Halliwell Destinies
Chapter 14
The weeks flew by letting the girls drift apart again and into their own worlds and their own masses of problems. Pierce had been sitting behind her desk thinking about what she could possibly do to escape the party tomorow night in her honor for her birthday. Birthdays, Pierce thought, are totally not my thing.
"Hey Halliwell, you busy?" Darryl said poking his head into the door.
"Yes Darryl I am sitting, thats busy to me." She said getting out of her chair and walking to the door.
"Get your coat, this may just be your specialty." Darryl said as Pierce grabbed her coat and followed Darryl out of the room.
"Whats with you?" Darryl asked after they got into his squad car and took off.
"Let me clarify something to all of you. I DONT want a party!" Pierce said crossing her legs.
"Pierce, you do understand that they love you, dont you?" Darryl said glancing at her.
"Of course I know that but it doesnt change the fact that I hate birthdays Darryl." Pierce turned to him.
"Why do you hate birthdays?" Darryl asked incrediously.
"Because, I do, whats with the 3rd degree?" Pierce hissed.
"Have I touched a nerve?" Darryl asked with a smile.
"Yeah so shut up before my foot touches your face." Pierce said turning to look out of the window.
Darryl turned on a back road and down a narrow alley where there were lights going off and yellow tape all of the place. Darryl parked and a momentarily mystified Pierce slid out of the car and to the first cop.
"What happened here?" Pierce asked flashing her badge.
"An old woman from upstairs calls and tells us some girl was killed. Carol Adams, 16. One stab wound, right through the heart." The cop said looking towards the body. "And you are?"
"Inspector Halliwell." Pierce said walking towards the victim where Darryl kneeled.
"This wound isnt just a stab wound. Its got burn marks around it." Darryl said as Pierce kneeled next to him and the victim.
He was right. The girl looked to be about 3 or 4 years younger then 16 and had a remarkable tattoo on her neck. It was a Triskele, closely related to the Triquetra it was 3 spirals coming out of one point. The scorch marks around her wound were that of a athame that burned when you were struck with it and that was a huge lead, you could hardly ever find a person with one and the only ones you could were upper level demons. Pierce pulled out her cell phone and called home.
"Hello." Piper said sounding all to happy.
"Oh how I regret being the one to burst your bubble but I have a dead girl on my hands with a triskele and a flesh wound with burns around it. You wanna do the math?" Pierce said looking behind her to make sure no one was listening besides Darryl.
"Oh, no. We have company!" Piper said desperatly.
"Who?" Pierce said looking back at Darryl.
"Cousins! Indy, CeCe and Kent!" Piper said happily.
"What?" Pierce hissed.
"They came to wish you a happy birthday! They are staying the night too!" Piper was to joyful for Pierce.
"I dont want them here for my birthday!" Pierce cried impatiently.
"Pierce, come home and we will look through the book of shadows for clues. So come home." Piper said hanging up.
Pierce pushed the heavy oak door open and slipped into the house throwing her breifcase onto the floor as she heard a shrill giggle she had hoped to forget then Chris's deep laugh that hardly ever occured in the house. Pierce took off her jacket to expose her jeans and black short sleeve shirt uniform and her scarf that she also hung on the coat rack.
"Oh Chris!" CeCe Halliwell giggled again.
Pierce walked into the kitchen to find the whole house in there. She looked around and sneered then made her way to the sunroom to check on baby Leo who was playing happily in the large play pin he shared with Chris and Wyatt. Leo came into the sunroom moments later with a sorry-this-sucks-for-you look on his face.
"Who invited them?" Pierce asked sitting in one of the wicker chairs.
"Well, one of them called this morning after you left for work to wish you a happy birthday and Piper told them about the party so the said the would come today and be here to help Piper, Paige and Phoebe tomorow." Leo said taking the seat next to her.
"Ugh, my life sucks." Pierce said leaning her head back to stare at the ceiling. "I have to go upstairs and look through the book of shadows. I am not letting this stupid birthday inturpt my life."
She got up and headed out of the sunroom. She slid back through the kitchen for the second time without saying anything but seeing CeCe and Chris stading close with CeCe's hand on Chris's chest.
"Pierce dear!" Indy called after her as she went up the stairs.
"Pierce dear." Pierce mocked as she went up the stairs. "Its sooooo wonderful to see you! Is that a new haircut? Well after five years I think I just might get a new haircut. Ask me if I care Indy, go ahead ask me."
She strutted into the attic and did a spin imitating CeCe.
"Hi, I'm California Carolina Halliwell and my partents name their kids after states! I love my hair, boys, cheerleading and mindless sex!" Pierce said doing the CeCe giggle.
Pierce was pissed and it was obvious as she flipped angrily through the pages of the book. Indiana Halliwell had always found some hateful way to ruin her birthdays.CeCe and Mister Kentucky James Halliwell never ever helped Pierce to avoid it. Pierce flipped angrily through the pages as Leo walked into the attic. He seemed to be he only one that cared about her in the least.
"Piper didnt know how much you disliked them." Leo said coming up on the side of her.
"Yeah whatever." Pierce said she stopped slapping her hand on a picture of what was called Trivirilion.
"Three headed demon, killer of all that bare the triquetra, triskele or any tri- signs. He is an upper level demon meaning he has an alternating human form which isnt listed here." Leo said leaning over the book.
"So they bare the sign meaning they are part of the coven." Pierce said looking at the gruesome three headed monster.
"Exactly, which means he is going after members of certain, tri- covens." He said turning to look at her.
"What are you guys doing?" Pierce looked up to see CeCe standing in the door way with her arm interlocked with Chris's.
Pierce narrowed her eyes but through the tiny slits she could still see what would make Chris probably want her more. Her blonde curly hair, her sweet blue eyes and her perfect body that was always half covered with the latest fashions. Leo put his hand on Pierces back to shock her back to reality.
"Bein busy, we have lives CeCe and unlike the father of my child i wont put it on hold for you." Pierce hissed and looked back down at the page her eyes blurring with tears she was dertamened to hold back.
"What?" Chris said pulling his arm out of CeCe's grip. "Is that what your calling me now?"
"I could call you a lot of other things if i wanted but hey! we arent married, you only have obligations to your son. Not me, sleep with whoever you want despite what kind of whores they are." Pierce snapped.
"What has gotten into you?" Chris asked her as if she had just asked what planet they were on.
"What has gotten into me?" Pierce hissed crossing the room in seconds. "Whats gotten into me is that fact that the only person in this house that gives a rats ass about how I feel is Leo!"
Chris threw a hard look at his father who looked the other way. Pierce stormed past Chris and down the stairs, she didnt skip a beat as she marched out of the front door and to her car. Throwing herself inside and peeling out of the driveway. She was speeding down the road when a very familiar looking young woman jumped infront of the car forcing Pierce to slam on the breaks and get out of the car.
"What the hell?" Pierce said looking at 16 year old Carol Adams.
"You can see me!!" She cried and hugged Pierce.
"Well apparently, you are not alive. Why does it surprise me that all in one day i have had a dead girl, a demon and horrible cousins on my plate. No differnt from any other day!" Pierce said wildy.
"I need your help!" The young girl said to Pierce grabbing her hands. "I cant move onto my next life unless I can do some of my unfinished business and no one else can see me will you help me?"
"What do you need me to do?" Pierce asked her, she hadnt saved her as an innocent but she could save her soul.
"I need you to tell my mom i love her." The girl let out a sob. "I never told her i loved her, not once."
"Im sure she knows." Pierce said looking down at the girl.
The young girl shook her head letting her floppy blonde hair swing. It struck Pierce then that this girl wasnt even 1/6th through her lifespan and she was already dead. Pierce nodded, she had to. Maybe it was the fact that she never told Patrick or Jennifer she loved them or maybe it was the horrible realization that her and her sisters came face to face with that sort of fate every day and only once or twice had it ever been fatal, that made her get into her car and let the girl guide her.
"Carol do you have any idea of who killed you?" Pierce asked as they pulled into a neighbor hood of small suburban homes.
"A demon, with three heads I think. I really didnt have a chance to count them or anything." Carol said pointing to a large red bricked house.
Pierce pulled into the driveway and looked over at Carol who nodded and they both excited the car. The walked up to the door and Pierce knocked once. A woman with long blonde hair and a black dress on stared at Pierce through bloodshot red eyes.
"Can I help you?" The woman croaked.
"Uhm, yes, I'm Inspector Pierce Halliwell and I wanted to tell you personally that our daughter wanted you to know how much she loved you. She was sorry she never said it but she loved you just as much as any person could." Pierce said letting a tear slip down her cheek.
The woman looked at Pierce and smiled gratefully. She didnt ask any questions but Pierce looked to her side as a soft white light enveloped Carol.
"Pierce, don't take the things in your life for granted. One day, they wont be there and celebrate your birthday you will regret that you never did, once you dont have one anymore." Carol said moments before she dissapeared into the whitelight.
Pierce looked back at the mother who smiled again and nodded. Pierce noticed the triskele moments before she felt the hairs on her neck stand up. She felt the shimmer behind her and Pierce spun around to face a three headed demon that was completly red from head to toe. All three of its heads grinned baring yellow teeth. Pierce shot out her left leg in an attempt to kick him but he grabbed her leg and lifted her off of the ground. She spun out of his grasp landing on her hip with a sickining crack but she lifted her hand and shot a energy ball at the demons stomach. It let out a high pitched scream and Pierce saw it shimmer away. Pierce looked down at the ground where blood was oozing from her hip.
Chapter 14
The weeks flew by letting the girls drift apart again and into their own worlds and their own masses of problems. Pierce had been sitting behind her desk thinking about what she could possibly do to escape the party tomorow night in her honor for her birthday. Birthdays, Pierce thought, are totally not my thing.
"Hey Halliwell, you busy?" Darryl said poking his head into the door.
"Yes Darryl I am sitting, thats busy to me." She said getting out of her chair and walking to the door.
"Get your coat, this may just be your specialty." Darryl said as Pierce grabbed her coat and followed Darryl out of the room.
"Whats with you?" Darryl asked after they got into his squad car and took off.
"Let me clarify something to all of you. I DONT want a party!" Pierce said crossing her legs.
"Pierce, you do understand that they love you, dont you?" Darryl said glancing at her.
"Of course I know that but it doesnt change the fact that I hate birthdays Darryl." Pierce turned to him.
"Why do you hate birthdays?" Darryl asked incrediously.
"Because, I do, whats with the 3rd degree?" Pierce hissed.
"Have I touched a nerve?" Darryl asked with a smile.
"Yeah so shut up before my foot touches your face." Pierce said turning to look out of the window.
Darryl turned on a back road and down a narrow alley where there were lights going off and yellow tape all of the place. Darryl parked and a momentarily mystified Pierce slid out of the car and to the first cop.
"What happened here?" Pierce asked flashing her badge.
"An old woman from upstairs calls and tells us some girl was killed. Carol Adams, 16. One stab wound, right through the heart." The cop said looking towards the body. "And you are?"
"Inspector Halliwell." Pierce said walking towards the victim where Darryl kneeled.
"This wound isnt just a stab wound. Its got burn marks around it." Darryl said as Pierce kneeled next to him and the victim.
He was right. The girl looked to be about 3 or 4 years younger then 16 and had a remarkable tattoo on her neck. It was a Triskele, closely related to the Triquetra it was 3 spirals coming out of one point. The scorch marks around her wound were that of a athame that burned when you were struck with it and that was a huge lead, you could hardly ever find a person with one and the only ones you could were upper level demons. Pierce pulled out her cell phone and called home.
"Hello." Piper said sounding all to happy.
"Oh how I regret being the one to burst your bubble but I have a dead girl on my hands with a triskele and a flesh wound with burns around it. You wanna do the math?" Pierce said looking behind her to make sure no one was listening besides Darryl.
"Oh, no. We have company!" Piper said desperatly.
"Who?" Pierce said looking back at Darryl.
"Cousins! Indy, CeCe and Kent!" Piper said happily.
"What?" Pierce hissed.
"They came to wish you a happy birthday! They are staying the night too!" Piper was to joyful for Pierce.
"I dont want them here for my birthday!" Pierce cried impatiently.
"Pierce, come home and we will look through the book of shadows for clues. So come home." Piper said hanging up.
Pierce pushed the heavy oak door open and slipped into the house throwing her breifcase onto the floor as she heard a shrill giggle she had hoped to forget then Chris's deep laugh that hardly ever occured in the house. Pierce took off her jacket to expose her jeans and black short sleeve shirt uniform and her scarf that she also hung on the coat rack.
"Oh Chris!" CeCe Halliwell giggled again.
Pierce walked into the kitchen to find the whole house in there. She looked around and sneered then made her way to the sunroom to check on baby Leo who was playing happily in the large play pin he shared with Chris and Wyatt. Leo came into the sunroom moments later with a sorry-this-sucks-for-you look on his face.
"Who invited them?" Pierce asked sitting in one of the wicker chairs.
"Well, one of them called this morning after you left for work to wish you a happy birthday and Piper told them about the party so the said the would come today and be here to help Piper, Paige and Phoebe tomorow." Leo said taking the seat next to her.
"Ugh, my life sucks." Pierce said leaning her head back to stare at the ceiling. "I have to go upstairs and look through the book of shadows. I am not letting this stupid birthday inturpt my life."
She got up and headed out of the sunroom. She slid back through the kitchen for the second time without saying anything but seeing CeCe and Chris stading close with CeCe's hand on Chris's chest.
"Pierce dear!" Indy called after her as she went up the stairs.
"Pierce dear." Pierce mocked as she went up the stairs. "Its sooooo wonderful to see you! Is that a new haircut? Well after five years I think I just might get a new haircut. Ask me if I care Indy, go ahead ask me."
She strutted into the attic and did a spin imitating CeCe.
"Hi, I'm California Carolina Halliwell and my partents name their kids after states! I love my hair, boys, cheerleading and mindless sex!" Pierce said doing the CeCe giggle.
Pierce was pissed and it was obvious as she flipped angrily through the pages of the book. Indiana Halliwell had always found some hateful way to ruin her birthdays.CeCe and Mister Kentucky James Halliwell never ever helped Pierce to avoid it. Pierce flipped angrily through the pages as Leo walked into the attic. He seemed to be he only one that cared about her in the least.
"Piper didnt know how much you disliked them." Leo said coming up on the side of her.
"Yeah whatever." Pierce said she stopped slapping her hand on a picture of what was called Trivirilion.
"Three headed demon, killer of all that bare the triquetra, triskele or any tri- signs. He is an upper level demon meaning he has an alternating human form which isnt listed here." Leo said leaning over the book.
"So they bare the sign meaning they are part of the coven." Pierce said looking at the gruesome three headed monster.
"Exactly, which means he is going after members of certain, tri- covens." He said turning to look at her.
"What are you guys doing?" Pierce looked up to see CeCe standing in the door way with her arm interlocked with Chris's.
Pierce narrowed her eyes but through the tiny slits she could still see what would make Chris probably want her more. Her blonde curly hair, her sweet blue eyes and her perfect body that was always half covered with the latest fashions. Leo put his hand on Pierces back to shock her back to reality.
"Bein busy, we have lives CeCe and unlike the father of my child i wont put it on hold for you." Pierce hissed and looked back down at the page her eyes blurring with tears she was dertamened to hold back.
"What?" Chris said pulling his arm out of CeCe's grip. "Is that what your calling me now?"
"I could call you a lot of other things if i wanted but hey! we arent married, you only have obligations to your son. Not me, sleep with whoever you want despite what kind of whores they are." Pierce snapped.
"What has gotten into you?" Chris asked her as if she had just asked what planet they were on.
"What has gotten into me?" Pierce hissed crossing the room in seconds. "Whats gotten into me is that fact that the only person in this house that gives a rats ass about how I feel is Leo!"
Chris threw a hard look at his father who looked the other way. Pierce stormed past Chris and down the stairs, she didnt skip a beat as she marched out of the front door and to her car. Throwing herself inside and peeling out of the driveway. She was speeding down the road when a very familiar looking young woman jumped infront of the car forcing Pierce to slam on the breaks and get out of the car.
"What the hell?" Pierce said looking at 16 year old Carol Adams.
"You can see me!!" She cried and hugged Pierce.
"Well apparently, you are not alive. Why does it surprise me that all in one day i have had a dead girl, a demon and horrible cousins on my plate. No differnt from any other day!" Pierce said wildy.
"I need your help!" The young girl said to Pierce grabbing her hands. "I cant move onto my next life unless I can do some of my unfinished business and no one else can see me will you help me?"
"What do you need me to do?" Pierce asked her, she hadnt saved her as an innocent but she could save her soul.
"I need you to tell my mom i love her." The girl let out a sob. "I never told her i loved her, not once."
"Im sure she knows." Pierce said looking down at the girl.
The young girl shook her head letting her floppy blonde hair swing. It struck Pierce then that this girl wasnt even 1/6th through her lifespan and she was already dead. Pierce nodded, she had to. Maybe it was the fact that she never told Patrick or Jennifer she loved them or maybe it was the horrible realization that her and her sisters came face to face with that sort of fate every day and only once or twice had it ever been fatal, that made her get into her car and let the girl guide her.
"Carol do you have any idea of who killed you?" Pierce asked as they pulled into a neighbor hood of small suburban homes.
"A demon, with three heads I think. I really didnt have a chance to count them or anything." Carol said pointing to a large red bricked house.
Pierce pulled into the driveway and looked over at Carol who nodded and they both excited the car. The walked up to the door and Pierce knocked once. A woman with long blonde hair and a black dress on stared at Pierce through bloodshot red eyes.
"Can I help you?" The woman croaked.
"Uhm, yes, I'm Inspector Pierce Halliwell and I wanted to tell you personally that our daughter wanted you to know how much she loved you. She was sorry she never said it but she loved you just as much as any person could." Pierce said letting a tear slip down her cheek.
The woman looked at Pierce and smiled gratefully. She didnt ask any questions but Pierce looked to her side as a soft white light enveloped Carol.
"Pierce, don't take the things in your life for granted. One day, they wont be there and celebrate your birthday you will regret that you never did, once you dont have one anymore." Carol said moments before she dissapeared into the whitelight.
Pierce looked back at the mother who smiled again and nodded. Pierce noticed the triskele moments before she felt the hairs on her neck stand up. She felt the shimmer behind her and Pierce spun around to face a three headed demon that was completly red from head to toe. All three of its heads grinned baring yellow teeth. Pierce shot out her left leg in an attempt to kick him but he grabbed her leg and lifted her off of the ground. She spun out of his grasp landing on her hip with a sickining crack but she lifted her hand and shot a energy ball at the demons stomach. It let out a high pitched scream and Pierce saw it shimmer away. Pierce looked down at the ground where blood was oozing from her hip.