Chapter 7
The keeper of dreams smiled amusedly to himself as he glanced over the spot where his ticket to becoming source had disappeared. His plan was coming along perfectly so he didn't mind that the witches had summoned the woman a little earlier then he had anticipated and soon they would be forced to face the fact that their sister was no longer a sweet, innocent young woman but a powerful, unstoppable killing machine who would hold no remorse for taking their lives or anyone else for that matter.
Zander folded his strong, muscular arms over his broad chest and smiled deviously to himself, revealing a perfect set of white teeth as he thought about what great enjoyment and satisfaction he would get from helping his new lover and pawn rip the souls from the bodies of her own flesh and blood. The fear in their eyes along with the shock and pain of what their sister was capable of would be such a wonderful sight to see and it would be one that he would be taking in, in just a few short moments.
Of course he held no plans of allowing the woman to have all the fun on her own, no. He too would join in on the slaughter and together they will rule the heavens, the underworld and everything in between, that is until she conceives his heir.
The magical child that the pair were going to create would be the most powerful, the most dominating and feared being the world has ever seen and the boy's only true competition will be his own cousin, Wyatt Halliwell. But not even the twice blessed one will be a real match for his far more superior son because of his hidden darklighter powers making him a very dangerous threat to the witch/whitelighter. Of course then he would convince the woman that she needed to there for her child, or children and shouldn't be concerned with matter of business and the stress of the position of source. And once everything was set and he was finally in command he would have the world cowering at his feet and expose magic making all those who practice it bowed down to and enslave mortals to do their bidding as their punishment for treating their superiors as freaks.
Damn he was brilliant.
In all his years of granting wishes, killing withes and stealing their powers he finally came across the one witch that could give him everything he's ever wanted and more. He just wished that he had come up with the idea sooner and had the chance to have Paige at her purest form but no matter. He would get what he wanted soon enough and if years of being a demon taught him anything it was that patience and perseverance were the key ingredients to making all your dreams come true and he was a very patient man.
"Where did she go?" one of the brute demons questioned as he and the other that were not quite as intelligent as himself looked around the room for their leader.
Keeping his calm and trying hard not to show his annoyance Zander replied "Her sisters summoned her but don't worry, we'll get her back"
"But how? If they get a hold of her they'll turn her back and all of this would have been for nothing" a darklighter spoke as he thought about the position in the hierarchy that was promised to him by the keeper.
"Patience Lenox all is not lost besides have you forgotten who you're dealing with here" the man spoke as he stepped out of the shadows and made his way over to the rest of the bunch.
He stopped short as he heard the sound of a child's cry and remembered that the room still had a few witches in it that woman was unable to kill do to her departure. He then walked over to the sobbing child and his mother who was still out cold and took him in his arms much to the surprise of those around him. Holding him close with one arm as the boy cried loudly on his shoulder with closed eyes, he formed and then released a fireball reducing the boy's mother to a pile of ashes. Fortunately the boy's eyes were still shut and he remained unaware of what had just occurred.
Offering no explanation for his actions the tall, dark haired male turned back to the other demons in the room and spoke "Don't worry everything will work out in our favor, just as I promised" he continued as he held the boy who had cried himself to sleep in his arms "But for now I want you all to dispose of these useless witches, we'll gather a fresh batch for your Queen upon her return" he said with a curled upper lip showing his disgust.
"Please give me my nephew" one of the women dared to speak.
Zander turned back to the woman with a saddened expression as he looked between both her and the child in his arms as if seeing them both for the first time. He then walked over to the woman and knelt down beside her as he took in her battered appearance.
"Now why would I want to do that?" the man said as he brushed a stray hair out of the woman's face.
"Please let him be with his family, even if it is in death" she responded with arms opened enough for the man to place the child in her lap. Instead of giving her the child the demon laughed in her face before cocking his head to one side and staring at her as if she were the most pathetic thing he had ever seen.
"Oh you just want your darling little nephew, your sister's only child. Is that correct?" the demon asked in a soft tone that signaled nothing good.
"Yes, please" the woman begged as the sounds of yet another witch being vanquished filled the air.
To her words the demon simply replied "No" before turning to walk away.
He then stopped once more and turned back to the woman saying "Besides don't you think that's rather selfish of you? You're about to die and you expect me to let this child join you. My child"
She was shocked by the demons words. How was this possible? Her sister's husband was the child's father and had died three years after he was born, there was no way this demon, this monster was her sweet little nephew's father. No way in hell.
"Oh come now Nancy, don't you remember what the doctor said. Your sister was nonbearing. She couldn't have children, she was no real woman, she was empty, hallow inside" the man laughed wickedly before he continued to educate the ignorant woman "So she called upon me to make her wish of becoming a mother true and I delivered in ways she never could have imagined" he smirked at the taken aback look on the woman's face. The last look her features would ever hold as he threw an energy ball in her direction before flaming out.
"What the hell am I doing here?" the witch hissed as she glared at her sisters. She was twice as powerful as they were and ten times smarter. What the hell were they doing summoning her? Had they still no respect for the woman, for her authority.
"Paige please, just listen to us" pleaded Piper as she tried her best to get through to her sister. "We love you honey and we're just trying to help"
"Love me?" the woman laughed at her sister's pitiable attempt to win her over. "Ha. That's a joke, in fact it's the funniest one that your neurotic, obsessive compulsive ass could ever come up with so bravo to you Piper, you've just joined the rest of us who actually have a personality" the woman carried on as she clapped her hands together in a dramatic fashion.
"Damn it Paige!" Prue yelled in frustration at not only her sister but herself as well for allowing this to happen. "You're in danger, can't you see that? Can't you tell that this is all too good to be true and that this Zander guy only wants to hurt you?"
"The only people who have ever hurt me is you but don't worry because you are my sisters I promise to make your deaths quick and painless"
Piper, Prue and a silent Phoebe were stunned by the words of their younger sibling but that wouldn't stop them.
"You wouldn't do that to us. You couldn't" Phoebe said in state of disbelieve.
"Oh yeah I will and take great pleasure in doing so" the woman smiled. "What's the matter Phoebe didn't they tell you?" Paige spoke in tone of mocked pain.
"Tell me what?" questioned Phoebe as she looked between her two older sisters.
"What's the matter ladies cat got your tongue?" said Paige in a voice full of enmity.
"Got damn it Prue, Piper, say something" yelled Phoebe.
"We'll talk about it later Phoebe" said Piper not taking her eyes off of her youngest sister.
"No I want to talk about it now! What the hell is she talking about?"
"If you want I would be more then happy to let Phoebe in on our little, dispute" replied the disingenuous witch.
"That's quite alright Paige" Prue responded.
"Well" Paige continued ignoring the words and the stares she was receiving from both her sisters. "I was the one who knock our dear sisters on their asses"
"You did that to them?" questioned the shocked empath.
"Yeah, see. I told you that I could handle myself. It's too bad they had to learn the hard way"
"Stop trying to change the subject Paige. Just summon your little playmate so we can vanquish his ass and return you to normal" Piper spoke in a no nonsense tone.
"Oh what's the matter? You don't like the new and improved me?" the girl spoke while twirling for her audience.
"No I don't so cut the shit and call Zander!" screamed Prue, wanting to end this nightmare as soon as possible.
"She doesn't have to, I'm already here" the demon spoke gaining the attention of everyone in the room as three more demons shimmered and flamed in.
"Oh sweetie, you came to rescue me? Isn't he romantic" Paige smirked.
"No, I think death looks better on him" Piper spoke before throwing the vial at the demon who blew it up in mid air.
"What the hell?" said an unpleasantly surprised Prue. "How is that possible, you're a lower level demon?"
"Oh yeah, about that, you really may want to update your little book of shadows there dear. You see I haven't been lower level in years. What can I say business has been good" he mocked the witches as he and his demonic friends had a laugh at their expense.
Not liking the smugness in the demons voice and not willing to let her sister go without a fight Prue squinted her eyes, knocking the demon to floor who quickly returned the gesture, prompting his accomplices into action.
One immediately threw an energy ball at Phoebe who ducked it just in time.
Piper, who was able to freeze a fire ball in mid air before being kicked to the ground by the demon who threw it was having a hard time escaping him while Prue was busy fighting off both Zander and some sort of green demon with black markings.
It seemed as if every time she gained the upper hand and sent another object flying towards one of the intruders the other would recover and she would find herself backed into a corner once again.
Phoebe who was able to vanquish her demon with his own athame that she had been able to get away from him and was on her way to help Prue, but the keeper had other plans.
Seeing that the charmed ones were soon going to gain the upper hand Zander released a massive power waved that took down all who stood around him with an amazing force none of the demons nor any of the charmed one had ever seen before, causing them to look on in awe from their various positions on the floor as they watched a now freed Paige take the hand of her new "friend".
"Sorry to cut this little family reunion short but I have a kingdom to run and some innocents to kill. But try not to be too jealous. I'll find the time to come back and finish what I started very soon. Ta-ta" the girl finished as she and the keeper of dreams shimmered away.
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