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Chapter 9: Tempts of Evil
"And why didn't you follow?" Piper asked her son.
"At the moment I was stunned. I didn't know what to do. Not to mention…stuck in a closet."
"Which by the way how did you get out?"
"After not being able to break down the door by a physical mean. I remembered the astral-projection spell. I saw the demon and Lor. Once they left I could get out." Piper sighed loudly and rubbed her temples.
"Well, scrying isn't working," Paige said dropping the crystal onto the map and sat back with a huff.
"And since you can't sense her either," Phoebe thought aloud.
"That would leave either the underworld or the heavens," Leo finished.
"Betcha she went to go get even," a voice piped in. Piper turned to face her younger son.
"You're supposed to be upstairs not thinking of magic and packing for tomorrow."
"I know, I know. But I mean come on. That's what I would do and so would you. In fact, isn't that what you did when Aunt Paige got hit?" With that realization, Wyatt orbed out of the room.
"Wyatt!"
"Its alright, Piper. I'll follow. Paige stay above ground if she surfaces you'll be able to sense her." With a nod from both Paige and Piper, Leo followed his son to the underworld.
"Phoebe, take Christopher and Patti up to the attic then to the kitchen. We're going to need that power-stripping potion and possibly the crystal cage." Piper ordered.
"Wait, I thought you said no magic for me."
"Get. Now. Paige."
"I'll keep scrying." Piper nodded and headed into the kitchen.
"Mom." Piper wheeled around and saw her future younger son sitting at the table.
"Chris, what the hell! Why didn't you tell us? We could have prevented this."
"I know. That's the point. This needs to happen."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, this whole thing is about Wyatt and Lor and future events."
"Explain."
"I just did." Piper cocked an eyebrow up and glared at her future son.
"Alright. Lor…in the future, she's…she's the reason why Wyatt hasn't destroyed the entire world yet."
Wyatt slowly crept around the corners of the stone maze of the underworld. Wyatt looked left and right and dashed across an open tunnel.
"Hey." Wyatt nearly jumped out of his skin.
"Dad!"
"Hey, why are you being so careful? When you were little you used to wander down here all the time."
"Yeah, when I was little. When I didn't have common sense. Plus I was down here alone until you showed up. Granted yes, I have power, but last time I got over-confident. Remember I almost died and got Christopher captured trying to get him to rescue me so I wouldn't get into trouble. Don't really want to repeat that."
"Ok, true."
"And Lor's down here with a rogue power. I would rather not feel how powerful that power is."
"Okay…so how do we find her? It'll take forever to walk around." Then as if one cue a demon flew from an open room to Wyatt's right followed by several shouts and explosions. Father and son looked at each other and immediately ran into the room. There they found Lor standing in the middle of a big group of demons. With a yell, Lor emitted a bright beam of energy hitting demon after demon vanquishing them on the spot in a display of smoke and fire. When all but one demon were gone, Lor narrowed upon the cowering demon.
"Stop! I gave you your power! You think your pain will end just because you vanquish me?"
"No, that's different job." And with that Lor vanquished Bornin with a blast of energy. Then turned to face Wyatt and Leo. The two stepped back at the sight. Lor was even more disheveled, her breathing was heavy from the strain of power and her eyes…her eyes were no longer the natural bright green, but they were empty, black nothingness.
"Lor…" Wyatt whispered.
"Wyatt." Lor answered shortly then her eyes settled on Leo. In a blink, Lor was in front of Leo and shoved him hard against the stone wall. "Elder, where do you keep your dead?"
"Lor! No!" Wyatt cried and tried to separate his father and friend. A bright white ring flashed around Leo and Lorae and sent Wyatt flying backwards. Lor turned her head towards Wyatt with eyes still as empty as ever. She lifted a hand and produced a bright energy ball. But as Lor looked at Wyatt, she didn't throw the energy ball.
"Stay away," she said in a low voice and blinked both herself and Leo from the underworld. Wyatt sat in the dirt helpless and lost. His friend was becoming more and more evil and he didn't know what to do.