Tangled Webs
Daemon Turner tried to trap his half-sister Charlotte. He never expected the trap to turn around and catch him instead.
Disclaimer: I do not own the TV show Charmed or anything associated with it. The characters are the property of Constance M. Burge and the WB. The characters of Charlotte, Ava and Daemon are my creations though.
"Well played little sister." I thought as the flames consumed me. "Very well played indeed. We will have to see how well you can cope with my final test.
"What's mine is yours
"What's thine is thine.
"Let my powers cross the line.
"I offer up my gifts to share.
"Bestow my magic through the air."
I couldn't help laughing as my sister was hit with the spell.
And then I was no more.... as I died I smiled as I thought of the tangled web that my little sister had spun around me.
I was looking at a picture of the girl when my bounty hunter came back.
"Another assassin is dead Sir." he told me. "He didn't even have time to get close enough to her before her bodyguards killed him."
"She's surrounded by very powerful bodyguards." I said.
"The girl is powerful herself." Kraven observed.
"But no one's ever seen her use her powers." I told him.
I looked at the picture of the girl and her bodyguards. There were two demons in the photo with her, as well as a human and another witch.
"After so many years of searching..."Kraven said. "We finally find the girl and no one seems to be able to get close enough to her to bring her to you."
"I know." I mused. "Perhaps it is time to try a new approach...I have waited a very long time for this family reunion. I do not intend to miss it."
"What is your plan?"
"Instead of sending one demon at a time...send several. Separate her from her bodyguards." I ordered him. "Let's see if she actually has any powers of her own."
"And if she doesn't?"
"If the girl has no powers then I have no use for her." I said. "Kill her."
"She is your sister sir."
"Half-sister." I warned Kraven. "And only if I need her alive.
"Go. Give the others their new orders."
"Yes sir." Kraven shimmered out.
I looked at the photo again. The other witch caught my eye. She was supposedly an almost equally as powerful witch as my supposed half sister. As she had demonstrated my vanquishing the last three demons that I had sent to the girl's Hong-Kong house.
"Ava Jessup." I whispered. "You may not look like your father but you are everything that I would expect an assassin's daughter to be."
The two girls were fighting a demon. The darker haired girl tried to blow him up.
"You are as powerless as they say that you are." the demon sneered. "Can't even do a decent vanquish spell."
"Ava!" the brown haired girl called to her companion. "Do you know what he is?"
"He's a phoenix Lottie," the red haired girl said. "Witch's powers and magic won't work on him."
"Then maybe this will." Charlotte formed a fireball and threw it at the phoenix.
The phoenix threw the ball to one side and laughed. "Pathetic."
Charlotte started throwing energy balls at the demon; who was barely affected by them.
"When are you going to get the idea...bitch?" the Phoenix sneered. "You can't defeat me."
Suddenly the red haired girl tk'd a sword into the demon's chest, impaling him as he vanished in a burst of flame.
"Nice work." Charlotte said, helping Ava climb to her feet."
"Right back at ya." Ava answered.
"Indeed." I couldn't help agreeing with them. "Very nice work indeed."
The two girls whirled around and assumed a fighting stance out of reflex.
"You two make quite a team." I shimmered into the clearing from the woods where I had been watching them. "It would be a shame to break it up."
"Who are you?" Charlotte said.
"How rude of me." I gave them a slight bow. "Wherever are my manners? My name is Daemon Turner."
The two girls exchanged a look. "Turner?"
Smiling I shimmered behind Ava and grabbed her, easily throwing her sword across the room.
"Calm down Charlotte." I said, pulling Ava tight against me and slipping my hand to her neck. "You wouldn't want anything to happen to your friend here. It would be a shame to break up such a dream team."
"Cute." Charlotte said, shifting out of her fighter's stance but still keeping her sword pointed at me. "What do you want?"
"I want to ask you some questions." I told her, still holding Ava tightly. "No need for anyone to get hurt."
"Let her go then." Charlotte said.
"Not until you lower your sword."
Charlotte shrugged and lowered her sword. I let go of Ava who turned around and glared at him.
"You wanted to ask me some questions..." Charlotte prompted.
"Aren't you going to invite me to someplace more comfortable?"
"Sorry." Charlotte smirked. "Never on the first fight."
"We aren't going to fight." I told her. "At least not right away. Later perhaps."
So saying I shimmered the two of us away from the battlefield.
"Lottie!" I could hear Ava yelling. "Lottie!"
End of Prologue
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