Desperate Measures Chapter IV
Leo orbbed into a large, empty white nothingness. But yet, even though there was no ground, he could still stand up. Standing before him was a man in a white robe, and you could not see his face either, since the robe had a hood that covered over it.
"Leo, do you know why you were called here?" the white-robbed man asked him.
"Yes." Leo said. "It was because I allowed my charges to turn dark."
"Don't even bother trying to explain yourself. We know why you did what you did, and now we have more important problems."
"What would that be?" Leo asked him.
"There is an ancient prophecy only the highest-uppers in the Underworld know of, that being The Source, the Seer, and the demons who collect souls for him. This prophecy, which we have recently came in possesion with, could spell the end of all that is good."
"What is that prophecy?" Leo asked him, now a bit nervous.
"Once one of the Charmed Ones fully and completley embraces darkness, she is invinciable. Eternal and completley unkillable. And the prophecy also states that any Dark Charmed Ones will end up leading darkness to completley taking over the world, eliminating all of good."
Leo gulped and remained silent, stunned.
"Phoebe has not yet completley embraced darkness because of her relationship with Cole. Piper, however, has. You can bring her back if you can find a way to rekindle your relationship with her.....and to do that, you may have to embrace your own dark side, Leo. Since this is more important than anything else right now, you are stripped of your duties as a Whitelighter. Go save Piper, before it is too late. And whatever you do, don't tell Piper she is invinciable."
Leo nodded, and for the last time, orbbed out as his powers were stripped from him.
Meanwhile, Phoebe and Cole were working up quite a sweat sparring in the basement. Phoebe kicked each of the pads on Cole's two hands, then turned around and Roundhouse kicked him in his chest, knocking him back.
"Not bad." Cole said as he stood up.
Phoebe smiled and kissed him.
"You're definitley ready to take out The Source." Cole said. "Now all we need to do is locate an entrance to the Underworld."
Phoebe nodded.
"Once The Source is killed, what happens?" Phoebe asked him.
"Evil will go into a state of chaos." Cole said. "Until a new leader steps up, most of them will be too confused to do anything."
Phoebe nodded again.
A strong leader will be needed when The Source dies. Phoebe thought. Perhaps we are the leaders that evil will need.....
Meanwhile, Piper was seated in front of a mirror in her bedroom, adjusting a piece of jewlery- a red crystal at the end of a metallic chain. She was now sporting a much more darker look, with an elegant black dress that she looked ravishing in. She heard the familar sound of an orbbing in behind her.
"You think you could knock?" Piper said, not even turning around.
"Isn't this supposed to be my room too?" Leo asked her.
"Well, in case you haven't noticed, we're not exactly the happy couple anymore, Leo." Piper stated. "I'm a Warlock and you're a White...."
"Not anymore." Leo said, cutting her off.
Now Piper turned around.
"That was the last time I will ever be able to orb anywhere." Leo stated. "I'm no longer a Whitelighter."
Piper stared at him, not sure how to react.
"I gave it up because I love you, and I want us to be together, no matter what the cost." Leo said. "I don't care which Piper you claim to be, I know that deep down you're still the same person. Evil, good, it doesn't matter to me, I just want to be with you."
Piper turned back to her mirror.
"Evil can't love." she stated simply.
"Phoebe does." Leo replied.
"That's because she hasn't fully accepted evil yet." Piper said. "I have."
"I know you're strong enough to open your heart again, Piper." Leo said.
Piper turned back to look at him again.
"No. I'm not." Piper said.
She turned back to her mirror again as Leo sighed.
"Just leave me alone." Piper said. "Go away before you get hurt."
What is this feeling? Piper thought to herself. I don't want Leo to stay around me, because I don't want him to get hurt. So that means, I am feeling compassion for him. Even though I have fully embraced evil....maybe he can bring me back. But do I want to be brought back?
"Piper, I'm not going to give up." Leo said. "I love you, and I'm not going to let it end like this."
Leo exited Piper's room, and walked down the hallway.
My dear Piper.... Leo thought. You can't make me go away. I love you, and I always will.
Meanwhile, a female Warlock stood before The Source and the Seer in the Underworld. She was an average-sized Caucausin, with short blonde hair and dressed in all red. She held a long sword with a red-colored edge.
"I understand you have summoned me here to kill the remaining Charmed Ones." the Warlock said. "But I understand that they too are now Warlocks, correct?"
"Yes." The Source replied. "So you need to keep your guard up. And to correct you, I only want you to kill one Charmed One. The older one, Piper. If you kill the younger one, Phoebe, I will personally torture you to a slow death. But before you even go after Piper, you must kill the man formerly the demon Belthazor, Cole. Do you have all that Leandra?"
"Understood." Leandra said, and she blinked out.
"What a perfect plan." the Seer told The Source. "Kill two birds with one stone. Send Leandra to the Dark Charmed Ones. Have her kill Cole, sending the younger one, Phoebe, into complete darkness. And have her attempt to kill Piper to show her that she is inviciable."
The Source nodded.
"Once Piper realizes this, her own lust for power will kick in, and the Prophecies will begin to be forfilled." The Source said.
The Seer nodded in agreement.
Leo exited through the front door of the Halliwell Manor just as Phoebe and Cole came in from the kitchen.
"Wonder who that was." Phoebe said outloud.
She shrugged as she took a quick glass of water, and looked down at her sweat-moistioned sports bra.
"I'm going to take a shower." Phoebe told Cole. "Then, I want to go out tonight."
"I don't know if that's such a good idea, Phoebe." Cole replied.
"What, am I supposed to stay in this house my whole fucking life?" Phoebe asked him angrily. "We're going out tonight."
Cole sighed.
"Alright, I guess." Cole said.
"You can use my shower after I'm done, I don't think the current Piper would be above a peep show." Phoebe said.
Cole rolled his eyes as Phoebe went up the stairs.
"Paranoia always was one of evil's least redeeming qualities." Cole said to himself as he entered the Halliwell living room.
He sat down on the couch and began flicking through channels on TV, trying to find something worth watching while waiting his turn for the shower. Behind him, Leandra blinked in.
"Belthazor." Leandra snarled.
Cole turned around to see Leandra standing there, sword drawn.
"You'd think The Source would be happy I got them to turn dark, even though they are going to kill him." Cole said.
"Oh, he's very happy." Leandra said.
"Well, that wasn't exactly my goal." Cole said. "So then, why are you here? To thank me?"
"No, to kill you." Leandra replied.
"Figures." Cole said with a roll of his eyes. "You know I'm just a human now, right?"
"Duh." Leandra said. "In another words, I'd consider you dead right now."
Suddenly, two Warlocks, one male and one female, blinked in behind Cole. The male was a tall African-American wearing a black shirt and blue jeans, while the female was a Caucasin dressed in a black top and red leather pants.
"Who are you?" Leandra asked them.
"Your worst fucking nightmare." the male said.
"Axen, what did I tell you about the damned cliches?" the female said angrily.
"Geez, alright Zira, I'll stop." Axen replied.
Zira raised her right hand in the air and sent Leandra flying backwards. Axen suddenly took the shape of Cole, then charged her. The real Cole knew that this was his chance as the two traded punches, and jumped Leandra, punching her in the back of the head.
"I hate shape-shifters!" Leandra said angrily. "I can still get the girl, though!"
Leandra ran up the stairs, raising one arm along the way which place a large brick wall from the entrance of the stairs to the roof.
Axen went back to his normal form.
"Zira, get rid of this wall." Axen told her.
"Yeah, hurry up, she's going to kill Piper and Phoebe!" Cole yelled.
Zira ran to the wall, and waved her hands in the air. It did nothing.
"Her magic is more powerful than mine." Zira said. "I can't reverse it."
Meanwhile, Leandra ran past Phoebe's room and right into Piper's. Piper turned to see her enter, and stood up.
"About time The Source sent some foot-soldier after me." Piper said. "I was going way too long without a good killing."
"Kill this, you stuck-up bitch!" Leandra yelled as she ran at Piper.
Piper had no time to react, all she could do was watch as Leandra jammed the blade of the sword through her gut. Piper screamed in pain as Leandra pulled the sword out.
Phoebe, just out of the shower, heard this and ran into Piper's bedroom, wrapped in a pink towel. She was just in time to see Piper holding her wound, but suddenly as she moved her hands away, the blood stopped and the wound slowly began to close itself!
"What's going on?" Phoebe asked her. "Piper, how are you doing that?"
"I don't know!" Piper yelled at her. "It's doing it itself!"
Leandra looked on in shock as the wound closed itself. Piper smiled at her, then waved one hand as Leandra was frozen solid.
"Nice try." Piper said as she shattered her head with a single punch. The rest of Leandra's body dissapered.
Meanwhile, downstairs the brick wall dissapered as well.
"That means they vanquished her." Zira said. "Come on!"
Zira, Axen, and Cole ran up the stairs, and into Piper's room as a stunned Piper and Phoebe sat on the edge of Piper's bed.
"What's going on?" Cole asked them.
"Who are those two?" Piper asked him.
Cole looked back at Axen and Zira.
"I have no idea, only that they saved me from Leandra before she ran up here." Cole said. "Guess you two took care of her."
"Yeah." Phoebe said. "Leandra stabbed Piper, right through the gut.....and the wound closed itself."
A smile was evident on Piper's face, as she held the spot on her stomach where the wound once was.
"This is so cool!" Piper exclaimed.
"It is unfortunate that Cole was saved by those two Andricans." the Seer stated. "But, at least Piper has now discovered that she is indeed invinciable."
"Yes." The Source stated. "Phase One is now complete. Phase Two shall begin soon...."
To Be Continued.....
Leo orbbed into a large, empty white nothingness. But yet, even though there was no ground, he could still stand up. Standing before him was a man in a white robe, and you could not see his face either, since the robe had a hood that covered over it.
"Leo, do you know why you were called here?" the white-robbed man asked him.
"Yes." Leo said. "It was because I allowed my charges to turn dark."
"Don't even bother trying to explain yourself. We know why you did what you did, and now we have more important problems."
"What would that be?" Leo asked him.
"There is an ancient prophecy only the highest-uppers in the Underworld know of, that being The Source, the Seer, and the demons who collect souls for him. This prophecy, which we have recently came in possesion with, could spell the end of all that is good."
"What is that prophecy?" Leo asked him, now a bit nervous.
"Once one of the Charmed Ones fully and completley embraces darkness, she is invinciable. Eternal and completley unkillable. And the prophecy also states that any Dark Charmed Ones will end up leading darkness to completley taking over the world, eliminating all of good."
Leo gulped and remained silent, stunned.
"Phoebe has not yet completley embraced darkness because of her relationship with Cole. Piper, however, has. You can bring her back if you can find a way to rekindle your relationship with her.....and to do that, you may have to embrace your own dark side, Leo. Since this is more important than anything else right now, you are stripped of your duties as a Whitelighter. Go save Piper, before it is too late. And whatever you do, don't tell Piper she is invinciable."
Leo nodded, and for the last time, orbbed out as his powers were stripped from him.
Meanwhile, Phoebe and Cole were working up quite a sweat sparring in the basement. Phoebe kicked each of the pads on Cole's two hands, then turned around and Roundhouse kicked him in his chest, knocking him back.
"Not bad." Cole said as he stood up.
Phoebe smiled and kissed him.
"You're definitley ready to take out The Source." Cole said. "Now all we need to do is locate an entrance to the Underworld."
Phoebe nodded.
"Once The Source is killed, what happens?" Phoebe asked him.
"Evil will go into a state of chaos." Cole said. "Until a new leader steps up, most of them will be too confused to do anything."
Phoebe nodded again.
A strong leader will be needed when The Source dies. Phoebe thought. Perhaps we are the leaders that evil will need.....
Meanwhile, Piper was seated in front of a mirror in her bedroom, adjusting a piece of jewlery- a red crystal at the end of a metallic chain. She was now sporting a much more darker look, with an elegant black dress that she looked ravishing in. She heard the familar sound of an orbbing in behind her.
"You think you could knock?" Piper said, not even turning around.
"Isn't this supposed to be my room too?" Leo asked her.
"Well, in case you haven't noticed, we're not exactly the happy couple anymore, Leo." Piper stated. "I'm a Warlock and you're a White...."
"Not anymore." Leo said, cutting her off.
Now Piper turned around.
"That was the last time I will ever be able to orb anywhere." Leo stated. "I'm no longer a Whitelighter."
Piper stared at him, not sure how to react.
"I gave it up because I love you, and I want us to be together, no matter what the cost." Leo said. "I don't care which Piper you claim to be, I know that deep down you're still the same person. Evil, good, it doesn't matter to me, I just want to be with you."
Piper turned back to her mirror.
"Evil can't love." she stated simply.
"Phoebe does." Leo replied.
"That's because she hasn't fully accepted evil yet." Piper said. "I have."
"I know you're strong enough to open your heart again, Piper." Leo said.
Piper turned back to look at him again.
"No. I'm not." Piper said.
She turned back to her mirror again as Leo sighed.
"Just leave me alone." Piper said. "Go away before you get hurt."
What is this feeling? Piper thought to herself. I don't want Leo to stay around me, because I don't want him to get hurt. So that means, I am feeling compassion for him. Even though I have fully embraced evil....maybe he can bring me back. But do I want to be brought back?
"Piper, I'm not going to give up." Leo said. "I love you, and I'm not going to let it end like this."
Leo exited Piper's room, and walked down the hallway.
My dear Piper.... Leo thought. You can't make me go away. I love you, and I always will.
Meanwhile, a female Warlock stood before The Source and the Seer in the Underworld. She was an average-sized Caucausin, with short blonde hair and dressed in all red. She held a long sword with a red-colored edge.
"I understand you have summoned me here to kill the remaining Charmed Ones." the Warlock said. "But I understand that they too are now Warlocks, correct?"
"Yes." The Source replied. "So you need to keep your guard up. And to correct you, I only want you to kill one Charmed One. The older one, Piper. If you kill the younger one, Phoebe, I will personally torture you to a slow death. But before you even go after Piper, you must kill the man formerly the demon Belthazor, Cole. Do you have all that Leandra?"
"Understood." Leandra said, and she blinked out.
"What a perfect plan." the Seer told The Source. "Kill two birds with one stone. Send Leandra to the Dark Charmed Ones. Have her kill Cole, sending the younger one, Phoebe, into complete darkness. And have her attempt to kill Piper to show her that she is inviciable."
The Source nodded.
"Once Piper realizes this, her own lust for power will kick in, and the Prophecies will begin to be forfilled." The Source said.
The Seer nodded in agreement.
Leo exited through the front door of the Halliwell Manor just as Phoebe and Cole came in from the kitchen.
"Wonder who that was." Phoebe said outloud.
She shrugged as she took a quick glass of water, and looked down at her sweat-moistioned sports bra.
"I'm going to take a shower." Phoebe told Cole. "Then, I want to go out tonight."
"I don't know if that's such a good idea, Phoebe." Cole replied.
"What, am I supposed to stay in this house my whole fucking life?" Phoebe asked him angrily. "We're going out tonight."
Cole sighed.
"Alright, I guess." Cole said.
"You can use my shower after I'm done, I don't think the current Piper would be above a peep show." Phoebe said.
Cole rolled his eyes as Phoebe went up the stairs.
"Paranoia always was one of evil's least redeeming qualities." Cole said to himself as he entered the Halliwell living room.
He sat down on the couch and began flicking through channels on TV, trying to find something worth watching while waiting his turn for the shower. Behind him, Leandra blinked in.
"Belthazor." Leandra snarled.
Cole turned around to see Leandra standing there, sword drawn.
"You'd think The Source would be happy I got them to turn dark, even though they are going to kill him." Cole said.
"Oh, he's very happy." Leandra said.
"Well, that wasn't exactly my goal." Cole said. "So then, why are you here? To thank me?"
"No, to kill you." Leandra replied.
"Figures." Cole said with a roll of his eyes. "You know I'm just a human now, right?"
"Duh." Leandra said. "In another words, I'd consider you dead right now."
Suddenly, two Warlocks, one male and one female, blinked in behind Cole. The male was a tall African-American wearing a black shirt and blue jeans, while the female was a Caucasin dressed in a black top and red leather pants.
"Who are you?" Leandra asked them.
"Your worst fucking nightmare." the male said.
"Axen, what did I tell you about the damned cliches?" the female said angrily.
"Geez, alright Zira, I'll stop." Axen replied.
Zira raised her right hand in the air and sent Leandra flying backwards. Axen suddenly took the shape of Cole, then charged her. The real Cole knew that this was his chance as the two traded punches, and jumped Leandra, punching her in the back of the head.
"I hate shape-shifters!" Leandra said angrily. "I can still get the girl, though!"
Leandra ran up the stairs, raising one arm along the way which place a large brick wall from the entrance of the stairs to the roof.
Axen went back to his normal form.
"Zira, get rid of this wall." Axen told her.
"Yeah, hurry up, she's going to kill Piper and Phoebe!" Cole yelled.
Zira ran to the wall, and waved her hands in the air. It did nothing.
"Her magic is more powerful than mine." Zira said. "I can't reverse it."
Meanwhile, Leandra ran past Phoebe's room and right into Piper's. Piper turned to see her enter, and stood up.
"About time The Source sent some foot-soldier after me." Piper said. "I was going way too long without a good killing."
"Kill this, you stuck-up bitch!" Leandra yelled as she ran at Piper.
Piper had no time to react, all she could do was watch as Leandra jammed the blade of the sword through her gut. Piper screamed in pain as Leandra pulled the sword out.
Phoebe, just out of the shower, heard this and ran into Piper's bedroom, wrapped in a pink towel. She was just in time to see Piper holding her wound, but suddenly as she moved her hands away, the blood stopped and the wound slowly began to close itself!
"What's going on?" Phoebe asked her. "Piper, how are you doing that?"
"I don't know!" Piper yelled at her. "It's doing it itself!"
Leandra looked on in shock as the wound closed itself. Piper smiled at her, then waved one hand as Leandra was frozen solid.
"Nice try." Piper said as she shattered her head with a single punch. The rest of Leandra's body dissapered.
Meanwhile, downstairs the brick wall dissapered as well.
"That means they vanquished her." Zira said. "Come on!"
Zira, Axen, and Cole ran up the stairs, and into Piper's room as a stunned Piper and Phoebe sat on the edge of Piper's bed.
"What's going on?" Cole asked them.
"Who are those two?" Piper asked him.
Cole looked back at Axen and Zira.
"I have no idea, only that they saved me from Leandra before she ran up here." Cole said. "Guess you two took care of her."
"Yeah." Phoebe said. "Leandra stabbed Piper, right through the gut.....and the wound closed itself."
A smile was evident on Piper's face, as she held the spot on her stomach where the wound once was.
"This is so cool!" Piper exclaimed.
"It is unfortunate that Cole was saved by those two Andricans." the Seer stated. "But, at least Piper has now discovered that she is indeed invinciable."
"Yes." The Source stated. "Phase One is now complete. Phase Two shall begin soon...."
To Be Continued.....