Chapter Seventeen – The End is Soon

The three Fallen Angels flamed into the Church of the Damned where the other ten Angels stood waiting. All of them stood on the ends of the pews, with Nora, standing at the top of the Church, the Altar behind her with Piper Halliwell's crucified body on the cross. It was an eerie sight, the third Fallen Angel with the sphere of Wyatt's power walked behind the other two. They slowly almost ceremonially walked to the front of the church, the two angels took there place at the ends of the two frontal pews. And the third brought the ball of power to Nora.

"Ah, Michael," Nora said with her yellowish tooth smile. "Yes, the power; very well done, very well done!" She took the sphere of power into her own brownish-leather like hands. Holding the power made her feel as if nothing can go wrong now. "Stand next to me Michael," She directed. She walked to the altar of the church below Piper Halliwell's body, this was Nora's trophy. The body hung no longer dripping of blood, with the cravings of the Fallen Angels, Nora extended her wings and rose up to the head of Piper.

"Look what I have." She smiled, "Do you know what this is? – Of coarse you do," She laughed, "And now its mine! All mine! You're family is going to died, I am going to start with your husband, and then your son Christopher, and then Wyatt, all going to die. The days of Halliwell are coming to a end, and then end is soon. She held the ball of power high above her head and showed to the rest of the angels who were watching her. "This power is ours, and ours only! When he comes, we shall return it too him, but until then, IT'S MINES!" She screamed and threw the sphere of power into her body. A clap of thunder exploded over the church and lighting came from Nora.

Michael and the other Fallen Angels hissed and used their wings to cover their faces from the bright light. Nora's body had erupted into a white light and it filled the church and the grounds out side it. She then felt the power completely take over when she felt a surge of power go up her spine and exploded. A wall of surging power erupted from her in all directions, the Angels ducked just in time before the surging power hit them. The wall of power blew out all the rest of the windows and the back end of the church.

Bianca and Chris orbed into the top of the San Francisco Bay bridge, the sun was setting.

"Why are we here?" Bianca asked, "I was taking you some where else."

"Yeah well I have an idea." Chris yelled out. "NORA! NORA!" He looked around him, the traffic flowed under him and the ocean on ether side. "NORA!" The city in front of him looked more quiet then usual, "NORA!"

"Whose Nora?" Bianca asked.

"Nora is an elder who always helped out my family, where the hell is she? She always came." He said annoyed. "NOR-" Before he could finish an Elder orbed in front of them. It was a man, he had white hair and very aged."

"Christopher," Said the man. "I am not sure you remember me-"

"You're Jinx right?"

"Yes, I am glad you remember me." He replied with a smile, "Its no use calling for Nora, she has not been on the council for a year now. We're starting to get worried."

"What?" Chris replied. "I just saw her a few weeks ago!"

"Did you? Well its not un common for an Elder to go for months to a year at a time, but usually they stop in or something."

"Alright, I am running out of time. There is a new evil and my Aunt is Dead, and Wyatt is at home something weird on his back." Chris took out a piece of paper, "This is on him." He unfolded the paper and gave it to Jinx. Jinx looked at it and instantly recognized it.

"How long has this been on his back!" He asked angered.

"I saw it this morning, but when he tried to orb –"

"It drained his power." He said not looking at it.

"Yes, how did you know?"

"It's the symbol of the Fallen Angels."

"Fallen Angels?" Bianca asked, "They haven't been seen for hundreds of years."

"They got back into the days of vampires and mid evil myths. They have been called Furies, when they had wings; they are very dangerous, and I am afraid its already too late for Wyatt."

"Too late? Why!" Chris asked.

"Once a witch has been marked with this symbol there is no taking it off, it drains his power until a Fallen Angel comes to claim the marker."

"WHAT!"

"He will lose his power, not his life."

"Okay explain, what is a Fallen Angel."

"Fallen Angels are Angels who were once Witches, Whitelighters, Warlocks, Demons, and Elders. They were most commonly Elders, they turn to the dark side and in order to finish their transformation they have to kill a magical being of goodness and take their power and doing so they not only get their power they fully come a Fallen."

"Kill, one must have gotten Aunt Paige."

"Oh no." Bianca replied.

"Christopher, what was Nora doing at the Manor when you saw her last?" Jinx asked

"Well I didn't really see her, I heard her talking to my aunt."

"What did they talk about?" Jinx asked

"I couldn't really hear much, I just knew it was her. Wait – didn't you say you haven't seen her in year?"

"Correct."

"Where was she going when you last saw her?"

"Nora said she was going to help your mother with something, but she was very light on the details."

"My mom?"

"Yes, but after your mother died we expected to see her again, but we haven't. And she keeps fading in and out of our sensing powers."

Chris stood there for a minute taking all of this in, Nora hadn't been on the council for a year, his mother died a year ago, then his aunt Paige died a week ago, and his father leaving on a mission or he so called it. Somehow all of this connected but he didn't see how this was going to connect.

"Alright, we have to go." Chris said, he took Bianca's hand.
"Christopher, Bianca." Jinx began, "If the Fallen Angels are indeed back, the days of good magic are numbered, and we are all in grave danger. Be careful." Chris nodded and orbed away.

Jinx looked down at the paper and he winked and the paper burned in his hands he dropped his illusion and transformed into the Fallen Angel he was and flamed away. He appeared in the church which was now in ruins. He looked around saw Nora standing at the top of the Church.
"He fell for it." Jinx replied. "Right now he's running home to his dear brother"

"Excellent, too bad the true elders won't be around long enough for Christopher to go visit them." Nora replied with a snarl, "Excellent work. Now time for to try this new power of mine." Nora's eyes instantly fogged up.

Chris and Bianca orbed into the Halliwell Manor, in Wyatt's room. Wyatt laid on his bed still passed out and dripping in sweat. Chris looked down at his lower back, the symbol was gone, all was left was nothing. Chris touched the skin, "Amazing." He told himself.

"Stop." Wyatt replied, "You're hands are cold."

"Oh, sorry." Chris replied. Wyatt opened his eyes and looked around, his vision was fogged and dazed. He felt his head spinning in a thousand directions all at once, it made him nauseous.

Where's my shirt, and why is the room spinning? Chris heard, his Wyatt's head was bowed.

"Um you're shirt is right next to you." Chris replied.

"What?" Wyatt asked.

"You're shirt," Chris took Wyatt's shirt and gave it to his brother.

"Oh, thanks. How did you know I needed it?" Wyatt very oddly put his shirt on and moved his hair from his face.

"You said you needed it."

"I didn't say a thing." Wyatt said.

"Yeah you did you said 'where's my shirt and why is the room spinning'."
"No, I didn't." Wyatt replied standing up.

"Yeah you did."

"Babe, I usually take your side, but he didn't." Bianca spoke up.

"Ha!" Wyatt said smiling and pointing at his brother. "Where's that thing?" Wyatt asked feeling his back.

"Umm, well." Chris said, "Well I got good news and bad news, and worse news."

"Oh man." His brother replied, "What is it? Give me the good news."

"The Marker is gone."

"Bad news?"

"You've lost your powers." Chris said very slowly.

"What!" Wyatt screamed, "How!"

"You remember Jinx right, the elder?"

"Yea!"

"Well he said, when you are marked by the Fallen Angels it drains your power the instant you try to use them."

"So I am completely defenseless?"

"Well you can fight." Bianca implied, "I mean you and Chris use to wrestle all the time."

"Its one thing fighting Chop Stick here and another a big ass demon."

"Chop stick?"

"Well dude come on, your swimmer all you are is skin and bones."

"And so much more." Bianca said with a smile to herself, then she noticed what she said and looked at them both. "I'll be down stairs." And she left the room.

Wyatt raised an eyebrow, and the two brothers watched Bianca leave the room.
"Have you?" Wyatt said to his brother pointing.

"What no!" Chris said.

"Chris." Said Wyatt in a sarcastic tone.

"I swear we haven't done anything, trust me if we did you would know it."

"Right." Wyatt said narrowing his eyes. "Okay so I have no powers, how is this getting worse?"

"There are these things called 'Fallen Angels' and Jinx told me that they are nothing we have never seen before and they're really really bad."

"Really really bad?" Wyatt said, "Umm, right." Then Wyatt put his hand on Chris' shoulder, "It'll be okay."

Chris felt his stomach be sucked in and felt himself be over come with a vision.

Chris was standing in the Church of the Damned, he was looking directly at the most horrified thing in his life; his mother crucified above the altar.
"MOM!" He screamed, but then he was kicked across the face. He was thrown to the ground and he heard Wyatt in the background.

"Don't hurt him!" And then Wyatt was screaming. Chris looked up and saw Bianca laying motionless and bleeding from the ear and nose on the stone and dirt floor. And worse then that he saw his brother bleeding from the stomach. NO!

"Wyatt!" Chris screamed. Wyatt looked at his brother fall to the floor, dead. "NO!" He screamed, he heard high pitched laughing and chuckling all around him. He looked up and Nora, walked up in her human form.

"Christopher," She said "I guess the Halliwell Brains never really reached you." She then turned into a Fallen Angel before his eyes, "Stupid Witch." She formed an energy ball in her hand and then as she threw the ball, it struck Chris, and his eyes shot open.

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Chris shot his eyes open, he was laying on the ground, his brother over him.
"Are you okay?"

Chris sighed with relief, it was only a bad dream. He sat up, and before he could say anything else to his brother, they heard Bianca scream and an explosion downstairs. Wyatt and Chris instantly got up and ran in her direction.

"Take this bitch!" Bianca screamed as fire was thrown from her hand, toward a Fallen Angel; four more Fallen Angels' flamed in around Bianca. She smiled, "I love a challenge." She screamed and jumped into the air and kicked two of the Angels to the ground, and threw fire at the other two Angels.

"I want the boy!" Yelled the first Fallen Angel, but then she was thrown against the doors and the Angel flamed from the house. The other four flew in around Bianca and held her captive. Wyatt and Chris ran down stairs.

"In this night and in this hour vanquish them with all our power!" Chris said, Wyatt took his hand, and they chanted along with his brother. "In this night and in this hour vanquish them with al our power."

"Spells don't work, we have your power, Witch." Said one of the Fallen Angels.

"In this night and in this hour vanquish them with all our power."

Two of the Fallen Angel's screamed and instantly exploded behind the Bianca. Bianca used this to her advantage, and right before she was going to kick the Fallen Angels, she herself erupted into flames.

"What the hell?" Chris asked. Bianca screamed and she combusted right before Wyatt and Chris' eyes taking the other to Fallen Angel's with her. A massive shockwave went through the house, knocking the wall between the living room and solarium into dust, furniture flew across the house and Chris and Wyatt flew into the wall under the stairs. Chris screamed as he felt his arm break. Wyatt flung himself over his brother, in order to protect him from falling debris. Wyatt and Chris waited until the falling debris settled, and as Wyatt looked up he saw a tower of flames appear where Bianca was standing, the flames grew until they took the shape of a person, and then Bianca appeared out of them.

She looked at Wyatt in disbelief, "What the hell?" She said looking at her hands.