Chapter 3

A very pissed off Wyatt sat in his darkened thrown room along side his brother as the pair waited for their followers, both good and evil to arrive. The older man may have made a promise to his younger brother not to be "evil" any more, but he never said that he was good either. Especially it came to threats pertaining to his family, whatever good there was in him disappeared immediately. He smiled to himself as he thought about all the different ways that he would torture and kill those involved in this plot to hurt his children. Then there was another part of him that was in pain. He had all this power and for such a long time no one even dared to come near him or his loved ones but now someone out there thought that it was possible to kill them, which obviously meant that they must have a damn good plan. No matter, the man thought to himself. There is no opponent out there that can defeat me, let alone the rest of his family which includes my very powerful younger brother.

Christopher Halliwell was a force to be reckoned with. On the rare occasions that he did showcase his powers they were magnificent and many. He seemed to be the only person alive with powers that mirrored his older brothers. The witch as also known to be the calmer of the two whereas Wyatt was quick tempered. But they do have one thing in common which was that they both loved their children fiercely as their mother did them. Nothing in the world was more important to him then his girls and if anyone laid one finger on them, they would surely die a quick and painful death. His thoughts were interrupted by the voice of Travis, one of his and Wyatt's upper level demons "My Lords, the last of the followers has arrived" "You're late!" Chris said sounding quite annoyed at their delayed arrival. The three demons tried to plead their case, but Wyatt easily put a stop to their whining and simply held up a hand to silence them. "I'm in no mood to hear your excuses, take your places in line so we can began the meeting"

The men addressed the crowd careful not to show any signs of fear or weakness just in case one or all of the assailants may be in that very room. Looking over the many faces that surrounded them they searched each one for any signs of malice or treachery before continuing. "I'm going to make this short and sweet. Someone is after my family and your job will be to seek them out and destroy them. As you all know today is my sons birthday so, some of you will be standing guard inside others will be posted outside. If anything happens to them and you fail me, YOU WILL DIE!!!" the man screamed as he made his way down the row of demons and witches. "Oh and by the way if I find out that any of you had anything to do with this ultimate betrayal, I just want you to know that you will be tortured to the point of your demise" As he made his way through the crowd he felt something strange coming from him one of the witches. Not liking what he sensed the man formed an athame and plunged the weapon into her stomach before the woman had a chance to react. This action earned him a smile from his younger brother who had sensed that the deceased witch secretly opposed them. "Let that be a lesson to all of you who even think about opposing me or betraying my family" with that the two men assigned each demon and witch a task. Some were sent to the mansion while others where sent out to collect information on the ones who threaten their family's well being. Once everyone knew what their roll was going to be, Wyatt, Chris and their followers headed back to the party.

Back at the new manor, laughter and the excited screams of children echoed through the heavily decorated ball room. Autumn watched gleefully as her sons, nieces and their friends played games of and go seek and freeze tag. She was so happy to see that her little boy was enjoying his day. As she looked at each one of her children's and nieces faces the woman couldn't help but think about the danger threatening to take any one of them away at any moment. The thought of anything bad happening to them tore her up inside, but she also knew that she would kill anyone who dared to try with Wyatt right by her side. The images that ran through her head made her move closer to the child so that she would be sure to head off anyone who appeared to be a danger to them. Sensing her unease Amber moved closer to her friend. She was sure that the woman's mind was in the same place hers was. Walking up behind her and resting her hand on the Autumns shoulder she spoke in a low voice "don't worry so much sweetie. I'm sure Wyatt and Chris will take care of everything. You know how much Wy loves you and the boys. He's not going to let anything happen to any of you" Turning to her friend the woman smiled "I know honey, and I know Chris will do the same for you, but I can't help but worry. I mean someone out there is trying to harm us and we don't know who or why. The whole thing is just really unnerving" Her son's voice broke the conversation that the two friends were having.

"Daddy!" the boy said as he ran and jumped into his father's arms. "Dad!" his cousins now screamed as they made their way towards Chris. "Hey how's my boy doing on his special day?" Wyatt said as he gave his son a kiss on the cheek. "Everything is so awesome Daddy. Did you see what Mom did?" the boy asked as he now stood on his own two feet pointing to the various decorations. "Wow" the man said as he walked over to his wife and wrapped his arms around her waste "Great job Mom" he finished before kissing her. "EWWW" the boy spoke out loud before rejoining his friends almost knocking over his uncle along the way. "So" Amber began as she took her husbands hand in hers. "How did everything work out" "We have it all under control, so don't worry your pretty little head about a thing" he said as he planted a kiss on the top of the woman's head. "Are you sure? Or are you trying to protect us from the truth?" "NO, he's telling the truth" Wyatt spoke. "Everything is going to be fine, so stop being worry warts and enjoy the party. Nothing bad is going to happen not now, not ever." The man finished as the group sat back and watched their children play in delight as if they didn't have a care in the world.

In a dark cave somewhere on the west coast a demon anxiously awaited the arrival of his spy. "Damn it, where are you Natasha?" he screamed into the evening air. "She's dead" another spoke out of thin air as he materialized. "What? How?" "Isn't obvious? Lord Wyatt killed her" "Well I guess that we're going to have to be a little bit more careful." "No, what we need to do is leave them the hell ALONE! You weren't there to see it; he killed her without so much as even blinking an eye. I mean he even warned us that if we are found out we would be tortured till the point of our demise. There is no way that we can win, we need to quit while we're ahead" "SLIENCE, we will continue as planned. Those children are the key to us ruling the underworld again and I will not stop until I get what I want" "No, you won't stop till the Halliwell's kills us all! You know what, that's it. I want out" This infuriated the demon. One of his own showing weaknesses was unacceptable. "You want out" he said wearing a sinister grin. "That's fine by me" he finished as he threw a fireball incinerating the other man instantly. "I will get to those kids one way or another and there is no one that can stop me."