Chapter 18

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?" the voice of Wyatt Halliwell boomed throughout the dungeon. He couldn't believe the amount of incompetence that he was surrounded by. How stupid could his henchmen possibly be? How hard could it be to control two witches who didn't any powers for Christ sakes?

"Damien, Brock!" he yelled tossing one of the mattresses that was formally occupied by one of his aunts to the ground. He didn't understand how this could have happened. Well it didn't really matter to him. All he was concerned about was killing the idiots responsible for the group's escape.

"Yes my Lord" Damien spoke as Brock appeared beside him.

"Think fast. How many witches do you see in this room?" asked a now calm Wyatt.

"None my Lord" answered Brock with apprehensively.

"Good. Damien, how many should there be?"

"None" the demon answered before bursting into flames.

"As you can see, that was the wrong ANSWER!" he yelled before grabbing the demon by the neck and slamming him hard up against the cell bars. "Now tell me what the fuck just happened and you better tell me the truth?" the man said returning once again to his eerily calm demeanor.

Beads of sweat formed on the demon's brow as he began to inform his Lord of the events that had taken place just a few minutes ago.

"Well my Lord" the demon began as his words were met with an ice cold stare.

"Well what are you waiting for you nitwit? Go on" the impatient totalitarian spoke.

"The witches were released" said the trembling demon in a soft voice.

"I KNOW THAT YOU IDIOT! HOW?"

"Well your wife…"

"WHAT!"

"My Lord she said that you were the one who wanted them released and sent to the torturing chamber"

"DAMN HER!" the man screamed.

"How about the Elder and the other witch?" he said trying to regain his composure.

"Well she took them as well my Lord"

"How could you let her do this?"

"She said it was your orders and then she threatened us and told us that you would be angry if we didn't obey our Queen"

How could she do this, he thought? How could she betray him and make a mockery out of him in front of his minions? How could she turn her back on all that he had done for, had given to her? Damn that backstabbing bitch! He may love her but now she had crossed the line and stepped out of her place and once he got his hands on her she would pay one hell of a price for her insolences.

Suddenly the man's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of someone flaming in.

"My Lord I regret to inform you that the Queen has escaped with the rest of your family and she killed Xavier"

At that moment the man's anger and annoyance at his wife's actions turn to hatred and rage.

"That bitch!" the man cursed. He would have to deal with his wife later his first order of business was to get his family back. "Ok I'm going to pay a little visit to my brother and see what he knows about this"

"I'm sorry my Lord but your brother has also left with the group"

Now Wyatt was livid. Not only had his wife betrayed him but now his brother has joined the woman in her acts of treachery. The man could feel his blood boiling with rage as his brother's early actions began to make sense. He had been set up. His bride and his brother had concocted this elaborate scheme and had used his emotions against him in order to free his family and escape without him being none the wiser.

Oh how he was going to make them pay with their miserable lives once he got his hands on them. No one makes a fool out of Wyatt Halliwell and lives to tell about it. Turning back to his two very frightened demons Wyatt gave the following instructions.

"I want the two of you to gather an army of ten of our most powerful upper level demons quickly and meet me back here" Wyatt commanded as the group set out to do as they were told. "Poor Autumn, my sweet, sweet girl I'm afraid that you've forced me my hand in all this. Now I'm going to teach you and my dear brother a lesson that you will never forget" the man smirked as his evil laughter echoed loudly throughout the empty cell.

Autumn felt a chill run down her spine as she watched the group prepared to return to their rightful place and time. Piper and Leo were working on some sort of spell while Paige and Phoebe were working on the potion. On the other side of the attic Chris stood drawing the power of three symbol on the wall.

"So far, so good" she spoke quietly.

Everyone was working as quickly as they could and she didn't want to worry them but she could feel it. She knew her husband all too well and was certain that he was on to them by now and if he caught them, there was no telling what he was going to do them but she knew that whatever it was couldn't be good.

"Autumn did you hear me?" Piper now stood next to her waving a piece of paper in front of her face.

"Oh, no I didn't sorry" the girl said while still remaining in her trance like state.

"Honey, are you ok?" the woman asked with a voice full of concern.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Umm, what were you saying before?" the girl said trying to change the subject.

"The spell is done and Phoebe and Paige are almost done with the potion"

"Good" the woman said knowing time was of the essences.

Piper knew what the girl was thinking but she didn't want to bring up that certain topic seeing as how badly it ended before. But then again she couldn't in good conscious leave her daughter in law behind to face her son all on her own. Wyatt was evil, cruel and lot of other things that she didn't want to think about but the fact still remained that she had to find a way to bring the girl back to the future with her even if she had to take her by surprise. But how would she do it? The older witch had to think of a way to make sure the girl would be in close proximity to them when they were ready to head back. Suddenly the sound of her youngest sister's voice filled the air.

"It's done. Now let's get the heck out of here before the black sheep of the family arrives"

"PAIGE!" Phoebe yelled at her sister's poor choice of words.

"No, she's right Phoebe we have to get out of here before Wyatt finds us" said an anxious Chris who could feel his brother getting closer.

"Ok everyone into position to move, fast" the boy spoke while signaling for his family to come closer.

Once the group was standing in front of the symbol Autumn moved closer to them to get a better look at the family that she would never see again. A family that included two wonderful aunts, a loving brother in law/best friend and the best in laws a girl could ask for. Piper returned her gaze and gave the girl a comforting smile something that she had missed ever since the day her second mother had died.

"Piper" called Paige getting her sister's attention. "The spell"

"Right. Ok, here goes"

"Those who have traveled from a place far back in time

Wish to return to their rightful place and time

To end their trip to the past, returning home at last" the woman said as her sister threw the potion at the wall and it began to glow.

The group was about to enter when several demons appeared in front of the blocking their path before a very familiar voice rang out

"Did you really think that I would let you go without a fight"

Every member of the Halliwell family turned around to come face to face with a livid Wyatt Halliwell.

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