A/N: i know i haven't updated in a long while, but give me a break, okay?
Not Another Demon Boyfriend! : Chapter 3: The Trance
Piper POV
"Okay, everybody, are we ready to kick some demon ass?" Piper asked as they all gathered in the conservatory.
"Yep," Phoebe got out the two pieces of paper with the spells on them.
"Let's get this over with, so we go back to a 'normal' life," Paige sighed.
"Spell?" Piper asked expectantly.
"Check," Phoebe answered as she walked toward her two sisters. As soon as they were ready, they all said the spell.
"Demon, I call to thee, come to me, blessed be, come, by the power of three," they chanted in unison.
Suddenly, the demon flamed in, "What the....?"
"Vanquishing spell," Piper shouted.
"Hear these words, hear our rhyme, as we vanquish you from space and time," they chanted again.
Suddenly threw back his hood, revealing his face.
"Throw the potion!" Leo yelled as he dodged a fireball.
"No way...." Phoebe shook her head slowly.
"Oh, wow...." Paige's mouth hung agape.
"Leo, I'm leaving you now," Piper told him, her eyes never leaving the demon. "I'm going to elope with this demon, and there's no way in hell you're going to stop me," as she began to fight her way through her sisters, while Chris and Leo try to hold them back.
"Let me go, goddamn it!" Piper tried to break free.
"Piper! Mom! I don't want to be part demon! I like orbing I really do!" Chris pulled at her frantically.
Piper just tried to freeze him, however he ducked, and she froze Leo instead, "Damn! I was aiming for the annoying one!"
"Well, let me try," Paige orbed chains around Chris's body, leaving him immobile on the floor.
"Listen, you don't want to do this!" Chris protested.
"Paige! You forgot to gag him!" Phoebe whined.
"I always forget that," Paige mused, as she orbed a gag into Chris's jabbering mouth. "Much better," she dusted her hands as she sighed, satisfied with her work.
"Well, it's been fun, ladies, but I have got things to do, people to kill. Ta ta for now!" the demon flamed out.
"Whoa, what happened? I feel dizzy," Piper blinked as she swayed unsteadily on her feet.
"I don't know, but my head is pounding," Phoebe held her head painfully.
"My hands won't stop shaking," Paige shrieked.
"Ow! Ow, ow, ow! No screaming!" Phoebe complained.
"Where the hell are Leo and Chris?" Piper complained as she stumbled for a wall to lean on. Suddenly a pounding came from behind the wicker lounge chair.
"What is that?" Phoebe asked. "'Cause it's not helping."
They cautiously approached the source of the noise.
"Chris? What the hell are you doing down there?" Piper asked incredulously. "Who did this to you? 'Cause I have a sudden urge to kick some ass."
"Looks like you guys started the party without us," Paige remarked.
After they removed the gag, Chris gasped, "You did!"
"Oh... well.....never mind then," Piper said slowly, embarrassed. "Wait a minute... we weren't scheduled to bind and gag you till Friday, to kick off the weekend."
"Yeah, and I was really looking forward to that," Paige looked disappointed.
"Man! Now this'll just cheapen the experience!" Phoebe moaned.
"Guys!" Chris rolled his eyes.
"Okay! Who went ahead of schedule?" Piper inquired teasingly.
"Actually, if you want to be specific, it was Paige," Chris told her.
"What?" Paige shot him a look of pure confusion.
"Yeah, and I would tell you more but I'm losing the feeling in my limbs, so if you don't mind? Hint, hint," Chris sent a not-so-subtle message.
"Okay, okay, quit your moaning and groaning," Piper bent down to help him up after Paige had orbed the chains to the floor. "Happy now?"
"No, actually..." Chris started.
"Where's Leo?" Piper interrupted.
"Under the chaise lounge," Chris answered simply.
"Where?" Piper shot him a quizzical look.
"Under the chaise lounge," Chris repeated.
"How the hell did he get down there?" Piper demanded.
"Well, you froze him and he landed on the floor, and with all the commotion he kinda got kicked under there," Chris explained.
"Well, it figures. We were going to do that Saturday night," Paige shrugged.
"Damn it," Phoebe joked, as Piper unfroze their former whitelighter.
"What happened? Where's the demon? Did you vanquish it?" Leo rambled.
"Well...not exactly," Piper replied slowly.
"'Not exactly'? What's that supposed to mean?" Leo asked, as he shot Piper a questioning look.
"She means there are some good news and some bad news," Paige told him.
"Well, what's the good news?" Leo asked quickly.
"The good news is that the demon escaped," Paige smiled uncomfortably.
"Then what's the bad news?" Leo asked expectantly.
"Oh, wait that was the bad news," Paige replied, screwing up her face in confusion.
"Then what's the good news?" Leo exploded.
"The good news is that everyone is alive and accounted for," Phoebe smiled nervously, coming to her sister's aid.
"Oh, great! Now what are we going to do?" Leo shouted angrily, deeply disgusted with what had happened.
"I don't know, but whatever we're doing it'd better be soon. I don't know about the rest of you, but I for one rather not relive today's little episode," Chris remarked pointedly.
"Well, if you hadn't bypassed the little warning label in the book we wouldn't have had this happen," Paige pointed out.
"Oh, so, now everything's my fault, is it?" Chris shouted furiously.
"As a matter of fact...." Paige rounded on Chris.
"People! People! Back to your corners! Right now I think it would be wise to get the book and try to find some sort of shield from this trance thing our new evil friend can do, otherwise we could be in a whole lot of trouble," Piper shouted over their bickering.
"Piper's right. It's time to check the book," Leo said wisely.
"Paige, do you think you could....?" Piper sent her sister silent signals.
"Of course," Paige replied as she orbed the book into her arms. "There we go."
"How about a spell?" Phoebe suggested.
"That might work, that might actually work," Chris chimed in.
"Oh, oh, I got one," Paige exclaimed. "'Save us from his charming trance, with the use of these fire ants!'"
"What? Are you actually serious?" Chris gave her a doubting look.
Paige started to pout, "Well, sorry...."
"Okay, how about 'we are taking a chance, so save us from his terrible trance'?" Piper suggested.
"That might work, that might actually work..... to get us all killed!" Chris yelled.
"Hey!" Piper exclaimed. "I'd like to see you do better!"
"Hey, hey, I'm the whitelighter, you're the witch, and what I say goes," Chris yelled angrily back at her.
"Why, I oughta..." Piper began to walk toward him menacingly as Leo struggled to hold her back while Chris danced mockingly beyond her reach. "Alright, alright, I'm calm, I'm calm." She held her hands up as if she were backing off and turned to walk away. Everyone relaxed until she made an about face and attempted to get at her mocking adversary.
"Okay, people, break it up, break it up," Phoebe stepped in between the two arguing brunettes, blocking them from each other.
"Listen to Phoebe, Piper. Relax.... Breathe....," Leo tried to console her.
"I will, if he will," Piper glared at Chris furiously.
"Okay, are we all calm now? 'Cause even though I'm not all empathy here, I can still sense a whole lot of anger, stress, tension, and accusation," Phoebe asked, looking at each of them individually.
"I'm good," Paige raised her hand.
"Me too," Piper crossed her arms and rolled her eyes, clearly reluctant.
"Always have been," Leo volunteered.
"And what about you?" Phoebe rounded on Chris.
"What about me?" Chris asked, in mock indignation.
"Are you calm?" Phoebe repeated.
"What? Are you writing a book?" Chris asked sarcastically.
Phoebe glared at him furiously.
"Fine, if you really want to know... yes! Yes, I'm calm!" Chris burst out, clearly pissed off.
"Good, now that we have stopped biting each other's heads off, I have a spell thought," Phoebe took charge, completely ignoring Chris. "'Protect us from his evil stare, let us avoid his charming glare, let us not fall under his spells, protect us Halliwells'."
"Okay, we got our spell," Paige put her hands on her hips, "without any whitelighter input, I might add."
"Hey!" Chris jerked his head up, suddenly alert. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means, dumbass, that your whitelight ass wasn't needed," Piper said snidely. "So go away till we actually need you."
Chris growled furiously as he orbed out.
"Well, now that the thorn has left our side, I say we get some candles together in a triquadra form around us so we can perform the spell," Paige quipped as she orbed the Book of Shadows back to the attic in its rightful place on the pedestal. She then orbed some candles into the living room.
"Ten-four on that one," Piper joked.
"Let's kick some pretty boy demon ass," Phoebe gave her sisters a wry smile.
They all looked at her questioningly.
"No, I'm not talking about Cole, you dunderheads! I'm talking about the new pretty boy demon!" Phoebe glared at her sisters. "We vanquished my ex-husband already, several times I might add, and this time I made sure he was dead!"
A look of understanding crossed all their faces.
"Anyway let's get cracking," Phoebe straightened her shoulders as she strode into the living room for the spell.
The sisters sat around a single candle in a triquadra formation with candles around them in a circle. They began to chant the spell, "Protect us from his evil stare, let us avoid his charming glare, let us not fall under his spells, protect us Halliwells."
Suddenly something blue glowed in front of each of their faces and covered them completely, like a force field.
"Well, I guess it worked," Piper looked at her blue shield uncertainly. She tentatively poked it with her finger.
A/N: check back soon i promise i'll try to get this in between all my homework not to mention the social wars!
