Chapter 3 A Old Spell and Revelations.
Allen wasn't sure where he was at first, his vision blurry and feeling rather lightheaded and nauseous. He soon recognises that he must still be down in the Underworld, damn it that scale-covered demon must have been stronger than he thought. His vision now clearer and his senses more or less fully recovered realises that he's suspended off now the ground by chains so tight, they dig into his skin and make it impossible for him to make any hand gesture. His legs have also chained the chains on his legs built into the ground.
"Awake at last witch," The demon snarled.
"When I get out of these scale face, I'm gonna make you suffer in ways, your mind can't imagine," Allen responded.
"You're not going to get out of these chains, I know how your powers work witch, you can't channel your powers without hand movements. I learned that from dealing with a witch with a weaker development of your power back in the middle ages." The demon chuckled.
"Give it your best shot," Allen says, with a confident smile, he's faced tougher demons, he'll find a way out of there and back to Chris.
Chris was worried, which he managed to hide rather well from the sisters. Allen knew the rules and he hasn't come back, he hasn't been back for a few hours, he couldn't get in touch with him through their telepathic link. Orbing into the attic, sensing the sisters weren't present there he opens the Book of Shadows and starts flipping through.
"Powers of the witches rise, course unseen across the skies. Come to us who call you near come to us and settle here. Blood to blood, I summon thee, blood to blood return to me," Chris chants, nothing happens to Chris's dismay. He needed something a stronger spell to bring Allen back to him or to send him to Allen. But he couldn't risk going downstairs to collect ingredients in case he bumped into the sisters or the insufferable 'saint' Leo. Chris would normally be against this but he kind of had no choice, he would just have to 'borrow' the ingredients from some stores. Chris then orbed out of the attic to start collecting what he needed.
Hours passed while Chris worked on a way to accumulate more power to bring Allen back to him. And the upper-level demon tortures Allen, Piper is over at the club sorting out the supplies forgetting to charge her cell-phone making it die half an hour into sorting process. The youngest of the trio is spending the rest of the day with Richard. Phoebe is alone at the manor with baby Wyatt. While Wyatt sleeps in his crib in Piper's room, Phoebe heads downstairs to put the baby blanket in the washer since Wyatt threw-up on it a few minutes ago. After putting the dirty blanket in the washer, Phoebe notices a sound indicating something is loose in the dryer something that shouldn't be there. Phoebe decides to stop the dryer and find the item causing the irritating sound. It only took a few seconds to find the offending item hanging loose from a denim jacket. Phoebe knew for sure neither she nor her sisters owned this jacket it must belong to one of the boys and get washed and put in there by accident. Phoebe discovers a silver locket within seconds of holding the locket Phoebe is pulled into a vision.
Phoebe finds herself watching Allen earlier vanquishing a dozen demon clans, up until he is kidnapped by the scale-faced demon. The premonition then quickly ends. Phoebe immediately jumps into demon vanquishing mode. Phoebe runs out over of the kitchen heading straight to the attic, once in the attic she walks over to the Book of Shadows and starts to search through the book.
"Chris," Phoebe called out. "Chris this important Allen is in danger," Seconds later Chris who sensed her call the first time appears before her. Holding all kinds of potion ingredients.
"Premonition?" Chris assumes.
"Yes, he was taken by some scale faced the demon, when he was down in the Underworld, have you been able to sense him?" Phoebe asked.
"No, not fully, I know he's alive," Chris answers, great he's going to have one of the famous Charmed Ones' lectures.
"He's been taken for hours, who knows how badly he's hurt, you should have told us!" Phoebe reprehended.
"You guys, you miss needing to find love, Paige who is either at Da…Richard's place or at some temp job. Piper is either speed dating or giving Wyatt a bath. Allen went well-prepared we ensured to strengthen our link and his powers." Chris snapped.
"Well clearly, you guys weren't prepared enough," Phoebe responded.
"Look, Phoebe, you identify the demon if you saw him and I'll work on my potion to get him back," Chris tells Phoebe.
"Fine, let's hope we won't need the Power of Three, otherwise Piper is going to be pissed," Phoebe said. Chris thought to himself if she knew the whole truth about who Allen is then she would beyond pissed off!
Unknown to Chris and Phoebe the eldest sister returned home from a date with fireman Greg, she still hasn't adjusted to Paige moving to Richard's place these past couple days. And Phoebe considering going to Japan. Thinking that Phoebe would be asleep, she checks on Wyatt in his new nursery which is Paige's old room. After checking on Wyatt, she went over to her bedroom. Switching the light on, she is about to walk over to the bed but halts when she sees Wyatt's old nursery. When Paige first moved out and Phoebe suggested to change Wyatt's nursery back to a closet. Piper had no problem with moving Wyatt into Paige's room, but changing the nursery back to a closet felt so wrong. As if she was taking something away from someone.
Piper sees the mess in the old nursery, she despises mess, she also notices an old notepad filled with all sorts of scribbles. Piper decides to flip through it just to pass time since she wasn't tired yet sitting on her bed. She finds an old spell and smiles.
"Bring ease to a mother's heart, protect these four walls to keep out the dark. May my baby boy resides in his rightful place may he never leave without my say." Piper recited, she remembered how she tried to use this spell on Wyatt's nursery after Wyatt started messing with the magic alarms, but it was no use. Seconds later, Piper hears loud screams looking up from the notepad in the direction of the old nursery, a swirl of white lights come and go, and she sees to her horror Allen drop from the air on the floor. She runs over to the old nursery and sees Allen covered in dirt, cuts and open wounds most of his clothes ripped to shreds.
"ALLEN!" Piper screamed alerting Phoebe and Chris who run downstairs from the attic and into Piper's room and seeing Allen is lying their seemly unconscious. What happens next shocks them all especially Chris another swirl of white orbs devour and leave Allen. The two sisters and Chris immediately recognise that Allen has shrunk in size.
"A glamour why would he need a glamour?" Phoebe asked. Chris was nervous, he knew their cover was about to be broken. Piper approaches Allen kneeling down near him, she carefully turns him over from his back to his front. Only to have a greater shock, when they don't see Allen a man in his 20s unconscious but a sixteen-year-old boy lying unconscious in his place.
"Chris, why is there a sixteen-year-old boy lying unconscious in Wyatt's nursery?" Paige demanded. Piper was just in a state of shock, Allen a supposed alley is a child lying in Wyatt's old nursery.
"We have a great explanation, we cast a summoning spell when Allen got lost in the Underworld and here he is," Chris said.
"Summoning spells supposed to bring the person you want directly to you, not have them appear in another room." Paige pointed out not satisfied with Chris' explanation. As for Piper thousands of thoughts are coursing through her mind. During these months, he has shown he was able to freeze things like her, that ability is a rare one typically showing up in one or two bloodlines. The way he and Chris knew their way around the manor almost instantly. Why they are so passionate about vanishing the evil that hurts Wyatt. Finally, it was Paige pointing out how summoning spells work. It couldn't be a coincidence that her casting some old protection spell would bring Allen here in the old nursery. Flashing lights practically bury Piper.
"Allen Halliwell, " Piper spoke up drawing all attention to her. Chris knows their cover is definitely blown.
"Excuse me, " Paige and Phoebe replied.
"Allen Halliwell, Paige is right a summoning spell brings the target directly to you, I found an old protection spell, I tried using back when Wyatt figured out the alarms made us run to him. I thought the spell wasn't worded properly when I cast it back than. But I get it now it didn't work because Wyatt is my little angel, my little guy not my baby boy. Allen is that why he came our spells connected and brought him to the nursery where he would be safe." Piper explained, her sisters look Allen and look at Piper there was a remarkable resemblance. Piper stares at Chris who can't utter a single word. But his face confirms Piper's suspicions.
End of chapter 3.
