A/N: This title is a play on the Christian Biblical couple, "Adam & Eve". Also, just as a little history lesson, one of my VERY old ancestors is named "Diadema". lol (I found this out as I was searching my family tree.) It's just such a weird name, I was like, "OMGoddess! It's perfect!" (You'll find out why I'm telling you this, later on.) ::shakes head:: But who names their poor kid, "Diadema"? wyatt333: Well, I'm working on that. No, The Ingress won't give her "extra powers" per say, but you'll have to read to find out what I mean by that. peanut2lb: "Feel guilty some more and update again soon!" Hmm, does peanut have a darker side that we don't know about? lol Thanks for commenting. I always love to hear that you can see the same thing happening on the show. :-D Now ya'll, this upcoming week is going to be really tough and I'm not sure how much I'll be updating. I have finals on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (plus I still have makeup work and I'll be studying my ass off). So please forgive me, if I slack off a little on the updates. I apologize in advance!
The Children Of Light
Chapter 14: Adam And Evilyn
A lavender crystal, hooked to a silver chain, went hurdling into the wall. "Damnit!" Phoebe raged, as she threw her arms into the air. "I can't find her anywhere!" She slammed her fists down onto the counter, in anger. "This isn't right! I can't have my daughter palling around with a psychotic demon!"
"She's not psychotic."
Phoebe spun around, facing her husband. "Oh, really? Kidnapping my daughter isn't psychotic to you?"
"You were overjoyed when you met Persia." Cole countered.
"That's different! She's my daughter and she's not a demon!" Phoebe hissed.
"Not really. Pam is, technically, her granddaughter. She's never seen her before and she just wanted to spend some time with her." Cole replied.
Phoebe's eyes narrowed, as she walked over to her demonic lover. She pressed her face close to his, to where she could feel Cole's hot breath on her lips. "Who's side are you on?"
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Persia laced her fingers together and turned them outwards, sending a massive electric blast at a slimy red creature, that had invaded the living room. The creature let out a high pitched screech and exploded into a mass of red goo, covering Persia from head to toe. She squinted her eyes, shaking a blob of goo from her long hair. "Gross." She whispered, as she wiped her arms and shirt and noticed a puddle of red goo fall in front of her.
Piper came running into the room. "Persia?"
"Just a messy vanquish, that's all." Persia assured her beloved aunt.
"Oh my.." Piper exclaimed, as she examined the gooey red walls. "Why don't you go clean up, why I clean this up?"
"Sure. Thanks." Persia said, as she left the room.
Piper carefully made her way through the room, hoping to not step in any of the undesirable mess.
"Piper?"
Piper turned around at the sound of Phoebe's voice. "Yes, sweetie?" She motioned for her sister to join her.
Phoebe made her way to her elder sister and leaned her head on Piper's shoulder.
Piper wrapped an arm around Phoebe. "We'll get her back, I promise."
"But what if something's all ready happened to her?" Phoebe reached out, plucking a picture of Pam from a goo covered desk. "Ahh!" She gasped, as an overwhelming power overtook her.
----Premonition----
Hand in hand, Evilyn and Pam shimmered into a tidy living room of a small house. A television was playing a re-run episode of 'Will & Grace', while an orange tabby laid lazily on a love seat, that was stationed a few feet away from a large sliding glass door. The sunlight was flowing through the windows, warming everything that it could reach. "Come out, come out, where ever you are.." Evilyn cooed, as she took two strides forward, with Pam in toe.
Suddenly a beautiful red haired woman made her way into the room, holding a tray full of turkey and tomato sandwiches accompanied by a cup of steaming tea. Her eyes began wide as she saw Pam and Evilyn. Her whole body shook and the tray came tumbling from her grasp, hitting the floor hard, and causing the glass of hot tea to break. "Oh God!"
"That's right, we finally found you!" Evilyn cackled.
The red head held out her arms, summoning a pink force field.
"That won't protect you!" Evilyn laughed. She flicked her wrist and the shield was barraged with a powerful blast of explosive energy. A loud crackle filled the air, as the shield gave in to Evilyn's magic, inadvertently sending the helpless witch to the ground. Evilyn formed a large neon yellow energy ball and hurled it at the witch.
The red haired witch scrambled out of the way, pulling herself to her feet as the energy hit where she'd just been standing, leaving a large scorch mark. She tried to run for the exit, only to have Pam shimmer in, blocking the way. "What do you want?!" She screamed.
"I think you know what we want." Evilyn replied, as she brandished an athame from her knee length, red leather boot. She flicked her wrist, causing the air around the witch to explode, sending her flying through the sliding glass door, and watching gleefully as the millions of glittering glass shards settled around the witch. "Come, Pamela." She motioned to her granddaughter, as she approached the horrified witch.
Pam walked over to Evilyn and the witch.
"Take this." Evilyn said, as she held the athame to her kin.
Pam wrapped her delicate hands around the heavily decorated weapon and slid it from her grandmother's hands.
"I think you know what to do with it." Evilyn said, as she took a step back.
Pam walked over to the witch, who now had tears streaming down her face.
"No, please!"
"Give in to what you've suppressed for so long." Evilyn cooed. "What you're parents have denied you for so long."
Pam bent down, leaning into the many shards of glass.
"Go on."
For a millisecond, Pam seemed to hesitate, then it was gone. She quickly and fiercely plunged the athame into the witch's heart and twisted it several times. The athame began to glow brightly, pulling the magic from the witch and letting it flow freeling into Pam, then the glow faded away. Pam yanked the athame back, letting the dead witch's blood flow freely from the fresh wound. Pam stood up and let the athame drop from her hands. She turned to her grandmother and raised her hands and forming a pink force field. A grin formed on her lips.
"Well done! You're first kill!" Evilyn praised. "You're a natural!"
The pink shield faded, as Pam ran to her grandmother and wrapped her arms around her, basking in her grandmother's praise.
"I'm so proud of you!" Evilyn said, as she stroked her granddaughter's dark hair and with that said, she shimmered them out.
A clock on the wall chimed, announcing that it was now 7:00 P.M.
----Premonition----
Phoebe stumbled to the ground, as her eyes shot open and she placed both hands over her heart. Her breathing was ragged.
"Phoebe!" Piper gasped, as she kneeled down next to her younger sister. "My God! What happened?!"
"I f-felt her die!" Phoebe cried, as she clutched her heart. "I really felt her die!"
"Who?" Piper asked, worriedly. "Pam?"
Phoebe shook her head, as the images replayed in her mind. "No."
"Thank God!" Piper breathed, as she moved a strand of hair from Phoebe's face.
"Pam killed her." Phoebe stated.
"What?"
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"And this was Great Great Great Great Grandfather, Diadema." Evilyn said, as she waved her hand at a massive painting. She and Pam were currently taking a tour of a huge hall, much like the ones you would see in a movie that took place inside a medieval castle or museum. The massive wall was lined with huge paintings of the members of Pam's family, on her grandmother's side; all powerful demons.
"What happened to him?" Pam asked, curiously. She mentally noted that the Diadema seemed to resemble her father, in many respects. "He looks like daddy."
Evilyn nodded. "Yes, he does." She studied the picture of her Great Great Grandfather Diadema and then redirected her attention to the young one. "The Catharine Family. Have you ever heard of them?"
Pam shook her head.
"No, I don't suppose you would. They were a family of fairly powerful witches. But Great Grandmother, Shelsa Estaphon, killed them all." She pointed to a large painting a few paintings down from Diadema's. "That's my Great Grandma Shelsa, your Great Great Great Grandmother. She was Diadema's daughter."
"And so this house has been in the family for hundreds of years?"
"It's not a 'house', it's a villa. The Villa." Evilyn corrected.
"Oh." Pam replied, taking in the information. "And The Ingress is a powerful portal of magic, like a sister magic to The Nexus?"
"Yes." Evilyn replied.
"Can it be harnessed by good or evil too?" Pam asked.
Evilyn nodded. "And right now it's in good hands." She smirked at her own joke. "The hands of powerful evil, that is. And you've tapped into it, my dear." Evilyn gently patted her granddaughter's shoulder. "But before you can fully embrace your demonic heritage, you need to do something."
"What's that?" Pam asked.
"Come with me." Evilyn said, as she motioned Pam to follow her down the hall.
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"You can't be serious! Pam would never kill a good witch!" Piper said, in disbelief.
"Piper, I saw it! I felt the witch's pain, as Pam thrust the athame into her heart!"
"And she is part demon." Prue pointed out.
"And she was born in the Manor, over the spiritual Nexus." Paige added warily.
"But how can we stop her, if we can't even locate her?" Persia questioned. "Nor do we know what time this happens."
"Shortly before seven o' clock." Phoebe said, remembering the end of her premonition. "In fact, a re-run of 'Will And Grace' was playing on her T.V."
Persia looked at her wrist watch. "We've got less than twenty minutes before seven."
Phoebe stared at the tiled floor for a few minutes, working out a plan, then her eyes traveled back to her eldest daughter and three sisters. "I think I might have an idea."
----10 Minutes Later----
"Pandora, sweetie? Are you in here?" Phoebe asked, as she walked into Pandora's room.
Pandora poked her head out from under her covers. "Hi Aunt Phoebe."
"Sweetie, I was wondering if you might be able to help me find Pam."
Pandora raised a brow. "What can I do?"
"Well, we need to save a witch from getting killed, and we need you to telepathically warn her." Phoebe explained.
"But I can't, if I don't know who I'm trying to contact." Pandora protested.
Phoebe walked over to the bed and took a seat, as Paige walked in. "That's why Aunt Paige drew a picture, so that you could find out what the person looks like."
Pandora frowned, as she pinched the bridge of her nose. "I dunno.."
"Please try, honey. For me." Phoebe pleaded, desperately.
"Okay." Pandora said, as she scooted over to her Aunt Phoebe and took the sketch in both hands and thoroughly examining it. Then she closed her eyes for several minutes, when she opened them, she shook her head sadly. "Sorry."
Phoebe gently placed her hand over Pandora's small hand, as she inwardly shook with terror. Suddenly both Pandora and Phoebe gasped.
----Premonition----
Hand in hand, Evilyn and Pam shimmered into a tidy living room of a small house. A television was playing a re-run episode of 'Will & Grace', while an orange tabby laid lazily on a love seat, that was stationed a few feet away from a large sliding glass door. The sunlight was flowing through the windows, warming everything that it could reach. "Come out, come out, where ever you are.." Evilyn cooed, as she took two strides forward, with Pam in toe.
Suddenly a beautiful red haired woman made her way into the room, holding a tray full of turkey and tomato sadnwhiches accompanied by a cup of steaming tea. Her eyes began wide as she saw Pam and Evilyn. Her whole body shook and the tray came tumbling from her grasp, hitting the floor hard, and causing the glass of hot tea to break. "Oh God!"
"That's right, we finally found you!" Evilyn cackled.
The red head held out her arms, summoning a pink force field.
"That won't protect you!" Evilyn laughed. She flicked her wrist and the shield was barraged with a powerful blast of explosive energy. A loud crackle filled the air, as the shield gave in to Evilyn's magic, inadvertantly sending the helpless witch to the ground. Evilyn formed a large neon yellow energy ball and hurled it at the witch.
The red haired witch scrambled out of the way, pulling herself to her feet as the energy hit where she'd just been standing, leaving a large scortch mark. She tried to run for the exit, only to have Pam shimmer in, blocking the way. "What do you want?!" She screamed.
"I think you know what we want." Evilyn replied, as she brandished an athame from her knee length, red leather boot. She flicked her wrist, causing the air around the witch to explode, sending her flying through the sliding glass door, and watching gleefully as the millions of glittering glass shards settled around the witch. "Come, Pamela." She motioned to her granddaughter, as she approached the horrified witch.
Pam walked over to Evilyn and the witch.
"Take this." Evilyn said, as she held the athame to her kin.
Pam wrapped her delicate hands around the heavily decorated weapon and slid it from her grandmother's hands.
"I think you know what to do with it." Evilyn said, as she took a step back.
Pam walked over to the witch, who now had tears streaming down her face.
"No, please!"
"Give in to what you've supressed for so long." Evilyn cooed. "What you're parents have denied you for so long."
Pam bent down, leaning into the many shards of glass.
"Go on."
For a millisecond, Pam seemed to hesitate, then it was gone. She quickly and fiercely plunged the athame into the witch's heart and twisted it several times. The athame began to glow brightly, pulling the magic from the witch and letting it flow freeling into Pam, then the glow faded away. Pam yanked the athame back, letting the dead witch's blood flow freely from the fresh wound. Pam stood up and let the athame drop from her hands. She turned to her grandmother and raised her hands and forming a pink force field. A grin formed on her lips.
"Well done! You're first kill!" Evilyn praised. "You're a natural!"
The pink shield faded, as Pam ran to her grandmother and wrapped her arms around her, basking in her grandmother's praise.
"I'm so proud of you!" Evilyn said, as she stroked her granddaughter's dark hair and with that said, she shimmered them out.
A clock on the wall chimed, announcing that it was now 7:00 P.M.
----Premonition----
Pandora was shaking, as she opened her eyes. "Wh-what was that?!"
"Oh my God!" Phoebe gasped, as Paige pulled the frightened child into her arms. "I think my power just advanced! I think I think I accidently shared my premonition with Pandora!"
"And scared her half to death!" Paige scolded, as she consoled the frightened tot. "Shh, shh....It's okay." Paige cooed.
"I saw Pam kill that lady!" Pandora cried.
"Pandora, that was the lady that you need to telepathically contact! You have to save her!" Phoebe said, urgently.
"B-but..."
"You have to, for all our sakes!" Phoebe pleaded.
Pandora closed her eyes, concentrating the terrified woman that she'd just seen from her Aunt Phoebe's premonition. Hello?
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A silver butter knife dropped to the ground, as the red haired witch from Phoebe's premonition felt a powerful magic enter her mind. Who are you?
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I'm Pandora. Who are you? Pandora thought back, as she began to lace her fingers together.
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What do you want? The witch replied, in thought.
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I'm supposed to warn you. You can't go out into your living room to watch T.V. Pandora telepathically replied.
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The witch walked over to her whistling tea kettle and took it off the stove. Why?
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Pandora twiddled her thumbs. 'Cause my Aunt Phoebe just had a premonition of you getting killed by my cousin Pam. I saw it too, 'cause she accidently gave it to me.
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I-I'm what? The witch thought, as her eyes became wide with confusion and terror.
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You should prolly get out of the house, too. 'Cause your force field won't work against Pam's grandma's magic. Pam's grandma is real bad. Pandora telepathically replied.
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Who's "Pam"? The witch questioned, through thought.
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My cousin. She's a Blessed One, like me. Pandora telepathically replied.
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A Blessed One? The witch thought, with a gasp. You're one of the daughters of a Charmed One?
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A huh. My momma's name is Prue. Prue Halliwell. Pandora thought.
"Are you talking to her?" Phoebe asked.
Pandora nodded.
"Tell her to get out of the house!" Phoebe said, urgently.
Aunt Phoebe says, "get out of the house!" She sounds real worried. Pam and her grandma will be there any minute. Pandora telepathically warned.
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Hand in hand, Evilyn and Pam shimmered into a tidy living room of a small house. A television was playing a re-run episode of 'Will & Grace', while an orange tabby laid lazily on a love seat, that was stationed a few feet away from a large sliding glass door. The sunlight was flowing through the windows, warming everything that it could reach. "Come out, come out, where ever you are.." Evilyn cooed, as she took two strides forward, with Pam in toe.
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But-but where do I go? How do I get out? The witch thought in reply.
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I don't know. But you're pretty pink force field won't work. So you gotta run! Pandora telepathically replied. "She wants to know what to do."
Thinking quickly, the banishing spell for The Woogyman popped into Phoebe's head. She quickly re-worded the spell. "Tell her to recite the following: 'I am right, I am one too strong to fight, so hide me now from evil sight.'"
Aunt Phoebe says to recite the following: "I am right, I am one too strong to fight, so hide me now from evil sight." Pandora telepathically messaged.
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"This way.." Evilyn said, as she motioned to Pam. She was heading for the kitchen, with Pam not far behind.
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"I am right, I am one too strong to fight, so hide me now from evil sight!" A blinding white flash surrounded the red head and when it was gone, the witch was no longer visible. What did it do to me?
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"She wants to know what it did to her." Pandora said.
"It should've turned her invisible." Phoebe replied. "Warn her not to make an noise what so ever."
Pandora continued to lace her fingers together. Aunt Phoebe says it should've turned to invisible and she says to not make any noise at all. None! Shh.
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Evilyn and Pam made their way into the kitchen, but saw nothing amiss, except for the butter knife that had fallen to the floor.
"Hello?" Evilyn called, casually.
The invisible witch covered her mouth, to keep from gasping. That's-that's Evilyn Turner! She's one of the most high level demons!
Evilyn sneered. "I suppose she isn't here." She turned to Pam. "What about you?"
Pam looked around the room, continuing to look back at the spot where the invisible witch was standing.
"What is it?" Evilyn asked, eagerly.
Pam shook her head. "I guess she's not."
"She's lucky, this time." Evilyn said. "But it's not over, we'll be back." She shimmered out.
Pam gave another look at the spot where the witch was, before following her grandmother, through shimmering.
Another blinding flash filled the room and the witch became visible again. They're gone, but they promised to be back.
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"She says they left, but they are gonna be back." Pandora informed her two aunts.
"We need to find her and protect her." Paige interjected. "Pandora, find out her name and where she lives."
"Okay." Pandora said, as she closed her eyes again and began to telepathically converse with the innocent once more.
----1 Hour Later----
Evilyn and Pam shimmered into the red haired witch's house once more, bent on revenge. She smiled wickedly, as she saw the red haired witch sleepingly helplessly on her bed. This time she'd chosen to invade the witch's room first. "Wake up, Ivanna." She taunted, as she formed an energy ball and hurled it at the witch. She watched with delight as the energy ball nearned the witch, Ivanna.
Suddenly the energy ball was enveloped in a swirl of whitelighter orbs and was redirected back at Evilyn. "What the..." She flicked her wrist, exploding the energy ball and when she turned her attention back to Ivanna, she was gone.
"Grandma, behind you!" Pam yelled.
Evilyn spun around, to see Ivanna standing behind her. "Who are you?!"
Ivanna shapeshifted into her real form, Paige. "You have someone that doesn't belong to you."
"A Charmed One." Evilyn hissed, as she pulled Pam into her arms. With one hand, she twitched her fingers.
Knowing the aftermath all too well, Paige orbed out, just barely missing an exploding blast that could have killed her. The blast hit the wall behind her, causing it to explode, revealing the bathroom that was connected to Ivanna's bedroom.
Evilyn felt her body being lifted from the floor and hurled towards the broken wall. "Pamela, shimmer!" She screamed, as she released her arms around the girl.
Pam shimmered out of harm's way, just before crashing into the bathroom sink at full force, like her grandmother.
A small stream of blood trickled from the side of Evilyn's mouth, as she turned her head to see Prue. She raised her hands, expecting to explode Prue. But when her power hit the witch, the witch vanished in a red flare. "An astral projection!" She stood up, only to feel herself dematerializing, and she looked down to see herself being swept away in orbs. Moments later she felt herself reform, again sailing through the air. But this time she was prepared. She shimmered out, before she could hit anything that would cause her harm.
Pam shimmered in, opposite Paige and Astral Prue. Her eyes blazing with fury.
"It's time to go home, Pam. Your parents are worried sick." Astral Prue said, sternly.
"No!" Pam cried out, angrily.
Evilyn shimmered in behind Pam, wrapping her arm around the girl. "She's not going anywhere."
Paige raised her hand, but Evilyn was faster, and Paige went orbing straight into the wall.
"Paige!" Astral Prue screamed.
"Follow me!" Paige yelled, as she orbed out.
Astral Prue vanished, in a red flare.
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Prue awoke, just as Paige orbed in. "What are we doing?"
"Piper! Phoebe!" Paige yelled, as she and Prue made their way up the stairs. They headed into the attic, to find their remaining sisters. "Where's Cole?"
"I don't know." Phoebe replied, numbly.
"We need to summon him." Paige replied, as she walked over to the Book of Shadows. "Balthezor Summoning Spell!" The Book of Shadows orbed out and then orbed back in, opening to the spell to summon Balthezor. "'Magic forces black and white, reaching out through space and light, be he far or be he near, bring us the demon Balthezor here!'"
A swirling wind began to pummel the attic and then in the center of the attic, Cole appeared. He looked as if he were fighting an unseen force. "What the hell is going on?!" He roared.
"Evilyn Summoning Spell!"Paige called, as she held open an awaiting hand. In orbs, a sheet of paper from Cole's pocket appeared.
"No!" Cole screamed, as he lunged for Paige and the paper.
"'Magic forces black as night, reaching out with a magic rite, be she far or be she near, bring us Evilyn Turner here!'"
Another powerful wind hit the attic, with nearly catastophic power, and then Evilyn appeared. Her eyes searching the room and finally landing on Paige. "You're worst than the other three." She snipped.
"We want out niece back."
"You can't have her, she's chosen me over you." Evilyn sighed.
A column of black flames erupted behind Evilyn, forming into a 6 foot tall man, with black eyes. "Evilyn." He spoke, in a dark and sinister way.
"No!" Cole yelled, horrified. "You stay away from her!" He charged up an energy ball and hurled it at the demon. But as it hit, it was just absorbed into the demon's chest. Then Cole was hurled backwards, into the wall, and knocked out.
Evilyn slowly turned around, her heart racing. "A-Adam."
"I've been waiting almost a century for someone to use that summoning spell." Adam said, as he grabbed Evilyn and pulled her towards him. "And now I'll finally be able to do that I had intended on doing back before your precious Balthezor foiled my plans!" He wrapped his hand tightly around Evilyn's neck, cutting off most of the blood, and he brought her face to his.
TO BE CONTINUED....
