"Frozen In Time"
Disclaimer: See chapter One
Chapter Thirty-One: Unnatural Exposure Part Two
Date: August 10, 2023
The witches orbed in ten minutes before the event was plastered all over the television. Greg had told Emma to take Halli and visit her mother in Oakland, that way she and the baby would be protected. She reluctantly agreed.
The Wyatt's phone was ringing off the hook. No one answered the phone, because caller ID showed that it was KCSF the local news station and various others. Cole was in the Underworld, seeing what he can find out. Especially to see if there was any way this could be reversed.
Mike was dealing with the chaos in the heavens.
"I can't believe this!" Sander flipped out as he watched the news, and tried to make a pot of coffee.
"We had to do it, for the innocents." Pru said, who was sitting down, for demon fighting took a lot away from her.
"What are we going to do? They are like going to send people after us, we'll end up like Adrianna, burned to a crisp." Sander said, as he jammed the filter in the pot.
"Let us not think negative. Mike and Cole should be back soon with options for us. Let's just hope they don't figure out where we live. How did they get our number anyways?" Greg spoke as he looked at the caller ID to see who was calling just now.
"I have no idea." Pru said.
"The restaurant has it on record, when I paid the bill they ask for phone numbers." Sander said, instantly regretting the decision, but he had no idea this would be happening.
"Mike!" Greg screamed three times, impatient.
He orbed in twenty seconds later, still in the clothes he had awoken in. He must have been still sleeping when the Elders called him.
"They are really concerned."
"Yeah, well so are we! What do we do!" Pru said frantically.
"They don't know. They suggested we try Temp–" he started but was cut off.
"That won't work. The new Source killed Tempest for reviving Sander few months back." Cole said.
"New Source?" Sander muttered.
"Killed Tempest?" Greg said.
"When did you get here?" Pru asked with a laugh.
"A minute ago. Tempest is not an option. We need to work this on our own. The Source wants nothing to do with this, even though a demon exposed magic, she thinks of herself as safe because she is in the Underworld."
"She?" the three witches said in unison.
"Yes. Helena, the demoness of death. She accepted to the thrown of evil when you vanquished the old Source. Very skilled demoness, I've known her for about a century."
"Thanks, Cole. We don't need to know how you know her."
"Yeah, how do you know her? You speak of her as if you slept with her." Pru said in her wifely way.
"Well, it was a long time ago."
"How long!" Pru said angrily.
"1912, a hundred years before you were even born!"
Pru ignored him, she was mad. Sander and Greg just simply rolled their eyes.
They were interrupted by a news report bulletin.
"My name is Elizabeth Hunter. My daughter, Carla, disappeared four years ago. Witchcraft is involved! She was friends with Sander Wyatt!! He's a witch, as you've seen on the television."
"Are you accusing him of kidnaping your daughter?" the reporter asked.
"Yes, and not only that but killing her!"
"Thank you for that, Mrs. Hunter. Stay tuned for a live broadcast from outside the witches home."
Sander's stomach plummeted. He knew that in time it would come back to him, and it just has.
"Oh my god!" Greg shouted from the living room, where he went to make sure the doors were locked.
"What!" Sander screamed as he ran towards the living room.
"There are a lot of reporters outside our house, and cops too."
"This sucks major monkey balls." Pru said, as she slowly sat down in a puffy chair.
There was a jingling sound, a cell phone. Sander's cell phone. Sander pulled the small phone out of his pocket and read the caller ID, "Dan B"
Sander: Hello?
Dan: Sander, I just heard about the news!
Sander: I know, we are so screwed.
Dan: Some CSIs are over at the café investigating. I'm on my way to your house now.
Sander: Are you sure that is wise?
Dan: Yes. You need someone with police knowledge. Plus, the captain wants to bring you and your family in for questioning, and that won't be good.
Sander: All we did was do out jobs.
Dan: I know, you did nothing wrong.
Sander: Well, not according to the news.
Dan: (screams and sirens can be heard) I'm outside, let me in!
Sander: Got it.
end call
Sander walked over the door, and opened it to see a swarm of reporters coming towards him, "Mr. Wyatt, can we get a statement?" an attractive man yelled.
"Yeah, get the hell off my property!" he yelled, as Dan sneaked in through the door, and Sander used his power to slam it shut, and lock it.
"Dan!" Greg and Pru said, as they saw the former boyfriend of their younger brother walk in their living room.
"Hi. Okay, this is what needs to be done. Close all the blinds, lock windows and doors, and turn on the AC, it is really hot out there today." Dan dictated orders. Greg and Sander went around to each room to make sure everything was locked. Pru turned the AC on.
Once everything was done, there was a news bulletin from the mayor of San Francisco.
"I urge all citizens to be careful. This city is in a state of emergency. These witches will be apprehended and punished for the murder of an unidentified man."
"This is getting out of hand." Greg said pissed off.
"Can we try a spell?" Pru suggested.
"We can't reverse time, only accelerate it, and that won't help." Sander said, as he recalled a spell about accelerating time.
"The DA is seeking an arrest warrant for you guys, and that means they will be able to barge in here." Dan said, as he hug up the house phone he was using.
"We have powers, we'll protect ourselves no matter what the cost." Pru said.
"What are you going to do? Premonition them to stop?" Dan said remembering her passive power.
"No I'll kick their asses, but wait I can't because someone broke the condom!"
Cole looked at her. He knew she was joking.
"Where did Mike go?" Sander asked.
"He went back up to the heavens a while ago to talk with the Elders." Pru said.
"I'm going back to talk with the Source to see if she'll change her mind." Cole said as Pru opened her mouth to object, he shimmered out.
The witches and mortal sat down, for the first time in all day, when a warlock blinked in.
The warlock motioned his hand forward and sent Dan flying into the fireplace mantle, instantly knocking him out cold.
Sander used his telekinesis, and the warlock flew into the wall breaking the plaster.
Greg stepped forward and tried to blow him up before he was sent through the air by another warlock which appeared. Greg's body flew through the air, over the couch and hit the grandfather clock, shattering it. Blood oozed from his arms and forehead.
The first warlock threw an athame at Pru, who went to orb out, but instead the athame was enveloped in a swirl of orbs, and appeared in her hand. "What the hell?"
"Throw it!" Sander screamed, as he sent a vase flying at the other warlock. The athame she threw sailed through the air, which the warlock deflected it and sent it flying towards Pru's stomach, who looked at it scared. The athame finally stopped...
Cliffhanger time! Enjoy? Review please!! Only a few chapters left in Frozen In Time!! Sequel or no?