Cleansing part 2
This story takes place after the episode "Sam I am". I do not own any of the characters of charmed, I just write about them.
"Are you sure you want to do this Phoebe?" Paige asked.
"Yes, I am sure. I have to know," Phoebe continued.
"Then we are going with you," Piper said firmly.
Phoebe sighed, and said, "You know Cole's place is immune to orbing." She was going to continue, but the matching looks of determination on each of her sisters' faces stopped her. She sighed, and then said, "Come on. You can at least orb me to the bottom floor."
As Paige took her hands, Phoebe asked herself if she was ready for this. It had been just short of a week since she had last seen or heard from Cole. Her last vision of him was that horrible, tortured look that came over his face when he felt what she felt for him. She didn't want to do this, but she had no choice. She had to know if Cole viewed them as a threat now, and the only way to do that was a direct confrontation.
"Huh, that's odd," Paige remarked.
"What do you mean?" Piper asked.
"I can orb us directly to Cole's penthouse," Paige replied. "There is no barrier, nothing. It is just like every other place."
Piper looked over at Phoebe, and said, "Do you think it is a trap?"
"I don't know, but if it is, you're invincible, so you'll be fine," Phoebe half-heartedly joked. "There's only one way to find out, start orbing, now, now..." before she finished, she was orbing.
When they appeared, all three sisters got into defensive crouches. They surveyed the room, and Phoebe began to feel puzzled. There was no sign of movement, no sign that anything had been disturbed for days. As she touched some Chinese food that had spilled on the ground, she found it was dry and had stuck to the floor. Cole obviously hadn't bothered to clean anything up.
"Check this out," Piper said. As the other two sisters gathered around her, Piper hit the playback button on the answering machine. "Message 1...Cole, this is your secretary? Where are you? It's almost 3, and the trial starts at 330. You really need to get down here...Cole, are you there? Time of message, 4:54 pm on Monday."
The sisters looked at each other. "So, Cole's work hasn't seen him all week, and he obviously hasn't been here. What do you think happened to him?" Piper said.
"Do you think Cole has left for good?" Paige asked.
"I...I don't know," Phoebe confessed, "I just don't know."
****
"Any sign?" Damon asked.
"None, master," Nisan groveled, "I have searched as you commanded, and no one in the Underworld has seen or heard from Cole Turner in days. He has simply vanished."
Damon looked pensive for a moment, and then said, "I don't like it. I wanted Cole dead or evil. His absence could present a problem to me...oh, well. All I can do is move forward and hope he doesn't come back until it is too late. Are you sure you found what I need?"
"Yes, master," Nisan replied. "The demon I asked was most specific. The item you need is within Halliwell manor, and the spell to awaken it has to be read by them."
"Hmmm...that does present difficulties," Damon said. He thought for a few moments, and then an evil grin came over him, "Or does it? I know exactly what to do. Nisan, do exactly as I tell you..."
****
As soon as she could see again, Phoebe walked over and sat down heavily on the couch. After all this time, and all the requests and demands for Cole to get out, he had finally done it. He was gone, possibly forever. She half-expected to feel some sense of sadness or remorse, but all she could feel was happiness. Had she truly moved on, and did she now care so little for her soulmate that his leaving created no inner turmoil, and had no emotional effect on her?
"Phoebe, what do you think we should do?" Piper asked.
"LEO!" Phoebe shouted. When he appeared, Phoebe said, "Cole is gone missing. Go to the Elders and find out what they know."
"But...how...huh?" Leo said in confusion.
"We'll explain later, just go," Phoebe said quickly. Leo stared at her for a few seconds, and then he orbed out. Phoebe then turned to her sisters and commented, "If Cole is really gone, then I will be the first to celebrate. But right now, I need to know positively. Therefore, let's work on some sort of summoning spell to bring him here, just to make sure."
"Are you sure that's wise? After all, if we bring him back, this may start all over again," Paige remarked.
"Maybe, but I need closure. And since we don't have anything else..." Phoebe began, when a premonition hit her. She saw a man being attacked by a demon in an alley. Just as the premonition ended, she caught a street sign: 36th and Broadway.
"Looks like we have a small side track," Phoebe said. "We have to hurry, an innocent is about to be killed. Corner of 36th and Broadway. Let's go, now."
Without wasting any time, Paige grabbed Piper and Phoebe and they orbed out. A few moments after they were gone, Nisan shimmered in. He glanced around once or twice nervously, and then he approached the Book of Shadows. When he got close, the Book began to glow. Nisan held his hand out and said, "Invisitro Asande" and the Book and pedestal vanished. He then turned and said, "Agarne Vito Vicos alumne," and a new Book and pedestal appeared. Nisan smiled, and said, "As you command, so shall it be master."
****
"Help me!" James shouted.
The demon smiled, and said darkly, "Did you really think that anyone would hear you? You are beyond saving now. Just give up, and I promise to go easy on you."
"Funny, I was going to say the same thing to you," Piper said as the sisters appeared. The demon turned, and Piper gestured. The demon blew up, and then reappeared. Piper gestured again, and the same thing happened.
The demon gave the sisters an evil smile, and said, "Give it up. Your puny magic doesn't work on me." The demon cast an energy ball at the sisters, who dove out of the way.
"Paige, grab our innocent!" Phoebe shouted. As soon as Paige did, Phoebe and Piper grabbed on, and they all orbed out. The demon's smile grew, and he said, "Everything is going according to plan."
****
As soon as he saw the blue orbs, Nisan gestured and said, "Momentus volve." As the pages in the 'Book of Shadows' began to turn, Nisan shimmered out.
The sisters arrived to see the Book moving. "Look, Grams is trying to show us something," Paige said.
"Yeah, except she normally waits until we are out of ideas," Phoebe said suspiciously.
"Well, it is turned to our demon, so maybe she just thought we were pressed for time," Piper said. She bent down and began to read. "The demon Damon is an upper level demon who was empowered by the Gem of Azare centuries ago. He is nearly invulnerable, and only the Gem can destroy him. Hey, here's the spell to activate the gem and do what we want, all we have to do is find it."
"What does it look like?" Paige asked.
"Well, there's a very detailed pictured right here," Piper said.
Paige looked at it for a few moments, and then said, "Gem of Azare." There was a flash of blue orbs, and then Paige had it in her hands.
"Wha...I can't believe you did that," Phoebe said.
"Well, we were pressed for time," Paige replied. "Now, all we have to do is get this demon here and he is toast."
"Demons, what are you talking about?" the innocent asked for the first time. Piper gestured, and he froze. "We'll worry about him later. Right now we just have to get rid of this demon."
"Does anyone else think this is kind of easy?" Phoebe commented.
"Hey, I just wish they all were this easy," Paige replied. "Now all we have to do is get the demon here."
"Did you really think you could escape me?" a new voice said, and Damon appeared. "I want that man, and I won't let a couple of amateur witches stop me. You can't hurt me, so I'll tell you what. Surrender him to me, and I promise I'll kill one of you quickly."
"Thanks for the offer, but I'd prefer to vanquish you!" Piper shouted, and held up the gem.
"It can't be, the Gem of Azare," Damon remarked as he began to back away.
"Let's do this, sisters," Phoebe said. They began to read.
Power of the Gem awaken Your powers are needed against the forsaken Use all your powers as commanded So our enemies can be disbanded.
The Gem of Azare began to glow a bright green color. Damon stopped backing away, and the look of fear on his face was replaced by an evil cunning. He slowly bowed, and said, "Thank you so much."
"What, what are you talking about?" Paige asked in confusion. Suddenly, a demon appeared behind the sisters. He ran forward, grabbed the Gem from Piper's hands, and ran to Damon's side.
"Hey, what the hell is going on?" Piper shouted.
Damon took the Gem, and smiled back at Piper. "You know, I really have to thank you. If it wasn't for everything you've done, I don't think I could have accomplished what I want to. You've done more for me than anyone, save possibly Nisan here. To thank you, I'm going to let you live long enough to see the fruits of your labors. Ta ta." Both Damon and Nisan shimmered out, and as the sisters watched in shock, the Book in front of them dissolved, and the real Book appeared two feet to the right.
"What was that?" Piper asked.
"I think we just got suckered by a demon," Phoebe replied.
As the innocent began to come back around, Piper gestured and froze him again. "Paige, orb him somewhere while we try and figure this out." Paige nodded, grabbed James, and was gone. As Paige orbed out, Leo orbed in.
"Hey guys, bad news. The Elders couldn't tell me where Cole was, and there is another problem. The Gem of Azare has been stolen."
"You don't say," Phoebe said sarcastically. "What does it do?"
"That's the thing," Leo replied in puzzlement, "the Gem is useless to evil, unless a spell is cast by powerful good witches to unlock its powers."
"And if that happened, hypothetically, what would it do?" Piper asked.
"It would be able to unravel any magical protections or spells. Each awakening gives it one blast," Leo replied. "Why, do you know something?"
Phoebe and Piper closed their eyes, and then Phoebe said, "A demon just tricked us into stealing and awakening it."
"WHAT!" Leo shouted.
"We can worry about it later. The big question is what is the demon going to do with it now?" Piper asked.
"And how can we stop him?"
****
"All is in readiness, let us begin," Damon said. Nisan bowed, and moved out of the way. Damon slowly entered the grove, and smirked. Even after all this time, Good and Evil had not put new Guardians here. They're worse than the US Government when it comes to bureaucracy. Damon held up the Gem, and said, "Resolve." A green bolt shot from the Gem and slammed into the ceremonial doors. A few seconds later, the doors swung wide open. Damon smiled, and said, "Bring me the box."
Nisan bowed low and ran into the chamber. A few moments later, he brought out a box with intricately carved runes running down the sides of it. He kneeled and presented the box to his master so it would open towards Damon. Damon smiled, and said, "So it begins." Damon opened the box, and the Hollow surged into him. It entered every fiber of his body, becoming one with him. When the process was complete, Damon smiled and said in a different and deeper voice, "The Hollow and I are now one. Hand me the box."
Nisan gladly handed the box over, and Damon gripped it on both sides. Seconds passed, and then a weird popping sound could be heard coming from the box. A few seconds later, Damon's hands slammed together, and the box shattered.
"Now there is nothing that can stop us," Damon remarked. "I will cleanse the world of magic and humanity, and reforge it into a much purer form. Now, let the cleansing begin with the Charmed Ones."
TO BE CONTINUED...
This story takes place after the episode "Sam I am". I do not own any of the characters of charmed, I just write about them.
"Are you sure you want to do this Phoebe?" Paige asked.
"Yes, I am sure. I have to know," Phoebe continued.
"Then we are going with you," Piper said firmly.
Phoebe sighed, and said, "You know Cole's place is immune to orbing." She was going to continue, but the matching looks of determination on each of her sisters' faces stopped her. She sighed, and then said, "Come on. You can at least orb me to the bottom floor."
As Paige took her hands, Phoebe asked herself if she was ready for this. It had been just short of a week since she had last seen or heard from Cole. Her last vision of him was that horrible, tortured look that came over his face when he felt what she felt for him. She didn't want to do this, but she had no choice. She had to know if Cole viewed them as a threat now, and the only way to do that was a direct confrontation.
"Huh, that's odd," Paige remarked.
"What do you mean?" Piper asked.
"I can orb us directly to Cole's penthouse," Paige replied. "There is no barrier, nothing. It is just like every other place."
Piper looked over at Phoebe, and said, "Do you think it is a trap?"
"I don't know, but if it is, you're invincible, so you'll be fine," Phoebe half-heartedly joked. "There's only one way to find out, start orbing, now, now..." before she finished, she was orbing.
When they appeared, all three sisters got into defensive crouches. They surveyed the room, and Phoebe began to feel puzzled. There was no sign of movement, no sign that anything had been disturbed for days. As she touched some Chinese food that had spilled on the ground, she found it was dry and had stuck to the floor. Cole obviously hadn't bothered to clean anything up.
"Check this out," Piper said. As the other two sisters gathered around her, Piper hit the playback button on the answering machine. "Message 1...Cole, this is your secretary? Where are you? It's almost 3, and the trial starts at 330. You really need to get down here...Cole, are you there? Time of message, 4:54 pm on Monday."
The sisters looked at each other. "So, Cole's work hasn't seen him all week, and he obviously hasn't been here. What do you think happened to him?" Piper said.
"Do you think Cole has left for good?" Paige asked.
"I...I don't know," Phoebe confessed, "I just don't know."
****
"Any sign?" Damon asked.
"None, master," Nisan groveled, "I have searched as you commanded, and no one in the Underworld has seen or heard from Cole Turner in days. He has simply vanished."
Damon looked pensive for a moment, and then said, "I don't like it. I wanted Cole dead or evil. His absence could present a problem to me...oh, well. All I can do is move forward and hope he doesn't come back until it is too late. Are you sure you found what I need?"
"Yes, master," Nisan replied. "The demon I asked was most specific. The item you need is within Halliwell manor, and the spell to awaken it has to be read by them."
"Hmmm...that does present difficulties," Damon said. He thought for a few moments, and then an evil grin came over him, "Or does it? I know exactly what to do. Nisan, do exactly as I tell you..."
****
As soon as she could see again, Phoebe walked over and sat down heavily on the couch. After all this time, and all the requests and demands for Cole to get out, he had finally done it. He was gone, possibly forever. She half-expected to feel some sense of sadness or remorse, but all she could feel was happiness. Had she truly moved on, and did she now care so little for her soulmate that his leaving created no inner turmoil, and had no emotional effect on her?
"Phoebe, what do you think we should do?" Piper asked.
"LEO!" Phoebe shouted. When he appeared, Phoebe said, "Cole is gone missing. Go to the Elders and find out what they know."
"But...how...huh?" Leo said in confusion.
"We'll explain later, just go," Phoebe said quickly. Leo stared at her for a few seconds, and then he orbed out. Phoebe then turned to her sisters and commented, "If Cole is really gone, then I will be the first to celebrate. But right now, I need to know positively. Therefore, let's work on some sort of summoning spell to bring him here, just to make sure."
"Are you sure that's wise? After all, if we bring him back, this may start all over again," Paige remarked.
"Maybe, but I need closure. And since we don't have anything else..." Phoebe began, when a premonition hit her. She saw a man being attacked by a demon in an alley. Just as the premonition ended, she caught a street sign: 36th and Broadway.
"Looks like we have a small side track," Phoebe said. "We have to hurry, an innocent is about to be killed. Corner of 36th and Broadway. Let's go, now."
Without wasting any time, Paige grabbed Piper and Phoebe and they orbed out. A few moments after they were gone, Nisan shimmered in. He glanced around once or twice nervously, and then he approached the Book of Shadows. When he got close, the Book began to glow. Nisan held his hand out and said, "Invisitro Asande" and the Book and pedestal vanished. He then turned and said, "Agarne Vito Vicos alumne," and a new Book and pedestal appeared. Nisan smiled, and said, "As you command, so shall it be master."
****
"Help me!" James shouted.
The demon smiled, and said darkly, "Did you really think that anyone would hear you? You are beyond saving now. Just give up, and I promise to go easy on you."
"Funny, I was going to say the same thing to you," Piper said as the sisters appeared. The demon turned, and Piper gestured. The demon blew up, and then reappeared. Piper gestured again, and the same thing happened.
The demon gave the sisters an evil smile, and said, "Give it up. Your puny magic doesn't work on me." The demon cast an energy ball at the sisters, who dove out of the way.
"Paige, grab our innocent!" Phoebe shouted. As soon as Paige did, Phoebe and Piper grabbed on, and they all orbed out. The demon's smile grew, and he said, "Everything is going according to plan."
****
As soon as he saw the blue orbs, Nisan gestured and said, "Momentus volve." As the pages in the 'Book of Shadows' began to turn, Nisan shimmered out.
The sisters arrived to see the Book moving. "Look, Grams is trying to show us something," Paige said.
"Yeah, except she normally waits until we are out of ideas," Phoebe said suspiciously.
"Well, it is turned to our demon, so maybe she just thought we were pressed for time," Piper said. She bent down and began to read. "The demon Damon is an upper level demon who was empowered by the Gem of Azare centuries ago. He is nearly invulnerable, and only the Gem can destroy him. Hey, here's the spell to activate the gem and do what we want, all we have to do is find it."
"What does it look like?" Paige asked.
"Well, there's a very detailed pictured right here," Piper said.
Paige looked at it for a few moments, and then said, "Gem of Azare." There was a flash of blue orbs, and then Paige had it in her hands.
"Wha...I can't believe you did that," Phoebe said.
"Well, we were pressed for time," Paige replied. "Now, all we have to do is get this demon here and he is toast."
"Demons, what are you talking about?" the innocent asked for the first time. Piper gestured, and he froze. "We'll worry about him later. Right now we just have to get rid of this demon."
"Does anyone else think this is kind of easy?" Phoebe commented.
"Hey, I just wish they all were this easy," Paige replied. "Now all we have to do is get the demon here."
"Did you really think you could escape me?" a new voice said, and Damon appeared. "I want that man, and I won't let a couple of amateur witches stop me. You can't hurt me, so I'll tell you what. Surrender him to me, and I promise I'll kill one of you quickly."
"Thanks for the offer, but I'd prefer to vanquish you!" Piper shouted, and held up the gem.
"It can't be, the Gem of Azare," Damon remarked as he began to back away.
"Let's do this, sisters," Phoebe said. They began to read.
Power of the Gem awaken Your powers are needed against the forsaken Use all your powers as commanded So our enemies can be disbanded.
The Gem of Azare began to glow a bright green color. Damon stopped backing away, and the look of fear on his face was replaced by an evil cunning. He slowly bowed, and said, "Thank you so much."
"What, what are you talking about?" Paige asked in confusion. Suddenly, a demon appeared behind the sisters. He ran forward, grabbed the Gem from Piper's hands, and ran to Damon's side.
"Hey, what the hell is going on?" Piper shouted.
Damon took the Gem, and smiled back at Piper. "You know, I really have to thank you. If it wasn't for everything you've done, I don't think I could have accomplished what I want to. You've done more for me than anyone, save possibly Nisan here. To thank you, I'm going to let you live long enough to see the fruits of your labors. Ta ta." Both Damon and Nisan shimmered out, and as the sisters watched in shock, the Book in front of them dissolved, and the real Book appeared two feet to the right.
"What was that?" Piper asked.
"I think we just got suckered by a demon," Phoebe replied.
As the innocent began to come back around, Piper gestured and froze him again. "Paige, orb him somewhere while we try and figure this out." Paige nodded, grabbed James, and was gone. As Paige orbed out, Leo orbed in.
"Hey guys, bad news. The Elders couldn't tell me where Cole was, and there is another problem. The Gem of Azare has been stolen."
"You don't say," Phoebe said sarcastically. "What does it do?"
"That's the thing," Leo replied in puzzlement, "the Gem is useless to evil, unless a spell is cast by powerful good witches to unlock its powers."
"And if that happened, hypothetically, what would it do?" Piper asked.
"It would be able to unravel any magical protections or spells. Each awakening gives it one blast," Leo replied. "Why, do you know something?"
Phoebe and Piper closed their eyes, and then Phoebe said, "A demon just tricked us into stealing and awakening it."
"WHAT!" Leo shouted.
"We can worry about it later. The big question is what is the demon going to do with it now?" Piper asked.
"And how can we stop him?"
****
"All is in readiness, let us begin," Damon said. Nisan bowed, and moved out of the way. Damon slowly entered the grove, and smirked. Even after all this time, Good and Evil had not put new Guardians here. They're worse than the US Government when it comes to bureaucracy. Damon held up the Gem, and said, "Resolve." A green bolt shot from the Gem and slammed into the ceremonial doors. A few seconds later, the doors swung wide open. Damon smiled, and said, "Bring me the box."
Nisan bowed low and ran into the chamber. A few moments later, he brought out a box with intricately carved runes running down the sides of it. He kneeled and presented the box to his master so it would open towards Damon. Damon smiled, and said, "So it begins." Damon opened the box, and the Hollow surged into him. It entered every fiber of his body, becoming one with him. When the process was complete, Damon smiled and said in a different and deeper voice, "The Hollow and I are now one. Hand me the box."
Nisan gladly handed the box over, and Damon gripped it on both sides. Seconds passed, and then a weird popping sound could be heard coming from the box. A few seconds later, Damon's hands slammed together, and the box shattered.
"Now there is nothing that can stop us," Damon remarked. "I will cleanse the world of magic and humanity, and reforge it into a much purer form. Now, let the cleansing begin with the Charmed Ones."
TO BE CONTINUED...