DISCLAIMER: I don't own Charmed or any associated works. It belongs strictly to the WB networks and its creator Aaron Spelling. This piece of literature is simply the work of a humble fan.
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This story starts off right after the episode Centennial Charmed.
Thanks guys for reviewing the last chapter. You guys gave me some great ideas and suggestions. Without them this chapter wouldn't be possible.
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Lariss – I don't know what I'm going to do with Chris(the kid from the future). He is like a big enigma. All I know he is Wyatt from the future. And a few other things but I'll try my best : )
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Daddies Little Witch
Chapter Six: With Open Arms (What a Bitch!)
By: Mage
Deep beneath the ground in an underground cavern was a carved in room. Torches lined the walls and gave light to the murky atmosphere. On a large throne sat a man dressed in dark blue robes. His skin was all blue and his pupiless eyes glared down at the kneeling demon before him.
"Have you found the one yet?" he asked coldly.
The kneeling demon had built muscles and green scaly skin. His face was covered in scars and his long black hair was tied back in a ponytail. One could tell that this demon was a hardened warrior.
"No my lord I have not found them," he said, his head bowed low in respect.
"I do not have a lot of patience Tier."
Tier kept his head bowed low in submission. "I have looked Lord Xanatos. But the one you seek is hard to find."
Xanatos slammed his fist down angrily. "I do not have time for excuses!" he growled. "How difficult is it to find a person with the power I need to power my machine."
"The power is very unique my lord," said Tier defensively.
Xanatos sneered at Tier. "I do not have to tell you how important this is. If all goes well demons will reign supreme once again."
Tier nodded. "There is a woman in this world who has the power we are looking for. But she is not strong enough. When hooked up to the machine she wont last a full minute. We need someone stronger."
"Then find someone stronger!" said Xanatos, his voice shrill with anger. He calmed down and gave Tier a mocking smile. "This mission isn't too much for you is it? I thought you were an interdimensional demon."
Tier snapped his head up at the tone. He narrowed his eyes angrily. "No it isn't Lord Xanatos. I will try harder and search other dimensions more thoroughly."
"I suggest you get started," said Xanatos evenly.
Tier nodded and he disappeared in a whoosh of smoke. Xanatos gaze traveled to the large steel looking contraption in the center of the cave. A smirk formed on his lips. "Soon," he whispered to the air.
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Clang!
Clang!
Cole blocked the swords strike and quickly swung his own sword slashing his opponents arm. The warlock howled in pain and jumped back. Cole smirked and lowered himself into a defensive position.
"Go Daddy!" Liam yelled, from the dumpster he was hiding behind.
He turned to Liam. "I told you to stay quiet! It's called hiding. As in not wanting to be found."
"Daddy look out!"
Cole quickly did a backhand spring effectively avoiding a swipe that would have decapitated him. The warklock smirked. "Almost lost your head there witch!"
Cole rolled his eyes, "Evil people these day's do way to much talking."
Cole raised his arm and let loose an icy blast. The warlock waved his arm and a green deflecting shield appeared in front of him. The blast hit the shield and dissipating harmlessly.
The warlock gave a loud laugh. "See I told you. You can't hurt me."
Cole frowned then smiled slowly as an idea came to him. He thrust his hand forward and launched another icy blast. The warlock waved his arm and his shield sprung up again. Instead of hitting the shield the blast hit underneath it. Directly near his feet. The shield didn't extend down that far. The ground underneath the warlock's feet turned into a slippery ice patch. The warlock flayed his arms around wildly as he found his himself slipping. He couldn't catch his balance and he fell hard onto his back. Cole moved fast and struck. Before the warlock could scream Cole had his sword raised high and quickly brought it down beheading the evil man. A light shinned from his body and he disappeared in flames.
Liam ran from his hiding place and jumped on Cole's back. "Daddy that was so cool! You were like swing take that," he babbled on loudly in Cole ear. Cole smiled fondly and carried him piggyback to the car. "And he was all like you can't kill me hahahahahahah. And then you were like shut up! And then BAM! Bitch went down!"
Cole cranked up the car and drove off. He raised his eyebrow at Liam. "Bitch went down?"
He smiled innocently and put on his best wide eyed puppy dog look. "I said he was such a clown."
"That's what I thought you said. I must be getting old," he said, smiling sarcastically. "You know what they say hearing is the first to go."
Liam patted his hand sympathetically. "Daddy you're not getting old. You're just…." he paused trying to find the right words. "Your just well aged," he finished with a grin.
"Haha," said Cole. "We should be talking about you anyway and not about me."
"What about me?"
Cole looked at him with a small frown. "The fact that during the fight you acted like you didn't know the meaning of hide."
Liam looked out the window his face turning sheepish. "I'm sorry."
Cole sighed and ruffled his hair. Smiling, Liam batted his hand away. "Its okay. You just have to be careful. Evil people don't care about harming little kids."
Liam nodded seeing the seriousness of the advice. "I'll try to be more careful."
"That's all I ask."
"Daddy are you going to be at my play tomorrow?" asked Liam
Cole smiled widely. "I wouldn't miss it for the world. It starts right at one o'clock right?"
Liam smiled happy that his father remembered his play. "Yep. It starts at one."
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Cole sat in his office going over a stack of legal documents. It was noon and he had to leave pretty soon so he could be on time for Liam's play. Suddenly the door to his office opened and in stepped the person he least expected to see.
"Hello Phoebe," he greeted her calmly.
She marched up to his desk and put her hand on her hips. "Listen Cole. I don't know if you're evil or good or what. Frankly I don't care. But Wyatt's Wiccaning is tomorrow and if you try and screw it up I will hunt you down and kill you," she growled.
Cole narrowed his eyes and stood up. "Listen Phoebe. I don't care about your fucking family! I don't even like you. Right now I can barely stand the sight of you!" he yelled angrily. Phoebe stepped back at his harsh tone. Cole had never talked this way to her before.
"We might have loved each other once but its over. You told me to move on. I have! Apparently, you haven't quite yet done it yourself."
Phoebe took a step forward her anger rising. "Please Cole. We both know the only reason you adopted Liam was so I could see that you could still love. It was just a desperate attempt to get me back."
Cole's hands slammed on his desk angrily. Slowly the temperature in the room lowered almost twenty degrees. Where he slammed his hands on the desk ice started to form.
"You are to never have my son's name come out your mouth," he said, in a low dangerous whisper. "I assure you that you had better stay away from him. Because he really doesn't like you. And he will electrocute you if you so much as look at him wrong."
Phoebe crossed her arms lifted her chin haughtily. "Is that a threat?"
Cole shrugged and sat down. "I prefer to call it a warning," he said casually. He reached down and pressed a button on his desk. Less than a minute later two men dressed in blue blazers walked into the room.
Cole greeted them with a nod. He then looked at Phoebe with an icy glare. "Security will escort you out. Good day Miss Halliwell."
The two men stepped on either side of Phoebe and grabbed her arms. "Please come with us Ms. Halliwell. We will show you out." She sent a frosty look at Cole before the two men escorted her out.
Cole put his face in his hands and sighed loudly. He looked at the clock and swore silently. He had only a short time to get to Liam's school for his play. He packed up all stuff in his briefcase and jetted out the door.
He got into his car and hightailed it to Liam's school. He took all the back streets he knew so he could avoid traffic and such. Cole must have made it there in record time. The squelching of his tires braking echoed throughout the street as he parked in front of the building. He hurriedly got out and sprinted into the building. He quietly slipped into the auditorium and took a seat in the back.
Thank the Powers, he thought. The play had just started as he walked in.
He opened his video camera and started to record. Liam walked onto stage his face a little nervous. His nervousness faded as he saw his father in the audience waving wildly. He puffed up his chest and delivered his lines. Cole watched Liam's performance with a proud smile. He wanted to stand up and shout to the room that 'that was his son'. Instead he just settled for wearing a silly grin on his face.
The play was about the pilgrim's sailing across England and landing on Plymouth Rock. All of the kids had equal stage time. Overall it was funny and very heart warming to watch. Cole met Liam in front of the stage after the play was over. He had changed out of his costume and was back in his regular clothes.
Cole picked him up and hugged him, "I'm so proud of you sunny!"
"I was good wasn't I," said Liam playfully.
Cole rolled his eyes playing along. "You were the best. Better than everybody on the stage"
He sat him down and grabbed his hand. They walked out of the school and got into the BMW. On the way to the penthouse they talked on and on about the play. Liam was begging to watch the film when they go home. Cole parked in the building's parking garage. He got out of the car and went to the other side and helped Liam get out. Cole stopped walking and looked around quickly. He had just got a bad vibe. A cold chill went down his spine as he sensed something foul in the air.
He crouched down and looked into Liam's eyes, "Please sunny you have to go and hide."
Liam nodded sensing the urgency and seriousness in his father's voice. He scampered off and ducked behind a car a few yards away. Tier appeared in front of Cole in a whoosh of smoke. He looked around and his eyes landed on Cole.
Cole assumed an offensive stance. If the demon wanted a fight he would give it one. "What do you want demon?" Cole demanded.
Tier smirked and disappeared. Cole's head swiveled in all directions looking for the demon.
"Daddy!"
Cole spun around hearing Liam's scream. Tier grabbed Liam preventing him from going anywhere. Tier winked at Cole and gave a wave. Cole moved faster than he ever had in his life. That bastard was not going to hurt his little boy.
"Daddy help!" pleaded Liam.
Cole wasn't fast enough. In a whoosh of air, Tier teleported away with Liam in his grasp. Cole stopped running and stared at the spot they once stood in with disbelief.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he yelled in anguish.
In his grief his powers flared to life. Instantly, the parking garage became a winter wonderland. Everything in sight was covered in a layer of frost and ice.
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Tier and Liam teleported into Xanatos's lair. Tier grabbed Liam by the neck and shoved him roughly to the ground. Liam snapped his head up and glared at him furiously. He thrust his hands forward and twin lightning like streaks of electricity shot from his palms. They hit Tier in the center of his chest. He flew back in the air and impacted the wall. His body twitched convulsively while visible electric currents could be seen zig zagging all over his body.
Clapping filled the room. Liam snapped his head around to the sound. Xanatos rose from throne clapping loudly. "Marvelous! You are indeed the one we've been searching for."
Liam took a step back in fright as Xanatos got closer. "What do you want with me?" he asked bravely.
Xanatos looked at him as if he were a prized pet. "You are here to power my machine," he said, gesturing to the large steel device in the center of the room.
"Isn't that the machine Magneto hooked Rogue up into in X-Men?" asked Liam, looking at the machine skeptically.
Xanatos frowned. "I don't know what an X-Men is but after I'm finished with you, you'll be a dead man."
Liam gulped and looked at the machine in fright, "What does that thing do?"
Xanatos smiled sinisterly, "My machine will open every gate to hell on this planet. When that happens humans will be purged from the Earth once and for all. And my demon brethren will rise up once again. It will be like it was before we were exiled to hell."
Liam gasped understanding the ramifications of what was being told to him. He narrowed his eyes and puffed up his chest. He glared at Xanatos defiantly. "My Daddy is going to come for me. And he will kick your ass."
Xanatos growled and backhanded Liam. He fell to the floor the blow knocking him unconscious.
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Cole was standing in the now familiar white hall of the Powers that Be. As soon as he left the garage he speed up to his penthouse. He said the spell that would take him to the Powers and here he was. In a brief flash of light the three Powers appeared before him. He crossed his arms and glared at them.
"Where is my son?" he hissed.
They shared a look with each other before looking back at Cole. The young man took a step forward. "Your son has been taking to another dimension."
Cole crossed his arms and glared at them. "Then bring him back," he demanded.
"We cannot do that," said the woman on the man left.
"We are not allowed to extend our will to influence mortal affairs," said the woman on the right.
Cole sighed defeated. "What do you know then? Why did that demon take my son?"
"Your son holds the kind of unique power that the demon Xanatos needs. He will use your son to power a device that will open the very mouths of hell. But I'm afraid that your son will not be able to survive the entire process." the woman said softly.
Cole looked down at the ground his eyes watering. He couldn't lose Liam. Not now. Why was all of this happening to them. He put on a brave face and hardened his face. "Where is that bastard that took him?" he asked coldly.
"The place he took them is like Earth. But there are some changes," the young man said.
The woman on the left smiled sadly and placed her hand on Cole's shoulder in comfort. "In that dimension we have Champions working for us. When you find them and explain they will help you."
Cole nodded, "Okay, I'm ready. Send me there."
They raised their hands simultaneously. Cole shielded his eyes to block the bright light that flared around him. When he dropped his hands and opened his eyes he wasn't standing in the marble hall anymore. He was standing on a road in the middle of nowhere. His only company a sign stuck in the ground.
He glared up at the sky accusingly. "You guys couldn't have made it easy for me could you."
He sighed and set off down the road. The good news was the nearest town wasn't too far away. Thank the Powers. It was only a half-mile walk. He tried to remember what the town's name was from the sign. But the name escaped him. All he remembered was that it was something unoriginal.
What was that name. He strained his brain trying to remember. It was some funky name. Oh yeah, he thought finally remembering.
Sunnydale
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That's it for Chapter Six. Thank you guys so much for the ideas. If you guys hadn't taken the time to give me ideas, I would probably be still thinking of things. ^_^ I actually used some people's ideas in this chapter. So thanks a lot guys! Oh yeah, scroll down and review. Tell me what you thought of this chapter. I know most of you know what this story is crossing into.