A/N: Thanks again to all the reviewers!
JadeAlmasy- Glad you enjoyed it!
Altaira- You are SO right. Premonitions CAN change.
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(This chapter takes place while Chris is battling Evil Wyatt in the Underworld.)
"MOM, Look out!" Phyra screamed as a demon with ugly flaking scales flamed in behind Paige.
"Athame!" Paige yelled, calling for the knife the demon held, and sending it plunging back into his own body. He instantly erupted in flames. "What is going on? It's like a demon parade in here today! Ahh!" She screamed as another demon shimmered in behind Phyra. Paige held out her hand and sent orb explosions from the center of her palm directly into the newest demon's face.
"It's E.W., Mom. He's sending hit men to kill us all. I guess he thinks sheer numbers will defeat us." Phyra explained quickly, seeing a slimy blob head for her. She circled it with a wall of fire, burning it to oblivion.
"Who the heck is EW?" Paige asked confused.
"EW… Evil Wyatt. What? I was sick of saying both things. It's gets tiring!" She defended at her mother's disbelieving look. (A/N: The author is also sick of typing Evil Wyatt, so from here on out, he's EW unless he and good Wyatt are in the same room, ok?)
"Ok, so why does EW think he's going to be able to kill us so easily? It's not like other demons haven't tried tag-teaming us before. They've never won."
"Yeah, well in recent years, let's face it mom. Chris & Wyatt are our major demon fighters. You, Aunt Phoebe & Aunt Piper aren't getting any younger. And the rest of us don't have enough defensive powers to make them really scared. Chris is in the Underworld, which we all know EW expected. Wyatt is stuck in the cage, which we also know that EW knows. It's kind of a good time, ya know?"
"Hey, kiddo. Who you calling old?" Phoebe yelled as she kicked a female demon in the teeth into the kitchen table, breaking it in half, and sending the demon into flames. "We're just getting better! OW!" She yelled as she took a step and landed on a discarded demon weapon.
"Phyra, be nice to your mom & aunts. You know Chris would kick your butt if he'd heard that." Maya, Chris' girlfriend called out from her station in the corner of the entryway. Paige had come to get her as soon as they'd heard EW's plan.
"Yeah, yeah. Maya! Incoming!" Phyra screamed. Drox appeared in front of Maya, ready to strike out with his club.
"Whatever, demon-boy. Take that!' Maya yelled as she called up a fire ball and shoved it at his chest. A wound appeared, but didn't vanquish him completely. Phyra gasped and spread her fingers as far apart as they would go, increasing the size of Maya's fireball. Drox was nothing but ashes as the fire enveloped his body.
Piper froze two demons as she flicked her hands at the third, blowing him up. "Guys, we need help. This is crazy! We're being overrun!" She screamed as an energy ball hit her in the side, knocking her down.
"Aunt Piper!" Phyra yelled as she orbed to her aunt, healing her wound. The frozen demons slowly broke out of Piper's freeze as twenty more shimmered and flamed in.
"We have to let Wyatt out! It's the only way we're going to win!" Paige yelled as a young dark lighter shot her with his arrow.
"It's too dangerous. What if EW gets to him?" Phoebe shouted over the sounds of the demon fight.
"We have to do something! I can't keep healing; my powers are almost used up. I'm using them too much!" Phyra gasped, out of breath as she orbed to her mother. "Someone get over here and pull this arrow!"
Ryan, Paisley's boyfriend ran over, and grabbed the arrow, pulling it from Paige's shoulder where it was imbedded. Phyra raised her hands over the wound, and a pale yellow light shone for a few seconds, then stalled. "My power… it's gone, I used it too much. Maya! Quick, please, heal her!" Phyra cried, knowing her mom was dying in front of her.
Maya shimmered to Paige's side, held her hands over the wound and watched as the wound sealed over.
Phyra looked at Paige, and she nodded. It was time to let Wyatt out.
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Paige orbed to the attic as everyone else kept fighting. "Wyatt!" she yelled at him, orbing one of the crystals out of the way. "We need you. Now!" A demon shimmered in behind her, and she whirled, blasting him with orb explosions.
"What's going on? I can hear the fighting." Wyatt asked as he grabbed Excalibur.
"We're under siege. Demons everywhere. Phyra can't heal anymore, she's too exhausted. Abby, Maya and Ryan are working together to help us, but the demons are coming faster than we can kill them." Paige panted, as they orbed back to the living room.
Wyatt stared for a minute in shock. Then as he felt the power build up inside, he called up two energy balls and hurled them into the nearest two demons, erupting them instantly. He gripped Excalibur, and yelled, "LEAVE THIS HOUSE, IF YOU WANT TO LIVE TO TRY AGAIN ANOTHER DAY!" His voice was so powerful; it shook the windows in the manor, and stopped several demons in their paths. Wyatt scanned the room quickly, as he took stock of the number of demons in the room. He swing Excalibur, and felt his inner energy strum through the sword, releasing from the tip. He aimed at a group of demons and released the energy, vanquishing them instantly. Wyatt turned and repeated the action twice more with two more groups of demons. The rest quickly scattered.
"Thanks, Wy. You saved us that time." Phyra broke the sudden stillness of the room.
"Yeah, well, considering I caused this, the least I could do was fix it." He looked around, scanning silently for more demons. "But this wasn't the end. This was just to weaken us. They'll be back, and when they are, this time they'll be locked and loaded and ready to kill. EW will be with them, probably Barbas too, and we'll need to be ready." He grabbed Phyra's hand, pulling her up off the floor. "Mom, Phy, can you two start making potions?"
"Well, yeah, Wy, but what potions do we need?" Phyra asked.
"Everything. Anything you can think of that will help us either become immune to a demon or to kill a demon. Aunt Phoebe, can you and Paisley start on a spell? Barbas feeds off fears, right? So what if we kill him by finding out his greatest fear and using is against him? Maybe he'll implode and kill himself, or something. Everyone else, raid our demon leftovers. We have to have everything we can to use again EW. He's tough and mean, and more powerful than any of us can imagine. WE have to be prepared to fight with every weapon we have. Is Peyton back yet? I know Chris wouldn't have let her stay for the fight." He asked nervously.
"No, not yet. I don't know where they are. She should have orbed back a long time ago." Paige stuttered quietly.
"She's okay. I'd know if she wasn't. She's scared, but okay. Besides, she's got Cole too, and he won't let EW hurt her." Phyra soothed.
"WHAT? Cole is with EW? Why didn't you tell me that?" Phoebe screamed, instantly terrified.
"We sent him on a mission. Peyton and I that is. Mom, we gave him a potion that basically made him look evil to anyone scanning him empathically. It's not a blocking potion, but something that actually shows an illusion of hatred. EW thinks Cole is still Balthazor, and that he hates you and Aunt Paige & Aunt Piper for vanquishing him. So, it's not just Chris protecting Peyton, Cole is too. They won't let anything happen to her, Aunt Paige." Patience broke in.
"Oh that's reassuring." Paige sniped bitterly. She was terrified her little girl was going to be killed and she wasn't even there to stop it.
"Shut up, Paige! Cole has done nothing but help us since he came back six months ago! You'd better start realizing that he does have a place here. I'm going to be with him. Les and I are over, now. That leaves a huge whole in my life that is just waiting to be filled by my first true love. Like it or not, Paige, Cole is good now. He is a demon with a conscience. You accept that Maya has demon blood in her, but that she has chosen the path of good. You'll just have to start doing the same for Cole. He's not going to let anything bad happen to Peyton. Or Chris, either for that matter. He might be a demon, but he's not a monster." Phoebe snapped, her eyes filling with tears.
"Why thanks, sweetheart, for the vote of confidence." Cole drawled out slowly. He'd shimmered in unnoticed with Chris and Peyton. "But we've got big problems."
"We have to lure EW here. He protected his Underworld lair from orbing. We can't get out of there. We would have died if Cole hadn't shimmered us out. EW didn't except a double-cross. Phy, we need more of that energy ball potion. It works like a charm, but we need enough for everyone." Chris explained, hurriedly.
"Wyatt! You're out of the cage!" Peyton exclaimed noticing her cousin for the first time. She started to run to him for a hug, but stopped just out of arms reach. "You, er... are our Wyatt right?"
"Yeah, I'm your Wyatt. They let me out of the cage because demons were attacking non-stop. Good to have to you back, Pey-day." He ruffled her hair, and pulled her into a tight hug.
"Wy… you have to get back in the cage. EW is going to be here any time now. He won't wait, especially after the demons report you're out." Chris stated calmly.
"No, Chris. Enough of this hiding in the cage. I'm going to start helping. If you see me start to go evil, then orb my butt to the cage then where I can't hurt anyone. But until then, I'm staying here, and I'm helping my family."
Chris looked into the familiar blue eyes of his older brother and saw the determination in his steady gaze. "Welcome back Bro." He said, slapping Wyatt on the back. "I guess we've got a demon to kill."