Degrees of Evil Part 3
"WHAT!" Piper exclaims.
"I'm still pregnant." Phoebe repeated quietly.
"Wha...ho.huh?" Piper muttered incoherently. She is a little startled and shocked, but Paige more than makes up for it.
"Phoebe, how the Hell could you keep the fact that you're still carrying the son of the source around inside of you a secret from us?" She demands.
Phoebe turns to Paige irritably, "I didn't keep anything from you, Paige. I didn't know."
"How could you not know you were pregnant?" Paige asked.
"I don't know," Phoebe shouts. "Before the demon showed up I was feeling normal, but suddenly I know that I'm pregnant. I don't know how I know, I just do!"
Piper whirls on Leo and asks, "Why didn't you tell us?"
Leo looks at her in confusion and says, "What are you talking about?"
"Don't play innocent with me," Piper drawls, "You just finished healing her from the disorientation. How could you not notice she had a life growing in her abdomen?"
"Look, when I probed her abdomen for injuries, something felt slightly off." Leo said, "Instead of having to scan for injuries, a clean bill of health was practically given to me. I thought it was suspicious, but I didn't think she was still pregnant."
"Well, that's just great." Paige drawls. "Phoebe, how could you not know you were pregnant? Wasn't the morning sickness a dead giveaway?"
"What morning sickness? I have felt normal since the seer took my baby, or I thought she did." Phoebe said.
Piper looked at her curiously, and asked, "Wait, are you telling me you aren't feeling nauseous? No breast pain, no pain at all?" When Phoebe nodded, she whirled to Leo, "How come she gets off so easy? Why the Hell doesn't she have the same symptoms as I do? We're both carrying powerful magical children?"
"I don't know," Leo responds. "But I definitely think I need to talk to the Elders." And with that he is gone in a swirl of orbs.
"Get back here!" Piper shouted. "Coward!"
"Let's focus on the immediate problem Piper," Paige said, "Mainly, how are we going to get rid of this baby? It is, after all the Prince of Darkness."
"Wait a minute!" Phoebe shouted, "My child just saved all our lives, and I didn't feel the same evil presence as when the Source was in my body."
"Phoebe, can we really afford to take that chance?" Piper asked, "If you're wrong about him, we are setting the world up for a lot of problems. I mean, you felt his power and we saw it. If that power ever became evil, I don't know if we could stop it."
"Hey, before we deal with the baby, what are we going to do about Ezekiel?" Paige interrupted.
"Ezekiel was injured in the fight, and he ran away." Phoebe said, "I don't think we'll have to worry about him till he's healed. And none of our spells have been able to touch him. We couldn't even injure him with out best attacks."
"Which is exactly my point," Piper interrupted. "Our strongest attacks didn't even slow Ezekiel down, yet your child knocked him flat on his ass. The child is too strong, Phoebe. Unless we can be absolutely sure, we have to deal with him."
"Uh, guys.look!" Paige said, as she points toward the Book of Shadows. The pages began to move. When they came to stop, they were on a blank page.
"Well, that's really helpful." Piper muttered. Suddenly, she felt a strange feeling in her stomach, and words began to appear on the page.
"An infant communication spell?" Paige said, reading the title. "Do we want to try it?"
"Well, it would be a way to make sure about the baby." Phoebe said.
"Alright, I can see I'm outvoted 3 to 1." Piper muttered.
"Don't you mean 2 to 1?" Paige asked.
With her hand on her stomach, Piper said, "No, I mean 3 to 1. Let's do it."
Magic forces Black and White Cross the barriers of life and light Bring the mind of Phoebe's child near So we listen and he may hear
*** Suddenly, the three sisters found themselves transported into a place of swirling mists. Looking around in confusion, Piper asked, "Where are we?"
"You're exactly where you wanted to be." a neutral voice said. Looking around, the sisters spotted an orb of light approaching them.
"What are you?" Piper asked nervously.
The sisters could almost feel the orb smile as it said, "Is that anyway to greet me, mom?"
Piper hands flew to her stomach as she said, "Are you."
"You got it." The orb said, "You needed to talk to my cousin, and I agreed to act as a go between. He'll be here in a moment."
"Wait, if we're here, shouldn't he be here, since he's in Phoebe's stomach?" Paige asked curiously.
"Actually, you aren't here physically." The orb said, "Your minds came here, but your bodies are actually lying on the floor of the attic."
"Oh. That works." Paige said quietly.
"Out of curiosity, while we're waiting, I don't suppose you'd tell me what sex you are?" Piper asked.
The orb's 'smile' widened as it said, "I think it would be more fun for you to wait and see." Suddenly, it turned around, "He's almost here. By the way, you cannot lie here, so you can ask him whatever you want and he will have to answer truthfully."
Without warning, a small boy walked out of the mist. He appeared to be about 3 or 4, and had black hair. By all accounts, he appeared to be a normal, healthy little boy, with major difference. As the sisters finally looked at his eyes, they realized his irises were shaped like hourglasses, and that they were guarded, even cold as he regarded the sisters.
"Cousin." he said, and bowed to the orb. "I see you felt it best to hide you sex. I will respect that decision." As he turned to the sisters, he continued, "Shall we get this over with? You wanted to talk to me about something?"
"First of all," Paige asked curiously, "Why do you look like that? I can hardly believe Phoebe is carrying a toddler in her womb.unless you aren't in her womb any longer?"
The boy smiled slightly, a smile that touched his lips but not his mouth, and said, "Trust me, I'm still in there. However, it would be rather hard to talk to you as a 2 inch fetus that had no speech or walking capacity. So, I chose a slightly older form."
"If you're in my womb, why don't I have any of the normal pregnancy symptoms?" Phoebe asked.
"I've been suppressing the normal symptoms using my powers. Even though Uncle Leo told my cousin not to, I felt it was the least I could do."
"Wait a second," Piper demanded. "You can speak to Leo?"
The orb paused, and then said, "Well, he is my father, and we both have whitelighter in us. It doesn't always work, but we can talk now and then."
Piper looked slightly angry as she said, "And you're telling me that I could be feeling fine, and that my husband WANTED me to have these symptoms?"
The orb looked uncomfortable, and then it said, "I was going to suppress them, but Dad told me not to. Something about letting you experience it all without my help."
"Remind me to kill Leo when I get back." Piper muttered darkly.
"We're getting off topic," Phoebe's son said, "Was there anything in particular you wanted to know from me?"
The sisters hesitated for a few moments, and then Paige said bluntly, "Are you evil?"
The boy's face didn't change, but his eyes bespoke a sharp pain when Paige asked that. "No, I am not evil. I never was. The part of me that was evil, the part that the Source took over, died when the seer ripped it from me."
"How did you survive? I thought the seer took you out of me?" Phoebe asked.
The boy looked at them for a moment, and then said slowly, "When my.when the Source was vanquished, he used the open link of blood to possess me. Despite my best efforts, it wasn't long before I became suppressed and the Source had full control."
"Wait, we saw the power you displayed against Ezekiel," Piper said, "The Source wasn't nearly that strong. If he had that kind of power, why did he fall?"
"Two reasons. First of all, I was weaker at that age than now."
"It's only been about three weeks, how much stronger could you have gotten?" Paige asked.
"Like my cousin, our powers will continue to grow as we do. Just like yours did when you were in your mother's womb. The only difference is we started out much higher because of who are parents are."
"I can't believe you've gotten that much stronger in such a short time." Piper said.
"Well, that wasn't the only reason. In addition, when the Source began to take over and I realized I wouldn't win, I took almost all of my power and sealed it where the Source couldn't reach it. To be honest, the Source only tapped into about .01% of my power."
"That still doesn't explain how you stayed with me," Phoebe said, "I felt a baby leave my body and go into the Seer."
"When the Seer began the transfer, I realized what the Source's goal was, and I panicked. I fought with everything I had, but I still didn't have the willpower. In desperation, I split my powers. The Source was transferred to the Seer with the powers he could normally tap, and I remained in Phoebe's body. However, the splitting left me weak and I could barely function for weeks."
"Wait, how come I'm not in a lot of pain when you cast? When you did it before.before the Seer, I almost burst into flames and almost blew apart." Phoebe asked.
The boy smile grew a little wider as he remarked, "The Source may have been willful, but he lacked a lot in subtlety. He always forced his way through when he cast like a bull hitting a gate, with no real concern for what happened to you. I on the other hand, like my cousin, am more cautious and careful when I cast. That is why you won't hurt anymore when I cast."
The Charmed Ones looked at each other, and then Paige said, "I guess that pretty much answers all our questions."
"Excellent. Before you leave, I was wondering if I could ask something of Phoebe."
Phoebe looked a little puzzled, and then she said, "Sure what do you want to know?"
Phoebe's son turned away from them, and then said quietly, "Why do you hate me?"
"What?" Phoebe exclaimed.
"I can understand Aunt Paige and Aunt Piper hating me. Aunt Paige hates everything that was ever touched by my father because she is just bigoted, and Aunt Piper was mad because she thought I was the reason you went evil, but why do you hate me?"
"What makes you think I hate you? I never." Phoebe began.
"DON'T LIE TO ME!" Phoebe's son shouted as he spun around. To the shock of the Charmed Ones, tears were coursing down his checks. "I am linked to you mother, I know everything you feel. Feel what I have." Suddenly, all three sisters felt emotions slam into them like blows. First hatred, then guilt, then relief, and finally happiness. When they recovered, Piper gasped, "What was that?"
"That is all I ever felt from you Phoebe. First, hatred of me because I was the son of a Source. Then guilt after he died. And then, relief and happiness when you thought I was dead. You didn't mourn me, YOU WERE GLAD I WAS DEAD!" Phoebe's son was shouting at the top of his lungs, and the sisters could feel the raw emotions being expressed. "I AM YOUR SON! I LOVE YOU UNCONDITIONALLY BECAUSE YOU ARE MY MOTHER, AND WOULD SACRIFICE ANYTHING FOR YOU. I AM YOUR FLESH AND BLOOD AND YOU WERE GLAD THAT I WAS DE.glad that I was de." Unable to continue, Phoebe's son fell to his knees and began to sob.
"My God," the three sisters said simultaneously. They could feel tears coming out and rolling down their cheeks as they realized that the child before them had never felt love from his mother, and they also knew what a burden it must have been, to want to be loved by someone who only seemed to hate your very existence.
Phoebe moved forward and bent down in front of him. "Son." She said, and her son looked up into her eyes with a face devastated by grief, sadness and pain. Phoebe held out her arms, and she tried to force the words out of a throat that seemed to have gotten smaller suddenly. "I..I'm so sorry." Without warning, her son fell into her arms and held her tightly, almost as if he was afraid that it was all a dream, a dream he didn't want to end. She just rocked back and forth with him in her arms as he cried, and keep saying softly, "I'm so sorry. I love you." Piper and Paige got down on their knees and brought both Phoebe and her son into a hug. No one was sure how much time passed, but eventually, the tears stopped and Phoebe's son got control of himself. As he looked around, Paige said, "Welcome to the Halliwell family. And I am not a bigot." The boy's face broke into a small smile, and they saw the love he felt for them, the love he had been afraid was not returned by them. "I'm sorry I called you a bigot, Auntie Paige."
"As much as I hate to interrupt this moment," the orb said. "It's time for you to get back to your bodies. I can't hold this for much longer."
As the three sisters got up and began to leave, they said, "Never doubt that we love you, or that we don't want you with us. You are family, and we will always love you." Then they vanished.
Phoebe's son turned to the orb and said, "Thank you cousin. I owe you big."
The orb seemed to give the equivalent of a shrug. "Don't mention it. You needed to know that they loved you, and they needed to know that you were good. It made the family happier, and so I am fine."
"Well, thanks anyway." Phoebe's son said, and then he faded.
Just as the orb was about to leave, it looked up for a moment. And then it was gone as well.
*** "Do you think they knew we were watching master?" Gaza asked Ezekiel.
"Of course not," Ezekiel said as the Seeing Pool went back to normal, "The other child may suspect, but I was very careful. And even if it did, I needed to see that so I could learn about my vessel."
"What is the plan, Master?" Gaza questioned.
"We will watch for now."
"Why aren't we going to attack and take the vessel?" Gaza demanded.
"As my wound plainly shows, I cannot take on the vessel in a head on battle and win. Nor can I take on the witches as long as he is protecting them. So, I will watch and wait." Ezekiel responded.
"Wouldn't it be better to choose another vessel?"
"NO! I have made my choice. Now, it is simply a matter of time." Ezekiel said.
"Time till what?" Gaza asked.
"Everyone has a weakness, my dear servant. It doesn't matter how strong they are, a weakness is there. We simply have to watch and wait until we find it, and then the vessel will be MINE!" Ezekiel said, and then he began to laugh, a laugh that seemed to reverberate throughout the underworld.
To Be Continued.
"WHAT!" Piper exclaims.
"I'm still pregnant." Phoebe repeated quietly.
"Wha...ho.huh?" Piper muttered incoherently. She is a little startled and shocked, but Paige more than makes up for it.
"Phoebe, how the Hell could you keep the fact that you're still carrying the son of the source around inside of you a secret from us?" She demands.
Phoebe turns to Paige irritably, "I didn't keep anything from you, Paige. I didn't know."
"How could you not know you were pregnant?" Paige asked.
"I don't know," Phoebe shouts. "Before the demon showed up I was feeling normal, but suddenly I know that I'm pregnant. I don't know how I know, I just do!"
Piper whirls on Leo and asks, "Why didn't you tell us?"
Leo looks at her in confusion and says, "What are you talking about?"
"Don't play innocent with me," Piper drawls, "You just finished healing her from the disorientation. How could you not notice she had a life growing in her abdomen?"
"Look, when I probed her abdomen for injuries, something felt slightly off." Leo said, "Instead of having to scan for injuries, a clean bill of health was practically given to me. I thought it was suspicious, but I didn't think she was still pregnant."
"Well, that's just great." Paige drawls. "Phoebe, how could you not know you were pregnant? Wasn't the morning sickness a dead giveaway?"
"What morning sickness? I have felt normal since the seer took my baby, or I thought she did." Phoebe said.
Piper looked at her curiously, and asked, "Wait, are you telling me you aren't feeling nauseous? No breast pain, no pain at all?" When Phoebe nodded, she whirled to Leo, "How come she gets off so easy? Why the Hell doesn't she have the same symptoms as I do? We're both carrying powerful magical children?"
"I don't know," Leo responds. "But I definitely think I need to talk to the Elders." And with that he is gone in a swirl of orbs.
"Get back here!" Piper shouted. "Coward!"
"Let's focus on the immediate problem Piper," Paige said, "Mainly, how are we going to get rid of this baby? It is, after all the Prince of Darkness."
"Wait a minute!" Phoebe shouted, "My child just saved all our lives, and I didn't feel the same evil presence as when the Source was in my body."
"Phoebe, can we really afford to take that chance?" Piper asked, "If you're wrong about him, we are setting the world up for a lot of problems. I mean, you felt his power and we saw it. If that power ever became evil, I don't know if we could stop it."
"Hey, before we deal with the baby, what are we going to do about Ezekiel?" Paige interrupted.
"Ezekiel was injured in the fight, and he ran away." Phoebe said, "I don't think we'll have to worry about him till he's healed. And none of our spells have been able to touch him. We couldn't even injure him with out best attacks."
"Which is exactly my point," Piper interrupted. "Our strongest attacks didn't even slow Ezekiel down, yet your child knocked him flat on his ass. The child is too strong, Phoebe. Unless we can be absolutely sure, we have to deal with him."
"Uh, guys.look!" Paige said, as she points toward the Book of Shadows. The pages began to move. When they came to stop, they were on a blank page.
"Well, that's really helpful." Piper muttered. Suddenly, she felt a strange feeling in her stomach, and words began to appear on the page.
"An infant communication spell?" Paige said, reading the title. "Do we want to try it?"
"Well, it would be a way to make sure about the baby." Phoebe said.
"Alright, I can see I'm outvoted 3 to 1." Piper muttered.
"Don't you mean 2 to 1?" Paige asked.
With her hand on her stomach, Piper said, "No, I mean 3 to 1. Let's do it."
Magic forces Black and White Cross the barriers of life and light Bring the mind of Phoebe's child near So we listen and he may hear
*** Suddenly, the three sisters found themselves transported into a place of swirling mists. Looking around in confusion, Piper asked, "Where are we?"
"You're exactly where you wanted to be." a neutral voice said. Looking around, the sisters spotted an orb of light approaching them.
"What are you?" Piper asked nervously.
The sisters could almost feel the orb smile as it said, "Is that anyway to greet me, mom?"
Piper hands flew to her stomach as she said, "Are you."
"You got it." The orb said, "You needed to talk to my cousin, and I agreed to act as a go between. He'll be here in a moment."
"Wait, if we're here, shouldn't he be here, since he's in Phoebe's stomach?" Paige asked curiously.
"Actually, you aren't here physically." The orb said, "Your minds came here, but your bodies are actually lying on the floor of the attic."
"Oh. That works." Paige said quietly.
"Out of curiosity, while we're waiting, I don't suppose you'd tell me what sex you are?" Piper asked.
The orb's 'smile' widened as it said, "I think it would be more fun for you to wait and see." Suddenly, it turned around, "He's almost here. By the way, you cannot lie here, so you can ask him whatever you want and he will have to answer truthfully."
Without warning, a small boy walked out of the mist. He appeared to be about 3 or 4, and had black hair. By all accounts, he appeared to be a normal, healthy little boy, with major difference. As the sisters finally looked at his eyes, they realized his irises were shaped like hourglasses, and that they were guarded, even cold as he regarded the sisters.
"Cousin." he said, and bowed to the orb. "I see you felt it best to hide you sex. I will respect that decision." As he turned to the sisters, he continued, "Shall we get this over with? You wanted to talk to me about something?"
"First of all," Paige asked curiously, "Why do you look like that? I can hardly believe Phoebe is carrying a toddler in her womb.unless you aren't in her womb any longer?"
The boy smiled slightly, a smile that touched his lips but not his mouth, and said, "Trust me, I'm still in there. However, it would be rather hard to talk to you as a 2 inch fetus that had no speech or walking capacity. So, I chose a slightly older form."
"If you're in my womb, why don't I have any of the normal pregnancy symptoms?" Phoebe asked.
"I've been suppressing the normal symptoms using my powers. Even though Uncle Leo told my cousin not to, I felt it was the least I could do."
"Wait a second," Piper demanded. "You can speak to Leo?"
The orb paused, and then said, "Well, he is my father, and we both have whitelighter in us. It doesn't always work, but we can talk now and then."
Piper looked slightly angry as she said, "And you're telling me that I could be feeling fine, and that my husband WANTED me to have these symptoms?"
The orb looked uncomfortable, and then it said, "I was going to suppress them, but Dad told me not to. Something about letting you experience it all without my help."
"Remind me to kill Leo when I get back." Piper muttered darkly.
"We're getting off topic," Phoebe's son said, "Was there anything in particular you wanted to know from me?"
The sisters hesitated for a few moments, and then Paige said bluntly, "Are you evil?"
The boy's face didn't change, but his eyes bespoke a sharp pain when Paige asked that. "No, I am not evil. I never was. The part of me that was evil, the part that the Source took over, died when the seer ripped it from me."
"How did you survive? I thought the seer took you out of me?" Phoebe asked.
The boy looked at them for a moment, and then said slowly, "When my.when the Source was vanquished, he used the open link of blood to possess me. Despite my best efforts, it wasn't long before I became suppressed and the Source had full control."
"Wait, we saw the power you displayed against Ezekiel," Piper said, "The Source wasn't nearly that strong. If he had that kind of power, why did he fall?"
"Two reasons. First of all, I was weaker at that age than now."
"It's only been about three weeks, how much stronger could you have gotten?" Paige asked.
"Like my cousin, our powers will continue to grow as we do. Just like yours did when you were in your mother's womb. The only difference is we started out much higher because of who are parents are."
"I can't believe you've gotten that much stronger in such a short time." Piper said.
"Well, that wasn't the only reason. In addition, when the Source began to take over and I realized I wouldn't win, I took almost all of my power and sealed it where the Source couldn't reach it. To be honest, the Source only tapped into about .01% of my power."
"That still doesn't explain how you stayed with me," Phoebe said, "I felt a baby leave my body and go into the Seer."
"When the Seer began the transfer, I realized what the Source's goal was, and I panicked. I fought with everything I had, but I still didn't have the willpower. In desperation, I split my powers. The Source was transferred to the Seer with the powers he could normally tap, and I remained in Phoebe's body. However, the splitting left me weak and I could barely function for weeks."
"Wait, how come I'm not in a lot of pain when you cast? When you did it before.before the Seer, I almost burst into flames and almost blew apart." Phoebe asked.
The boy smile grew a little wider as he remarked, "The Source may have been willful, but he lacked a lot in subtlety. He always forced his way through when he cast like a bull hitting a gate, with no real concern for what happened to you. I on the other hand, like my cousin, am more cautious and careful when I cast. That is why you won't hurt anymore when I cast."
The Charmed Ones looked at each other, and then Paige said, "I guess that pretty much answers all our questions."
"Excellent. Before you leave, I was wondering if I could ask something of Phoebe."
Phoebe looked a little puzzled, and then she said, "Sure what do you want to know?"
Phoebe's son turned away from them, and then said quietly, "Why do you hate me?"
"What?" Phoebe exclaimed.
"I can understand Aunt Paige and Aunt Piper hating me. Aunt Paige hates everything that was ever touched by my father because she is just bigoted, and Aunt Piper was mad because she thought I was the reason you went evil, but why do you hate me?"
"What makes you think I hate you? I never." Phoebe began.
"DON'T LIE TO ME!" Phoebe's son shouted as he spun around. To the shock of the Charmed Ones, tears were coursing down his checks. "I am linked to you mother, I know everything you feel. Feel what I have." Suddenly, all three sisters felt emotions slam into them like blows. First hatred, then guilt, then relief, and finally happiness. When they recovered, Piper gasped, "What was that?"
"That is all I ever felt from you Phoebe. First, hatred of me because I was the son of a Source. Then guilt after he died. And then, relief and happiness when you thought I was dead. You didn't mourn me, YOU WERE GLAD I WAS DEAD!" Phoebe's son was shouting at the top of his lungs, and the sisters could feel the raw emotions being expressed. "I AM YOUR SON! I LOVE YOU UNCONDITIONALLY BECAUSE YOU ARE MY MOTHER, AND WOULD SACRIFICE ANYTHING FOR YOU. I AM YOUR FLESH AND BLOOD AND YOU WERE GLAD THAT I WAS DE.glad that I was de." Unable to continue, Phoebe's son fell to his knees and began to sob.
"My God," the three sisters said simultaneously. They could feel tears coming out and rolling down their cheeks as they realized that the child before them had never felt love from his mother, and they also knew what a burden it must have been, to want to be loved by someone who only seemed to hate your very existence.
Phoebe moved forward and bent down in front of him. "Son." She said, and her son looked up into her eyes with a face devastated by grief, sadness and pain. Phoebe held out her arms, and she tried to force the words out of a throat that seemed to have gotten smaller suddenly. "I..I'm so sorry." Without warning, her son fell into her arms and held her tightly, almost as if he was afraid that it was all a dream, a dream he didn't want to end. She just rocked back and forth with him in her arms as he cried, and keep saying softly, "I'm so sorry. I love you." Piper and Paige got down on their knees and brought both Phoebe and her son into a hug. No one was sure how much time passed, but eventually, the tears stopped and Phoebe's son got control of himself. As he looked around, Paige said, "Welcome to the Halliwell family. And I am not a bigot." The boy's face broke into a small smile, and they saw the love he felt for them, the love he had been afraid was not returned by them. "I'm sorry I called you a bigot, Auntie Paige."
"As much as I hate to interrupt this moment," the orb said. "It's time for you to get back to your bodies. I can't hold this for much longer."
As the three sisters got up and began to leave, they said, "Never doubt that we love you, or that we don't want you with us. You are family, and we will always love you." Then they vanished.
Phoebe's son turned to the orb and said, "Thank you cousin. I owe you big."
The orb seemed to give the equivalent of a shrug. "Don't mention it. You needed to know that they loved you, and they needed to know that you were good. It made the family happier, and so I am fine."
"Well, thanks anyway." Phoebe's son said, and then he faded.
Just as the orb was about to leave, it looked up for a moment. And then it was gone as well.
*** "Do you think they knew we were watching master?" Gaza asked Ezekiel.
"Of course not," Ezekiel said as the Seeing Pool went back to normal, "The other child may suspect, but I was very careful. And even if it did, I needed to see that so I could learn about my vessel."
"What is the plan, Master?" Gaza questioned.
"We will watch for now."
"Why aren't we going to attack and take the vessel?" Gaza demanded.
"As my wound plainly shows, I cannot take on the vessel in a head on battle and win. Nor can I take on the witches as long as he is protecting them. So, I will watch and wait." Ezekiel responded.
"Wouldn't it be better to choose another vessel?"
"NO! I have made my choice. Now, it is simply a matter of time." Ezekiel said.
"Time till what?" Gaza asked.
"Everyone has a weakness, my dear servant. It doesn't matter how strong they are, a weakness is there. We simply have to watch and wait until we find it, and then the vessel will be MINE!" Ezekiel said, and then he began to laugh, a laugh that seemed to reverberate throughout the underworld.
To Be Continued.