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DESPAIR PART THREE: THE KEY TO THE GATES OF HEAVEN
All that night Prue, Piper and Phoebe took turns sitting with Cybele. She lay there, not moving, eyes tightly closed and barely breathing. When morning finally came they all gathered in Cybele's room, worried.
"There's no change." Phoebe said tearfully. "If she wasn't breathing I'd think she was dead."
Piper knelt beside the bed and gently shook Cybele calling out to her.
"Cybele, wakeup honey. Come back to us. Please baby come back."
There was no response, Cybele didn't move, Her breathing shallow and faint. Piper buried her face in her hands and wept. Prue and Phoebe were also crying. It looked like this was an innocent they had been helpless to protect. They were filled with sorrow for her and anger for whoever had done this to her, an almost all consuming rage at the one responsible for this unspeakable act.
Then from downstairs they heard a loud crash. They ran downstairs. Their front door lay smashed and broken against the back wall of their living room. Standing in the front doorway was a large demon.
The demon stood almost nine feet tall. Hair like rusty barbwire framed a face out of a nightmare. Its eyes were like windows to hell. The large wide mouth was filled with two inch needle sharp teeth. His arms were thick with corded muscles and his hands were tipped with one foot long razor sharp metal blades. Its chest was barrel shaped and its thick legs ended in big clawed feet. It smiled at them. A smile that sent jolts of terror through them.
"Give me the girl." The demon snarled.
Prue yelled back. "Why do you want her?"
"The source wants her, not I." He replied. "She is very important."
"Why?' piper asked. "Why is she so important to the source?"
"She is the key."
"The key?" asked Prue, confused. "The key to what?"
"She is the key to the Gates of Heaven. With her the source can invade heaven. I tried to persuade her to help us, but she escaped. But before she got away we put a seal on her. A seal that kept her from communicate in anyway."
"You're the one who did this to her?" Phoebe screamed furiously. "You God damned bastard, we'll vanquish your sorry ass!"
" Phoebe, go protect Cybele. We'll take care of him." Yelled Prue.
"Okay." Phoebe answered and started towards the stairs.
"NO!" roared the demon. He raised his hand and shot a ball of energy towards her. It enveloped her, she screamed and dead crumpled to the floor, her lifeless body smoking.
"PHOEBE!!" screamed Prue. "You son of a bitch! You killed her."
"As will I all unless you give me the girl." He laughed mockingly.
"You won't get her." Prue said flinging him back out the door. "I won't ever let you touch her again."
The demon roared with fury and came rushing back into the house, his face even more hideous from anger.
"Piper, freeze him." Said Prue.
Before either one could move the demon knocked both of them across the room. Only half conscience, Piper looked up and she saw something that skocked her.
Floating down the stairs was Cybele, her eyes were a molten gold. An aura coruscating energy surrounded her. She floated between the demon and the Halliwells. She looked at the demon and said.
"Now it begins."
END PART THREE
DESPAIR PART THREE: THE KEY TO THE GATES OF HEAVEN
All that night Prue, Piper and Phoebe took turns sitting with Cybele. She lay there, not moving, eyes tightly closed and barely breathing. When morning finally came they all gathered in Cybele's room, worried.
"There's no change." Phoebe said tearfully. "If she wasn't breathing I'd think she was dead."
Piper knelt beside the bed and gently shook Cybele calling out to her.
"Cybele, wakeup honey. Come back to us. Please baby come back."
There was no response, Cybele didn't move, Her breathing shallow and faint. Piper buried her face in her hands and wept. Prue and Phoebe were also crying. It looked like this was an innocent they had been helpless to protect. They were filled with sorrow for her and anger for whoever had done this to her, an almost all consuming rage at the one responsible for this unspeakable act.
Then from downstairs they heard a loud crash. They ran downstairs. Their front door lay smashed and broken against the back wall of their living room. Standing in the front doorway was a large demon.
The demon stood almost nine feet tall. Hair like rusty barbwire framed a face out of a nightmare. Its eyes were like windows to hell. The large wide mouth was filled with two inch needle sharp teeth. His arms were thick with corded muscles and his hands were tipped with one foot long razor sharp metal blades. Its chest was barrel shaped and its thick legs ended in big clawed feet. It smiled at them. A smile that sent jolts of terror through them.
"Give me the girl." The demon snarled.
Prue yelled back. "Why do you want her?"
"The source wants her, not I." He replied. "She is very important."
"Why?' piper asked. "Why is she so important to the source?"
"She is the key."
"The key?" asked Prue, confused. "The key to what?"
"She is the key to the Gates of Heaven. With her the source can invade heaven. I tried to persuade her to help us, but she escaped. But before she got away we put a seal on her. A seal that kept her from communicate in anyway."
"You're the one who did this to her?" Phoebe screamed furiously. "You God damned bastard, we'll vanquish your sorry ass!"
" Phoebe, go protect Cybele. We'll take care of him." Yelled Prue.
"Okay." Phoebe answered and started towards the stairs.
"NO!" roared the demon. He raised his hand and shot a ball of energy towards her. It enveloped her, she screamed and dead crumpled to the floor, her lifeless body smoking.
"PHOEBE!!" screamed Prue. "You son of a bitch! You killed her."
"As will I all unless you give me the girl." He laughed mockingly.
"You won't get her." Prue said flinging him back out the door. "I won't ever let you touch her again."
The demon roared with fury and came rushing back into the house, his face even more hideous from anger.
"Piper, freeze him." Said Prue.
Before either one could move the demon knocked both of them across the room. Only half conscience, Piper looked up and she saw something that skocked her.
Floating down the stairs was Cybele, her eyes were a molten gold. An aura coruscating energy surrounded her. She floated between the demon and the Halliwells. She looked at the demon and said.
"Now it begins."
END PART THREE