Chapter 10

"Now, now" the demon spoke. "I suggest you show a bit more interest if you ever want to see your brother in law again"

This caused Phoebe to go rushing forward and knock the demon to the ground. She then picked him up by his jacket "Where is he damn it! What did you do to my husband?"

By now Piper and Prue had grabbed the girl, pulling her off the demon. As much as they would have loved to watch her tear him apart, they knew that helping Justin and their sister was more important.

After settling the girl down Prue spoke "So what is it that you want?"

Smiling he answer her question with one of his own "What do you think I want?" That was it Piper had had enough.

"Listen we don't have time for games so either you tell us what it is that you want or we will vanquish you right here right now!" she threatened as she raised a potion high in the air.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you" a voice came from behind them. Turning around they came face to face with four large demons.

"What? Do you really think that we're afraid of you?" Prue said as she took a few steps in their direction and standing toe to toe with the demon who didn't dared speak up again.

"Prue, please" Phoebe pleaded. Not wanting to upset her sister any more Prue moved to rejoin the group.

"Now that that's settled I would like to cut a deal with you. What if I told you that there was a way to save your sister without harming my family?"

"Yeah like we're supposed to trust you" Piper spoke.

"You don't really have a choice now do you?" the demon responded.

Phoebe could feel the panic starting to rise in her chest. Not wanting to waste any more precious time she said "Fine, we're listening"

"That's more like it. Now this is what we can do. Between all my family members and myself we'll be able to cloak ourselves from Zalil long enough for him to believe that we are all dead. Which will give you just enough time to get him to save your sister"

Something about that just didn't seem right to Prue. What the hell would he have to gain? Then as if reading her mind the demon spoke once more "In exchange all I want is for you to keep Zalil here so I can kill him and receive his powers as well as his rule over the underworld. Once the power exchange takes place I will return your beloved husband. So do we have a deal?"

The girls looked at each other to see if they were all on the same page. The Piper spoke "fine, only if one of your friends allow Phoebe and Leo to visit with Justin so we know that he's ok." The demon summoned his followers to his side; they huddled together for a few minutes before turning back to the girls with their answer.

"Ok fine. I'm going to send Mailki and Lucas with you. And if you're not back in ten minuets, all bets are off"

"Fine that's all the time we need" Phoebe said. Her heart was racing a hundred miles per minutes; she just hoped that it wasn't a trap. Joining hands with Leo who now stood out side of the crystal cage they orbed out with the two demons only a second behind them. Now it was just the four of them with a semiconscious Paige still protected by the cage.

The demon then spoke again this time he was wearing an evil grin "Now that we're all alone. I think that it's time to show you what it is that I really want"

The two women looked at the man confused. That was until they saw the energy ball heading their way. Both women dived out of the way, but one of the two wasn't so lucky. Piper lay on the floor with a chunk of flesh missing from her side. Prue instantly went for a potion that was in her pocket throwing it and vanquishing one of the three demons, but before she could get to another one of them used his telekinesis to send her flying into the wall on the other side of the attic.

The head demon now made his way towards her with his rather large friend three steps behind him. As they advanced on the witch Piper came to. Through her blurred vision she could see her sister's almost lifeless body on the ground with a demon approaching fast. It took all she had to blow up his friend that stood behind him. The explosion made the being turn in her direction. It was then that she noticed Paige mumbling something incoherently causing the demon to explode. She wanted to move to her sister so badly but the pain combined with the impending darkness was too much for her to over come.

"Got damn demons" was all she could say, before passing out.