Chapter Four
"What about her?" Roxxie asked, referring to Billie. She and Brunt had just shimmered in.
"Leave her," Sauran said. "She's of no importance to us."
"Maybe I should just kill her and get it over with," Roxxie said.
"No," Sauran said. "There's no time for that now. We need to get out of here before Piper gets back. Cjinx can't control all of them yet. Let's get out of here." They shimmered out, taking Prue and Phoebe with them, without a moment to spare. Piper walked in the door immediately following.
"Billie!" she exclaimed, running over and kneeling next to her. Billie slowly opened her eyes and rubbed her head. "Are you okay? What happened?"
"Prue and two demons attacked us," she said groggily. "Oh no, where's Phoebe?" Piper suddenly noticed this too and started looking around.
"Let's get scrying for her," Piper said.
"It won't work," Billie told her.
"What? Why not?"
"I don't know. They're blocking it somehow." Piper moaned and grabbed her cell phone. "Who are you calling? Demon information?" Piper gave her a quick glare.
"I'm calling Paige," she said. Paige answered a moment later.
"I'm kinda busy right now, Piper," she said. "What is it?"
"Prue kidnapped Phoebe," Piper said.
"What?" Paige yelled. "What are you talking about?"
"Listen, just get home right away, and we can discuss it further."
"I'd really love to, but I can't leave Henry here alone," Paige said. "If Josh has a gun, he could kill him."
"Fine, stay with Henry for now," Piper said. "But be careful, you don't know what these demons are up to." She flipped her phone shut and started pacing. "I can't believe Prue's been working with demons all these years."
"I don't think that's what happened," Billie said. "I was spacing in and out a little bit, but I heard Sauran mention something about mind control. I think they're using that on Prue, and possibly Phoebe too."
"But why?" Piper asked. "Why don't they just kill Phoebe, and what was the purpose of bringing Prue back in the first place? There's got to be more to this, and I'm going to find out what."
"When will Paige be controlled?" Roxxie asked. "I know she'll be the absolute winner!"
"Are you crazy?" Brunt asked. "Phoebe's the only one with fighting skills. While the girls are flaunting their powers about, Phoebe will take them down."
"She'll have a hard time when she's frozen in time," Sauran said. "Piper will rise from this fight victorious."
"First of all, Piper can't freeze her sisters," Cjinx said. "Secondly, Prue is the oldest, and the strongest. Once I have her controlled, I know she'll be able to win without a doubt."
"You're right about Piper's freezing," Sauran said. "I don't think it's fair if her powers won't work on her sisters."
"Well, what're you gonna do about it?" Brunt asked. "You can't just make them vulnerable…can you?"
"I'm sure I can find a potion to do so," Sauran said. "Then it'll be a fair match for them all."
"Well, when do Paige and Piper get involved?" Roxxie asked impatiently.
"When my strength returns to me," Cjinx said. "It takes a while for powers to restore. It takes a lot right now just to control those two. I should be fully rejuvenated in a few hours. Then we can go get the other two."
"Henry," Paige said, leading him away from Kim, Josh's girlfriend, to give themselves privacy. "Are you sure Josh is coming here? We've been here for over an hour, and he hasn't shown up. My sisters are in really big trouble, and I need to get back as soon as I can."
"Then go, Paige," Henry said. "I don't want to be holding you back from your duties. This is my job, not yours'."
"I can't leave you here," Paige said. "Why don't you get the police here? They can protect Kim, you don't have to."
"Listen, I know Josh is good inside, and if the cops come, he could get hurt. I want to be able to talk to him." Before Paige could say anything, the front door came crashing down.
"Kim!" Josh yelled, a shotgun in his hand.
"You're saying that's good?" Paige asked.
"Hey, I found that other demon in here," Billie said, showing Piper the page.
"Cjinx, demon of mind control," Piper read aloud. "Was crystallized by the Source a century ago for betraying him…blah, blah. This explains how they're controlling Prue and probably Phoebe now too."
"There's no vanquishing potion for her," Billie read. "How can we stop her?"
"We'll need some powerful demons to help us crystallize her again."
"What demon is gonna help us? Let alone more than one?"
"I don't know," Piper admitted. "But we're gonna need one and fast. I don't want to be next."
"Well, there's only two places to find demons nowadays," Billie said. "Underworld and magic school, take your pick."
"Magic school," Piper said. "Hopefully we'll find a willing demon there." They cast a spell that transported them to the magic school. They appeared in shimmering, white lights. Billie peeked around the corner to see if the coast was clear.
"There's five demons in the hall," she said, leaning back in. "Blow one up and offer the others their lives." Piper walked out into the hall and blew up a demon.
"Move and I'll kill you too," she said. Making sure that they were all complying to her demands, she motioned for Billie to come out. "Now, I want your help in stopping a certain demon."
"Why would we help you?" one of them asked.
"Unless you want to turn up like your friend there, I suggest you help us," Piper said. They bowed their heads.
"What do we need to do?"
"You need to chant a certain demonic spell to put Cjinx…"
"Cjinx?" they yelled. "She was put away years ago! Who would release her?"
"Some demon named Sauran," Billie said. "He's released her so that she can control you guys into doing their bidding."
"Of course we'll help you," one of the demons said. "Anything to put that wretched hag away."
"It's not nice to speak of other demons behind their back," Cjinx said, walking down the hallway. She was joined by Sauran, Prue, Phoebe, and two other demons. The demons spun around and hurled fireballs/energy balls down the hall. Prue and Phoebe both deflected them back at the demons, vanquishing them.
"Ah, we didn't even need to go after you, Piper," Sauran said. "You've come right to us."