Prue Halliwell: Queen of Tartarus Chapter 2, a charmed fanfic

Chapter 2:

The girls and Leo glared at Jack. As Prue glared at him she couldn't help but notice how handsome he was; he stood about 5'9" or 5'10", his skin was the color of dark sand, his black hair was cut really close to his scalp, a short black goatee framed his mouth with a 3-day growth of stubble on his jaws and he had the coldest darkest Cerulean eyes she had ever seen His build was lithe but muscular and she could see sinewy muscles snaking along his arms and along his neck and he was clothed in tight black jeans, black boots and a tight black t-shirt. She also saw a sterling silver braided rope chain with an Irish Claddagh ring with Emeralds and Rubies. She asked, "Why should we help you?"

He replied as leaned against a wall, "Because I can help you little witch."

Phoebe asked as Cole shimmered in beside Jack, "Why should we believe you?"

He replied, "Cause I hate the Source; he had my father murdered but your Whitelighter probably already told you that."

Piper said, And the fact that you have 180,000 demon strong army behind you doesn't hurt."

Jack smiled thinly and was about to say something when Prue asked, "What I really want to know is how did your father fall in love with your mother? Demons can't feel human emotions."

Jack chuckled as he shoved off the wall and walked slowly toward them. Piper used her freezing power but to the girl's and Leo's surprise it didn't even faze him. Cole said, "He's the Prince of Tartarus he's immune to your powers Piper, Prue can hurt him and so can Phoebe but I don't know if even the Power of Three could vanquish him."

Jack stopped right in front of Prue as he said, "The way my father explained it he had never felt human emotions before and in stalking my mother felt love for the first time and fell head over heels in love with her and 9 months later yours truly was born."

Leo asked in a heavily suspicious voice, "So you expect us to the believe the Prince of Tartarus wants to help us because the Source murdered your father.?"

Jack replied, "Yea that's exactly why I wanna help. My father might have been the King of Tartarus and a demon but he was a very fair ruler."

Cole spoke up, "I can vouch for that. And I can also vouch for Jack's hatred of the Source. He came to warn me that the Source was releasing a particularly brutal demon."

Prue asked, "Which demon?"

Cole replied, "The Shoggoloth."

Leo sucked in a huge breath as Prue asked, "What the hell is that?"

Jack replied as he lit a cigarette, "The Shoggoloth is a terrible, indescribable thing vaster than any subway train a shapeless congeries of protoplasmic bubbles, faintly self-luminous, and with myriads of temporary eyes forming and un-forming as pustules of greenish light all over the place. They're brutal bastards and old as holy hell."

Leo added, "Not to mention immune to witch powers."

Prue asked, "Then how're we supposed to kill it?"

Jack replied he formed a fireball in his hand then extinguished it, "By fire little witch by fire."

Prue said cattily, "Thanks; now that you told us you can leave. We'll be on the lookout for it."

He just smirked and gave her a wink as he flamed out. He said right before he disappeared, Have it your way little witch."

His words hung in the air long after he was gone. Cole shot Prue a look as he asked, "Why did you act like that Prue; he risked everything to come here and ask you for your help."

Prue glared at the former demonic assassin as she snapped, "I don't even know why we should believe him. I mean he could be leading us into a trap with this whatever he called it."

Cole replied, "No he wouldn't do that. Jack is a noble honorable man. Though he is the prince of Tartarus he doesn't lie. And in fact, he hates the Source,"

Leo asked, "How do you know?"

Cole replied in a shame filled voice, "Because I was ordered to kill him by the Source himself. That was before I killed the Triad and became a traitor."

Phoebe asked her boyfriend, "Why didn't you kill him?"

Cole replied, Because he's my friend. Look the point I'm trying to make is that you really could benefit from his powers and wealth of magical knowledge having the prince of Tartarus on your side couldn't hurt either. He'll be king soon."

The girls and Leo absorbed the knowledge and gave I some thought.

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When Jack returned to his palace Christos and his seer Dauphine were waiting for him. Dauphine asked, "Why are you meeting with the Charmed Ones my lord?"

Jack's eyes flashed black as he asked a threatening hiss, "You dare question me Seer?"

She replied as her sightless eyes locked onto his, "Not at all my lord. I was just wondering if we were finally going to wage all-out war on the Source?"

Jack nodded as he cut his eyes at Christos as he said, "And you my friend what are your feelings on the matter."

Christos replied, "I agree my lord. It is time."

Jack nodded as he decreed, "From here on out I am putting the Charmed Ones, Their Whitelighter and Cole Turner otherwise known as Belthazor under my protection. Any demon that harms them will deal with me."

Christos had a huge grin on his face as he said, "I will make your decree known. The prisoner is ready for you to interrogate my lord."

Jack nodded as he said, "Dauphine I want you to keep an on the girls."

She bowed and said as she shimmered away, "As you wish my lord."

After she was gone he proceeded to go to the torture chamber.

When he got there the low level demons looked up and a vile smirk twisted his bruised and battered lips as he sneered, "Aw the traitorous Prince has deemed to show his face-"

One of the heavily muscled guards cuffed him on the side of the head as Jack said, "We must be polite now; otherwise..."

The other guard punched him in the face as he continued, "That will happen."

He motioned for the guards to stop as he asked, "Why did you attack Prue Halliwell?"

The demon sneered, "We want to break the Charmed Ones."

Jack's eyes turned pitch black as he summoned his athame and sliced off the demon's right hand. The demon screamed a bloodcurdling scream as Jack stated, "The Charmed Ones, their Whitelighter and Belthazor are under the protection of Tartarus. Any demon who even thinks about harming them will deal with me and my Army."

The demon glared at Jack as he said, "You are declaring open warfare on the Source half-breed."

Jack fixed the demon with a malevolent glare as he hissed, "Give the Source a message for me. The Charmed Ones, their whitelighter and Belthazor are under the protection of Tartarus."

Then he tilted his head and said as he incinerated the demon with a flick of his wrist, "On second thought I'll tell him myself."

And with that he flamed out.

Should Prue fall for Jack or should she resist her attraction cause he's a demon