Disclaimer: I don't own seaQuest or Charmed; someone else does.
A huge thank you to my beta readers: Molly and Heather. Also, a thank you goes out to my friend, Nikey. Thanks for all the help:)
I want to thank everyone who is reading it.
Nikey: You check this, but you won't check email :P Please continue to read it, so I that know that you're still living. Just teasing:P
Lynnp: Thanks for reading it:)
wolenczak2004: I'm hoping to keep this story regularly updated unless organic gets to be too much.
Liesi: I have another plot that I will work on after this story is finish. In that one, he will get magic abilities. I have tried to work it in this story, but it I'm not sure if it will work.
Barbas, the demon of fear, watched the city from the top of a building. He wanted to go down and destroy someone's life, but he didn't feel like it. Instead he continued to watch the people go by the building. It bothered him that he didn't feel like hurting someone. He contributed that to the Charmed Ones. Every time he went against them he lost. He was a powerful demon and yet he could not defeat the Charmed Ones. He could be consumed by killing them, but too many demons had tried that and had been destroyed. It was easier to wait and then kill them at the right moment. Killing them was harder than it sounded. Every time he had tried to use their fear against themselves it had backfired. So instead he was keeping an eye on them just in case an opportunity presented itself.
At that moment he felt someone's fear. It was out in the open which meant that the fear was increasing by the moment. Then Barbas felt another fear. It was coming from the Halliwell Manor. It was hidden like most fears, but Barbas could feel it.
"I believe an opportunity has presented itself." He said to himself and disappeared in a flame.
seaQuest
"Captain, we've just received an email from Lucas." Lt. O'Neill said Captain.
It was an hour later and Lucas still had not shown up. Capt. Bridger had gone back to SeaQuest and was now on the bridge. He was about ready to call the police.
"Send it to my ready room." Capt. Bridger ordered.
"Yes sir."
Once he got to his ready room, he opened the email and read it.
Dear Captain,
I have decided not to come back to SeaQuest. I'm with family now (not my parents), so don't worry.
Good luck with finding a new Chief Computer Analyst.
Lucas
Capt. Bridger was astonished. First, he never knew that Lucas had other family besides his parents. Not that Lucas ever talked about his family. And secondly, he never knew that Lucas wanted to leave. Lucas never mentioned anything about leaving permanently when he left for shore leave.
"Captain, Admiral Noyce wants to talk to you." Lt. O'Neill said over the PALS.
"Patch it through to here." Capt. Bridger ordered.
"Nathan why the hell is SeaQuest still dock? She needs to be heading to the Barrier colonies now." Admiral Bill Noyce yelled.
Nathan couldn't help, but wonder what had made Noyce so angry.
"We were waiting for Lucas who has now decided to leave SeaQuest." Capt. Bridger said sadly.
Noyce calmed down quickly. He knew that Lucas meant the world to Capt. Bridger.
"I'm sorry, the colonies are getting upset and I needed seaQuest to calm them down." Noyce told him. "When did Lucas leave? Any changes about him are supposed to go through me."
"During shore leave. He didn't tell anyone about it. He emailed me a few minutes ago and said that he was living with other members of his family."
"I thought Lawrence and Cynthia were his only living relatives."
"Apparently he has some hidden."
"Lets make a deal. I'll find out more about where Lucas is and you go to the colonies. I'll contact you when I find something out."
"Deal."
Noyce hunged up. Capt. Bridger stared at the screen a minute longer before he got up.
"Bill, I hope you can find him."
Meanwhile, Barbas was across the street from the Halliwell Manor. Nobody glanced at him as they went by. He ignored their fears. The fear he wanted was in the Halliwell manor. There was a boy in the there.
"Another innocent?" Barbas asked himself. "No, this boy must know them. He seems familiar."
Barbas thought for a moment.
"Prue's boyfriend's brother! He would be the perfect lure for the Charmed Ones. Plus his fear will kill him and the Charmed Ones if I do this right." Barbas thought to himself.
Just then Phoebe drove up. Barbas disappeared to the underworld to plot his attack against the Charmed ones. Phoebe looked around for a moment she felt a demon present, but it quickly went away. She wondered what demon they were going to have to deal with next.
"Hello, is anybody home?" Phoebe yelled as she opened the front door.
"Be quiet. Wyatt and Chris are taking a nap. If you wake them up you're playing with them until they go back to sleep." Piper said coming down the stairs with Lucas.
"Hi Phoebe!" Lucas said.
Phoebe looked Lucas over. She never really knew what to say around him. He was a good kid, but he reminded her of Prue.
"Hi Lucas. I'm just here to pick up a few things. Jason is coming back tonight." Phoebe stated heading upstairs.
"I guess she's still the same." Lucas said watching her leave.
"Sometimes, but for the most part she has gotten better. She now has a career and a steady boyfriend." Piper said. "Do you want something to eat?"
"Just something quick. I want to visit Andy's grave today. I need to tell him some things." Lucas said.
They both headed to the kitchen. Lucas knew that Piper probably had some goodies around, maybe even her homemade cookies. They were the best in the world.
The minute Lucas stepped out of the manor Barbas began to follow him. He was waiting for the perfect time to use Lucas's fear against himself. It was only a matter of time and it looked like Lucas was heading toward the cemetery. If he was then Barbas would attack.
Please review and more to come very soon.
By the way, to all those who read my other story (if you haven't then don't) I will be changing it in the near future (maybe this year). The comments were extremely helpful and I hope that I corrected the mistakes in this one.
