A/n: Okay I figured I would wait a day or so before posting again. This chapter is first in a two parter arc, I'll beholding off on posting six until I get in touch with Cinammon since the characters involved are hers and I would like her input. Also I'd like to thank all of you who have reviwed this far.
Now the thankyous:
Sean Malloy-1: I already have it planned out who will be in the League but I do have a sequel in mind and some of the characters from this tale will be too busy with ther own problems to help so any sugestions will be great. Drop an email at my adress on my profile and I'll give it the once over.
X-Over: I'm glad you enjoy the story and i would love your help in beta reading/editing currently I in the midst of writing chapter six now but if you'd like I can send the prolog to my Guyver origins story or the crossover with HP that I'm working on your choice. Just drop a line and I'll get back to you.
Now on with the show:
Ch 5: The Wiccan Way
Mack lied in his bunk trying to sleep but found his attempt hampered by the continuous clicking of Chloe at her terminal tying to dig up anything on the next set of recruits, the offspring of the great Charmed Ones, the world's most powerful Wiccan witches. For the past three days sincethe Leaguefound out their next recruits were the children of the Charmed Ones, Chloe had tried to dig up some more concrete details then what M provided on them to no avail. Finally unable to stand the torment of her clicking any more, he got down from his bunk and walked over to her.
"Don't you sleep?" asked Mack groggily.
"Running searches at this hour is when security is at its weakest, so finding something is easier then searching during the day. However I've not found anything on the Halliwells, no prophecies, fan sites, and not even a mythos on them" she said aggravated about this lack of info.
"Okay, any thing more reality based?" asked Mack mockingly.
"Just that the sisters are involved with several unsolved and missing person's cases with the San Francisco PD also they have been listed as psychic advisors in the SFPD database by one Det. Morris who also has ties to several of these cases" responded Chloe.
"In other words a whole lot nothing? Figures whoever they work for or what ever more then likely keeps any info on off the 'normal' channels of information" said Mack exasperatedly.
"Yeah" said Chloe stifling a yawn.
Mack sighed and said "Listen, its late head up to bed, that's an order."
"But, I've got driving shift in about half hour" said Chloe stifling yet another yawn.
"Never mind that I'll cover it, I can't sleep anyway" said Mack
"Suit your self" said Chloe she turned off the computer and headed up to the bunks to get some sleep. Mack took Chloe's seat and replayedthe meeting about the new recruits in his mind again smiling at how things seemed to have come together.
It was earlier that mourningthe fileon the new recruits had been faxed over during the night and Mack had already reviewed it.He had alreadybegan planning how to approach the Charmed Ones before informing the other members. They had to be even more careful then when they recruited Clark because unlike their mild-mannered friend the sisters were prone to jump to conclusions and to get the wrong idea at times.
"From the looks of their track record we have our hands full proving to the sisters we mean no harm" said Clark.
"Yes, but thankfully they are not who were here to recruit and their children tend to be more open minded, but still gaining thier trust will be key to our success" said Mack as he laid out the folder of info M had given him on the cousins. "Wyatt Halliwell son of Piper Halliwell and Leo Wyatt, he's classified as being half angle or Whitelighter and half witch. Powers include the ability to Orb…"
"Orb?" interrupted Chloe.
"A form of teleporting by turning one's physical body into thousands of orbs of light and move from one location to another, as I was saying though before being interrupted" he said giving Chloe a sarcastic grin.
"Wyatt can orb, heal most if not all forms of wounds, and can create a virtually unbreakable energy shield…" said Mack.
"Sounds like he a good protector but we need fighters. Just what does he bring to the table?" asked Cleo.
"And inherited his mother's ability to freezepeople or objects as well as make them explode and he also wields the sword Excalibur" said Mack
The team looked dumbfounded at this statement. Mack justgave aslick smileand went on with the briefing. "His cousin Talia Turner is the daughter of middle child Phoebe Halliwell and Cole Turner…"
"Cole Turner, did you just say we are recruiting Cole Turner's daughter?" interrupted Selene.
"Yeah we are" said Mack trying figure what the problem was.
"We are recruiting the Source's daughter?" asked Selene incredulously.
"Ex-Source, according to the file he vanquished in a temporal displacement event" said Clark reading the file report.
"A what?" asked a slightly confused Cleo.
"Temporal displacement event or in English an alternate reality were he tried to rewrite a single event in history in order to change the present" said Chloe.
"No he wasn't" said Selene.
"Then what happened?" asked Michael.
"Okay yes he did get vanquished technically but what the sisters didn't count on was the fact that reality reset itself to how it was after the source of the temporal displacement was removed, and according to how reality was prior to the shift Cole Turner was still alive" said Selene
"Wait, so he is still alive because of some loophole in the laws of reality?" said Michael. Selene just nodded in response.
"Okay if he survived how come no one knew about it?" asked Clark.
"After he ascended to the throne and reclaimed his title as the Source Cole contacted his counter parts on the side of good the Elders and made several concessions in order to have the Cleaners erase any knowledge on the side of good that he was back in power except to those that absolutely had to know like the Elders" said Selene.
"Cleaners?" asked Mack slightly afraid to know just what exactly had the power to do something like that and leave no evidence.
"Neutral supernatural clean up crew commissioned by both sides to ensure the fact that magic exist will not become common knowledge until humanity is at the point were it can accept it" said Selene.
"So they're janitors who clean up supernatural messes?" asked Cleo.
"No, more like a supernatural CIA that can eliminate any target deemed a threat to their mandate" answered Selene.
"Any one, even us?" asked Chloe with a slight gulp.
"Only so long as it doesn't give either good or evil an upper hand in the war" said Selene.
"Okay back on topic, Cole Turner is alive and is the Source doesn't change the fact that his daughter is good and we are trying to recruit her to save the world. Should Dominous succeed in his plane the entire climate of the whole Good vs. Evil would change on many fronts; Take this front for instance Cole is the Source correct and he's what half demon?" asked Mack
"Yeah" said Selene.
"He gets destroyed in Dominous' plan the underworld is in chaos, aplus for the good guys but they also are affected and by their record Wyatt is said to be the future of Magic in this war correct?" Mack asked.
"Yes, the future of the worlds Wiccan magic rest in him" said Selene.
"So if Wyatt were say killed before his time what could be the out come?" posing this question not to Selene but the whole group.
"Wiccan magic would die with him" said Clark.
"The war would cease" said Chloe.
"And everything tied to it would come to halt, stagnate, then die" said Michael.
"Exactly, so leave out the Source's daughter and risk the world or try recruiting her and make our odds that much better" said Mack "Your choice?"
The group was dead quiet for a long time then Selene said "You were telling us about her powers."
"Good choice, as I was saying Talia is a capable fighter an almost perfect balance to her cousin; she has skill in sword play and several martial arts as well as several years as the Source's best assassin. She inherited her father's ability to throw fireballs of hell fire even hotter then Clark's heat vision, as well as the ability to flame in and out of any location much the same way as Barbus can and as a result of her unique birth can transform herself into a Phoenix. Also she inherited her aunt Prue's telekinesis abilities" said Mack.
"No mention of a Prue Halliwell here" said Michael who was now looking over the folder.
"She died about four years after receiving her powers which made way for the forth child Paige to receive her gift and reconstitute the Charmed Ones when they were most needed" said Mack.
"Okay then, how should we approach them?" asked Clark.
"Some place out in public but still home turf to them, make them feel at ease so they don't get the wrong idea about us" said Michael.
"Piper, Wyatt's mom owns a club in the city called P3, its public but still they know it a lot better then we do" said Mack.
"We should arrive onFriday which means date night" said Cleo.
"Meaning the club will be even more crowded then normal" said Selene.
"Good the less chance of being over heard, if there are no objections we go tonight then, Clark, Selene and I will be in side the club, Michael I want you and Cleo to keep watch on their house in case things get hairy and provide backup in case they have to rush home rather quickly, Chloe you're driving" said Mack.
When Mack's shift was over the fallowing mourning they hadarrived in San Francisco. They quickly found a place to park for a while tosleepand eat. Later that afternoon they dropped off Michael and Cleo at Prescott St. about a block from the Halliwell manor. The plane was that they would be stationed at eachend of the streetand keep watch. The rest of the teamwho hadn't already tookthe opportunity to rest before that evening's mission.
About seven thirty Michael called in "I count five individuals leaving the house."
"It should be six, anyone out by the car already?" asked Mack.
"No, only five; three women, one man, and a teenage boy" answered Michael. "One of the women seems to be distressed about something."
"Can you ID her?" asked Mack.
"Not from here and if I move I'd compromise my location and alert them that they were being watched but I can see from here that she has a tattoo on her shoulder" responded Michael.
"Two of the sisters have tattoos on their shoulders can you be more specific?" asked Mack checking the file on the Charmed Ones
"A cross, maybe a rosary" said Michael.
"That's Phoebe then must have something to do with Talia not being there" said Mack.
"Then why is she going out?" asked Michael
"Could be a normal occurrence and this is her way of dealing. Good job stay there until you hear from us" said Mack.
"Right, have fun" said Michael sarcastically.
About eight o'clock Mack, Clark and Selene arrived at P3. There was no line yet thankfully so they went right in. No sooner did they get inside did Mack realize that they had trouble, as they got to the main room he nearly fell over due to the fierce swell of anger coming from the Guyver.
"You alright?" asked Clark as he helped Mack steady himself.
"No, we have Zoanoids here" he responded in a fierce growl not his own.
"Where?" asked Selene fingering her gun she hid under her shirt.
"Can't tell, only can say there about six, maybe seven in this club" he growled as Clark lead him to an empty table.
"What do we do then?" asked Clark as they sat down.
"Nothing until I get a fix on at least one and figure out if it's an accident or not" said Mack with less of growl now that the initial intensity of the rage was ebbing.
He began scanning the room repeatedly for anything strange. In the middle of his fourth scan of the room he hit pay dirt as his eyes scanned near the bar and spotted a blonde female about 25 and 5'8". She looked almost normal except for the fact she wore dark sunglasses in a club and she had no cane or anything else signifying she was blind. He had a target, now came the tricky part of gently and very carefully so to not alert her probe her outer thoughts. This had the duel purpose to find out if she was sent here and if he could sense her thought the she really was a Zoanoid or at least experimented on by them.
Mack closed his eyes and focused on entering the blonde's mind. His connection was quick and unhampered meaning at least she was experimented on by Kronos. He then read her current thoughts "Too many friggen humans…Can't wait to take out my target… Where are those witches…" was all he heard and enough to prove this was no accident. He also felt a dark power in her, a power he felt before in a Zoanoid.
"It's no accident, they're here to eliminate the sisters and capture Wyatt or something along those lines" said Mack after he came out of the trance. "And these are no ordinary Zoanoids, these are not helpless victims who got captured and brainwashed but trained volunteers given the most advanced abilities a Zoanoid can receive without becoming a Zoalord."
"Okay so what do we do?" asked Clark.
Mack sat in quiet thought trying to figure out how to deal with these buttheads. "Okay, right now they don't know we know what they are, and no Zoanoid has every seen my face and lived, but maybe we can use them to prove we mean the sisters no harm. From what Benny told me Zoanoids are immune to magic but can sense it when it's used and what it's suppose to do so can imitate what it's suppose to do should they choose to."
"And Piper's powers include the ability to freeze time, they freeze the room, lure out the Zoanoids and we go in and save them" said Selene realizing Mack's plan.
"But won't the sisters be in danger what if the freeze works on us?" asked Clark.
"It won't, the freezing powers on a group won't affect beings on the side of good and involved in the magical fight also vampires either genetic or mystical are immune to magic" said Selene
"Besides Clark, you are not human so the rules don't exactly apply to you" said Mack with a sarcastic smile.
"Okay so how do we get Piper to freeze the room?" asked Clark.
Mack thought for a moment and looked around the room toward were the sisters had arrived about five minutes before them. He smiled as an old fashioned idea formed in his head. "Clark your eyes are better them mine tell me what the girls are drinking?" asked Mack.
Clark gave him a look saying this was no time to get your groove on. "Would you just do it" said Mack in retaliation.
Clark sighed turned toward them and squinted slightly activating his X-ray vision to zoom in on their drinks. "Okay Paige has a Sparkling water, Phoebe has a Martini, and Piper what looks like a Long Island Ice Tea" said Clark.
Mack nodded then took out a pad of paper and wrote a note. He then called over a waitress. "Can I get you something?" she asked.
Mack quickly took out some Memory powder and blew some into her face. She sneezed and then her face lost all emotion and went blank. "Okay when the Halliwells order another round of drinks you will subtly slip them the note that I put into your pocket, when you come out of this trance you not remember we talked and you will ask again if we want anything" said Mack.
"Understood" she said and then as suddenly as she went under she came out of it.
"Can I get you anything?" she asked again.
"Yes, I'll have a coke" said Clark.
"A Virgin Bloody Mary for me" said Selene.
"A Sprite and could you put their next round of drinks on my bill" said Mack pointing toward the Halliwell sisters.
Of course sir" she said with a smile and left to fill their order.
Mack smiled so far his plan was working. Meanwhile though the Halliwells were at the time dealing with some serious family crisis.
"She was so angry. Why didn't I stop her from leaving" said Phoebe.
"It's not your fault Phoebe, Talia's just in a lot of pain right now, don't you remember how you felt after we vanquished Cole?" said Piper trying to sooth her sister.
"Which time?" asked Page under her breath in a sarcastic tone.
Piper gave Page a murderous look before turning back to Phoebe who was fingering her now empty Martine glass. Piper was about to order another round when Katie one of the new waitresses came in with a tray set with another round of their chosen drinks.
"Katie we didn't order this" said Piper.
"Complements of the young man from the table across the room Boss" said Katie unloading the tray and pointing to Mack's table before taking the girls' empty glasses back to the bar.
Piper disregarding the act of generosity she went to grab the fresh ice tea when she noticed a note under her glass. Forgoing the ice tea she picked up the note and read it. Immediately her face shifted from curiosity to shock and fear. Leo who had long ago learned to read his wife face saw the change come over her and knew something had happened.
"Piper what is it?" asked Leo.
"This" she said and handed him the note which he read aloud.
Charmed Ones,
Your haven is compromised and your missing number is in danger. Should you try to leave they will capture you or worse. These are not your ordinary foes so don't try something crazy.
Sincerely,
A Friend
"Were did it come from?" asked Paige.
"Don't know, it was under my glass" Piper immediately looked out towards the table Katie pointed to.
The table was occupied by two young gentlemen and a raven haired woman. Piper noticed though that the shorter of the two men was locking eyes with her. As she met his gaze he cocked his in the bar's direction. Piper shifted her gaze to the bar and noticed the blonde in the dark glasses. Immediately Piper sensed a dark presence from the woman.
"Wyatt, you can sense Talia even when she's hiding herself during 'constitutionals'?" asked Piper.
"Most of the time yeah" said Wyatt.
"Then go and bring her home" said Piper in a firm but scared tone. Wyatt quickly vanished in a stream of orbs.
"Leo, go to the bar and see if you can sneak something off her so Phoebe can get a vision" said Piper hurriedly.
"Piper, what is it?" asked Paige as Leo went back behind the bar.
"The guy who sent us drinks seemed to ID her as a threat and I don't want to risk tipping her off until we need to" said Piper now watching her husband.
A minute later Leo returned with the glass the blond had drunk from. He silently handed it to Phoebe who immediately convulsed slightly signifying a vision.
"What was it?" asked Leo.
"Couldn't see…only a shadow…claws and big" said Phoebe out of breath.
"What do we do?" asked Paige.
"I freeze, we leave if they are after us then we need to be ready and get them away from these people" said Piper. The others nodded in agreement. Piper quickly froze the room and led the group out toward the door.
They had gone no further then the bar when the blonde stepped in front of them blocking their path. "Leaving so soon Mrs. Halliwell, not very host like is it?" she said in a rather sadistic tone.
"And in case you haven't noticed you're out numbered" said Phoebe.
"Not quiet" said Paige pointing to the other moving figures who were faking being frozen.
"Now, where is the boy and girl?" asked the blonde threateningly.
"You can't have them" said Piper coldly.
"You don't have a choice" said the blond.
"Actually you don't" said a voice.
Mack watched as Leo brought back a glass from the bar, the same one the blonde had been using. He then felt the echoes from Phoebe having a vision.
"Get comfy, she going to freeze the room" said Mack to Selene and Clark.
No sooner was that said did the room go quiet and all movement froze mid step. Mack carefully moved his eyes from Selene to Clark, their eyes as well were moving. Mack watched as the girls and Leo moved toward the exit and was cornered by the blonde directly in front of their table.
"You don't have a choice"
"Actually you don't" said Mack. With one liquid movement he slid from his chair and leg swapped the blonde causing her to land on her back with a harsh thud.
Selene used her feet to push her chair away from the table and tilt on to its back legs and in one sweeping movement pulled out her gun and capped two Zoanoids on the other side of the bar. She then flipped off the chair before it crashed to the floor and took out a third Zoanoid on the landing behind their table.
Clark used his super speed to cut off the two Zoanoids who had out flanked the sisters. Already in the throws of their transformation Clark could see that they were no longer human and felt no pity as he handled the two creeps like a child would a rag doll.
Mack was still having trouble dealing with the blonde. After being knocked to the floor she bounced back with a vengeance sending Mack flying across the room. With break in the action she lost no time transforming into her true form. The beauty on her face gave way for fierce reptilian like scales and fangs. Her legs melded and fused into one long appendage. Her hands became long sharp pincers. As the last of her transformation finished the glasses obscuring her eyes snapped in two and reviled blood red glowing eyes.
"Now, what were you saying human about having no chance" said snake lady as her pincers snapped menacingly. "Surrender and maybe I'll be quick."
Mack said nothing but took up his fighting stance ready to attack at any hint of an opening. "You really think you can stop me, just who do you think you are?" she asked with smirk.
"I…am…Guyver" said Mack and instantly the neural tendrils erupted from his neck and began enwrapping his body.
Selene, Clark, the Charmed Ones, and Leo watched as the battle took place before them. Selene and Clark had seen Mack use his powers before but the ferocity of his moves the no mercy shots were astounding. Selene had seen this type of all out fighting only from Viktor when he was dealing with Lycans it was ruthless and brutal.
Clark was in shock as the fight went on. He saw Mack use some kind of energy blast as well as a narrow laser in addition to his twin Vibroblades. But what shocked him the most was the person fighting. As far as he had seen Mack was a noble warrior at heart never going as far as he had seen at this point. He had heard from other League members that he had spared Weres and a Vampire Death Dealer. Now though he was giving no quarter to the snake woman. "What makes her different?" he asked himself.
The fight ended as Mackcollapsed in exhaustion, a blood red crystal in his hand coated in blood and gore having been tore frominside snake lady'schest. She colapsed apparently paralizedMack looked at the crystal for a moment then squeezed and crushed it into a thousand pieces. The woman screamed and burst into blue flame that left nothing behind except a slight scorchmark and thesun glasses she had worn. Finallyhis armor retracted and once again he appeared to be absolutely normal. When he was finally approached by Clark he could see that he was trying to understand what had just happened. But he couldn't unless he felt it himself, felt the pain of the memories of the ancient Guyvers who came before him, the rage towards the Zoanoids for their actions, and the sorrow at the loss of life under Creator rule. Mack could see Clark about to ask his question but Mack cut him off "It's over, let it be."
Clark saw the pain in Mack as he spoke and understood that nothing Mack said could make him understand only nod in acceptance and offer a hand to help him up.
As Mack stood he saw the Charmed Ones and Leo mouth a gasp in shock like goldfish. Mack gave a heavy sigh as he saw that the young man with them earlier was now gone. "Looks like our San Francisco problems are just beginning" Mack said as he rubbed his forehead. This job was going to give him migraines for life.
Up next: Ch. 6: The Whitelighter, the Witch, and the Phoenix.