Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed or X-Files. I also don't own the idea behind the virus. That comes from the X-Files movie.
Superfan: Thanks for the review! I promise. This chapter will be longer.
Gothic Spook: Thanks for the review! Sorry about the deal with Reyes. It was bound to happen.
CSM: Thanks for the review! I'm glad you like it.
Louie Pastiche: Thanks for the review! I looked at the official website, and you're right. It does look like him. Is the Stargate series any good? I saw the movie, but I've never seen the series.
A/N: In the author's note before chapter 12, there was supposed to be asterisks before and after the names. Due to the fact that this didn't show on the final copy, there will be no indicator. The only indicators will be clues that I give, or, in some cases, you will just know.
Chapter 13 – Suspect Apprehended
"Hi Phoebe," Piper said as she walked in the door.
"Hey," Phoebe greeted. "How did it go at the club?"
"What club?"
Phoebe looked at her in astonishment. "P3...the club you own..."
"Oh, right. That club."
"You were supposed to go and take inventory. Since the club is temporarily closed, you said that it would be a good time to get that out of the way."
"I did?" Piper looked confused. "Oh, now I remember. I had forgotten. I had something important that I needed to take care of. It must have slipped my mind."
"Do you want me to help? I have nothing better to do right now," Phoebe said, pushing aside her sister's weird behavior.
"No, actually I have a better idea. Let's go get Prue back. She'll fight off the virus. I'm sure of that. We have to get her out of there before she does."
Fighting off a bad feeling, Phoebe agreed. "If we're going through with this, we better go now. It's getting late."
Suddenly, the phone started ringing. Phoebe went for the phone to pick it up, but Piper stopped her. "Let the machine get it."
Phoebe nodded and followed Piper out the door.
Reyes hung up the phone when she heard the answering machine pick up. "Oh well," she said to Mulder, Scully, and Doggett. "That was probably a bad idea anyways."
"What do we do now?" Scully asked. "We can't go by the normal procedure. Who knows what they're capable of. I'm still not sure that I fully believe the Charmed Ones theory, but better safe than sorry."
"We could talk to Agent Jackman," Mulder suggested. "He seems to know a lot about them."
Once they had arrived at Golden Gate Park, Piper and Phoebe got out of the car. Phoebe looked around at all of the people. She was shocked to see how many people had been infected. She knew that many people had the 'virus,' but she had no idea that it was this many.
Something wasn't right. Phoebe could feel it. She couldn't make the nagging go away that was telling her to run while she still could. Normally, she would listen to her instinct. Her instincts never let her down, but she set that aside and went with Piper. If anything went wrong, Piper was there with her. Besides, she took self-defense classes for a reason.
When they got to where the gathering was, Piper just stopped. She didn't even move.
"Piper, are you okay?" Phoebe asked, worried.
Piper turned around, and Phoebe froze in horror. Piper began to change form. It was no longer Piper standing before her. It was a man.
Then Phoebe said in a more panicked voice than she would have liked to, "Where are my sisters?"
The man just started to laugh. The sound of his laugh alone caused Phoebe's panic to rise up a notch. After he had finished, he simply pointed behind Phoebe.
She turned around. At first, she felt relief wash over her at seeing that her sisters were okay...that was until she took a good look at their eyes. Both of her sisters were infected. She was all that was left to stop the virus.
Knowing that fighting right then would have been suicide, she chose to sprint out of there as fast as humanly possible. She wouldn't let herself think about how bad things had gotten. She had to fully concentrate on getting out of there. She could worry about the trouble she was in later.
She ran until she ran into something. She stepped back and focused on what had obstructed her path. It wasn't human. It was a demon...the demon behind all of this.
"I see that now you believe me," Jackman said to the four agents before him.
"Yes, we do," Doggett said. "We need your help. What do we need to know about the Halliwells?"
"Prue has two powers: telekinesis and astral projection. Piper has one. She can stop time. Phoebe also has one. She has premonitions. Together they are strong and almost impossible to defeat. However, alone, they are more vulnerable."
"So, you're suggestion would be that we go after them one at a time," Mulder said.
"It would be easiest that way, yes."
"Out of curiosity, how do you know all of this?" Reyes asked.
"Like I told you before, I have been investigating the Halliwells for quite some time. The fact that they were involved in so many unsolved cases caused me to become suspicious. While they do not know me, by now I know them very well. They must be stopped."
After a long pause, Scully spoke up. "We heard a rumor that all of the people who are infected meet at Golden Gate Park. Is this true?"
Jackman hesitated before answering. He wasn't sure if there was anything there that could cause the agents to change their minds and start suspecting the true culprits. Knowing that the only thing that could cause unwanted suspicion could be taken care of, he decided to answer them. "Yes, those rumors are true."
The agents murmured a quick thanks and walked away. Once they were out of hearing range, Jackman picked up his cell phone to call Spender.
"Get out of there and cover up anything that could create problems for us."
When the agents arrived at the park, they got out of their car and walked cautiously along. By now it had gotten dark. Mulder made sure to grab a flashlight before he got out of the car.
They surveyed the area and couldn't find anything.
"They're all gone," Doggett observed.
They were about to head back to their car, when Mulder spotted something off in the distance. He motioned for his colleagues to follow quietly.
When they arrived, they found a girl lying on the ground by a tree. When they got a closer look, they found that it was Phoebe. She was unconscious.
At seeing what was once her friend, Reyes forgot about the suspicion and moved forward to check her pulse. She was relieved to find that Phoebe was okay. Then, she remembered everything that had happened that day and went back to being professional. This was not her friend...not anymore.
Knowing that while Phoebe was dangerous, they needed to talk to her – they had to know exactly what they were dealing with so that they could know how to get control of the situation –she looked over at Scully. She knew that Scully was a doctor.
Reyes moved out of the way so that Scully could check to see what was wrong. However, before she got the chance to do anything, Phoebe awoke.
It took Phoebe a while to focus. Once she did, she saw that all of the agents were standing around her, ready for anything. She could see that she had fully lost their trust. She could see it in their eyes. Even Reyes no longer trusted her.
She slowly got up.
"We need to talk," Reyes said.
Phoebe tried to hide the hurt she felt. She nodded in response. Then, in a voice devoid of all emotion, she said, "Lets go back to my house. This isn't exactly the best place to talk."
The agents didn't say anything. They just began walking towards their car, making sure to keep her surrounded for fear of her running off.
She got into the backseat of the car and was seated in between Doggett and Reyes. Once she was settled in, she sunk within herself and thought about everything that had happened. It was then she realized the full extent of the trouble she was in. She further realized the hopelessness of her situation. What hope she had left was lost.
A/N: Well, that's it for chapter thirteen. Hope you liked it!
Superfan: Thanks for the review! I promise. This chapter will be longer.
Gothic Spook: Thanks for the review! Sorry about the deal with Reyes. It was bound to happen.
CSM: Thanks for the review! I'm glad you like it.
Louie Pastiche: Thanks for the review! I looked at the official website, and you're right. It does look like him. Is the Stargate series any good? I saw the movie, but I've never seen the series.
A/N: In the author's note before chapter 12, there was supposed to be asterisks before and after the names. Due to the fact that this didn't show on the final copy, there will be no indicator. The only indicators will be clues that I give, or, in some cases, you will just know.
Chapter 13 – Suspect Apprehended
"Hi Phoebe," Piper said as she walked in the door.
"Hey," Phoebe greeted. "How did it go at the club?"
"What club?"
Phoebe looked at her in astonishment. "P3...the club you own..."
"Oh, right. That club."
"You were supposed to go and take inventory. Since the club is temporarily closed, you said that it would be a good time to get that out of the way."
"I did?" Piper looked confused. "Oh, now I remember. I had forgotten. I had something important that I needed to take care of. It must have slipped my mind."
"Do you want me to help? I have nothing better to do right now," Phoebe said, pushing aside her sister's weird behavior.
"No, actually I have a better idea. Let's go get Prue back. She'll fight off the virus. I'm sure of that. We have to get her out of there before she does."
Fighting off a bad feeling, Phoebe agreed. "If we're going through with this, we better go now. It's getting late."
Suddenly, the phone started ringing. Phoebe went for the phone to pick it up, but Piper stopped her. "Let the machine get it."
Phoebe nodded and followed Piper out the door.
Reyes hung up the phone when she heard the answering machine pick up. "Oh well," she said to Mulder, Scully, and Doggett. "That was probably a bad idea anyways."
"What do we do now?" Scully asked. "We can't go by the normal procedure. Who knows what they're capable of. I'm still not sure that I fully believe the Charmed Ones theory, but better safe than sorry."
"We could talk to Agent Jackman," Mulder suggested. "He seems to know a lot about them."
Once they had arrived at Golden Gate Park, Piper and Phoebe got out of the car. Phoebe looked around at all of the people. She was shocked to see how many people had been infected. She knew that many people had the 'virus,' but she had no idea that it was this many.
Something wasn't right. Phoebe could feel it. She couldn't make the nagging go away that was telling her to run while she still could. Normally, she would listen to her instinct. Her instincts never let her down, but she set that aside and went with Piper. If anything went wrong, Piper was there with her. Besides, she took self-defense classes for a reason.
When they got to where the gathering was, Piper just stopped. She didn't even move.
"Piper, are you okay?" Phoebe asked, worried.
Piper turned around, and Phoebe froze in horror. Piper began to change form. It was no longer Piper standing before her. It was a man.
Then Phoebe said in a more panicked voice than she would have liked to, "Where are my sisters?"
The man just started to laugh. The sound of his laugh alone caused Phoebe's panic to rise up a notch. After he had finished, he simply pointed behind Phoebe.
She turned around. At first, she felt relief wash over her at seeing that her sisters were okay...that was until she took a good look at their eyes. Both of her sisters were infected. She was all that was left to stop the virus.
Knowing that fighting right then would have been suicide, she chose to sprint out of there as fast as humanly possible. She wouldn't let herself think about how bad things had gotten. She had to fully concentrate on getting out of there. She could worry about the trouble she was in later.
She ran until she ran into something. She stepped back and focused on what had obstructed her path. It wasn't human. It was a demon...the demon behind all of this.
"I see that now you believe me," Jackman said to the four agents before him.
"Yes, we do," Doggett said. "We need your help. What do we need to know about the Halliwells?"
"Prue has two powers: telekinesis and astral projection. Piper has one. She can stop time. Phoebe also has one. She has premonitions. Together they are strong and almost impossible to defeat. However, alone, they are more vulnerable."
"So, you're suggestion would be that we go after them one at a time," Mulder said.
"It would be easiest that way, yes."
"Out of curiosity, how do you know all of this?" Reyes asked.
"Like I told you before, I have been investigating the Halliwells for quite some time. The fact that they were involved in so many unsolved cases caused me to become suspicious. While they do not know me, by now I know them very well. They must be stopped."
After a long pause, Scully spoke up. "We heard a rumor that all of the people who are infected meet at Golden Gate Park. Is this true?"
Jackman hesitated before answering. He wasn't sure if there was anything there that could cause the agents to change their minds and start suspecting the true culprits. Knowing that the only thing that could cause unwanted suspicion could be taken care of, he decided to answer them. "Yes, those rumors are true."
The agents murmured a quick thanks and walked away. Once they were out of hearing range, Jackman picked up his cell phone to call Spender.
"Get out of there and cover up anything that could create problems for us."
When the agents arrived at the park, they got out of their car and walked cautiously along. By now it had gotten dark. Mulder made sure to grab a flashlight before he got out of the car.
They surveyed the area and couldn't find anything.
"They're all gone," Doggett observed.
They were about to head back to their car, when Mulder spotted something off in the distance. He motioned for his colleagues to follow quietly.
When they arrived, they found a girl lying on the ground by a tree. When they got a closer look, they found that it was Phoebe. She was unconscious.
At seeing what was once her friend, Reyes forgot about the suspicion and moved forward to check her pulse. She was relieved to find that Phoebe was okay. Then, she remembered everything that had happened that day and went back to being professional. This was not her friend...not anymore.
Knowing that while Phoebe was dangerous, they needed to talk to her – they had to know exactly what they were dealing with so that they could know how to get control of the situation –she looked over at Scully. She knew that Scully was a doctor.
Reyes moved out of the way so that Scully could check to see what was wrong. However, before she got the chance to do anything, Phoebe awoke.
It took Phoebe a while to focus. Once she did, she saw that all of the agents were standing around her, ready for anything. She could see that she had fully lost their trust. She could see it in their eyes. Even Reyes no longer trusted her.
She slowly got up.
"We need to talk," Reyes said.
Phoebe tried to hide the hurt she felt. She nodded in response. Then, in a voice devoid of all emotion, she said, "Lets go back to my house. This isn't exactly the best place to talk."
The agents didn't say anything. They just began walking towards their car, making sure to keep her surrounded for fear of her running off.
She got into the backseat of the car and was seated in between Doggett and Reyes. Once she was settled in, she sunk within herself and thought about everything that had happened. It was then she realized the full extent of the trouble she was in. She further realized the hopelessness of her situation. What hope she had left was lost.
A/N: Well, that's it for chapter thirteen. Hope you liked it!