A/N: The last chapter got really messed up and I thought I posted it on
Saturday but it didn't work so sorry if this doesn't make too much sense..
CHAPTER 19: IDENTIFY THE BAD DUDE
Piper, Phoebe, and the kids had just arrived home as Paige was carrying the Book of Shadows down to the kitchen to get the ingredients for the potion ready. She had gotten better with her potions but Piper was still the best with them. She didn't want to take a chance ruining Wyatt's birthday party. The poor kid had already been through so much already and he was barely a year old.
Phoebe had explained her premonition to Piper in the car on the way back to the Manor. Phoebe had known Piper all her life and hadn't seen her this mad. Piper had been in such a hurry to vanquish the demon, she forgot to take her seatbelt off at first and was pulled back into the seat when she tried to get out. Phoebe had to take all three kids out of their car seats while Piper tried to unbuckle herself. She took Wyatt and Little Phoebe from "Aunt P" and ran into the house yelling for Paige and Leo.
Paige was on her way into the kitchen with Leo close behind when Piper burst through the door screaming her and Leo's names. She stopped and turned around, almost scared to face Piper. "Paige Matthews, you had better got a potion of spell of some kind to kill that bastard that's gonna try and take my babies. If you don't it's gonna be your ass floating around in millions of tiny particles next to Leo's and Phoebe's." THANK GOD I HAVE THE POTION thought Paige. "Got the potion right here, I was going into the kitchen to prepare the ingredients so you could make the potion to vanquish him. I figured you should make the potion to make sure there were no glitches." "GOOD!" screamed Piper, walking into the kitchen, grabbing the Book from Paige on her way. Leo grabbed his son and daughter from her arms as she walked by. He didn't want her to accidentally blow them up or something. He went upstairs to watch the kids while Piper prepared the potion. They had come up with a system in the house. If a fleshless potion was needed, Leo would go upstairs with the kids while his wife made the potion and his sisters-in-law worked on the spell. If a piece of flesh was needed for the potion, Leo would help the girls out by posing as the demon they were going up against. This allowed them to practice what they were gong to do. Phoebe or Paige would call the Elf Nanny when all four of them were needed. The demon they were up against this time, Memorex, didn't require a piece of flesh in his potion so Leo retreated upstairs with his kids.
Paige and Phoebe sat at the kitchen table and worked on the spell. They usually helped Piper with the potion but they didn't want to interrupt her for fear she would blow them up. They all knew their powers didn't work on good witches, but were too afraid to let Piper test that theory. Phoebe was currently reading the passage in the Book of Shadows while she gave Paige a chance at writing the spell. She was reading the passage out loud so Piper could hear her too. "Memorex is a demon with the power to erase and manipulate memories. He can make a person believe a certain event happened, changing everything they thought they knew."
"Yeah, I know I read that while I was waiting for you guys. So I guess he wanted the babies so he could raise them evil and make them believe something. But what memory would he want them to have?" interrupted Paige, expecting Phoebe to answer, but Piper answered before she could. "Make them think her parents and aunts did something to them and that they needed to be killed."
"Jeez! Another 'kill the Charmed Ones' plot. You would think, that after more than 5 years, these friggin' demons would learn that it ain't that easy to kill us. And after all those demons tried to steal Wyatt, you would think they would learn that they ain't gonna get our kids either. Morons. If they didn't try to kill us every other day, I would feel sorry for them." Quipped Paige, trying to lighten the mood. She got a slight chuckle out of Phoebe, and a stern look from Piper. About three hours later Piper was turning off the island stove and pouring the vanquishing potion into three small vials. "Potion's done." Announced Piper, "How's the spell coming along?"
"Been done for about two hours now. Paige and I didn't want to interrupt you, you were on a potion-makin roll."
"Haha, not funny. This is not a time for jokes, my son's first birthday is going to be ruined with the kidnap of his two newborn sisters, and the death of his aunt and mother."
"Sorry Piper! Sorry Piper! Sorry Piper! I didn't mean it, I'll be serious now I promise, look pinky swear." Joked Phoebe, running up to Piper holding her pinky out. When she reached the island in the middle of the kitchen she stopped and gave Piper a hug. "Piper, we're going to get this guy. All three of us, and then we are going to live a nice, happy life with your two beautiful daughters and very handsome son, until the next demon attacks. Besides, how many times have I had premonitions of myself or my sister dying? And you've died five or six times so it doesn't mean all that much."
"Okay, that sounds nice and I really hate to break up this Kodak moment but do we wait for Memorex to attack and ruin my nephew's birthday party or do we write a summoning spell and vanquish him first?"
"Ah, way ahead of you dudes. While we were waiting patiently for Piper to finish the potion, I, Phoebe Halliwell, wrote one fantastic summoning spell which will bring him to us, at which point, Piper will throw my potion and him followed closely by moi, and last but not least Paige. We say the spell and he go poof! Voila! Piece of cake."
"Easier said than done." Scowled Piper before marching off to her bedroom to find her husband and children. Paige gave Phoebe a worried look before following her eldest sister out of the room. Phoebe grabbed the three vials of potion and three pieces of paper, with both spells written on them.
Leo had been patiently playing with Wyatt in his son's bedroom after he put Prudence and Phoebe to sleep. It had been almost four hours and he was starting to worry. No potion had ever taken that long before. He was currently supposed to be building blocks with Wyatt when he stopped for a little while to wonder whether or not he should check on them. He didn't realize he had been thinking so long until Wyatt stopped building and walked unsteadily towards him. The not-nearly-one-year-old sat down next to his daddy and wrapped his arms around him, almost silently saying they're fine. Leo suspected that his son had been able to sense his and Piper's emotions, sometimes better than he could. He looked over at Wyatt, pulling himself out of his thoughts. Wyatt was smiling mischievously, making Leo wonder what he was up to. Before he had time to figure it out, Wyatt jumped up and ran out of the room. He was still a little unsteady on his legs so it wasn't too difficult to catch him, usually. Recently Wyatt had taken to orbing out when Leo was approaching but he was too busy watching his Mom come up the stairs to see his father sneak up behind him. Leo scooped Wyatt up in his arms, causing Wyatt to shriek with delight and giggle uncontrollably.
Piper was just coming up the stairs in time to see Leo and Wyatt. She just stood back for a second to think about how much she had changed since Wyatt came into her life. Her thoughts suddenly turned to the images she had been picturing since the car ride home. Pictures of Phoebe's premonition kept running through her mind. Since she hadn't seen the scene herself, the image in her mind was much worse. It consisted of a very very painful death of herself and Paige followed by a struggle to give up the twins that was eventually won by the demon and Leo and Darryl were left bleeding to death on the floor. She couldn't help herself. Phoebe told her that she threw electricity at the demon, making him disappear before Leo or Darryl could be hurt She was yanked out of her thoughts by Wyatt running up to her and tugging at her legs. This meant he wanted to be held by her. She picked him up and proceeded up the rest of the stairs. Her and her sisters tried their hardest to keep Wyatt out of the way of vanquishing but one time he managed to get into the attic and witness it.
It was the hardest fight the Charmed Ones had since Prue died. The demon almost killed Piper and knocked both his aunts unconscious. Thinking they were dead, the demon disappeared in a swirl of fire. Piper was brought back to life slowly by the babies inside her. Leo had been out shopping for materials to build the new crib and Piper was knocked out before she could call for him. He sensed Piper's worry and orbed back out as soon as he could. He took so long trying to heal Piper and the babies that Paige was almost lost. Phoebe's injuries hadn't been that bad and she came to about 20 minutes after Leo orbed in. Prudence and little Phoebe wouldn't let Leo heal Piper but he was trying. Phoebe finally convinced him of that and he move over to heal Paige. They summoned the demon back and vanquished him, only noticing Wyatt was there when they turned around to go check on him. He hadn't talked for a while after it happened. He would only lay in Piper's arms and screamed loud enough to wake the neighborhood when she put him down. He was so afraid of losing her that he didn't want to let go. Since that happened, Phoebe wrote a spell to help Wyatt sleep through all the attacks. Piper was scared at first but was convinced there was no personal gain and no possible backfire. He hadn't seen a vanquish since.
Piper said the spell and laid him down before proceeding up the stairs with Leo and her sisters in tow. Leo always stayed close for planned vanquishes in case something like that happened again. Paige arranged the crystals in cage-formation and stepped back. Phoebe grasped her hand and the three sisters chanted the summoning spell. Memorex appeared in a swirl of black and dark blue lights, kind of the opposite of an orb. He was caught by surprise and Paige placed the last crystal on the floor, trapping him inside a cage. He was supposed to get a shock if he touched one of the crystals or tried to escape but he reached his hand out to one of the crystals and removed it, shocking Piper, Phoebe, Paige, and Leo. Piper froze him but he only slowed down, similar to Belthazoar and Psyches. It gave them enough time to throw the vials at his feet. He was engulfed in flames by this point and couldn't move. The Charmed Ones read the spell as fast as they could, and Memorex disappeared into the floor, leaving nothing but a scorch mark to remind them of his presence..
CHAPTER 19: IDENTIFY THE BAD DUDE
Piper, Phoebe, and the kids had just arrived home as Paige was carrying the Book of Shadows down to the kitchen to get the ingredients for the potion ready. She had gotten better with her potions but Piper was still the best with them. She didn't want to take a chance ruining Wyatt's birthday party. The poor kid had already been through so much already and he was barely a year old.
Phoebe had explained her premonition to Piper in the car on the way back to the Manor. Phoebe had known Piper all her life and hadn't seen her this mad. Piper had been in such a hurry to vanquish the demon, she forgot to take her seatbelt off at first and was pulled back into the seat when she tried to get out. Phoebe had to take all three kids out of their car seats while Piper tried to unbuckle herself. She took Wyatt and Little Phoebe from "Aunt P" and ran into the house yelling for Paige and Leo.
Paige was on her way into the kitchen with Leo close behind when Piper burst through the door screaming her and Leo's names. She stopped and turned around, almost scared to face Piper. "Paige Matthews, you had better got a potion of spell of some kind to kill that bastard that's gonna try and take my babies. If you don't it's gonna be your ass floating around in millions of tiny particles next to Leo's and Phoebe's." THANK GOD I HAVE THE POTION thought Paige. "Got the potion right here, I was going into the kitchen to prepare the ingredients so you could make the potion to vanquish him. I figured you should make the potion to make sure there were no glitches." "GOOD!" screamed Piper, walking into the kitchen, grabbing the Book from Paige on her way. Leo grabbed his son and daughter from her arms as she walked by. He didn't want her to accidentally blow them up or something. He went upstairs to watch the kids while Piper prepared the potion. They had come up with a system in the house. If a fleshless potion was needed, Leo would go upstairs with the kids while his wife made the potion and his sisters-in-law worked on the spell. If a piece of flesh was needed for the potion, Leo would help the girls out by posing as the demon they were going up against. This allowed them to practice what they were gong to do. Phoebe or Paige would call the Elf Nanny when all four of them were needed. The demon they were up against this time, Memorex, didn't require a piece of flesh in his potion so Leo retreated upstairs with his kids.
Paige and Phoebe sat at the kitchen table and worked on the spell. They usually helped Piper with the potion but they didn't want to interrupt her for fear she would blow them up. They all knew their powers didn't work on good witches, but were too afraid to let Piper test that theory. Phoebe was currently reading the passage in the Book of Shadows while she gave Paige a chance at writing the spell. She was reading the passage out loud so Piper could hear her too. "Memorex is a demon with the power to erase and manipulate memories. He can make a person believe a certain event happened, changing everything they thought they knew."
"Yeah, I know I read that while I was waiting for you guys. So I guess he wanted the babies so he could raise them evil and make them believe something. But what memory would he want them to have?" interrupted Paige, expecting Phoebe to answer, but Piper answered before she could. "Make them think her parents and aunts did something to them and that they needed to be killed."
"Jeez! Another 'kill the Charmed Ones' plot. You would think, that after more than 5 years, these friggin' demons would learn that it ain't that easy to kill us. And after all those demons tried to steal Wyatt, you would think they would learn that they ain't gonna get our kids either. Morons. If they didn't try to kill us every other day, I would feel sorry for them." Quipped Paige, trying to lighten the mood. She got a slight chuckle out of Phoebe, and a stern look from Piper. About three hours later Piper was turning off the island stove and pouring the vanquishing potion into three small vials. "Potion's done." Announced Piper, "How's the spell coming along?"
"Been done for about two hours now. Paige and I didn't want to interrupt you, you were on a potion-makin roll."
"Haha, not funny. This is not a time for jokes, my son's first birthday is going to be ruined with the kidnap of his two newborn sisters, and the death of his aunt and mother."
"Sorry Piper! Sorry Piper! Sorry Piper! I didn't mean it, I'll be serious now I promise, look pinky swear." Joked Phoebe, running up to Piper holding her pinky out. When she reached the island in the middle of the kitchen she stopped and gave Piper a hug. "Piper, we're going to get this guy. All three of us, and then we are going to live a nice, happy life with your two beautiful daughters and very handsome son, until the next demon attacks. Besides, how many times have I had premonitions of myself or my sister dying? And you've died five or six times so it doesn't mean all that much."
"Okay, that sounds nice and I really hate to break up this Kodak moment but do we wait for Memorex to attack and ruin my nephew's birthday party or do we write a summoning spell and vanquish him first?"
"Ah, way ahead of you dudes. While we were waiting patiently for Piper to finish the potion, I, Phoebe Halliwell, wrote one fantastic summoning spell which will bring him to us, at which point, Piper will throw my potion and him followed closely by moi, and last but not least Paige. We say the spell and he go poof! Voila! Piece of cake."
"Easier said than done." Scowled Piper before marching off to her bedroom to find her husband and children. Paige gave Phoebe a worried look before following her eldest sister out of the room. Phoebe grabbed the three vials of potion and three pieces of paper, with both spells written on them.
Leo had been patiently playing with Wyatt in his son's bedroom after he put Prudence and Phoebe to sleep. It had been almost four hours and he was starting to worry. No potion had ever taken that long before. He was currently supposed to be building blocks with Wyatt when he stopped for a little while to wonder whether or not he should check on them. He didn't realize he had been thinking so long until Wyatt stopped building and walked unsteadily towards him. The not-nearly-one-year-old sat down next to his daddy and wrapped his arms around him, almost silently saying they're fine. Leo suspected that his son had been able to sense his and Piper's emotions, sometimes better than he could. He looked over at Wyatt, pulling himself out of his thoughts. Wyatt was smiling mischievously, making Leo wonder what he was up to. Before he had time to figure it out, Wyatt jumped up and ran out of the room. He was still a little unsteady on his legs so it wasn't too difficult to catch him, usually. Recently Wyatt had taken to orbing out when Leo was approaching but he was too busy watching his Mom come up the stairs to see his father sneak up behind him. Leo scooped Wyatt up in his arms, causing Wyatt to shriek with delight and giggle uncontrollably.
Piper was just coming up the stairs in time to see Leo and Wyatt. She just stood back for a second to think about how much she had changed since Wyatt came into her life. Her thoughts suddenly turned to the images she had been picturing since the car ride home. Pictures of Phoebe's premonition kept running through her mind. Since she hadn't seen the scene herself, the image in her mind was much worse. It consisted of a very very painful death of herself and Paige followed by a struggle to give up the twins that was eventually won by the demon and Leo and Darryl were left bleeding to death on the floor. She couldn't help herself. Phoebe told her that she threw electricity at the demon, making him disappear before Leo or Darryl could be hurt She was yanked out of her thoughts by Wyatt running up to her and tugging at her legs. This meant he wanted to be held by her. She picked him up and proceeded up the rest of the stairs. Her and her sisters tried their hardest to keep Wyatt out of the way of vanquishing but one time he managed to get into the attic and witness it.
It was the hardest fight the Charmed Ones had since Prue died. The demon almost killed Piper and knocked both his aunts unconscious. Thinking they were dead, the demon disappeared in a swirl of fire. Piper was brought back to life slowly by the babies inside her. Leo had been out shopping for materials to build the new crib and Piper was knocked out before she could call for him. He sensed Piper's worry and orbed back out as soon as he could. He took so long trying to heal Piper and the babies that Paige was almost lost. Phoebe's injuries hadn't been that bad and she came to about 20 minutes after Leo orbed in. Prudence and little Phoebe wouldn't let Leo heal Piper but he was trying. Phoebe finally convinced him of that and he move over to heal Paige. They summoned the demon back and vanquished him, only noticing Wyatt was there when they turned around to go check on him. He hadn't talked for a while after it happened. He would only lay in Piper's arms and screamed loud enough to wake the neighborhood when she put him down. He was so afraid of losing her that he didn't want to let go. Since that happened, Phoebe wrote a spell to help Wyatt sleep through all the attacks. Piper was scared at first but was convinced there was no personal gain and no possible backfire. He hadn't seen a vanquish since.
Piper said the spell and laid him down before proceeding up the stairs with Leo and her sisters in tow. Leo always stayed close for planned vanquishes in case something like that happened again. Paige arranged the crystals in cage-formation and stepped back. Phoebe grasped her hand and the three sisters chanted the summoning spell. Memorex appeared in a swirl of black and dark blue lights, kind of the opposite of an orb. He was caught by surprise and Paige placed the last crystal on the floor, trapping him inside a cage. He was supposed to get a shock if he touched one of the crystals or tried to escape but he reached his hand out to one of the crystals and removed it, shocking Piper, Phoebe, Paige, and Leo. Piper froze him but he only slowed down, similar to Belthazoar and Psyches. It gave them enough time to throw the vials at his feet. He was engulfed in flames by this point and couldn't move. The Charmed Ones read the spell as fast as they could, and Memorex disappeared into the floor, leaving nothing but a scorch mark to remind them of his presence..