"Bob, it's about time, ready to get to work?"
"Sorry I'm late boss, but I picked up a few extra hands to help us out. Hope you don't mind."
The girls got up off their chairs and turned toward the door. Several people walked in, and they started to back away. They turned around to run in the direction of the back door, but bumped into another group that was coming from there. They looked around the room, trying to find anyway of not becoming trapped, but noticed that they formed a circle around them. They had nowhere to move, let alone run. They instantly could feel images being forced into their minds. It was a lot harder then they thought to keep from believing the images that they was floating around in the minds.
They saw innocent people, killing innocent people. They saw what looked like normal people, changing into demons before their very eyes. They could hear people in the background, telling them to, kill him, it will save hundreds of innocent lives.
"Who do we need to kill? Who will hurt all these innocent people?"
Prue asked quickly, hoping that the Controllers would believe they would do as they asked, and stop projecting the images. She looked over toward Bob, and saw a body being thrown into the circle. The fight that the girls were dealing with in their heads became a piece of cake when they recognized who it was.
"Darryl?"
The girls knew this man, they knew they could, and would never harm him. He had become like their big brother, and was always looking out for them, did they actually expect them to hurt him. They looked at each other and signaled that they were all still alright, and their minds were still their own.
"Come on, we don't have all day. Join us or you will die, along with your precious Nancy."
Anger took over inside Piper as she raised her hands to Darryl. Images started to float through her mind again, it took ever ounce of strength she had left to take her focus off of Darryl. At the last second, she took a deep breath and froze the entire room. Instantly the images stopped, and Prue took the chance to move Darryl out of harms way. Once they knew Darryl was safely hidden behind the bar, Prue moved the Controllers into a tight group.
"Alright guys back up. This is going to be messy."
Piper and Phoebe backed up as far as possible and watched as Prue focused her eyes up to the ceiling, dropping several large cement blocks on the top of the Controllers heads. With many of them knocked unconscious, and other wounded badly, the girls joined hands and began to say the spell;
THIS IS MY MIND
THIS IS MY POWER
BANISH THIS EVIL
FREE THEIR FOLLOWERS
They continued to say the spell, but noticed that nothing was happening. Some of the Controllers were beginning to come to their senses and if the girls didn't figure out what went wrong, they knew they would be toast.
Piper tried to freeze them again, but they had become immune to her magic. Piper thought back to the book, 'The spell must be read by a victim's surviving family member.' They qualified, so why wasn't it working? As if coming out of a daze the answer came to her.
"I think I know what's wrong. We need Nancy. She is an immediate member of a victim. Maybe we can call to her, somehow."
Before they could open their mouths their minds began to rind with words.
"I'm with you!"
"Guys please tell me you hear that too?"
Piper was in a blind panic as she thought that maybe the Controllers thoughts were getting to her again.
"It's Nancy Piper. She's with us. Let's give it another try."
Once again they joined hands, but this time they closed their eyes and focused on saying the spell with Nancy.
THIS IS MY MIND
THIS IS MY POWER
BANISH THIS EVEIL
FREE THEIR FOLLOWERS
They repeated the spell over and over again, each time they said the spell more and more Controllers would disappear. The last to go was Bob, and like many other demons or warlocks before him, he had to have the last word.
"This isn't over, we'll be back. We will start over, but we will be back. Next time no choices, YOU DIE!"
With that he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Good job Nancy."
Prue kept quiet, expecting to hear Nancy in their heads, but instead heard a sound of a groan coming from behind the bar.
"Darryl!"
They had almost forgotten that he had been there. Quickly cutting him loose, they helped him to stand, while brushing off the dust that got on his cloths.
"Darryl, we are so sorry. Are you alright?"
"I just came by to see how things were with you guys. These guys grabbed me from behind."
"They weren't exactly guys."
They were about to explain, when Darryl put up his hands to stop them.
"Stop! I don't want to know. Remember a need to know basis. I'm out of here."
They all silently laughed and then left the club themselves laughing out loud. They couldn't believe that Bob had been so stupid. He wanted them turned bad so bad, he didn't even remember that the club was closed for the weekend, so they could do inventory. There was no band to set up for.
"Demons are so gullible when they are on a mission of evil."
Piper laughed to herself, while driving home in her car, alone. They each wondered how Nancy knew to be there, at that moment, but knew they wouldn't get the answers till they could get home and talk to her. They only prayed that Nancy didn't hear want Bob had said, sometimes demons could have such big mouths.