Everything seemed very surreal to Prue as she laid down in her new room upstairs at her new home. Her housemates were two very nice people and seemingly good witches. She had spent the rest of the day with them, and got a little accustomed to their way of living; it was very similar to that she had with Piper and Phoebe. Evangeline was a bit of a neat freak but still very resourceful and kind. Rain however, was the wild child and free spirit. Still they were all sweethearts and Prue could tell that she made the right choice in deciding to house with them. Checking the clock radio that was next to her bedside, Prue read that it said '3: 43 a.m.'. Restless and a bit hungry, Prue got from out of her bed and traveled down the stairs in order to calm herself.
Noticing that there was a rather good amount of paintings and portraits adorned on the walls, Prue took sight of them. Colorful and some gloomy, they were all rather interesting paintings. But considering her one adventure inside one, she thought twice and kept on moving as she came past the dining room and into the kitchen. Little did she know, she was not alone.
"Hey there new best friend!" Rain called from the sink as she washed out a bowl. Prue smirking and taking a seat on the stool inside the kitchen, she prepared to chat with her housemate.
"Rain, it's three in the morning, nearly four. What are you doing up at this hour?" Prue asked with a hint of motherly concern. That voice was something calming to Rain who smiled and continued on with her sport.
"I have this uncanny ability to do the dishes and eat a bowlful of ice cream every day at around this hour. Don't ask me why, but I just do." Rain said as she headed over for the refrigerator.
"And how does Evangeline feel about this?" Prue asked with an eyebrow raising as Rain took out a carton of Edy's vanilla ice cream and placed some in her bowl.
"She calls me a freak." Rain laughed as Prue joined in with her. Taking out another bowl, Rain put some ice cream in it with a spoon and handed it over back to Prue. Tasting the ice cream, Prue savored the richness and chill that was within it.
"Ice cream… my sisters and I used to eat this stuff real late at night if we could and watch movies. Those were the good days." Prue said licking her spoon.
"You really love them huh?" Rain asked.
"Yeah. They're special." Prue said looking at her.
"I had one sister. Her name was Farrah." Rain explained as she reminisced. "She was a witch too. She was killed in battle."
"My God I'm sorry. How'd it happen?" Prue questioned with her eyebrow up but with sorrowful eyes.
"My family the Eastland clan was prized healers. My mother and grandmother raised us and they were the town apothecaries and they ran this shop. Come to find out, one potion that they made was so powerful that it could upgrade a demon's power one hundred fold." Rain said thinking back.
"So what happened?" Prue questioned once more taking another taste of her ice cream.
"The Source sent a demon assassin of his to kill us. He succeeded in stripping me away of my family and the Source drank the potion. The demon's name as I learned was Shax." Rain said as Prue twitched. Just hearing Shax's name made her cringe.
"Shax was the one that killed me. He got me when I was vulnerable." Prue said faking a smile as she quickly turned and busied herself with eating. She really wanted to cry, but being the tough person that she was, she was not going to lay down her tears.
"I'm glad your sisters took him out. I tried to get him myself once but it wasn't pretty, I'll tell you that." Rain said as she shook her head.
"Tell me about it." Prue said simply. Looking into her eyes, Rain agreed and began to re-account her tale to her new housemate.
It was about six years ago. I was eighteen years old and I was armed to the tee with vanquishing potions and healing herbs. It was nighttime when I cornered him. After the many attempts I tried, and all the demons I have slain, I got a lead from one of them and encountered him at a warehouse. Shax, the tough son of a bitch that he is, ravaged me that night, but I put up one hell of a fight too. Because of my age or inexperience was the reason I lost the battle, but that night I was just intent on getting something I never thought I would want. That want was revenge.
A youthful and pale Rain Eastland ran into a seemingly deserted warehouse that was expansive as was murky. It smelled of sawdust and mildew, and made Rain's nose twitch, but the witch had much more on her mind than funky odors. Her red hair tied in a ponytail, and she clad in a green jumpsuit that made scrunching noises when she walked, Rain looked around with a look of anger swelling on her face. Her face became more enraged as she took sight of the one she was ready to vanquish; the demonic assassin known as Shax. Coming into the warehouse in a ghostly like wind, Shax appeared in all of his glory to the young witch. He looked even bluer tonight, and his gray hair expanded across his back.
"I've been waiting!" Rain said loudly as Shax turned to face her. His hideous face twisted in a wicked smirk as he looked at her.
"The apothecary's granddaughter." Shax said as he continued his smirk. Rain once again made her glare as Shax started to laugh.
"What is so funny?" Rain asked venomously as she stared at Shax.
"That all of the Eastland bitch witches will die at my hands. You all are pathetic." Shax said looking as though he was prepared for anything Rain had to dish out. Her eyes flame of fire, Rain unearthed a vial of orange potion and she threw it towards Shax. Forming an energy ball, Shax launched it and destroyed the vial before it could reach him. Making another one, this concussive ball of energy struck Rain and she fell back into a puddle of leaking dark water.
Reeling from Shax's one assault but getting up, Rain got up and ran for Shax. With her lunge successful, the two began wrestling on the ground until Rain planted her legs on top of Shax's built abdomen and began to pummel him repeatedly in his face as tears swelled in her eyes.
"This is for Mama! She died at your cold hands! For Farrah! For Nana Christina!" Rain yelled as she continued with her punches to Shax. Tired and angry now, Shax clutched Rain by her throat and flew her backwards from off of him.
"And guess what? All of those witches that were part of your family died at my feet. They were unworthy of my dark lord!" Shax yelled as another big voltage of an energy ball darted into his hand. Instead of gunning for her, Shax threw the ball to below Rain and the ground beneath her began to rumble as she fell downward onto another lower level. This time, the smell grew worse and Shax only followed.
"Fire!" Rain yelled as she threw a tonic at Shax. This time as it hit the floor, a ring of inferno began to encircle the demon as he looked around for an exit. Raising her arms up, Rain made the flames grow as it made a firestorm that enclosed Shax. Hearing inhuman roars coming from where he was, Rain smiled at herself.
'I thought I'd finally brought him down. Ended the reign of terror he put my family through. But I was wrong; Prue I was dead wrong.'
Shocking Rain as a look of fear met her face, Shax came through the wall of fire unscathed as she backed up in fright. All the while, Shax smiled once again wickedly and it soon morphed to a look of complete rage.
"You just signed your will." Shax said dangerously low as he once again got into a familiar position. Making another ball of energy in his blue palms, this one was rather large and was full of voltage which made it all the more powerful. Rain who was still in shock and could not find the heart to move, looked at Shax for a moment until he launched his energy ball at her.
Ravaged by pain as the assault racked her and made her jump wildly, she felt cuts and blood oozing from all parts of her body, but especially on her face and arms. Screaming as Shax laughed with all the satire that was within him, the energy ball was so bad it made the fragile ceiling from above them fall atop of Rain. Debris and wood attacking her and mixing with the energy ball, Rain fell to the ground in a pool of her own crimson.
"Shax, come back now! I have more pressing matters at hand." Yelled out an unseen voice as Shax looked around. Undoubtedly, it was the Source.
"But master, this bitch is mine…" Shax trailed off.
"You'll get her another day! Come back to the underworld now!" The Source yelled out. Shax smiling at a very wounded and beaten Rain, he prepared to talk. "This goes to show, don't ever cross paths with me again!"
With that said, Shax vanished from out of the warehouse in the ghoulish way and left Rain all by herself. Still hurt with distress and ache, Rain began to cry as tears mixed with the blood that flown freely from her cuts and gave off a soft whimper.
"Rain, I'm so sorry. But look at it this way. He's gone, and gone for good." Prue said reassuringly. Though she tried her best to give her a smile, Rain botched it and began to sob as the memory came back to her. Feeling Prue's warmth through the hug she given, Rain felt closer to the ex-Charmed One.
-Xtreme Slayer