran through, Prue continually poked Phoebe, pissing her off more and more. Finally, Phoebe stopped and glared at her eldest sister, "Are you trying to piss me off?"
"Yes!" Prue nodded, admitting to everything, "But it's not working."
"How do you know?"
"Because I don't see anything flying across the room," Prue sighed, making it clear that her power worked from anger. That was something Phoebe had pointed out when they first got their powers. The problem for Phoebe was that she could stay calm quite easily. It was much easier to make Prue angry.
"We should have brought Sam or Dean with us," Adam sighed, "Having just one of us with an active power wasn't a good idea."
"Sam is trying to help Piper right now," Prue sighed, "And you know what Dean was like with using his own power. We'll be okay. There are enough of us to deal with this dark lighter. Phoebe just needs to learn how to use it. Remember, anger triggered mine, so I gotta push your buttons Phoebs."
"Yeah, well, it's not that easy to break me." Phoebe rolled her eyes, more concerned that she hadn't spotted Daisy yet.
"Hey, what was it in high school that the guys started calling you after they caught you making out with someone under the bleachers?" Adam asked, trying to help Prue annoy Phoebe. The youngest Halliwell ignored the jibes, but Prue grinned.
"Oh yeah! Freebie!" Prue laughed, and suddenly the rack of magazines started spinning, making all of them fly off. Adam and Prue looked at each other triumphantly, "Class is over."
"You know that was just a rumor, right?" Phoebe turned on her sister, anger in her eyes, "What about you? We need a premonition. Where's Daisy?"
"Oh, but I got so woozy the last time..." Prue sighed, looking over at Adam.
"Don't look at me. My head is still pounding from the last one."
Prue sighed, and placed her hand on a chair. Nothing happened, and she couldn't help but look at Phoebe like she was useless. It soon became clear that they'd been taking Phoebe and Sam for granted when it came to premonitions. They were not as easy as they seemed.
"It's useless," Prue sighed, gripping the chair tighter just as she saw Daisy standing in the women's restroom. It all went by too fast for Prue to really see anything clearly, but it was enough to know where she was and the fact that she was in danger, "Do your ears ring when you do that?"
Phoebe nodded, waiting impatiently for Prue to tell her what she'd seen. The three witches quickly ran off to the women's restroom, hoping that Daisy was still there. Adam stopped at the door. It was up to the two females to take care of this one. He'd play lookout and stop innocents from walking in.
Daisy splashed water on her face, trying to keep herself calm. She had to be okay. She had to get out of this. Looking through the mirror, black and dark purple smoke appeared, forming into Alec. He looked at her with evil in his eyes, clearly fed up of chasing her, "You can't run from me, Daisy."
"Why won't you leave me alone?"
"Because we can be happy together. We were once, remember? All you have to do is come with me willingly." But there was no way that Daisy could do that. She couldn't watch while he killed more innocent people. The motel manager was one step too far, and she couldn't keep living if that was going to happen. She refused to do that.
"All you had to do was come with me," Alec stepped closer to Daisy, making the gap non-existent. He ran his hand over her cheek, wiping away the falling tears, "We can have eternity together."
Daisy closed her eyes, wishing that she could believe that he wouldn't kill anymore, but she couldn't. He was evil; pure evil. Knowing that she needed to get away from him, she knees the dark lighter in the crotch, causing him to double over in pain. Pushing him to the side, Daisy rushed to the door, just as it opened.
"I believe this is the ladies room." A black-haired woman said, looking directly at Alec. Daisy had no idea who they were, but she stepped back watching the altercation. Suddenly, Alec held out his hand and a crossbow appeared in black and purple smoke. Daisy couldn't help but scream as the dark-haired woman freaked, turning to the brunette woman next to her.
"Now would be a very good time to get angry." The woman said to the brunette, as Alec laughed.
"I've never used this on a witch before."
Daisy just continued to watch as the black-haired woman said something about a fender dent on her grandmother's car; something the slightly shorter woman was blamed for. All of a sudden, Alec flew backwards through the air, hitting a cubicle.
"I got grounded for that, Prue!" The brunette shouted, just as the other woman grabbed the discarded crossbow. She aimed it at Alec, retorting how she'd never used it on a dark lighter before. Daisy through she was actually going to kill him, but Alec disappeared in black and dark purple dust.
"Oh God, is he...?" Daisy placed her hand to her mouth, wondering whether the two women had managed to kill him.
"Daisy, Leo sent us," the brunette said, ignoring the question. There was a kindness in her eyes that Daisy wanted to believe was genuine, "We have to take you to him. C'mon."
Piper continued to try her hardest to make Leo's power work. She just couldn't figure out his trigger. Why couldn't it work like her own power? Her boyfriend—if she could even call him that—was dying in front of her and there was nothing she could do. She'd exhausted everything.
"Oh, God, please work," Piper fretted, as Leo's opened his eyes weakly, "C'mon, work."
"When I die…" Leo rasped quietly, but Piper wasn't willing to accept that it would happen. She wouldn't let it, and she knew that Dean was on her side, too. He was exhausting all his contacts to find a way to save him. Well, he'd exhausted his trusted contacts. There were a few the hunter hadn't dared to call yet. The good news was that he had John and Bobby working on others.
But Leo shook his head, making Piper listen to him. He had accepted that he wasn't going to be saved, "When I die…know this is where I wanna be. I love you."
Sam watched from the doorway, his heart breaking for his cousin. He knew what it was like to lose someone you loved. It had only been five months since losing Jess and it hurt…a lot. He'd been there to see Jess go up in flames, but it was nothing like this. He could only imagine what it would be like to try everything to save her, only for her to die anyway.
Taking a step back from the living room, Sam decided there and then that he wasn't going to let Piper lose Leo. He was going to find any way possible to save her. There just had to be a way.
As he walked into the kitchen, he found Dean on his cell phone while looking through kitchen cabinets, "Yeah, I got that. Yup, and that. Okay. Thanks, Bobby, I'll give it a go."
Dean quickly hung up and grabbed a few items out of the cupboard. Turning around, he jumped a mile seeing Sam stood by the door, "Jeez, Sammy. Gonna have to get you a bell or somethin'."
"Did Bobby have anything?"
"Maybe," Dean pulled out a pan and filled it with boiling water. Sam just watched with raised eyebrows, surprised to find out that his elder brother could make potions, "Bobby knows another witch who has dealt with dark lighters in the past. She tried making this but ran out of time to test it. It might not heal Leo, but it might slow the poison down long enough for Piper to figure out his trigger."
"And when did you learn how to make potions."
"How hard can it be?" Dean shrugged his shoulders, adding ingredients slowly to the slowly boiling water, "It's just like cooking, right. Did you forget that I can do that? I did it for your butt when Grams used to work late. It was always me and Piper in here."
"Uh, no I don't remember that," Sam shook his head with a small smile, "I remember Piper but not you."
Dean shrugged his shoulders with a small smile, before his phone rang again. He checked the caller ID, before turning back to Sam. Throwing instructions to make the potion, Dean quickly answered the call and made his way out of the room and into the dining area.
While Sam stirred in the arrow root, Prue, Phoebe, Adam and Daisy walked into the house. Sam smiled at them, grateful that Daisy was now in the house. That would be one less thing to worry about. At least around them, they could protect her against the dark lighter.
"Has Piper figured out the trigger yet?" Phoebe asked, hope filling her eyes. When Sam shook his head, she sighed dejectedly and made her way through the kitchen. Adam hung back in the kitchen to help Sam, while the girls went to see if they could help Piper.
Phoebe led the way into the living room, seeing Dean silent with his cell phone to his ear. He had the hint of tears in his eyes, as he just stared into the room.
"Dad, I'm gonna have to call ya back." Dean said, hanging up the phone before turning his attention to his cousins and the newcomer.
"What…" Prue started, and finally reached the doorway. Piper sat with her head on Leo's stomach, tears now flowing from her eyes. She looked up at her sisters, bursting into fresh tears at the sight of them, "Piper?"
"It's too late," she cried, "He's gone."
Dean and Phoebe quickly followed Daisy as she made her way out of the house and to the street. She looked frantically around for a cab, and then decided to start walking down the street when one didn't turn up.
"Hey, wait! This isn't the time to be alone." Dean jogged after her, trying to convince her to get back to the house. Phoebe caught up with them, trying her hardest to remain calm. Every bone in her body was scared, though. Leo was gone and now the dark lighter would easily find Daisy. All she could think of was saving this innocent, and the only way she could do that was by keeping the innocent here.
"You don't get it. Without Leo, it's just a matter of time before Alec finds me again. I have to get away."
"No, we can take care of Alec," Phoebe said, but Daisy was adamant that she was leaving. She just didn't want anyone else to get hurt—anyone else to die. Leo had died trying to keep her safe, "That's not your fault, honey."
"It doesn't matter. He'll kill you, too, and…it's better off that I leave. Trust me."
"Daisy…" Dean tried again by grabbing the girl's arm but she refused to listen to him.
"Don't you dare!" Piper screamed out, running down the street to catch up to the three of them. Dean turned around, seeing Sam and Prue just behind Piper. There was fire in his cousin's brown eyes, as she made it clear that they were protecting Daisy whether she liked it or not, "Leo gave up his life to bring you here. If you leave, Alec will find you for sure and Leo's death will mean nothing. You're not going anywhere."
There was no arguing with her. The passion and anger in Piper's voice told them that this wasn't up for discussion. All Daisy did was sigh dejectedly, and then follow the Charmed Ones back into their house.
Andy sat on the park bench, trying to figure out what to do now. It would only be a matter of time before everything came crashing down on them. Rodriguez was the Yellow-Eyed Demon. He knew exactly what was going on—who the Halliwells and Winchesters were. He had to, so why was he still trying to get Andy to share all the details. Was he really try to ruin his name before he killed him? He hadn't done it to Jess or even Mary Winchester.
Sighing, he pulled out his phone to check the time. The man he was going to meet was running late. Rolling his eyes, Andy stood and started pacing. It didn't surprise him that the man was late. He wasn't exactly the most reliable of men.
When he finally saw the black SUV pull up, Andy stopped pacing and took a seat back on the benches. John Winchester stepped out of the SUV and crossed the parking lot to reach Andy.
"Thanks for meeting with me, John."
"You're welcome. What can I do for you, Andy?" John asked, knowing that this wasn't just a social call.
"It's about this demon," Andy sighed, "I need to know more because I want to know what the hell is going on here. Why's he coming after me?"
"I don't think he is. Not specifically, anyway," John sighed, indicating for Andy to take a seat on the bench. John sat down next to him, "I think he's trying to weaken the family as much as possible. Something big is going down."
Sam walked into the living room, a hot cup of tea in his hand. Piper hadn't really moved from the spot on the floor since telling Daisy that she had no choice but to accept their help and protection. He'd been proud of his cousin, but now he was worried. She was struggling to accept that Leo had gone and he wasn't coming back. Had this been how he was just five months ago?
Placing the tea on the coffee table, Sam sat on the floor next to his cousin, pulling her into a hug, "I thought you might want to talk."
Piper snuggled in, her shoulders shaking as fresh tears fell down her face. Sam just stroked her hair, as he waited for her to be ready to talk to him. He knew full-well that it wasn't easy to open up. Grief was a bitch.
"He could have fought harder," Piper finally sobbed, making Sam frown, "All he had to do was tell me his trigger. Our magic has never failed before. If he'd have told me, I coulda…coulda…I coulda saved him, Sam."
"I know, but he was in pain, Piper," Sam soothed, kissing the top of her head, "You can't be mad at him."
"I can and I am," Piper sat up, glancing over at the body of her former lover, "It should have worked. Prue and Adam had premonitions, Phoebe and Dean are moving things with their minds and you froze stuff. So, why can't I do this? Why couldn't he just help me? Why did he have to leave me?"
"He didn't want to leave you, Piper." Dean spoke, making Sam look up quickly. He hadn't realized there was anyone else in the room. The eldest Winchester perched on the coffee table, as Piper refused to look at him, "He didn't want to leave you."
"It's hard to lose someone you love."
It was later, when Piper was left all alone, that she finally figure out a way to save Leo. She cried into his stomach, her hands resting just under her head, so the tears would fall onto them. She'd failed him, but her cousins were right. How could she be mad at him for not being in pain anymore? If it was the other way around, she'd want to end the pain, especially if she was so certain that the end was coming.
Once she'd accepted that, she finally found the strength to say the words that she'd been holding back, "I love you, Leo."
As the tears dropped on her hands again, they started glowing. Piper squinted at the sight of her hands glowing golden, a sign that Leo's power was now working.
"Oh my God! I found it," she whispered to herself, "Leo, I love you," Piper placed her hands fully over Leo, watching as the golden glow moved from her hands, over Leo. His wound on his shoulder closed up, as if there had been nothing there before, "Can you hear me? I love you, Leo. Please hear me."
Leo slowly opened his eyes, staring right back into Piper's brown ones. He smiled softly, whispering her name.
"Oh, thank God!" Piper exclaimed, grabbing Leo and pulling him into a hug. She couldn't stop herself from crying, but they were now happy tears, full of relief. It had finally worked, "I tried so hard and I couldn't make it work before. Why didn't you tell me?"
"That love was the trigger? You had to find that out on your own," he hated admitting that, but it was a rule for him. He had to wait for her to work it out. But there was one question on his mind, "Why couldn't you tell me?"
"I…I don't know," Piper shook her head, knowing what he meant, "I was afraid. If I admitted how I really felt, it would hurt more if I lost you."
The two held each other in an embrace, as both finally admitted the way they felt about each other. There was hope for the two of them; for this whole situation.
The other two Halliwells and the three Winchesters sat with Daisy in the kitchen. None of them really wanted to do or say anything, but they knew they would have to. Dean's potion sat cold and unfinished on the stove, while the Book of Shadows sat open and unread on the counter. They were out of options and out of energy.
Smoke on Water interrupted their silence, indicating that someone was trying to get a hold of Dean. He didn't even check his phone before pressing a button to shut it off. He wasn't interested in taking calls right now. Instead, he threw the phone on the counter and poured himself a coffee. Adam looked up at his brother, expecting him to take the lead right now.
"You know, he's still out there," Adam finally said, "We need to get the dark lighter."
"I know," Prue sighed, "We will. Just…we need to give Piper a little more time."
Dean threw the coffee cup at the wall, making it shatter with coffee splatters staining it. Everyone jumped at the smash, and then just stared at Dean wide-eyed. He didn't look at anyone, instead keeping his eyes focused on the new coffee stain on the white wall.
Phoebe placed her hand on Dean's shoulder blade, rubbing it gently. He turned around placing his head on her shoulder, refusing to let himself cry, "This who thing sucks. Piper finds out what he really is—that she can have someone who knows her secret and can help her—and then this happens."
"Dean, if…" Adam started, but the kitchen door opening stopped him in his tracks. Piper walked into the kitchen, her tear-stained face making it clear that she had been crying recently. However, the tears had stopped, and there was a small smile on her face.
It was Prue who had noticed the person behind Piper first, "Leo! Oh my God, how did you…"
"There's no time to explain." Piper shook her head, as she helped Leo sit down at the kitchen table. Everyone just looked on in shock, as Leo grabbed Daisy's hand, telling her that she'd been uncloaked for too long. It was now very easy for Alec to find her, and he wouldn't hesitate to come after her.
"We need a spell to vanquish a dark lighter then." Phoebe nodded her head, grabbing the discarded Book of Shadows.
"You'll need a Power of Three spell." Leo pointed out, just as Alec appeared in the room, black and purple orbs surrounding him.
"Oh!" Dean panicked, waving his arm in hope of using Adam's power. Rather than Alec going anywhere, the light bulb above them smashed, sending glass flying everywhere. Dean, Phoebe and Prue covered their heads, as Alec grabbed Piper.
"No more tricks." He warned, as Leo jumped up from the chair.
"Let her go, Alec."
"I don't think so," Alec sneered, a smirk forming on his lips, "I have what you love, you've got what I love. Care to trade?" Phoebe wasn't going to let her sister go anywhere, and put her hands up to try help, but Alec held out his hand instead. A red glow formed, the hand getting closer to Piper's face. Piper's eyes grew wide, staring at the hand in a panic, "I will kill her if I have to. You still think I'm incapable of love, Leo? You wanna see how far I'm willing to go?"
Daisy got up from the kitchen table, making her way over to the dark lighter, "Don't do this. Take me, okay? Leave her alone."
"Daisy, no!" Piper wasn't about to let an innocent die in place of her. Not after the day they'd just had.
Alec laughed, pushing Piper into Sam and then grabbing Daisy. Before any of them could do anything, Alec disappeared in black and purple orbs with the future white lighter.
Sam and Leo had taken Piper to the sun room where she would be able to relax a little. It was important for her to be able to use one of Leo's other powers; his ability to sense for Daisy. She stood on the spot, eyes closed but gave up in the attempt.
"I can't do it."
"Yea, you can," Leo nodded, stepping closer to Piper. Sam just watched as he tried to coach her into using his power, "You have every one of my powers, including the power to find Daisy."
"Maybe it would be quicker for you guys to switch your powers back." Dean suggested, walking into the room with the Book of Shadows. If he was honest, he wanted his own power back. Leo disagreed, though. While he'd been healed, he was still weak. He wouldn't be able to find Daisy in enough time. It was completely up to Piper right now.
"Trust me, Piper, you can do this," Leo stroked her hair, looking into her brown orbs, "Look deep inside yourself, the place where you find love."
Piper closed her eyes again, taking a deep breath to reach deep inside herself. Sam and Dean looked at each other before glancing back at Piper, as her eyes snapped open, "I can hear her."
Leo grinned, knowing that his instincts were right. He held Piper's hand, "Listen to her. Let her tell you where she is."
With a nod, Piper closed her eyes again. There was a lot of noise in hear head right now, but she could focus on the one voice. The one that was screaming and afraid. That was Daisy. As she focused more on the voice, on the terrified screams, she could see snapshots of images. Alec was there, grabbing Daisy's hands, and they were passing through trees.
"Can you recognize the place?" Sam asked, hope filling his eyes. It wasn't all lost and they could find their innocent.
"Heroes Grove, Golden Gate Park." Piper nodded, glancing around the room. Prue, Phoebe and Adam stood by the doorway, Prue with a set of keys in her hands.
"Let's go."
"What about Leo?"
"You guys go," Dean nodded at his cousins, "Sam and I will take care of Leo."
"We really need the Power of Three to do this." Prue looked at her sister, making it clear that this was not up for discussion.
"Actually, I don't think we do," Phoebe shook her head, "Piper can stay here with Sam and Dean. Prue drive and we'll talk on the way."
"Can we switch our powers back first?" Adam asked, feeling a lot better about having his own power if he was going to take on this dark lighter. The looks on everyone else's face told him that they were all thinking the same thing.
"Oh, hell yes." Dean sighed.
Alec was angrily dragging Daisy through the park, going on and on about how she'd done this to herself. It was all because of her. All she'd had to do was going with him willingly and they would have had a lifetime together; an eternity together. Instead, she'd fought every step of the way, and only gave in because someone else was in trouble. That wasn't the girl he wanted, but she wasn't allowed to be with anyone else.
"Please, don't kill me. If you ever love me…"
"If I ever love you what?" Alec fired back, grabbing Daisy painfully by the arm. His fingers dug in so hard that they would surely leave bruises, "You think I could just get over you? Move on, find somebody else? You're the only woman I've ever loved, Daisy, and now I'm the last man you'll ever leave."
As his hand glowed red, Daisy knew it would be the end. Only a miracle would save her now, and she'd lost out on all them. Closing her eyes, with tears running down her cheeks.
"Let her go!" A familiar male voice called out through the dark, making Daisy open her eyes. She just watched as Alec flew backwards through the air. He crashed on the ground, as Daisy rushed towards the three witches. Adam and Phoebe looked after her, while Prue faced the dark lighter.
"What's mine is yours, what's yours is mine,
Let our powers cross the line…"
Prue started saying the spell, just as Alec was pulling himself up off the ground. He sneered at her, warning her to stay out of this. They would have been left alone if they'd only left him. Prue didn't stop though. He held out his hand, a red glow appearing.
I offer up this gift to share,
Switch our powers through the air."
When Alec's hand stopped glowing, Prue held out her hand. Hatred flew through her body, as her hand glowed a dark red. It was hate that was his trigger, and she had no problem hating him. What she didn't realize was just how much hatred it would take to finally vanquish the dark lighter in front of her in a cloud of black and dark purple.
Before he was gone, she quickly said the spell again to get her own power back. She would never be able to accept this power and the trigger to use it on a daily basis. It wasn't something the witch had in her.
With the dark lighter gone, Daisy breathed a sigh of relief, letting herself fall into Adam, "You did it. He's gone."
"Are you okay?" Phoebe asked, placing her hand around her sister's shoulders.
"I can't believe how much hate that took," Prue shook her head, leaning into her sister, "I never wanna feel like that again."
While Prue, Phoebe and Adam vanquished the dark lighter, Piper and Leo spent time alone in Pipers room. It was a chance for them to decide where they would go from here, now that both knew each other's secret and had admitted their feelings.
"So, if Daisy's a white lighter to be, doesn't that mean you used to be…"
"Human? Yes, it does," Leo nodded, pulling Piper closer to him as they laid on the bed. He didn't want to give this up, but knew that it would have to come to an end eventually. That was the rules, unless he gave up his white lighter wings, "I was actually born right here in San Francisco, lived here all the way up 'til I went off to the war."
"You mean like the Gulf War? Vietnam?" Piper looked up at him, hoping that he wasn't really that old. When he told her that he meant World War II, she raised her eyebrows. He was from a completely different time.
"I left med school and enlisted as a medic," Leo explained with a small smile, "I wanted to help save people, not shoot them. The last thing I remember, I was bandaging a soldier's head wound and I felt a sharp pain and the next thing I know I was floating surrounded by white lighters. They offered me immortality and the chance to help special people like you. I never once ever doubted that I didn't make the right choice, 'til I met you. Ever since, all I can think is how I'd give it up and have a mortal life again to have a family, grow old…with you."
"Is that possible?" Piper asked, tilting her head to one side. It was something that she would love to happen, but there was one problem. As much as she didn't want to lose him, she could never ask him to stop helping other witches and future white lighters. He wouldn't be there to save the next Daisy, and that wasn't fair on him or the innocents.
Leo smiled at her. This was something that he'd fallen in love with about her. She was kind, giving and selfless; the qualities of a good witch. With a stroke of her hair, he kissed her gently, "I love you."
"I love you, too." She said back before Leo was surrounded in white and light blue lights and disappeared.
The Yellow-Eyed Demon just sat and watched from his car. He knew that Andy Trudeau and John Winchester would continue to meet up with each other. They were discussing something, and it couldn't be good. Getting to the Charmed Ones through Andy was the best decision he had ever made, because it meant that John was back in San Francisco.
Everything was falling into place. He'd tried to bring everyone back through Jess' death, but that had led to John disappearing further. He should have guessed that it would be his nieces that would draw him back to San Francisco.
"I can't believe the weekend is almost over and we never actually got to celebrate Adam's graduation," Sam sighed, sitting back in the wicker chair in the sun room, "And to top that off, Piper has just lost the love of her life. God, this family does not do well in the love department, huh?"
"Well, at least Prue and Andy seemed to be stronger," Phoebe pointed out, "And the glass is way more than half way full, Sam. Piper saved the love of her life, Alec is long gone and Daisy's on the way back to her family. We even got all our powers straightened out."
"Thank God for that one!" Prue exclaimed, holding two pineapples in her hands. Sam and Phoebe just looked at her, as she walked in passing one to her sister. Adam wasn't that far behind, three beers in one hand and a pineapple in another.
"Where are Dean and Piper?"
"Right here!" Dean grinned, walking in from the living room, placing something in his pocket. Adam placed the pineapple on the wicker table, passing the beers around his brothers, knowing they would rather have the beer over the cocktail that Prue had made for her sisters.
"Anyway, I always thought you wanted an active power, Phoebs." Adam now asked, sitting in one of the chairs.
"Maybe, but I missed my premonitions far too much," Phoebe shrugged her shoulders, sipping some of the cocktail from her straw, "Prue, having your power was like wearing a dress that was too tight. Not that that would ever happen."
"Well, remember when I said you had no vision?" Prue asked, making everyone laugh at Phoebe's comment asking her when, "You will never hear it again. It takes a lot of strength to see what you see."
"Yeah, Sammy," Adam frowned, "And a lot of painkillers."
"Not so many, anymore," Sam chuckled with a small smile, while looking at Adam, "Guess my soul is getting used to them."
Piper walked into the sun room, smiling at her family laughing, "So, are we finally celebrating Adam's graduation? I thought Frankie would be coming over again."
"Frankie is celebrating with her parents tonight." Adam grinned, passing his cousin the pineapple on the table. Dean took that chance to pull out the item he'd placed him his pocket, letting a chain drop to show a set of dog tags on it.
"I found these on the couch," he said, passing the chain to Piper, "I think someone wanted you to have them."
Piper took the set of dog tags and smiled, "Leo." Placing them around her neck, Piper decided there and then that she would never take them off. Ever.
So, was it everything that you expected? With everything that they've been through and how protective Dean is of his family, I couldn't see him completely hating Leo. This isn't the same Dean from Supernatural anymore, although there definitely are personality traits in there.
Anyway, please R&R.
It's the season finale on Monday. The episode is a version of Deja Vu All Over Again, with a slight twist within it. A little hint...Tempus isn't going to make an appearance. I'll leave you speculating who will show up.