Chapter 3
Let the Games Begin
As Piper spun around the spider darted for her. Nearly half her size it could have torn her apart but, it didn't get the chance because Leo came crashing into Piper knocking them both to the floor. Phoebe's eyes locked onto the gigantic spider.
"What the hell..." She looked around for something to use against it.
Since Paige was young she had a fear of bugs especially spiders. Creepy crawly things were not her strong suit. "Get it away!" She screamed as she backed up into Cole.
He took a protective step in front of her and the spider took this as a challenge. It edged towards Cole. The Spider had a large pair of pinchers that looked like they could snap some one like a twig. That was somewhere Cole did not want to be.
Leo was kneeling in front of Piper. He watched warily as Cole lunged towards the arachnid. Was he crazy? Leo couldn't help but think he had a death wish. Phoebe was close behind. Except for she didn't lunge with nothing in her hands like Cole she was holding a dead branch under her arm. Cole jumped to the side distracting the creature as Phoebe came up to the other side and plunged the object deep into the spider.
Paige stood frozen, looking off into the distance in fear. Leo turned his head that way and immediately wished he hadn't. Phoebe moaned as she looked up from the dead spider at, at least four more heading their way.
"Run!" Cole yelled out.
Phoebe's eyes glanced over to Leo who was now standing and to Piper who was still lying sprawled out on the ground. Leo leaned over and picked Piper up. "Leo? Is Piper ok?" She asked with a slight quivering in her voice.
"She'll be fine." Leo lead the way sprinting to the closest crumbled building.
Paige stood still. She stopped breathing, in fear of the Spiders.
"I got her," Cole said. He motioned for Phoebe to go ahead. "I'll carry her."
Phoebe ran close behind Leo. She gave a glance behind and saw no one following. Stopping, she immediately spun around nearly tripping over her own feet. "Cole? Paige?" She looked to where the Spiders should have been. They should have been charging at them on a rampage but they were gone.
"Phoebe?" Leo's voice came from behind her. Her knees began to tremble as she thought of what could have happened to her boyfriend and sister. She didn't turn around. More like she couldn't. Her mind wouldn't let her body move.
Leo forced the issue though. He grabbed her arm and turned her so that she faced him. He gave her a worried look then his eyes wondered beyond her trembling form. "Where are they?"
Phoebe used all her will to shrug. Then she looked into Leo's bare arms. "YOU LEFT PIPER ALONE?" She shot to the building where Leo had gone and threw the door open.
Piper was sitting. She shook her head as she looked up to Phoebe. "I thought he took me." She rubbed her forehead which was bruised and bleeding from her fall. Giving her sister a quick smile she stood. "Where's everyone else? I don't think we should split up."
Leo came bursting behind Phoebe gasping for breath. "You're ok!"
"They're gone." Phoebe fell into Piper. She felt a tear roll down her cheek.
For a moment Leo was surprised that it was Phoebe panicking but she realized that Phoebe thought it was her own fault.
"I shouldn't have left them. I should have just gone with him."
"You're wrong Phoebe." Piper circled her arms around her sister and sighed. "Evil and good don't mix. It isn't your fault. They are probably fine... We just have to find them."
"Right!" Phoebe stood tall with new energy flowing inside of her. "We may be the only chance they have."
As Phoebe turned for the door she heard the breathes of her sister and brother in law stop altogether. When she turned she hoped to see them there backing her up but they were gone only Tony stood there. With his arms crossed he looked her up and down.
"Light to my darkness." His emerald green eyes bore into her brown eyes.
"Where are they?" She questioned.
"Safe... For now."
"I don't understand why you'd want me." Phoebe stated weakly.
"It's quite complicated but, Good girls don't just want the bad boys." He said with a wink. "Bad boys... want the good girls. You're beautiful, strong, powerful. You are a light to my darkness." He told her again.
Tony walked towards Phoebe until she could feel his hot breath on her neck which sent chills down her spine. Her stomach felt like it was spinning inside of her as his lips pressed against hers. Her arms moved around his neck almost involuntarily as he wrapped his own around her thin waist. Quickly Phoebe pulled away.
"What am I doing?" She asked herself.
"What you want." He said silkily.
Phoebe dropped her arms and pulled away from Tony who was still grinning at her. She thought about Cole and how faithful he'd been and how willing he was to give up his powers for her. How could she do this to him?
"How do you know what I want?" She demanded in a near yell.
"Because I know you Phoebe," He paused and looked deep into her brown eyes. "I know you better than you know yourself."
She could resist those eyes. They were hypnotic and passionate. To be safe she directed her gaze to his feet.
"I've watched you almost your whole life." He watched as Phoebe's face flushed a little.
"Watched me?"
"While you slept, while you bathed, while you-"
"How could you?" Phoebe looked back up to his face and stepped forward.
All the things she had done. She felt so violated. Her fist flew towards Tony, but his quick reflexes sent his own hand to stop it. He pushed her back against the wall.
"Your so beautiful." He kissed her forehead and sighed. "You're mine Phoebe."
Shaking her head she pushed Tony away. "I'm not yours. Never was, never will be."
He gave her a sympathetic look like he knew something she didn't. "I will make you mine whether you want it or not. You have no power here. No power over me. Voluntarily or involuntarily I'll make you mine."
"Never threaten a Halliwell," Phoebe sent her own threatening at him. In a blink of the eye Phoebe was on the floor in a drop kick that sent Tony to the hard ground. "You're bound to get hurt."
Moaning, Tony got up as Phoebe did. "I'll give you a chance to get them and get out but what happens to you is out of my hands." Phoebe took note that he wasn't smiling.
"Why are you giving me a chance?"
"Because," Giving her a wry look he started turning. "It's the rules. I have to give you a chance as my father did to his near queen," He looked back and gave her that smirk again. The one she wanted to wipe off his face with her fist. "Your mother."
When she went to open her mouth and ask Tony some questions he simply put his finger to her lips. "On your wrist is a watch. You have eleven hours to get to the top of my castle. If you succeed you will be able to leave with whoever else is left alive."
Phoebe closed her eyes but when she opened them he was gone. "Why me though?" She felt herself shout into the dark skies. "Why me?"
Questions tumbled in and out of Phoebe's head as she followed the crumbled buildings to the huge castle ahead. What did her mother have to do with anything? Why did he have to give her the chance to leave. She was so enthralled in her thoughts that she didn't notice Piper struggling to the side. She was gagged by a piece of cloth and bound against a building to the side.
Let the Games Begin
As Piper spun around the spider darted for her. Nearly half her size it could have torn her apart but, it didn't get the chance because Leo came crashing into Piper knocking them both to the floor. Phoebe's eyes locked onto the gigantic spider.
"What the hell..." She looked around for something to use against it.
Since Paige was young she had a fear of bugs especially spiders. Creepy crawly things were not her strong suit. "Get it away!" She screamed as she backed up into Cole.
He took a protective step in front of her and the spider took this as a challenge. It edged towards Cole. The Spider had a large pair of pinchers that looked like they could snap some one like a twig. That was somewhere Cole did not want to be.
Leo was kneeling in front of Piper. He watched warily as Cole lunged towards the arachnid. Was he crazy? Leo couldn't help but think he had a death wish. Phoebe was close behind. Except for she didn't lunge with nothing in her hands like Cole she was holding a dead branch under her arm. Cole jumped to the side distracting the creature as Phoebe came up to the other side and plunged the object deep into the spider.
Paige stood frozen, looking off into the distance in fear. Leo turned his head that way and immediately wished he hadn't. Phoebe moaned as she looked up from the dead spider at, at least four more heading their way.
"Run!" Cole yelled out.
Phoebe's eyes glanced over to Leo who was now standing and to Piper who was still lying sprawled out on the ground. Leo leaned over and picked Piper up. "Leo? Is Piper ok?" She asked with a slight quivering in her voice.
"She'll be fine." Leo lead the way sprinting to the closest crumbled building.
Paige stood still. She stopped breathing, in fear of the Spiders.
"I got her," Cole said. He motioned for Phoebe to go ahead. "I'll carry her."
Phoebe ran close behind Leo. She gave a glance behind and saw no one following. Stopping, she immediately spun around nearly tripping over her own feet. "Cole? Paige?" She looked to where the Spiders should have been. They should have been charging at them on a rampage but they were gone.
"Phoebe?" Leo's voice came from behind her. Her knees began to tremble as she thought of what could have happened to her boyfriend and sister. She didn't turn around. More like she couldn't. Her mind wouldn't let her body move.
Leo forced the issue though. He grabbed her arm and turned her so that she faced him. He gave her a worried look then his eyes wondered beyond her trembling form. "Where are they?"
Phoebe used all her will to shrug. Then she looked into Leo's bare arms. "YOU LEFT PIPER ALONE?" She shot to the building where Leo had gone and threw the door open.
Piper was sitting. She shook her head as she looked up to Phoebe. "I thought he took me." She rubbed her forehead which was bruised and bleeding from her fall. Giving her sister a quick smile she stood. "Where's everyone else? I don't think we should split up."
Leo came bursting behind Phoebe gasping for breath. "You're ok!"
"They're gone." Phoebe fell into Piper. She felt a tear roll down her cheek.
For a moment Leo was surprised that it was Phoebe panicking but she realized that Phoebe thought it was her own fault.
"I shouldn't have left them. I should have just gone with him."
"You're wrong Phoebe." Piper circled her arms around her sister and sighed. "Evil and good don't mix. It isn't your fault. They are probably fine... We just have to find them."
"Right!" Phoebe stood tall with new energy flowing inside of her. "We may be the only chance they have."
As Phoebe turned for the door she heard the breathes of her sister and brother in law stop altogether. When she turned she hoped to see them there backing her up but they were gone only Tony stood there. With his arms crossed he looked her up and down.
"Light to my darkness." His emerald green eyes bore into her brown eyes.
"Where are they?" She questioned.
"Safe... For now."
"I don't understand why you'd want me." Phoebe stated weakly.
"It's quite complicated but, Good girls don't just want the bad boys." He said with a wink. "Bad boys... want the good girls. You're beautiful, strong, powerful. You are a light to my darkness." He told her again.
Tony walked towards Phoebe until she could feel his hot breath on her neck which sent chills down her spine. Her stomach felt like it was spinning inside of her as his lips pressed against hers. Her arms moved around his neck almost involuntarily as he wrapped his own around her thin waist. Quickly Phoebe pulled away.
"What am I doing?" She asked herself.
"What you want." He said silkily.
Phoebe dropped her arms and pulled away from Tony who was still grinning at her. She thought about Cole and how faithful he'd been and how willing he was to give up his powers for her. How could she do this to him?
"How do you know what I want?" She demanded in a near yell.
"Because I know you Phoebe," He paused and looked deep into her brown eyes. "I know you better than you know yourself."
She could resist those eyes. They were hypnotic and passionate. To be safe she directed her gaze to his feet.
"I've watched you almost your whole life." He watched as Phoebe's face flushed a little.
"Watched me?"
"While you slept, while you bathed, while you-"
"How could you?" Phoebe looked back up to his face and stepped forward.
All the things she had done. She felt so violated. Her fist flew towards Tony, but his quick reflexes sent his own hand to stop it. He pushed her back against the wall.
"Your so beautiful." He kissed her forehead and sighed. "You're mine Phoebe."
Shaking her head she pushed Tony away. "I'm not yours. Never was, never will be."
He gave her a sympathetic look like he knew something she didn't. "I will make you mine whether you want it or not. You have no power here. No power over me. Voluntarily or involuntarily I'll make you mine."
"Never threaten a Halliwell," Phoebe sent her own threatening at him. In a blink of the eye Phoebe was on the floor in a drop kick that sent Tony to the hard ground. "You're bound to get hurt."
Moaning, Tony got up as Phoebe did. "I'll give you a chance to get them and get out but what happens to you is out of my hands." Phoebe took note that he wasn't smiling.
"Why are you giving me a chance?"
"Because," Giving her a wry look he started turning. "It's the rules. I have to give you a chance as my father did to his near queen," He looked back and gave her that smirk again. The one she wanted to wipe off his face with her fist. "Your mother."
When she went to open her mouth and ask Tony some questions he simply put his finger to her lips. "On your wrist is a watch. You have eleven hours to get to the top of my castle. If you succeed you will be able to leave with whoever else is left alive."
Phoebe closed her eyes but when she opened them he was gone. "Why me though?" She felt herself shout into the dark skies. "Why me?"
Questions tumbled in and out of Phoebe's head as she followed the crumbled buildings to the huge castle ahead. What did her mother have to do with anything? Why did he have to give her the chance to leave. She was so enthralled in her thoughts that she didn't notice Piper struggling to the side. She was gagged by a piece of cloth and bound against a building to the side.