Chapter Four
Cries of pain poured out of the demon the sisters had summoned. It was War's Brother, Famine. He was just as powerful as his brother, yet he fell into such an obvious trap. It was if he wanted them to catch him. "I'll never tell you anything, witch!" He growled as Paige lifted a crystal from the circle.
"Wrong answer!" Piper yelled at him as Paige put the crystal back. "Why him? Why is it him that you want?" She paused to see if he would give in. "Tell me!"
He cried out in pain before he gave in. "Okay, I'll talk!"
"Good boy." Phoebe said as Paige lifted the crystal.
"He has knowledge of the future. He can tell you things that will help you to vanquish us all. He is the biggest threat to us."
Chris furrowed his brow at what the demon had said. "But, even in my time you're still alive. How am I a threat to you?"
"You're not the threat. It's someone you know and only you can summon. No witch or demon can vanquish us; especially a little twerp like him. That's where the source went wrong when he tried to vanquish us." With that, he disappeared in a cloud of green smoke.
"Now, what the hell was that about?" Phoebe asked.
"I dunno. No demon's ever been able to escape the circle." Paige said, talking about the circle of crystals.
"No. Not that." She looked at Chris who was clearly as confused as everyone else. "Chris, what was he talking about?"
Chris plopped down onto the couch and thought to himself. "I'm not sure. I can't remember everything I've conjured in my life… Something that can vanquish them…" He trailed off as he thought to himself. "I can't figure out what it would be."
"Would it be in the book?" Piper asked.
He shook his head. "Not likely. I'm pretty sure it's something I made up, since I probably couldn't read at the time and you three were in trouble… But, I just can't think of what it would be."
He had the chance to think more to himself as there was a loud knock at the door. Phoebe went to get it as Piper sat next to Chris to help him think.
"Daryl, what are you doing here?" Phoebe asked as he walked right past he and into the living room.
"I'm sorry, guys, but I've done something really bad and I hope that you can forgive me for it."
"What did you do?" Leo asked.
Daryl swallowed hard as he began to spill the beans. "Someone knows about you… all of you." He said, meekly. There was an outburst from each of them.
"What do you mean?" Piper asked, so the others would quiet down.
"I'm sorry, it just slipped out. I couldn't stop myself from telling her." He really did seem sincere.
"Who is it? Who did you tell?" Chris asked.
Daryl looked at Phoebe, before taking a deep breath. "Kira Brooks."
Phoebe's eyes went wide. "The Unexplained Happenings writer? Daryl, how could you do that?"
"Listen, it was as if she was controlling me to tell her everything I knew. I didn't want to tell her, I honestly didn't. I just couldn't help myself."
"Do you think she might be a demon?" Leo asked, to any one of the sisters as Piper and Paige told Daryl that it was all right and Phoebe sifted through the Book of Shadows for any demon with the ability to control people.
"I don't think she's a demon, but if she forced you to tell her all about us, then what could she be?"