Divine Source

Disclaimer: I don't own X-men or Charmed in any way, shape, or form. I own only the plot.

Chapter 17

The Woogy smiled eerily at Taylor. The witch was lucky that she was contained within her walls created by the crystals. He was surprised that she hadn't tried orbing out yet. He inwardly chuckled; he couldn't wait until she did. She was in for a big surprise.

Chris ticked off the minutes in his mind as he waited for the X-men to suit up. He sighed. Did anyone really need a costume for this sort of stuff? I mean, his mom never dressed up in leather with a huge C on her chest for Charmed. Let alone a P for Piper. He shook his head. If they didn't hurry, Taylor was going to get hurt.

Logan grabbed his X-men suit and moved to his locker room to change as quickly as he could. The damn leather suit was a bitch to move in, but it had its perks. The leather was thick enough to stop most bullets and had just been improved to withstand large amounts of heat.

Logan was worried about Taylor and he knew it was natural. The thing was he felt more worried than he should have been. He knew he was developing feelings for the young witch and berated himself for it. One: he couldn't protect her, two: she was too young, and three: she was too much like him. If she didn't anyone to get close to her, then they wouldn't.

Logan sighed, the one thing he'd realized about Taylor was that, in her whole time at the manor, he was the only person she'd come to partially trust. At least, until he'd been an ass and she stopped trusting everyone.

"Holy shit!"

Logan looked up instantly at the sound of Chris' voice. Zipping up the last part of his suit, he ran into the professor's office to see Taylor standing next to Chris.

Taylor sighed at the Woogy. Did he really think she was going to sit inside the crystals forever? If he did, he was dead wrong. She winked at him as she began orbing.

"See ya!" She had just reached the top of the box, when she was thrown back onto the cave floor violently. The Woogy smiled. Taylor cursed under her breath. Time for plan B.

"Ah, I see you've discovered the improvements that I placed onto your protective box," he chuckled. "You can't get out without me. However," he said lightly placing an arm easily into the box. "I can get in. So you either help me, or you suffer. Which is it?" Taylor glared at the Woogy.

"I'll take suffer for two hundred Stu." The Woogy laughed.

"Very entertaining." Without warning, he stopped smiling and backhanded Taylor. She landed against the shield and tasted blood. "Do as I say or you'll witness something horrible." Taylor sat up and smirked at the Woogy as she licked her newly busted lip.

"What? Are you gonna sing?" The Woogy chuckled again as he shook his head.

"Pyro, do the honors would you?" The maniac with the fire grinned as he nodded and headed out of the cave.

"You know, you might as well go ahead and put me out of my misery," Taylor said lightly. "Because there's no way in…" she gasped as Pyro reentered the cave holding the hand of a child. The Woogy smiled.

"You were saying?"

"What the hell?" Logan asked. Taylor shushed him.

"Look," she said. I don't have a lot of time okay. I'm trapped. I know you're coming after me but I need you to stay here." Chris frowned.

"Why?" he asked.

"The Woogy is back he's got some kind of grand, master plan. Look, there's something I've got to do and I need you guys to stay here until I'm finished." Logan blinked.

"Okay," he said slowly. "How the hell did you get here?" Taylor sighed.

"Astral projection," she responded. "Now look, I've been able to master projecting without passing out, but he's gonna figure out that I'm only half there ya know. So look, Chris I need you to come up with a really powerful vanquishing spell and potion, got it?" At Chris' hesitant nod, she continued. "Logan, I need you to help Chris as much as you can. When I come back, we're going to have to work fast and I'll need you two most of all." She glanced between the two men warily. "So play nice."

"Be careful," both Logan and Chris said at once. They glared at one another before turning back to Taylor's astral form. She rolled her eyes at them.

"Yeah, yeah," she sighed. "Thanks for the advice mom." She winked at them and disappeared. Logan looked to Chris.

"Does she really think we're going to just wait here for her to come back?" Chris nodded.

"Looks that way."

"We're going to ignore her aren't we?" Chris nodded again with a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Looks that way." Logan looked at the younger man.

"Can you track her?"