"Hi, wow, I think you guys are amazing. Girl
rockers kick ass!" a girl said as she neared the table where Raine, Drea,
Monica and Amanda sat.
"Yea!" Amanda laughed as she signed a t-shirt and
pushed it down the table to Monica.
"I think the rock world needs more girls," Monica
nodded. "I mean, other than us, Bif Naked, Halfcocked and Kittie, there are NO
girls out there."
"Of course!" Raine and Drea nodded their approval.
It hadn't been easy for them to come up with a band. Raine and Sam had started
it together as a guitarist and bassist. Then Amanda had started playing guitar
and Monica had bought her own bass after her cousin took his back after he
graduated from university. But they now had two guitarists and two bassists.
And they still needed a drummer. They all went to the same high school, but
didn't know any good drummers. Then Raine had called up her cousin, Andrea
(Drea), and she gave up playing guitar live so she could rap and sing and
scream, and they had a band! Raine, Amanda and Monica had really wanted just
girls, but Sam had come along and was a great bass guitarist, so they couldn't
resist adding him.
"Raine," there was a soft voice behind her. Raine
recognised the voice and gave a slight shudder as she turned.
"Why are you here?" she demanded.
"I have to ask you to come with us," Paige said.
"Why? I don't want to get involved with you and
your demons," she hissed back.
"But we need you! I have to talk to you!" Paige
whispered urgently.
"Well, you're still gonna have to wait until I'm
done here in another hour or so," Raine shrugged. "I have fans to attend to."
"We can't wait that long! We've been here for two
and a half hours already!" Paige exclaimed. "Can't you just take fifteen
minutes to talk to me?"
"No."
"Fine. Be like that," she huffed as she turned and
stomped away.
Suddenly there were screams and shrieks as the
music stopped, for the second time that day.
"Oh, shit. Don't tell me, he's back," Raine moaned.
"What?" Paige asked.
"Tanarus, he was just here this morning! During the
first performance, that's why our whole schedule's been practically thrown out
the window and we're so behind! He's screwing everything up!" she threw up her
hands angrily. "I'm sorry guys, I'm gonna have to go," she apologized to the
fans. "Something's wrong."
"Wait! Let me help you!" Paige fell into step
beside Raine as she sprinted for the main stage.
When they got there, things were in chaos. People
running and screaming and trying to get away from the blue-green tornado that
had hit the same morning. The stage was devoid of people, thank God, but there
were still the fans. Paige and Raine watched, as Piper and Phoebe came up, as
the whirling winds slowly died down and out of it emerged the same demon from
that morning.
"TANARUS!" Raine screamed angrily. "GET YOUR ASS
OVER HERE!" He looked down from the stage and smirked.
"Go away, Kalika. If you won't help me, I'll do
this my own way. I've been following these witches!" he sneered.
"TANARUS, LEAVE THEM ALONE!" she screamed angrily.
"WHY CAN'T YOU JUST MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS?"
"Why can't they?" he retorted.
"Stop acting like a child and get down here!" she
ordered. He obeyed like a puppy dog. He knew she still had strong magical
powers somehow.
"What is it? Can't you just let me kill the
witches?" he asked irritatedly.
"No."
"Would you at least take it away from all these
people? Somebody's going to get hurt in this stampede you've caused!" she
admonished.
"Oh really. And you think I care?" he cackled.
"You'd better. Because we've got firepower here,
don't we?" she looked to Piper, Phoebe and Paige for support.
They looked at he oddly confused before answering.
"Yea, buddy!" Phoebe agreed with a curt nod of her
head. "We've got LOTS of firepower!"
"Sure," he laughed. "And Kalika, I'm shocked. You,
consorting with these do-gooders?" he mocked.
"Well, I'd rather consort with them than with you,"
she snapped.
"Oh, touché," he scoffed and turned to throw a
firebolt at them.
"Whoa!" Piper exclaimed as she flicked her wrists
and sent the bolts smashing into tiny pieces.
"What was that?" he asked annoyed. "I thought you
witches were supposed to have better talents than that. Blowing a firebolt to
bits? How creative is that?" he asked meanly.
"Hey, she's new with that. Here's some talent for
you!" Phoebe snapped as she whipped her leg up to catch his chin and then
jumped to deliver two consecutive blows to his stomach, making him double over.
"Hah!"
"Bitch," he gasped as he brought one hand down then
made a motion as if to pitch a baseball, launching a sphere of electricity at
her.
"Oo!" Piper flicked her fingers again, blowing the
ball to smithereens.
"Hey, over here," Raine smirked as she blinked away
and reappeared behind him. Tanarus swung around to face her and started to bear
down on her with his head down, aiming to bowl her over. "Nope, maybe over
here!" she laughed gleefully as she blinked to his right. "Or maybe over here!"
she blinked again to his left. Tanarus stopped and glared, getting slightly
confused.
"Or maybe over here!" Paige giggled as she disappeared
and reappeared on his right.
"No, here!" Raine laughed out loud and blinked to
another position. The two girls blinked and disappeared only to reappear again
in different places, whirling around him until he was so dizzy he fell over.
"Phoebe! The potion!" Piper cried as she ran over.
Phoebe, Paige and Piper pulled out their potions and threw them at Tanarus,
causing him to scream and start to smoke. Phoebe pulled out a slip of paper and
the three girls began to chant a rhyme.
"It's not working!" Phoebe cried desperately.
"It will," Raine replied determinedly as she came
up to join them and chant the spell with them.
"No! What are you doing?! You're supposed to be on
my side!" he cried as he listened to Raine's voice chanting along with the
witches. "Nooooo!" And with that, he made a soft poof sound and
disappeared.
"Whew, glad that's done with. Now, are we finished?"
Raine asked as she looked around at the many people who had gathered around
them to watch.
"I guess so," Paige said, her eyes wide as she
stared down at the tattered remains of Tanarus' clothes.
"So I guess we won't be seeing each other again,
right?" Raine said briskly before turning and heading back toward the tent and
van she had so recently vacated.
"Guess not," Phoebe called to her retreating back. "Hope
that's a good thing," she muttered under her breath as Joey from Slipknot, resplendent
in his mask and coveralls, appeared with security and began to clear the fans
away.
"Glad you liked the show, folks! Great special
effects wasn't it? Sorry, but I don't think this will be a repeat performance.
There's nothing more to see, it was all part of the show Linkin Park created
for ya! Next up, Mudvayne!" he crowed as he herded the fans away to leave the
three sisters standing alone.
~*FIN*~
taadaa!! My first Charmed fic! Hope you liked it!
Review for me, please!! And please be nice!!
~Peace Anarchy~