Hey sorry this took me so long but I wanted to make sure it was perfect, well you know what I mean anyway, plus I had schoolwork which takes priority unfortunately! Hope you enjoy...

Chapter 7

Chris cried out in pain as the athame slid into his gut. He tried to orb but he couldn't; he was too weak. Bound and gagged on the floor, he could no nothing, as his own blood seeped out of him, soaking his T-shirt.

The Ledger held the athame over the potion and let the blood drip in. Now all there was to do was wait, the potion required a thirty minute resting period before it would be ready, then he would get what he deserved.

Meanwhile in the manor...

Piper, Leo, Phoebe and Wyatt were still in the hall.

"We have to get him out of there now, I wrote a spell earlier and it should take us right to him." Piper said as she bounced Wyatt on her hip.

"No..." Leo began but Piper cut him off, as her very short fuse just blew.

"No?" She cried. "He's our son, or did you hit you're head really hard?"

"Piper that's not what I meant, we need a plan this time. Going in guns blazing to get you cost us Chris, I'm just saying we need to think this through, have a plan so that we can get him back." Leo said.

"He's right." Phoebe said. "Since our powers won't work, we're going to need some serious muscle!"

"And Paige." Leo suggested.

"Yeah, lets go snap her back into reality." With that she took off up the stairs.

Paige was right where they had left her.

"Hello?" Phoebe called as she snapped her fingers in front of Paige's face, but nothing, nada, zilch.

Piper stood there a few feet from Phoebe and Paige, Wyatt in her arms and a thousand different scenarios running through her head, each ending badly. Fearing the worst, something every mother does, only one thing was certain in her mind, she had to save her son; she had to save Chris.

"Earth to Piper." Phoebe called, trying so hard to keep her emotions out of her voice, she was worried too, Paige seemed catatonic, Chris was MIA, and Leo, well his pain was coming off him in waves, she had to keep it together, for her families sake.

"What?" Piper asked.

"How are we gonna snap Paige out of it?"

Piper shrugged, like Phoebe she was using all of her energy to stop herself from breaking down on the spot, if she fell apart she couldn't help Chris and that was she number one priority right now.

"Maybe you could try a spell?" Leo asked quietly.

"Well it's worth a shot, okay..." Phoebe thought for a few seconds, then started rhyming.

"Sister lost within her mind, Set her free from ties that bind"

Paige gasped for breath and blinked rapidly as the colour returned to her face.

"What happened? Where's Wyatt?" Phoebe stepped aside, so Paige could see Wyatt in Piper's arms, but she now noticed someone else was missing. "Where's Chris?"

"Em...the demon got him."

"Oh no...it's all my fault." Paige whispered, as she started to slide back into her state of shock. Phoebe noticed, and grabbed her shoulders shaking her.

"Paige you gotta stay with us, we need you to get Chris back, and vanquish that bloody demon, before he can hurt anyone else." Phoebe pleaded, Paige stared her straight in the eye, feeling more like herself, but the guilt was overwhelming.

"It's all my fault!" Paige whispered again.

"No it's not." Phoebe said sternly, then she looked over to Piper, giving her older sister that look that said 'back me up here.'

"It's not your fault." Piper said, she was still really mad at Paige for leaving Wyatt unprotected like she had, but they had to work together to save Chris, now wasn't the time for an argument. She'd kick Paige's ass about it later.

Paige took a deep breath, she had to control herself, she had to help fixed this mess she felt so responsible for.

"Ok, what can we do?" Paige asked.

"Well since we're powerless not a whole lot, but we definitely need to get the amulet off of him."

"And find out why he's after my sons." Piper added, Leo nodded in agreement as he stepped up beside his wife and son.

"But how?" Paige said as they all followed her to the attic.

"A distraction, so I can get close enough without getting zapped, to get the amulet from him!?!" Phoebe suggested.

"What about Excalibur?" Piper asked, even though it was more of a statement than a question.

"Excalibur? As in the sword, Wyatt's sword, that the last time you used it, it turned you evil? Do you really think that's a good idea?" Phoebe asked, she never even thought of that possibility.

"I know, but what other choice do we have? The amulet protects him from our powers, so we don't know if our spells or potions will work, Excalibur would make him no match for me. It's the best plan we've got!"

Meanwhile in the underworld...

Chris lay curled up on the floor a bloody mess. The pain was so much, and he felt so cold, like it was creeping through his veins, but worst of all he noticed that everything was getting a little bit darker, as if someone was slowly turning a dimmer switch off inside his head. He didn't want to leave like this, he hadn't finished what he had come to do, and his family...he didn't want to leave them, but he couldn't do anything, he was powerless and fading fast.

The Ledger stood over Chris' frail form, smirking.

"So this is an all powerful offspring of a charmed witch? You don't look like much now." In his hand he held a vial, which contain the potion.

"Cheers!" He said as he raised the vial to his lips and drank it. He then knelt over Chris.

"Now lets see if it worked." He placed one of his hands on Chris' forehead, closed his eyes and concentration. Chris began to shake violently, and a white light seemed to pass out of Chris and into the Ledger. The process took a lot of energy and left both of them gasping for breath, but the Ledger was starting to feel stronger already.

In a swirl of white light Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Leo and Wyatt appeared. Piper and Leo had been reluctant in taking Wyatt, but Phoebe insisted they might need his force field, so they agreed.

Piper stepped forward, holding Excalibur in front of her like a shield, she saw Chris and she felt the pain hit her, he looked so weak, and he was pale, shivering and bleeding on the floor. But the Ledger stood between them.

"What did you do to him?" She demanded but the Ledger just smirked at her. He sent a surge of electricity at her but she deflected it with the sword.

"Well you certainly live up to your reputation, you never do fail to surprise. You're welcome to have him, if you can get through me." He then looked straight at Leo. "No orbing though!"

"You son of a bitch!" Piper screamed as she charged at him, swinging the sword at him, but he dodged it, while a sword appeared in his hand, quickly he blocked Pipers next attack.

Piper felt the power surge through her; it felt so right, like they were one. 'Snap out of it Halliwell' Piper thought, she had a job to do she couldn't get pulled in by the swords power. She lunged at the Ledger again, but this time he disappeared, reappearing right behind her.

"Piper watch out!" Paige called.

The Ledger laid his hands on the back of Piper's neck, like before, a white light passed between them, and Piper could feel her powers leaving her, and going into him. She stumbled forward, slightly bewildered.

Phoebe rushed forward, and swung a punch at him, but he grabbed her wrist, and absorbed her power to, pushing her aside when he was finished.

"Next!" He said in a condescending tone, but Paige and Leo (with Wyatt in his arms) backed up a bit.

Phoebe scrambled over to Piper, who lay sprawled out on the floor. Excalibur felt so heavy to her, like now she couldn't bear its weight, now she wasn't strong enough.

"Wow, they weren't kinding when they said the charmed ones were powerful." The Ledger said as he felt their power coursing through his veins.

"Now, I can take my rightful place as ruler of the underworld, as the new Source of all evil." He said proudly. "That is after I kill all of you!"

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