Yes!!!!!!!!!! The slow start is finally over! I've been thinking a lot about this chapter, so I hope got it right! Phoebe's journey is going to soon take shape…
The Destined EncounterApart from being slightly run down, this seemed like any ordinary diner, people were huddling over tables in deep conversation, there seemed to be some loners crouching over the counter, staring at their coffee mugs, and of course, the clattering of plates and cutlery being moved around was coming from the concealed kitchen in the back.
Phoebe picked up a dog-eared menu from a nearby vacant table, and took a seat on a tattered red leather stool at the counter and scanned her surroundings, it seemed as if this place hadn't been done up since the seventies, there was a dusty jukebox in the corner, and the metal of the chair legs had rusted.
'What canna do ya for darlin?' a plump redheaded waitress asked her
Turning back around to face her, Phoebe skimmed the menu quickly, it suddenly struck her that she eaten since yesterday at breakfast, and combined with the energy her replayed premonition had taken from her, she threw her 'watch my weight' eating habits out the window as hunger took over.
'I'll have a double cheeseburger with lots of fries and a chocolate milkshake please,' she answered desperately.
'Comin right up,' the woman answered as she disappeared behind the swing doors of the kitchen. Taking this as on opportunity, Phoebe looked around, looking for anything that might indicate why she had been sent here, nothing looked out of the ordinary, except from the fact that the floor looked like it hadn't been mopped in years. Now that she thought of it, a lot of things didn't add up, like how no one else was eating and how her car was one of two parked at the front, how had the other people got here?
'Excuse me, are you Phoebe Haliwell?'
Phoebe jumped at the sound of another woman's voice and clutched her chest.
'Oh sorry! I didn't mean to startle you,' said the woman.
Phoebe looked at the woman, she seemed to be around the same height as her, had long brown hair that went slightly past her shoulders and was wearing quite smart looking glasses.
Phoebe, coming back to her senses said ' Oh! It's ok, I scare easily, and yes, I'm Phoebe Haliwell,' and put out her hand.
'I'm Cassandra Hewitt and let me tell you, it's an honour! I read your column everyday at home!' she said as she shook Phoebe's hand vigorously.
'Wow! It's always nice to meet a fan, even around here. Can I ask you what you're doing in a place like this?'
'I'm going to visit my grandmother, she had a bad hip so I'm going to help her,' Cassandra said.
'One double cheeseburger, lots of fries and a chocolate milkshake,' the waitress's voice interrupted as she put Phoebe's food on the counter.
'Thanks,' Phoebe answered as dug in to her food.
'I hope that this isn't asking for too much, put my grandmother has a subscription to your paper and loves your column so can I have your autograph?'
'Of course have you got anything I can write on?' Phoebe asked has she pulled a pen from her pocket.
Cassandra looked around and finally decided on a napkin and handed it to her.
After Phoebe finished her meal, she continued her conversation with Cassandra. She decided it was nice to talk to a person from civilization, as she the only other human contact she had had was ordering food or paying for gas, she decided not to count the man as human as anyone who could turn into a coyote was definitely not human.
Mind you, a person who can levitate and fry a persons mind shouldn't be classed as human either she thought to herself with a chuckle
The rotund waitress came up to her, as if she was looking for money.
'Oh sorry, how is this gonna cost me?' she said as she looked down into her purse.
'Oh, not much,' the waitress said sweetly 'Just your life,'
Phoebe looked up to see the waitress wearing an evil smirk, and as she looked around, the rest of the people in the diner were beginning to stand up and chuckle.
'Is this some sort of joke?' Cassandra asked.
The waitress began to laugh 'Oh my dear, I can assure you, this is no joke,' she said as an energy ball materialised in her hand. The other people began to follow suit, this wasn't Desert Delicacies, this was Demon Delicacies!
Suddenly, there was a bright flash, which left Phoebe a little dazed, along with the demons. Someone grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the exit, and after they got out, she realised the person was Cassandra. To Phoebe's surprise, a laser came from Cassandra's hand as she welded the metal of the doors together.
'That won't hold them for long!' Cassandra shouted over the shouts of demons.
'Who are you!? What are you!?' Phoebe asked desperately
'We don't have time! You're a witch, help me out!' she said as she shot at escaping demons with her powers.
Phoebe rushed over to car and opened the door; she began fumbling with the glove compartment.
'Come on! Come on!' Phoebe said as she struggled to open it.
Finally, the compartment opened, revealing five crystals, Phoebe began to run round the building, placing the crystals in the shape of a pentagram.
Meanwhile, most of the demons had now escaped and were advancing to Cassandra. One of them threw an energy ball, but just before it could leave the demons hand, the crystal cage activated and created a force field around the diner.
Phoebe rejoined with her mysterious partner and began asking questions.
'Alright, who the hell are you!?'
'Again, there's no time! They're gonna break through that in a couple of seconds!'
She was right, the demons were throwing energy ball after energy ball at the side of the cage and it was beginning to waver.
Phoebe finally gave in, as the walls of the cage begin to crumble, she grabbed Cassandra's hand, hoping that she was a witch so she could draw on her power, Phoebe began to chant.
'Within these crystals, darkness romes,
Destroy all evil within this dome!'
The demons began to writhe and squirm and the fires that were now consuming them, but not before the crystal cage was destroyed and as a last act of evil, one of the demons fired an energy ball that hit an unprepared Phoebe square in the chest.
All she could remember was the screams of the demons being vanquished, and Cassandra looking over her just before she blacked out.
'You guys are lucky to have made it out of there alive!' a mans voice said.
'Yeah, tell me about it, those demons really wanted her dead,' Phoebe recognised and voice as Cassandra's
'But why? She just seems like your run-of-the-mill witch,' another man's voice rang out.
'Oh trust me, she isn't the typical witch, if she could vanquish that many demons with just her own power and my power,' Cassandra said.
'Maybe you were the more powerful one, you can never tell,' the first man said
'She was lucky you were there to help her Lexa,' said the second man.
'She was lucky? I'm the one who's lucky! When we were sent to detain her, I had no idea how tough this mission was gonna be. I'm lucky to be alive Jesse!'
Detain me? Phoebe thought as she came to. She decided to not open her eyes just yet; she wanted to see what else they knew about her.
'Look, we'll talk about this later when she comes to, we'll tell her everything,' the man named Jesse said.
'Why don't we just stick with my cover story?' the woman that was now called Lexa instead of Cassandra said.
'Look around Cassandra,' the nameless man said mockingly 'Does this place really look like grandma's house? Besides, she can use her powers to find out the truth if she doesn't believe what we tell her, so we're better being straight with her,'
'Ugh, fine,' said Lexa, who seemed to have given up, judging by the sound of high heels walking away.
'Com me when she wakes up,' the man said to Jesse.
'Sure thing Brennan,' so the last person was called Brennan.
It seemed is if the conversation was over, so Phoebe waited a few minutes before deciding to open her eyes. She let out a small groan just to make her wake sound believable. The man who she supposed was Jesse walked over to her, from what she could see, he had short blonde hair. Was wearing jeans and a green vest that was wore underneath an open light blue shirt.
'Brennan, Lexa! She's awake! he called out to the others.
'Where am I?'…
Yay!!!! The crossover has finally happened! I hope that I have handled this chapter well as I spent a lot of time thinking about it.
Chapter 4 'And Then There Were Four' will be up shortly!!!!!
