Screams were heard across the factory. Monsters of every kind were fighting to the death. Family, friends, comrades. None mattered at all.
The werewolf screams as he killed the dragon. Usually a win like this would demand attention, but at the moment no one cared.
The scientists nod as they wrote down their notes.
"Demon. Angel."
They watch as the two went head to head. They were fighting with nothing but their hands, since their powers were bounded, after a few minutes, the angel shouts in victory.
"What's next."
"Leviathan, god."
Murphy was watching in secret. He knew if he was caught, his career/his life was over. He already gave his notice, but he had make sure he took his notes. Just in case. Luckily he had a photographic memory. Damn the Leviathan was stronger than a god. He quickly left, making sure he avoided every camera, even the hidden ones. What was happening here, it was unnatural. Good thing he left, the leviathan broke out of the enclosure and ate the screaming scientists.
Castiel was typing on the computer. Paige was away and he was doing her work. He didn't mind, he liked the extra responsibility, reminded him of Heaven. Up there he had responsibilities, like keeping an eye on the Winchester bloodline.
He smiled thinking about Dean. How they met. It was years ago, it was like meeting an old friend, he knew him as Walter in his past life. Hannah teased him about his crush on Walter, it was just like Ishim with that human Lily. But as much as he liked Walter, it was Dean that he liked the most. He knew Dean was the one, him and Sam would be responsible for changing the world. How, he didn't know.
Castiel looked at Paige's calendar. A party? A farewell party for Dex and Jo. Plus a party for Phoebe as well. Sounded fun, but without Jack, it wouldn't be the same. But he would be there for Claire, she kept talking about the party all week. Hearing his personal phone ringing, he answered it.
"Hello?"
"Cas?"
"Hello Jenna." He smiled, she always brought a smile to his face. After a minute, he shook his head. "Why didn't Dean call me? I see." He always knew Dean was stubborn. "I'll ask Claire if she can substitute for me, she knows this job as well as I do. What about you? Okay, say hello to your family. I'll be catching a flight and meet Dean. Bye."
Lincoln, Nebraska
Bobby was standing outside his car when he saw the Impala. He didn't expect Sam, he knew he was on his way to California. But when he saw who Dean was with, he waved.
"Cas, Dean."
"Bobby."
"Hello, Bobby." Cas always had a soft spot for the gruff hunter.
"What's going on?" He looked around. "Is Sam with you?" Ever since he got back from Scotland, he spent his days looking for Sam. He even called his wife, she said she didn't hear anything, but was overjoyed to hear he was safe. He was determined to find Sam, even if it meant he couldn't be with his wife. Jenna was in Boston with her family.
"He's okay." Once he filled Dean in, Dean turned around to leave. Bobby grabbed his arm.
"Bobby, let go!" Dean ordered. Sam was alive. How, Dean didn't care. He needed to see Sam for himself, to make sure he was okay.
"We have a case."
"I don't care." Sam. Dean needed to see him.
"Please, I could really use your help."
"Dean. Bobby needs you. I came here to assist you."
"Call Rufus. He knows his stuff." Dean was getting in his Impala. Castiel knocked on the window.
"Dean. I promise Sam is okay. I been watching him for decades. He's fine." That made Dean look up.
"Explain Cas." Once Castiel told his story to a befuddled Bobby and a stone faced Dean, Dean turned off his engine.
"So your saying, keeping Sam in a ice box kept him alive?"
"You told us, I mean Walter knew it was the only way. Time travel, it is dangerous to use. Sam, Tempus, Chrono, they would have ripped the space time continuum. We couldn't send Sam back, so he agreed to be frozen. My friend and comrade, she agreed to watch over Sam. And yes, I came down to Earth to keep an eye on him from time to time."
Dean stared straight ahead. Sam, his brother. Walter kept him alive. Dean knew he would have done the same thing. He didn't really believe in reincarnation, but if what Cas said was true, then he would do anything to protect his great grandson. He wondered if Walter knew Sam was related to him.
"Well, then. Where's Sam?"
"He wanted to see his wife. He was pretty insistent on leaving. I doubt you could have stopped him."
Dean knew Sam. He loved his brother, but his wife was his world. He would want to protect her.
"Fine. Bobby, tell me all about this Academy."
Dean couldn't believe it. A dead family. Not from demons, but from either starvation or dehydration.
"What a way to go."
"The cicadas. They only appear in large numbers when something is wrong." Castiel kept staring at the bugs.
"Bugs warn humans? I thought they were there to feed on the dead." Bobby never seen so many in large numbers.
"They were." A man with a southern accent says walking in with his wife. Both were holding guns.
"Issac? Tamara?" Bobby couldn't believe it.
Dean was looking around their house.
"You into voodoo?" He seen the potions around the Charmed ones, but this was very old school.
"Voodoo is a very old practice, its been around for centuries." Castiel was looking around the room.
"Your angel knows his stuff." Tamara was glad her and her husband had help, she knew this was too much for them. "So how long were you human?" She knew a few angels, but Castiel was the first one that willingly clipped his wings.
"A few years." Castiel missed it, but if he had to choose, obeying orders from New Michael, or being with his family, he'll gladly stay down here as a mortal.
"Hmph. I wouldn't fall. Having wings, it would make our job easier." Isaac grunted.
"Believe me you won't want that." Dean thought most angels were dicks. Especially Douchebag.
"Anyways, why didn't you two call? If it wasn't for those articles online, we wouldn't be here." Bobby kept an eye on anything unusual, he read every article that talked about the supernatural. He had to make sure, like coming here. There were signs of the Apocalypse.
"We could handle ourselves. Listen, I'm glad to see you again Bobby, but we got this." Issac heard the demon that killed his daughter was in town.
"You sure about that? This isn't just an ordinary demon attack." Dean picked up a wooden stick, but when Tamara took it out of his hands, he raised his eyebrows at her.
"It's personal." Isaac refused to share any details. He and and his wife were ready. They had tons of weapons and spells, like the Palo Santo wood. They were planning on torturing that demon they were after. "You can take your vehicles and leave town."
"Look, I know you guys are looking for answers about your daughter." Poor girl, she was barely in her teens. Bobby met her once, she was a sweet kid.
"She's in Heaven, she is happy."
"Not know Cas." Dean scolded.
"Look, I appreciate the help, but we got this."
Once Bobby left with Dean and Castiel, Tamara demanded why he didn't ask for their help.
"They are great hunters! The angel, he could have told us the demon's name!"
"This is our fight! We don't need outside help." Isaac insisted.
Outside, a young woman was watching the house. She wasn't alone, her boss was with her.
The demon known as Envy was walking around the shop. He was looking for new students, the new semester was about to start. Unlike Gluttony, he was choosy on who to pick. Spying a young woman, he walks towards her.
"Those shoes are beautiful aren't they?" Green high heels how fitting.
Bobby, Dean and Castiel were taking notes and hour later. A young woman was beaten to death for a pair of shoes.
"Cas, what to you think?" Cas seemed so quiet these days. Especially today.
Jack. After what Dean told him, Castiel had to find him. He had that telescope, he'll start there. Seeing fingers he looked up.
"Ask Bobby." Castiel, he may have to turn in his notice soon.
"Thank you." Bobby hung up his cell.
"Well?" Dean asked impatiently. He just finished talking to a witness. She was cute and kept flirting with Dean, with Dean lightly flirting back. He wasn't interested, he was taken, but she told him a lot of info.
"She just really wanted those shoes." Bobby had a theory, but he needed more proof. "Let's get back."
"Why are we here?" The woman demanded.
"You just follow my orders."
"Yes sir." She didn't have a choice. Even without the knife, he could easily kill her. She had no choice but to follow the hunters.
Later outside a bar, Dean and Bobby were sitting in Bobby's car.
"Can't believe Cas left town. We could have really used his help."
"Never mind Cas, there's that guy." Walter Rosen was walking in a bar.
"Then what are we waiting for!" Dean swore when Bobby pulled him back in. "The hell! You asked me for help, and you're stopping me?"
"This isn't your typical demon hunt. Something's up." It's been a few days, but Bobby's research showed him what he suspected. "Remember that Academy?"
"What, wait. You mean that guy is a teacher?" Dean couldn't believe it. But he remembered that wrestling match in Chicago. Those wrestlers were demon hybrids.
"It led me here. We can't come in all half cocked. Even your witchy friends had trouble with them." Bobby watched that same match on TV. He couldn't believe it. Those women won despite having no magic.
"Yeah, Sis and Prue barely made it out." He was willing to dive in the ring to save them both, but when they won him and Sam cheered their heads off. Sam, Dean never seen him so proud. He hated to say this, but Piper could kick his ass.
"Dammit." Bobby saw Tamara and Isaac walking in.
Tamara had a bad feeling. She begged her husband to call Bobby. He refused.
"This is our only shot." He knew the demons were about to move on. "The one that killed our girl, he's in there." Isaac was determined to kill him. He waited long enough. "Ladies first."
"So you're not going to do it?" She asked.
"Not yet." He wasn't ready. "You're lucky I pulled you out of Hell." He smirked at the woman. "You're no Ruby, but you'll do." He hands her a weapon. "Prove yourself. You waited long enough."
Tamara screams as she watched the blood pour out of his mouth from the acidic cleaner.
"Issac!" She couldn't believe they walked in a trap. The Seven. Her grandmama warned her, she used to attend that Academy back in England when she was young. The Seven were formidable foes.
The demons laugh. When the door broke down, all looked up.
"Look. More recruits." Wrath couldn't believe it. "Winchester." He knew his ancestor, he was the one to kill him before he was sent to Hell. He became Wrath due to the resentment he felt when he was killed. "I can't wait to have you in my class."
Envy, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, Pride, Greed smirked. They waited long enough.
Dean didn't come here unprepared. He threw down a bomb.
"Close your eyes!" He ordered.
The demons scream as the Holy Light blinded and burned them. Grabbing the nearest demon, Dean threw him into Bobby's trunk.
"Go, go, go!" He ordered Bobby.
Back at Tamara's and Issac's house, Tamara was screaming that they abandoned Isaac.
"There's nothing we could have done." Bobby knew it was too late for Isaac. "He's gone." He walked up to Dean. "That thing. Where did you get that?" Bobby never seen anything like it.
"A friend gave it to me." Ruby, she and Castiel handed Dean one of their weapons. A bomb carrying the Power of Heaven. Ruby said it was useless to her, as a demon she'll be killed if she tried to use it. Castiel, she always carried a few bombs, it was used when the angels invaded Hell. Since most demons were extinct, she had no use for the leftovers and gave Dean her stock. He had a ton, those bombs were tiny.
"You have to give me a few. Just show me how to use them."
"No problem.'' He had lots, although Castiel warned him to use them sparingly. He looked at Envy. "Ready to talk?"
Envy smirked.
"You humans think you know. You see me, an evil demon. Yeah, so what? Even if you exorcise or kill me, another will appear, its human nature. Hell didn't create me, you did." He laughed at Tamara. "Wrath. You husband is rotting meat."
Tamara screamed as she punched him, Bobby and Dean had to hold him back.
"See." He cracked his jaw. "You want the truth? Might as well, War is coming."
"We know." Dean was getting sick of the reminders.
"Your God, He is afraid. As He should be."
"And?" Dean was staring at him with annoyance.
"I'm a teacher. I teach damned souls to fight. You, all of you will be fighting side by side with us. Go ahead. Either send me back, or kill me. It doesn't matter.''
"Tamara!"
"Issac!" Tamara teared up.
Dean looked at the demon. Remembering what he heard from his friends, he had a idea. He nodded to Bobby. Bobby took Tamara's arm and led her away.
"Isaac! He's calling my name!" She knew, he was dead. But his cries. She needed to see him.
Once they left, Dean started chanting.
"What are you doing?" Envy demanded.
"The Great Seven? Hope you enjoy each other's company."
Tamara was crying, but she knew what she had to do.
"Will this work?"
"I don't know." What Envy said, the Seven Sins will always be around. But with them gone, it will take a very long time before the next generation comes. "We can take most of them. However, Pride. Tamara, don't let Pride defeat you." He remembered the story Sam told him. Prue, her and Pride were one. Even the demon that held their essences was a slave.
"R.I.P Buddy." Poor bastard was burnt out from the inside. Dean already had his lighters. "One down, six to go." He walked to Bobby and Tamara. "You two ready?"
They both nod, they had their devils traps ready.
"Lets do this."
Tamara runs out to confront Gluttony who who was possessing her husband, knowing she couldn't kill him, she stabs him with her wooden weapon. She then uses her supernatural handcuffs to contain him.
Bobby backs away in fear when confronted by Sloth. He then smirks at him.
"Lazy and stupid isn't the way to go son." He then throws down Dean's Holy Bomb.
Dean found himself in a room with the rest of the demons. Pride, he wasn't stupid, he destroys the devils trap Dean drew on the ceiling.
"You cannot defeat Pride. You of all people should know that."
The door breaks down and a young woman wearing a hood, mask and sunglasses runs in with a weapon.
"You gotta be kidding. They sent you? What happened to Ruby?" Greed demanded.
She throws down a bomb after screaming at Dean to set his trap.
"Haec peccata in aeterna carcere." Dean chanted. (Trap these sins in their eternal prison.)
The demons scream as they all went in Dean's box. Before he can do anything, she grabs the box and runs out.
"Hey!" She quickly jumps out the window and runs out. "Hey! Fuck!" Dean could only watch helplessly as she runs away with the box.
The next morning, the three hunters watch as they burnt the bodies of all the hosts of the Seven Sins. Isaac, Tamara's husband was having his own funeral, he was religious and wanted Tamara to have a traditional funeral with his cremation per his request. A witch doctor they knew was coming by later that day to perform the rites.
"So this masked woman comes in throws the same bomb you had, and takes off with your box? Why?"
"I don't know." Dean wanted them contained, he was hoping someone could send them far away from any humans. He wanted them to suffer for eternity tormenting each other.
"Hmph. That box. Where did you get that? Why not kill them?"
"It was Daniel's. The demons he thought was too dangerous to return to Hell, he wanted them contained instead. He made it that it was impossible to escape or break out. The box, it was only meant to be opened by him and him only."
"And the girl? She had the same bomb you had. A demon cannot use it."
''Yet the demons knew her. No demon can handle Heaven's Power. Why she would want the Seven Sins, I don't know. Anyways, if I'm done here, I need to see Sam."
"I understand. I'm gonna stay with Tamara, she needs a friend right now."
"See you later Bobby."
"Take care Dean."
"You have the box?"
"Yes sir. He had it, just like you said."
"Good."
"Why take them?"
"Your job is done."
"Yes sir."
The woman watches as he walks away. As grateful as she was for getting out of her prison, she didn't know why he chose her for his work. He warned her to stay away from any demons.
She sighed. She didn't ask for any of this.
"I should have stayed home." She just had to know the world's secrets. She almost wished she was back in Hell, at least down there, things stayed the same.
Piper woke up with a huge migraine. Ugh. How much did she have to drink last night?
"Morning!" Billie chirped.
"Fuck off."
"Sorry." Billie said in a slightly wounded voice. "I made coffee." She gets shoved away by Piper. "I see you're busy, I'm heading out. School starts soon, and I need to get ready with supplies. See ya!"
A hung over Piper was drinking her coffee when the door slammed.
"God. It's late." She grumbled.
"Good morning!" Paige was glowing.
"You're happy." Piper grunted.
"Why shouldn't I be? The sun's shining, it's a beautiful day, and I am a great mood." Paige was smiling as she poured a cup of coffee.
"Considering the way Charles dumped you, I thought you'll be moping around getting fat." Piper said in a mean tone.
"Ha. Ha. Remind me to laugh. Nothing will ruin my mood today." Paige couldn't wait. She was getting married this weekend. Charles will fall in love all over again with her. Just have to be Jessica just for a few more days. "I'm going shopping. Wedding shopping."
"Even after all that, you are still going to the wedding? You're brave. I couldn't face all that judgment."
"You know Sam will be home again. Yeech. Watching you smack lips. Gross."
"Trust me, we'll be doing more than that."
"Good luck. No way am I'm sticking around for that. See ya."
Once Paige left, Piper poured another cup. Just then Phoebe walked in looking disheveled.
"You're home late." Piper tells her not looking up.
"Just came home to change." Phoebe needed a new lawyer outfit. Her two friends were waiting outside.
"How was the reunion?"
"The police broke it up."
"Mine wasn't any better. Bikers crashed ours."
"Then our reunions weren't bad after all." Paula Marks. She was ruined. She went upstairs to change.
"FYI, Prue's home."
"Good for her. Say hi for me."
"Will do."
Once Phoebe was changed, she smiled at her glamoured self. Rick wasn't gonna believe seeing them after all this time. Once she changed, she hurries outside.
"About time!" Owen was getting impatient. "I look like a old man!" A glamoured Owen hated his salt and pepper coloured hair. "I look like my dad."
Ramona laughs.
"I look sophisticated." She loved her blonde hair and skinny body. "Can I keep this?"
"We'll see. Let's say hi to Rick. Then afterwards TP Baker." Phoebe hated that school.
"Hell yeah!" Owen couldn't wait.
"Then we'll sneak into the hottest clubs afterwards." Ramona waited long enough. "Lotta hot guys out there."
Prue watches from the window as her sister drove off. Its been so long since she saw Phoebe that young. At least she was having fun. Paige was getting hitched, as for Piper, Prue was keeping an eye on her. Her own heart wasn't dark anymore, but empty. She looks towards the turkey in the cage. Prue will return her to normal, but not before erasing everyone's memory.
Rick Gittridge was sitting in his cell looking bored.
'Hey Scumbag! Your lawyers are here!'
"My lawyers? I have more than one?" No way. "There must be some mistake."
"You tell me, a worthless stain such as yourself? You must have some powerful friends."
Phoebe was nervous as heck. It's been years. She didn't mind her red haired look, but it was too ordinary. She smiled when the door opened.
"You three are my lawyers?" He felt uneasy. There was something off about them.
"Here." The Co dumps Rick into a chair. Once he left, Rick waits for them to talk.
"Well? Can you get me out?" He was confused when they laughed. "What's so funny?"
"Deborah" talks first.
"Rick, remember a Paula Marks at Baker High?"
"Who?"
"You know, Homecoming Queen junior year. She and you." 'David' chimes in.
"That skank? She was a good lay, she made Homecoming a good night." Rick smiles as the memory. "What about her?"
"She had your kid." 'Candy" tells him.
Rick snorted.
"She went around. Whoever jizzed inside of her, it's not mine. Probably that football player she dated."
The red haired lawyer hands him an envelope.
"Here. A DNA test."
"The hell is this about?" As he opens the envelope. "Fuck me. I'm a dad? Huh." He looks up. "Where's my kid?" A kid he never knew was out there. Judges eat the long lost father story.
"He was adopted." Who cares? Phoebe just wanted to have fun. Besides, Rick deserved to know.
"You came all the way out here to tell me my kid is out there?" He slams his fists on the table. "Then the hell do you want with me?" He jumps back as the lawyers changed. "No. No. Get...Get the hell away from me."
"What? We just wanted to say hi." Phoebe laughs at his face. Good thing she sabotaged the cameras and recording equipment.
"Take it easy Rick. It's just us!" Owen was smiling.
Ramona waves a shy wave. When the door opened, in a panic, Rick grabs his chair and slams the patrol officer with it, knocking him out.
"The hell! What's wrong with you!" Phoebe scolded.
"You tell me!"
"It was Phoebe's idea! She knows magic!" Owen panics.
"Magic?" He stares at Phoebe. This had so many possibilities. "Okay. I'm in charge now. You want to keep your secret? Get me outta here." He takes off the officer's uniform. "Come on!"
Paige twirls in her wedding dress.
"Dress. Check. Veil. Got it. Nose, boob and butt lift? Check." Figures. "Feels like she hit the lipo machine as well." What a fake. Paige had nothing done. It was all natural. She smiled at her fiance. "Bad luck to see the bride before the wedding!" She playfully scolded.
"It's not till tomorrow. Besides, you know I don't give a rats ass about rules." He squeezes Jessica's waist. "I'm surprised to know you want to get married so quickly." Charles knew she wanted her whole family there.
"What of the apocalypse happens? Or I get a zit?" Paige swells in jealousy as Charles soothes her.
"Jess, I love you for who you are. Zit or no zit. As for the Apocalypse, then I don't regret anything." He kisses her neck. "I just came to tell you, the jet will be ready for our honeymoon right after the wedding."
"St Lucia? Hawaii?"
Charles looked confused.
"I thought you wanted to go to Paris."
''Paris is so overrated. I want something tropical."
"Your wish is my command." He kisses Paige and pulls away. "You seem different." Jessica's kiss, it felt like she was a different person.
''Well, after tomorrow, I won't be the same person anymore." She turns around and hugs him.
Charles hugged his fiancee back when she hugs him. Her hug, it didn't seem right. He shook himself.
"Well then. I'll let you be." He looks down. "Where's your ring?" Jessica's hand was bare.
Whoops! Paige was kicking herself for not grabbing her engagement ring out of Jessica's hand.
"I left it somewhere for safekeeping."
"Okay. I have an appointment with a priest, I'll see you later." He turns and walks out.
"Wait!"
"What?"
"Let's get married. Tonight." Paige wanted to wait, but fuck it.
"I thought you wanted to wait till tomorrow."
"No time like the present."
"Okay. I'll tell the priest."
"I already have your tux."
"Wow Jess, you thought of everything."
"Can't blame me." Paige had no time to lose.
"You are so weird. That's why I fell in love with you."
Paige was smiling, but inside she was fuming. He knew Paige was different, but chose Blondie instead? She'll see about that after the wedding.
Phoebe and her two friends were standing around awkwardly as Rick was ranting how he was framed.
"It was bullshit! Wrong place, wrong time. I was there to buy booze with my two friends. You guys know me." No way was letting go of his shotgun. "Now. I just heard a hot tip from jail. There's a armored car, both with rookies, they will be traveling near the docks."
"You're kidding." Phoebe deadpanned.
"Whoa. Rick. This is too much." Owen finally understood why Mark moved away.
"This was just a prank." Ramona wanted to go home.
"Listen. I won't kill them. I just want to start over. With my kid."
"Are you serious!" Phoebe couldn't believe it.
"That's kidnapping!" This was way too far.
Ramona backed away.
"Easy there Ramona. Get back here." Ramona reluctantly walked forwards.
"All my life I was a screw up. My old man beat me senseless everyday."
Phoebe hated Rick for what he did to that cop, but hearing that, she had sympathy.
''Why didn't you tell us."
"This was high school. I had a rep to protect." He forced the sadness back down. "I heard rumors Paula was pregnant. Here I thought it was yours." He looked at Owen who was staring at the floor. "My son, my kid is out there! I have another chance!"
"Your kid is adopted. He has parents..."
"Shut up!" Rick knocks out Owen with his gun. "He was adopted without my consent! My boy." He points his gun at Phoebe. "Where is he?"
Phoebe felt the darkness lifting from her heart. As much as she hated Rick for hurting his former best friend, she felt sorry for him.
"The fuck?!" Phoebe changed right in front of him. "Damn. You a witch?" Teenage/warlock Phoebe was gone. She was back to her old self.
"Yes. I fight demons almost everyday. I also traveled to another world and fought a psycho ex-angel for the Holy Grail." She looked at Ramona who was silently crying and Owen who was unconscious. "I also know Hell is real. Rick, keep going the path you're going, and you'll burn for eternity."
Rick stares at her. He holds up his gun.
"My hell is my life. My dad didn't just hit me, he hit my mom. He killed her when she tried to leave with me." He was in kindergarten, but remembered it well.
"Oh Rick." Ramona went to hug him when Rick cocked his gun.
"Back off."
Phoebe stared at him with sadness. No wonder he acted up.
"You didn't think I hadn't killed before? Bastard is six feet under. What. He was gonna rape Paula. She and I, it wasn't just a one night stand. She was the first woman that loved me for who I was. Then she dumps me for him." He points his gun at Owen.
"Rick stop!"
"Don't worry, I wasn't going to. Her parents were strict. She loved me, but her dad wouldn't approve. I agreed to let her go. When she got fat a few months later, I didn't think much of it. Then you tell me she got knocked up by me."
He points his gun at Phoebe.
"No way am I'm going back. Where's my son."
"Let Ramona and Owen go, and I'll tell you."
"Uh uh. No way."
"They will just hold you back. Me, I have all the power in the world. I'll go with you willingly."
He stares at Phoebe.
"Fine. Ramona, if you and Owen tell anyone about me, Phoebe will have a huge hole in her body. Plus, I have a lot of friends. They'll kill on my orders. Your family, your friends. Think about them. No cops."
Ramona swallows. She looked at Phoebe who nods at her.
"Let's go witch."
Piper woke up after a few hours. Her head, her headache was gone.
"It's about time." She grumbled. Looking at the clock, she blinked. "Five fifteen? Shit!" She didn't think it was that late. "I got to get this place ready for Sam." She had a lot of cleaning to do.
Jessica screams when she got grabbed. She spent hours running away from monsters.
"Who are you?" She demanded in a scared voice.
"Taking you home. Come, I know a exit."
Paige was waiting for her cue. Once she heard the Wedding March, she walks out.
She was saying her vows to Charles a few minutes later.
"I promise to love you and..."
"Charles!" Jessica comes running in.
"The hell?" Charles was staring at the two identical women. When the real Jessica hugs him, he looks at the bride. The truth clicked on him that moment. "Will you excuse us? Her sister, they were always competitive."
"Of course." The priest walks away.
"Paige?" He and Jessica hold each other. "My god. Jessica. Why are you dirty?" She was filthy and covered in dirt and dried blood.
Seeing Jessica hurt, and Charles looking at her with worry, their love purified Paige's heart.
"Charles I can explain."
Prue comes running in.
"Paige! Come home! It's Phoebe!"
Phoebe was cowering with a young boy.
"This is wrong!"
"Shut up!" He screamed. What awful timing. He made Phoebe rob that armored truck, then once he locked the guards inside, he forced Phoebe to drive to a baseball field. There he saw a young boy playing baseball.
"He has my eyes." The kid had Paula's dark blonde hair, but he had Rick's features. "That's my boy? He's beautiful." Rick had no desire to be a father, but seeing his biological son, he changed his mind. "Bring him to me." He ordered.
"No."
"You don't have a choice." He held up a phone. "I have a text ready to send out. One push, and a a lot of innocents die. I promise, I won't hurt my son. I'm nothing like my old man."
Phoebe had no clue if he was lying, but she had no choice. She gets out of the car. A few minutes later, brings the boy over.
"Who are you?"
Rick tears up.
"What's your name?"
"Brent."
"Brent, I'm your dad."
Brent scoffs.
"I have a dad. He works as a teacher."
"Your mom, she took you away and adopted you out. She never told me she was pregnant. If I had known, I would have cleaned my act."
Brent stared at him.
"I have to go back. My turn is up." He saw his couch watching him.
Rick takes out his gun he had hidden in his pants.
"Now Brent." He points it at Phoebe who was staring ahead. "Get in."
Brent saw the gun and reluctantly goes in the car.
An hour later, all three were in the Halliwell Manor. Piper was home, but couldn't use her powers. Phoebe begged her not to.
"Not all siblings are born with magic. Some skip a generation. Piper is just a mortal."
They were interrupted by sirens.
"Are you kidding me? Fuck!" He grabs Piper. "Call off the attack dogs. You have magic. Do it."
"I can't." She saw Phoebe holding Brent who was crying.
"Phoebe? Now. I won't hurt my son, but your sister is fair game. Get on the phone."
"What's going on in there? Why can't I orb?" Prue asked Paige to take her down the street instead of the Manor. She saw police cars surrounding the house. "What's going on?"
"Just watch."
"Okay. I just got off the phone. They are sending a helicopter."
"Good. You know the plan. You keep an eye on Brent, as a witch you'll keep him safe. As for me, I'm taking your sister. Piper here, she won't be hurt; just as long as I'm far from here, with my son."
They heard a helicopter landing outside.
"Let's go."
Prue and Paige were watching the carnage from far away. Their neighbours were nice enough to loan them binoculars.
''Why can't we use our magic?" It would be so easy.
"Remember the Church of Whitelighters?"
"Good point." Exposure wasn't a option.
Prue gave her signal while Paige was looking away.
Rick walks out with his hostage.
"Back off!" He was holding a knife to Piper's throat. "I'll slice her neck!"
There was countless snipers, all had orders not to shoot. Except one. He did this countless times. He aimed at Rick's head.
Piper fell as Rick died. Immediately she was grabbed by police.
A few hours later everyone was filling each other in.
"So you were dancing on a bar?" Phoebe was trying not to laugh. Piper was usually strait laced.
"I guess." She was drunk that night. "What about you?"
"Became a teenager again. Set a wanted criminal free. Kidnapped a innocent." Phoebe knew everyone's mind was erased. Except theirs. "There's a APB on Rick. They believe he escaped with three accomplices." She destroyed the cameras in the police station, except the one in the front.
"He's dead. Sorry, but it's true." Paige saw that shot. "It wasn't our fault. The police were just doing their job."
"I managed to erase everyone's memories about Phoebe's shenanigans. It had to be the most powerful spell I ever wrote. There is still the matter of camera footage, but it can be easily wiped out with a virus with a mandatory update on very piece of technology out there."
"What about Rick's body?" Piper was still shaken about that.
"He is dead, the spell erased his body as well."
"Wow Prue, you thought of everything." Phoebe looked at Paige. "What about Charles and Jessica?"
"I left that up to Paige to decide."
"I know." She thought about Charles, her apology. It was after she got back, she saw Charles sitting on the church pew with his head in his hands.
"Charles?"
"Leave me alone." Jessica threw her ring at him, claiming she didn't trust him. Charles had to explain what he knew about Paige. Furious she was kept in the dark about what he knew, she stormed out.
"Charles, I'm not alone."
Charles looked up and saw Jessica standing behind Paige.
"Jess?"
"She agreed to talk, after hearing about the supernatural." Paige had the door slammed in her face. Paige had no choice but to orb inside. "She agreed to listen, and to hear your side."
Once they were together, Paige takes a deep breath.
"Nothing I say will make things right, but if you walk away from one another, you'll both regret it. I see true love when I see it." It pained her to say that, but she saw how they looked at one another. "I lied earlier and said there was a whitelighter blessing."
"I kinda figured."
"Anyways, there is cupids out there. And to answer your questions, they don't just fire at random people. The arrows only work if the attraction is there. All the couple have to do is to work on their relationship. True love comes from within." She saw Charles and Jessica staring in each other's eyes. She walked away with them silently talking.
"Goodbye Charles." Paige's heart was no longer broken. She knew her time would come eventually. She accidentally bumped into a guy. "Ow!"
"Sorry!" He was too busy texting.
"No problem." Paige didn't look up, she just wanted to go home and sleep. She had a early shift tomorrow.
Henry Mitchell waves at his uncle.
"Uncle Jim!" Pastor Jim smiles at his 'nephew.'
"After all that time, you still call me Uncle."
"After they sent me to that group home in New York state, you and Sonny set me straight. Now I'm a cop." Henry was always grateful for that summer. He was only fourteen, but was always getting into trouble. "I was arrested for spray painting."
"You were on your third strike."
"Yeah, I was a loser. But you two showed me the way. I studied hard and when I turned eighteen, I joined the academy."
"To become a probation officer."
"Yeah. There is a lot of kids that need guidance. But it wasn't enough. I moved to San Francisco to become a detective." As much as he loved his job, solving crimes was always his dream. "Anyways, how was the wedding?"
"Canceled. Bride got cold feet." Jim seen it all. "Ready to go?''
Prue was watching as Piper slept. Seeing Sam pulling in, she used her powers to open the front door. She knew the darkness in Piper's heart was gone, her love for her husband vanquished it. But if it didn't, Prue was planning on killing her. She silently walked out, but not before transforming Paula back from a turkey and sending her home, but not before dousing her with lots of alcohol. If Paula said a word about crazy Phoebe, she'll just look like a drunk. She was heading to sleep, or try to, she never slept anymore, not since she got back.
"Eternal sleep." What Prue dreamt of, not even The Empty could contain her from leaving. "You needed to try harder."