Chapter-3 The Team Comes Together
Late into the night Team Angel and Spike are all sitting in the board room of Wolfram and Hart." So what your saying is that he is some sort of all powerful super-being?" Fred asked confused. "Yep that's right." Harmony said smiling. "But you don't know what he wants?" Angel asked getting back to the point. "No I don't last time I saw him I is draining a witch and he showed up and took her power and talked to me about trying to do something good with my afterlife. At the time I is like screw that I like evil. But after a while I sort of got over the death and decided to come in to work for this very company." "Alright Harmony you can go now were gonna figure out what he wants. Wesley I want everyone in your department looking in on this and if you have to call Giles get him in on it." "I can try but he wont be so keen on helping remember no one over there trusts us." Wesley said bitterly. "I think I can make something to track him it wont be much but it should work." Fred stepped in. "Alright Gunn, Wesley, I want you to look into the mystical side of this and try to find any common denominators in the text about him. We'll meet back in four hours." They all stood up to walk out and Spike decided to leave without a word. Back at the Halliwell Manor there was a lot of arguing and people taking sides with a lot of yelling. Once the blue orb trail starts to form and James is standing their, it all dies down and finally stops to the point where they were all staring at him. "Ok I know you all have something to say to me so out with it." James said annoyed. "Ok we have all talked and argued about it and we are going to do it as long as Leo, Chris and Wyatt are taken to a safe place for the entire battle." Paige said stepping forward. "That's alright since battle wont be on this plane. The First and I are pooling our powers to create a new plane of existence one where the terrain is shaped by our minds and that is where you fight." "Alright that is about it. Were in." Piper said looking around at the rest of the girls and staring at Leo for a bit longer then to Wyatt in his father's arms. "Leo you can come for the raising if you want." Look Phoebe I know you saw your future with Chris and everything but don't let that get in the way. You don't know me very well. Or else you wouldn't keep saying such stupid things to me. "Are you guys ready to leave now?" James asked patiently. "Yeah it's alright we'll go." "Ok." Is all James said as he waved his arm and they were all gone. He then blinked his way to the lobby once again. He then walked out side and walked over to the Charmed ones who were sitting on some benches outside the firm. "Hey come one we can go in now." James said tapping Piper on the arm. "That is the most surreal form of travel ever it was like every molecule in my body was glowing a different color." Paige said dizzied. "Alright, alright get up come on let's go." He said exasperated. "I should have made you orb." They each stood up and walked into the front door. Up in Wesley's office there is a lot of hustle to figure this one out. "I wonder when he is coming back to tell us what he wants." Gunn thought out loud. Then a British voice came from the phone. "Well it is possible that he just wants to cause discord in your ranks being that he is a being of light and well you are Wolfram and Hart." Giles said haughtily. "Oh stop taking shots at us." Wesley said angrily. Then a voice that came from nowhere that said. "Well he has a point they are notoriously evil." The voice belonged to Paige. Gunn looked up and saw who is standing there. "Gunn? Is that you… your wearing a suit and you have hair and what has this place done to you." Phoebe asked bewildered. "Phoebe? Is that you over there? How's my favorite Charmed One?" Gunn said standing up smiling and walking over to hug her. "Last time I saw you was at Prue's funeral." Gunn added looking at her sideways. "You were there? I didn't see you…" Piper said stepping forward. "I stuck to the shadows you know I'm not good at that whole mourning thing. I just showed up to pay my respects." Phoebe looked at him and smiled then moved on. Wesley walked to the girls." My name is Wesley Wyndam Price. I am head of the Magical research department what are your names again?" "Piper Phoebe and Paige The Charmed Ones" James interjected. Wesley's eyebrows furled and he walked to one of his master volumes. "Charmed one's." He stated opening the book. "150 mentions, nice. Charmed ones powerful force of good pure witches who fight to vanquish demons. Hmm Piper Freeze molecules Accelerate Molecules Prue: R.I.P. Telekinetic moved things with her mind also able to astral project herself, she is also the oldest sister. Phoebe: Premonitions Levitation and Empathy. Middle sister or that is one of she has the gift of sight that allows her to see others in trouble. Paige: took over Prue's power but since she is also half white lighter it works differently. Her white lighter side allows her to orb but not to heal. Her power now works so that she can call objects to her from her range of sight." Wesley took a deep breath and sat down. "You're the charmed one's then?" Wesley asked confused. "We surely are, I'm Piper this is Paige and there's Phoebe." Piper said pointing to each person as she said their name. "Now I think we should move on to your boss I need to speak with him and Spike." The four of them filed out of the room and down the hall to the reception desk. "Hey Harmony how's my favorite blonde evil vampire lady." James said smiling. Piper put up her hands and froze the room. "You know for someone who is a good guy you sure do know a lot of evil people." Piper said with a sigh. "Oh I'm not that evil I just don't have a soul you know i'm still not that bad." Harmony said staring at her. "She didn't freeze why didn't she freeze?" Piper said edgy. "She's a vampire you can't freeze the undead. Her molecules aren't exactly humming." He said almost giddy. "The world you know is sort of backwards you don't get to use your power all willy nilly like you used to." He stepped to the Angel's door and opened it. "Well hello Mr. Broody Vampire guy." James walked in with the three witches' in tow. "Where's Spike I need him for the meeting." "He took my Viper again said he was going driving around for a while." Angel said exasperated. "I can fix that." James said ready to snap his fingers. "No wait maybe we should do it." Piper said. "Let's see here…" Phoebe said tapping her foot. "Too Late I'm already here what's the word." Spike said. "Who's standing over there…."? Spike stopped dead in his tracks and looked at Paige. "Hi." He said while looking in her eyes with a frown. "Is that all you have to say to me William? Is it! Jeez your never gonna change no matter how much time goes by." Paige said sarcastically. "But I have changed I've changed a lot I have a soul now I'm one of the goody good guys now." "Right so still watch passions then?" "Every bloody day." Spike replied. "Ok lets stop this crazy whirligig of fun… I'm dizzy." James said. "Look Angel, Spike I need you two to help me, The First and I are going into conflict but we cant fight because the damage to the universe would be too great. So we need to build our own force. One comprised of the best fighters in the world." James stated. "And you think that Spike and I are going to help you?" "Yeah it's weird but I need your help on this and it's not like it wont be worth it. Were looking at an apocalypse if we loose. I'll grant you guys anything you want I swear just help me out here. I need my team of six." James said. "Where's the sixth?" Spike asked looking sideways. "He's dead but don't worry that wont stop me from getting him. Are you in or not?" James asked wondering. "I'm in even if tall dark and forehead here isn't." Spike said nodding towards Angel. "Look Spike we don't even know if these are the people they say they are how can we trust them when we don't know if they are who they say they are." Angel said cautiously. "I can check if it's the girls or not." Spike said standing up. "How are you gonna do that?" Angel asked watching Spike walk over to Paige. "Leap of fatih, mate." He said grabbing Paige and kissing her deep on the lips. "Oh eeh that's not good she's gonna be mad…." Piper said as Paige ripped him off. "Hey you don't get to do that anymore. Ever since I found out you were evil and planning to rip my throat out that kinda put a damper on our relationship." Paige said angrily. "See told you that I could make sure, and that's not me anymore, you know for the record." He said sitting back down. "Alright anyway this is how it is working out so far we have a 5 out of 6 yeses and a battlefield." James said recapping the facts. "I'll do it." Angel said quietly. "What?" Phoebe said inquisitively. "I said I'll do it." Angel said repeating himself. "Alright I need a favor then since this is Wolfram and Hart I know there is a space for raising demons and other things like that i'm gonna need a room like that to use as a channel from your world to the world of the dead." James stated plainly. "Right, hold on." Angel said walking to his intercom and pressing one of the buttons. "If you'd like to sacrifice a pet or another animal press 4 now." Angel looked up and smiled then started pushing buttons. "There, Harmony can you show our guests to the raising room? And delete the sacrificial numbers off my phone." Angel said into his intercom. "Sure thing bossy." Harmony's voice came through the other side. Seconds after the door opened and then everyone filed through. "Ok I'm going in first to channel the energy." James said as he stepped through the door. After what felt like hours but was only about two minutes the call came. "Ok come in but stick to the wall this could get messy." They all stepped into the room. The walls were lined with symbols from various origins some human some demonic all mystical. As each person entered the room there were many flashes a light as a portal opened. The blue lights around the portal flashed between blue and red as it began to get bigger and louder, with whistling sounds. "The screams of the damned." James explained holding his ground while the rest of them covered their ears. "Wow that just screams, no pun intended, good guy." Paige said sarcastically. "That's not where I was Paige thank you very much…" A voice said coming from behind her. They all turn to face the voice and see Cole standing in a suit. "You know for someone that's been dead for about a year you sure do dress nice." Piper said looking at him. Phoebe turned to look at Angel and Spike to see them whispering to each other the only word she picked up was "Belthozar." "Oh crap." She said before they attacked him. Angel and Spike stepped forward to get in position as Cole saw them. "Angelus, William?" He said angry. The three of them began their battle, Cole started by throwing two energy balls at them as they both dodged and hit their own respective flying kicks on either side of his chest. Cole flew back and got up quickly he charged another energy ball but shimmered behind Angel before firing it into his back. Angel was blasted into a wall and knocked unconscious. "Stop it all of you!" James yelled making the whole room shake as his eyes rolled into the back of his head. Then out of nowhere the two that were standing fell to their knees with heads tilted and earlobes floating as if being pulled. "Now I think you need to kiss and make up. LEO!" He yelled summoning him there. Leo showed up and walked over to Angel. "Heal him." James said with authority. "Ok ok." Leo said as he did it. As soon as Angel regained his footing he was floated over to stand with the rest of them. "Now I want you all to get along for the rest of our time together." James said. "But their evil…" Cole said just as both Spike and Angel said "But he's evil." "Wow this is interesting" Piper said looking at all of them in the row. "Well last time I saw them we were all evil and killing things at some riot in Ireland. One that if I don't recall William here started." Cole said looking at Spike. "Names Spike now mate, besides I have a soul now." Spike said looking at him.
"Yeah so do I. In fact I had one first." Angel interjected. "Yeah and you know Spike's just the name of a good guy isn't it." Cole said sarcastically. "Look the three of you, I wouldn't have chosen you if you hadn't gone good, so get up and work together." The three of them stood up and walked out in rows as the charmed ones followed them out. James turned around to look at the room one last time and then walked out.