Chapter Two – Enter the Eyes

Paige sighed. Her new temp job wasn't exactly what she thought it would be. She picked up the bucket of water and the sponge and started walking towards the hallway she was supposed to clean. She had been stunned when the temp agency had told her that her new job would involve cleaning an entire fourteen floor office building while the people who worked there were on vacation.

She and seven other people had been assigned the job, and they had seven days to finish. So they had divided each floor into four areas, and put one person in charge of each area. Paige sighed again, and wondered why she even bothered to try these temp jobs. It had been a good three months since she had helped anyone at a temp job.

Suddenly she saw something in the corner of her eye. "What the hell?" Paige put down the bucket, wondering if she indeed had seen the water glow. Just as she convinced herself she hadn't, the water started to glow again and Paige scrambled backwards, accidentally knocking over the bucket. The glowing water started to move away from Paige and just as she was about to follow it, it concentrated on one point and seemed to multiply when it shot upwards and took some sort of human form.

Just then, the water turned into a beautiful woman. She was wearing a beautiful full-body corset in gold and green, a short skirt in the same colours and golden sandals. She had green ribbons in her hair which looked like the waves of sea, and her Egyptian like make-up made her look like an Ancient Egyptian Princess.

"Who are you?" The woman looked around, completely ignoring Paige. It was only when Paige repeated her question that the woman looked at her. She studied Paige, not answering at first. Then, suddenly, she spoke with a voice that sounded similar to the breaking of waves.

"I am Tefnut, Eye and Daughter of the Great One. You are Paige, youngest of the Charmed Ones, correct?" Surprised, Paige looked at Tefnut, wondering how the woman knew her name and who Tefnut was, exactly.

"Uhm, yeah. How do you know my name?" But the only answer she got was a bow by Tefnut and an apology. Just as she was about to ask what the Egyptian was apologizing for, Tefnut summoned an energy ball and hurled it at Paige.

Ducking, Paige dodged the energy ball and ran for cover. "I beg of the, Charmed One, do not make this harder than it is. I do not wish to destroy you, but your family has invoked the wrath of the grand Ruler of Heliopolis. You must die!"

Paige jumped under a desk, but Tefnut's last words were said in the same office she was in. Tefnut fired an energy ball at the desk, and just before it exploded she heard Paige yell she wasn't going to die that day and saw the Charmed One orb away.

Piper was furious. She had just gotten a call from the manager of the band she had booked for that night, telling her one of it's members had caught a cold and they wouldn't be playing. On top of that, the beer truck was stuck on the high way and probably wouldn't make it before opening time.

Sitting in front of the bar, Piper resisted the urge to blow something up. Instead, she focused her thoughts on her children to help her calm down. Suddenly, she heard a cat meowing. Surprised, she turned around to find a black cat sitting on one of the couches in the club, staring at her.

"What are you doing here?" She got up, and started walking towards the cat. Suddenly, the cat started glowing and in the blink of an eye turned into a woman wearing a beautiful full-body corset in gold and black, a short skirt in the same colours and golden sandals. She had a golden headband with a cat head on it, and her Egyptian like make-up made her look like an Ancient Egyptian Princess.

"Wow!" Piper stood stock still, startled by the transformation. "I am here to do something I regret having to do. First, Piper Halliwel, let me introduce myself. My name is Bastet, Eye and Daughter of the Great One."

"Well, nice to meet you, Bastet…," Piper said, not knowing what else to say. Bastet shook her head and looked at Piper with a sad look.

"I am afraid the circumstances of this meeting are anything but pleasurable, and so is what must come of it. I have always admired the Charmed Ones, you have been one of the greatest forces of Good of all times and you might have been for years to come. But the task my Lord has set on us leaves me no other choice."

Sensing danger in Bastet's words, Piper started backing off. "What task is that?"

"Our Lord and Father has ordered the demise of Wyatt Halliwel, and I refuse to let a mother bare witness to the destruction of her own child. Forgive me, Piper Halliwel, for all I can do to ease your pain is to take your life before I take his."

Piper immediately jumped to action, trying to make Bastet explode, but her power had no effect what so ever on the woman. Bastet summoned a fireball and threw it at Piper, but Piper dodged it and ran for cover. Screaming for Leo, she took cover behind the bar.

Suddenly two cat faced creatures jumped on the bar right above Piper, and in a reflex she tried to make them explode. One of them indeed did explode, but before she could target the other electricity ran across it's body and it exploded. Peering over the bar she saw Leo standing before Bastet, who looked surpised.

"Leave!" She hurled one more fireball in Piper's direction, which Piper managed to freeze two seconds before it hit her, and hissed at Leo like a cat just before turning into one and disappearing.

Piper didn't waste time. "Orb me to the manor. They're after Wyatt!" She grabbed her husband and they orbed out.

T.B.C

Next chapter will contain information on who Bastet and Tefnut are (for those who don't know) and who the Ruler of Heliopolis is (again, for those who don't know).