THIEVES

NOTE: This is the sequel to Angel, Demon, Cousins. I own nothing. Only the characters I made for Travis and Melinda and anything else I make up.

A/N: I sort of got bored with "No Moms" so I decided to do a different sequel. Please don't sue me. I'll attempt to stick to this one, assuming I get enough reviews of interest. Got the hint?

                                                      CHAPTER 10

          Paige began writing down the words to a reversal spell. Melinda and Glen sat in the attic with her. Courtney had a leash around her neck, tied to a chair. She was gnawing at the leash. Finally Paige turned to the others.

"All right. I think I've found the way to reverse all of this and wipe the kid's memory clean," she said. "Uh, I guess."

"This'll be fun," Melinda muttered. "Aunt Paige, will this work?"

"I'm hoping," Paige sighed. "But, honey, you really shouldn't have done this in the first place. You broke some major witch rules here."

"I know." Melinda ran a hand through her hair. "I know."

"Wait. Nothing's going to happen to her, right? Will her arms go all stretch-y?" asked Glen, remembering his last experience with magic.

"I can't exactly say that this'll go scot-free," said Paige. "But I doubt that stretch-y arms will occur. That's kind of lame. No offense, Glen."

"None taken," Glen smiled.

          Piper and the demon landed in the underworld dimension of Flira's minions. Piper pushed Vile away from her. She looked around her new area. Piper had been to hellish places before but something seemed off about this one. She turned to Vile.

"All right. Where the hell are we?" she demanded.

"You shouldn't have followed me, you damned witch," Vile cursed.

"Oh, yeah? Well, tough cookies." With that Piper delivered a solid kick to his forehead.

          Vile went flying into a wall of rock. He conjured up an energy ball and tossed it towards Piper. Piper froze it before the ball could even get close. Vile quickly conjured up another ball. Piper held up her hands, getting ready to blow him up.

"Stop this," a female voice ordered. Piper turned around and saw Flira. She wore a long robe of black silk. Her long curly black hair flowing to her back and her brown eyes only made her look more beautiful. "Enough."

"Mistress," said Vile.

"Mistress, huh?" said Piper. "Is there some type of S and M going on down here or something?"

"Well, one of the Charmed witches. I'm not entirely surprised to see you," said Flira.

"Someone else who knows the family secret," said Piper, slapping her own head lightly. "The press really knows how to get to you in the underworld."

"I can keep track on all women," said Flira. "Now why are you here?"

"I've come to stop your little baby kidnapping thing-y because it's sort of pissing me off," said Piper.

Flira chuckled softly. She started to move around the room slowly and gracefully. "I should have known as much. But now that I do..." she turned to Piper, "I can't let you leave."

          Flira suddenly shot a blinding light out of her hand. Piper released a large gasp. The next thing she knew she was pinned against the wall by some invisible force. Flira stood before her, a devilish smile creeping across her face.