Part Seven
A/N: The song is "Fall" by Something Corporate. I don't own the song.
(Camera pans over the attic of the manor, and lands on the Book of Shadows that is sitting on its stand. Piper is flipping through the pages. She stops on one that has the name ANARKELT at the top. PIPER looks at CLARA.)
PIPER: Is that him?
CLARA: Yep. That's him.
(PIPER starts to read what the book says about ANARKELT.)
PIPER: Legend has it, that he'll be summoned by a high power, form an army of willing and not so willing beings, and kill or recruit mixed blood creatures.
CLARA: We're still working on who summoned him, but we know how he finds them. None of you get any weird letters in the mail, did you?
(PAIGE slowly raises her hand.)
PAIGE: I did? I got a paper cut too.
(PAIGE gives a childish pout and holds up her finger that now has a band-aid on it.)
COLE: (Mutters) Great. Now, he can track you.
PHOEBE: Wait, what? Does that mean he knows where we are now?
COLE: He knows how to find Paige now. (COLE looks at CLARA.) Can we do the spell?
CLARA: Yeah, if they are willing.
(PIPER, PAIGE, and PHOBE look at each other.)
PHOEBE: What spell?
CLARA: It's a spell that Pytha witches use. It's called a memory break. Ben can't remember what happened when Anarkelt came to him. We only know how it ended. We figured if we knew what happened then we could maybe find out how to stop him.
(As CLARA finishes, BEN, ETHAN, TRISTAN, JENNA, and TATIANA walk into the attic.)
PIPER: Where's Wyatt and Melinda?
JENNA: Downstairs. Melinda's yelling at Wyatt for showing up at her friend's house. Apparently, she had said that they weren't related.
(PIPER lets out a sigh and shakes her head.)
CLARA: Actually, the less people in the memory break, the better. (CLARA turns to TATIANA.) Is Melinda squeamish around blood?
TATIANA: Oh, yeah. More than you could imagine.
CLARA: Then I think it's best if she stays out of it.
(At the mention of the memory break, BEN freezes up. He looks at his mom.)
BEN: (Quietly) Do I have to?
(CLARA nods sadly.)
CLARA: We need you, Ben.
(BEN silently agrees and they all sit in a circle on the floor. LEO steps back as he is called up.)
PIPER: Now?
LEO: (With a shrug) I have to.
(LEO orbs out as CLARA begins to chant in Latin. There is a bright flash and the screen goes white. The white fades and pulls back from a drum set that is set up in a basement. There is a teenaged boy playing them loudly. Another guy stands there with his guitar. BEN is singing and ETHAN is playing his bass. There are two girls sitting in the corner watching them. BEN can't look away from the one in the AFI t-shirt.)
BEN: (Singing.) Go on
You've kept me waiting
Go on
And watch me as I fall
I don't want to feel this small
You know I just can't handle this
Handle this at all
And so I fall
I let my heartbeat drop
I falter as the music stops
And you watch me as I still
And wonder when I
(The girl in the AFI t-shirt smiles and starts clapping. She stands up and kisses him.)
GIRL: (Sarcastically.) Wow, who would have thought? You have some sort of talent.
BEN: (As sarcastic as her.) Well, I do try.
(ETHAN taps the girl on the shoulder.)
ETHAN: Lexi, I'm going to go get us some drinks, want anything?
LEXI: No, I'm good. (Elbows ETHAN.) Take Ivy with you though. She likes you.
ETHAN: Doesn't everybody? (LEXI glares at him.) Yeah, if it means anything to you, it's the same way with me.
BEN: We all know you love yourself, what about her?
ETHAN: Funny, you're lucky your my brother. Otherwise, I'd hurt you.
(ETHAN and IVY walk upstairs. In the corner of the basement, a figure appears. He's clothed in all black, and his skin is a dark gray. His eyes are black with dark circles under them. His body is basically skin and bones. No one can tell that he is there. The demon steps out of the corner and we see that it is ANARKELT. He walks up behind BEN and starts to whisper in his ear.)
ANARKELT: They don't trust you. You're nothing to them. A creature with tainted blood. You're below them. They'd leave you to die if they had the chance. Kill them before they kill you. Kill them. Kill them! KILL THEM!
(BEN squeezes his eyes shut and hold a hand to his head. LEXI and the two other guys have their backs to them while looking through some cds. BEN opens his eyes and they now look like ANARKELT's. A small sword appears in his hand as he advances behind LEXI. In three quick, swift motions, he slices all their throats. BEN looks back in shock for a second and drops the sword as he falls to his knees. ETHAN and IVY come down the stairs. IVY screams at the sight and ETHAN runs over to BEN.)
ETHAN: Ben! Ben, what happened?
(BEN doesn't answer. He's just staring at Lexi's lifeless body.)
ETHAN: Ben. Ben. BEN!
(Camera fades to black while ETHAN is still yelling BEN's name.)
(Commercial Break.)
A/N: Okay, I lied. The chapters aren't getting longer, but they will. I promise...I just don't know when. Tell me what you thought. Did you expect that that was what happened to the band and Ben's girlfriend?
