Chapter 9 "For The End Is Coming"
Julian put his finger on the end of the sword looking friendly to Piper "There's no need of getting defensive. Miss Langtry was just joking" He didn't turned his eyes off Piper's.
Piper lowered her sight and then looked again at Julian "You can't fool me! I saw what that woman, if you can call her that, was doing to Paige. Get out of my house this instant before I use my powers on you! I can't believe we were about to help you!"
Lillie looked at Piper "Miss Halliwell. I'm sorry if I scared you. It was a bad joke, please forgive me. Don't let this 'inconvenient' ruin our deal. We really need you" Although her words were humble, the voice showed no regret "And please don't call me monster" Lillie added, a little bit tired of all this.
Piper felt that Lillie's apology was sincere, so she added "Alright, we will help you. But bare this in mind, one more of those bad jokes and you'll be looking for your head at the other end of the street, understood?" She turned to Julian "And that goes for you too!"
"Understandably, Miss Halliwell. We'll leave now" said Julian calmed as if nothing had happened.
Piper opened the door and said "You are not invited back again" Piper half- smiled "That'll teach them"
"We'll see you soon" said Lillie smiling to everyone then she and Julian left the manor.
Leo orbed back to the manor "I am sorry for having taken so long, but I needed to find out if you should help them or not" Leo looked around "By the way, where are they?"
Piper smiled proudly "I kicked them out of the house. The woman was about to drain Paige. But don't worry, Leo, we are still helping them"
Leo went over to Paige "Are you alright? Did she hurt you?"
Paige shook her head "But ... I don't understand. Why do you need my help? I don't have powers like you say I do"
Phoebe got closer to Paige "You do, hun, you can channel your energy to make objects come to you"
"Ok, we'll explain everything on the way. Phoebe, get that ax. Leo, where is that vampire we are supposed to kill? Paige, come with me The sooner we get rid of this vampire, the sooner we'll go back to our regular life"
"Hold on, honey, you cannot do this alone. You only have one active power. What if he isn't alone? what if he has his own gang? You need the people who ask you to do this so they can back you up" said Leo trying to make Piper understand "You are not invincible, Piper"
Piper sighed "Leo, you either help us or you stand back. I want to get over this as soon as I can, so where is this guy?"
Phoebe whispered to Paige "Please forgive my sister, I think she has a bad case of PMS. She is usually very nice"
*Simultaneously outside the manor*
Julian took Lillie by the arm violently and spoke loud to her "What the hell were you thinking? Your stupid joke almost left us helpless"
"Stop it! You know we need their help and you let them work by themselves! that'll take so much time. Time that we don't have!" said Lillie releasing her arm violently as well.
"Cash will help us. Tell him to prepare the Gangrels. And this is the last time you ruin the plan because of some stupid game with the witches!" said Julian looking at her with his eyes burning.
*Back to the manor*
Leo shook his head at the stubbornness of his wife "Okay, sweetie, be it as you wish" he saw Piper smile "This guy will be at a club called The Haven, but I don't think it is such a good idea to vanquish him there, in a public place "Leo saw Piper rolling her eyes and about to disagree "But, I will orb you there"
The Gangrels were already in the Haven. The air felt tense and Lillie was just waiting for the show to start. From the bar she could see Julian arriving with Caitlin. "What the hell was he thinking?" she thought "She's endangering the masquerade by bringing that woman here"
She walked towards them and held Julian's arm while saying to Caitlin "Hi, can I borrow your boyfriend?" then she whispered to Julian "What are you doing? she's a reporter!"
Julian knew the danger of bringing a human reporter to a possible field of war but he really needed to spend some time with Caitlin, these last days were full of work and trouble and she was his only bond to humanity. He just hoped to have enough time to talk to her about their relationship before Joseph show up. He wasn't going to waste time talking to Lillie.
"Yes, I know she's a human reporter" he said in a calmed voice "I know what I'm doing" then without waiting for Lillie to say something back he went back to Caitlin. Unfortunately Joseph was already there and both Julian and Lillie sensed his presence.
Joseph and his friends were entering the Haven. "What a lovely place" said Joseph "It's a shame we can't stay too long. There's Julian" He approached quietly to Julian and Caitlin.
"Joseph, you're not welcome here" said Julian.
"I know. I just love to do things I shouldn't" said Joseph, then came closer to Julian and whispered "Do you wanna fight here? or do we need privacy? Anyway I'll kill you" then he looked at the Prince's eyes and laughed.
Piper let go Leo's hand when they arrived at The Haven. She froze the entire place, put the end of the sword on Joseph's neck and then unfroze him "Mister, you are in big trouble! You are going to regret ever having met the Charmed Ones! Do you have a last wish?"
Joseph looked at Piper maliciously "Yes. Say hello to your death sister for me" he snapped his finger and one of his friends punched Piper in the face.
When Piper dropped the sword Joseph grabbed it and almost cut Julian's head but Lillie unfroze and stopped him.
Joseph laughed louder and then turned to Lillie "What Lillie? Are you being loyal to your prince? Or it's something else?"
Piper shook her head to regain her conscience "Don't you dare mentioning Prue, you monster!!" Piper tried to freeze him again but she only managed to explode a chair next to him "That was only a taste of what I can do with you!"
He turned to Piper "You still here? Why don't you just die? Fast like the other witch?"
Piper panted loudly "I told you not to talk about my sister!" She channeled all her energy to blow Joseph up but she wasn't successful "You killed the most precious person for me, now I am going to kill you. I will make you feel miserable, I will make you suffer!"
Julian who was already unfrozen punched Joseph and he fell on a chair, meanwhile Julian tried to calm Piper "Stop it! Listen you have to unfreeze my friends. You cannot kill Joseph by yourself. We'll help you" he looked deeply at her but still he didn't hypnotize her.
Phoebe got closer to Piper "He is right, we cannot kill him by ourselves. They know him better, they know his weakness and we can use that"
Piper shook her head "No, Phoebs, we need to get the dirty job done on our own. He was the one who killed Prue. I want to feed on the pleasure it gives me to see him suffer"
"Listen; you stubborn girl! if you want to kill Joseph you'll have to accept our help! Otherwise the only person who will suffer is you! Believe me I know Joseph and even Julian is afraid of him!" said Lillie nearly yelling at Piper.
Piper chuckled at what Lillie had just said "Listen, I am not afraid of anyone! I am already death inside, so he won't make me suffer anymore. Then, what can this lousy vampire do to me? "
In that instant Joseph got Piper by the throat and lifted her. Then, with a smile in his face, he said "Oh! So the little witch thinks I can't make her suffer? Oh! How wrong you are!" then he smashed her against the bar and the complete place unfroze.
Piper gave a little cry of pain, but came back to her feet in a matter of seconds. "Oh look, the mean vampire smashed me against the bar, I am so hurt" said Piper with sarcasm "Now I am really afraid of him" She rolled her eyes "That's the best you can do?" Piper lifted her hands and with a little explosion threw Joseph against the wall "Who is afraid now?"
"Listen. I have no problems with you. Just leave and I won't kill you" said Joseph from the floor.
"You may not have a problem with me, but I do have issues with you! Don't you get it? I am only here to take revenge on my sister's death. Maybe you don't realize it, but you killed the most wonderful person there was" Piper tried to hold her tears, so she wouldn't seem weak "You are pure evil and as a messenger of good, I am here to make sure you won't ever kill again!" Piper took the axe Phoebe was holding and pointed it onto Joseph "This blade will make you pay, you murderer!"
Joseph laughed sarcastically at Piper's soulful speech "Oh I'm touched. You know what will make you feel better? a visit to your beloved sister!!!" then his eyes turned green and his fangs appeared but that was only a distraction because in that moment two of Joseph's friends stabbed Piper with knives. One from the left and the other from the right.
Meanwhile Lillie looked at Julian with disbelief, All the people in the Haven was staring at the strange fight "Julian, there are humans here!!! Joseph will break the masquerade!" then she turned to Phoebe "Can't you freeze the place, witch?"
"No, I don't have that power, Piper is the one who can freeze this place, but she can also blow the whole club up" Phoebe said with a smile "Tell us, what can we do to kill this enemy? I know Piper won't listen, but I will"
Julian looked at Phoebe. Now he seemed afraid, the masquerade was in real danger now "The only way to kill a kindred is cutting his head off but Joseph is very strong. First I have to fight with him"
Then Piper fell to the floor and saw the blood running from both sides of her body. Between sobs and breathes of agony, she said "You think you've won, but actually, you've d-o-n-e m-e a f-a-v-o-r" Piper closed her eyes and let her hands loose. She felt how she was dragged towards a white light, but something or someone stopped her. "Prue? Is that you?"
Phoebe ran to Piper and tried to wake her up, but she realized it was too late. "Please, don't die" She turned to Joseph "You just killed my sister! Now, you will have to deal with me!"
TO BE CONTINUED.
Julian put his finger on the end of the sword looking friendly to Piper "There's no need of getting defensive. Miss Langtry was just joking" He didn't turned his eyes off Piper's.
Piper lowered her sight and then looked again at Julian "You can't fool me! I saw what that woman, if you can call her that, was doing to Paige. Get out of my house this instant before I use my powers on you! I can't believe we were about to help you!"
Lillie looked at Piper "Miss Halliwell. I'm sorry if I scared you. It was a bad joke, please forgive me. Don't let this 'inconvenient' ruin our deal. We really need you" Although her words were humble, the voice showed no regret "And please don't call me monster" Lillie added, a little bit tired of all this.
Piper felt that Lillie's apology was sincere, so she added "Alright, we will help you. But bare this in mind, one more of those bad jokes and you'll be looking for your head at the other end of the street, understood?" She turned to Julian "And that goes for you too!"
"Understandably, Miss Halliwell. We'll leave now" said Julian calmed as if nothing had happened.
Piper opened the door and said "You are not invited back again" Piper half- smiled "That'll teach them"
"We'll see you soon" said Lillie smiling to everyone then she and Julian left the manor.
Leo orbed back to the manor "I am sorry for having taken so long, but I needed to find out if you should help them or not" Leo looked around "By the way, where are they?"
Piper smiled proudly "I kicked them out of the house. The woman was about to drain Paige. But don't worry, Leo, we are still helping them"
Leo went over to Paige "Are you alright? Did she hurt you?"
Paige shook her head "But ... I don't understand. Why do you need my help? I don't have powers like you say I do"
Phoebe got closer to Paige "You do, hun, you can channel your energy to make objects come to you"
"Ok, we'll explain everything on the way. Phoebe, get that ax. Leo, where is that vampire we are supposed to kill? Paige, come with me The sooner we get rid of this vampire, the sooner we'll go back to our regular life"
"Hold on, honey, you cannot do this alone. You only have one active power. What if he isn't alone? what if he has his own gang? You need the people who ask you to do this so they can back you up" said Leo trying to make Piper understand "You are not invincible, Piper"
Piper sighed "Leo, you either help us or you stand back. I want to get over this as soon as I can, so where is this guy?"
Phoebe whispered to Paige "Please forgive my sister, I think she has a bad case of PMS. She is usually very nice"
*Simultaneously outside the manor*
Julian took Lillie by the arm violently and spoke loud to her "What the hell were you thinking? Your stupid joke almost left us helpless"
"Stop it! You know we need their help and you let them work by themselves! that'll take so much time. Time that we don't have!" said Lillie releasing her arm violently as well.
"Cash will help us. Tell him to prepare the Gangrels. And this is the last time you ruin the plan because of some stupid game with the witches!" said Julian looking at her with his eyes burning.
*Back to the manor*
Leo shook his head at the stubbornness of his wife "Okay, sweetie, be it as you wish" he saw Piper smile "This guy will be at a club called The Haven, but I don't think it is such a good idea to vanquish him there, in a public place "Leo saw Piper rolling her eyes and about to disagree "But, I will orb you there"
The Gangrels were already in the Haven. The air felt tense and Lillie was just waiting for the show to start. From the bar she could see Julian arriving with Caitlin. "What the hell was he thinking?" she thought "She's endangering the masquerade by bringing that woman here"
She walked towards them and held Julian's arm while saying to Caitlin "Hi, can I borrow your boyfriend?" then she whispered to Julian "What are you doing? she's a reporter!"
Julian knew the danger of bringing a human reporter to a possible field of war but he really needed to spend some time with Caitlin, these last days were full of work and trouble and she was his only bond to humanity. He just hoped to have enough time to talk to her about their relationship before Joseph show up. He wasn't going to waste time talking to Lillie.
"Yes, I know she's a human reporter" he said in a calmed voice "I know what I'm doing" then without waiting for Lillie to say something back he went back to Caitlin. Unfortunately Joseph was already there and both Julian and Lillie sensed his presence.
Joseph and his friends were entering the Haven. "What a lovely place" said Joseph "It's a shame we can't stay too long. There's Julian" He approached quietly to Julian and Caitlin.
"Joseph, you're not welcome here" said Julian.
"I know. I just love to do things I shouldn't" said Joseph, then came closer to Julian and whispered "Do you wanna fight here? or do we need privacy? Anyway I'll kill you" then he looked at the Prince's eyes and laughed.
Piper let go Leo's hand when they arrived at The Haven. She froze the entire place, put the end of the sword on Joseph's neck and then unfroze him "Mister, you are in big trouble! You are going to regret ever having met the Charmed Ones! Do you have a last wish?"
Joseph looked at Piper maliciously "Yes. Say hello to your death sister for me" he snapped his finger and one of his friends punched Piper in the face.
When Piper dropped the sword Joseph grabbed it and almost cut Julian's head but Lillie unfroze and stopped him.
Joseph laughed louder and then turned to Lillie "What Lillie? Are you being loyal to your prince? Or it's something else?"
Piper shook her head to regain her conscience "Don't you dare mentioning Prue, you monster!!" Piper tried to freeze him again but she only managed to explode a chair next to him "That was only a taste of what I can do with you!"
He turned to Piper "You still here? Why don't you just die? Fast like the other witch?"
Piper panted loudly "I told you not to talk about my sister!" She channeled all her energy to blow Joseph up but she wasn't successful "You killed the most precious person for me, now I am going to kill you. I will make you feel miserable, I will make you suffer!"
Julian who was already unfrozen punched Joseph and he fell on a chair, meanwhile Julian tried to calm Piper "Stop it! Listen you have to unfreeze my friends. You cannot kill Joseph by yourself. We'll help you" he looked deeply at her but still he didn't hypnotize her.
Phoebe got closer to Piper "He is right, we cannot kill him by ourselves. They know him better, they know his weakness and we can use that"
Piper shook her head "No, Phoebs, we need to get the dirty job done on our own. He was the one who killed Prue. I want to feed on the pleasure it gives me to see him suffer"
"Listen; you stubborn girl! if you want to kill Joseph you'll have to accept our help! Otherwise the only person who will suffer is you! Believe me I know Joseph and even Julian is afraid of him!" said Lillie nearly yelling at Piper.
Piper chuckled at what Lillie had just said "Listen, I am not afraid of anyone! I am already death inside, so he won't make me suffer anymore. Then, what can this lousy vampire do to me? "
In that instant Joseph got Piper by the throat and lifted her. Then, with a smile in his face, he said "Oh! So the little witch thinks I can't make her suffer? Oh! How wrong you are!" then he smashed her against the bar and the complete place unfroze.
Piper gave a little cry of pain, but came back to her feet in a matter of seconds. "Oh look, the mean vampire smashed me against the bar, I am so hurt" said Piper with sarcasm "Now I am really afraid of him" She rolled her eyes "That's the best you can do?" Piper lifted her hands and with a little explosion threw Joseph against the wall "Who is afraid now?"
"Listen. I have no problems with you. Just leave and I won't kill you" said Joseph from the floor.
"You may not have a problem with me, but I do have issues with you! Don't you get it? I am only here to take revenge on my sister's death. Maybe you don't realize it, but you killed the most wonderful person there was" Piper tried to hold her tears, so she wouldn't seem weak "You are pure evil and as a messenger of good, I am here to make sure you won't ever kill again!" Piper took the axe Phoebe was holding and pointed it onto Joseph "This blade will make you pay, you murderer!"
Joseph laughed sarcastically at Piper's soulful speech "Oh I'm touched. You know what will make you feel better? a visit to your beloved sister!!!" then his eyes turned green and his fangs appeared but that was only a distraction because in that moment two of Joseph's friends stabbed Piper with knives. One from the left and the other from the right.
Meanwhile Lillie looked at Julian with disbelief, All the people in the Haven was staring at the strange fight "Julian, there are humans here!!! Joseph will break the masquerade!" then she turned to Phoebe "Can't you freeze the place, witch?"
"No, I don't have that power, Piper is the one who can freeze this place, but she can also blow the whole club up" Phoebe said with a smile "Tell us, what can we do to kill this enemy? I know Piper won't listen, but I will"
Julian looked at Phoebe. Now he seemed afraid, the masquerade was in real danger now "The only way to kill a kindred is cutting his head off but Joseph is very strong. First I have to fight with him"
Then Piper fell to the floor and saw the blood running from both sides of her body. Between sobs and breathes of agony, she said "You think you've won, but actually, you've d-o-n-e m-e a f-a-v-o-r" Piper closed her eyes and let her hands loose. She felt how she was dragged towards a white light, but something or someone stopped her. "Prue? Is that you?"
Phoebe ran to Piper and tried to wake her up, but she realized it was too late. "Please, don't die" She turned to Joseph "You just killed my sister! Now, you will have to deal with me!"
TO BE CONTINUED.