Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Charmed. But I do own Aurora, Haley, Charisma, and any other characters you don't recognize.
Aurora glared and said through gritted teeth, "What the hell are you talking about Reagan?"
"What do you think Aurora?" Reagan replied walking up to her.
"I think you have a few screws loose in that pretty little head of yours." Aurora replied, taking a step back, closer to Chris.
"Glad you think my heads pretty." Reagan stated.
"You're as full of yourself as you've always been." Aurora muttered.
Reagan grinned and stopped walking. "Why don't you do that little spell your mom taught you when you were younger Aurora?"
"My mom taught me a lot of spells, you'll have to be a bit more specific than that." Aurora said, glancing at Chris.
"The spell she used to keep an eye on you and your sisters." Reagan replied. "The spell you still use to keep an eye on Charisma."
"And why should I do the spell exactly?"
"Because it'll be a good idea for you to do the spell before Wyatt carries through with the plan he's thinking of. Even though I highly doubt it would work. " Reagan replied.
Aurora felt her stomach turn, this couldn't be good. The look in Reagan's eyes was that of humor and enjoyment, and Aurora didn't like it at all. It set chills up her spine. Taking a deep breath Aurora whispered,
"Show me now
Those I love
Show me now
Those I think of.
Bring them to me,
Show me what I seek.
In the form of a movie
As I speak."
As the last word left her mouth, a picture formed on the wall in front of her. Reagan turned on his heels and looked at it. Aurora felt her anger begin to rise as the picture became clearer and began to play. Her father lay on the ground bruised and bleeding, Haley was bent over him, her hair covering her face, and Charisma was sitting beside her crying.
"Please tell me daddy's alright." Charisma cried.
"Daddy's going to be fine kiddo. He's just a little unconscious at the moment." Haley replied, looking up at Charisma, 'causing her hair to fall back from her face, and reveal a large cut on her right cheek.
"Haley you're bleeding." Charisma whispered, making Haley touch her cheek.
Haley pulled her hand from her cheek and looked at it. She wiped the blood that was on it onto her pants. "I'm fine Charisma. Can you go get the first aid kit from my bag?"
Charisma nodded and disappeared from the image. Haley closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "God Aurora I hope you're alright."
"What the hell did you do?" Aurora growled through gritted teeth.
"I did nothing." Reagan replied his back still to Aurora, as he watched the screen.
"Like hell you didn't. What did you do to my dad?" Reagan said nothing in reply.
"Haley we're not in the hotel anymore." Charisma's voice floated around the room.
"Of course we are." Haley looked over at Charisma as she walked back over to her with the first aid kit.
"No we're not. We're still in the hotel room but we're not in the hotel anymore." Charisma stated. "I went to the next room, but the view from the window wasn't the same. It was dark out there, it looked like the underworld."
Haley paled and stood up. "Clean up dad's cuts I'll be right back."
"Ok." Charisma said sitting down beside her father.
Aurora took another step back and felt her back collide with Chris's chest. "What did you do Reagan? Tell me now. Or I'll swear I'll.."
"You'll what? Kill me? That wouldn't be the smartest thing to do Aurora."
Charisma jumped at the sound of a bang. "What... What's wrong Haley?"
"We're stuck in here Charisma. The door and windows won't open, hell they won't even smash." Haley said sitting down beside Charisma and taking over cleaning up their father, when she was done she asked, "Can you help me get him to the bed?"
"Sure." Charisma whispered, helping Haley, the best she could, lift their father to the bed. Charisma sat beside their father's lifeless body as Haley started pacing the room. "Aurora's going to help us right?"
"Of course she will." Haley smiled weakly. "She'll find us soon. Very soon. She'll help us get out of here, and everything will be back to normal. Everything will be like it use to. We can rely on Aurora. She's smart when it comes to these types of things."
"You sound like you're trying to convince yourself Haley."
"I think I am."
Aurora couldn't control her anger anymore, she charged at Reagan, pushing him up against the wall, and as she did so the image quickly disappeared from the wall. With her arm was now pressed against his throat, she asked, "Tell me Reagan. What the hell did you do?"
"Ah ah ah, control that anger of yours Aurora. You don't want anything to happen to them do you?" Reagan replied quietly.
Aurora glared and took a step back, letting Reagan fall to the ground. "Don't make me repeat myself. Now answer my question Reagan, what did you do?"
Reagan stood up, "I took your family hostage to get what I want."
"And what might that be?" Aurora questioned, though she thought she might already know the answer.
"You." Reagan stated simply.
"That's sick Reagan. Taking my family hostage so you can have me? That's not right." Aurora growled, her heart beginning to race.
"But it helps." Reagan laughed. "Oh and just so you all know, anything happens to me, and the three of them die. Not that you can really kill me. I've been a Levers demon for quite the long time, I have quite a few powers built up."
"But the book that I read didn't say you could take witches or demons powers." Melinda protested.
"Oh, but I can imitate, and I have imitated just the right demon's powers."
Aurora couldn't believe what was happening. In a mere couple of hours her world had gone upside down. But what did she expect? When she was finally settled down, finally happy something always happened. "What is it going to take for you to leave them alone?" Aurora whispered.
"You to come with me." Reagan replied.
"Why?" Aurora questioned. "Why do you want me?"
"Are you that naive Aurora? You have a lot of power just waiting to surface."
"If you mean you want me to help you with your evil plans you got another thing coming to you." Aurora stated.
"What a pity, I guess you don't want to see your family again." Reagan paused. "Since I'm a nice guy I'll give you a day to think it over. And think it over carefully, because remember it's your family that's at steak."
Aurora opened her mouth to say something but Reagan shimmered out, she turned to face Chris, Wyatt, Melinda, and Piper. "God please tell me this isn't happening. Please tell me this is some messed up dream I'm having."
"I wish I could." Piper whispered.
Aurora felt her legs give out on her as she fell to the ground. She shook her head, "What am I going to do? I can't give in, but I can't risk losing them."
"We'll figure something out," Chris said crouching beside Aurora.
"In a day? I highly doubt we'll figure something out in a day Chris." Aurora sighed, closing her eyes, everything running through her mind. Do what Reagan wants and save her family? Or not do what Reagan wants and risk losing her family? Both options didn't sit well with her. Aurora opened her eyes, and slowly stood up, "I... I got to go think about this."
Aurora turned and headed out the room, ignoring everyone's comments. The only thing that had reached her ears as she left the room was Piper saying, "Wyatt can you get your dad from P3, he might know what we can do."
Aurora knew what she had to do, she had to do what Reagan wanted. She had to make sure her family was alright, and then she'd have to figure out what she could do afterward. Shaking her head Aurora walked down the stairs, she walked into the kitchen and picked up the phone. Dialing in a number, she hoped was right. "Hello?"
"Hi. Can I talk to Kelsey please?"
"Speaking."
"Hey Kelsey, it's Aurora."
"Oh, hey Aurora."
"Some family thing came up, and I'm not going to be here for the rest of the week. So I just wanted to tell you that when I get back me and you are going to party, like we've never partied before."
Kelsey laughed, "Ok, I'll keep that in mind."
"Yea, but I better go. I'll call you later."
"Ok Aurora, bye."
"Bye Kelsey."
Aurora hung up and took a deep breath. "Please let me be doing the right thing." She whispered turning around, only to face Chris.
"Should I take that as you're going to go with Reagan?" Chris questioned, his arms crossed at his chest.
"Chris, I'm sorry. It's the only way I can make sure they're safe." Aurora defended her choice. "It's the only way I can make sure that he doesn't hurt anyone I love."
"But we'll figure something out. We'll save them, and you won't have to go with him." Chris stated.
"Chris if I go with him, you guys will have a longer time to find out how to get rid of him and the Inpental demons." Aurora replied. "It will be easier this way, and I'll be at ease knowing my family's safe."
"Aurora you can't do this." Chris said looking her in the eye.
"And why can't I Chris?"
"Because I'm scared that if you do this we won't be able to get you back." Chris replied.
"Chris I'll be coming back, you can't get rid of me that easy." Aurora sighed. "You guys will find a way to get rid of him. I'm positive you will. Right now the right thing to do, for me anyway, is make sure my family's safe. To make sure you're safe. So I have to do this Chris."
"You don't have to." Chris whispered.
"Chris you can't tell me that you wouldn't if you were in my position."
"I wouldn't." Chris stated.
Aurora sighed, "So you're telling me that if it was your brother, sister, mom, and dad, you'd wait until you guys figured something out. Even if you only had one day?"
Chris opened his mouth to protest, but he couldn't. Aurora was right. If he was in her place, he'd do exactly the same thing. "See Chris? You can't judge my choice, because you'd do the exact same thing."
"They're not going to let you do it." Chris sighed looking down at the floor.
"Who?"
"Everyone else. They're going to try to talk you out of it."
"I'll just have to tell them my reasons." Aurora sighed. "But first I want to make sure you understand my reasons Chris."
Chris was silent for a few minutes before saying, "I do understand Aurora, I just wish you wouldn't go. I wish you'd wait for us to find a way to help you get your family back, without you having to go with that demon."
"I know Chris. Don't get me wrong, I know you guys can find a way, but in a day? I don't think you guys will be able to do it. It's easier for me to go with Reagan, make sure my family's safe, and wait for you guys to find a way of getting rid of them."
Chris nodded but stayed silent. Aurora closed her eyes, questions bombarding her head now. Could they find something in a day? What would happen if Reagan stabbed her in the back and didn't let her family go? She had to stop thinking about this, she had to go with her gut feeling. "I guess I should go tell the others, what I'm going to do before I change my mind." Aurora said, opening her eyes, and walking away.
As she walked past Chris, he grabbed her arm. Aurora took a step back and looked at him with a questioning glance. When he looked up from the ground their eyes connected, Chris pulled her closer, and closed the gap between them with a kiss that made Aurora light in the head. It wasn't like any the two had shared before, and part of Aurora was screaming out, saying it was a goodbye kiss.
Aurora broke the kiss and looked up at Chris. "This isn't goodbye Chris. Your family is awesome, and you'll have a plan to get rid of Reagan and the Inpental demon within a week. I know you will, and I'll be cooking up plans of my own."
"Are you insane Aurora?" Phoebe questioned. It had only been a matter of hours before the whole Halliwell clan had shown up All of them trying to convince Aurora to wait till they figured something out.
"How many times do I have to repeat myself?" Aurora asked. "I don't want to risk losing my family, and you guys will have a spell written, and a potion made in a matter of days. Plus I know a way we can keep in contact until you do."
"Really? What's that?" Piper sighed.
"The spell Reagan got me to use. The one that showed us my family. If we worked it at the same time, it would kind of act like a phone... well video conference type thing." Aurora replied, a smile playing on her lips.
"You know... that's not a bad idea." Peyton mused. "That way if we need you to do something you'll be able to."
The room feel silent, as everyone started thinking about what was going on. "I can't believe there's nothing else about Inpental or Levers demons in this book." Chris growled from where he stood going to the Book of Shadows.
"Christopher calm down." Piper said. "We'll find something. Paige and Melinda are up at Magic School looking threw the books again, and asking around. And Wyatt's 'up there' asking questions. It won't be long till we have the answers we need."
Aurora collapsed onto the couch and started tapping her fingers on the arm of the couch as she stared at the wall. This was definitely going to be interesting, and she just hoped it all worked out for the better.
A few hours passed when she heard his voice float threw the room, "So you make up your mind?"
"I take it you're Reagan." Leo mused from where he stood beside Piper.
"Yup, and you're Leo." Reagan replied turning to Aurora. "You make up your mind?"
"Yes I did." Aurora sighed. "But it hasn't exactly been a day."
"I'm impatient. What can I say?" Reagan responded. "So what are you going to do Aurora?"
"I'm going to go with you." Aurora sighed. "But you have to take me to my family, and you have to let them go. And you have to promise me you will never go near them or the Halliwells again."
"I can do that." Reagan grinned.
"Good. I'm just going to go grab some stuff." Aurora whispered, glancing at Chris. "Chris can you help me? And Reagan come back in ten minutes."
Reagan shimmered out and Aurora let out the breath she hadn't realized she had held. "Come on Chris." Chris nodded and followed Aurora out of the room and to Melinda's room.
"I can't believe you're going through with this." Chris mused as Aurora threw her things back into the bag.
"I won't be gone for that long." Aurora smiled at Chris. "I don't think anything can keep me away from you." she added in a whisper. "We've only known each other for a couple months, and yet I feel like I've known you forever."
"I know what you mean." Chris sighed.
"I'll be back in a couple days tops." Aurora stated. "I have faith in you and your family. Plus you'll have my family helping you, Haley might know something, she's the smartest demon wise."
Chris nodded. "Just be careful Aurora."
"I always am." Aurora smiled., zipping up her bag. "Don't let yourself get to stressed out, and remember at ten tomorrow night do the video spell thing. If you don't remember the spell then you have Haley, she knows it."
"I won't forget."
"Ready to go?" Reagan questioned shimmering into the room.
Aurora glared at Reagan and turned to Chris pulling him into a hug. Chris could see the tears glazing over Aurora's eyes. He could hear the pain in her voice as she whispered into his ear, "I love you Chris," before letting go. Aurora turned to Reagan and said, "Let's go Reagan."
Reagan touched Aurora's shoulder, and grinned at Chris before shimmering them out. Chris sat down on the bed. 'Did she say what I think she said?' he asked himself. 'Or am I hearing things? No, she said it. I'm sure she said it. She had to of. But she left before I could say anything in reply. This is so screwed up. We have to figure out a way to get rid of Reagan, and get Aurora back. I need to tell her I feel the same way.'
AN: Crap. This chapter was crap. But I had to write it 'cause I needed to get my idea to work. So if you don't leave a review I understand.
ilovedrew88: Yes the last chapter, I tried to write as funny as I could, just to make up for what I was planning.
DrewFullerFanLife: Thank you!
Paige Halliwell-Matthews: Horrible? Lol... Here's your update!
Angelnanoo: September 6th school starts for me. My ideas? Well that comes from a small part of my brain that decides to show sometimes. That and great reviewers like you. :)
The Great and Powerful Oz: Yes Reagan was meant to seem nice, but that was just a show.
CharmedClover: Reagan's story will come out next chapter. Well I took the green cookies idea from a friend of mine. My school offers cooking classes(I took one two years ago) and in her cooking class there was a group of people that managed to turn muffins green, so I took that and made it cookies...lol.