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Chapter 6- An enemy

Avengers Compound

Steve and Paige entered as Natasha looked up at them in surprise.

"Hey Cap", Natasha greeted before turning to Paige. "Who're you?"

"Paige Matthews, honored to meet you Natasha Romanoff", Paige told Natasha respectfully as she took a seat, rubbing her head.

"What's going on?" Natasha asked the two of them.

"She was attacked by someone", Steve told Natasha. "And he seemed quite powerful."

He turned to Paige. "You know who he is?"

"No I don't, but I do know what", Paige said. "He was definitely a Darklighter."

"Ummm, still out of the loop here", Natasha raised her hand. "Why are you here and what is a Darklighter?"

"I'm a Witch, part of the Power of Three, the Charmed Ones, most powerful Witches destined to exist", Paige explained. "My sisters were gone due to what happened eight months ago so I'm the only one left."

"I'm sorry", Natasha said with genuine empathy for Paige in her eyes.

"It's okay, you didn't know", Paige assured Natasha.

"We met at the group support sessions", Steve explained to Natasha. "She told me her secret today as she wanted my help."

"Well, right on time since someone wants her dead", Natasha said as Steve sat down.

"This is weird though", Paige said, surprise coursing through. "I had a premonition."

"Premonition?" Steve asked.

"Yeah, of him killing me, right before it happened", Paige explained. "How did that happen?"

"Well, you're a Witch, right?" Natasha pointed out.

"Yeah, but we have one Power each, the three of us that is", Paige laid it down for the two of them. "Piper had control over molecules. She could slow stuff down enough to freeze it or accelerate it enough to combust."

"Wow!" Natasha said, clearly impressed by that.

"And Phoebe was the one with the premonitions", Paige continued. "I have telekinesis, of course due to being half-Whitelighter its combined with orbing, but you get what I mean."

"What's a Whitelighter?" Natasha asked.

"What's orbing?" Steve asked too.

"Orbing is what Whitelighter teleportation is called", Paige told Steve before turning to Natasha. "Whitelighters are guardian Angels for Witches, my mom was in love with hers."

"So your sisters were part-Whitelighter too?" Natasha asked.

"Oh no, my mom and her husband, with whom she had my sisters, parted ways, then she drifted to my Whitelighter, stuff happened, I was given up for adoption but then I found them after our oldest sister Prue was killed, end of story", Paige said, sighing.

"Right", Natasha said, processing all of it finally. "That's quite the story you have there."

"I know", Paige nodded. "And now I have Phoebe's powers too somehow, how?"

"What's a Darklighter exactly?" Steve then asked her.

"They are basically opposite to Whitelighter", Paige gave the explanation. "They kill Whitelighters to make Witches more vulnerable to evil attacks, and also mortals destined to become Whitelighters before they can 'earn their wings', so to speak."

"And their abilities?" Natasha inquired.

"They teleport via black orbs", Paige told them. "They have crossbows which can fire arrows that are coated with a poison lethal to Whitelighters and the Elders too. And they have a touch of Death to kill people too."

"Which means he could have killed me", Steve realized with a sigh.

"And what's an Elder?" Natasha then asked.

"They are Elder Whitelighters who guide younger ones and govern the forces of good, but they suck at their jobs, unlike you guys", Paige shrugged. "Basically, Higher Powers who are jerks, if you get me. Normal Whitelighters are good, Elders suck."

They nodded as Paige added. "Darklighters usually work for someone else though."

"So there may be someone above this guy", Steve said in realization.

"But why does he want you dead?" Natasha asked.

"I have no idea, I don't even know who he is beyond being a Darklighter", Paige said with a scoff, shaking her head. "Great, really great."

"Darklighter, that term makes no sense though", Natasha pointed out as Paige's eyes widened.

"Huh? Never thought about it that way but you're not wrong there", Paige agreed in realization.

Then there were orbs in front of them as now appeared a middle-aged woman in white robes, making Steve and Natasha jump up, Natasha aiming a gun.

"Who're you?" Steve asked.

"Sandra", Paige recognized her, now standing up. "She's an Elder."

"Right", Natasha lowered her gun.

"What are you doing here?" Paige asked Sandra with an edge to her voice as Sandra sighed.

"The Darklighter after you, his name is Rennek", Sandra revealed to them all. "He was an enemy of Leo Wyatt, his greatest enemy in fact."

"Right, so he hated Leo", Paige said.

"Yes, but Leo managed to defeat him, we thought he had been vanquished", Sandra told the group. "Until now."

"Why does he want to kill Paige?" Steve asked.

"He couldn't kill Leo", Sandra said. "Now all that's left is Paige, so he wants to kill Paige over his obsession with Leo."

"Great, real great", Paige scoffed, glaring angrily at Sandra. "You didn't do anything to stop Thanos. Unlike us, you knew, you never told us of him, and never tried to do anything about him either!"

"He was-"

"Don't make excuses!" Paige snapped. "All you have done is try to control our lives in whatever way you see fit, and you don't care how you ruin us in the process. Well, Thanos ruined your whole grand design, wonder what you have to say about that, huh?"

Sandra wanted to argue, but couldn't, because Paige was right. They really weren't good people, in spite of them pretending they were.

They were just higher powers who opposed evil higher powers due to their own agenda, which happened to align with the good people's agenda to some extent.

Didn't make them actual benevolent beings though, Sandra mused to herself bitterly. Thanos had shown them that.

"I'm sorry", Sandra simply said.

"Sorry won't bring them back", Paige snarled. "Not just my family, but half of humanity."

"Is this all you have to tell us?" Natasha asked Sandra.

"No", Sandra shook her head as she turned to Paige. "With your sisters gone, the Power of Three has become the Power of One, all of their powers are now inside you, though they are not as strong as they were in Piper and Phoebe."

"That's why I had a premonition, right?" Paige asked and got a nod.

"You must learn to master these powers", Sandra advised Paige. "Rennek is more powerful than other Darklighters because he has killed some other Witches and stolen their powers, he will be quite powerful."

"Okay", Paige shrugged. "Anything else?"

"No", Sandra shook her head and orbed away. "Good luck."

Paige sighed and sat back down, rubbing her head. "Well, this is nice, right? Now I have my sisters' powers, I have no idea how to use them, and there's a powerful Darklighter after me."

"You're not alone", Steve assured Paige, reaching out to hold her hand, and Paige, she grasped back too. "We are both with you here, you've got the two of us Paige."

"Yes, you do", Natasha agreed with a nod. "If Rennek is going to come after you though, you do need to learn how to master your sisters' powers quickly."

"How though?" Paige asked.

"Well, Piper had molecular control, right?" Natasha asked and got a nod. "Try to freeze me."

"What?"

"Try to freeze me."

"But I have no idea if I can do it, and I might blow you up by mistake", Paige pointed out. "That's too much of a risk."

"Fine", Natasha sighed and took out a pen instead. "Try to freeze this instead."

She then threw the pen up into the air as Paige pointed her hands outwards, but nothing happened as Natasha caught it on return.

"Well that sucks", Paige sighed.

"Don't worry, I think you can do it", Steve said as he stood up and walked beside Paige. "I may not have known you for long, but I do know, from what I just saw, that you are someone who cares about people, unlike Sandra, so if you try hard enough, you can do anything. Rennek will hurt other innocents to get to you, and I know you don't want that to happen no matter what."

Paige sighed, absorbing what he'd said, then looking at him commented. "You have a way with words, you know that?"

"See? I told you", Natasha told Steve from behind with a smirk as Steve sighed and chuckled.

"Let's try again then", Paige finally agreed, taking a deep breath to prepare herself.

"Here we go", Natasha said as she threw the pen up into the air once more, and this time, when Paige held out her hands, the pen managed to freeze.

"Oh my God! I did it!" Paige said, smiling, looking happy for the first time since Steve had seen her. "I did it!"

The pen unfroze and Natasha caught it as Paige said. "Piper was about this good when she first started."

"Which means its an improvement from your last try", Steve told her with a smile, patting her shoulder. "So I guess it's a good job."

"What could Phoebe do asides from premonitions?" Natasha inquired.

"Well, she had empathy powers", Paige explained to Natasha. "She could use people's emotions on them as well, and she could fly high as well, and also do what she called 'astral premonition' which is getting a vision of the future while astral projecting into it, but I doubt I can go that far so early. Piper too, her molecular combustion and disorganization, it will take a lot of time to master it."

"You're not wrong", Natasha agreed. "Asking you to be that good right now would be like asking Steve to become Hulk."

Steve chuckled and said. "But as good as you can get, let's try it out, plus, you know, knowing fighting helps."

"You mean, like you?" Paige asked.

"Yeah, like that", Steve nodded. "That and your magic combined can make you even better."

Then suddenly dark orbs appeared and Rennek was in the room with them. "Too bad you won't get the chance again."

He raised his crossbow when Natasha fired her gun, and he staggered back but was mostly unaffected. "Cute, real cute you know that?"

Rennek then waved his hand as Natasha was disarmed while Steve snarled. "You are so obsessed with a man that you are now trying to kill a family member of his months after his death?"

"That man ruined me!" Rennek snapped. "I took years to come back, if he is gone, then his only remaining family shall pay in his place!"

Rennek then fired a bolt at Paige but she orbed it. "Bolt!"

And then she hurled it back at Rennek who himself disappeared in black orbs before appearing behind them, and aimed again, but thinking quickly, Steve picked up the table and hurled it at him really fast, hitting him and sending him flying back by a few feet as he fell to the ground and groaned.

Steve then marched to him as Rennek formed a sword out of the shadows and swung at Steve with a roar as Steve jumped back to avoid, then leaned back to avoid another swing before leaning sideways to avoid a forwards thrust, and leaping in the air, did a flip and spin kick, sending Rennek back again as he landed.

He then backed to avoid another swing from Rennek as a chair was shattered, followed by a table, before Steve did a cartwheel to avoid the next swing and kicked Rennek's hand, disarming him, and then he pushed both feet at Rennek's face, sending him back once more.

Rennek roared in anger and took out his crossbow again, about to fire, when Paige held out her hands, and managed to freeze Rennek.

"Come on", Natasha said as Rennek looked like he was fighting through her freezing, and eventually, he freed himself but Steve decked his face, sending him crashing back once more as he groaned.

Growling, he got up and disappeared in dark orbs.

They looked around and realized he was gone as Steve said. "Good job Paige."

"You too", Paige told him.

"He'll be back", Natasha said, looking around at the mess. "We'll have to be ready."

"Paige", Steve asked as she turned to him. "Can you be ready?"

Paige, up till now, had stopped using her magic because it reminded her of her family, but seeing she had her sisters' powers, it felt like a piece of them was alive inside of her, and now she knew, there were people who did need her, evil would always be around.

"I have something that can help."

Paige was back in her dirty apartment, and opened the closet, taking out a book, and she dusted it before blowing to remove any remaining dust.

The Book of Shadows was now in perfect condition.

And there ya go. So Rennek is from the Charmed comics, hope his motivations made sense.

Now of course it might seem a little rushed here with Paige but hope my explanation for it made sense.

Sandra I found slightly more reasonable and compassionate than the other Elders, only slightly, so I used her here.

So Witch Paige is back, and next chapter shall be some exciting stuff.

Hope all enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter.