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Chapter 6.

Training

After the meeting, each pair agreed to split up to train and learn more about their powers. Paige and Kesia went out into the backyard.

Paige led them out and turned to Kesia when she got to a corner of the yard. "So, what element do you control?"

Kesia smiled. "I control the earth. You have telekinesis, right?"

Paige nodded. "Yeah. It's mixed in with my White Lighter powers, though. It's taken a bit to get used to."

Kesia laughed. "I completely understand. I'm the oldest, so I was the first one to get my powers. It freaked me out the first time I made a tremor. It's crazy."

Paige smiled. "That just weird. You're the oldest, I'm the youngest. So how do we combine our powers?"

Kesia thought for a moment. "If I were to move a piece of earth, say a boulder, could you throw it at something?"

Paige thought for a moment. "Probably. Let's see if we can try it with some rocks."

Kesia nodded and Paige watched a good sized rock fly into the air. It hovered and Paige thought for a moment. "ROCK!" she called out. The rock flew through the air towards Kesia.

Kesia laughed as she dodged the flying missile. "Good. I wonder if weight will be any factor. I can move great areas of the earth. I can break it into pieces. I bet that we could combine our powers to quickly build a wall. I know I can do it by myself, but it takes time."

"Hmm. That sounds like a good idea. Can we practice that here?"

"No. It would be too destructive to the ground." She thought for a moment. "You said that you have White Lighter powers. Can you orb us to an isolated location?"

"Sure. Grab my hand." They held hands and soon were they were standing on an isolated mountain. "Okay. Try to move a big boulder and I'll see if I can move it."

Kesia nodded and the ground began to shake. Soon a large boulder was hovering in the air. "Try to move it."

"BOULDER!" The boulder moved a couple of inches and stopped. Paige had a defeated look on her face. "It's too heavy. I can't move it."

"Don't say can't. Can't is not a word that is allowed. If you think that you can't do it, then you won't be able to. Your power lies in you. You can do this. You just need to believe."

Paige looked at Kesia in wonder. "Wow. Really?"

Kesia smiled. "Of course. That's what Mother used to tell us when we were learning control."

Paige nodded. "Okay. Let's try this again."

Phoebe and Piper went to the attic to try to look and see if they could write some more spells. Since they had worked together their entire time as witches, that came naturally to them.

"So," Piper began. "What do you think about the Daughters?"

Phoebe looked at her. "I sense a great deal of peace from them. They are the most controlled people that I have ever come upon. But I guess if you are expected to inherit the power of the earth, then you must be controlled."

Piper tossed her hair over her shoulder. "I guess so. It's just strange to meet them. I mean, I never considered that Gaia was real."

Phoebe looked at her. "I know what you mean. What can we do to try to destroy the Source?"

Piper thought for a moment. "We could always try to increase our powers. But I'm not sure if we could do that. I know that we will be stronger together. It just makes sense to try to combine our powers. Can you imagine what it must feel like to control the power of the earth?"

Phoebe looked at Piper. "I don't know. It would be a rush. But I don't know if we could handle the power. The Daughters are very powerful, but they've been training their entire lives. This is their destiny."

Just then Leo orbed in. "Hey, guys. What are you working on?"

Piper smiled at him. "Oh, you know. The usual. Trying to come up with a spell to destroy the Source."

Leo looked surprised. "Wow. You guys really jumped into this. Where's everyone else?"

Phoebe spoke up at that question. "We decided at breakfast this morning to work in pairs. By pairing up our powers we hopefully can surprise the Source by doing different things."

Leo nodded. "That's a good plan. So I take it that you two are working together?"

Piper nodded. "Yep. Paige is working with Kesia, since she controls land. Kai and Kim are working together and so are Keahi and Kansas. It seemed like the best distribution of our powers."

Phoebe nodded in agreement. "Yeah. Do you have any news for us?"

Leo shrugged. "Not really. It's stuff that we pretty much know. The Source wants to kill all of the Daughters so he can steal Gaia's power. So he is amassing an army of demons to confront you."

Piper wrinkled her nose. "Well. Isn't that just great. We have to find a way to get some sort of advantage over him." She looked at Phoebe, who was staring off into space. "Pheebs? Hey! Phoebe! Ya listening to me?"

Phoebe jumped. "Sorry. Premonition. We need to find a way for us to choose where we confront him at. If not, a lot of people are going to die." Phoebe shook her head to try to clear the images out of her mind. "Soon. From what I was able to see in the vision, we have a week at most."

"Well then, let's hop to it. Let's see if we can come up with a spell to knock the crap out of him!"

With the extra pressure and warning, the two witches began to try to come up with a spell.

Kai and Kim decided to go to the beach to try to work on using their powers in concert. As they walked, they decided to try to catch up since it had been a while since they had seen each other. Kai looked at Kim. "So, did the lead singer ever ask you out?"

Kim smiled. "Yeah. We've been a couple ever since. What about you? Have you found anyone?"

Kai's eyes lit up. "Oh, yeah. His name is Ben. He surfs and seems to really love water. We're getting serious. We're talking about moving in together."

Kim raised her eyebrows. "Wow. Does he know?"

"About whom I really am?" At Kim's nod, she continued. "Not yet. If we move in together, I'm going to have to tell him. I'm a little nervous about having that conversation."

"I understand. I'm not sure how I'm going to approach that if Darren and I get that serious. Oh, look! I see the water."

Kai smiled. "Good. How are we going to combine our powers?"

"I honestly have no clue. Mother didn't teach us to work in concert. She taught us how to defend against each other's powers. What if I brought metals to me and you could put some water power behind it?"

Kai shrugged. "I don't know. What if we used your power to disguise mine? If Nen can't see what I'm throwing at him, then he can't counter it."

Kim nodded. "That sounds like a good plan. Here, let me put this trashcan lid over there and you hide a ball of water behind it."

Kai nodded her agreement and together they began to work to try to disguise Kai's power.

Keahi and Kansas decided that it would be best if they practiced combining their powers far away from anything flammable. So they drove to a deserted spot on the beach in the car that Phoebe had loaned them.

Keahi was quiet during the drive. Kansas looked at her youngest sister, worried about how the stress of the last day and a half would affect her. "Keahi? You okay?"

Keahi turned to her sister. "I'm fine. This is just not what I had expected. I wanted to have a semi-normal life. Get a job, make friends, find a guy. But here I am, fighting to save the world from a five thousand year old demon who wants to kill Mother. The unfairness of it all is amazing."

Kansas smiled. "I know. It sucks. The rest of us got a chance to spread our wings, but you were thrust into madness." She turned and looked at Keahi while they were stopped at a light. "On the bright side, you are handling the pressure very well. I'm very proud of you."

Keahi smiled. "Thanks. You don't know what that means. It's been almost like I know what I need to do, but I don't have the experience to handle it. I'm just so glad that the Charmed Ones are here. I don't know what we would do without them."

Kansas laughed. "We'd do alright. You just have to believe. Mother trained us the best she could. Experience is the best teacher."

Keahi nodded as they pulled up to the deserted cove. "I think I have an idea of how to use our powers together."

Kansas raised her eyebrows. "Really?"

"Yeah. You can use the wind to create a tornado, right?" Kansas nodded. "What if I create fire and you use your power to make it a fire tornado? Wind fuels fire, so that would make it deadly."

Kansas smiled. "That's a good idea. I can control where it goes and you can control how hot it is. How hot can you actually make fire?"

Keahi shrugged. "I have no idea. I know that I've made it hot enough to cause some things to spontaneously combust. But I just don't know what my limit is."

"I wonder if we can trap Nen with that."

"I don't think so. His main talent was with water. He should know how to counteract my fire pretty easily."

"You're right. But maybe we can take out the rest of the demons. Hopefully everyone else can come up with something to take him out." Kansas looked out over the water. "We'd better get to practicing."

(Later that night at the Manor)

Everyone had just finished eating, when four demons shimmered in. They were in the living room, out of eyesight. They strained their ears to see if they could pick up on the plans that the group was making, but the conversation they were having just focused on getting to know each other.

They looked at each other. The Source had ordered them to only observe, not to be seen. They heard footsteps and quickly shimmered out of sight.

Piper and Keahi were walking out of the dining room. Keahi looked at Piper. "You mean demons can come in here? That's just not right. Don't you guys know how to shield the house from demons?"

Piper looked at her. "Is that possible?"

"Totally. That's what Mother does. Her fortress is shielded so that no one can get in without her permission. Obviously, we don't need to do that here, but we can make it so that demons can't come in."

"Really. That would be so great. It would be nice to have a safe place to come back to. Somewhere where we can just be ourselves."

"We can do it tomorrow." They moved out of the room and the demons shimmered back into view.

They all looked at each other and decided to leave to give the Source the new information that they had discovered.

AN: Okay. I know I'm evil ending it there, but I honestly think that was the best place to end. I have to figure out how Nen is going to react to the whole shielding thing first... :D

bea0001 - Thanks! I like the thought of them combining powers somehow. It makes it more unpredictable!

eacstl - Thank you so much! I'm glad that you are liking the story!! I'm loving writing it since I normally write crime drama. It's nice to stretch my creative wings. :D

updated 6/25/07 for grammatical errors