A/N Okay- this may get a bit confusing. Each of these sections is happening simultaneously to the others…and simultaneous to the Chris/Mel/Jenny scene in the last chapter. I hope it makes sense….
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"It'll be okay." Wyatt said gently as he helped his Aunt get shakily back to her feet. Luckily, he had managed to heal Paige before the poison from the arrow could do too much harm.
"Thanks Wyatt." The woman replied, giving her oldest nephew a grateful smile.
For a second, the two almost forgot about the chaos which was going on around them but a low growl from an approaching figure quickly snapped them back to reality.
Cole was heading their way. His red eyes lusting for blood, his crossbow raised and ready to kill.
The part whitelighters froze in fear at the sight of the crazed demon, despite the fact that both knew that death was imminent if they did not fight back.
They needed to ignore their desires for peace and do what ever they could to stop Cole…
They needed to fight…
"You may have saved her once," Cole said with a slight smirk as he glanced over at Wyatt. "But this time she won't be so lucky…" And with that, he fired an arrow directly at Paige.
Thankfully, Wyatt managed to react in time and he quickly orbed it into a nearby wall before it could harm his Aunt.
Cole roared in frustration and glared at them both, more determined then ever to see them dead. "You can't stop me." He said, his voice full of determination. "I have waited for your death for so long Paige…and now I'm so close…"
He fired another deadly arrow and this time Paige redirected it. Irritated, Cole powered up a large fire ball in his free hand and threw it at the Charmed one who then managed to duck and let it harmlessly hit the back of the attic.
Cole's red eyes flashed at Paige. It may have seemed that they had long since buried the old issues between them, but tonight, they had all come flooding back. She had never trusted him…she had always thought that she was better then him, just because she was a whitelighter and he was a demon…
He wanted her dead…he wanted to see her writhing in pain as poison spread through her body…
Nothing would give him more pleasure than that.
He turned to attempt another attack but before he could he saw a streak of blue fly through the air and hit him directly in the stomach. He was blown back into the wall and when his head cleared he realized that Wyatt had managed to hit him with an energy ball.
"Er, sorry." Wyatt muttered as he looked down at his hands.
The boy felt torn between going over to heal his uncle and attacking him again. This night had caused so much confusion…he didn't know what to think anymore…he didn't know who he was…what he should do…
Cole steadied himself, and prepared to attack…
Wyatt knew he had no choice…
Feeling horribly ill about what he was about to do, the boy flung his hand out in front of him and sent Cole flying into the attic wall with enormous force. He could hear the man cry out in pain as his body fell limply to the floor.
He wasn't dead…he was just very close.
Wyatt was instantly over come with regret as he stared down at his uncle. He wished it hadn't come to this…he wished he hadn't had to cause any harm…
But, he knew that there had been no alternative.
Before Wyatt could dwell on his actions any longer, he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.
He heard Paige cry out beside him as he sunk to his knees…
What ever it was already hurt so much.
The world was already beginning to fade away…
"Dad." He gasped weakly before crumpling onto the hard wooden floor.
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Phoebe couldn't stop herself from hesitating.
She didn't know why…but she found herself unable to leap into battle. She watched Mel shimmer across the room to Chris, she watched Cole set his sights on Wyatt and the fallen Paige, she saw Demetrius bolt over to Piper and Leo…
But she couldn't do it. She couldn't fight, even though she wanted them all dead…
She had spent the entire night convincing herself that life would be better- freer- if they could just rid the family of the whitelighter blood that had seeped in through the years. Leo, Paige, Chris, Wyatt…they all needed to be eliminated.
She wanted them all dead…didn't she?
Phoebe glanced down at the cross bow that suddenly felt very heavy in her hands. She could do so much damage with this weapon- she could kill them all with only a few deadly arrows. They were weak, and they had done nothing but take Piper away from her. She had always loved her sister deeply- they had been through so much together- Piper was the only one that had been there through it all…
Piper should be with her and Mel and Cole…she wasn't an angel…she wasn't diluted by stupid ideas about right and 'wrong'… Piper had been influenced by whitelighters for far too long…
That would end tonight…IF she could muster up the courage to do what had to be done.
Another figure suddenly caught her eye across the room, breaking her away from her thoughts. She could feel the confusion welling inside of her…there was a woman in the attic she didn't recognise…
The two locked eyes and Phoebe soon found herself walking towards the mysterious woman…her brown eyes narrowed suspiciously.
"Who are you?" she demanded, as she raised her weapon threateningly. "What the hell are you doing in my house?"
The woman continued to stare for several seconds before she managed a response. "You're Phoebe, aren't you? Their sister. The one that turned…"
Phoebe smirked. "Evil?" she asked, her eyes still set hungrily on the woman. "Yes…that's me. Evil little Phoebe with her demonic family."
She paused before adding. "Now you answer my question…who the hell are you?"
"Emily." The woman replied, her voice surprisingly calm for someone with a cross bow aimed at her chest. "Your sisters needed my help to put an end to this chaos."
Phoebe felt a wave of anger wash through her. "I didn't take them long to replace me, did it?" she spat, using the side of her weapon to knock the woman into the couch.
"No," Emily replied, attempting to ignore the pain in her side as she straightened herself back up. "I'm not replacing you…they love you…they want to save you…"
"What do you know?" the charmed one shrieked in response, growing angrier with every word the woman spoke. She raised her weapon again to deliver another blow, but this time she found herself knocked to the floor by an icy wave which rippled through the air around her.
She glared at the woman, who she could now conclude form this strange display of power was most certainly a witch.
"Thermokenisisis." Emily said with a slight smirk. "I manipulate temperature in the atmosphere."
Phoebe took several seconds to recover from the paralyzing cool which had knocked her down. Her whole body felt as if it would never be warm again and he head felt painfully compressed by the rush of cold air.
"Bitch." Phoebe hissed, glaring at the other witch.
Emily gave a slight smirk in spite of her self. "I don't think I'm the one that word applies to right now." She said, looking down at Phoebe. "I'm not the one trying to kill my family."
Phoebe forced herself back to her feet, overcome with rage for this insolent woman. Who did she think she was…waltzing into her house…acting all righteous. Emily didn't understand what she was going through, it wasn't her place to decide what was right and wrong.
"I'm saving my family." Phoebe replied, her voice low and dangerous. "I'm freeing them. I'm bringing Piper back where she belongs. The whitelighters are the ones that have broken us apart. They are the ones who need to pay…"
Phoebe was rather surprised to see anger cloud the woman's face as she spoke- why would she care about the fate of a whitelighter and a few cross breeds? Before she could contemplate the matter further, she felt her self being flung back again by another icy wave.
She managed to recover much quicker this time and she quickly raised her bow at the woman.
But the woman wasn't looking at her any more…her attention was focused on something across the room, and as Phoebe saw what it was she felt a wave of fear run through her.
Piper…
Piper was on the floor, and Demetrius was aiming his weapon directly at her.
He had broken the deal. He was going to hurt her sister.
Phoebe felt something snap inside of her…it was as if a curtain which had been obscuring her though had been suddenly lifted.
Piper was in trouble- she needed to be saved- that was all that mattered…
Crying out in rage, Phoebe bolted across the room to make the demon pay for what he was about to do…
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As Phoebe had stood hesitantly watching the events unfold, Piper threw herself at the demon whose crossbow was now aimed directly at her husband.
She had forced her self to get back up…to carry on with the fight. Even though she still felt pain from the demons rough shove, all thoughts of her own well being left her as she saw him threaten the man she loved.
Saving Leo from the deadly poison was all that mattered now.
"Don't you dare!" the enraged woman shrieked as she used her power to blow the weapon out of the demon's clawed hands.
He growled angrily and set his yellowed eyes on Piper. "Step aside, witch." He hissed his voice low and gravely. "It's the angel I want- not you."
"Yeah, well that angel is my husband, and there is no way in hell I'm going to let you hurt him." She delivered a swift kick into his gut, and the demon took a few staggered steps back from the impact before falling face first onto the floor.
"Grab the potions, Leo!" Piper shouted, glancing back at her husband as the demon began to pull him self off of the floor.
She saw the hesitation on the man's face and let out a groan of frustration. "Damn it Leo if there was ever a time NOT to be a pacifist this is it!"
Hearing the desperation in his wife's voice, Leo snapped out of the frozen state he had been in, and grabbed a small bottle of the potion they had prepared off a near by table. He flung it forcefully at the brutish demon who had just managed to climb back to his feet. The potion bottle exploded upon impact, spraying the yellowish brew across the demons front and causing him to hiss in pain as it burned his flesh.
Piper took a few steps back- wanting to avoid being caught in a possible explosion- and Leo turned away; unable to watch what he hoped was coming next. They waited for several seconds in anticipation, both hoping that this demons death would help put this terrible night behind them…
But, nothing happened.
The demon slowly looked back up at them, his eyes burning with even more rage then before. The potion had done nothing but give him a few scars…he was still very much alive…and very much annoyed.
With a wave of his hand he summoned the discarded cross bow back into his hands before Piper had a chance to react. Feeling herself fill once again with a sickening fear, the woman jumped in front of her husband, hoping that her body would protect him from the demons wrath. She couldn't stand the though of loosing him…she wouldn't allow it…
"Nice try, witch." The demon laughed coolly as he once again raised his bow. "But I'm afraid that meagre potion won't stop me…I'm far too powerful. Now, step aside and let me get what I came for…"
Piper did not know how she managed to remain standing- she felt overwhelmed with fear and her body shook in anger- but, somehow, she stood her ground.
"No." she replied, her voice sounding more forceful then she felt. "Never."
To her surprise, the demon merely smirked. "Very well." He said, as his beady eyes slowly surveyed the room, lighting up with malice once more as he caught sight of something a few meters away. "I suppose I can just kill another little angel first…if that's what you want."
Piper followed the demons gaze, and her heart almost stopped beating as she realized where he redirected his attention.
He was looking straight at Wyatt who was across the room helping Paige hold off an attack from Cole…
"NO!" Piper cried as the demon whipped his body around and fired the arrow. Both Piper and Leo threw themselves into his side, knocking him to the floor once again and Piper blasted the cross bow away…
But as she looked up she knew that it was already too late…
She saw the arrow lodge itself in Wyatt's shoulder, and tears filled her eyes as the boy…her little angel…fell to his knees with a cry of pain.
"Wyatt!" The two distraught parents cried in unison as they watched their oldest son in horror. Leo bolted across the room to the boy's aside and Piper was about to do the same when she felt a firm hand grip her ankle. The demon had latched onto her and his ugly face contorted into a smile as he pulled the witch painfully to the floor.
She hit the hard wood with a loud thud and winced at the sudden pain in her leg. She could see that the demon had reached out for his weapon once again...she knew that she couldn't stop him…she had tried everything she could…but he was too strong. She could never defeat him alone.
He grabbed his bow and quickly stood back up, placing a rough foot on her stomach to prevent her from getting away.
"I've had enough games, witch." He hissed, lowering the bow and aiming it directly at her heart. "The poison may not harm you." He continued, with another twisted grin, "But the arrow is still going to hurt a hell of a lot."
Piper struggled beneath his hold, knowing it was pointless. She was trapped- she was going to die. She could only hope that somehow the rest of her family would be okay…Leo, Chris, Wyatt…Paige, Mel, Phoebe and Cole…she wanted them all to come away from this unhurt, despite what they had done. She loved them- all of them- no matter what.
"Time to die." The demon roared, placing his finger on the trigger. She closed her eyes, waiting for the pain to hit…but instead she heard a yell of rage and felt the demons foot release her from its hold.
Confused, she sat up and looked frantically around the attic.
The demon had been thrown against the wall and was being pounded furiously by an enraged woman…
As Pipers vision came fully in to focus, her heart was once again filled with hope.
She had been saved.
By Phoebe…
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A/N Alright, I will update really soon with the last part of the battle! Hope you liked it- basically, Phoebe fighting with Emily, Paige/Wyatt fighting with Cole, Jenny/Chris fighting with Mel and Piper/Leo fighting Demetrius all happened at the same time. I realize it's confusing, and for that I am sorry:( I couldn't figure out a better way to write it…I think it would play out better on screen. And no, 'the scream' from the last chapter hasn't happened yet. Annnyway, please do tell me what you think! More soon!
Leigh
chattypandagurl- Yes, I did make you wait, lol. And now you must wait again! (I'm so evil) So glad you got the point of the last chapter…love defeating hate was my main (rather cheesy) concept behind this story, lol.
Alyssa Halliwell- lol, of course Chris survived, I would NEVER kill him. EVER. I love him far too much. Sorry about the cliffie, thanks for reviewing!
Phoenix5143- English: Your reviews are always most amusing, I look forward to them ever so much. Normal: (see, two can play at that game, lol.) Thank you thank you thank you for all of your wonderful comments, they really made my day. And yes, I agree- incest etc. can really ruin a perfectly good story, 'tis annoying. Never fear, you will never see a story like that from me:) (English: I'm far too much of a proper English lady for that rubbish, tehe)
The-Cheese-Fairy- So glad you found the last chapter charming…I try:) And about chapter 10
phoebe turner- the best chapter eh? Not sure if I agree, but I'm thrilled you liked it so much! Thanks again!
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