Title: Here Comes the Sun (Part 4)
Author: Jessamyn (ladymagi@aol.com)
Rating: R
Summary: Traveling is fun *wg*
Disclaimer: Don't own it, just playing around, move along now.
Notes: This is a bit of a crossover.... Also, I know nothing about San Francisco, besides what I see on tv. Just a warning, lol.

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Losing themselves in the music of nearly a hundred heartbeats beating insynchronously around them, Harmony and Dawn ground against eachother on the dance floor. The blood of a rather large, unfortunate bouncer who had been guarding the back exit flushed their skins a robust pink and lust left the pair panting for breath they didn't need. In other words they looked human.


Although their gender and the clearly sexual manner of their dance would normally get them stared at this wasn't the case in this particular club. No, almost exclusively, same gender pairings were the norm here at The Cafe. What got them the few disapproving looks they were getting had more to do with their perceived ages. Because although they'd tried making Dawn appear older, she still looked to young, both to be dating Harmony and to be in this club.


"We're being watched" Dawn said into Harmony's ear, before nipping at the blonde's earlobe, sending a thrill down her spine.


"Of course we are" Harmony said, laughing it off. It was only to be expected. Two gorgeous women such as her and her Dawnie. The looks heated her skin in a way that her lover would appreciate later.


The younger girl smiled and tugged her toward the bar. "Come on, let's see if they have those drinks with the little umbrellas." Harmony shook her head at the all to human enthusiasm of her fledgling but allowed herself to be escorted away from the dance floor regardless. She was just too cute to resist when she got like this!


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Not five minutes later, three attractive brunettes walked into the club, their eyes searching the darkened room. "Are you sure this is the right place?" Prue asked skeptically, doubt lacing her voice as she scanned the crowd again. This didn't exactly look like the kind of place a demon would hang out in. Then again, they'd been surprised before.


"Yeah, this is the place I saw in my vision." Phoebe said, peering past her sister's shoulder toward the dance floor. Hey, that looked like fun. She was about to suggest they split up when Piper, her other sister, clenched tightly on the hand she held. "Ow! Would you let go already? A demon's not going to jump you right here in the club. Not in front of all these witnesses," she said, trying to soothe Piper even as she shook off the too tight grip.


Piper reluctantly let go, but edged closer to the protection of her sisters instead. "It's not demons I'm worried about," she muttered, trying to avoid eye contact with the overly muscled woman who'd been smiling at her ever since she walked in the door. It was creeping her out!


"Look, let's mingle and see if Phoebe can spot the demons from her vision. The sooner we vanquish them the sooner we can get out of here," Prue said, or rather, ordered. As the oldest she had a habit of being a mite bossy at times. But today neither of her sisters were going to argue. Phoebe because she wanted to mingle and Piper because she wanted to get the hell out of here.


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Sliding a hundred across the well polished bar, Harmony said "Gimme two margaritas... and make sure to put in those cute little umbrellas, kay?" Luckily, it seemed as if the bouncer they'd killed had been taking bribes to let underage kids into the club, so money wouldn't be a problem for them for a couple days at least. Not that it was ever a real problem for a vampire.


"Sure thing, just let me see some ID honey..." the bartender said. From where she was seated, a little ways down the bar, Dawn frowned. She had her heart set on one of those little umbrella drinks. If the woman behind the bar didn't cooperate she was liable to get very cranky, very soon.


Harmony leaned over onto the bar and flirted "Couldn't you just forget about that silly little rule... Just this once?" She took a nice deep breath and gave the woman her best puppy dog look. Unfortunately for Harmony, Sara, the bartender was just about the only female in here who wouldn't be swayed by her charms.


Sara pushed the money back across the bar toward Harmony. "Sorry, no can do," she said, with a shake of her head. Dawn growled. It was a low, primitive sound that heralded the loss of her control over her human visage.


Harmony's head snapped about when she heard it. Humans were scattering away from Dawn in a panic. "Dawn... No." she cried out, hurrying over to her lover's side. She grew very aware of the hundreds of humans around them. Although humans were relatively weak and pitiful compared to a vampire, their sheer number now made Harmony fear for herself and Dawn's safety.


Grabbing Dawn by the arm before she could do something even more foolish than she already had, like attack one of them, Harmony hauled her away toward the nearest exit. She carelessly pushed anyone that got in her way aside, unaware that her own demon visage was now visible, and got them out of there as fast as she could.


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"Did you see where they went?" Phoebe called out to her sisters, trying to make her way toward them through the thickly milling crowd. People were still pushing against one another in a panic. Some were attempting to flee the club babbling something about monsters and others were trying to get closer to the point of disturbance, confused and curious about what exactly had happened over there by the bar. To say that it was difficult to move in any direction at the moment would be an understatement.


Suddenly the entire crowd froze. All save the three sisters that is. Ducking under the arm of a brightly clad fellow, Piper lead Prue toward Phoebe with a sigh of relief. "Now," she said "What did you say sweetie?"


"I asked if you guys had seen where they went. I caught a glimpse of them by the bar but after everyone started to run around I lost sight of them." Phoebe explained. Piper shook her head, as she hadn't seen anything, and then looked toward Prue.


"I think they headed out that exit. I mean I saw something push a guy four feet in the air in that direction. It's got to be our demons," Prue said. "And besides, we should probably get out of here before Piper's Freeze wears off," she concluded.


The other two agreed and the three witches, known throughout demon-kind as the Charmed Ones, hastily made their way toward the exit.


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TBC


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