Disclaimer: Don't own Charmed no matter how much I want to.

Reminder: A demon has just clawed it's way into the building through a rip made between the two worlds. The gang are horrified and stand watching as the demon hovers staring at them.

Ok sorry guys for not updating in like 3 weeks, my pc was broken then I couldn't go on for a while, long story short, I'm back and I'm going to try and make this chappie as exciting as I can, so please let me know what you think, thanks xxxx

Dirty Blondes

As the demon hovered below him through the rip more demons began to claw their way through the opening, Darklighters, Harpies, Trok demons, Gremlocks, even Furies to name a few. Phoebe swore there was a couple of Kazi demons coming out as well.

The groups remained still, no one breathed. They were waiting, the demons slowly gathered opposite them.

Phoebe decided to go for it, she wasn't one for patience.

Phoebe propelled herself into the air and threw her self at the demon who had entered their domain. She swung her legs quickly catching the levitating demon in the jaw. She landed behind him. Other demons made a grab for her, she fended them off as best she could but before she knew it she was engulfed in demons grabbing her.

Then the pulls and scratches subsided as the demons began to burst into flames. She turned to see Carla with her hands in a prayer position her eyes shut. Flames surrounded her, she was setting them on fire.

Finally action.

Craig in his wolf form dove into the fray ripping a Harpies throat out as he flew through the air, the harpie screamed as she burst into flames, demons began to surround Craig, the hair on the back of his neck bristled, he growled menacingly, the demons inched towards him. Craig sprung into action at lightening speed.

Chris threw a group of oncoming demons away from him. His arms still ached from the spell earlier cast. He moved some mislaid boxes at them blocking their path. An athame spun across the floor as Carla vanquished another demon with lightening speed. He hurled it at the leader of the group of demons. He burst into flames howling. The others started to sprint towards him he threw them back again knocking several demons approaching Paige out of the way.

Paige orbed behind a Kazi demon kicked him in the back orbing an energy ball being aimed at Chris into his back. A Darklighter arrow hurtled through the air towards her, she orbed behind a fury causing it to take the arrow and vanquishing it.

Phoebe took a deep breath and vaulted herself over a nearby demon and then landing with a snap kick to a demons chest sending about 5 more cascading into a wall.

Paige orbed an athame to her and started to stab several demons in front of her.

Carla's eyes glowed again and the athame began to flame in Paige's hand but she seemed unaffected by the flames licking around her fingers. It didn't stop the next demon she approached to burst into flames with the touch of the blade.

Carla was beginning to scare Phoebe.

Then a demons shot red lights from it's eyes towards Phoebe that caught her in the shoulder and caused her to fell to the floor heavily. She heard a supporting hand catch her before the ground came into contact with her now bleeding shoulder. She looked up and saw Chris. Another demon grabbed him by the shoulder and attempted to pull Chris away, but even though his arm was hurting from the earlier spell mishap he barely winced, he turned to look at the demon and it flew 6 feet into the air.

The demons closed a circle around the Chris knelt beside Phoebe not moving. He squinted his eyes pain radiated through him onto Phoebe, a tear rolled down his cheek, all the demons surrounding them were hurled into the air.

Carla not even glancing at them rose her hand and each one burst into flames. One by one barely touching the floor.

Phoebe sprang to her feet while Chris stumbled to his.

"How did you…?" she spluttered.

"I don't know… the connection between the worlds must be increasing our strength…?"

"How… it's evil?"

Chris shrugged and ducked as a demon swung a knife towards his neck. Phoebe cart wheeled out of the way.

"We have to stop them coming through the hole." She screamed as a demon flew from the glowing pit towards her.

"How?" Paige yelped as a demon swung an scimitar at her and she orbed behind it kicking it towards Carla who burst it into flames instantaneously.

Craig bounded towards a demon diving towards it's neck ripping it's throat out quickly. The demon burst into flames before he skidded to the floor.

He slashed at several other demons barely missing being stabbed in the back by a Gremlock.

"A spell?" Chris suggested racing towards the Carla who blew up an army of demons chasing him.

"We have no power of three." Paige yelped orbing a fireball at a Darklighter.

Phoebe began to feel light-headed she had been astral projecting too long now, she began to feel dizzy, she watched as Chris was thrown across the room by a Darklighter who began to approach him with his crossbow, Phoebe tried to run towards him but her legs were cemented to the floor. She tried to scream for someone to help him, her mouth felt like someone had filled it with glue or something she could barely open it to breath. A demon punched her in the back of the head and she collapsed, she vanished as she rolled over on the floor.

"CHRIS!" Phoebe screamed waking up in the attic of the manor.

Piper raced upstairs to see her sister sat up bolt right her eyes filled with tears.

"What, what about Chris are they ok, God please tell me they are ok, please!" Piper sounded flustered.

"They are in the basement…a rip into the underworld… hordes of demons!" Tears began to spill from Phoebe's eyes.

Piper kicked one of the crystals away and enveloped her sobbing sister in a bear hug.

"What's going on in there?" She asked stroking her sister's matted hair down.

"It's Barbas, he has them trapped." Phoebe spluttered.

"And the demonic council are making him do it." Piper muttered.

Phoebe pulled away, "What?" She choked.

"I had a visit while you were away, he was very helpful." Piper said softly.

"Really?" Phoebe asked still having her arms wrapped around her sister's waist.

"Yup, just straight after I changed my shoes."

"What did he tell you?" Phoebe asked.

Piper quickly filled her in on what she knew.

"We have to get to the underworld and get in there now." Phoebe said scrambling to her feet.

"Explain, how we get into the underworld?" Piper snapped.

"LEO!" Phoebe screamed glaring at her sister.

"You know, he's up there, he's not coming down."

"LEO!" Phoebe yelled louder.

No sparkling orbs to tell them he was arriving.

"Hmph fine! We'll get in another way then!" Phoebe snarled at the ceiling.

"Just because he can't come down, doesn't mean he can't hear you Phoebe!" Piper sighed.

"I want him to hear me his s…" Piper's hand covered her sister's mouth before she could even utter the words, even if he was up there chances were Phoebe had gotten his attention and Piper did NOT want him coming back down and discovering he had a son locked in a demonic fun house. She knew how he would react. It wouldn't be great either.

Phoebe groaned, "Fine we'll do it my way." She flipped through the Book stopping at the page, transporting to the underworld.

Piper glared at her.

"Get the candles," She muttered.

Darryl stared at the building, it was surrounded by bricks and he had… two hours left, then the building was going to blow up. Had the sisters managed to make any improvements yet? He grimaced as another reporter tried to slip through the barrier and the swat team that had now assembled around the area carried her back.

How was he even going to try and explain this?
Piper had just called telling him they had a plan and that some demon of fear was killing everyone and the only people left were Chris and Paige and two of their magical friends and that Phoebe had just experienced a fight with demons breaking through the two worlds and Darryl had to make her stop when she started to ramble on about a demonic council. This was all giving him a huge headache. This day could not get any worse… wait!

People around him began to shuffle about and disperse, small droplets of rain fell onto Darryl's head, he looked up as another fat raindrop splashed onto his cheek.

This was getting irritating, not only was he missing a bedtime story with DJ and his evening meal with Julia it was raining.

This day had just gone from insanely bad to insanely bad annoying and wet.

He had just rung Piper to tell her the building was being blown up at midnight, she said they were going to get Paige now, they had plenty of time. He hoped she was right, he hoped Paige was out of the building before it was blown up.

And of course his bosses were still breathing down his neck over bringing physics to the scene again, apparently his methods normally ended up with the perpetrator missing. At least the perpetrator was dead and wouldn't be causing anymore harm was Darryl's reason but his replies would normally go along the lines of, I don't choose my cases.

Oh god was that the swat team coming?

Carla was beginning to lose control of her powers again, she could feel the fire beginning to work on it's own. She saw Chris being by a Darklighter but she couldn't bring herself to set the demon on fire, she felt her arm send Craig's wolf form hurtling into a wall, he leapt to his feet and snarled at her baring his teeth threateningly. He was going to help Chris she knew he was, wanted Chris to use his powers and save himself.

She wanted him to show his strength, all she saw was a weakling.

Chris meekly tried to throw the demon away from him, its skidded back 6 feet then continued its march towards Chris.

Paige swung around to see the darklighter approaching her nephew, she quickly orbed an energy ball aimed at Craig into the demons back.

Carla closed her eyes, she felt pathetic.

Barbas' astral form appeared beside her, his cloak drenched in his own blood, Dalia had ripped his ear off, he had been to his healer but the healer could only try and shorten the flow of bleeding. She had ripped his ear off, he wanted her dead. He wanted the entire council to go up in flames. He needed this firestarter to do so.

"They aren't protecting you are they?" He hissed.

Carla's arms dropped to her sides, the force field of fire around her intensified. She was becoming frustrated, Barbas knew when people were frustrated they were easier to mould.

She wasn't going to help them if they weren't going to help her. She saw Chris stumbling over to Paige who helped him as he shakily showed her a stab wound in his shoulder.

WEAKLINGS!

Barbas materialised in front of her, "I can take you to a place where you can use your powers openly, you can destroy all the weakling in your life, take my hand and you will become whole, I can teach you to control your powers so no one will ever hurt you." He held out his blood stained hand.

Carla glared at him unblinkingly.

"Take my hand, we can destroy the building along with all the demons, together." He said softly.

Craig turned and saw a man standing in Carla's force field with her.

He howled as loud as he could. Paige and Chris turned and looked at him as he raced over to the force field.

"Barbas." Chris stammered and ran after the wolf as fast as he could.

Paige wished she could freeze the room like Piper so that Chris would get there safely and they could protect Carla but she couldn't. She did the next best thing.

She orbed over to the force field.

Barbas held his hand out, Carla stared at his hand angrily, her face was contemplating his offer.

"NO!" Chris screamed appearing behind Paige.

Carla turned her head and saw her face filled with sudden malice.

She grabbed the demon's wrist willing and the force field threw them against the metal walls of the basement, all the demons burst into flames as the force field covered the entire room. Chris covered his face with the baggy sleeves as a blast of heat covered the room.

Chris groaned and stared at the hole in the floor waiting for more demons to emerge.

Instead he saw his mother's familiar leather jacket sleeve appear and Piper flew out of the hole, Phoebe levitating beneath her.

"Aw, we missed the party!" Phoebe groaned swinging around examining the remnants of the buildings basement.

"PAIGE!" Piper snapped racing over to her sister.

Paige had unfortunately not had the brains to cover her face as the heat blast had happened. Her face was red raw and blistering.

"CHRIS, Oh,… Oh you're alive!" Phoebe ran over to him wrapped her arms around his head, "Don't you scare me like that again mister!" She pouted.

Piper turned to Craig, Oh my GOD!" She turned away quickly.

"Who that?" She asked the wall.

"Craig, he's a shape shifter." Phoebe explained dropped Chris and walking over to her sister.

"Could someone… get me some clothes?" Craig asked timidly covering his parts with his hands.

Piper turned bright red, "There should be some clothes around here somewhere!"

She saw some mislaid overalls lying draped over a box, she quickly threw them at Craig.

"He's soooo dreamy." Paige sighed.

"Oh my God Paige lost her mind from the blast!" Chris cried shocked.

Paige punched him playfully in the arm.

Craig pulled the overalls on and walked over to the power of three.

"What do you think Carla is doing with a demon," he asked.

Phoebe shrugged.

"She maybe liked the look of him?" She asked unsure.

"Barbas?" Paige choked.

"She might like that kind of guy!" Piper pointed out.

"No… she liked Chris. I could tell, cupid's arrow has hit those two lovebirds." Phoebe grinned at her blushing nephew.

"Shut up about my personal life, we need to get out of here." He muttered.

"We could climb up on the roof and orb down from there?" Paige suggested.

"Or we could go through the underworld?" Piper asked.

"We have to help Carla." Chris snapped.

"See what did I tell you?" Phoebe clapped her hands in triumph.

Chris ignored her.

Piper shook her head, "We need to get out of here!" She snapped.

"But Carla…" Chris stammered.

Piper groaned and turned to look at her son.

"Carla…" He murmured.

"Is right here!" Cara's voice rang around the room.