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Chapter 7.

Change of Plans

The four demons walked trepidatiously towards the Source. They were not looking forward to having to tell him about the development with the witches.

The lead demon, Maliki, stopped before him and went down on one knee to bow. "My Lord. We come bearing interesting news from the manor."

The Source looked at them. "Proceed."

Maliki nodded. "Just as you ordered, we made our way into the Manor undetected. There we observed the witches. They were not discussing any plans like we had hoped. They were…getting to know each other," he said with a sneer. "However, we did overhear one interesting conversation. One of the Daughters stated that they could put up shields around the Manor, to block demons from entering."

The Sources looked at him, his anger growing. "What do you mean by shields?"

Maliki looked at him, a little fear in his eyes. He knew that the Source was likely to fly off the handle at the news. "Shields like those on Gaia's fortress. The Daughter said that she knew how to create them. She said that she would set them up tomorrow morning."

The Source processed this information and growled in his frustration. "I want those witches dead."

One of the other demons who been at the Manor looked at the Source. "My Lord. Have we not invested enough time and energy into these witches? No matter what we come up with, they always manage to defeat us. Why should this time be any different?"

The Source did not answer him with words. Instead he threw an energy ball at him and the demon disappeared in flames, screaming in agony. "Anyone else have any more suggestions?"

The remaining demons in the room stayed silent, fearful that the Source would take his anger out on them.

The Source nodded. "Alright. Maliki, you said that this shield is not going up until tomorrow. Make your way back to the Charmed Ones and become my spy. Pass on any information in order for us to be able to defeat the Daughters and the Charmed Ones."

Maliki nodded his head once. "As you wish, My Lord." He walked backwards until he reached the doors and quickly exited the room.

The Source looked at the remaining demons. He glared at them as they refused to move. "Leave me."

There was a chorus of "Yes, My Lord" and the demons shimmered away.

Nen looked around the empty room, feeling his rage grow at the audacity that Gaia's Daughters were showing. He growled in his frustration and his mind began to make plans to destroy them and then destroy Gaia.

His mind thought back to the time that they met, in Egypt.

Nen was walking through the village, looking to see if there were any innocent witches to corrupt on his path to chaos. So far, the town was quiet. Not much in the magical arena.

His eyes were drawn to a woman who had just walked out of the temple. She was extremely beautiful, with long auburn hair. He looked at her intensely and then noticed the magical aura surrounding her. It was the strongest that he had seen. The aura had her wrapped in a cocoon, completely surrounding her.

He felt his heart leap at the thought. S she was the strongest witch he had ever come across. He kept his face neutral, but in his mind he was smirking at his good fortune. Silently, he made his way across to her, his silver tongue already planning how he was going to deceive her.

Five years later, he was still frustrated. He had managed to wrap her around his finger since she believed every lie he told her, but he could not corrupt her. He knew that he was going to have to take the next step and offer to marry her.

Nen's face grew serious as the thoughts became clearer to that day.

Nen thought out his proposal carefully. He knew that she would not be able to say no. Then she said those words that he was longing to here. "I need to tell you something."

He knew that she was going to admit to being a witch and he was prepared to let her believe the same of him. Then she blindsided him with the knowledge that she was the daughter of a goddess. His inner mind shouted in triumph as he let part of his façade drop. But she refused him, and then disappeared.

It was only after he had managed to create the Cathract demons that he learned of where she had disappeared to. When he discovered that she had become the Earth-Goddess, he rage grew uncontrollable and he killed her sisters.

"So," Nen said to the empty room. "You think that your daughters can best me, Aqua? You have no idea of what I can do. When I get done with them and you are begging for my mercy, I'll make you watch as I take over the power of the Earth and use it to destroy mankind."

He smiled in glee as a plan became clear to him. He then called in the necessary demons to make his it into a reality.

(The Manor)

Keahi awoke from her sleep in a feeling of panic, as she fought the fringes of the dream that still had her in its grasp. Gasping for breath, she felt a hand on her arm and reacted instinctively.

Phoebe sprang back from Keahi as flames surrounded her. "Whoa! Keahi. It's me. Phoebe."

Keahi heard Phoebe's voice and fought to clear her head. She blinked a couple of times then extinguished the flames surrounding her. "Sorry, Phoebe. I just had a nightmare."

Phoebe drew in a breath, trying to get her heart to calm down. "Okay. Want to talk about it?"

Keahi looked at her. "Yeah. I think it might have been a premonition. It had the same feeling to it that I was feeling before I left home."

Phoebe looked at her in concern. "Really? I've had that happen sometimes. What do you remember?"

Keahi sat there and began to think back to her dream. She tried to piece together the fragments of memories that were swirling in her head. She began to try to put the fragments into the proper order. As the picture became clear in her head, she let out a gasp in surprise.

Phoebe looked at her in concern. "What's wrong?"

Keahi looked at her. "I'll explain later. Right now, we need to go wake the others up." Keahi leapt out of the bed and ran out of the room.

Quickly, she woke her sister's through telepathy. :Sisters. Quick! We need to get shields up around the Manor. Stronger shields that I had planned. They need to prevent demons from both getting in and out of the Manor. We have a spy.:

The Charmed Ones looked on confusion as the Daughters quickly ran out of their rooms and made their way to the attic. They quickly formed a pentagram in the center of the room and began to chant in Latin.

Piper and Paige watched with Phoebe. Piper turned to Phoebe. "What's going on?"

Phoebe yawned. "Not sure. Keahi woke up in the middle of a premonition nightmare. She almost set me on fire. Then she tried to piece together what the premonition was about. After a couple of minutes, she ran out of the room and now we're here.

Piper looked at the women and noticed a shimmery glow begin to form around them. It looked like a soap bubble. "Huh. I've never seen that before. Wonder what that's about."

Suddenly, all three women jumped as the shimmer intensified. Then the bubble expanded to surround the house. When the Charmed Ones opened their eyes, the bubble was gone.

Piper tapped her foot impatiently. "Anyone care to explain what just happened here?"

The Daughters looked at Keahi. Kesia decided to voice her concern. "Yes. Keahi? Care to explain?"

Keahi nodded. "I had a premonition. I saw the Source, talking to demons. Telling one of them to come here and spy on us. I think that he is in the house with us right now. Basically what we did is put shields up on the Manor. Stronger shields that I had planned since I don't want the demon leaving. I think it would be good to have a hostage. Might work to our advantage."

Paige looked at her. "What do you mean by stronger shields?"

Keahi nodded. "Basically, I had intended to only keep demons out of the house. But what I did was basically cut this demon off from the Source. If they had set up any kind of communication system, he will be cut off from it. He's not able to leave, so basically, he's trapped."

Phoebe looked at her. "But he can still attack us."

Keahi just laughed. "Really? One demon against eight of the strongest witches on Earth? Why am I not scared? Seriously, he will not be able to attack us. Not when I get done with him at least. Give me another couple of minutes and I can set up a dampening field while we locate him. Once he's located, when can trap him in another shield."

The other women watched as she began to chant in Latin again. Suddenly, they noticed a bright blue light, similar to that of the shield, surrounded a seemingly empty part of the attic.

All of the witches turned towards this ball of energy, and then in a sudden burst of light, a demon became visible.

Keahi came out of her trance then. "Oh, look. The spy. What should we do with him, girls?" The rest of the woman contemplated their next move.

AN: Updated 9/17/07 for spelling and grammatical errors.