Powers for Rent:
"We need powers if we're gonna get Piper back," Phoebe stated,
"but where we gonna get them?" Paige asked, Phoebe shrugged as they stood at the pedestal where the Book of Shadows was, the pages began to flip and then stopped on a page near the back,
"powerbrokers," the middle-sister read. The two looked up from the book to see orbs form a little girl,
"hey Prue, what you doin up here?" Paige asked in a friendly tone, picking her youngest niece up,
"auntie Paige, when da baby come?" Prudence asked,
"in five months," Paige replied, patting her stomach.
"No fair!" exclaimed a toddler's voice, then Charlotte materialised, "you orb!"
"Charlie, sweetie, what's wrong?" Phoebe asked, scooping her daughter up in her arms.
"We playin hide an seek an Pwu kept orbin," Charlotte replied, suddenly, a warlock blinked in and lunged at the four, ready to swipe at them with his athame, Phoebe tried to levitate but realized she couldn't,
"we need to get to those powerbrokers," Paige told her older sister,
"me orb," Prudence said, then she clutched onto Phoebe's sleeve and orbed the four of them out.
She orbed them into a gloomy cave,
"witches!" exclaimed one of the many demons sitting around a table,
"are you powerbrokers?" questioned Paige, narrowing her eyes,
"yes, we are, and what can we do for you pretty ladies?" asked one of them with a sly grin,
"we need some powers," Phoebe said,
"my name is Heath," replied the same powerbroker, "and we will give you some powers, on one condition, you place your Book of Shadows in our care, as a sort of rent," Phoebe cringed at the thought of handing their family heritage to a faction of demons, before giving a nod.
"Do you have any preference to the type of powers?" asked Alden, Heath's younger brother,
"destructive ones, and we'll need a form of getting around," Phoebe said, the group shared a brief whisper before a large amount of glowing balls appeared on the table,
"for you," said Heath, looking at Paige, "we have blinking, lightening generation and telepathy," then he threw three of the balls at her, they entered her body.
"For you," said Alden, glancing towards Phoebe, "we have vortex generation, shimmering and touch of death," then he did the same as his brother had done to Paige,
"I'll go get the book," Paige said, then she blinked out.
The youngest-sister blinked into the attic of the manor, even though it wasn't hers or Phoebe's home anymore they still spent most of their time there, she reached out to grab the book but it shot out of her reach,
"it thinks I'm evil," she said to herself, then she got angry and lightening shot from her palms, destroying the pedestal, "Leo!" she called out, then her brother-in-law orbed in beside her,
"yep?" he said,
"I need you to get the book and the follow me," she said, before blinking out, Leo gave a worried look and then grabbed the book, orbing after Paige.
When he orbed into the cave Phoebe and Paige explained the whole situation, then he placed the book on the table and orbed out with Prudence and Charlotte,
"you have forty-eight hour before the magic from those powers kills you," said Heath,
"what? they'll kill us?" yelled Phoebe, her anger tapped into one of her new powers and a swirling vortex appeared in the ceiling, sucking up Alden, two other powerbrokers and the Book of Shadows.
"Well done," snarled Heath sarcastically,
"I'm gonna go get the book, you find Piper," Phoebe said, then she jumped up and let the vortex suck her in, Paige gave an unsure look and blinked out.
To be continued…