"Protecting Fiona Phillips"
By: Sweetwatergal
—A Charmed/ L&C: Superman/ Mysterious Ways/ So Weird xover ff
DISCLAIMER/ AUTHOR'S NOTE: Okay, okay, the usual note that
fanfiction authors write just to avoid the legal technicalities. I do not in any
way own the cast of Charmed, and So Weird. Nor do I own Jimmy Olsen
from Lois & Clark: The new adventures of Superman, and Declan Dunn from
Mysterious Ways. Only in my dreams do I wish to own Brian K. (Leo), Justin
W. (Jimmy), Adrian P. (Declan), Patrick L. (Jack), Eric L. (Carey), and Erik D. (Clu). The only characters that I do own are Kiara Lance and Michael Hunt.
First fanfic—make that, first epic-like fanfic—so please be kind and R&R.
PART I
"Okay Kiara, one more time." Prue Halliwell called out to the young
woman from clear across the room. She watched as Kiara Lance cast
another of her sister's CD with just a flick of her wrist. The object flew
into the air, towards Prue. The twenty-eight year old raised her right hand,
palm out, and prepared to catch the disc when…
"Hey, Prue. Have you seen my—" Phoebe Halliwell bounded down the
stairs and yelped as a round object flew past her, barely hitting her. She
glared at her older sister, "Well, at least I now know the whereabouts of my
entire CD collection."
"Sorry, Phoebe." Kiara smiled sheepishly at her god sister. "Prue was
just helping me fine tune my powers." The nineteen year old placed a hand
on the remaining stack of Phoebe's CDs, magickally orbing them into the
older witch's hands.
"We were going to return them, Pheebs." Prue added, as she walked
over to hand the other stack of CDs to her twenty-three year old sister.
Phoebe smiled at the two witches, "It's okay if you guys use my discs…
I just would like a warning if you're gonna use it for target practice."
"Hey guys, need some help here!" A voice called out to them from
outside the front door. Recognizing the voice, with a single hand motion,
Prue opened the door for her other sister, Piper.
Piper Halliwell stumbled inside, hands full of groceries. "Thanks,
Prue." She smiled meekly, still struggling with the bags of food.
"Here, let me help you, Piper." Kiara said to the twenty-six year old.
She grabbed a package, allowing Piper to breath easily.
"Well, let it be said that you were always my favorite god sister,
Kiara." Piper smiled at her.
"She's our only god sister, Piper." Phoebe chimed in as she and Prue
followed the other two witches into the kitchen area.
Prue, Phoebe, and Piper, also known as the Charmed Ones, were glad
that there was another witch in San Francisco that they can depend on,
besides each other.
As the four women sat around the kitchen area talking and fixing up
some snacks, they were unaware of a new presence orbing into the room. His
eyes spied the four and a small smile spread across his handsome face.
"It's amazing how all four of them look like sisters." He chuckled to
himself.
It was only too true and eerie. There was Phoebe, who had dark hazel
eyes and darkened auburn hair. Prue was the only Halliwell sister with icy
blue eyes, but also dark, almost raven, shoulder-length hair. Piper, who Leo
loved with all his heart, had Phoebe's eyes and Prue's hair color. The only
feature that made her stand out from her two sisters was her kind, shy
smile. Prue had a cunning, seductive grin, while Phoebe could easily pull off a
sly and mischievous smile.
If a total stranger were to walk into the room, one would assume Kiara
the fourth Halliwell sister. She had short raven hair, and a petite frame
almost similar to the Charmed Ones. Only real exception that immediately
stood out was her cat-like eyes. They were electric blue with a hint of
silver. A lot of people would be shocked to realize that she doesn't wear
contacts, that she was born with those eyes.
Kiara smiled at the Charmed Ones, glad to be in such great company.
Suddenly, she felt a new presence in the room.
Phoebe noticed Kiara's sudden movements. She watched as the young
woman's eyes shifted, as if calculating a plan. "Kiara…" Phoebe's began, but
was silenced as she witnessed the young girl orb herself from the group.
"Kiara?" Piper spoke, startled by the disappearance.
Leo had seen Kiara orb out of the room, but where? He was going to
make his presence known to the women when suddenly…
"Guess who?" Kiara giggled, orbing herself on top of Leo's back. Leo
groaned as he felt the weight of the young woman, surprised by the ambush.
Prue, Piper, and Phoebe laughed as Leo stumbled around, with Kiara
riding piggy-back.
"Okay, Kay. You can get off now." He said, trying to hide the smile on
his face as he tried to act serious.
"Fine, party-pooper." Kiara replied. She smiled up at the Charmed
Ones's white lighter. She knew that Leo wasn't really upset with her for
pulling that stunt.
"Hey, Leo." Phoebe called out.
"Hey." Prue also answered.
"Hi, hon." Piper smiled at the love of her life, as he walked over
towards her.
"Anything new on the heavenly front?" Kiara asked, joining the others
again.
"Actually," He began, sitting himself down next to Piper, "That's why
I'm here."
"As if you're usually here to see all of us, and not just Piper, on a daily
basis." Phoebe remarked.
"So what's wrong?" Prue asked, wanting to get the supernatural
business over and done with.
"Well, something major is going to go down within the next few weeks.
Something that will involve a lot of people."
"People-people or our kind of people?" Kiara questioned.
"Innocents." Was his only reply. "All I know is that there's a young
woman out there who knows too much about the supernatural world and that
she's going to need some major protection."
"Tell us all you know, Leo. I have a feeling that it isn't going to be as
easy as some of the other quote-unquote adventures we've been through."
"Psychic intuition, Pheebs?" Kiara asked half jokingly.
"Seriously, Phoebe's right. Tell us everything that you know, don't
spare us even the smallest detail." Said Prue, preparing herself mentally for
the task at hand.
Leo stood up, facing the Charmed Ones as he prepared to give them
their latest challenge.
"You're going to need all the help you can get. Including yours, Kiara.
The higher power needs you to be physically, emotionally, and most of all,
mentally prepared in order to help the Charmed Ones. They say that within
the next few days, some newcomers will be introduced into your lives. They
may seem like ordinary people, but they will be your greatest allies.
Especially the young woman who will need your protection. For now, she has
been able to shield off her special connection from our side of reality, but
it's slowly returning to her."
"You mean, she was able to bind herself from her connection to the
supernatural?" Kiara asked.
"Yes."
"Is she a witch, Leo? Like us?"
"Her blood lines run from a powerful witch, Piper." He answered.
"They won't tell me whether or not she has it in her blood."
"But she must, Leo. How can someone whose ancestor was a magickal
witch not at least have an amount, even a small one, of her powers?" Phoebe
asked, trying to make sense out of it.
"Whether or not she has the Celtic blood in her, she still will need
some major help."
"What's her name, Leo?" Kiara asked.
"Her name's Fiona. Fiona Phillips."
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"Fiona! Fi!" He yelled. His eyes downcast at his watch. A frustrated
sigh escaped his lips, "Fiona! Get your butt out here right this minute!"
"Relax, Jack." Carey Bell said, casting an amused smile at his younger
brother, Clu.
"Of course it's easy for you guys to tell me to relax. You don't have
someone like FIONA PHILLIPS…" He shouted, then lowered his voice again,
"For a sister.
The eighteen year old glanced at the door again. He was about to
open his mouth when a young blond girl entered the scene. Sixteen year old
Annie Thelen glared at Jack Phillips, "Relax, Jack. Fi will be out in a second."
"I can't believe I told my mom that I'd agree to wait for Fi." Jack
groaned.
"You could have gone off with Molly, Irene, and Ned, like they
offered. I mean, Clu and Carey said they'd wait for us, Jack." Annie pointed
out.
"This is ridiculous…" sighed Jack. He stood up, and was about to
check on Fi when Jack's cell phone began to ring.
"Hello?"
"Jack, honey, where are you guys?"
"Oh, hey mom. We're still on the bus, awaiting for Princess
Procrastinator Phillips to make an appearance." He answered sarcastically.
Carey smirked at Jack's words, earning a playful slap from Annie.
"Well, we're in the club right now, checking out the stage and all.
Come on in as soon as possible okay? We're actually still waiting for the
club's owner to arrive."
"Alright, mom. In fact, we'll be in there in five minutes or less. I will
drag Fiona out of here if I have to."
"Hopefully, you won't need to, Jack."
"This is Fi, we're talking about, mom. Ever since she came back, she's
been fashionably late."
"That's because I always feel the need to make an appearance, Jack."
Jack looked up, smiling wearily at his sixteen year old sister.
"We'll see you inside, mom. The Princess has finally arrived."
"Be nice to your sister, Jack."
"You know I am, mom."
"Okay, bye."
"Bye." Once Jack hung up, he smirked at his sibling. "You finally
decided to grace our presence, Princess Procrastinator."
"Cut the sarcastic routine, Jack." She smirked right back.
Though Fiona and Jack tend to get on each other's nerves, there is no
doubt that the two Phillips children would do anything for each other. For a
family as close as theirs, Fi and Jack could always depend on another to be
there 24/7.
"Are you two ready to go inside P3, now?" Carey interrupted. He and
Annie were already by the bus door.
"After you, dear Princess." Jack replied, bowing to his baby sister.
He couldn't resist continuing their little game.
"Thank you, my dear Frog Prince." She answered, as she joined Clu's
side. Clu Bell held out his hand for Fi to take.
Jack watched as Fi and Clu held hands. The usual jealous stirring
occurred, but then faded away. He was used to that feeling ever since his
sister and his best friend started going out. It freaked him out at first,
causing him a sudden urge to beat the daylight out of Clu every five
minutes… but because he loved seeing his Fiona happy, and she was happy
with Clu, he grew to respect their relationship. He was afraid though that
one day, one of them will get hurt. Jack knew that when that day comes, if
it does, he'll lose his friendship with Clu. If Clu were to break Fi's heart,
Jack knew that out of brotherly duty, he'll have to kill him. If Fi broke Clu's
heart, Jack knew that Clu will feel extremely uncomfortable being around
anything that reminds him of Fi… including his friendship with Fi's older
brother. It was a no win situation, and Jack secretly prayed that neither
one of them will break each other's hearts. Watching them now as they
enjoyed one another's company, Jack couldn't help but secretly think about
how cool it will be if Clu and himself ended up as brother-in-laws. A smile
appeared on his face as he thought about it, causing Annie to take note of it.
"What's with the grin, Jack?" she teased.
Jack quickly wiped it away, shrugging. "Nothin'. Just nothing." He
replied as all five of them entered the San Francisco club P3.
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"Fiona Phillips?!" Piper exclaimed in disbelief.
"Don't tell me you know her, Piper." Phoebe said.
"Is she related in any way to Molly Phillips?" Piper asked Leo, hoping
that she wasn't jumping the gun.
"She's Molly's daughter." Leo replied.
"You mean the girl we have to protect is the daughter of the singer
that Piper just booked for the club?" Prue asked, starting to sense the
universal connection.
"Piper's club? P3?" Kiara added.
"Yes."
"Talk about the circle of life." Phoebe joked.
"Any more connections we should know about, Leo?"
Leo looked at Prue, "Yeah, two more connections, Prue. One of them
has to do the new photographer in town. You introduced us to him a while
back."
"Jimmy Olsen? He's also involved?"
"You mean the cutie that has the hots for our Kiara?" Phoebe grinned
slyly.
Kiara glared at Phoebe, though trying her best to hide a blushing
smile.
"And who else?"
"I think Phoebe knows him," Leo replied, looking at the youngest
Halliwell sister. "A visiting professor named Declan Dunn."
"Yeah, I sat in on one of his lectures. Could see why he's connected
somehow. Word around campus is that he's into investigating paranormal
mysteries. Totally anal defensive on his subject… would be annoyed by him
if—"
"If he wasn't so cute." Kiara finished for Phoebe.
"Are you reading minds again, Kiara." Prue half-joked with the young
woman.
"No, I just know Phoebe too well."
Piper glanced at the wall clock, and gasped. "Oh my gosh, speaking of
connection… I have to meet with the Molly Phillips band right this minute! I
totally forgot about it."
"You want us to come with you, Piper?" Prue offered.
Piper cast a glance at Leo, "I don't know. If you want to."
"I think we should." Kiara finalized the idea. "That way, we can check
out what makes this Fiona girl so special enough that she needs the
protection of the Charmed Ones."
"Kiara's right. If all of you at least become friends with her, she'll be
able to trust you more with her life. Listen, I'm going to go back and get
some new information. I'll contact you guys as soon as possible." Leo said,
before kissing Piper good-bye and orbing on out.
"Alright, let's move it on out!" Phoebe cried out, whirling an imaginary
lasso, causing her sisters and Kiara to crack a smile. They can always count
on Phoebe to bring laughter despite any hurdles and odds they have to face.
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"Yeah, CK, I miss you guys too." Jimmy smiled into his phone. "But
you guys were right when you suggested I go off on my own for a while."
He adjusted the phone with his shoulder while trying to work in his
new dark room. "Okay, well, tell Chief that whenever the Daily Planet starts
to fall apart without me, I'll catch the next flight out to Metropolis." He
chuckled. "Alright, CK… Give Lois a hug for me and I'll talk to you guys
later… Okay, bye."
Jimmy Olsen grinned to himself, despite the fading emotion of
homesickness. He did miss Metropolis and all his friends back at the Daily
Planet, but he didn't regret moving out here to San Francisco for a while. It
was a new experience, a new life… a new beginning. At least he knew that he
can count on nothing extraordinary like seeing a super hero in blue tights
flying about here.
As Jimmy worked with his film, a beautiful face flashed before his
eyes. He shook his head, trying hard to concentrate on his work at hand.
Unfortunately, he couldn't help but think about her.
He remembered the first time he met her… met Kiara Lance.
Jimmy had Prue Halliwell to thank for the introductions made. He was
new in town and Prue volunteered to help the new guy around.
*beginning of flashback*
"You'll love this club, though I may be a bit bias seeing as me and my
sisters own it." Prue practically dragged Jimmy into P3.
The night club was packed with a lot of young people, dancing the
night away. Jimmy had to admit, the club was pretty happening.
He watched as his assigned partner call out to a dark haired woman
with a tall blond man.
"Piper! Leo!"
"Hey Prue." The woman beamed at her.
"Jimmy, this is my sister, Piper, and her boyfriend, Leo." Prue said.
"Piper, Leo, this is Jimmy Olsen. He's new in town, and is a new photographer
for the magazine."
"Hi." Leo extended a friendly hand.
"Hey Prue! Finally decided to join the living and party with your baby
sisters?"
Jimmy turned around, as did Prue, at the sound of the new voice. His
jaw nearly dropped at the sight of the raven haired angel next to Prue's
other sister.
"Whoa… hello. Hi! I'm Phoebe Halliwell."
Prue held back a smirk, while Piper giggled silently at Phoebe's
reaction to Jimmy.
Being a gentleman, Jimmy managed to stray his eyes from the angel.
He smiled at Phoebe, "Hey, my name's Jimmy."
His eyes landed on the beauty again, his movement catching the
Halliwell sisters' attention. Phoebe closed her mouth for a moment, then
realizing that maybe she shouldn't flirt with this new guy after all.
"And this," Phoebe grinned, placing a sisterly arm around her friend,
"Is Kiara Lance."
"Hi Jimmy, it's nice to meet you." She held out her hand shyly to him,
her blue-silver eyes shining of beauty and youth.
"Pleasure's mine, Kiara." Taking her hand, nearly jumping at first
contact. Something was there… and Jimmy noted that Kiara also felt it.
*end of flashback*
"Kiara Lance." His sighed, a bit dazed. Suddenly, his timer pierced
his thoughts. "Whoa! Yikes… hello, Olsen. Wake up and smell the film
exposures."
Jimmy glanced over his photographs when something in one of them
caught his eye.
"Hello… what is this?"
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"C'mon Peggy…" Declan Dunn pleaded into the phone. He removed his
glasses, rubbing his tired eyes. "Alright, alright. I won't ask anymore." The
college professor looked over his notes, "Can you at least do this one tiny
favor for me? Since you refuse to fly down here to San Francisco for me…"
A smile spread across his face as he heard her comply to the favor
before actually knowing what it is.
"Since I'm lonely with my tag team, can you possibly try to at least
change Miranda's mind? See if she can make it down here… yes, I'll admit it,
I do need you guys with me…" Declan chuckled, despite the fact that he had
to resort to begging.
Declan was missing his partners in crime, but a part of him had to
admit that he actually needed the solitude. He had been called by an old
associate of his to give a lecture on one of his many recent scientific
findings. When he realized that he had to fly to San Francisco, he took it as
a work-slash-vacation opportunity. How could he say no?
His visit was made especially interesting thanks to one of the college
students he met… Phoebe Halliwell.
She had sat in on of one of his lectures. The talk was about the facts
and myths of witchcraft in old and modern history. Boy, he thought to
himself, the girl had spunk. Contradicting him at every corner, adding in her
own two cents… and the fact that not only was she smart, but attractive to
boot didn't help Declan one bit.
"Huh?… yeah, Peggy, I'm still here…"
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"I'm so sorry, everyone." Piper bounded down the stairs of the club,
smiling apologetically at the group around the stage area.
Prue, Phoebe, and Kiara followed behind Piper, keeping their eyes on
anyone that could be Fiona Phillips. Prue nudged the two, indicating a young
blond girl next to the lead guitarist. They cast a look that asked "Could she
be the one?"
Piper, on the other hand, found her eyes stray towards a petite
auburn hair girl holding hands with a young short blond hair man. She had a
feeling that this might be the Fiona Phillips in need of protecting.
"Are you Piper Halliwell? My name's Irene Bell, I believed we talked
on the phone before?" Irene extended her hand to Piper.
"Yes, I'm Piper. And this is my club, P3." She cast a glance towards
her sisters and Kiara. "These are my sisters, Prue and Phoebe. And our god
sister, Kiara Lance."
"I'm Molly Phillips," She indicated towards everyone, including the one
person they were looking for. "This is my son, Jack, and my daughter Fiona.
Fiona's boyfriend, and Irene's son, Clu Bell. Ned Bell, his son, Carey. And
this talented young girl next to Carey is my opening act, Annie Thelen."
"Hey, everyone!" Phoebe smiled.
Carey was stunned as he took notice of Prue Halliwell. There was
something mysterious, exotic, and cool about her. Her blue eyes met his,
causing him to stumble. Prue saw his reaction, and smirked.
As Piper took Irene and Molly aside, Prue, Phoebe, and Kiara decided
to chat up with the Fi and her friends.
With one glance, each witch decided to divide and conquer. Kiara went
to talk to Jack, Phoebe decided to chat with Fi and Clu, and Prue went up to
Carey and Annie.
"So, what's it like to have a mom for a rock star?"
Jack looked up and smiled at Kiara. "It's pretty cool." He looked her
over, and was taken a back for a moment by her eyes.
Kiara laughed, "I take it you just noticed my eyes."
"Those are pretty cool contacts."
"Well prepare to be shocked, I'm not wearing contacts."
He looked at her, stunned. "Get out of here."
"I'm not kidding. Blue, with a hint of silver, is my natural eye color."
"Wow. Well, just don't mention that to Fi or Annie."
"Why not?" She moved closer to him, realizing that she might have
stumbled onto something valuable.
"Well, no offense, but it's pretty weird for someone to have such
unique natural eye color like yours. They would think you were like an alien or
something."
Or something, she thought to herself.
"Are you as good as everyone else says you are?" Prue smiled at
Carey.
Annie had to hold back a laugh as she noticed Carey's nervous
behavior. She knew instantly that Carey was smitten by Prue.
"I-I-um.. I try to be." He held his guitar tighter, 'til the strings
practically left an imprint on his hand.
"So, Annie. You're a singer like Molly?" Prue knew that if she talked
to Carey more, he'd probably faint right on the spot. She took note of the
young girl and felt that they shouldn't shrug her off just yet.
"Not as great as Molly, but I guess I could hold my own." Annie
glanced at Carey, "But Carey here is an awesome guitarist."
"Really? I can't wait to hear you play." Prue smiled seductively,
causing Carey to stumble again.
"Whoa, I've never seen your brother act sooo… well, so unlike himself."
Fi giggled.
"This is so embarrassing," Clu groaned.
"What is?"
Clu and Fi looked up, smiling at Phoebe.
Clu tried to hide behind Fi when he pointed towards his brother.
"That."
Phoebe grinned apologetically at them. "When Prue knows someone
has got it bad for her, she just has to make it worse for them. I don't know
how many times I can apologize for it."
"You're Phoebe, right?" Clu asked, finally looking up. "I got confused
for a moment when your sister made the introductions. All of your names
start with the letter P."
"Well, my mom had this thing for 'P' names. Her name was Penny."
She smiled, "Yeah, I'm Phoebe." She pointed towards Piper, "That's the
middle child, Piper." And towards Prue, "And our big sister, Prue."
"Prue?! Prue? Are you here?"
Everyone looked up at the new voice in the proximity. The Halliwell
sisters, and Kiara, immediately recognized the newcomer.
"Jimmy? What are you doing here?" Prue walked towards her
partner, who was obviously excited over something.
"I've been looking for you everywhere." His eyes were solely on Prue…
until it strayed for a moment and was caught off guard by Kiara's presence.
Kiara knew that stunned look, and waved shyly at Jimmy. She heard
Jack whisper to her teasingly "Someone has a crush on you." Kiara nudged
him, but not too hard.
"Jimmy? What is it?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah… take a look at this." Jimmy handed Prue a
photograph, which caused her to turn pale for a split second. Her eyes
gazed up and met with her sisters and Kiara. They knew instinctually that
something was up.
"Remember that day when you said that I should take some outside
shots of your Victorian house?"
Prue remembered that day. Leo had orbed in that very day to tell the
Charmed Ones some of the latest news. She had to distract Jimmy
somehow, so she sent him outside. How was she to know that Olsen would
take some shots capturing Leo orbing out?
Piper, Phoebe, and Kiara joined Prue's side. They all held back a gasp
as they saw a shot of Leo half-orbed from the scene. Kiara glanced at
Piper's worried face. It was practically a mirror of all their faces. How
were they going to explain this?
"Whoa! That picture…" The Halliwell sisters turned around, hearing
Fiona's voice. Much to their dismay, Fiona and company had curiously
gathered around them.
"What's up with that guy?" Clu asked, looking over Fi's shoulder.
Kiara could feel Jimmy's eyes on her. She knew that Jimmy
recognized Leo in the photo, and she also assumed that her god sisters knew
that fact too.
"Hey Piper, isn't that your boyfriend? Leo?" Jimmy asked.
Piper was beginning to feel very claustrophobic…
"Piper? Prue? Phoebe? Kiara?"
"Leo?!" The girls turned around.
Great timing, Leo, Kiara thought silently. She cast a look at the
sisters, noticing that they were thinking the same thing.
Leo had bounded down the stairs, needing to tell the girls something
very important that he found out from his bosses. When he joined the
group, he noticed that he might have picked a wrong time to drop in. Prue
discreetly held up the photo, hoping for him to catch a glimpse of it… which
he did.
"Oh boy," he muttered.
"Weird." Fi whispered, Annie echoing the same word.
Kiara glanced at Piper, noticing her panic state. She felt for her, how
could she not? Try explaining to these people, potential clients, that there
is a very good reason as to why your boyfriend looks like a ghost in the
photograph. It was then Kiara felt a tight knot in her stomach, especially as
she read Piper's facial expressions.
Leo recognized that look of Piper's as well. He met eyes with Kiara,
knowing that she was thinking the same thought. Before they knew it, both
of them reached out to Piper, exclaiming the same thing. "No, Piper! Wait—
"
Piper threw up her hands, freezing time. She glanced around, meeting
eyes with the ones she knew wouldn't be affected by her powers; mainly her
sisters and Kiara. To Leo, with her pointer finger, she unfroze him.
"Piper," Kiara began.
"Why did you freeze them?" Phoebe asked.
"How could I not? I couldn't think straight with all their stares,
Pheebs. How can we explain these," She grabbed the pictures from Prue's
hand, "Pictures of Leo? Looking like a ghost no less!" She then gazed past
her sisters to Kiara and Leo, "And why did you two try to stop me?"
Both pairs of eyes drifted towards the main reason why, for she knew
that actions could speak louder than words…
"What happened?!"
"Oh my gosh…"
"You froze them!"
The Halliwell sisters turned around, shocked by the fact that Fiona,
Annie, and Jimmy was unaffected by Piper's powers.
"That's why." Both Kiara and Leo replied, meekly.
"Ladies, this isn't good." Phoebe mumbled to her sister witches,
before trying to feign an innocent smile towards Fi, Annie, and Jimmy.
"Guys! Hey… you know, this isn't what it seems."
"Yeah? Well if it isn't what it seems," Annie began.
"What is it then?" Fiona finished.
"Because it looks like to us that you froze everyone in place, with the
big exception of us, of course." Jimmy added.
"That's why I came looking for you guys," Leo said to the Halliwells
and Kiara. "It seems that there's something real—I guess the appropriate
word right now would be 'magickal'—about Fiona, Annie, Jimmy, and Declan."
"Who's Declan?" Annie, Fi, and Jimmy asked at the same time.
"Declan?!" Phoebe looked at Leo, shocked. "You gotta be kiddin' me,
Leo."
"That's what they," He indicated towards the heavens, "Told me to
tell you."
"Fi?"
Kiara felt the knot in her stomach again, especially as the unfrozen
group turned to see a very unfrozen Jack.
The witches gave Leo a look, which caused him to flinch. He smiled
meekly at them. "Well, I just assumed that 'they' were wrong when they
mentioned Jack. Especially when I saw that he was frozen in time like the
others."
"Okay," Jack glanced around, "What's going on, you guys?"
"This is so cool!" Fi exclaimed, the old excitement of the good ol' days
shining in her eyes.
"No, it's not Fi." Annie said. She looked around at everyone else, "I
want to know what happened. Are they going to stay frozen forever?"
"No, Annie. It's a temporary thing." Kiara explained. To Jack, "Jack,
I think you better join us. We have a lot of explaining to do."
"Is this for real?" He looked at his mom. "Wow, she's really… stiff."
"That's because Piper froze time." Fi said.
"Piper?" He glanced over at Piper, then to Fi, "This Piper? Froze
time?" When his sister nodded, he found himself chuckling, "Why am I not
surprise that you'd come up with some wacky explanation for everything, Fi?
C'mon, what's really going on."
"She's right." Jimmy spoke up. "Piper did freeze them, with us being
the exception."
Prue sighed, this was getting them no where and she knew it. Deciding
to take charge, "Look guys, we don't have enough time now to explain
everything, because Piper's abilities could only last so long."
"Prue's right," Phoebe vouched for her sister. "Which is why, if
Prue's thinking what I know she's thinking, we'd like to explain everything at
a later time."
"Like when?" Fi asked.
"Phoebe, I think it'd be wise if you bring Declan to our little meeting
as well." Kiara advised.
"Why?"
"Because you'll need him." Leo responded.
"Oh." She didn't sound too thrilled at the aspect of having to spend
sometime outside of school with Professor Dunn… then again, she couldn't
honestly write this guy off. He was sexy… in an intellectual sort of way. A
smile appeared on her face, "Okay! I'll talk to him then."
"Couldn't resist a handsome face, huh Phoebe?" Kiara teased her.
She glared at her young god sister, though her eyes were twinkling.
"Guys, seriously," Jack, the oh so familiar voice of reason, spoke up.
"What's really going on? Freezing time? It's impossible."
"You've witnessed just the tip of the iceberg, Jack." Piper said.
"Look, we need to talk to you guys about something really important."
Prue said to Jimmy, Fi, Annie, and Jack.
"It's a matter of life or death." Leo added.
"Excuse me?" Piper and Phoebe met eyes with Leo.
"Leo…" Prue had that dangerous tone in her voice.
Kiara sighed, "You're doing a lousy job nowadays as a white lighter,
Leo."
"Honey," Piper began, "You didn't tell us that this was, as you so put
it, a matter of life or death."
Leo quickly defended himself with, "C'mon, you guys, you've been
through worse… this is sort of up there between what happened with the
four horsemen of the apocalypse and when your whole family line was almost
swiped clean off existence by Cole."
"Thanks for reminding us, Leo." Phoebe snapped bitterly.
Prue and Piper glanced at each other, remembering how heartbroken
Phoebe was over the death of Cole, the half-human, half-demon that fell in
love with Phoebe and vice-versa.
"Sorry, Pheebs. You know what I'm getting at."
"Guys," Kiara spoke up, "They're moving." She pointed towards the
Molly and the others.
Piper threw up her hands again, freezing time once more. This time,
Jack was just as thrown off by what happened as the others.
"What the?"
"Whoa, that was awesome!" Fi exclaimed. She glanced at Annie, "You
gotta admit, Annie. What Piper did was really cool."
She smiled shyly at her friend, "Yeah… I have to admit that it was."
"And I thought Superman was the only one on earth with cool powers."
Jimmy mumbled out loud.
"Superman? Sounds like a comic book character." Jack smirked at
Jimmy. "Now I've heard everything."
"I can only hold time still for so long. Let's just plan a time and a place
for us to meet so that we can explain all this to you guys." Piper said, a bit
agitated.
"How about tomorrow? At Halliwell manor? Say, at three in the
afternoon? Is that okay with you guys?" Kiara asked the Charmed Ones.
"Tomorrow at our house at three sounds fine, Kay." Prue agreed. She
glanced at the others, "Can you guys make it? I can write down the
directions for you?"
Jack was about to protest, but Annie and Fi beat him to it.
"Tomorrow at three sounds fine."
"What about you, Jimmy?" Kiara asked, smiling at the young man.
Jimmy nearly crumbled at her beautiful face, whose smile was aimed
right at him. "Tomorrow? Yeah! Definitely."
"Phoebe," Prue began, "Do you think you can persuade Declan to join
us?"
"Look who you're asking." Both Phoebe, Leo, Piper, and Kiara replied at
the same time. Phoebe glared at them, "Hey! I resent that!"
"Great, so it's settled." The head Halliwell met eyes with the others,
"Oh, and we need to keep what happened here silent and between just the
nine of us. Can we count on you guys to stay quiet? It's really important."
"No one would believe me anyway." Jack said, "They'd just think I
went as far off the rocker as Fi and Annie have already gone."
"Hey!" Both Annie and Fiona slapped him playfully.
"Excellent!" Prue glanced over at her sister, "Okay, Piper, you can
unfreeze them now…"
"Wait, Piper!" Fi cried, holding her hand out in protest.
The others looked at her, confused.
"What is it Fi?" Kiara asked.
"How important is all this? I mean, Leo said that this was all a matter
of life or death. We're really involved in all this, aren't we?" She indicated
towards everyone with the exception of the witches and Leo. "Are we in
danger?"
The Halliwell sisters, Kiara, and Leo all met eyes with each other.
Should they tell her that she was the one that was in more danger than the
others? Kiara silently sent a message to the other with her mind, telling
them that they shouldn't. In their eyes, though, Kiara knew that they want
to be honest with them. Being completely honest with these people from the
very beginning is the only way for them to be able to gain their trust.
Kiara turned her eyes downcast, unable to face their reaction as Prue
spoke truthfully to Fiona. "Yes, Fiona. From what Leo has told us, you are in
danger… all of you" She didn't look directly at Fi. Her eyes wandered
around the whole group.
Kiara looked up, meeting eyes with Prue. She silently smiled with her
eyes. She really didn't lie… just spared them heart ache from the whole
truth.
Fi nodded her head in pensive thought. She then met Piper's eyes and
smiled bravely, "Well, let's get this show on the road! Unfreeze them,
Piper."
"Yes, ma'am." Piper matched Fi's grin as she waved her hands.
By: Sweetwatergal
—A Charmed/ L&C: Superman/ Mysterious Ways/ So Weird xover ff
DISCLAIMER/ AUTHOR'S NOTE: Okay, okay, the usual note that
fanfiction authors write just to avoid the legal technicalities. I do not in any
way own the cast of Charmed, and So Weird. Nor do I own Jimmy Olsen
from Lois & Clark: The new adventures of Superman, and Declan Dunn from
Mysterious Ways. Only in my dreams do I wish to own Brian K. (Leo), Justin
W. (Jimmy), Adrian P. (Declan), Patrick L. (Jack), Eric L. (Carey), and Erik D. (Clu). The only characters that I do own are Kiara Lance and Michael Hunt.
First fanfic—make that, first epic-like fanfic—so please be kind and R&R.
PART I
"Okay Kiara, one more time." Prue Halliwell called out to the young
woman from clear across the room. She watched as Kiara Lance cast
another of her sister's CD with just a flick of her wrist. The object flew
into the air, towards Prue. The twenty-eight year old raised her right hand,
palm out, and prepared to catch the disc when…
"Hey, Prue. Have you seen my—" Phoebe Halliwell bounded down the
stairs and yelped as a round object flew past her, barely hitting her. She
glared at her older sister, "Well, at least I now know the whereabouts of my
entire CD collection."
"Sorry, Phoebe." Kiara smiled sheepishly at her god sister. "Prue was
just helping me fine tune my powers." The nineteen year old placed a hand
on the remaining stack of Phoebe's CDs, magickally orbing them into the
older witch's hands.
"We were going to return them, Pheebs." Prue added, as she walked
over to hand the other stack of CDs to her twenty-three year old sister.
Phoebe smiled at the two witches, "It's okay if you guys use my discs…
I just would like a warning if you're gonna use it for target practice."
"Hey guys, need some help here!" A voice called out to them from
outside the front door. Recognizing the voice, with a single hand motion,
Prue opened the door for her other sister, Piper.
Piper Halliwell stumbled inside, hands full of groceries. "Thanks,
Prue." She smiled meekly, still struggling with the bags of food.
"Here, let me help you, Piper." Kiara said to the twenty-six year old.
She grabbed a package, allowing Piper to breath easily.
"Well, let it be said that you were always my favorite god sister,
Kiara." Piper smiled at her.
"She's our only god sister, Piper." Phoebe chimed in as she and Prue
followed the other two witches into the kitchen area.
Prue, Phoebe, and Piper, also known as the Charmed Ones, were glad
that there was another witch in San Francisco that they can depend on,
besides each other.
As the four women sat around the kitchen area talking and fixing up
some snacks, they were unaware of a new presence orbing into the room. His
eyes spied the four and a small smile spread across his handsome face.
"It's amazing how all four of them look like sisters." He chuckled to
himself.
It was only too true and eerie. There was Phoebe, who had dark hazel
eyes and darkened auburn hair. Prue was the only Halliwell sister with icy
blue eyes, but also dark, almost raven, shoulder-length hair. Piper, who Leo
loved with all his heart, had Phoebe's eyes and Prue's hair color. The only
feature that made her stand out from her two sisters was her kind, shy
smile. Prue had a cunning, seductive grin, while Phoebe could easily pull off a
sly and mischievous smile.
If a total stranger were to walk into the room, one would assume Kiara
the fourth Halliwell sister. She had short raven hair, and a petite frame
almost similar to the Charmed Ones. Only real exception that immediately
stood out was her cat-like eyes. They were electric blue with a hint of
silver. A lot of people would be shocked to realize that she doesn't wear
contacts, that she was born with those eyes.
Kiara smiled at the Charmed Ones, glad to be in such great company.
Suddenly, she felt a new presence in the room.
Phoebe noticed Kiara's sudden movements. She watched as the young
woman's eyes shifted, as if calculating a plan. "Kiara…" Phoebe's began, but
was silenced as she witnessed the young girl orb herself from the group.
"Kiara?" Piper spoke, startled by the disappearance.
Leo had seen Kiara orb out of the room, but where? He was going to
make his presence known to the women when suddenly…
"Guess who?" Kiara giggled, orbing herself on top of Leo's back. Leo
groaned as he felt the weight of the young woman, surprised by the ambush.
Prue, Piper, and Phoebe laughed as Leo stumbled around, with Kiara
riding piggy-back.
"Okay, Kay. You can get off now." He said, trying to hide the smile on
his face as he tried to act serious.
"Fine, party-pooper." Kiara replied. She smiled up at the Charmed
Ones's white lighter. She knew that Leo wasn't really upset with her for
pulling that stunt.
"Hey, Leo." Phoebe called out.
"Hey." Prue also answered.
"Hi, hon." Piper smiled at the love of her life, as he walked over
towards her.
"Anything new on the heavenly front?" Kiara asked, joining the others
again.
"Actually," He began, sitting himself down next to Piper, "That's why
I'm here."
"As if you're usually here to see all of us, and not just Piper, on a daily
basis." Phoebe remarked.
"So what's wrong?" Prue asked, wanting to get the supernatural
business over and done with.
"Well, something major is going to go down within the next few weeks.
Something that will involve a lot of people."
"People-people or our kind of people?" Kiara questioned.
"Innocents." Was his only reply. "All I know is that there's a young
woman out there who knows too much about the supernatural world and that
she's going to need some major protection."
"Tell us all you know, Leo. I have a feeling that it isn't going to be as
easy as some of the other quote-unquote adventures we've been through."
"Psychic intuition, Pheebs?" Kiara asked half jokingly.
"Seriously, Phoebe's right. Tell us everything that you know, don't
spare us even the smallest detail." Said Prue, preparing herself mentally for
the task at hand.
Leo stood up, facing the Charmed Ones as he prepared to give them
their latest challenge.
"You're going to need all the help you can get. Including yours, Kiara.
The higher power needs you to be physically, emotionally, and most of all,
mentally prepared in order to help the Charmed Ones. They say that within
the next few days, some newcomers will be introduced into your lives. They
may seem like ordinary people, but they will be your greatest allies.
Especially the young woman who will need your protection. For now, she has
been able to shield off her special connection from our side of reality, but
it's slowly returning to her."
"You mean, she was able to bind herself from her connection to the
supernatural?" Kiara asked.
"Yes."
"Is she a witch, Leo? Like us?"
"Her blood lines run from a powerful witch, Piper." He answered.
"They won't tell me whether or not she has it in her blood."
"But she must, Leo. How can someone whose ancestor was a magickal
witch not at least have an amount, even a small one, of her powers?" Phoebe
asked, trying to make sense out of it.
"Whether or not she has the Celtic blood in her, she still will need
some major help."
"What's her name, Leo?" Kiara asked.
"Her name's Fiona. Fiona Phillips."
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"Fiona! Fi!" He yelled. His eyes downcast at his watch. A frustrated
sigh escaped his lips, "Fiona! Get your butt out here right this minute!"
"Relax, Jack." Carey Bell said, casting an amused smile at his younger
brother, Clu.
"Of course it's easy for you guys to tell me to relax. You don't have
someone like FIONA PHILLIPS…" He shouted, then lowered his voice again,
"For a sister.
The eighteen year old glanced at the door again. He was about to
open his mouth when a young blond girl entered the scene. Sixteen year old
Annie Thelen glared at Jack Phillips, "Relax, Jack. Fi will be out in a second."
"I can't believe I told my mom that I'd agree to wait for Fi." Jack
groaned.
"You could have gone off with Molly, Irene, and Ned, like they
offered. I mean, Clu and Carey said they'd wait for us, Jack." Annie pointed
out.
"This is ridiculous…" sighed Jack. He stood up, and was about to
check on Fi when Jack's cell phone began to ring.
"Hello?"
"Jack, honey, where are you guys?"
"Oh, hey mom. We're still on the bus, awaiting for Princess
Procrastinator Phillips to make an appearance." He answered sarcastically.
Carey smirked at Jack's words, earning a playful slap from Annie.
"Well, we're in the club right now, checking out the stage and all.
Come on in as soon as possible okay? We're actually still waiting for the
club's owner to arrive."
"Alright, mom. In fact, we'll be in there in five minutes or less. I will
drag Fiona out of here if I have to."
"Hopefully, you won't need to, Jack."
"This is Fi, we're talking about, mom. Ever since she came back, she's
been fashionably late."
"That's because I always feel the need to make an appearance, Jack."
Jack looked up, smiling wearily at his sixteen year old sister.
"We'll see you inside, mom. The Princess has finally arrived."
"Be nice to your sister, Jack."
"You know I am, mom."
"Okay, bye."
"Bye." Once Jack hung up, he smirked at his sibling. "You finally
decided to grace our presence, Princess Procrastinator."
"Cut the sarcastic routine, Jack." She smirked right back.
Though Fiona and Jack tend to get on each other's nerves, there is no
doubt that the two Phillips children would do anything for each other. For a
family as close as theirs, Fi and Jack could always depend on another to be
there 24/7.
"Are you two ready to go inside P3, now?" Carey interrupted. He and
Annie were already by the bus door.
"After you, dear Princess." Jack replied, bowing to his baby sister.
He couldn't resist continuing their little game.
"Thank you, my dear Frog Prince." She answered, as she joined Clu's
side. Clu Bell held out his hand for Fi to take.
Jack watched as Fi and Clu held hands. The usual jealous stirring
occurred, but then faded away. He was used to that feeling ever since his
sister and his best friend started going out. It freaked him out at first,
causing him a sudden urge to beat the daylight out of Clu every five
minutes… but because he loved seeing his Fiona happy, and she was happy
with Clu, he grew to respect their relationship. He was afraid though that
one day, one of them will get hurt. Jack knew that when that day comes, if
it does, he'll lose his friendship with Clu. If Clu were to break Fi's heart,
Jack knew that out of brotherly duty, he'll have to kill him. If Fi broke Clu's
heart, Jack knew that Clu will feel extremely uncomfortable being around
anything that reminds him of Fi… including his friendship with Fi's older
brother. It was a no win situation, and Jack secretly prayed that neither
one of them will break each other's hearts. Watching them now as they
enjoyed one another's company, Jack couldn't help but secretly think about
how cool it will be if Clu and himself ended up as brother-in-laws. A smile
appeared on his face as he thought about it, causing Annie to take note of it.
"What's with the grin, Jack?" she teased.
Jack quickly wiped it away, shrugging. "Nothin'. Just nothing." He
replied as all five of them entered the San Francisco club P3.
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"Fiona Phillips?!" Piper exclaimed in disbelief.
"Don't tell me you know her, Piper." Phoebe said.
"Is she related in any way to Molly Phillips?" Piper asked Leo, hoping
that she wasn't jumping the gun.
"She's Molly's daughter." Leo replied.
"You mean the girl we have to protect is the daughter of the singer
that Piper just booked for the club?" Prue asked, starting to sense the
universal connection.
"Piper's club? P3?" Kiara added.
"Yes."
"Talk about the circle of life." Phoebe joked.
"Any more connections we should know about, Leo?"
Leo looked at Prue, "Yeah, two more connections, Prue. One of them
has to do the new photographer in town. You introduced us to him a while
back."
"Jimmy Olsen? He's also involved?"
"You mean the cutie that has the hots for our Kiara?" Phoebe grinned
slyly.
Kiara glared at Phoebe, though trying her best to hide a blushing
smile.
"And who else?"
"I think Phoebe knows him," Leo replied, looking at the youngest
Halliwell sister. "A visiting professor named Declan Dunn."
"Yeah, I sat in on one of his lectures. Could see why he's connected
somehow. Word around campus is that he's into investigating paranormal
mysteries. Totally anal defensive on his subject… would be annoyed by him
if—"
"If he wasn't so cute." Kiara finished for Phoebe.
"Are you reading minds again, Kiara." Prue half-joked with the young
woman.
"No, I just know Phoebe too well."
Piper glanced at the wall clock, and gasped. "Oh my gosh, speaking of
connection… I have to meet with the Molly Phillips band right this minute! I
totally forgot about it."
"You want us to come with you, Piper?" Prue offered.
Piper cast a glance at Leo, "I don't know. If you want to."
"I think we should." Kiara finalized the idea. "That way, we can check
out what makes this Fiona girl so special enough that she needs the
protection of the Charmed Ones."
"Kiara's right. If all of you at least become friends with her, she'll be
able to trust you more with her life. Listen, I'm going to go back and get
some new information. I'll contact you guys as soon as possible." Leo said,
before kissing Piper good-bye and orbing on out.
"Alright, let's move it on out!" Phoebe cried out, whirling an imaginary
lasso, causing her sisters and Kiara to crack a smile. They can always count
on Phoebe to bring laughter despite any hurdles and odds they have to face.
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"Yeah, CK, I miss you guys too." Jimmy smiled into his phone. "But
you guys were right when you suggested I go off on my own for a while."
He adjusted the phone with his shoulder while trying to work in his
new dark room. "Okay, well, tell Chief that whenever the Daily Planet starts
to fall apart without me, I'll catch the next flight out to Metropolis." He
chuckled. "Alright, CK… Give Lois a hug for me and I'll talk to you guys
later… Okay, bye."
Jimmy Olsen grinned to himself, despite the fading emotion of
homesickness. He did miss Metropolis and all his friends back at the Daily
Planet, but he didn't regret moving out here to San Francisco for a while. It
was a new experience, a new life… a new beginning. At least he knew that he
can count on nothing extraordinary like seeing a super hero in blue tights
flying about here.
As Jimmy worked with his film, a beautiful face flashed before his
eyes. He shook his head, trying hard to concentrate on his work at hand.
Unfortunately, he couldn't help but think about her.
He remembered the first time he met her… met Kiara Lance.
Jimmy had Prue Halliwell to thank for the introductions made. He was
new in town and Prue volunteered to help the new guy around.
*beginning of flashback*
"You'll love this club, though I may be a bit bias seeing as me and my
sisters own it." Prue practically dragged Jimmy into P3.
The night club was packed with a lot of young people, dancing the
night away. Jimmy had to admit, the club was pretty happening.
He watched as his assigned partner call out to a dark haired woman
with a tall blond man.
"Piper! Leo!"
"Hey Prue." The woman beamed at her.
"Jimmy, this is my sister, Piper, and her boyfriend, Leo." Prue said.
"Piper, Leo, this is Jimmy Olsen. He's new in town, and is a new photographer
for the magazine."
"Hi." Leo extended a friendly hand.
"Hey Prue! Finally decided to join the living and party with your baby
sisters?"
Jimmy turned around, as did Prue, at the sound of the new voice. His
jaw nearly dropped at the sight of the raven haired angel next to Prue's
other sister.
"Whoa… hello. Hi! I'm Phoebe Halliwell."
Prue held back a smirk, while Piper giggled silently at Phoebe's
reaction to Jimmy.
Being a gentleman, Jimmy managed to stray his eyes from the angel.
He smiled at Phoebe, "Hey, my name's Jimmy."
His eyes landed on the beauty again, his movement catching the
Halliwell sisters' attention. Phoebe closed her mouth for a moment, then
realizing that maybe she shouldn't flirt with this new guy after all.
"And this," Phoebe grinned, placing a sisterly arm around her friend,
"Is Kiara Lance."
"Hi Jimmy, it's nice to meet you." She held out her hand shyly to him,
her blue-silver eyes shining of beauty and youth.
"Pleasure's mine, Kiara." Taking her hand, nearly jumping at first
contact. Something was there… and Jimmy noted that Kiara also felt it.
*end of flashback*
"Kiara Lance." His sighed, a bit dazed. Suddenly, his timer pierced
his thoughts. "Whoa! Yikes… hello, Olsen. Wake up and smell the film
exposures."
Jimmy glanced over his photographs when something in one of them
caught his eye.
"Hello… what is this?"
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"C'mon Peggy…" Declan Dunn pleaded into the phone. He removed his
glasses, rubbing his tired eyes. "Alright, alright. I won't ask anymore." The
college professor looked over his notes, "Can you at least do this one tiny
favor for me? Since you refuse to fly down here to San Francisco for me…"
A smile spread across his face as he heard her comply to the favor
before actually knowing what it is.
"Since I'm lonely with my tag team, can you possibly try to at least
change Miranda's mind? See if she can make it down here… yes, I'll admit it,
I do need you guys with me…" Declan chuckled, despite the fact that he had
to resort to begging.
Declan was missing his partners in crime, but a part of him had to
admit that he actually needed the solitude. He had been called by an old
associate of his to give a lecture on one of his many recent scientific
findings. When he realized that he had to fly to San Francisco, he took it as
a work-slash-vacation opportunity. How could he say no?
His visit was made especially interesting thanks to one of the college
students he met… Phoebe Halliwell.
She had sat in on of one of his lectures. The talk was about the facts
and myths of witchcraft in old and modern history. Boy, he thought to
himself, the girl had spunk. Contradicting him at every corner, adding in her
own two cents… and the fact that not only was she smart, but attractive to
boot didn't help Declan one bit.
"Huh?… yeah, Peggy, I'm still here…"
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"I'm so sorry, everyone." Piper bounded down the stairs of the club,
smiling apologetically at the group around the stage area.
Prue, Phoebe, and Kiara followed behind Piper, keeping their eyes on
anyone that could be Fiona Phillips. Prue nudged the two, indicating a young
blond girl next to the lead guitarist. They cast a look that asked "Could she
be the one?"
Piper, on the other hand, found her eyes stray towards a petite
auburn hair girl holding hands with a young short blond hair man. She had a
feeling that this might be the Fiona Phillips in need of protecting.
"Are you Piper Halliwell? My name's Irene Bell, I believed we talked
on the phone before?" Irene extended her hand to Piper.
"Yes, I'm Piper. And this is my club, P3." She cast a glance towards
her sisters and Kiara. "These are my sisters, Prue and Phoebe. And our god
sister, Kiara Lance."
"I'm Molly Phillips," She indicated towards everyone, including the one
person they were looking for. "This is my son, Jack, and my daughter Fiona.
Fiona's boyfriend, and Irene's son, Clu Bell. Ned Bell, his son, Carey. And
this talented young girl next to Carey is my opening act, Annie Thelen."
"Hey, everyone!" Phoebe smiled.
Carey was stunned as he took notice of Prue Halliwell. There was
something mysterious, exotic, and cool about her. Her blue eyes met his,
causing him to stumble. Prue saw his reaction, and smirked.
As Piper took Irene and Molly aside, Prue, Phoebe, and Kiara decided
to chat up with the Fi and her friends.
With one glance, each witch decided to divide and conquer. Kiara went
to talk to Jack, Phoebe decided to chat with Fi and Clu, and Prue went up to
Carey and Annie.
"So, what's it like to have a mom for a rock star?"
Jack looked up and smiled at Kiara. "It's pretty cool." He looked her
over, and was taken a back for a moment by her eyes.
Kiara laughed, "I take it you just noticed my eyes."
"Those are pretty cool contacts."
"Well prepare to be shocked, I'm not wearing contacts."
He looked at her, stunned. "Get out of here."
"I'm not kidding. Blue, with a hint of silver, is my natural eye color."
"Wow. Well, just don't mention that to Fi or Annie."
"Why not?" She moved closer to him, realizing that she might have
stumbled onto something valuable.
"Well, no offense, but it's pretty weird for someone to have such
unique natural eye color like yours. They would think you were like an alien or
something."
Or something, she thought to herself.
"Are you as good as everyone else says you are?" Prue smiled at
Carey.
Annie had to hold back a laugh as she noticed Carey's nervous
behavior. She knew instantly that Carey was smitten by Prue.
"I-I-um.. I try to be." He held his guitar tighter, 'til the strings
practically left an imprint on his hand.
"So, Annie. You're a singer like Molly?" Prue knew that if she talked
to Carey more, he'd probably faint right on the spot. She took note of the
young girl and felt that they shouldn't shrug her off just yet.
"Not as great as Molly, but I guess I could hold my own." Annie
glanced at Carey, "But Carey here is an awesome guitarist."
"Really? I can't wait to hear you play." Prue smiled seductively,
causing Carey to stumble again.
"Whoa, I've never seen your brother act sooo… well, so unlike himself."
Fi giggled.
"This is so embarrassing," Clu groaned.
"What is?"
Clu and Fi looked up, smiling at Phoebe.
Clu tried to hide behind Fi when he pointed towards his brother.
"That."
Phoebe grinned apologetically at them. "When Prue knows someone
has got it bad for her, she just has to make it worse for them. I don't know
how many times I can apologize for it."
"You're Phoebe, right?" Clu asked, finally looking up. "I got confused
for a moment when your sister made the introductions. All of your names
start with the letter P."
"Well, my mom had this thing for 'P' names. Her name was Penny."
She smiled, "Yeah, I'm Phoebe." She pointed towards Piper, "That's the
middle child, Piper." And towards Prue, "And our big sister, Prue."
"Prue?! Prue? Are you here?"
Everyone looked up at the new voice in the proximity. The Halliwell
sisters, and Kiara, immediately recognized the newcomer.
"Jimmy? What are you doing here?" Prue walked towards her
partner, who was obviously excited over something.
"I've been looking for you everywhere." His eyes were solely on Prue…
until it strayed for a moment and was caught off guard by Kiara's presence.
Kiara knew that stunned look, and waved shyly at Jimmy. She heard
Jack whisper to her teasingly "Someone has a crush on you." Kiara nudged
him, but not too hard.
"Jimmy? What is it?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah… take a look at this." Jimmy handed Prue a
photograph, which caused her to turn pale for a split second. Her eyes
gazed up and met with her sisters and Kiara. They knew instinctually that
something was up.
"Remember that day when you said that I should take some outside
shots of your Victorian house?"
Prue remembered that day. Leo had orbed in that very day to tell the
Charmed Ones some of the latest news. She had to distract Jimmy
somehow, so she sent him outside. How was she to know that Olsen would
take some shots capturing Leo orbing out?
Piper, Phoebe, and Kiara joined Prue's side. They all held back a gasp
as they saw a shot of Leo half-orbed from the scene. Kiara glanced at
Piper's worried face. It was practically a mirror of all their faces. How
were they going to explain this?
"Whoa! That picture…" The Halliwell sisters turned around, hearing
Fiona's voice. Much to their dismay, Fiona and company had curiously
gathered around them.
"What's up with that guy?" Clu asked, looking over Fi's shoulder.
Kiara could feel Jimmy's eyes on her. She knew that Jimmy
recognized Leo in the photo, and she also assumed that her god sisters knew
that fact too.
"Hey Piper, isn't that your boyfriend? Leo?" Jimmy asked.
Piper was beginning to feel very claustrophobic…
"Piper? Prue? Phoebe? Kiara?"
"Leo?!" The girls turned around.
Great timing, Leo, Kiara thought silently. She cast a look at the
sisters, noticing that they were thinking the same thing.
Leo had bounded down the stairs, needing to tell the girls something
very important that he found out from his bosses. When he joined the
group, he noticed that he might have picked a wrong time to drop in. Prue
discreetly held up the photo, hoping for him to catch a glimpse of it… which
he did.
"Oh boy," he muttered.
"Weird." Fi whispered, Annie echoing the same word.
Kiara glanced at Piper, noticing her panic state. She felt for her, how
could she not? Try explaining to these people, potential clients, that there
is a very good reason as to why your boyfriend looks like a ghost in the
photograph. It was then Kiara felt a tight knot in her stomach, especially as
she read Piper's facial expressions.
Leo recognized that look of Piper's as well. He met eyes with Kiara,
knowing that she was thinking the same thought. Before they knew it, both
of them reached out to Piper, exclaiming the same thing. "No, Piper! Wait—
"
Piper threw up her hands, freezing time. She glanced around, meeting
eyes with the ones she knew wouldn't be affected by her powers; mainly her
sisters and Kiara. To Leo, with her pointer finger, she unfroze him.
"Piper," Kiara began.
"Why did you freeze them?" Phoebe asked.
"How could I not? I couldn't think straight with all their stares,
Pheebs. How can we explain these," She grabbed the pictures from Prue's
hand, "Pictures of Leo? Looking like a ghost no less!" She then gazed past
her sisters to Kiara and Leo, "And why did you two try to stop me?"
Both pairs of eyes drifted towards the main reason why, for she knew
that actions could speak louder than words…
"What happened?!"
"Oh my gosh…"
"You froze them!"
The Halliwell sisters turned around, shocked by the fact that Fiona,
Annie, and Jimmy was unaffected by Piper's powers.
"That's why." Both Kiara and Leo replied, meekly.
"Ladies, this isn't good." Phoebe mumbled to her sister witches,
before trying to feign an innocent smile towards Fi, Annie, and Jimmy.
"Guys! Hey… you know, this isn't what it seems."
"Yeah? Well if it isn't what it seems," Annie began.
"What is it then?" Fiona finished.
"Because it looks like to us that you froze everyone in place, with the
big exception of us, of course." Jimmy added.
"That's why I came looking for you guys," Leo said to the Halliwells
and Kiara. "It seems that there's something real—I guess the appropriate
word right now would be 'magickal'—about Fiona, Annie, Jimmy, and Declan."
"Who's Declan?" Annie, Fi, and Jimmy asked at the same time.
"Declan?!" Phoebe looked at Leo, shocked. "You gotta be kiddin' me,
Leo."
"That's what they," He indicated towards the heavens, "Told me to
tell you."
"Fi?"
Kiara felt the knot in her stomach again, especially as the unfrozen
group turned to see a very unfrozen Jack.
The witches gave Leo a look, which caused him to flinch. He smiled
meekly at them. "Well, I just assumed that 'they' were wrong when they
mentioned Jack. Especially when I saw that he was frozen in time like the
others."
"Okay," Jack glanced around, "What's going on, you guys?"
"This is so cool!" Fi exclaimed, the old excitement of the good ol' days
shining in her eyes.
"No, it's not Fi." Annie said. She looked around at everyone else, "I
want to know what happened. Are they going to stay frozen forever?"
"No, Annie. It's a temporary thing." Kiara explained. To Jack, "Jack,
I think you better join us. We have a lot of explaining to do."
"Is this for real?" He looked at his mom. "Wow, she's really… stiff."
"That's because Piper froze time." Fi said.
"Piper?" He glanced over at Piper, then to Fi, "This Piper? Froze
time?" When his sister nodded, he found himself chuckling, "Why am I not
surprise that you'd come up with some wacky explanation for everything, Fi?
C'mon, what's really going on."
"She's right." Jimmy spoke up. "Piper did freeze them, with us being
the exception."
Prue sighed, this was getting them no where and she knew it. Deciding
to take charge, "Look guys, we don't have enough time now to explain
everything, because Piper's abilities could only last so long."
"Prue's right," Phoebe vouched for her sister. "Which is why, if
Prue's thinking what I know she's thinking, we'd like to explain everything at
a later time."
"Like when?" Fi asked.
"Phoebe, I think it'd be wise if you bring Declan to our little meeting
as well." Kiara advised.
"Why?"
"Because you'll need him." Leo responded.
"Oh." She didn't sound too thrilled at the aspect of having to spend
sometime outside of school with Professor Dunn… then again, she couldn't
honestly write this guy off. He was sexy… in an intellectual sort of way. A
smile appeared on her face, "Okay! I'll talk to him then."
"Couldn't resist a handsome face, huh Phoebe?" Kiara teased her.
She glared at her young god sister, though her eyes were twinkling.
"Guys, seriously," Jack, the oh so familiar voice of reason, spoke up.
"What's really going on? Freezing time? It's impossible."
"You've witnessed just the tip of the iceberg, Jack." Piper said.
"Look, we need to talk to you guys about something really important."
Prue said to Jimmy, Fi, Annie, and Jack.
"It's a matter of life or death." Leo added.
"Excuse me?" Piper and Phoebe met eyes with Leo.
"Leo…" Prue had that dangerous tone in her voice.
Kiara sighed, "You're doing a lousy job nowadays as a white lighter,
Leo."
"Honey," Piper began, "You didn't tell us that this was, as you so put
it, a matter of life or death."
Leo quickly defended himself with, "C'mon, you guys, you've been
through worse… this is sort of up there between what happened with the
four horsemen of the apocalypse and when your whole family line was almost
swiped clean off existence by Cole."
"Thanks for reminding us, Leo." Phoebe snapped bitterly.
Prue and Piper glanced at each other, remembering how heartbroken
Phoebe was over the death of Cole, the half-human, half-demon that fell in
love with Phoebe and vice-versa.
"Sorry, Pheebs. You know what I'm getting at."
"Guys," Kiara spoke up, "They're moving." She pointed towards the
Molly and the others.
Piper threw up her hands again, freezing time once more. This time,
Jack was just as thrown off by what happened as the others.
"What the?"
"Whoa, that was awesome!" Fi exclaimed. She glanced at Annie, "You
gotta admit, Annie. What Piper did was really cool."
She smiled shyly at her friend, "Yeah… I have to admit that it was."
"And I thought Superman was the only one on earth with cool powers."
Jimmy mumbled out loud.
"Superman? Sounds like a comic book character." Jack smirked at
Jimmy. "Now I've heard everything."
"I can only hold time still for so long. Let's just plan a time and a place
for us to meet so that we can explain all this to you guys." Piper said, a bit
agitated.
"How about tomorrow? At Halliwell manor? Say, at three in the
afternoon? Is that okay with you guys?" Kiara asked the Charmed Ones.
"Tomorrow at our house at three sounds fine, Kay." Prue agreed. She
glanced at the others, "Can you guys make it? I can write down the
directions for you?"
Jack was about to protest, but Annie and Fi beat him to it.
"Tomorrow at three sounds fine."
"What about you, Jimmy?" Kiara asked, smiling at the young man.
Jimmy nearly crumbled at her beautiful face, whose smile was aimed
right at him. "Tomorrow? Yeah! Definitely."
"Phoebe," Prue began, "Do you think you can persuade Declan to join
us?"
"Look who you're asking." Both Phoebe, Leo, Piper, and Kiara replied at
the same time. Phoebe glared at them, "Hey! I resent that!"
"Great, so it's settled." The head Halliwell met eyes with the others,
"Oh, and we need to keep what happened here silent and between just the
nine of us. Can we count on you guys to stay quiet? It's really important."
"No one would believe me anyway." Jack said, "They'd just think I
went as far off the rocker as Fi and Annie have already gone."
"Hey!" Both Annie and Fiona slapped him playfully.
"Excellent!" Prue glanced over at her sister, "Okay, Piper, you can
unfreeze them now…"
"Wait, Piper!" Fi cried, holding her hand out in protest.
The others looked at her, confused.
"What is it Fi?" Kiara asked.
"How important is all this? I mean, Leo said that this was all a matter
of life or death. We're really involved in all this, aren't we?" She indicated
towards everyone with the exception of the witches and Leo. "Are we in
danger?"
The Halliwell sisters, Kiara, and Leo all met eyes with each other.
Should they tell her that she was the one that was in more danger than the
others? Kiara silently sent a message to the other with her mind, telling
them that they shouldn't. In their eyes, though, Kiara knew that they want
to be honest with them. Being completely honest with these people from the
very beginning is the only way for them to be able to gain their trust.
Kiara turned her eyes downcast, unable to face their reaction as Prue
spoke truthfully to Fiona. "Yes, Fiona. From what Leo has told us, you are in
danger… all of you" She didn't look directly at Fi. Her eyes wandered
around the whole group.
Kiara looked up, meeting eyes with Prue. She silently smiled with her
eyes. She really didn't lie… just spared them heart ache from the whole
truth.
Fi nodded her head in pensive thought. She then met Piper's eyes and
smiled bravely, "Well, let's get this show on the road! Unfreeze them,
Piper."
"Yes, ma'am." Piper matched Fi's grin as she waved her hands.