Charmed: Season 10

by KingKenfordIV

The Charmed Ones have gone 10 years without fighting demons but when a new powerful threat drags them back in, the sisters realize that they have finally met their match & the Power of Three might not be enough to save them and their loved ones this time. Meanwhile, their children struggle to control their powers unaware of the legend of their past & the destiny of their future.

21. 10x10: All Wyatt on the Witches Front(2)

10x10: All Wyatt on the Witches' Front (Part 2)

Back in the warehouse, Wyatt sits at the table with Chris pacing back and forth and Bianca sitting across from Wyatt with her feet resting on the table. The atmosphere of the warehouse was tense as each of them tried to wrap their mind around what just happened and where they go from there.

Wyatt, clearly getting frustrated with his brother's pacing takes a deep breath and growls, "Do you really need to be doing that right now?"

"Did you really have to knock Laura out?" Chris counters.

"She was in our way. Didn't have a choice, Chris." Wyatt says.

"Didn't have a choice? I could've easily casted a sleeping curse to knock her out. You didn't have to do all of that." Chris argues.

"Well there is nothing we can do about it now." Wyatt says in a low voice.

"What if she wakes up and goes to mom and tells her what we did?" Chris asks, "What you did?"

The thought of his mother and his aunts had not even entered his mind. As much as Wyatt loved Piper, his level of respect for her went hand in hand with his fear of disappointing her. He contemplated that thought for a moment and shrugged it off, knowing that ship had sailed at this point.

"We will deal with that later." Wyatt says coldly as he turns his gaze to Bianca, "What's next in our plan?"

"Um…" Bianca stutters, "We try to find the ark."

"Where do we start?" Wyatt asks.

"The last known place where the Ark was located was in Ethiopia. And according to Laura's little flow chart, there were demons digging in search for the weapon which I am assuming is the Ark in the underworld part of Ethiopia so we can start there." Bianca says.

"Good." Wyatt says as he stands up, "Let's go."

Chris stares at Bianca, making an effort to communicate with her non verbally but Bianca shrugs it off. Chris shakes his head and folds his arms.

"Before we go off to this mission, we need some more ammunition." Chris suggests.

"Ammunition? What do you mean?" Wyatt asks.

"We have to go armed with potions, spells and the like. We can't just wander through the underworld without reinforcements."

"We don't need that kind of stuff." Wyatt says, "My powers are enough."

"Not all of us are us powerful as you, Wyatt." Chris argues back.

"Ok, guys. We need to calm down." Bianca says, trying to reduce the tension.

"I'm calm." Wyatt says coolly, "Can't say the same about Chris."

"I don't know what's happening to you but you're not thinking clearly." Chris says.

Wyatt steps to Chris aggressively and Bianca steps between the two brothers.

"Ok, time out." Bianca screams, "Chris is right. Just in case we need to defend ourselves and you're preoccupied, our powers may not be enough. And besides, you don't know how to use your full powers yet, so you might need the potions too."

Wyatt still glaring at Chris with a hardened stare looks down at Bianca and his gaze weakens.

"Fine." Wyatt says, "Where do we go for these potions?"

"I know how to concoct the potions. That's not the problem." Chris says, "I just need the ingredients."

"Ok, so where do we get the ingredients? New age stores? Chinatown?" Bianca asks.

"No. All those places are closed. It's too late." Chris answers, "We have to go back to the Manor."

"What if mom and our aunts are there?" Wyatt asks.

"We will have to cloak ourselves and be quick." Chris says.

"Let's do it." Bianca says quietly.

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A quick exterior shot of the Halliwell Manor in the night is seen and in the dark attic, the blue and white orbs materialize with Chris and Wyatt and Bianca standing in its place. Bianca's eyes scanned the room as they tried to gather their thoughts.

"So now what?" Wyatt asks.

"I have already cloaked us so we are invisible to anyone who isn't us." Chris says as he heads towards the supplies chest in the corner of the attic.

"Wow." Bianca says as she looks around in awe, "I never thought I would ever be in here."

She turns around to face the Book of Shadows. Her eyes widen and her eyes well up with tears of joy as she whispers but no words come out.

"You okay?" Chris asks with a smile.

"The Book of Shadows." Bianca whispers as she walks closer to the Book.

"You can go ahead and touch it if you want." Chris says.

"Maybe not…" Bianca says as she snaps back to reality and takes a step back.

"Why not?" Chris asks.

"This book is not really friendly to strangers." Bianca says as she steps back and tucks her hair behind her ears nervously.

"You're not a stranger." Wyatt says, "We trust you."

"Yeah, I know but better safe than sorry." Bianca says as she clears her throat.

"Can we get the ingredients before someone finds out we are here?" Chris says.

"We don't even know what you need." Wyatt says as he looks around, perplexed.

"Grab a handful of every ingredient you can find. I'll sort them out later." Chris says.

As the trio rummages through the boxes and chests in the attic, a soft female voice is heard saying in the distance, "You cannot be serious."

Wyatt jumps and Chris and Bianca stop in their tracks. Wyatt looks at Bianca and Chris and Chris puts his finger to his lips, telling them to remain silent.

"I know it's you guys, Wyatt & Chris." Mellie's voice can be heard saying as she steps out of the shadows with Tricia by her side, "Reveal yourselves or I will use a spell to do it."

Chris looks at his brother and shrugs in defeat. Chris snaps his fingers and the three of them become corporeal.

"How did you know we were here?" Chris asks his little sister.

"I have been watching you guys." Mellie says as she folds her arms.

"Don't you know that it is rude to spy on people?" Wyatt snaps.

"No." Tricia says as she folds her arms, "But I know it's rude to break into people's houses, steal their items and knock them out."

Speechless, Wyatt stares at Bianca and Chris and then at Mellie.

"How did you know about that?" Chris asks.

"Laura is here. She told Billie what you did." Mellie says, "They have been scrying for you but they haven't had much luck. I'm assuming wherever you were hiding has a protection spell."

Chris, Bianca and Wyatt look at each other and Bianca shrugs, "At least we know your protection spell works."

"Where's mom?" Wyatt asks.

"Somewhere between 1977 and 2001." Tricia laughs.

"Huh?" Chris asks in confusion.

"She went into the past with Aunt Phoebe and Aunt Paige to save Paige." Mellie answers.

"So they're not here?" Bianca says with a slight sigh of relief.

"And you must be Bianca." Tricia says as she steps forward.

"Uh yeah." Bianca says.

"Look, we don't have time for all of this. Time's ticking and we need to get these things and get going." Wyatt says.

"Whatever you guys are doing, we want to help." Tricia says, "We want in."

"No." Chris says adamantly.

"Why not?" Mellie asks in a slightly whiny voice.

"It's too dangerous." Chris says, "Besides, we don't have time to have you guys play catch up."

"You guys are searching for the Ark, which contains the magical weapons of mass destruction also known as the Ouroboros. You want to find it before the evil people do, which I'm assuming is Abaddon, who will most likely use it to rule the underworld if he gets it first." Mellie rambles, "How am I doing so far?"

"Wow." Bianca says with an impressed tone.

"How do you know all of that?" Chris asks.

"Like I said, we have been watching you guys. You guys need to learn to read to yourselves instead of reading aloud." Mellie says.

"The answer is still no." Chris reiterates.

"Look, Billie and Laura are about to launch a full on search party for you and that's without our parents and you do not want that. You need us to help counteract that." Tricia says.

"And how would you help?" Bianca asks.

"Do not try to entertain this, Bianca." Chris says, "We are not including them in this!"

"Sidebar." Wyatt calls as he steps to the side. He nods his head in an attempt to call his brother and Bianca over to his side.

Chris walks over with Bianca and they begin to whisper.

"I think it might be a good idea to bring them in." Bianca says.

"No." Chris whispers angrily, "We are not including them in."

"With their powers, they can help keep Billie and Laura at bay while we finish what we started." Bianca says.

"How?!" Chris asks, "They are too young to bring them into this."

"The more hands on deck we have, the easier we can navigate through this and be successful." Bianca says, "There's only so much we can handle. They can help ease the burden."

"No!" Chris stands his ground, "We are not endangering the lives of my baby sister and cousin just to make this easier on us. We have had months of training with our powers and spells and we are still novices. We can't say the same for them. That alone should be a good enough reason to not include them."

Chris turns to Wyatt and begins to plead with him, "You know I'm right, Wyatt. Please tell me you see my reason."

Wyatt takes a deep breath as his eyes dart back and forth between Chris and Bianca, "With them on our side, we have a better chance of accomplishing this. I agree with Bianca."

Chris scoffs in disappointment as he steps back, "I can't believe this. I don't know if I recognize you right now."

"Chris…" Bianca says as she reaches out to him but he backs away.

"No." Chris says, "If they come with, I'm out."

"You can't." Bianca says.

"Well, I am…" Chris says as he voice cracks.

"Listen. We are going to do this with or without you." Wyatt says, "Without you, Mellie and Tricia are at a greater risk of getting hurt. You don't want that on your conscience, do you?"

Chris looks back at his sister and cousin and then back to Bianca and Wyatt.

"Wow…" Chris mutters softly as he shakes his head in disbelief. He stares off into the deep space and then mutters, "After this is over, I'm done. No more practices, no more training, no more. I'm done with this. I'm done with you."

"Come on! Stop being dramatic." Wyatt shouts.

"I'm serious and if anything happens to them, it's on you." Chris says as he turns around and walks away from the group and begins to rummage through the chest. Wyatt and Bianca walk to Tricia and Mellie.

"Welcome to the team." Bianca says with a smile.

Tricia and Mellie stare at each other and smile with glee.

"Now what?" Wyatt asks.

"We distract Billie and Laura and keep them here and out of the way." Tricia says.

"How do we do that?" Wyatt asks.

"We utilize the others' powers for that." Mellie says.

"Others?" Bianca asks.

Mellie whistles loudly and immediately Paris and Paisley appear in a beam of pink light and Gabrielle, Penny and Henry Jr. orb in right beside them.

"We are at your service." Mellie says as she turns to Wyatt and Bianca with a smile.

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Laura and Billie rush through the Manor, practically jumping up the stairs as they head up to the attic. Laura's fury was felt as she breezed through the Manor with Billie tagging behind. Laura had a one track mind and after what Wyatt did to her a few hours earlier, vengeance was on her mind and her anger fueled her motives.

"Ok, Laura, slow down!" Billie says out of breath as she runs after Laura.

"I don't have time to wait." Laura says, "Wyatt and Chris took the blade and are planning to do God knows what."

"Calm down." Billie says, "What are you going to do? We can't find them. We have tried scrying, summoning spells and everything else but there's no other way to get them here."

"We can use blood magic to summon them. We haven't tried that yet." Laura suggests.

"Blood magic?" Billie says in confusion, "Piper, Phoebe and Paige are not here to give their blood for a summoning spell."

"They're not the only ones who share blood with them." Laura says.

"No! You're not thinking about using Mellie, are you?" Billie asks.

"Why not?"

"She's 9 and a half years old, Laura. That's wrong!" Billie says with a hint of disgust in her voice.

"Fine, then we can go to Leo and ask him to help us out." Laura says.

"Laura, no." Billie says as she grabs Laura's hand and turns her around.

"Billie…"

"Laura, I know you're angry at Wyatt for what he did to you but we have to think clearly and make rational decisions. We cannot let the anger blind you from doing the right thing. We will find them but we can find a better way." Billie says calmly, "Ok?"

Laura takes a deep breath as she looks away. She stares at Billie and finally relents.

"Fine." Laura says, "But we're against the clock and we have to stop them before it's too late. I want to find them before Piper comes back."

"And we will." Billie promises, "Let's just take a breath and think of other ways to find them. Even if we find them, how are we going to get them to listen to reason?"

Laura smile as she turns around and heads up the stairs of the attic with Billie following closely behind, "Plan B."

"What's Plan B?" Billie asks as she enters the attic with Laura. Laura's pace slows down as her eyes fall on Wyatt, Chris and Bianca standing over the Book of Shadows. Billie, with a look of shock sprawled across her face looks back and forth between Wyatt and Laura.

"Wyatt? Chris?" Billie says cautiously, "What's going on?"

"We have some business to take care of and we're running out of time." Wyatt says.

"What kind of business?" Billie asks.

"You already know what it is, Billie." Chris scoffs, "We know Laura told you about it already."

"And who's she?" Billie asks as her eyes fall on Bianca.

"A friend." Chris answers.

"A friend? Standing next to the Book?" Billie asks, "You know that you guys are not allowed to be using the Book and that goes double for strangers, Wyatt."

"It's our Book too." Chris shouts.

"And we trust her." Wyatt says sharply.

"You're missing the point, Wyatt." Billie says, trying to reason with them.

"Look, we're running out of time, guys." Bianca says, "We got to go."

"I'm sorry. I can't allow that." Laura says as she steps forward.

"And who's going to stop us?" Bianca asks, "You?"

"You obviously didn't learn your lesson when my foot was on your neck." Laura says boldly, "Maybe, I need to refresh your memory."

"And you apparently didn't learn your lesson when I threw you across the room with the flick of my hand." Wyatt steps in.

"Wyatt!" Billie gasps.

"Listen, I'm sure this banter is entertaining and all but we actually have work to do." Chris says, "The longer we wait, the closer Abaddon is to getting the Ark and the weapons that lay inside."

"And you think you have the power to stop him?" Billie asks.

"All three of us combined can…" Wyatt says with confidence.

"I won't let that happen." Laura says.

"You don't have a choice." Bianca says menacingly.

"Say who? You?" Laura chuckles.

"Yes. Me." Bianca says as she slowly forms an energy ball.

"Ok, we need to calm the hell down right now." Billie says in a slight panic, "Wyatt, tell your friend to stand down. This isn't necessary."

"Only if Laura doesn't stand in our way." Wyatt says.

"Over my dead body." Laura counters.

"Oh, that can be arranged." Bianca says as she throws the energy ball in their direction causing Billie and Laura to leap out of the way and fall onto the ground. The energy ball hits the couch behind them, causing a giant hole and leaving a scorch mark with little bits of cotton and fabric flying everywhere.

"What was that about finding a better way again?" Laura says angrily through gritted teeth.

"This is not the time for 'I told you so's'" Billie snaps back, "What do we do?"

"I don't know but we can't let them leave." Laura suggests.

"Uh, I don't know if we are in the position to do that." Billie says, "They have the upper hand."

"I'll be damned if I let prepubescent brats force me into submission." Laura says as she stands up and Billie stands with her.

"I got this." Billie says as she walks a little closer to Chris and Wyatt, "You guys do not want to do this."

"We don't." Chris says as he holds up his palm, "But we will do what we have to if you get in our way."

Chris's fist begins to turn into a blue and white color with ice fog leaking from his knuckles.

"Uh, since when did you have any type of ice powers?" Billie asks aloud.

"Don't worry about it." Chris says as he opens his palm and shoots shards of ice towards the two witches standing across from him. Billie raises her arms and magically deflects the ice shards into the walls next to her.

"Ok. No more being Miss Nice witch." Billie says as she rolls up her sleeves as she waves her hands towards the group. A wave of energy emanates from her hands and sweeps the attic, hitting Bianca and Chris but Wyatt's shield rises up and protects him individually.

Wyatt looks over his shoulder and sees Chris and Bianca are knocked unconscious. Fury flashes in his eyes as he balls up his fists in anger. He opens his palm and shoots electricity from the center, which strikes Laura in the chest and sends her flying. She is slammed against the wall and falls face first into the ground, motionless.

"And then there was one." Wyatt says with a smile as he paces slowly towards Billie.

"Wyatt, I don't want to hurt you." Billie says as she backs away as Wyatt approaches.

"Are you sure that you can?" Wyatt asks in a cocky tone.

"Piper won't forgive me if I attack you again." Billie says softly.

"Again? When did you attack me before?" Wyatt asks in a confused tone, as he is obviously completely taken aback by Billie's comment.

"Uh…" Billie stutters as a loud blast can be heard in the distance striking Wyatt. He groans in pain as he flies into the wall and falls to the ground, falling unconscious as well.

"What the hell?" Billie says looking around in confusion. Laura walks up to her, sounding out of breath as she smiles.

"You're ok?"

Laura nods her answer as she brushes a bang out of her eyes.

"What the hell was that?" Billie asks.

"Plan B." Laura says as she walks closer to an unconscious Wyatt and looks behind her to see Bianca and Chris lying on the ground side by side, clearly stunned.

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Laura flips through the Book of Shadows with Billie standing behind her. Wyatt, Chris and Bianca sit in the center of the attic, surrounded by the enchanted crystals which held them prisoner. With every flip of the page, Laura looks up at the three teens as if they would be able to escape the cage the minute she averted her eyes for too long.

"You need to relax, Laura." Billie says as she takes a deep breath, "They aren't going anywhere."

"I'm not going to let my guard down when it comes to these three." Laura says adamantly, "Not again."

"How long do you think the crystals are going to hold them?" Billie asks.

"I don't care how long. As long as it holds them long enough until Piper, Phoebe and Paige come back."

"What exactly are you looking for?" Billie asks as she looks over Laura's shoulder in an attempt to answer her own question.

"More information on this Ark and the Ouroboros." Laura says desperately as she begins to flip through the pages even faster as if she would yield better results that way.

"Laura, there's no new information in there. We already know everything."

"Not everything." Laura says as she steps away from the Book and begins to think, "The Book said that we needed the power of a Taxiarch to track the Ark. Either that or use a map created specifically created to find it but we don't know where the map is."

Wyatt chuckles in the cage as he tries to mask his amusement by coughing.

Billie stares at Wyatt, Chris and Bianca as numerous thoughts run through her mind. She walks closer to them and squats before them, the invisible wall of the crystal cage vibrating between Billie and Wyatt, Chris and Bianca.

"Or maybe, they already found a way." Billie speculates.

"How?" Laura asks.

"The blade." Billie answers as she stands up, "The blade is imbued with Gambrel's powers. Alive or dead, his powers still work."

"So where's the blade?" Laura asks staring angrily at the teens sitting before her.

"We don't have it." Chris answers.

"Even if we had it, we wouldn't give it to you." Bianca adds.

"This one really got a smart mouth." Billie says, pointing to Bianca, "Don't you?"

Bianca flashes them a sly grin.

"Fine." Billie says as she takes a step backwards.

"What are you about to do?" Laura asks.

"I'm going to use my power to scan them to see if they have the blade anywhere on their person or in this room." Billie says as she closes her eyes.

"Can you really do that?" Laura asks in awe.

"Shhh…" Billie sounds off, trying to concentrate. A golden glow emanates from Billie and sweeps across the room. As the golden light fades, Billie's eyes open suddenly as she looks at Wyatt in shock and then looks at Laura.

"What? What is it?" Laura asks, "Did you find out where the blade is?"

"No…" Billie whispers as she kicks a crystal stone from its position. The cage glows for a second, accompanied with a quick humming sound before it deactivates, "I should've known."

"Known what, Billie?" Laura asks in confusion but Billie doesn't answer, "I'm trying to jump on your train of thought here."

"What's real is fake and what's fake is real.
Bring truth to light, I now reveal."

As the smile on Bianca's face grew wider, Billie's suspicions were instantly confirmed when Bianca fades from sight in a faint blue hue.

"Wait a minute." Laura says as she walks closer to Billie, "What's going on?"

Chris winks at Billie and Laura and his image disappears in the same faint blue color. Wyatt smiles and finally disappears from sight as well.

"What the hell was that?" Laura asks as her anger begins to rise. Her voice was calm but the anger was scattered through her words as she runs her fingers through her hair, trying to comprehend what had just happened.

"That wasn't them." Billie says softly.

"What do you mean 'that wasn't them?'"

"They were projections. Illusion projections." Billie concludes as she begins to pace back and forth.

"How were they able to do that?" Laura asks, "Is that one of Wyatt's powers?"

"No, it wasn't…" Billie says as she folds her arms.

"Ok, I'm confused."

"That was just a distraction. The illusions were conjured by someone close by. Look at the powers they used against us." Billie says as she walks towards the basin that sat on top of the table. She grabs a few ingredients and tosses them into the basin, grabs yarrow root and a branch of Cyprus and tosses it into the bowl.

"Wyatt shot a bolt of electricity at you that would've killed anyone but all it did was stun you. Chris shot ice shards from his hands, a power he doesn't have."

As she grinds the ingredients together, she looks at Laura and asks, "And who do we know has the power to create illusions? Who do we know has the power to manipulate ice?"

As Laura tries to figure it out, Billie tosses the last ingredient in to the bowl and a minor explosion releases a smoke white cloud into the air.

"Powers of the witches rise
Course unseen across the skies.
Come to us who call you near.
Come to us and settle here."

As she finishes her chant, the golden swirls materialize before them and the children appear before them. Looking nervous, Gabby, Penny, Paisley, Paris and Henry Jr. stood in a line staring at each other and then looks at Billie and Laura.

"Voilà!" Billie says as she folds her arms, staring at the Charmed children, "You've got a lot of explaining to do."

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"We don't know what you're talking about?" Paris says in her defense.

"The projection of Wyatt and Chris in the attic. I know it was you guys." Billie says.

"If you think it was us, what is your proof?" Penelope says in a sassy tone.

"Don't try that right now, missy!" Billie scolds as she begins to pace up and down the line, "Henry Jr., you have the power to conjure illusions. Gabrielle, you can manipulate ice and with the power of a telepath, you can channel all the powers into one…which is what you all did. Don't try lying."

"We're not lying!" Paisley pleads, "We don't know what you're talking about."

"The spell wouldn't have worked if you guys were not involved, but here you are." Billie says.

After a brief silence, the children's solidarity proved strong in the face of adversity. Laura felt like she had no other choice but to try a different approach.

"Well, let me let you guys in on a little secret." Laura walks towards the Book of Shadows and begins to flip through the pages, "I don't know if you know, but there's a nifty little spell in here called 'The Truth Spell'. All we got to do is say a few words and you guys will have no choice but to tell us everything, either that or we wait until your parents come back. So I ask again, do you want to tell us what you know or do we have to make sure we find out by way of spell?"

"Stay strong…" Paisley says to her cousins telepathically, "We can't let them stop Wyatt."

Billie looks at the children and sees the fear lingering in their eyes. She couldn't decipher if it was fear of getting caught, fear of dealing with the consequences that came with tattling on their siblings or the fear of being threatened. Either way, Billie decides to reason with the young ones.

"You guys." Billie says in a softened tone, "Wyatt and Chris might be in trouble. If we don't try to help them, they can end up being hurt or worse. Remember when you guys went to go rescue Laylah? This is ten times worse. You guys will not be in trouble if you help us with that. What do you say?"

Silence fills the attic as Billie looks upon the faces of the children standing before her, hoping that her plea would elicit the concern that lay beneath their stubbornness.

"We used our powers to distract you guys, to give them a head start…" Gabby finally cracks.

"GABBY!" the rest of the cousins shout in disappointment.

"Way to go, sis…" Junior says in a disappointing tone.

"I am all about solidarity but if something happens to them again, I can't live with it." Gabby defends herself, "Last time we did this, Wyatt got hurt, and I got in trouble and got blamed. I'm not going to let this happen again."

"Good girl…" Laura says happily, "What do you know?"

"Not much. All I know is that they're going on the hunt for the Ark before Abaddon finds it first. They have a map and the blade to lead them there." Gabby spills as she sighs happily, "Whew! That felt good to get off my chest."

Laura spins and races back to the Book of Shadows and immediately begins to flip through the pages once more.

"Uh, Laura? What are you doing?" Billie asks as she runs to Laura, trying to see what she's looking for.

"Those three have a head start on us already. I have to stop them."

"Have to stop them? Can you stop them?" Billie asks.

Laura pauses and takes a deep breath. She turns to Billie and exhales deeply, "I have to try. I know Abaddon is searching for the Ark too so if Abaddon and Wyatt meet; it's not going to end so well. I need Laylah."

Laura returns to the Book and begins to flip through the ancient pages, searching for a summoning spell for Laylah. She sighs happily when she finally lands on a page.

"Found it!" Laura says as she takes a deep breath as opens her mouth to chant the spell when golden swirls materialize before her, in the center of the attic and Laylah appears.

Looking around at first flabbergasted but her surprise quickly turned sour upon realizing where she was.

"How did you summon her without a spell?" Billie asks as she walks closer to Laylah in surprise.

"I didn't." Laura replies.

"I did." Junior cuts in, "I summoned her."

"How?" Laura asks.

"I don't know. I just sensed her and used my power to call her here." Junior explains.

"You people cannot leave me alone for a second?" Laylah sighs, "The sisters are not meant to be back for a few hours."

"You're not here because of the sisters." Laura explains, "You are here because we need you to help us stop Wyatt and Chris."

"Stop Wyatt and Chris? Stop them from doing what?" Laylah asks.

"They have discovered the Ark, which contains the Ouroboros. They're trying to get it before Abaddon does." Laura explains.

"The powers of the Taxiarch can help find the Ark because my brothers built it. But Gambrel's powers locked it so I don't think it would matter if he finds it or not." Laylah explains.

"Well, does the blade wielding your brother's powers count?" Billie asks.

"Having the blade doesn't do much if Gambrel himself doesn't activate it." Laylah says.

"I wouldn't put anything past Wyatt; I mean he is the twice blessed child who also happens to be the true wielder of Excalibur so…" Laura mumbles.

"Wait a minute, what do you mean?" Laylah asks.

"Yeah, the prophecy of the twice blessed child is Wyatt. And Piper has the sword, Excalibur in storage for Wyatt." Billie explains.

"Oh my God." Laylah whispers.

"What? What is it?" Laura asks.

"The only two people who can open the ark holding the Ouroboros are Gambrel himself and the Arcturus." Laylah explains.

"We are aware of that." Billie says, "What does that have to do with anything?"

"Arcturus is the brightest star in the constellation next to Ursa Major." Gabrielle answers. All eyes snap towards her in surprise.

"What?" Gabby shrugs, "Chris is not the only one in the family who reads a lot."

"Still doesn't answer the question though…" Billie says out of frustration.

"Arcturus is the name given to the protector of the Ark. The last person who was known as the Arcturus was also the last person who was known as the true owner of Excalibur."

"King Arthur?" Billie gasps.

"Mhm." Laylah nods, "The power of Arcturus lies within the sword so only the true owner can access it…"

Billie's mouth drops opens as she whispers, "Which means…"

"Which means Wyatt can find and open the Ark." Laura finishes Billie's sentence as she turns towards Billie.

"Wait a minute; did you say that you can use your powers to track the Ark?" Penny asks.

"Yeah, all of us know where it is but we do not have access to it." Laylah answers, "Why?"

"If you know where it is, that means Abaddon knows where it is too." Penny replies.

"We got to find Wyatt before it's too late." Laura says.

"What if it's too late?" Billie asks.

"It's not." Paisley's innocent voice can be heard in the distance chiming in. All eyes in the room shift towards Paisley as she walks towards the couch in the attic and sits down.

"How do you know?" Laura asks.

"I just had a vision." She says in a non chalant tone.

"Do you know where they are exactly?" Laylah asks with a hint of hope in her voice.

Paisley stares off into the distance as her eyes begin to glow in a cloudy pink color.

"Is that normal?" Penny asks Paris as they watch Paisley caught in a trance.

"That's how she has her visions." Paris answers, "It's normal…for her."

"I don't know where they are at the moment…" Paisley says as her eyes continue to glow, "But they are heading towards the Asphodel Meadows part of the underworld."

"Asphodel Meadows?" Laura repeats as she flips the pages of the Book even faster, "I think I have seen that name in the Book before."

"That's where the Ark is hidden." Laylah explains.

Paisley's eyes turn back into their regular color and she begins to blink rapidly.

"Whew! That hasn't happened in a while." She sighs.

Junior walks towards Paisley and with a gentle tap on her shoulder, he whispers "That was so cool."

Paisley's smile widens listening to the compliment paid to her by her older cousin, "Thank you."

"Ha! Found it!" Laura exclaims as she continues to read, "Asphodel Meadows is one of the six regions of the Underworld. It is the only part of the underworld where all forms of good and magical beings dare not pass. The Acheron river flows at the entrance of this region of the underworld and anyone who chooses to enter the meadows must make a painful sacrificial offering which will render the visitor weak in order to pass through."

"Doesn't really sound like something you should want to do." Billie says after Laura stops reading.

"I don't really have a choice, Billie." Laura says as she grabs a few vials of potions and stuff them in a satchel. She swings the satchel over her head and looks at Billie.

"Let me come with you, at least." Billie offers.

"No, you have to stay here and watch the kids. I've got Laylah." Laura says.

"But Laylah's powers are still a little wonky…" Billie says.

"A little wonky is better than no powers at all." Laylah says as she stands next to Laura, "This will have to do for now."

Billie nods with a half crooked smile as Laura tosses a potion at her feet and disappears in a cloud of smoke.

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"Are we there yet?" asks Tricia, panting. The quintet had been walking for more than two hours and it felt longer than that. Chris religiously looked at his watch every five minutes as if time would move faster every time he laid his eyes on his wrist. Wyatt's mind raced as he led his siblings and Bianca through the darkest pits of the underworld, with golden orbs hovering over their heads and the green glow of the blade illuminating their path.

The ground was surprisingly smooth underneath their shoes; the light of the golden orbs drew their long shadows against the rocky walls beside them. Wyatt, Chris, Mellie and Tricia had never cruised the underworld before and despite all of their training, they never expected this journey to be as long as it was talking them. The map Wyatt navigated kept changing to adjust to their new position, thereby creating confusion among the group.

"I could've sworn we walked by this place before." Chris mumbles.

"Ok, your commentary is not warranted nor needed, Christopher so hush!" Wyatt snaps.

"Easy, guys." Bianca says as she tries to maintain the peace.

"Do you think Billie and Laura have caught onto the illusion already?" Mellie ponders.

"I wouldn't put it past them. I'm more surprised they haven't caught up to us because we keep going around in circles." Chris says sardonically.

Wyatt stops and turns around angrily as he charges towards Chris, "You know what? I…"

"Hold up!" Bianca says as she jumps between Wyatt and Chris. Mellie tugs on Wyatt's shirt in an effort to hold him back but fails miserably.

"Look, why don't you let me take the map and navigate for a while, okay?" Bianca asks.

Wyatt begins to speak when Bianca cuts him off, "This is not a testament to your navigating skills; I think I need you need a break from all of this pressure."

Mellie and Tricia watch nervously as the tension between the brothers refuse to fade. Wyatt hands the map and blade to Bianca as he steps back.

"Come with me, Chris." Bianca whispers as Chris' eyes remain locked with Wyatt's.

"Chris?" Bianca calls again but no response, "Christopher!"

Chris looks down at Bianca, his hardened look weakening as soon as his eyes meet hers.

"Come on." Bianca whispers as she takes the lead and Chris reluctantly follows.

"Hey…" Mellie whispers to Wyatt, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Wyatt answers dryly.

"Just making sure." Mellie says.

"Why do you say that?" Wyatt asks.

"You seem different, like more on edge." Mellie answers.

"Like frustrated…" Tricia adds, "More than usual."

"Well, walking in search of the ark for two hours will get any one on edge." Wyatt says defensively.

"I'm pretty sure that's it." Tricia says sarcastically.

"Let's just get this over with." Wyatt says as he begins to follow the pair ahead of him. Mellie glances over at Tricia, who gives Mellie a shrug joins Wyatt.

Walking ahead of Mellie, Tricia and Wyatt, Chris looks over to Bianca as she tries to decipher the interchangeable map.

"Are you okay?" Bianca asks.

"I'm fine. Wyatt's the one who is acting crazy." Chris answers.

"I'm pretty sure it's the stress that's getting to him."

"Stress of what?!" Chris says loudly which is quickly followed by Bianca's shushing him, "We all share equal responsibility in this. We all decided we were in this together. There's no reason why he should feel any pressure because this is not his burden to bear."

"Ok…" Bianca says, "You're right."

"Something is changing in him." Chris says, "He's not acting like himself and I don't know why."

"Well, this mission has every one on edge, given the stakes." Bianca says, "The sooner we accomplish it, the better off we will all be."

Chris sighs heavily as he runs his fingers through his hair, "I hope you're right."

"I'm always right." Bianca says with a smile.

"If you're always right, riddle me this." Chris says, "The Book said that in order to gain entrance into the Meadows, we have to make a painful offering that will render us weak. How are we going to do that?"

"We just have to cut our palms and use our blood." Bianca answers, "The pain alone is weakening to the human body."

"Right, of course that's it…" Chris says doubtfully as he groans loudly.

"I hate seeing you like this." Bianca says with a frown, "You owe me a date after this."

Chris chuckles loudly but then lowers his voice, "You think so?"

"I know so."

"What do you have in mind?" Chris asks.

"Well, surprise me." Bianca answers with a smile.

"I…" Chris begins to say but a glimpse over his shoulder brings him back to his senses, "You know we can't…"

Bianca sighs heavily as she guesses accurately, "Wyatt…"

"Yup."

"Why don't you tell him the truth?" Bianca asks, "He'll be mad at you for a little while but seeing his brother happy will bring him around."

"Nope. Don't think so. I know my brother." Chris says, "I don't think that's how it's going to go down."

"The truth still makes everything better." Bianca says, "We will never know true happiness unless the truth comes out. If he loves you, he'd understand."

"Sure." Chris says, "We can test that theory when this is all over."

Releasing a deep sigh, Tricia groans as she deliberately shouts, "This sucks!"

"No one asked you to join us so suck it up!" Chris shouts back.

Mellie grabs Tricia's arm and pulls her closer, "Will you stop it? You're being a pain the bum right now!"

Tricia laughs as she manages to spit out, "Bum? What are you, British?"

"Chris is right. We are on this journey because we wanted to so we do not have the right to complain." Mellie says.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Tricia says with a change of attitude and voice. She glances over to Chris and Bianca and looks at Wyatt, "So, what's the deal with her?"

"Who? Bianca?" Wyatt asks.

"Yeah. Like who is she?" Tricia asks, "You guys never explained."

"She helped us save Dom from turning into a vampire a few weeks ago." Wyatt says with a hidden hint of admiration in his tone.

"You sound like you like this Bianca girl." Mellie teases.

"Shut up." Wyatt says dismissively.

"You like her, don't you?" Mellie asks, "It's okay. She's pretty, smart and kicks ass."

"Mind your business, Mellie." Wyatt says trying to deflect the subject.

"You do. I can tell…" Tricia says, "Too bad she doesn't feel the same about you."

"I know…" Wyatt says subconsciously, "I just got to woo her and all will be right with the world."

"It's too late for that." Tricia says, "Her heart belongs to another."

"What do you mean?" Mellie asks.

"She's already in love." Tricia says.

"In love? With who?" Wyatt asks.

Tricia's eyes dart towards Chris and then back to Wyatt. Wyatt stops in his tracks as his skin turned paler than it already was and his throat ran dry. A wave of heat flashed through his body as he tried to force the dry lump in his throat to go down.

"No, you're wrong." Wyatt says in denial.

"Are you sure?" Mellie asks, "How do you know that?"

"I'm the offspring of a Cupid and an empath." Tricia says, "It's a natural sense for me and my sisters to sense when someone is in love or not. She loves Chris and Chris loves her back."

Tricia could see Wyatt's heart shatter into a million pieces by staring into his blue eyes. The golden swirls that hovered above them all began to flicker. His breathing rhythm began to quicken as he watches Bianca and Chris in the distance. Chris and Bianca stop in their tracks as they examine the map together. Numerous images begin to flash through his mind, connecting the dots between the two about the two, where he had chosen to remain blissfully ignorant. Wyatt could hear the rush of blood pumping through his body like a rapid.

"I think we're here!" Bianca shouts with glee.

"How do you know?" Tricia asks.

"The river. That's the Acheron." Bianca says, "We just have to gain entrance into the Meadows."

Mellie and Tricia walk up to Bianca and Chris with Wyatt. Wyatt's veins popped out of his neck and the sweat began to form little beads on his forehead. His knuckles began to turn white from clenching his fist too hard. He gritted his teeth from effort to remain silent; his hunched form exuded an animosity that was like acid - burning, slicing, and potent. His face was red with suppressed rage, and when Tricia walked over to Wyatt to even set a finger on his shoulder, he swung around and mentally snapped.

"I need to know this and please do not beat around the bush because that will make things worse for you." Wyatt began his rambling.

"What are you bitching about now?" Chris asks as he rolls his eyes.

"What's going on between you two?" Wyatt asks.

"What are you talking about?" Bianca asks, "Nothing is going on."

"Please do not insult my intelligence." Wyatt begins to yell, "The very least you can do is tell me the truth. You owe me that."

"Wyat..." Chris begins to talk but Wyatt waves his hand and Chris flies into the rocky boulder behind him and falls to the ground.

"Chris!" Mellie screams as she runs to her brother and tries to help him up.

"Tell me the truth!" Wyatt bellows, "Are you in love with him?"

"Wyatt, I…" Bianca begins but pauses. Her eyes begin to well up with tears as she looks back at Chris. Chris stands up, looks at Bianca and then at Wyatt, exchanging the look that answered all of Wyatt's questions.

"I can't believe this." Wyatt whispers as he steps backwards, "Betrayed by my own brother."

"Wyatt, let me explain…" Chris begins to talk but Wyatt clenches his fist, causing Chris' throat to constrict. His airway began to close as Chris began to feel lightheaded. He fell to his knees with his hands wrapped around his throat as he began to gasp for air but the air never came. Flurries of bright lights begin to flood his vision and then darkness began to flicker. Bianca rushes to Chris and tries to help him but to no avail.

"Wyatt!" Mellie screams, "Wyatt, stop it!"

All of Mellie's pleas fell on deaf ears as Wyatt stood tall, fist clenched with darkness lingering in his blue eyes, a look that was not familiar to his sister and brother. A strong magnetic pull grabs him and in an instant, Wyatt finds himself light on his feet, flying across until the concrete wall of the underworld stops him in mid-air, crashing and sliding down until he was faced down in the gravel. Chris begins to cough and gasp as Bianca places his head on her lap, stroking his brown hair and kissing him all over his face in relief.

Mellie stares at Tricia who has her left arm stretched out. Tricia lowers her arm and utters, "I'm sorry but I had to."

"You didn't have to throw him so hard." Mellie says.

"Well, what choice did he give me? He almost killed Chris."

Mellie runs to Wyatt and helps him stand up, "What the hell was that?"

"I'm sorry." Wyatt mumbles to Mellie as he rubs the back of his head and groans, "I don't know what came over me."

"You need to get yourself together. You almost killed Chris." Mellie scolds him in a tone very reminiscent of their mother.

"Yeah well, he's lucky that Tricia was here to save him otherwise…"

"You don't mean that, Wyatt." Mellie says in disbelief, "Do you?"

Wyatt stares angrily in the direction of Chris and Bianca in anger without saying a word.

"Can we complete this thing before you guys decide to kill each other?" Tricia shouts, "We have work to do for God's sake."

"Let's get this over with." Wyatt says as he walks closer to Tricia.

"Wyatt…" Chris says as he walks closer to his brother in an effort to make his pleas known and heard but Wyatt raises his hand.

"Stay away from me." Wyatt says softly, "I don't want anything to do with you anymore."

"Ok then. So how do we gain entrance to the Meadows?" Tricia asks.

"Painful offering…" Bianca says as she takes the blade of Gambrel and slices her palm open. She forms a fist and squeezes hard, causing her blood to drip into the river.

"Soil the earth and raise the tide, reveal to us what lays inside." Bianca chants softly as the river begins to bubble, boil and sizzle with every drop of the crimson colored claret oozing from her closed fist. She backs away, awaiting for whatever magical moment to occur so they can finally see where the next step to their long mission was going to take them.

Everyone stared with great trepidation; anxiety coursing through their veins as the excitement can be seen in their eyes. And just like that, the river stopped bubbling and the steam that rose from it disappeared from sight.

"What happened? Why didn't it work?" Tricia asks.

"It called for a painful offering that rendered us weak…" Bianca says as she looks at her sliced palm, "Maybe it needs more blood?"

"What do you mean?" Mellie asks.

"Maybe I need to slice my wrist instead. That accounts for the pain and the weakness…" Bianca suggests.

"No…" Wyatt says weakly as he raises his hand and orbs the blade from Bianca's grasp and into his own, "You're right about one thing; we do need more blood but that's not what the pain the Book was talking about."

Wyatt steps closer to the edge of the river and drags the edge of the blade across his right wrist. Mellie gasps softly, watching her brother cut himself. As Wyatt's blood drops into the river, the river begins to bubble and sizzle.

"Soil the earth and raise the tide, reveal to us what lays inside." Wyatt chants as a golden light rises from the depths of the waters and creates a whirlpool like opening in the middle of the river.

"It worked!" Bianca exclaims.

"Now what?" Tricia asks.

"We jump." Wyatt says as he takes a few steps back and runs towards the river. He leaps into the center and disappears.

"Here goes nothing!" Bianca says afterwards as she runs and jumps into the river as well. Chris follows suit and jumps into the river.

"Are you ready?" Mellie asks Tricia as she ties her hair into a ponytail. She looks to her right and sees a frozen Tricia, whose eyes were fixated on the rushing waters flowing downward to nowhere.

"Trish…you okay?" Mellie asks.

"Um, I don't really do water." Tricia says dryly.

"What do you mean 'you don't do water'?" Mellie asks, "Are you afraid to swim?"

"Not so much as afraid…" Tricia stutters, "More like deathly terrified."

"Why?" Mellie asks.

"That's a story for another time." Tricia says.

"Look, we are not swimming. We're just crossing over to another realm basically. I got you." Mellie says as she offers her hand for Tricia to hold. Tricia swallows a big lump and looks down at Mellie's hand. Mellie gives Tricia a reassuring smile as Tricia grabs her hand and holds it tight.

"On three?" Mellie says.

"One…."

"Two…"

"Three!" they both scream as they run and leap into the whirlpool as the golden light flickers and disappear from sight.

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Screams echoing in pitch darkness ends in a thud and a loud groan. All of a sudden, flaming torches that were perfectly aligned along the walls sparked to life, lighting up the cave and bathing the entire cavern in a flickering orange glow. As the cave came into view, the magical entrance in the ceiling grew smaller and smaller till Mellie and Tricia fell through and landed on the gravel and soft rocks, breaking their fall as the entrance from which they came disappeared.

The crew stood up and took a moment to get used to look around their new surroundings. The cave was built into the muddy brown rock of the cliff. Small, loose stones littered the floor causing a crunch sound with every single step they took.

"Are you guys okay?" Chris calls to Mellie and Tricia, who nod their answer while wiping off the dirt and debris that clung to their clothes. Chris looks to Wyatt and opens his mouth to ask him the same question but figured it was best at this point to keep his mouth shut. Thankfully, Mellie asked the question for him.

"You good, Wyatt?"

"Yeah. I'll be okay." Wyatt answers as he looks around.

"You know, with a name called the 'Meadow', it doesn't really look meadowy…" Tricia says as she looks around.

"Now that we are here, now what?" Chris asks as Bianca takes out the map and waits for the map to readjust their position.

"What are we waiting for?" Tricia asks.

"Waiting for the map to show us where to go." Bianca says as she stares at the map.

"Uh, guys?" Wyatt calls to them as the blade in his begins to flicker again.

"What's going on?" Wyatt asks.

"The blade will begin to light up as we get closer to the Ark and seeing as how we are in the place where it's hidden…" Bianca explains.

"We just have to know where to go." Chris says.

"I think I may have an idea." Wyatt says as he begins towards the corridor which lay beyond the circular cave. The rest of the crew begins to follow him.

"How do you know where to go?" Tricia asks.

"I don't know. I can't explain it." Wyatt says, "I feel like a pull. Like I know where to go."

"Yeah, like that is not strange at all." Tricia says sarcastically.

Wyatt travels down the corridor with his family and Bianca following him blindly. The tunnel was like a snake skin turned inside out, slinking into the abyss of the darkness. The cave embodied the term "underworld" in every sense of the word. Wyatt could feel his mood shifting, his anger dissipating and sadness rising. The more time he spent down there, the more he began to realize why demons loved to dwell in a miserable place as this. There was no type of light that shone within, minus the flames that lit their path to wherever they were headed. The lights flickered, casting an ominous glow throughout the tunnel, causing shivers to ripple across his body.

Chris dragged his hand across the wall, picking up dust and grime. Cold wind streamed through the tunnel, clutching the layer of sand and dust that lay on top of the surfaces, twirling them in the air, only to drop them off into the void. All sign of life had vanished from the tunnels that looked like it had promise. Despite the light of the torches that surrounded them all, the cave and tunnel created a feeling of abandonment and Wyatt pondered if it was due to his recent discovery of his brother and Bianca's betrayal or a symptom of being in the depths of the underworld.

As they kept walking, the bright emerald color of the blade grew stronger and throbbed as they went deeper and deeper into the cave. Wyatt stopped abruptly as the light shone so bright, not even Wyatt could stare directly at the dagger.

"What happened?" Bianca asks, "Why did you stop?"

"It's around here somewhere." Wyatt says looking around.

"How do you know?" Chris asks.

"I can feel it." Wyatt says as he steps forward and closes his eyes. He stretches out his hand; palms open as he begins to scan the place telekinetically. His eyes open abruptly as he walks towards the wall opposite of him. He gently taps on a giant cracked, jagged, misshapen rock with the blade in a weird rhythm, twice above, once below, once on the left side and thrice on the right. The rock gently slides out of the way, revealing a tomb like room filled with pebbles and rocks and a brown chest sitting in the center.

As Wyatt enters the room, he approaches the chest gently as Mellie, Tricia, Chris and Bianca walk alongside him. Wyatt walks closer to the chest as the bright green light stops glowing.

"This is it." Wyatt whispers, "This is the Ark."

"That's it?!" Tricia says, not even making an attempt to hide her disappointment, "I thought it was a golden treasure chest or something."

"Well now what?" Mellie asks.

"We open it." Bianca suggests.

"Uh, no. We don't." Chris counters.

"Why not?" Bianca asks.

"The whole point of us coming on this mission is to prevent Abaddon from taking this and using the Ouroboros for God knows what." Chris explains, "We do not need to open it. If anything, we can bring it back to the Manor and give it to Laura."

"No. Absolutely not!" Bianca says, "We didn't come all this way for us to just give up the chest."

"What are you going to do with the chest then, hmmm?" Chris asks as he folds his arms awaiting an answer, leaving Bianca speechless.

"Ok then, it's settled." Chris says, "Let's get this out of here and go home."

"Uh guys? Quick question." Tricia says, "Doesn't all of this seem too easy to you?"

"What do you mean?" Mellie asks.

"I mean this is the freaking Ark of the Covenant. The most desirable thing in the world and most likely the most powerful thing in the world and we came here with no booby traps, no demons to attack us or any obstacles to make this harder than it is?"

"This isn't Indiana Jones, Trisha." Mellie says.

"I don't know…" Tricia says, "I'm just saying. I don't have a good feeling about this."

"I still think we should open it…" Bianca suggests.

"No!" Chris objects as he steps closer to Bianca, "If whatever was inside was a good thing, it wouldn't be hidden in the depths of the underworld, would it?"

"I agree…" Mellie chimes in, "We should just take it back and let our parents decide."

"The whole reason why we did this is so that we can do this without our parents interfering. Are you telling me that this was for nothing?" Bianca asks.

"No. We got it before Abaddon did, that was the mission…" Chris answers.

"I say we put it to a vote…" Mellie suggests, "I mean democracy never fails, right?"

"Have you seen our current president? Guess again." Tricia retorts as she rolls her eyes.

"Ok, I can't believe this is even up for discussion." Chris says, "We are not doing this. End of story."

"Who died and made you the leader?" Bianca asks as her tone begins to shift from calm to agitated.

"Apparently I am, since I am the only one left with common sense." Chris says.

"Ok, wait a minute…" Mellie says as Tricia, Bianca and Chris become tangled in a heated argument, their voices overlapping one another.

Standing outside the huddled group was Wyatt, who seemed caught in a trance. His eyes remained fixated on the chest that sat before him as the emerald colored blade pulsated with its bright glow. He pondered if he should give in to the call as he looked over his shoulder and saw his siblings and Bianca arguing. Their voices rose above the sacred silence. A glance, touch, and one small comment stirred a hurricane of harsh and horsed insults. With every word that flew out of their mouths seemed harsher than the last, casting each word full speed ahead to shatter our souls into a million pieces.

Wyatt looked back towards the chest and took a deep breath. The urge was stronger than ever and as he closed his eyes for a brief moment, he gave into the desire he had tried so hard to escape this entire time. He took a step forward as he climbed the tiny mount the stones formed and with no hesitation, inserted the blade into the key hole crafted into the center of the chest. The keyhole morphed and molded to the dagger as the dagger turned perpendicular and a loud click sounded the air simultaneously.

"WYATT! NOOOOOOOOO" a loud voice can be heard cutting through the overlapping voices of the group behind him. As Wyatt turned around to see where the voice came from, the lid of the chest swung open and a bright green light burst through and swept through the entire cave, knocking every one present off their feet and landing on their backs.

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BONG!

BONG!

BONG!

BONG!

BONG!

As the grandfather's clock in the Halliwell Manor chimes five times, Billie stands in the sunroom, staring out of the window with her arms folded. Laura had been gone for three hours and the children have been gone for a little bit longer. Piper, Phoebe and Paige were due to arrive from the past any minute now and yet, Billie felt the worst was yet to come.

"Billie?" Gabrielle calls to her from the distance.

Billie snaps out of her train of thought and turns around, "Yes, honey?"

"The kids have finally fallen asleep." She says, "Is there anything I can do?"

Billie smiles as she nods her head, "No, Gabby. Thank you for helping me with that."

"No problem." Gabby says.

"You know, you're a kid too." Billie says softly, "You need to act like it instead of being feeling responsible for everyone. It becomes a burden if you allow it to go on. You have the rest of your life to be grown up. You don't have to live like this."

"I know." Gabrielle says innocently, "I like feeling responsible for my brother and sister. It's not a burden. It's a blessing in my eyes…"

"You are wise beyond your years, Gabby." Billie smiles proudly, "Don't change."

"I don't plan to." Gabby smiles.

"Thanks for earlier…" Billie adds as Gabby's face looks at Billie in confusion, "You know, for coming clean about Wyatt and Chris and the illusions."

"No problem." Gabby says, "I just wish I had known it made a differe-"

A bright green light sweeps through the Manor, knocking Billie and Gabby to the floor as the Manor begins to shake loudly and violently. The chandelier swung violently from the ceiling. The church stained windows cracked and shattered and cracks appeared from the ground beneath. The ground shook up and down, as if the entire place suddenly fell from the sky and struck the earth with mighty impact. A few meteors raced across the sky and crash landed onto the middle of the street, sending smoldering rocks and flames all over the place.

Billie and Gabby scrambled up to their feet but most immediately lost balance and were reduced to crawling as they crept towards the dining room and sought shelter underneath the dining room table. Lights fell from the ceiling; portraits that hung on the walls slid off and shattered on the ground, the shelves and bookcases toppled over and the grandfather's clock fell to the ground and the vases that housed the potted plants shattered, spilling the soil all over the ground.

"What is going on?" Gabby yelled over the loud rumbling.

"I don't know!" Billie responds loudly as she holds on to Gabby underneath the table.

The rumblings cease immediately and silence filled the air temporarily. Screams can be heard in the distance as panic ensues nearby.

"Go check on the others to see if they're okay." Billie instructs. Gabby nods and runs up towards the banister as Billie runs towards the front door and opens it. She steps out and her eyes widen as her eyes scope out the neighborhood. The Earth had split in two, neighboring houses had collapsed upon themselves and sinkholes housed the cars parked on Prescott Street.

"Oh my God." Billie gasps as she scanned the horrible scene before her.

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A cloud of dust hovered in the air, accompanied by a choking smell and ringing in the ears. As Wyatt came to, the ringing seemed to subside and the painful groans from his brother and sister became louder and clearer. He looks to his left to see Tricia lying on her stomach, bleeding from her head and unconscious. Wyatt scrambles to his little cousin and tries to shake her awake.

"Tricia?" Wyatt says as he lifts up Tricia and places her head on his lap. He places his index and middle finger along her carotid artery in an effort to hear a pulse.

"Is she okay?" Mellie asks as she squats beside Wyatt, with worry and fear in her eyes. She places her fingers under Tricia's nostrils and her worry exacerbates in an instant, "She's not breathing, Wyatt!"

"Please, please…" Wyatt pleads as he closes his eyes trying to detect a pulse.

Wyatt's eyes open suddenly as his hands begin to emit a golden glow, a touch so warm and bright, his panic quickly shifted to relief. He hovers his hand over Tricia's chest as his healing touch warms up her body and her chest begins to rise and fall rhythmically. Tricia gasps as her eyes open and the open wound leaking blood across her forehead disappears. She coughs as she sits up.

"Oh my God!" Mellie exclaims with glee as she throws her arms around her cousin and hugs her tightly, "You're okay! You're alive."

"I won't be for long if you keep hugging me the way you do." Tricia says with a strain in her voice.

"Oh, sorry…" Mellie says as she stands up and chuckles through her tears.

"Wyatt?" a female voice can be heard in the distance. Wyatt, Mellie and Tricia turn around and see Laylah and Laura walking towards them, covered in dirt.

"Laura?" Chris says as he coughs.

"Wyatt, what did you do?" Laura asks. Laylah's eyes scan the cave and her eyes fall back onto Wyatt.

"I…" Wyatt begins to say but Laylah cuts him off.

"You opened the chest?!" Laylah says angrily.

Wyatt nods his head and stands up. He helps Mellie and Tricia stand up as well.

"We need to grab that chest and get the hell out of here." Laylah says in a panic as she rushes towards the chest.

"I'm afraid I can't let that happen." A male's voice can be heard saying. In a blink of an eye, Wyatt, Chris, Bianca, Mellie, Tricia, Laylah and Laura are sent flying through the air and are magically pinned against the rocky walls of the cave.

Abaddon materialized sporting long wavy jet black hair, slicked back and stopped a few inches above his shoulders. He had a medium stubble beard that complimented his square jaw. He stood tall in his tailored suit as Sebastian materialized beside him.

"Hello, dear sister." Abaddon says with his thick English accent, "Did you miss me?"

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"Who is that?" Laura grunts as she tries to break free from the invisible bonds that bound her to the wall. The rest of the children attempted to do the same but failed miserably.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Abaddon smiles as he steps out of the shadows and into the orange light emanating from the torches in the cave, "Where are my manners? I'm Abaddon. I'm sure you've heard great things about me."

"Quite the opposite, actually." Laura spits back.

"Oh, Laura, is it?" Abaddon guesses as he approaches Laura, "Is that what you're going by nowadays?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." Laura answers as she continues to struggle and grunt.

"Yeah, sure you don't. If I didn't have more pressing matters at hand, I'd be having fun picking your brain but I'll take a raincheck." Abaddon smiles as he steps to the side and stares at Wyatt.

"Mellie, Tricia, are you guys okay?" Wyatt asks as he appears to be resigned to his fate, not trying to break free from his bonds.

"Yeah, we're fine." Mellie answers, "You?"

"Yeah, I am."

Abaddon turns his attention to Wyatt and begins to clap loudly

"Lo and behold, we are blessed to be in the presence of the Twice blessed child, the wielder of Excalibur, the Arcturus of the Grand Design, the self-proclaimed King Midas." Abaddon taunts, "Your title is longer than Daenerys Targaryen, it's ridiculous."

"Leave him alone!" Laylah shouts angrily.

"Why? I have him to thank for everything." Abaddon says sarcastically, "Or maybe I should thank you for leading me to him by sending your little distress signal to them when you were my prisoner."

"I doubt it." Laylah scoffs.

"No, really." Abaddon says as he turns towards Laylah, "As you know, accessing the Ark proved difficult because Gambrel in his infinite wisdom decided to allow grant the accesses to himself and one person should he not be around to protect it and it worked….until you were broken out."

Abaddon begins to pace as he continues to narrate, "I knew I couldn't access the Ark and the only one who could access to it was the Arcturus, who was hidden in plain sight until the Charmed Ones came into my radar. Initially, I wanted to vanquish the witches because I feared they would foil my plans but after my trip down the Charmed memory lane by aid of Sebastian here, I realized that one of the witches gave birth to the answer to my problems. The next Arcturus also known as the wielder of Excalibur. The only thing left to do was get him away from the Charmed Ones and get him to do what I wanted to do without telling him what to do and I succeeded."

"What do you mean 'you succeeded'?" Laura asks.

"Where are the Charmed Ones right now?" Abaddon asks with a smirk.

"None of your business." Chris finally chimes in.

"Au contraire." Abaddon retorts, "It's entirely my business. I sent a couple of warlocks into the past to slightly alter the past, not to do significant damage. Just long enough to get them out of my way to have Wyatt do what I needed to do."

Abaddon looks over his shoulder at Tricia, "I deactivated the spells and defensive charms that protected this place and called off my demons just so you guys can have a safe journey here. You were right, my little minx."

"You bastard." Laylah whispers with tears in her eyes, "What happened to you? What happened to the brother I loved? The brother who protected me when the first battle between good and evil?"

"Wish Gambrel was alive to answer that. He knows what happened." Abaddon says as his tone changes from his sardonic nature into a serious tone, which hinted the pain which lay beneath his words.

"Wait a minute…" Chris interjects, "What did you mean by 'getting Wyatt to do what you needed to do'?"

Abaddon's familiar smile grows on his face as he stares at Chris and his eyes shift to Bianca, "Hello, darling…."

Chris stares at Bianca, trying to make sense of what he had just heard.

"Bianca, what is he talking about?" Chris says in a low tone.

"I don't know what he's talking about." Bianca says defensively.

"Now, now darling, tell the truth. Hell, your mother laid out the time travel plans to distract the witches, apparently from your future self." Abaddon smiles, "You think it's a coincidence she knew that you and your brother were witches? That she happened to be able to help save you guys from vampires? Why did she insist on training so much? It wasn't from the goodness of her heart. It was to lead you all to this."

"Bianca…" Chris says as his voice begins to break, "Please tell me that this isn't true."

"Every single bit of it is true." Abaddon asserts, "The part I didn't plan on was her falling for you or you falling for her. That part is just the icing on top of the cake."

"Bianca…" Chris whispers as tears form in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, Chris." Bianca breaks down in tears, "I'm so sorry."

"If you were after Wyatt, why did you come for me? Why didn't you just stay with Wyatt and leave me out of this?"

"This is the best part…" Abaddon laughs as he quotes the prophecy, "'Anyone who chooses to enter the meadows must make a painful sacrificial offering which will render the visitor weak in order to pass through.' What is more painful enough to make someone weak do you know of greater than heartbreak?"

"So this was all part of your plan? We were pieces in your plan?!" Wyatt shouts angrily.

"A plan that helped me and in turn, helped you as well, Wyatt." Abaddon says.

"What do you mean?" Wyatt asks.

"You know what you felt, Wyatt." Abaddon smiles as he steps closer to Wyatt, "All that power calling to you, flowing through your veins. And that's just a sliver of the absolute power you can possess. You just need to give into it in order to access it."

"No, I am perfectly fine the way I am with the powers I have already." Wyatt says defensively.

Abaddon laughs out loud, "You remind me of myself when I was your age. Fascinating."

"I'm not like you. You're evil. I will never be like you." Wyatt maintains as he looks into Abaddon's eyes.

"Oh Wyatt." Abaddon says as he grabs Wyatt's face. Wyatt struggles to look away but can't, "That has always been the problem we struggle with. As soon as you let that go, you'd realize that it is bigger than good versus evil. It's all about absolute power. You'll figure that out one day."

"My Lord…" Sebastian addresses, "It's time."

"Right!" Abaddon says as he steps back. He walks towards the Ark and picks up the big white orb encased in glass with a golden serpent around the circular object, biting its tail, "I have you to thank for this, Wyatt. Now, I can finish what I couldn't before."

"What you tried and failed before was take over the world with demons and that didn't work." Laylah screams.

"You're right but that's not what I'm trying to do now." Abaddon says. "Do you know what the Ouroboros signifies? The death and rebirth of life and I'm going to do just that. I'm going to destroy the world and remake it in my own vision. The Ouroboros is the key to bringing me that and it's all thanks to you, Wyatt. Thank you for breaking the first sigil."

"Sigil?" Laylah gasps in horror, "You don't mean…"

"Exactly, dear sister." Abaddon says, "Now, I think I have taken too much of your time so this is when I take my leave. I'm sure we'll meet up again very soon. I now bid you adieu."

Abaddon says as he waves his hand and disappears in a blinding light. Sebastian smiles and disappears in a dark red light. The cave begins to rumble as the entire group fall to the ground, apparently free from the bonds that held them up before.

"What do we do now?" Mellie asks as she begins to panic. Boulders fell from the ceiling and the ground moved and waved beneath their feet.

"We need to get out of here now." Laylah suggests, "Wyatt, can you orb?!"

Wyatt stares off into the distance, completely shell shocked and broken. He didn't blink, he didn't move and he just stood there, as the cave collapsed around him.

"Wyatt!" Laura calls out to him but he doesn't budge or acknowledge her.

"I'll have to teleport you guys out of here. Your powers won't work anymore down here anymore, now that the Ouroboros is no longer here. I'll teleport you guys back to the Manor." Laylah offers.

Bianca stands next to Chris and places her hand on his shoulder, "Chris, I…"

"Don't touch me!" Chris says as he steps away from her, "I don't want anything to do with you anymore."

"I'm sorry." Bianca pleads, "Please…I love you."

"Let's go, Laylah." Chris says unaffectedly as he walks to his family.

Laylah waves her hand at Bianca as a bright light surrounds her and she disappears from sight. Laylah looks at Laura and then the children.

"The sisters should be back any second now. They must be informed immediately." Laylah says.

Laura nods as she grabs Mellie and Tricia's hands. With a wave of her hand, a blinding white light fills the cave and everyone disappears from sight.

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Chaos had swept through the Halliwell Manor as debris fell from the walls, ceilings and the like whenever the ground tremored underneath. Billie paces back and forth nervously awaiting for word on either the Charmed ones or Laura in order to ease her nerves, but she knew that no matter which one came first, good news was not going to accompany either one of them.

Wyatt, Chris, Mellie, Tricia and Laura appear in the center of the living room, amidst the falling debris and the chaos that surrounded them.

"Oh, my God." Mellie looks around, "What happened here?"

"You tell me!" Billie spouts angrily, "Why do I get the feeling that you guys had something to do with this."

"Hey, in all fairness, it wasn't us, per se. More like Wyatt…" Tricia says but Mellie shoots her an angry scowl, "What? It is…"

"Laura?" Billie says with desperation in her voice, "What are they talking about?"

"Abaddon was behind it all. He sent the sisters on a wild goose chase into the past just so he can lure Wyatt to open the Ark for him to take the Ouroboros." Laura explains.

"Did he succeed?" Billie asks.

"Look around and tell me what you think." Laura answers.

"What do we do now?" Billie asks.

"I don't know why you keep throwing this 'we' word around like we broke the sigil or whatever." Tricia says.

"No one asked you to come with us." Chris argues. "Matter of fact, you guys insisted when I objected."

"Way to make yourself look like the innocent one, Chris." Mellie argues back, "You were involved in this as much as we were."

The ground shakes and everyone in the room scrambles to hold onto something solid until the tremors die down. A brief silence followed after the last tremor until the children began to quarrel amongst each other. Billie runs her fingers through her hair and bites her lip nervously. Piper, Phoebe and Paige appear into the living room, aghast at the sight of their ancient ancestral home. In an effort to gain their attention, Piper places two fingers in her mouth and lets out a loud whistle, which accomplishes the purpose she sought out to do: gain the attention and grant the silence she wanted.

"Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on?" Phoebe asks.

"You won't believe what your children just did." Billie says as she folds her arms.

"Children?" Tricia scoffs, "More like Wyatt."

"What do you mean?" Paige asks.

"All of this, the earthquake, the meteors, the sinkholes, everything." Laura says.

"Wyatt?!" Piper says as calmly as possible, "What did you do?"

"Mom…" Wyatt finally musters the strength to say as tears form and fall from his eyes, "I'm so sorry."

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As the city of San Francisco came out of the darkness of night, the brightness of the Sun on the horizon did nothing to show the beauty of the city as it usually did. Instead, it highlighted the severity of the casualties suffered the hours prior to sunrise. The entire city looked like a battle ground laid to waste. The usually neatly folded newspapers were scattered across the streets of the city, the cars were either blackened by the flames or flipped upside down by the disasters. The grass on the lawns were dead and the streets were filled with cracks and potholes. The Halliwell Manor didn't exude the peaceful aura it usually presented when the rays of the sun hit it. The ominous feeling could not be seen but the feeling sent shivers down the spine of those who walked up and down the stairs leading to the front door.

Within the Manor, the television can be heard announcing the chaos and the natural disasters that rocked the entire world. Phoebe shuts of the television with the remote and walks into the sunroom where Paige can be seen standing among the debris with the Book of Shadows in her hands. She looks around and chants:

"Let the object of objection become but a dream
As I cause the seen to be unseen…"

White swirls and blue orbs fill the Manor as all the debris return to the ceiling. The chandelier orbs upwards and hangs freely above. The grandfather's clock is magically repaired and all the cracks and chaos is reversed instantaneously.

"Nice." Phoebe says as she walks into the room with a cup of coffee in her hand, "I have to say the Vanishing spell is your favorite spell."

"We have history together so I can admit to that." Paige says with a smile.

"Where's Piper?" Paige asks.

"Locked in her room." Phoebe answers, "I think she feels like this is her fault."

"No, it's not." Paige says.

"Well, tell her that." Phoebe says as she takes a sip of her coffee and looks around, "This place looks better now. Much better."

"I wish I could do the same thing for the entire city." Paige says with a sigh.

"The city? More like the entire world." Phoebe says as she takes a sip of coffee, "Japan was hit with a tsunami and submerged neighboring islands underwater. Moscow is buried in a tundra, same goes for Canada and most of New England. The world is falling apart out there."

"All because Wyatt opened a chest?" Paige says, "I don't get it."

"It is more than a chest." Laylah says as she walks into the sunroom and joins the ladies, "It is the chest the housed the secrets of the universe. The powers and weapons that could reset the world and life if need be."

"You mean like to destroy it entirely?" Paige asks.

"Exactly. That's the purpose of the apocalypse. It is meant to reset the universe in case of emergency, so to speak. We always came close with Pompeii, Vesuvius, and the World Wars 1 and 2. Those events were usually isolated to certain cities or countries in order to restart but this is different. Abaddon is trying to wipe the world clean and start over and create everything as if he is God himself." Laylah explains, "And with the Ouroboros in his possession, he can."

"Maybe we can stop him this time." Phoebe says, "We were able to stop the Source from unleashing the Four Horsemen to end the world before, we can do it again."

"You didn't stop the Source last time." Laylah says, "Just because you persuaded him doesn't mean you stopped him. He called it off. It's not the same. This time, a sigil has been broken by Wyatt and it is irreversible."

"What do you mean by 'a sigil has been broken'?" Paige asks.

"There are seven magical sigils that hold the grand design together. They are basically like the buttons and seams that keep a garment from unravelling. It takes a great evil or an evil doing to break a sigil. With every single sigil that breaks, time, space and everything the grand design holds together will fall apart and with that, the world as we know it will come to an end." Laylah explains.

"Great evil?" Phoebe questions, "Wyatt broke the sigil and he's not evil."

"He's not but Abaddon tempted the side of him that made him tap into it." Laylah explains, "We all have a little bit of evil inside us, the choice we make not do evil things and retain our conscience is what makes us good."

"So what are the other sigils so we can thwart Abaddon before he breaks the others?" Paige asks.

"The sigils are listed in the Ouroboros. Only Abaddon has those."

"So basically you're telling us that there's nothing we can do?" Paige asks.

"We will have to take whatever Abaddon dishes out and try to deal with it as it comes." Laylah says.

"I don't like this." Phoebe says, "I don't like feeling so helpless."

"Where do we go from here?" Paige asks.

"We have to prepare ourselves because believe it or not, Abaddon has begun the Dark War and we have to get ready to fight it with all that we've got or else we will lose everything and everyone we care about." Laylah explains.

Phoebe and Paige exchange a look of worry and concern and then look at Laylah. There was nothing else that could be said or done to ease their worries or quell their fears but this was it. They couldn't put their mind to it but they had a feeling that this battle was going to be different than the previous ones they had faced and they didn't know how to get ready for it. It would take everything they had to fight it and hopefully, they will come out victorious with no casualties this time. Hopefully…

FADE TO BLACK

END OF EPISODE

Guest Starring:

William Franklin Miller as Chris

Kristopher Simmons as Wyatt

Zackary Arthur as Junior

Alexandra Lenarchyk as Tricia

Piper Rock Elle as Paris

Natalie Amora as Paisley

Kristina Pimenova as Mellie

Tiffani Thiessen as Laura

Kaley Cuoco as Billie

Isabela Moner as Bianca

Lucy Gallina as Gabby

Josie Gallina as Penny

Geoff Stults as Sebastian

Sarah Jane Morris as Laylah

And

Hal Ozsan as Abaddon