Chapter 2: Day One

"The storm is getting worse," Phoebe said, looking out a window. They had orbed to their dad's house. Piper and Paige both had been severely hurt.

"It's probably Rindo's doing," Piper said. Leo was cleaning the blood off her face. "We need to stop him before he destroys the city with it."

"How's Paige?" Phoebe asked her dad, who was working on her.

"Well, I'm no doctor," he said. "But I think she's got a broken leg and arm."

"Leo, you're a doctor," Piper said. "I'm fine, go check on her." Leo went over to her. Piper was in great pain, but she managed to get out of her bed. "I hate to do this to you, Wyatt," she said picking him up. "But it's what we need to do." He started to heal her and she walked him over to Paige to heal her. He did so and Paige woke up.

"What happened?" she asked.

"Demons took over the city," Phoebe said. Paige suddenly remembered.

"Oh yeah," she said. "What do we do now?"

"Well," Piper started. "Rindo has control over the manor at the moment. He's probably finding a way to take control of the Book. Demons are crowding the street and people are fleeing the city."

"That's horrible! We have to stop them." She stood up. "I'm going to orb to the attic to see what's going on." Before anyone could protest, Paige was gone.

"Crap!" Piper said. "She's going to get herself killed." Piper started pacing the floor, waiting for Paige to get back.

"Have some faith, Piper," Phoebe said. "Paige is a strong girl. She knows what she's doing."

"Strong," Piper said, "but stupid."

Paige orbed into the attic. There were no demons anywhere. The attic was completely empty.

"Easier than I thought," Paige said out loud. Suddenly, muscular demons became visible throughout the room.

"Think again, witch," one said.

"Um…hi," Paige said. She was thrown through the attic window with an energy ball. She screamed on her way down but orbed back to Victor's. There was a burnt and bloody spot on her chest where she was hit with the energy ball.

"Paige!" Phoebe yelled, running to her sister's aid. "What happened?"

"They were invisible," Paige said. "And came from no where."

"It's okay," Phoebe said. "Just rest for now." Phoebe walked back over to Piper who had stood by watching.

"I told you so," she whispered to Phoebe.

"Oh shush," Phoebe said. "We need to think of something to do about this."

"I don't know about you two, but I'm going demon hunting," Piper said. She grabbed her jacket and walked towards the door.

"Oh no you're not," Victor said, moving in front of the door. "I'm your father and I think I have a say in this."

"Dad," Piper said, softening her voice. "I'm grown up and I need to do this. It's to save the world." Victor knew she was right, but somehow, he couldn't gather the strength to move and allow his daughter to go out and battle these demons.

"I can't, Piper," he said. "I can't lose you like I lost Prue and your mother."

"I'm really sorry about this," Piper said. She pushed him aside and froze his falling body. She continued out the door.

"Piper, wait," Phoebe called. "I'm coming with you."

"No," Piper said sternly. "Keep an eye on Paige and make sure she doesn't do anything stupid or irrational."

"The type of irrational thing that you're doing?" Phoebe asked. Piper gave her one last look and then continued going out the door. Upon arriving on the street, Piper saw that the city had gone dark and dreary.

"Hard to believe this all happened in one day," she said out loud to herself. She started walking down the street. Her shoes made loud, echoing booms as she walked. There were fires everywhere. She saw a group of four teenagers standing on a street corner.

"What do we have here?" one said, looking at Piper.

"A pretty, little lady walking alone in the dark," another said.

"She doesn't smell like a demon either," the first one said.

"Oh, take a closer smell," Piper said. It looked at her for a second.

"Witch!" he yelled. They each created an energy ball, but with one sweeping motion of her hands, they were all vanquished. Piper kept walking down the street. Every now and then, a random energy ball was thrown at her, but nothing she couldn't handle. After an hour of walking, she arrived at the manor. She hadn't planned on going there, she just wound up there. There was a large demon at the door guarding it. He glared at Piper as she stood there.

"What do you want?" he yelled down to her. She didn't answer, just stood there and watched him. He shimmered in behind her. "I said, 'What do you want?'" She grabbed a switchblade she had confiscated from a demon earlier from her pocket without him noticing.

"You know what I want?" She turned and faced him. "My house back!" She pierced his heart with the switchblade and watched him explode in flames. She walked up the sidewalk leading to the front door. She touched the door, which sent her flying back to the sidewalk. Another demon smoked-in to see what had happened.

"Well if it isn't a witch," he said menacingly. Then he thought for a moment. "And not just an witch, a Charmed One. But you're nothing without your sisters."

"Why do all you demons assume that?" Piper asked. She held her hands up and blew him back.

"You can't destroy me just like that," he said.

"I know," Piper said. "Do you think I'm stupid? You're a Jherax demon. You need to be pierced through the heart with iron."

"And I don't see any iron around here," the demon said.

"You're right," Piper said. "There isn't, but the last time I encountered one of you, I found another weakness."

"Oh yeah, and what's that?"

"You don't fare so well against electrocution," she said, blowing up a power line box. A power line fell down and hit the demon which sent an electric current through his body and vanquished him. "Smart ass," she said, walking past his scorch mark on the ground.

"Paige," Phoebe said. "I'm going out to see if I can find Piper."

"I'm going to go get this healed at Magic School," Paige said motioning to her chest.

"No," Leo said. "We need to stay here. Piper should never have gone out."

"I'll get her," Paige said. "Right after I'm healed."

"I'm going to look for her," Phoebe said. They each left the apartment.

"Damn it," Leo said. He ran out the door after them. Victor then unfroze and continued falling to the floor. He looked at Wyatt and Chris.

"I hate getting frozen," he said to them.

"Anyone here?" Paige asked to an empty hallway. There were scorch marks along the walls. An Elder orbed in behind her. Paige turned to face her. "What's going on?"

"Magic School has gone under attack," she said. "Demons now rule it." The Elder quickly healed her. "I'd get out before they sense the good magic here." The Elder orbed out.

"How could they get in," Paige called after her. Two demons shimmered in behind Paige. She turned around again. They threw energy balls at her. "Energy balls!" She threw them at their makers. "I'm getting out of here." She orbed to somewhere that was hopefully safer than here.

"Piper?" Phoebe called out. She had been walking along the endless streets looking for her sister. "Where are you?"

"Are you lost?" a mean voice asked. Phoebe turned and faced a demon in a leather jacket. She was surrounded by three more.

"Of course not," Phoebe said nervously. "I was just going to walk that way." She pointed down the street.

"How bout I escort you?"

"No, no," Phoebe said. "That's okay."

"No, I insist," he said. "I promise, nothing will happen to you." He started laughing.

"Darryl?" Paige asked. She had orbed into the police station "What are you doing?" He was sitting in a locked room hiding under a desk.

"Paige?" he asked, obviously scared. "How can I be sure its you?"

"What do you mean 'How can you be sure?'" Paige asked.

"We've already had a shape shifter in here," Darryl said.

"If I were a demon, would I be standing here talking to you?" Darryl stood up and walked over to her.

"I guess not," he said.

"What's wrong with you?" Paige asked. "You look horrible."

"Demons, killed my family," Darryl said.

"No," Paige said sympathetically. "That's horrible. Come with me. I'll take you somewhere safe."

"I don't care if I'm safe or not," Darryl said. "I have nothing left to live for."

"Don't say that!" Paige said. "Sheila wouldn't want that. She'd want you to keep fighting and keep going."

"You're right," Darryl said. He walked over to a room and unlocked the door. He grabbed a shotgun and some shells. "That's why I'm not going into hiding. I'm going to fight."

"That's suicide," Paige said. "You need to keep yourself safe."

"I'll do no such thing," he said. "I'm going with you."

"Fine." Paige knew she couldn't say 'no' to his determination.

"Hey there," Piper said. She had blown the door to the manor open and walked in to find several demons sprawled across her living room. "That's my couch!" she yelled, blowing a demon up that was lying on it. "And my chair!" She blew the demon up that was sitting on her chair.

"What do you think you are doing?" Rindo asked, walking down the stairs, holding the Book.

"And that's my book!" she yelled loudly, blowing Rindo back into the stair railing.

"Kill her!" Rindo ordered. A demon threw an energy ball at her and missed.

"Is that the best you got?" Piper asked. She blew him up. She suddenly heard the familiar sound of orbing. She felt someone's hands grab onto her.

"I think it's time to go," Paige said. They orbed out. They materialized in an old abandoned shack.

"Why'd we orb here?" Darryl asked.

"They'll have a tracker after us," Paige said. "And I can't lead them to Victor." Just as Paige had predicted, three demons shimmered in and two smoked in.

"Stop!" Phoebe yelled. The demon gang had thrown her down and were hitting her. They were in an alleyway. She was now on the ground being kicked. Phoebe's eyes got an orange glow. "I said 'Stop!'" she ordered. The lead demon was the one she was looking at and stopped kicking her. "Now vanquish them."

"Yes," he said. He formed an energy ball and threw it at one of his fellow demons. The others turned to him. He threw another energy ball and vanquished another. He himself was then vanquished by the remaining one. By this time, Phoebe was now on her feet. The demon turned to finish off Phoebe. He saw her feet about six feet off the ground.

"Take this," she said, kicking him in the face and knocking him to the ground. She ran off to find her sisters.

Where are they? Victor thought to himself. He was getting very worried. He was holding Wyatt on his lap and Chris was sleeping on a blanket on the floor.

"It's okay, Wyatt," he said. "Mommy will be home soon." He looked at the clock. It was now 11:59 at night. He wondered where they were and if they were still alive.