After her act of bravery against the demon, Jessie slipped into a slumber in the living room. Hours have passed since the attack on the manor and all was quiet in the house. All except the attic.

The Charmed Ones and Chris were keeping themselves busy. Phoebe had her nose in a notepad coming up with new spells against the demon. Paige mixed away as she added herbs and essence into the pot to create the most powerful potions she has ever made. Piper carefully placed magical crystals around the manor hoping to keep demons from intruding the manor.

Chris was in his own world. He was mindlessly going through the Book of Shadows knowing that there was nothing in the Book that could help him. Yet, he just kept flipping the old pages trying to keep himself busy.

He was lost, coming to the past he knew of the evils that his mother and her sisters fought and knew how to stop most of them. As a kid, he was told numerous stories dealing with the Charmed Ones adventures. He heard them all over and over and imagined the adventure playing out in his head.

But his demon wasn't from the past but the future. He felt as if he couldn't pull his own weight when it came to this demon. This was a new threat that he knew nothing about.

Across the room, Paige reached for the last ingredient for her potion. She added it to the pot as the final explosion signaled the completion of the potion as well as caused the occupants in the attic to jump in fright. The other three witches quickly scanned the room trying to find the source of the explosion.

"Sorry." Paige said meekly as she realized she scared her family.

"Don't worry about it, I think we're all edgy after what just happened." Phoebe replied as she laid her head in the palm of her hand. "It'll be better once we get rid of this demon once and for all."

"And how long do you think that's going to take?" A familiar but sinister voice rang out through the attic.

The Halliwells quickly ran into a tight group in the middle of the attic as they searched the room for their enemy.

"Stay clear of the shadows." Piper warned her family as she held her hands close readying herself to blow up anything that appears.

"That won't help you." The demon stated coldly.

"Who are you?" Paige asked hoping he would answer.

"I am Soren and I will rid the world of the Charmed Ones." Soren replied. "One by one...."

"You can't kill them if you don't show yourself." Chris called out his anger clearly showing. The Charmed Ones did not attempt to react to Chris's comment.

"Why show myself when I can attack without being seen?" Soren returned.

"Get out... Now!" Piper stated as she moved towards the open door, taking Soren's threat seriously. Her family quickly followed her.

They were almost to the door when it was violently shut to block their way. From the corner of the room near the door, the shadows that were there appeared to move on their own.

Phoebe was the only that seemed to notice their irregular movement. Before she could warn them, the shadows shot out in tentacles and grabbed hold on her limbs, pulling her dangerously close to their source.

"Somebody help!" Phoebe cried out as she helplessly fought against the solid shadows that were pulling her in. "Get them off of me!" She cried.

"Phoebe!" Piper yelled out as she flicked her hands attempting to blow up the things that held her sister, but shockingly nothing happened. "Chris orb her!" Piper ordered as she continued to flick her hands knowing that her powers were useless.

Hearing his mother's order, Chris rushed towards his aunt as he extended his arm out to grab hold of her. As he barely touched her shoulder, Chris didn't have the time to orb as a shadow burst forward hitting him in the chest and knocking him across the room.

"Chris!" Piper cried as she ran to his side. She looked up in time to see Phoebe being pulled into the dark corner of the room and she seemed to sink into them. In mere seconds her sister was gone. "Phoebe!" Piper cried in shock.

Piper looked down at her son and examined his injury. Paige rushed to her side as she watched an unconscious Chris.

"Is he alright?" Paige asked concern in her voice.

"Yeah, he'll be fine. What about Phoebe?" Piper stated as she began to worry about her younger sibling.

Before Piper could shift to her usual "crazy panic woman" state, Phoebe popped out of the shadows near the windows, a few feet from where she was originally taken. She emerged and took a few steps forward before falling to her knees. Feeling disoriented and cold, Phoebe wrapped her arms around herself as the coldness of the shadows overwhelmed her.

"Oh my God, Phoebe?" Paige stated as she crossed the room to comfort her sister. "What happened?"

"He...he... took me in...I saw him. It..it...was so cold." Phoebe replied as she shivered through her words. "I kicked him and fell from his grasp. And I just fell until I was back out."

Chris slowly came to as his eyes flickered open. He looked up to find his mother looking down at him with worrying eyes.

"You ok?" she asked calmly.

"Yeah." Chris replied as he put himself in a sitting position. "Phoebe?!" Chris exclaimed when he remembered that she was in danger before he was knocked out.

"I'm fine." Phoebe replied.

"Where'd he go?" Chris asked

"Don't know." Paige stated.

"Jessie..." Chris said softly as his eyes grew wide in fright as if he knew she was in danger. They quickly got to their feet and rushed out the door. When they reached the bottom of the stairs, they were shocked at the scene before them.

Jessie was suspended in the air a few feet off the ground as Soren held her tightly by the neck.

"Jessie!" Paige said as she rushed forward. Soren thrust his palm in Paige's direction as a shadow barrier was raised to block her path. Paige painfully collided with the translucent wall as she fell to the ground.

"Let her go!" Piper yelled as she flicked her hands at the barrier only to have the wall burst open for a few moments before it reformed into a solid wall.

"No, I have a plan for your little friend here." Soren said as he laughed at them. "Watch and see..." he trailed off as his body was enveloped by shadows.

"No!" Chris cried out as he attempted to orb to save Jessie only to bounce off the barrier and re-emerge in a heap on the ground. Piper knelt down beside her son once again as she watched helplessly as Soren went through with his plans.

The shadows that covered Soren grew darker till his entire body was nothing but a solid black being. Jessie's unconscious body was slowly lowered to the ground till her feet were planted on the floor. Soren released his hold on Jessie's throat long enough for him to vanish into her body before she collapsed to the ground.

The barrier that separated Jessie and the Charmed Ones dissipated as they rose to their feet. Chris took a few stepped forward as he peered at Jessie's limp body. A hand on his arm kept him from moving forward. He glanced back to find his mother looking at him with worry.

"Careful." Piper said softly. Chris nodded in acknowledgement as he turned back to Jessie and continued his path forward.

Chris finally reached Jessie as he knelt beside her.

"Jessie?" Chris called softly as he saw Jessie's eyes open slowly.....

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