Sins of the Father
"You know, you're not half bad at mixing a martini, Paige. Maybe bartending is your true calling," Phoebe winked at Paige taking a savoring sip of her drink, "Mmm, shaken not stirred," and placing it back on the bar.
"Haha, very funny. You know I'm only doing this until Piper gets back from the Magic School. I figured since it is part of my destiny to help others with my temp jobs...I would include one of my favorite big sisters," Paige retorted wiping down the bar.
"Yeah, she should be having the baby any day now... er, having Chris any day now. Man, that's got to be weird for him. He's going to see himself as a little baby," Phoebe added swirling her drink.
"Very bizarre..." Paige shook her head. A young woman walked up to the counter and left her glass with a tip. "Hey, Pheebs, do you mind handing me that glass?"
Phoebe picked up the glass and had the familiar flash and headache that accompanies a premonition. She saw the image of the young woman who had just finished her drink walking down the street when a demon appeared in front of her. The demon was tall and just about to throw an energy ball at the young woman.
"Who is it and where are we going?" Paige asked frantically.
"An alley... or a street somewhere... what is the deal with innocents being alone in alleys? You'd think they would have learned by now?" Phoebe huffed exasperated and taking Paige's hand, "C'mon."
The sisters frantically ran down the street outside of P3. As they rounded the corner they found the young woman with the demon shimmering in front of her. "Watch out!" Paige cried. The demon hurled an energy ball at the young lady as Paige called, "Energy ball!" and redirected the energy ball back into the demon's chest in a fiery vanquish.
"Oh no, now you've done it," the girl remarked sarcastically, "his fiery friends are going to swarm in!" Almost on cue, five additional demons, identical to the first, appeared surrounding the threesome.
"What, how did you..." Phoebe began.
"No time to explain. Kick ass now, details later," the not-so- innocent woman instructed.
Phoebe spun kicked the first attacker in the chest knocking him into the side of a dumpster. The demon got to his feet and tried to hurl an energy ball at Phoebe who successfully dodged the ball allowing it to hit another demonic attacker in the face. "Nice shot, makes my job easier," she quipped. Ducking another potential blow, she grabbed a copper pipe off the ground and plunged it deep into the demon's gut. "Tell your friend I said, "hello'."
Phoebe turned to see Paige swinging a garbage can at her demonic attacker who tripped backwards into the wall. "Paige!" Phoebe called holding up the cooper piping, "Metal thingy" Paige called as the pipe orbed from Phoebe's hand to hers—which she immediately placed into her attacker.
Both sisters turned to see their would-be innocent fending off a demon on her own. The girl scissor-kicked her adversary leaving him a little bewildered before landing another kick on him knocking him into a piece of precarious fencing sending him to the demonic wasteland with his buddies. "I'm impressed," Phoebe commented.
"Yeah, I guess she's not so innocent after all," Paige countered.
As the sisters admired their comrade's fighting abilities, the fifth demon shimmered in behind them, energy ball at the ready. The young woman turned to see him as he appeared and shouted, "NO!" aiming a fire ball of her own at the demon attacker before he could kill Phoebe and Paige. A look of shock swept over Paige and Phoebe's face as the young lady shimmered out. "What the hell was that?" Paige managed to say.
Paige and Phoebe orbed back to the manor to find Chris reading in the sunroom. Startled by their appearance, Chris looks up to find the girls, "You're home early. Club not doing well tonight?"
"No, it's fine," Paige answers, taking a seat next to Chris. "But I think the demonic world is a little off."
"What do you mean?" Chris asked puzzled.
"Well, first there was an innocent in an alley because you know how much innocents love alleys. Then we saved her just to find it was some sort of swarming demon that attacked. So five more demons shimmer in and we've got to fend them off."
"She's rambling. Abbreviated version?" Chris looked to Phoebe.
"Well, I'm not sure if there is one. This innocent wasn't necessarily an innocent. She ended up saving Paige and I from one of the demons... by vanquishing him... with a fireball that she threw. Then she shimmered out," Phoebe attempted to explain.
"So the underworld is trying to save us and kill us all in the same night!" Paige concludes.
"Have you checked the book? Did she look familiar?" Chris asked impatiently.
"No, Chris, we just got here. But it is definitely on the 'to do' list. I did notice she had on some ring. It might be some indication of a sisterhood or something she is a member of," Phoebe said walking towards the steps. Chris let a thoughtful look cross his face. Just then Piper emerged from the kitchen. "Piper, sweetie, what are you doing here? You're set to give birth any day now and we've got new evil to deal with."
"I heard some talk of some new demon?" Piper questioned placing Wyatt in his playpen. "What is this? Someone fill me in."
"It's nothing you need to worry about," Paige comforted her, "You need to stay calm so you can successfully bring this big guy into the world," she motioned to Chris who blushed.
"Paige, you know my family comes first. I was here tonight because Chris and I wanted to spend some time together before little Chris gets here. And I'm glad I'm here. You don't know what or who this demon is and you might need the Power of Three to vanquish her," Piper informed her sisters in the way that only a big sister can. Piper was eight months pregnant, but also more than capable of protecting herself. Although she was not protected by the force field that Wyatt had utilized, she had become adroit at using Chris's power of telekinesis while she was in the Magic School. "I think we should check the book. Chris, watch Wyatt while we are upstairs?"
"Yeah, sure, Mom," Chris answered still focused on Phoebe's mentioning of a ring.
The sisters start upstairs with Piper having a little difficulty. "Here, may I be of some service?" Paige asks as she orbs herself, Piper and Phoebe to the attic. "It's the best way to travel," she smiles as the three appear in sparkling orbs in front of the book.
"Especially when your feet are too swollen, and your back feels like it's going to break when you move," Piper agrees taking a seat.
Phoebe makes her way to the book and begins to flip through it, "Paige, did you put these little tabs on the edges here?" she asks indicating the post-it notes on the corner of the pages.
"Yeah, I thought referencing the book might help the whole research thing go faster. Especially with the big bad out there that is after Wyatt. Time is of the essence," she smiles.
"Good thinking," Phoebe nods stopping. "Here's a list of swarm demons. None of these look familiar... oh wait. Mercenaries. A demonic cult, hit men for hire basically. They're leader is whoever hires them for a job. And they are conjured, not pre-existing. So, it can basically be any evil being out to get its hit. Great, that narrows it down," Phoebe frowns.
"What about the girl?" Piper asks rubbing her swollen feet.
Phoebe flips through the book cross referencing fire ball throwing, shimmering, and different cults, "Nothing. Not even anything that fits her profile. She was dressed normal, too. Evil demonic ladies seem to dress like vixens, but she was dressed like she was out for a night on the town. And you know, I wasn't getting an evil vibe from her. Granted, I wasn't getting a good vibe, but it wasn't evil either. More like... confused? Lost even."
"What did her ring look like?" Chris asks from the doorway.
"Chris, honey, I didn't see you there. Where's Wyatt?" Piper asks concerned.
"He's playing with his toys in his playpen. I told him to orb up if he gets scared or something. He'll be fine." Convinced, Piper looks back to Phoebe.
"Well... I didn't get a good look at it considering the fighting for our lives thing we were doing. It was definitely gold. On her right hand. And flat on top, maybe, like a class ring? I really don't know," Phoebe tries to remember.
"And she about Paige's height, brown hair? Could shimmer and throw fireballs?" Chris asks with a sense of recognition in his voice.
"Yeah, but I didn't say how tall she was or her hair color. Chris, what's going on?" Phoebe picking up on more of Chris's secrecy.
"It can't be..." Chris says as he orbs out.
"I hate it when he does that," Paige comments.
"You know, you're not half bad at mixing a martini, Paige. Maybe bartending is your true calling," Phoebe winked at Paige taking a savoring sip of her drink, "Mmm, shaken not stirred," and placing it back on the bar.
"Haha, very funny. You know I'm only doing this until Piper gets back from the Magic School. I figured since it is part of my destiny to help others with my temp jobs...I would include one of my favorite big sisters," Paige retorted wiping down the bar.
"Yeah, she should be having the baby any day now... er, having Chris any day now. Man, that's got to be weird for him. He's going to see himself as a little baby," Phoebe added swirling her drink.
"Very bizarre..." Paige shook her head. A young woman walked up to the counter and left her glass with a tip. "Hey, Pheebs, do you mind handing me that glass?"
Phoebe picked up the glass and had the familiar flash and headache that accompanies a premonition. She saw the image of the young woman who had just finished her drink walking down the street when a demon appeared in front of her. The demon was tall and just about to throw an energy ball at the young woman.
"Who is it and where are we going?" Paige asked frantically.
"An alley... or a street somewhere... what is the deal with innocents being alone in alleys? You'd think they would have learned by now?" Phoebe huffed exasperated and taking Paige's hand, "C'mon."
The sisters frantically ran down the street outside of P3. As they rounded the corner they found the young woman with the demon shimmering in front of her. "Watch out!" Paige cried. The demon hurled an energy ball at the young lady as Paige called, "Energy ball!" and redirected the energy ball back into the demon's chest in a fiery vanquish.
"Oh no, now you've done it," the girl remarked sarcastically, "his fiery friends are going to swarm in!" Almost on cue, five additional demons, identical to the first, appeared surrounding the threesome.
"What, how did you..." Phoebe began.
"No time to explain. Kick ass now, details later," the not-so- innocent woman instructed.
Phoebe spun kicked the first attacker in the chest knocking him into the side of a dumpster. The demon got to his feet and tried to hurl an energy ball at Phoebe who successfully dodged the ball allowing it to hit another demonic attacker in the face. "Nice shot, makes my job easier," she quipped. Ducking another potential blow, she grabbed a copper pipe off the ground and plunged it deep into the demon's gut. "Tell your friend I said, "hello'."
Phoebe turned to see Paige swinging a garbage can at her demonic attacker who tripped backwards into the wall. "Paige!" Phoebe called holding up the cooper piping, "Metal thingy" Paige called as the pipe orbed from Phoebe's hand to hers—which she immediately placed into her attacker.
Both sisters turned to see their would-be innocent fending off a demon on her own. The girl scissor-kicked her adversary leaving him a little bewildered before landing another kick on him knocking him into a piece of precarious fencing sending him to the demonic wasteland with his buddies. "I'm impressed," Phoebe commented.
"Yeah, I guess she's not so innocent after all," Paige countered.
As the sisters admired their comrade's fighting abilities, the fifth demon shimmered in behind them, energy ball at the ready. The young woman turned to see him as he appeared and shouted, "NO!" aiming a fire ball of her own at the demon attacker before he could kill Phoebe and Paige. A look of shock swept over Paige and Phoebe's face as the young lady shimmered out. "What the hell was that?" Paige managed to say.
Paige and Phoebe orbed back to the manor to find Chris reading in the sunroom. Startled by their appearance, Chris looks up to find the girls, "You're home early. Club not doing well tonight?"
"No, it's fine," Paige answers, taking a seat next to Chris. "But I think the demonic world is a little off."
"What do you mean?" Chris asked puzzled.
"Well, first there was an innocent in an alley because you know how much innocents love alleys. Then we saved her just to find it was some sort of swarming demon that attacked. So five more demons shimmer in and we've got to fend them off."
"She's rambling. Abbreviated version?" Chris looked to Phoebe.
"Well, I'm not sure if there is one. This innocent wasn't necessarily an innocent. She ended up saving Paige and I from one of the demons... by vanquishing him... with a fireball that she threw. Then she shimmered out," Phoebe attempted to explain.
"So the underworld is trying to save us and kill us all in the same night!" Paige concludes.
"Have you checked the book? Did she look familiar?" Chris asked impatiently.
"No, Chris, we just got here. But it is definitely on the 'to do' list. I did notice she had on some ring. It might be some indication of a sisterhood or something she is a member of," Phoebe said walking towards the steps. Chris let a thoughtful look cross his face. Just then Piper emerged from the kitchen. "Piper, sweetie, what are you doing here? You're set to give birth any day now and we've got new evil to deal with."
"I heard some talk of some new demon?" Piper questioned placing Wyatt in his playpen. "What is this? Someone fill me in."
"It's nothing you need to worry about," Paige comforted her, "You need to stay calm so you can successfully bring this big guy into the world," she motioned to Chris who blushed.
"Paige, you know my family comes first. I was here tonight because Chris and I wanted to spend some time together before little Chris gets here. And I'm glad I'm here. You don't know what or who this demon is and you might need the Power of Three to vanquish her," Piper informed her sisters in the way that only a big sister can. Piper was eight months pregnant, but also more than capable of protecting herself. Although she was not protected by the force field that Wyatt had utilized, she had become adroit at using Chris's power of telekinesis while she was in the Magic School. "I think we should check the book. Chris, watch Wyatt while we are upstairs?"
"Yeah, sure, Mom," Chris answered still focused on Phoebe's mentioning of a ring.
The sisters start upstairs with Piper having a little difficulty. "Here, may I be of some service?" Paige asks as she orbs herself, Piper and Phoebe to the attic. "It's the best way to travel," she smiles as the three appear in sparkling orbs in front of the book.
"Especially when your feet are too swollen, and your back feels like it's going to break when you move," Piper agrees taking a seat.
Phoebe makes her way to the book and begins to flip through it, "Paige, did you put these little tabs on the edges here?" she asks indicating the post-it notes on the corner of the pages.
"Yeah, I thought referencing the book might help the whole research thing go faster. Especially with the big bad out there that is after Wyatt. Time is of the essence," she smiles.
"Good thinking," Phoebe nods stopping. "Here's a list of swarm demons. None of these look familiar... oh wait. Mercenaries. A demonic cult, hit men for hire basically. They're leader is whoever hires them for a job. And they are conjured, not pre-existing. So, it can basically be any evil being out to get its hit. Great, that narrows it down," Phoebe frowns.
"What about the girl?" Piper asks rubbing her swollen feet.
Phoebe flips through the book cross referencing fire ball throwing, shimmering, and different cults, "Nothing. Not even anything that fits her profile. She was dressed normal, too. Evil demonic ladies seem to dress like vixens, but she was dressed like she was out for a night on the town. And you know, I wasn't getting an evil vibe from her. Granted, I wasn't getting a good vibe, but it wasn't evil either. More like... confused? Lost even."
"What did her ring look like?" Chris asks from the doorway.
"Chris, honey, I didn't see you there. Where's Wyatt?" Piper asks concerned.
"He's playing with his toys in his playpen. I told him to orb up if he gets scared or something. He'll be fine." Convinced, Piper looks back to Phoebe.
"Well... I didn't get a good look at it considering the fighting for our lives thing we were doing. It was definitely gold. On her right hand. And flat on top, maybe, like a class ring? I really don't know," Phoebe tries to remember.
"And she about Paige's height, brown hair? Could shimmer and throw fireballs?" Chris asks with a sense of recognition in his voice.
"Yeah, but I didn't say how tall she was or her hair color. Chris, what's going on?" Phoebe picking up on more of Chris's secrecy.
"It can't be..." Chris says as he orbs out.
"I hate it when he does that," Paige comments.