Chapter 9
"On top of all that's going on, we have to find out how demons got into the heavens," Phoebe said that night.
"Somebody had to help them," Leo replied. "It's impossible for evil to get up there."
"But what if they acquired the power to orb?" Prue asked.
"How? This Book of Darkness is basically a second Grimoir, but not even the Grimoir had that power," Andy said.
"I think this can wait a second," a voice said, coming from the doorway. Paige and Melinda were there. Paige was holding a goblet with blood-red liquid in it.
"Is that the potion?" Tori asked.
"Yup," Melinda replied. She handed the potion to Cole. "Drink up."
Cole took the potion and drank it. Then he made a face. "Do your potions always have to be so disgusting?"
"We have no control of the taste," Paige said, handing Phoebe, Melinda, Wyatt, Tori, and Blake the spell. They all began to chant:
"Belthazor is this demon's name, Evil was once his game. We strip him of his evil ways, To be good the rest of his days. Replace his evil with good fortune, We give him two good powers with the help of this potion!"
A dark, glowing ball shot out of Cole and vanished, while a ball of bright light went into him.
"Do you feel different?" Blake asked.
"A little," Cole replied.
"Try to do something, anything," Melinda said.
"Let's put it to the test," Phoebe said. "Try shooting an energy ball."
Cole picked up his hand, and nothing formed.
"Let's see if you got the power to freeze," Paige commented. She picked up a pillow, and tossed it to Cole.
Cole picked up his hand to try to freeze it, but something else happened. A blue light shot up around him and the pillow went flying in the opposite direction.
"What was that?" Cole asked warily.
"Deflection," Wyatt said observantly.
"We gave you two powers to protect yourself. What's the second one?" Melinda asked.
The words were barely out of her mouth when Cole vanished.
"Cole? Where are you?" Phoebe exclaimed.
"I'm not sure," Cole's voice said.
"Invisibility," Tori replied.
"That's just dandy. Now how do I become visible again?" Cole responded.
"Think really hard on it," Prue suggested. "That's how astral projection works."
Cole became visible a second later. "That was cool."
The phone suddenly rang. Melinda ran into the kitchen to answer it.
That's when the Book of Shadows began flipping through its pages.
"The book is acting up again," Paige said, annoyed.
Wyatt glanced at the page. "Why did it flip to the page on Shax?"
Melinda came flying into the room. "Here's a pretty good idea!"
Behind Melinda, a mini-tornado was forming. Shax was back.
"Vanquish in five, four, three, two, one!" Phoebe exclaimed as Shax formed in front of them.
The witches bent over the book and began to chant:
"Evil wind that blows, That which forms below,"-
Shax shot a blast at Cole, who reacted quickly and deflected it back on Shax.
-"No longer may you dwell, Death takes you with this spell!"
Shax began to roar in agony. Then he blew up into oblivion.
"Now that I recall, that was the first demon I ever vanquished," Paige said.
"And it will be your last," a deep voice said.
Before anyone could realize what was happening, they all were sucked out of the manor and landed hard in a bizarre-looking room.
"Where are we?" Tori asked.
Leo, Prue, Andy, and Paige all looked around nervously.
"Once again, the Whitelighters know something we don't," Phoebe said.
"This is the neutral ground. Only very, very powerful and important magic happens here. It can be good, evil, or both at the same time. And I have a feeling this is the first battle in this war," Leo responded.
Sure enough, Kavinan and Remisk appeared. A woman wearing dark robes with a hood stood by Kavinan's side. The hood covered her face. Behind Kavinan, hundreds of demons popped up. The clones. Behind them, all the vanquished evil appeared.
"This isn't good," Melinda commented.
"How come we're fighting this thing alone? Why aren't there any other witches helping out?" Paige yelled.
"I have no idea," Wyatt responded.
Kavinan spoke then, in what seemed like an ancient language. The woman at his side orbed out. Not shimmered, but orbed.
"Once again, how is that possible?" Tori yelled.
"I have a feeling that is how Beavis and Butthead over there got into the heavens!" Prue exclaimed, taking a step back.
The demons charged at them then. Phoebe recognized about half of them.
Energy and fireballs were flying left and right. Melinda and Wyatt were trying hard to freeze everything, but there were too much of the balls and Melinda was in a sling.
Cole was trying his best to deflect the ones that came his way, and he was doing a pretty good job considering he had his new powers for less than an hour.
Phoebe was levitating and kicking a bunch of demons in the face. Blake and Paige were calling on objects and stabbing a lot of the clones. The clones, after they had been "vanquished" turned back into the objects they once were.
"How long can we fight them off?" Paige yelled.
"I don't know how much longer!" Phoebe shouted. "We need back up badly!"
Tori was busy fighting off one of the grimlocks. While she was doing that, a demon snuck up behind her and shot an energy ball at her. She collapsed on the ground, the battle raging on around her.
Finally, the demons backed off and left.
"Where's Tori?" Blake asked.
Phoebe's eyes glanced around the field, searching for her daughter. She spotted her about twenty feet away, collapsed on the ground.
"Oh my God, Tori!" she yelled.
They all rushed over to her. Andy placed his hands over her, and healed her.
"What happened? Where'd the demons go?" Tori demanded when she awoke.
"They retreated. I think we won that round," Paige said quietly.
None of them were getting cocky yet. They all knew a long and brutal path awaited them.
"On top of all that's going on, we have to find out how demons got into the heavens," Phoebe said that night.
"Somebody had to help them," Leo replied. "It's impossible for evil to get up there."
"But what if they acquired the power to orb?" Prue asked.
"How? This Book of Darkness is basically a second Grimoir, but not even the Grimoir had that power," Andy said.
"I think this can wait a second," a voice said, coming from the doorway. Paige and Melinda were there. Paige was holding a goblet with blood-red liquid in it.
"Is that the potion?" Tori asked.
"Yup," Melinda replied. She handed the potion to Cole. "Drink up."
Cole took the potion and drank it. Then he made a face. "Do your potions always have to be so disgusting?"
"We have no control of the taste," Paige said, handing Phoebe, Melinda, Wyatt, Tori, and Blake the spell. They all began to chant:
"Belthazor is this demon's name, Evil was once his game. We strip him of his evil ways, To be good the rest of his days. Replace his evil with good fortune, We give him two good powers with the help of this potion!"
A dark, glowing ball shot out of Cole and vanished, while a ball of bright light went into him.
"Do you feel different?" Blake asked.
"A little," Cole replied.
"Try to do something, anything," Melinda said.
"Let's put it to the test," Phoebe said. "Try shooting an energy ball."
Cole picked up his hand, and nothing formed.
"Let's see if you got the power to freeze," Paige commented. She picked up a pillow, and tossed it to Cole.
Cole picked up his hand to try to freeze it, but something else happened. A blue light shot up around him and the pillow went flying in the opposite direction.
"What was that?" Cole asked warily.
"Deflection," Wyatt said observantly.
"We gave you two powers to protect yourself. What's the second one?" Melinda asked.
The words were barely out of her mouth when Cole vanished.
"Cole? Where are you?" Phoebe exclaimed.
"I'm not sure," Cole's voice said.
"Invisibility," Tori replied.
"That's just dandy. Now how do I become visible again?" Cole responded.
"Think really hard on it," Prue suggested. "That's how astral projection works."
Cole became visible a second later. "That was cool."
The phone suddenly rang. Melinda ran into the kitchen to answer it.
That's when the Book of Shadows began flipping through its pages.
"The book is acting up again," Paige said, annoyed.
Wyatt glanced at the page. "Why did it flip to the page on Shax?"
Melinda came flying into the room. "Here's a pretty good idea!"
Behind Melinda, a mini-tornado was forming. Shax was back.
"Vanquish in five, four, three, two, one!" Phoebe exclaimed as Shax formed in front of them.
The witches bent over the book and began to chant:
"Evil wind that blows, That which forms below,"-
Shax shot a blast at Cole, who reacted quickly and deflected it back on Shax.
-"No longer may you dwell, Death takes you with this spell!"
Shax began to roar in agony. Then he blew up into oblivion.
"Now that I recall, that was the first demon I ever vanquished," Paige said.
"And it will be your last," a deep voice said.
Before anyone could realize what was happening, they all were sucked out of the manor and landed hard in a bizarre-looking room.
"Where are we?" Tori asked.
Leo, Prue, Andy, and Paige all looked around nervously.
"Once again, the Whitelighters know something we don't," Phoebe said.
"This is the neutral ground. Only very, very powerful and important magic happens here. It can be good, evil, or both at the same time. And I have a feeling this is the first battle in this war," Leo responded.
Sure enough, Kavinan and Remisk appeared. A woman wearing dark robes with a hood stood by Kavinan's side. The hood covered her face. Behind Kavinan, hundreds of demons popped up. The clones. Behind them, all the vanquished evil appeared.
"This isn't good," Melinda commented.
"How come we're fighting this thing alone? Why aren't there any other witches helping out?" Paige yelled.
"I have no idea," Wyatt responded.
Kavinan spoke then, in what seemed like an ancient language. The woman at his side orbed out. Not shimmered, but orbed.
"Once again, how is that possible?" Tori yelled.
"I have a feeling that is how Beavis and Butthead over there got into the heavens!" Prue exclaimed, taking a step back.
The demons charged at them then. Phoebe recognized about half of them.
Energy and fireballs were flying left and right. Melinda and Wyatt were trying hard to freeze everything, but there were too much of the balls and Melinda was in a sling.
Cole was trying his best to deflect the ones that came his way, and he was doing a pretty good job considering he had his new powers for less than an hour.
Phoebe was levitating and kicking a bunch of demons in the face. Blake and Paige were calling on objects and stabbing a lot of the clones. The clones, after they had been "vanquished" turned back into the objects they once were.
"How long can we fight them off?" Paige yelled.
"I don't know how much longer!" Phoebe shouted. "We need back up badly!"
Tori was busy fighting off one of the grimlocks. While she was doing that, a demon snuck up behind her and shot an energy ball at her. She collapsed on the ground, the battle raging on around her.
Finally, the demons backed off and left.
"Where's Tori?" Blake asked.
Phoebe's eyes glanced around the field, searching for her daughter. She spotted her about twenty feet away, collapsed on the ground.
"Oh my God, Tori!" she yelled.
They all rushed over to her. Andy placed his hands over her, and healed her.
"What happened? Where'd the demons go?" Tori demanded when she awoke.
"They retreated. I think we won that round," Paige said quietly.
None of them were getting cocky yet. They all knew a long and brutal path awaited them.