Author's Note: Just a few more chapters to go now, I hope you all enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 21 He's a man first and Twice Blessed Second.
"Come to us,"
"Come to us,"
"Come to us,"
"Come to us,"
"Make us one, find the other piece," These voices have been plaguing young George these past few nights as he tries to sleep, while Wyatt and Chris share the double bed the older boys are sound asleep. The boy is lucky to catch two hours of sleep on the floor is an old sleeping bag. Bianca is dealing with some family business. The boy swears the calling voices get louder just before he's about to doze off. Having enough of the voices, George gets out of the sleeping bag quietly and leaves the room. George sees the now four-fifths of Cronus' Sundial, which they managed to acquire in the past few days with the help of Davina and Zelena. Chris spent most of his time putting as many protection spells possible to shield and cloak the pieces from their enemies. The way Chris decided to protect the pieces was rather complex, he didn't just want to use spells to protect the pieces. At least not using spells most people would expect him to use. He decided to mix his knowledge of ancient magic with modern magic. The first thing he did was create the Triquetra the symbol which represents the Warren bloodline the Charmed Ones specifically the boys' mother and her sisters. Then he followed by using blessed salt to draw a pentagram over the triquetra. In each pointer of the pentagram, Chris added a white crystal, they normally used to trap and hold demons. The crystals have dried blood over them not completely covering the crystals those. The blood used belongs to that of the brothers ensuring that only a Warren witch could bypass the protection spells. Chris also not wanting to risk George's connection to the pieces made it so, George could only add a sundial fraction into the centre not take one out. As for the cloaking spell, he used one that switches the magic signatures of their fractions of the sundial with the closet powerful artefact or induvial close to the seeker's location.
"Come forward," George heard, he sees the pieces glisten the sight of them was already George's main focus. His eyes couldn't focus on anything but the said pieces. George walks over to the dining table, he goes to touch the pieces. But an invisible barrier becomes visible shocks his hand making him move his hand back and let out a hiss.
"Use your gift, reverse what has been done,"
"Reverse what has been done," George repeated, now only having one goal one desire, nothing else mattered. Still holding his hand out his eyes glowed silver for a brief second. George really had no idea what he was doing or how he was doing it. The barrier which shocked George and became visible when George tried to pick up one of the pieces. The barrier gave off a spark again in George's direction before hiding itself once more. The crystal to George's right glowed brightly three times reversing its blessing and enchantment which Chris placed on it. The blood on said crystal starts to go from being drying to as if it had just dropped onto the crystal.
"GEORGE!" A voice shouted, the boy couldn't recognise it, he then felt his hand which he is holding out to the table being grabbed and someone almost jumping in front of him breaking him from his trance and his concentration on the crystal.
"Bianca, when did you get back?" George asked confused at the sight of the Phoenix Witch.
"Just in time apparently, what the hell were you trying to do," Bianca responds.
"I don't know, I was hearing voices telling me to come to the pieces," George explains.
"And you decided to listen to those pieces," Bianca said.
"I can't explain it, each fraction constantly called out to me with thousands of voices," George says.
"Then you should have ignored the voices!" Bianca snapped, "And told one of us,"
"You try having thousands of voices telling you the same thing over and over twenty-four-seven getting louder on a night. Having your body feel like it's burning from the inside when you're so close to it." George responds.
"We need to wake up, Chris and Wyatt, you probably messed up the protection spell badly," Bianca spoke.
Waking the older boys went smoothly. But things afterwards really didn't. George found himself having the same lecture three times. He could probably repeat everything said perfectly.
"You've weakened the protection spells, greatly. How did you even do that, you're still on the basics of witchcraft?" Chris asks.
"I'm not sure how I did it, it was like as if I was merely the puppet and someone or something else was leading me," George answered.
"Why does everything we face when it comes to magic get more sinister," Wyatt complained.
"The universe loves to throw bad luck at us, simple," Chris said.
"Can you fix it?" George spoke up.
"With a little time, this is interesting there no magic signature on the crystal you neutralised," Chris commented.
"So," Wyatt and George say.
"So, in normal cases, when something magical is neutralised, the original magic signature doesn't fade away completely there still a trace of it. However, whatever you did to that crystal has erased the original magic signature completely," Chris explains.
"That shouldn't be possible," Bianca said, "Wait, whatever George was doing at some point the blood on the crystal went from being dried to as if the blood just dropped onto it,"
"So, he used Molecular Reversion then while under some freaky trance," Wyatt assumes.
"It's possible, we don't really know a lot about that power since very few possessed Mom had it briefly when she went into the Nexus of the All. Or at least, he used a power very similar to it," Chris replied.
"So, what are we saying the pieces of the sundial, can temporarily hypnotise a vessel of Cronus?" George asks.
"Probably the only explanation," Wyatt answered.
"One thing is certain, you can't be alone in the apartment by yourself at any time, the pieces could try and compel you to break the spells and enchantments again," Bianca says.
"Babysat at sixteen, I really am a special case," George muttered.
"Things could be worse," Chris said.
"How?" George asked.
"You could have a bedtime," Wyatt teased.
"Point taken," George replies.
Meanwhile, back at the Order's base in the Underworld, Parker, as well as Xander and their leader, are still in the private chamber off-limits to almost every other member. Parker is sat inside the centre of a drawn pentagram made from chalk. Parker is chanting a spell in Latin, her eyes closed focusing only on her aim.
"How long has been at this for?" The leader asks.
"A good few hours now," Xander answered just after the demon said that Parker's eyes shoot open and she lets out a loud chuckle.
"What is it?" The leader asked.
"Checkmate Wyatt Matthew Halliwell," Parker chuckled as she got to her feet and left the chalk-drawn pentagram.
"What about the Twice Blessed?" Xander asks.
"He's the Halliwell brother, we're going to use to get the other pieces and to restore Cronus' Sundial, oh the irony the sweet irony, he's not so invincible after all," Parker answered with a wicked smile.
"What do you have in mind Parker?" The leader questions.
"Listen closely everything must go according to plan no room for errors," Parker tells her leader and her lover. The plan was perfect this opportunity was something neither of the trio could have imagined.
Wyatt wasn't sure what exactly happened one minute, he was making a pot of coffee at Chris and Bianca's apartment. The next thing he knew he found himself standing in an alleyway or at least his consciousness or perhaps his astral self. He quickly found himself in a state of horror as he sees Elijah Summers, his ex-husband the husband he gave up protecting the mortal. The one who's memories he erased and altered being savagely attacked by demons.
"LET HIM GO!" Wyatt shouted alerting the demons to his presence, he makes a hand gesture towards the demon. But to his surprise, nothing happens. The demons then shimmer away with an unconscious Elijah. "Elijah no," The leader of the order than flames in before Wyatt.
"He is rather handsome," The demon taunted.
"What do you want with him?" Wyatt demanded.
"He is merely a pawn in a large game of chess, you can save him hand over your four pieces of Cronus' Sundial and we won't submit him to pain worse than death," The demon answered.
"He has nothing to do with this," Wyatt snapped.
"Of, course, he does through you, just how you're involved because your mother conceived the vessel," The demon responds. "Just use this to get to our base and hand over your pieces or he will suffer a simple trade. And come alone or he will pay the price," The demon then hands Wyatt a large black coin. Seconds later, Wyatt's astral self is returned to his body.
The twice blessed recovers on the kitchen floor, he can feel the black coin on his left hand's palm. He gets to his feet and sees no sign of Bianca and his brothers in living room/kitchen. This couldn't be happening he cast that damn spell to protect Elijah and it failed. He should feel conflicted, but he didn't need time to make up his answer he is the Twice Blessed, he will save Elijah even if he has the risk their pieces of the sundial. Wyatt puts the coin in one of his jean pockets. Wyatt goes into Chris' room and quickly finds an old sports bag and is surprised to see George lying on the bed on top of the covers.
"What are you doing in here?" Wyatt questions.
"Chris suggested I should try and catch up on some sleep, and someone whose name that won't be mentioned decided to hog all the coffee," George answers.
"We couldn't have coffee at sixteen, you're no different," Wyatt says.
"I resent that, I was drinking coffee since I was nine," George protested. "Wait, why do you need some old sports bag?"
"That explains a lot besides maybe a caffeine detox will do you some good. Plus, while you're under my roof you live by my rules," Wyatt said as he unzipped the sports bag.
"Caffeine is nothing but a myth and it's not your roof," George responded.
"I haven't got time for this. We have three rules one do not expose magic, two don't abuse magic and three listen to the Twice Blessed or find one of my boots up your behind," Wyatt snipped, the eldest then leaves the room, George suspicious follows after him.
"Wait, what do you mean you haven't got time for this? And you all agreed, I can't be alone around those pieces. Bianca and Chris will kill me then try and kill you for leaving me alone," George pointed out, then it hit the boy when he sees Wyatt walk over to the pieces. "Oh no, Wyatt you can't be serious, you can't take the pieces out of the pentagram, you're putting everyone at risk!" Wyatt turned to face the boy.
"If I don't, I'll be putting Elijah's wellbeing at stake and I won't not again," Wyatt snapped.
"Elijah, I thought you cloaked him from all supernatural beings," George responded.
"I did and our enemy found him somehow, I'm taking the pieces, to get to Elijah and when I see Elijah, I'll vanquish the demons and come back with both the pieces and Elijah," Wyatt says.
"Call Chris and get help," George suggested.
"I'm already wasting time," Wyatt said dropping the sports bag onto the floor, he then snaps his fingers casting a silent spell putting George to sleep, he makes sure to catch George before he could fall to the ground. He then takes George back into the bedroom and tucks him into the bed and returns to the living room. Picking the sports bag back up he chucks the four-fifths of the sundial; they have in the sports bag and zips it closed. Just then Bianca and Chris shimmer and orb back into the apartment. Not missing a beat, Wyatt puts the two other adults asleep. He then finally, pulls the coin the demon gave him out of the pocket, the coin glows floating out of his hand and it transforms into a circular portal, that the Twice Blessed entered the portal which closes after him.
End of chapter 21.